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Spring RTS v106.0 released with OpenGL 4 support
12 Jan 2022 at 10:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

This is not the Total Annihilation RTS you've been looking for - Beyond All Reason :tongue:

The EU is going after Valve and others for "geo-blocking", a statement from Valve
6 Apr 2019 at 8:14 am UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: KithopGeo-blocking is BS, so for once the EU is in the right of it with their demands.

In Canada, the price for a game is the same across the country, whether you're in Ontario or the Yukon (barring GST/PST/HST differences, similar to VAT).

In the US, same deal - it doesn't matter what state you're in, the price of a game is the price of that game.

The article lists some EU member states in the Eurozone and some that aren't - sure, the requirement for currency exchange tends to mean there are winners and losers on the price difference... but isn't the point of the EU the whole 'single market' thing? So set the price of a game in Euro, let non-Eurozone-but-still-EU members buy it for whatever that converts to in their local currency, and otherwise treat the EU as a single 'country'.
Yes, let poor people pay the same so people will migrate to richer zones! \s

The EU is not a single country, it's just a weak union. The EU countries doesn't have a shared tax collection and they wouldn't share it anyway because it would hurt richer countries very badly.
You do realise you are saying that we should trust for-profit organisations to lower their prices for the benefit of less well off consumers? Really? Since when has social charity been part of their shareholder remit?

The EC is absolutely correct in it's application of it's own rules. If you disagree with those rules then don't join the club. But, I suspect, those "poorer" countries are doing rather well out of the club elsewhere.

Atomic Society, a post-apocalyptic city building strategy game will come to Linux
17 Nov 2018 at 9:35 am UTC

Quoting: morgancoxukUseful for people living in the UK
Mind that reality stick Bexiteers...it hurts

Valve gave out more details about Artifact, including some public APIs and pre-order is up
13 Nov 2018 at 8:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

If you're looking for a card game don't forget the totally free Argentum Age. http://www.argentumage.com/ [External Link]

Still in development and not quite published on Steam yet although I believe Steam keys are available to download from the nice people at Argentum.

Valve's digital card game 'Artifact' to release November 28th with Linux support
8 Aug 2018 at 9:27 am UTC

Quoting: Tchey
deepest gameplay
Well, i'm curious to see that. So many games are over simplified these days...

In the meantime, you can play the excellent, free and open source, Argentum Age : http://www.argentumage.com/ [External Link]
Thanks for the link. More fun than I'd anticipated.
Shame the installer's broke at the moment but it can be repaired manually by following the instructions on the issue tracker or posted on their Discord channel.