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Myst: Masterpiece Edition, Riven (1997) and Myst III: Exile get upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified
27 May 2025 at 1:24 am UTC Likes: 3

Whut? Somehow missed that scummvm supports those games.

Is there no limit to scummvm awesomeness?

Heroic Launcher for Epic, GOG, Amazon games on Linux / SteamOS v2.17 released
24 May 2025 at 3:58 am UTC

Never thought I would say this, but I have been getting a bit disenchanted with heroic lately.

It works awesome, and I even vastly prefer it over the steam client, but then I run into annoying papercuts in configurability.

First pet peeve: no offline switch. Keeping heroic from phoning to everything (from the shops to the proton/wine repository) has to be done with a brute-force method such as disabling one's internet connection.

Second pet peeve: no option to disable creepy playtime tracking. For some weird reason disabling the playtime sync is deemed sufficient.

Mesa 25.1 will make Indiana Jones: The Great Circle playable on older AMD GPUs
10 Apr 2025 at 8:30 am UTC Likes: 2

I am curious what the performance on this older hardware is, I imagine it's not running the ray-tracing?
Performance on vega64 is 50-60 fps at 720p medium, 5700xt over 70fps at 1080p medium. From what I gather, it is running the global illumination, but not the more performance-destroying path tracing stuff.

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-rx-vega-64-runs-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-at-well-over-30fps-in-linux-with-radv-driver [External Link]

Croc Legend of the Gobbos Remaster out now on GOG
9 Apr 2025 at 4:42 am UTC Likes: 1

That's a pretty hefty price, even when waiting for a sale.

Assassin's Creed Shadows out now - Steam Deck Verified but has NVIDIA problems on Desktop Linux
22 Mar 2025 at 3:04 am UTC

I have been thinking if I get a new gpu to go AMD this time though, which is a shame because I don't want to give up things like dlss and good RT performance
Amd seems to be catching up fairly well in those departments. Rt is still not as good as latest gen nvidia, but I expect the upcoming 9060 series' rt to be a step up compared to the 2060's.

Not sure about fsr4, though. If the ps5pro's version had been identical, one could have been confident of dev support. As it is now? Not sure. Maybe if sony manages to port it properly.

World of Goo 2 is coming to Steam 'very soon' with the store page now up
19 Mar 2025 at 12:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Since they have changed their FAQ, let us not forget them going Ooblets on us during the exclusivity period:
Their only fault was in not realising that too many gamers nowadays suffer from a distinct lack of a sense of humour and/or take themselves far too seriously. Not to mention an empathy deficit for the insane piracy numbers of their first title.

Personally, I am pleasantly surprised it didn't turn them into cynical bastards who decided to punish all of us (since paying fans of the original are a tiny minority) and still offer a drm-free version.

Cities: Skylines 10th anniversary will bring updates and DLC for both games
11 Mar 2025 at 8:18 am UTC Likes: 1

Plus these creator packs which can be purchased individually or free as part of the Ultimate Edition:
<pedantic>That's not "free as part of", that is "included in the price of".</pedantic>

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility
3 Mar 2025 at 1:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Have been getting a bit peeved at heroic lately - having no option to keep it offline and not being able to disable playtime tracking creeps me out. That's on top of the annoyance of having a shop inside the launcher.

I am an un-fan of the slow but steady stacking of such features that one can't disable.

March 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support
2 Mar 2025 at 10:34 am UTC

Good timing, bricktales and the hero of the kingdom series happened to be both on sale on gog ^_^

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT arrive March 6th, AMD dive deeper into RDNA 4 and FSR 4
1 Mar 2025 at 1:40 pm UTC

Oh, that's an interesting option, thank you. I was somewhat aware underclocking was an option, I just didn't know the ratio was this good.
The Big Trick™ with underclocking is that you can combine it with undervolting.