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Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025
4 Feb 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC Likes: 6
4 Feb 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC Likes: 6
I don't get the hate for Epic. I've never bought from them because I didn't want to have more launchers, but now that I use Steam and Heroic I have no real reason not to if the price is right. I get all their free games and have played plenty of them with no issues.
I am glad Epic is doing better. More competition means that Steam (and GOG) won't be able to sit around.
Now, I'm not saying everyone should start buying on Epic - you do you - but clearly enough people are buying that Epic isn't failing, and that IMHO is a good thing.
I am glad Epic is doing better. More competition means that Steam (and GOG) won't be able to sit around.
Now, I'm not saying everyone should start buying on Epic - you do you - but clearly enough people are buying that Epic isn't failing, and that IMHO is a good thing.
Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament
30 Jan 2026 at 3:28 pm UTC Likes: 3
30 Jan 2026 at 3:28 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: LachuMaybe devs will release server software, when shutting down own?That would be great, but I think the ask can be even less. Literally all they need to do is not get in the way of people reverse engineering and building their own servers.
UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages
28 Jan 2026 at 3:42 pm UTC Likes: 1
28 Jan 2026 at 3:42 pm UTC Likes: 1
As everyone has said, I see no issue with the 30% cut, but I think the more important part, that has a bit of merit IMHO, is the off-platform competition restriction. If my game is for sale on steam for $50, why can't I sell it direct on my website (or any other platform for that matter) for $40?
This *feels* very anti-competitive, but what do I know.
This *feels* very anti-competitive, but what do I know.
Bazzite Linux founder releases statement asking GPD to cease using their name
28 Jan 2026 at 3:30 pm UTC
28 Jan 2026 at 3:30 pm UTC
While pretending to be affiliated somehow is shady, I find it amusing that FOSS (built on other FOSS no less) is talking about IP and asking to stop using their logo and name.
Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more
28 Jan 2026 at 2:20 am UTC Likes: 2
28 Jan 2026 at 2:20 am UTC Likes: 2
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Quoting: MinoscerebMy use case for Lutris over Heroic is for those game setup files I find laying on the ground after they fell off a truck full of game setup files. The customizability shines better there, even if both programs are capable of the same end results eventually.[quote=Doktor-Mandrake]
Quoting: MinoscerebI like lutris for the setup scripts for old gamssI have almost completely switched to Heroic for no good reason other than "I like it", and I too find old setups that have fallen off of the back of the truck from time to time. You can install them fine with Heroic. It is as simple as Add Game -> Select Executable (or installer) and go.
Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux
20 Jan 2026 at 4:05 pm UTC Likes: 4
20 Jan 2026 at 4:05 pm UTC Likes: 4
Wasn't this game the one where they literally stole art? Not even AI bullcrap, but flat out stole it?
I don't know all the details about how it ended up, but I'd imagine the anti-AI crowd here would be *way* more upset of outright theft of art.
I don't know all the details about how it ended up, but I'd imagine the anti-AI crowd here would be *way* more upset of outright theft of art.
Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it
15 Jan 2026 at 11:29 am UTC Likes: 3
I know there is a limit when more money does not matter, but from what I understand that is somewhere around 75-100kUSD/year. Most people (in the whole world) don't make that much. Hell, the median income (individual) in the USA is only ~40k. I don't think people are working these "low" paying jobs because they are passionate. I think they are taking whatever they can get.
As the old saying goes, money talks and bullshit walks.
I'm not saying this is good/right, it simply is the shitty nature of our for profit (and put a price tag on everything) world.
15 Jan 2026 at 11:29 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: LoftyWe want Passion over Profits.This sounds great, and I agree when it comes to art/games and even life in general, but I don't think this statement stands up to scrutiny. Do you, and/or how many people do you know, that work a job they are passionate for versus a job that pays the most?
I know there is a limit when more money does not matter, but from what I understand that is somewhere around 75-100kUSD/year. Most people (in the whole world) don't make that much. Hell, the median income (individual) in the USA is only ~40k. I don't think people are working these "low" paying jobs because they are passionate. I think they are taking whatever they can get.
As the old saying goes, money talks and bullshit walks.
I'm not saying this is good/right, it simply is the shitty nature of our for profit (and put a price tag on everything) world.
007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed
8 Jan 2026 at 3:43 am UTC
8 Jan 2026 at 3:43 am UTC
Quoting: elmapulafaik they only sell components at multiples of 2 numbers (2,4,8) so you cant purchase an 6GB ram module.It has historically been n**2, but more recently they are making 3GB modules. So you'll see a lot of 24 and 48 and 96 GB kits these days. It still isn't common, but I suspect it will become the norm eventually.
Augmented Steam browser plugin added AI features from VaporLens
5 Jan 2026 at 10:18 pm UTC Likes: 3
While 158 people voting does not mean much of anything, it is none-the-less another point on the chart we can use to extrapolate the accuracy of my position (the market will win).
5 Jan 2026 at 10:18 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: hell0While some might see me as the resident "AI defender", my point over the last year has been that generally people are neutral to positive on AI and thus it will move forward. I don't love or hate AI, I simply want to hammer home the point that while there is a vocal minority that hate everything AI, the market will dictate AI's adoption. And I'll even admit to perverse incentives, but that doens't change the reality.Quoting: Tethys84Frustrated that 66% voted to keep it even after the uproar...The majority of homo sapiens is content with letting others do the thinking for them. You might be a witness to the birth of homo iners, rejoice.
While 158 people voting does not mean much of anything, it is none-the-less another point on the chart we can use to extrapolate the accuracy of my position (the market will win).
The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026
5 Jan 2026 at 10:04 pm UTC
5 Jan 2026 at 10:04 pm UTC
[quote=Lofty]
I know my opinion isn't popular, but remember that the elitism is exactly what built linux in the first place. As more "normies" come over to linux and want one-click everything, you will get a more windows like experience whether you like it or not. It won't happen overnight. It might take a decade, but you'll see every bar lowered, everything distilled for the lowest common denominator, and more fracturing (in the case of 100 "different" distros).
New users won't argue about systemd/init or wayland/X or how packages should be managed as they won't ever understand what is going on under the hood. It will move linux in general from an enthusiast OS to an everyman OS.
While that might seem nice, to those of us who like linux for its ability to be whatever we want it to be, we see a loss of choice as resources will inevitably be funneled into those lowest common denominator users that want "just works" and "one-click" and "no terminal".
My question to those cheering for the mass adoption of linux boils down to: if I am right and linux gets watered down (time will tell) is it a good thing that there will no longer be an enthusist OS and 3 "normie" OSs? Where is the real choice in that?
All this said, if a new user wants to "join" linux, go for it! Please though, learn the linux way and don't try to map everything linux does into some windows-like experience. They are different things!
Quoting: Cley_FayeThat said i wonder in the past just how many excited newcomers got bummed out by the well known "smart ass know it all" linux user and went back to windows or migrated to Mac?\
(or console if they were interested in linux gaming).
Thankfully a lot of that elitism has died down now.
I know my opinion isn't popular, but remember that the elitism is exactly what built linux in the first place. As more "normies" come over to linux and want one-click everything, you will get a more windows like experience whether you like it or not. It won't happen overnight. It might take a decade, but you'll see every bar lowered, everything distilled for the lowest common denominator, and more fracturing (in the case of 100 "different" distros).
New users won't argue about systemd/init or wayland/X or how packages should be managed as they won't ever understand what is going on under the hood. It will move linux in general from an enthusiast OS to an everyman OS.
While that might seem nice, to those of us who like linux for its ability to be whatever we want it to be, we see a loss of choice as resources will inevitably be funneled into those lowest common denominator users that want "just works" and "one-click" and "no terminal".
My question to those cheering for the mass adoption of linux boils down to: if I am right and linux gets watered down (time will tell) is it a good thing that there will no longer be an enthusist OS and 3 "normie" OSs? Where is the real choice in that?
All this said, if a new user wants to "join" linux, go for it! Please though, learn the linux way and don't try to map everything linux does into some windows-like experience. They are different things!