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Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live
28 Oct 2021 at 8:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: Julius@Liam is there a reason the GoG links are all pointing to some ad-tracking redirect?
This was answered before. GOG changed their affiliate program, this is who they use now.
Well it gets fully blocked by uBlock Origin, which certainly is a bit annoying.

So I don't think those affiliate links are going to work for most people.

Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live
28 Oct 2021 at 8:33 pm UTC Likes: 2

@Liam is there a reason the GoG links are all pointing to some ad-tracking redirect?

EVERSPACE 2 full launch delayed into 2023
20 Oct 2021 at 5:53 pm UTC

As an original Kickstarter backer without "beta" access I am starting to feel a bit annoyed by this perpetual beta status :(

The upcoming No VR Mod for Half-Life: Alyx shows off amazing progress
1 Oct 2021 at 8:07 pm UTC Likes: 3

Dunno... I think this mod will leave people thinking that HL:Alyx is a lack-luster FPS.

I can't imaging it having anywhere near the impact to what playing it in VR has. HL:Alyx is truly designed to be VR first, and it shows in nearly every aspect of the game.

Edit: it also doesn't progress the overall Half-Life story much, so I think people don't need to think they are missing out on the story progress. Better to only play it the way it was meant to be, then walking away from it thinking "this was boring".

'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset
30 Sep 2021 at 11:41 am UTC

Hmm, I wonder what kind of hardware will be inside. There is some speculation that it could be a similar SoC then in the Steam Deck, but that seems underpowered and would limit it mostly to Quest ports.

Another rumor is that the hardware inside is somehow able to offload part of the compute requirements, which together with eye-tracking FOVeated rendering would really reduce the GPU reqirements of the main PC, potentially making PC based VR much more affordable.

But putting all that standalone hardware into a headset and then still requiring a PC to drive it seems like a waste.

Not sure what the final product will be... maybe a more augmented reality & productivity focussed headset that can optionally be connected to a PC? That would make sense, but isn't really in Valve's DNA I guess.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer responds on Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux with Proton
28 Sep 2021 at 11:34 am UTC Likes: 15

I never understood why a coop game needs anti cheat in the first place...

Looks like Valve sent out quite a lot of Steam Deck developer kits
27 Sep 2021 at 3:45 pm UTC Likes: 3

https://uploadvr.com/valve-steam-deck-processor/ [External Link]

I hope that will be the big next hardware announcement (other than the Steam Deck docking station ofc.).

BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
24 Sep 2021 at 9:25 pm UTC Likes: 9

I hope this will not end up in a story of one big game opting in, seeing some Linux based cheaters, then opting out again and claiming on Twitter that all it does is bringing in cheaters as the number of legit Linux players is so low (or some shortsighted BS like that).

Online co-op still planned for Children of Morta shown in new video plus free update
24 Sep 2021 at 1:31 pm UTC

Huh, full Farsi localization? I thought US sanctions made it nearly impossible to buy games of Steam in Iran?

Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
21 Sep 2021 at 8:44 am UTC

Judging by recent comments on Github, Until you Fall works on AMD cards if you disable async-reprojection.