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Nightdive Studios have released some extended System Shock footage
31 Jan 2020 at 4:48 am UTC

Wow that was a really awesome watch. From the stream it seems like a lot of their technical decisions have been paying off at producing a really immersive and fun world. I don't want to get my hype too crazy but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't smirking at the prospect of playing this on Linux on release. SystemShock helped inspire Portal and I love the universe, I hope that the universe doesn't merge with fan-fare too much and become self-aware of us like StarWars 6-9.

Black Mesa 1.0 preview coming soon - still getting big improvements to visuals and the AI
28 Jan 2020 at 8:17 am UTC Likes: 1

I did a playthrough a while ago and it was good. I started another playthough and got halfway through a month ago or so and it's stupid good.

Hats off to Crowbar Collective, they really have been stepping their game up these last few years and going hard, and the story is a absolute legend. Love it.

'ReDoomEd', a port of the original Doom level editor, was released on Linux
27 Jan 2020 at 12:15 am UTC Likes: 1

That's pretty dope. I really love modder content in my feed, probably because it feels like "secrets" -- special software few know about. (And before anyone argues with me over them not being amazed because XYZ and they knew about this for years even Linux itself historically represents a "secret", or a "select elite" few know about which creates allure.)

Psyonix are ending support for Rocket League on both Linux and macOS (updated)
23 Jan 2020 at 10:48 pm UTC Likes: 4

Epic owns Psyonix and nothing speaks LOUDER their views on platform support than something like this.

If you haven't given Rocket League a review on Steam yet, now is the best time to give a bad review for it.

Psyonix are ending support for Rocket League on both Linux and macOS (updated)
23 Jan 2020 at 8:10 pm UTC Likes: 13

Bad news to wake up to, though I can't say I'm surprised after this was predicted when Epic Games bought the company earlier last year.

I suppose this is a win for the DRM-Free gang of Gog/Itch.io and physical game media too (who always argue they buy DRM-Free for these cases).

Honestly it erodes trust in online digital content platforms which enough of will collapse the market and plunge the world back into piracy. Netflix is dealing with this with Disney Plus and other platforms ruining the available content.

I feel bad for people who actually played RL. This is also a argument and lesson against centralized online gameplay servers.

The more control that can be put in the user's hands (edit: The better) -- this happens time and again with games like Burnout Paradise shutting down their online service. Fools -- if you built it right to begin with you could play P2P or with user-hosted worlds.

I mean StarCraft is 30 years old and Unreal Tournament 2K 20 years and both were designed for online play without main servers only a list of active servers.

What a mess. EPIC FAIL.

Move over Sonic, Surge has arrived with Open Surge - a game engine and retro platformer
18 Jan 2020 at 10:30 pm UTC

I hope they fixed the reaction time design mechanic flaw of sonic.

As I recall putting sonic at the middle of the screen the player has less than 0.5 seconds to react to obstacles that appear.

The Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle is up with 100% going to charity
17 Jan 2020 at 3:19 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: BrazilianGamer
Quoting: The_Aquabatwhy there was no Brasil Fire Relief Bundle? I'm the only one that thinks that Humble bundle needs to be more diverse?
Yeah. We already know the answer actually. But this is not the place to talk about it
Excellent setup. My condolences. Agree. Maybe someday it wont be that way.

Physics-based platformer LAZR has a very impressive new demo out
12 Jan 2020 at 7:42 pm UTC Likes: 1

Looks fun :)

Steam getting expanded support for Soundtracks with a Sale Event on January 20
9 Jan 2020 at 4:31 am UTC

There is a 0% chance I will buy Soundtracks unless I can manually copy the MP3, FLAC, or whatever files. Is this the case?