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Battlefield 1 gets EA anticheat in September - will be left broken on Steam Deck / Linux
28 Aug 2024 at 5:01 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: pbI'm starting to think maybe I shouldn't have jumped at these Battlefield sales... :whistle:
I was tempted for a moment, but I expected this was coming, and the temptation passed.

Resident Evil 2 makes a return to GOG with lots of improvements
28 Aug 2024 at 3:55 am UTC

Quoting: CyborgZetaJust like with RE1, this doesn't work for me on Heroic with Wine.
Thanks for the warning! We need a protondb for GOG and others...

Deadlock from Valve may need this quick-fix on Linux
28 Aug 2024 at 3:45 am UTC

Quoting: Bogomips
Quoting: PhiladelphusAre there any potential complications/consequences for setting vm.max_map_count higher, or is this a set-it-and-forget-it sort of change?
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.18/include/linux/mm.h#L178 [External Link]
The way I read that is: unless you are trying to track down crashes in ancient Linux binaries, the old default is not relevant.

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter gets a fresh trailer and new release window
27 Aug 2024 at 4:22 am UTC

Do I hear the Vikings theme song in the background of that trailer? :grin:

Bungie retro FPS Marathon Infinity now on Steam, whole trilogy get Steam Workshop support
27 Aug 2024 at 4:19 am UTC Likes: 1

Luxtorpeda is awesome, but...

The developers are still choosing not to put up the Native Linux versions though
... have they said why?

Claim a free copy of Tropico 4 on GOG during their Back To School Sale
27 Aug 2024 at 4:11 am UTC

Quoting: KlaasIt's a shame that The Suffering and The Suffering: Ties That Bind aren't discounted before they will be delisted at the beginning of next month.
I played those on PS2; really enjoyed and finished the first one, but I don't think I got too far on the second one before I got distracted for some reason or other. Not sure if it didn't pull me in as well, or if it was just bad timing.

Steam sets a new record with 37.2 million concurrent users online
27 Aug 2024 at 4:01 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: MacTavishAlthough I like Epic
May I ask what you like? It seems an unpopular opinion, but I'm open to your thoughts.

Steam Deck gets a global resolution override in latest Beta, plus more desktop Steam fixes
24 Aug 2024 at 9:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Fix store page not rendering on some NVidia systems.
Can confirm, I can enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views again.

Descent 3 open source project gets a first release
20 Aug 2024 at 5:09 pm UTC Likes: 3

I see Steam has Linux support for Descent 1-3 (DOSBox?); nice.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5605/The_Descent_Classic_Collection/ [External Link]

Then having luxtorpeda to run newer engines for them is another bonus.

Mesa 24.2.0 released with a new shader cache implementation
17 Aug 2024 at 12:13 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered
As kind of an Asterix fan, now I'm wondering what the heck this is.
All the games:
https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/asterix-obelix [External Link]

Despite the price shown there, they do have XXL2 for $1
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-summer-bundle [External Link]