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You can use ProtonUp-Qt to add Luxtorpeda into Steam, then select it via the Compatibility tab for X-COM and it will let you pick OpenXcom Extended to run it with. Tracks playtime correctly too. Nice!

Just tested it and it took only a few seconds to set up. I was not aware this is possible, amazing!

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Is that Princess Fiona from Shrek in the first Steam screenshot? Sure looks like it...

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Personally i dont care about this game but it really sucks for people who liked/still like it.
Hopefully Community can create private server if nothing comes out of the Rust developers offer.
at least theres 1 year to collect the data for the community to come up with the solution.

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I'll probably get it if it gets cheap enough on sale and doesn't suck. lol

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Last Peter Molyneux game I played was Black & White when his studio earned the nickname "Lyin' Head" for all of his broken promises.

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Quoting: ArehandoroWill all Steam Deck Verified games run at 4K@60FPS? Cause they said all Steam Machine Verified games would...

720p upscaled. The poor 7600 AMD GPU can only do so much, it also only really has access to FSR3.
FSR4 will only give %10 better performance at a slight improvement of image quality because only the RDNA4 hardware has proper access to NPU stuff.

Honestly, its a DAMN shame they didn't get a 9600 GPU into these things, but I guess Valve just buying up OLD unsellable hardware at this point, since AI data-centers are locking the world out of the newer stuff for the foreseeable future. (unless you want to pay through your ass for it that is!)

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I hope Valve shows us some OVERHEAD hit for all these, especially x86 via FEX

I want to know how badly these translation layers are going to EAT up CPU/GPU resources as they do their thing.

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Steam Next Fest - February 2026 Edition: February 23 - March 2

Guessing this will be when they decide to talk more about their upcoming steam hardware and maybe even announce some pricing.

I don't know how Valve will satisfy people with pricing however as memory modules are rocketing into the outer orbits of the solar system!

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if they can get the game so its UI and game upscale correctly to 1080p or 2160p or other higher resolutions then I'd be happen. (not FSR upscaling, I mean proper vector upscaling)

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Give people the OFFLINE server application so they can host their OWN servers and continue playing with small groups of friends. THAT IS THE WAY!

Of cause it makes some game modes a little tricky such as raids unless someone hosts a 64 player or more server.

We are dangerously heading towards a future where creative arts and entertainment go bye bye on a daily basis from human history. We're essentially in the age of erasure! Erasing history!

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Peter has also done some remakes such as Masters of Origin I think, however it really only got a passing grade.

Peter often gets passing grades with his latest games but not many EXCELLENCE rated games. (or on steam, overwhelmingly positive rating)

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Display I imagine is the only one that would actually be relaxed, since we're talking about all sorts of resolutions since the Steam Machine is just a mini PC with SteamOS Linux on it. Input, Seamlessness and System Support cannot be relaxed in any way or the whole system would be a bit pointless.

Why?

The Steam Machine is a desktop computer. Why does it need full controller support? Why does it require an on-screen keyboard? Why do launchers need to be navigable with a controller?

Those make sense for Steam Deck because it's a handheld console with a built-in controller, and is not expected to be used with a mouse or keyboard. But for an ordinary desktop computer, which the Steam Machine is, all those conditions can be dropped.

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Craig did the job of a young, cocky Bond than this... Why did they decide to make him an insecure 16 year old? 🤔

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Linux_RocksFuck Amazon. Their slogan may as well be "At least we're not Walmart!"

. . . And Walmart's slogan might as well be "At least we're not Amazon!" Twins, separated at birth, one screws you in meatspace, the other online.

Haha, so true! But at least there are alternatives to Walmart. Amazon is kinda hard to avoid, at least if you want to shop online.

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We've heard this before... Only to see GOG.com put minimal effort into Linux. Actions speak louder than words, so I'll believe it when I actually see more enthusiastic action for Linux users.

I'm not obsessed with the GOG.com like seemingly everyone else; but I'd love to see more games natively supporting Linux (there's a heck of a lot of games in my Steam library that support Linux natively, with no Linux package under GOG.com).

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I dunno. It says it's shipping with Calamares, but I don't see any Tsatziki.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksFuck Amazon. Their slogan may as well be "At least we're not Walmart!"

. . . And Walmart's slogan might as well be "At least we're not Amazon!" Twins, separated at birth, one screws you in meatspace, the other online.

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I really like that desktop background!

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Fuck Amazon. Their slogan may as well be "At least we're not Walmart!" Like Walmart, you only shop there cause you have to, if you have to.

Also, for MMOs, I still recommend Final Fantasy XI. If I was gonna play one again, that'd be the one that I'd play. I've played it on PC and on PS2 back in the day.

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I couldn't get past the first 6 minutes of that video, but I'll give credit where credit is due: I've never felt more in-tune with a protagonist in a video game; it was like I was right there. Bond was bored out of his mind, and so was I!

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I always love seeing these open source versions of my favorite childhood games. From Civ2 to Cannon Fodder to this.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Tethys84I hope the Lord of the Rings MMO is dead. I didn't want them to make that from the start.

IIRC, Lord of the Rings is still copyrighted in some countries. Since Amazon has the license, that will (for now) mean that nobody else is making it, either. Which sucks, because I am starved for a new major MMO that's not some action-combat garbage.

But I do agree that it would have been crap anyway. Amazon just can't make games.

There is still the current MMO which I feel is really great even though its dated. It's the best Middle Earth simulator there is.

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The only reason these companies keep trying to make the next online hit is to push these microtransactions and cosmetics (which don't sell so well in single-player games), so it's obvious from the get-go that they will shut it down if they don't meet some corporate targets down the line. These games are essentially born dead.

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Quoting: Caldathras

Quoting: Lofty

Quoting: CaldathrasWhile I've gotten used to their DRM-free script-based Linux installers, I would love it if they moved the Linux offline installers to AppImage, with all of the dependencies incorporated.

eh, appimage isn't really the 'container format' that it seems to have initially been sold as. In many cases there are system dependencies and linked libraries that as per linux will get updated to a point where by the appimage cannot work at all, which then requires a full appimage refresh & update. it is also not sandboxed without firejail.

( anecdote incoming: i thought i was archiving programs originally, turns out 6 months is a long time in software, my favorite appimage was just a grey empt box with a gtk crash handler message.. and this was on linux mint not exact a rolling release.)


Now flatpak .. That is much more inline with a kind of 'bottled' instance of software, it too also needing to remain somewhat in step with the system but it has some other benefits of better system integration & is sandboxed. Plus flathub / flatpak is becoming the de-facto distro agnostic software distribution method so there is consistency of support via popularity.

imo ofc

Strange, I don't think I've ever had that issue happen to an AppImage, unless it was caused by AppImagelauncher being out of date -- then I've had all sorts of problems. In my opinion, if that happens to an AppImage, the packager is not doing their job correctly. By the way, I can testify from first-hand experience that this can happen with flatpak packages as well. Neither packaging system is perfect.

My problem with flatpak is, as I understand it, you basically end up with an installer that is dependent on the flatpak system to install. To my knowledge, you cannot back it up easily (in manner readily accessible to a basic user) and you need to be online to install it. It is not stored on your system but on a server somewhere on the Internet. If that server goes down -- or you no longer have Internet access (for whatever reason) -- you cannot install the game.

Whereas, the whole point behind GOG's offline installers is that they are self-contained and DRM-free offline installers. To me, the AppImage format fits the bill -- with the ability to include all dependencies, if done correctly. Certainly, some maintenance on GOG's part over time will be necessary. And, heck, even the Windows offline installers are sometimes missing dependencies and need updating (although GOG's Preservation Program is improving on that).

All fair points. I think neither are perfect.
Im not an expert but if you take a look at emulation you can see a that pretty much those games are now theoretically playable for all time .. but then again the caveat is that if you try boot an emulator with an out of date flatpak libraries or an appimage that is not built correctly you have the same problem.

A weird solution would be to build a Retro gaming PC that is offline and remains static in it's updates that is able to play all your favorite windows / console retro games. For newer titles a main upto date PC would of course be needed.

There is no perfect solution tbf. But i do prefer the system of flapak and it's easy configuration of permissions + integration with software centers for the latest features.

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This is my favorite game of all time. The atmosphere and tension of the original are not matched by any of the sequels that have come after, even if some are wonderful games.
SupSuper did a wonderful job of reimplementing it in SDL, and I'm glad someone is keeping all of this alive.

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Been playing it a lot over the years.

The best experience i've had with xcom-alike games was with OXCE-Files, and Xenonauts XDivision.

The 40K mods are fine too.

I hope hugely that Xenonauts2 will see modders love, amazing things might come from that.

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I'd really like for a good game from the guy (and the rest of the pretty good team in my eyes). If there's no last minute surprise bullshit shoved in, why not.

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I'm curious about the non-existent CPU thing, but aside from that, at least these make some sense.

I also wonder how much of these "new specs" is here because of an honest mistake, and how much is here because of the backlash. It's hard to trust anything these days.

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I have fond memories of the audio just being really creepy when playing it on Amiga. The atmosphere was unmatched.

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