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Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a minority investment in Discord
4 May 2021 at 11:27 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: HoriI don't really care about Discord too much as I don't really use it too much, but I'd be happy if they stay independent.
I don't like it when a few companies control huge sections of people's lives.

I gotta say, them saying not to M$ made me actually have a positive opinion about them, whereas before I didn't really have an opinion. They could've taken the ez way out and take the cash but instead decided to continue building it on their own unimpeded, and I respect that.

Tho I also gotta say, them saying not to MS and then getting an investment from Sony is very strange. But I find it funny, I'm not worried about it.
I doubt their "no" to MS was based in moral principles. More likely in financial ones, like "That is not enough money mister. Cough it up like you did with Mojang (Minecraft)".

Portal Stories: Mel lands Vulkan support with DXVK in the latest stable update
29 Apr 2021 at 5:45 pm UTC

Quoting: undeadbydawn
Quoting: TheRiddickStill waiting for Black Mesa to come with vulkan support because its OGL support for the Linux version is sketchy at best (and missing features). I know its a different dev, but their using same engine!
Indeed. I very nearly refunded the game cos the performance felt so clunky (borderline inexcusable on my very recent and pretty decent rig)... then figured with the backlog I have already, it'll probably be fixed before I'm remotely ready to play it
I should had refunded myself when I had the chance. But at the time it was a greenlight title, so I decided to give them a chance...

As I see it, their Linux port is so bad that it didn't even have CPU multi-core support. So disappointed with that. Run like crap on my system.

From now on, if the game doesn't run right by the time of the release, is a sure refund to me. The market is too flooded with options for me to support bad developers.

Absolutely beautiful 2D platformer rogue-lite Astral Ascent confirmed for Linux
24 Apr 2021 at 6:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

Looks like the engine they are using (Construct 3) already have Linux support, so maybe there are not too many troubles porting it.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 expands with Iberia DLC out now
10 Apr 2021 at 3:58 pm UTC

Quoting: AkonadyThis game has so many DLCs, that is just stupid.
Allow me to disagree. The way I see it, they help to keep the game alive. If you compare the graphics and features on the game release and now, the game was dramatically improved. And that cost a lot of money to implement. And even if you didn't bought any of those DLCs, you still got all the improvements for free.

Valheim is just an incredible experience you need to play
16 Mar 2021 at 11:36 am UTC Likes: 17

Congrats to Valheim devs for the success. Five million sold games in a month and a half is the dream of any indie developer. And to know it was developed by Linux guys, is just a little thing that any Linux enthusiast could be proud off.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 heads to Russia for another DLC
10 Mar 2021 at 10:54 pm UTC

I think is time to SCS to start implementing seasons in their games, all 4. It would make worth to visit a country over and over again. Also, no snow in the northern countries of Europe is just wrong.

Valve makes further improvements to Steam Link and Remote Play Together
3 Mar 2021 at 2:49 pm UTC Likes: 2

Too bad my upload speed is only 10% of the download speed (12mbits). The other side gets lots of stuttering.

Valve help developers into adding more controller support with new stats
26 Feb 2021 at 2:36 pm UTC

Quoting: Appelsin
Quoting: sarmadToo bad Steam Controllers are only 2%.
Too bad Valve never really wanted to sell them to anyone. Just like the Steam Link. If they'd actually been easily available for purchase then they would have sold a ton. In Norway, you couldn't really get one outside of Ebay.
I got mine via US Amazon, and the shipping cost almost doubled the price compared to a DS4 in my neck of the woods. I can totally see why a bunch of people wanted one, but didn't get because the cost was too high to justify.

The upcoming modular Framework Laptop sounds super exciting
26 Feb 2021 at 2:30 pm UTC Likes: 2

It was all nice and dandy until they said ultrathin and Intel. Untrathin laptops tend to run hot and underclock to survive. They also tend to be a bitch to do maintenance, lets see if they change that. The choice of a Intel CPU is also unfortunate, since the high core count AMDs are the ones to get nowadays.

I wish them luck, tough. Today's laptop market can use a little innovation and swap-able components are very attractive to any PC enthusiast.

Team Cherry upgrade the excellent Hollow Knight with Vulkan for Linux
24 Feb 2021 at 11:09 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedjeThey adding rumble support to the Steam controller?
I just tested it. Rumble is available as a option, but is not working in the 4 controllers I tested, including the Steam Controller.