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Enshrouded is the latest open-world hit on Steam - how it runs on Steam Deck / Linux
25 Jan 2024 at 4:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Looks like something I would enjoy. But since time is limited, this game can take some time to mature before I'll have a look.

Beginner-friendly factory sim shapez 2 now has a demo
25 Jan 2024 at 4:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

Really enjoyed the first game, so will be trying this demo tonight!

Beginner-friendly factory sim shapez 2
Haha, try saying that after you've built the Make-Anything-Machine in the first game. :grin:

Surreal Engine is an open source reimplementation of Unreal Engine for classic games
23 Jan 2024 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 12

Quoting: basedStill disappointed Epic removed the UT games for no real reason
Would you say it was an unreal reason?

MONSTER HUNTER RISE adds new DRM that breaks it on Steam Deck (UPDATED)
22 Jan 2024 at 4:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LoudTechieThe only active protection it can offer is the extra protection flatpak offers compared to
The end of your sentence is cut off.

Wine/Proton could also provide some filesystem protection as it serves up a virtual one. Unfortunately, both wine and proton just map the whole root filesystem as a drive so anything could potentially have a peek at everything. I wish at least proton would be more restrictive in what it maps.

31% of devs already using AI and the PC platform looks strong from GDC Survey
22 Jan 2024 at 3:02 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Pengling
For Linux specifically, only 7% said they were developing for it.
I saw the charts posted on another site beforehand, and honestly I found this to be quite positive - has it ever been this high before?
Maybe. Historically, the number of devs saying it has been a fair bit higher than the number actually doing it.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE adds new DRM that breaks it on Steam Deck (UPDATED)
22 Jan 2024 at 12:54 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Sojiro84Steam really should add a feature where the user can easily pick a older version.

I have been seeing it too many times the last few years where old games suddenly get a shitty launcher added or, like in this case, a DRM added/replaced that breaks a game that was working fine before.

We can hope.
Technically not that difficult if the game has no online DRM. You can do it manually with some SteamDB data and the steam console, so it shouldn't be that difficult to automate. I don't expect Valve to do this as part of the Steam client though.

I'm not sure it would help this game since it definitely has an online component. But this retrofitting confirms that my refusal to purchase single player games with 3rd party dependencies is the right choice.

NVIDIA 535.154.05 for Linux brings a few bug fixes
18 Jan 2024 at 10:14 am UTC Likes: 1

I'm still on 525. There were so many little issues in the drivers that followed that kept me from upgrading and I kind of stopped checking what was fixed in which driver. And since everything I need works, I'm a little hesitant now.

Valve announces new rules for games with AI Content on Steam
10 Jan 2024 at 10:48 am UTC Likes: 10

Looks like they chose a careful middle ground. Sensible for a company like Valve I suppose and I'm all for the disclosure part that Valve has always done on the Steam store (I don't think any other store requires the publishers to specify their DRM restrictions).

Whether it will be good for games remains to be seen. When used cleverly, it might help development or add some interesting things to NPC interactions. But I doubt it's going to bring us anything we haven't seen before. My biggest worry would be that it's going to be used as an excuse for an always online requirement and it just turns into a form of DRM.

Baldur's Gate 3 wins Game of the Year in the 2023 Steam Awards
3 Jan 2024 at 1:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

BG3 could be fair. I have no opinion on this the VR games of this year. The couple of indie games could be fair as well. But the AAA games in there definitely don't deserve it.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games of 2023
29 Dec 2023 at 1:39 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PenglingMy Steam Deck, Super Bomberman R 2, and I will be over here in the lonely corner, as I've only played three out of the fifty games on this list, and almost none of the rest are my sort of thing. :tongue:
You're not alone on that one. I have played exactly zero of those games on my Steam Deck. I've played three of them on desktop using Steam and one of them through Heroic.