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Valve and others fined by the European Commission for 'geo-blocking' (updated)
21 Jan 2021 at 4:41 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI gotta say I'm confused. I've read the article, I've read the whole thread, and I'm still not sure what the relationship is, or is likely to become, between the "regional locking" that is being banned and the "regional pricing" that is apparently not being banned.
And I still don't understand exactly what Valve was doing--according to their statement it seems to have been a quite limited practice in the first place which doesn't seem to really map to either the regional pricing or any kind of enforcement of same, but I don't really get just what it actually was.
The way I see it, this whole thing will led to increase in prices on poorer countries in the EU. Simple as that. Some commenters, however, talk about companies should obey laws without seeing the big picture. And I bet those are not the ones that will pay more for their games.

Valve's Source 2 shows early teasers of Ray Tracing - weirdly in Artifact updates
15 Jan 2021 at 3:56 pm UTC Likes: 2

I really hope they implement it without letting Nvidia put their fingers in it, otherwise it will end up like other titles sponsored by them, especially "optmised" to make AMD GPUs look bad.

Kitsune Tails is an upcoming Japanese mythology inspired adventure platformer
14 Jan 2021 at 1:16 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestLooks great! I wonder if cesspool Nintendo will sue them just like they did Great Giana Sisters creators? (rhetorical question)
I doubt it. While this is obviously very inspired by SMB 3, is not a blatantly rip-off like Giana Sisters was.

Heroic Games Launcher is a new unofficial Epic Games Store for Linux
5 Jan 2021 at 2:59 pm UTC Likes: 4

Epic was once a friendly company towards Linux. They even had UT2004 for Linux, but look at them now. First, started promising releases for Linux of newer titles that never came, the Phoronix guy kept sending e-mails asking for some news, they answered a couple, to ultimately ignoring him completely.

Now not only they have a poor support of Linux on their Unreal engine, but even on Windows they adopt scum, monopolistic tactics.

I choose to support those who support me. I choose not to be like a beaten wife of a abusive husband, begging for scraps.

SDL 2.0.14 is out with support for PS5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers
22 Dec 2020 at 5:54 pm UTC

Quoting: BumadarThe ... for lack of a better word ... diffrent resistance on the R2 and L2 of the ps5 controller is amazing, been ages something actually new came to controllers. Now waiting for games to start using it except the demo game 😀

Not clear that is supported yet here
I saw a disassembly of that mechanism. It didn't look strong at all. Hopefully it is reliable enough for people that didn't have a history of destroying gamepads, under normal use.

SDL 2.0.14 is out with support for PS5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers
22 Dec 2020 at 2:24 pm UTC Likes: 3

Generally you know when something is not using SDL, when there are problems with controls or resolution/full screen stuff.

FOSS game engine written in Rust 'Bevy' has a new release up
22 Dec 2020 at 2:20 pm UTC

I wonder if Rust led to some performance advantages or disadvantages, in comparison to C. I saw some people hell bent in making everything in Rust, regardless if it is the best tool for the job or not.

Portal 2: Desolation standalone mod gets a first proper teaser, coming to Linux
22 Dec 2020 at 12:07 am UTC

I hope the performance in this one is better than MEL, since that one performed poorer than Portal 2 from Valve.

Pulse-pounding 2D ninja action in 'Cyber Shadow' releases January 26, 2021
21 Dec 2020 at 11:57 pm UTC

Last week I gave a little speech* about not getting a game on release, but hot damn. The "want" is strong on this one.

Since it is from a developer that did a solid Linux port from a previous game and this is not a multi-millionaire AAA game, looks like will not be problematic taking it on the first week, I hope...

*I talked about loosing a 45hrs save in Batman AC on its launch, and now Cyberpunk 2077 is corrupting saves... Poor bastards.

Intense top-down racer Bloody Rally Show gets random daily challenges and big upgrades
19 Dec 2020 at 1:51 pm UTC

I liked it. I firmly suggest people give the demo a try.