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The big update to Planet Nomads that adds flight and alien monuments is now out
26 Nov 2017 at 12:52 am UTC Likes: 2

It should be noted that Pantropy looks just as good but has MP to boot. (and you can see the mountains, not just a wall of fog)

I do hope THIS development team reconsiders multiplayer some time in the future, they have SERIOUSLY underestimated the amount of consumers it would draw in to have that as a option.

If you only like single-player games then that's fine, don't invite friends, its so easy!

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire shows off a new trailer with early gameplay
15 Nov 2017 at 3:29 pm UTC

Divinity original sins 2 really spoiled us with its lush 3D environments, it will be difficult going back to a mostly static 2d planeset again.

VP's ARMA 3 1.76 beta now out, compatible with Windows for now
14 Nov 2017 at 11:47 am UTC

They may also want to release ARMA 4 for Mac and Linux in the future and having some experience before that happens is always a good thing.

Feral Interactive continues to contribute to Mesa as one of its developers gets commit privileges
14 Nov 2017 at 10:14 am UTC Likes: 1

Excellent, I feel RADV probably has %20 or so more performance fixes left in it.

SteamOS is still alive with a new Beta, although it's a rather uninteresting one
10 Nov 2017 at 12:04 am UTC

The NVIDIA driver performs fine under Linux, AMD however, perhaps not so much because they have not even got a 4k@60fps capable card on the market atm (1080ti can run 4k@60fps at ultra). We will just need to wait until Navi for team red to catch up with newer gen VR tech coming out (pimax 8k rings a bell).

SteamOS is still alive with a new Beta, although it's a rather uninteresting one
9 Nov 2017 at 11:04 pm UTC Likes: 2

VR is 75-120fps, most sit at around 85-90hz btw. Which is achievable with a single 1080ti if the game is tweaked to run at that, the issue is most people put VR on in these games that added VR as a afterthought and dial it up to UTLRA and get low FPS. THAT is not how VR is meant to work, its mean to have a dynamic detail dialing setting system to keep FPS as high as possible.

SteamOS is still alive with a new Beta, although it's a rather uninteresting one
9 Nov 2017 at 10:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

The biggest thing holding steamOS back is its outdated library and repository source (I'm told). They should also just make it FULL experimental route and push 4.14 or 4.15RC1 (when its out) along with AMDGPU DC drivers since you can get them now from the development branches & most updates to them don't break anything serious.

We are getting to the stage where AMD drivers are reaching towards windows level performance (sometimes better). I think once that's mainstream linux will become a much better environment for newbies looking to experience it. Also hopefully wayland is sorted out fully soon.

Intel hires former-AMD Radeon Chief, Raja Koduri, Intel planning high-end discrete graphics solutions
9 Nov 2017 at 10:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

high-end discrete graphics from intel..... I wonder if that means AIO addon cards or they are just referencing using custom Vega/Navi in the future.

More competition in the GPU market would be a great thing really, if Intel goes that route.

Nightdive Studios have given an update on the new System Shock, Linux support still confirmed
8 Nov 2017 at 5:53 pm UTC

Most games let you turn off blur, which is good because in the good old days they started to force it on... Human eyes do not see blur like that, its a bit silly. Maybe makes sense for the outer regions in VR.