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Marvel's Midnight Suns

Because there's a game that everyone's dying to get their hands on. C'mon guys, at this point, you should be paying people to play midnight suns.

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Denuvo DRM reportedly fully cracked open

That's a very far stretch. Which should be clear when you follow the link to reddit:
`Hypervisor workaround by DenuvOwO`.

They just use some workaround with a hypervisor (which needs to deactivate important security features in windows *outch*), but they did not crack Denuvo.

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Quoting: Claude_Lib

We also have the new Remote Downloads Management feature, which allows you to control downloads on other systems like adjusting downloads on a Steam Deck or other handhelds from your PC. Quite a useful one if you have multiple systems in a household.

It only allows starting downloads that are already pending, not initiating new downloads on a remote device, for that I still have to open my community profile, go to Games, find the game and download it from there, I can't do it directly from the library, so that's kinda useless.
Also, a bunch of non-Steam shortcuts from my desktop popped up on my Deck with the "Stream" button instead of "Play". Maybe it's related to Remote Play, but I double checked and it's disabled everywhere. Anyone else having that issue?
Okay, for the non-Steam shortcuts issue, I had to switch the Remote Play toggle on and off several times on both devices, then it fixed itself.

You can install a game on another device directly from the Steam Library. Not the best flow, as it thinks you want to stream it, but it works.

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Denuvo bad, but also ya as Tom's said this Hypervisor bypass has you run a script to take basically all low-level security down and restart for it to work. The cracks (I've seen them through FitGirl Repacks) provide the scripts to take it down and bring it back up, but these are hackers writing it by definition, so I hope everyone takes appropriate precautions and that Windows users don't forget to bring their stuff back up...

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Quoting: williamjcmThe hypervisor bypass actually harms performance, by the way. I remember a post comparing performance in RE9 between the legit version and the actual crack, but the "legit" side of it was actually with the bypass applied, while the actual, unmodified game actually performed on par with the cracked version.

Pirates will literally use every unfair comparison they can come up with just to perpetuate FUD about Denuvo...

We're not seriously going out of our way, on a Linux-specialized news site, to try and protect the honor of a DRM vendor that can lock you out of playing your game by changing your Proton version, are we? Because that's what it looks like.

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Denuvo was cracked so 2K is adding online checks... that won't affect pirates.

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Quoting: d3Xt3rNow do Bazaar next please. We don't need no GTK apps on KDE.

What application would you want to replace it? Discover exists, but I feel its far more buggy when handling flatpaks compared to Bazaar.

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> Ptyxis has been dropped from our KDE images, and the new Konsole terminal is available with container support.

Hallelujah! This is the one change I'm looking forward to the most. I always disliked Ptyxis and Bazzite's bizzare decision to drop Konsole in favor of it. Ptyxis looked so out-of-place on KDE.

Now do Bazaar next please. We don't need no GTK apps on KDE.

Quoting: ChrisznixHow is everyday life with bazzite? I installed it on one of my kids' laptop (Thinkpad X260) and it my first impressions were quite nice. I wonder if this could be a good daily driver. I really don´t have any experience with immutable systems, though.

I've been using Bazzite as a daily-driver on my ThinkPad for ~3 years and it's been rock solid. Literally zero issues. Been using it for both work and gaming. AMA.

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We also have the new Remote Downloads Management feature, which allows you to control downloads on other systems like adjusting downloads on a Steam Deck or other handhelds from your PC. Quite a useful one if you have multiple systems in a household.

It only allows starting downloads that are already pending, not initiating new downloads on a remote device, for that I still have to open my community profile, go to Games, find the game and download it from there, I can't do it directly from the library, so that's kinda useless.
Also, a bunch of non-Steam shortcuts from my desktop popped up on my Deck with the "Stream" button instead of "Play". Maybe it's related to Remote Play, but I double checked and it's disabled everywhere. Anyone else having that issue?
Okay, for the non-Steam shortcuts issue, I had to switch the Remote Play toggle on and off several times on both devices, then it fixed itself.

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The hypervisor bypass actually harms performance, by the way. I remember a post comparing performance in RE9 between the legit version and the actual crack, but the "legit" side of it was actually with the bypass applied, while the actual, unmodified game actually performed on par with the cracked version.

Pirates will literally use every unfair comparison they can come up with just to perpetuate FUD about Denuvo...

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Nothing wrong with taking this money. As the saying goes, "pecunia non olet".

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The Stop Killing Game initiative really needs to success at pushing the EU into putting a few laws to prevent game publisher that require online activation for offline, solo game, to be able to kill them at this point.

Because this is getting really bothersome at this point.

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Tempting! I like the real leather ones - is that true, is it real leather?
Well, we've got to be lucky and get one, first. Did they add a note on when exactly the sale goes live? I guess you have to be there within minutes to get one.
Edit: yes, indeed, it IS real leather. Wow.

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I must be missing something because I truly don't see the problem with local models run on local hardware. There are SO many problems with AI today but this case strikes me as a "storm in a drinking glass". Canonical is even distributing it in a easily removable, containerized Snap. What am I missing? Isn't this a best case scenario? Like if everyone was handling AI like this most people would be singing Hallelujah.

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How is everyday life with bazzite? I installed it on one of my kids' laptop (Thinkpad X260) and it my first impressions were quite nice. I wonder if this could be a good daily driver. I really don´t have any experience with immutable systems, though.

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once again punishes legitimate players

Right on the nose. This is why I detest Denuvo. It's not about performance hits, it's just that it treats the customer like a criminal.

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It's pretty much an asymmetric sport. Two teams battling it out with different tasks to see who wins the match. Fun to watch, but I still won't buy anything with Denuvo in it.

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The Blender Foundation is getting absolutely roasted for accepting this "donation", and rightfully so!

As an open source project, their ultimate goal should be to have a good feedback loop between their users and the developers. It even says, in enormous letters, on the front page of the Blender website:

It's about people.

Accepting this donation, from a company that represents everything wrong with the tech industry over the past 8 years, betrays that goal of having goodwill between the users and developers.

It would be wise for them to return the money, and deny any future donations from them, or any other company whose primary product is an AI or LLM.

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because of many reported performance issues that could be as a result of its inclusion in various games.

Often these results may be either:
* Result of a different DRM or different aggressive checks that was included besides Denuvo Anti-Tamper.
* The developer themselves setting up Denuvo's flag on critical parts that don't require a check.

Otherwise the performance impact is quite minimal. PCGamingWiki made an entire [article](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Denuvo#Denuvo_Anti-Tamper) about Denuvo Anti-Tamper with controversies that offers some explanation and debunks, including a graph how it actually works.

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Quoting: Caldathras

Quoting: Talon1024

Quoting: CaldathrasNo demo? No thanks.

And yet, there are already reports about the game [on ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com/app/2679100). 😲

I stand corrected. There apparently was once a "demo" or "playtest" available:
[SteamDB: Witchspire Demo](https://steamdb.info/app/4328010/info/)

I played the demo on some recent NextFest... Felt a bit like Palworld, to be honest...

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Quoting: williamjcm

Quoting: STiATPocket money for an AI company.

"Pocket money" that they pretty much can't afford to spend because they're not profitable in the slightest.

You can read Ed Zitron's great articles on the economic situation of generative AI companies for a nice overview of why those companies (and genAI in general) are nothing less than a money sink. The latest one is particularly interesting: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/

The thing is when you are losing billions every year, losing a fraction of a billion more won't make a difference. And this can be obtained from the marketing budget.

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Plasmalogin is really nice. Finally I can see the characters I'm typing to log in 😄

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They have to make fixes for the EA App quite regularly. It's almost like EA is going out of their way to break it.

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Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeSo is there any confirmation if steam-input/steam is required for it to work?

I believe it was an IGN interview where they said it is first and foremost designed to work with Steam, but also functions as a basic HID device (emulating mouse and keyboard), so you can navigate BIOS screens with it, for example. It was noted that it does NOT work with consoles. But it wasn't entirely clear if it would work out of the box as a gamepad outside of Steam. I suspect it will work with games that utilize SDL3, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Linux kernel support for it eventually, but perhaps not initially.

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Updated the article on the NVIDIA note, as it's a lot easier now.

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I'll accept "no more news yet, we hope to have some soon" as an update on the Steam Frame! It feels a lot better than actually hearing nothing.
I guess "your call is very important to us" exists for a reason.

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I feel like platforms like Roblox have outlived their usefulness in a lot of ways with how game development and publishing keeps getting more accessible. The people who would've made a Roblox or flash game 10+ years ago can make something better in Godot (or Unity, etc.) and publish on Steam or Itch, and that's why there are so many neat small indie games.

Maybe s&box will find a useful niche, assuming it can overcome its current roles of making me hallucinate broken text formatting and reminding me where the ampersand key is. That's gotta be bad for word-of-mouth.

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"Easy to remove" is not opt-in, it is opt-out. Thankfully, the opt-in part is still true, as installing Ubuntu is still an opt-in choice.

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Honestly, this may just be as simple as buying goodwill and continuing to normalize AI companies by doing things that legitimate companies do.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Jarmer

So we've been working back from silicon advancements and architectural improvements

So basically a guarantee SD2 will be arm based? Especially with their recent advances in fex?

I know very little about hardware, so this question isn't a diss but is genuinely for information:
So, would that be good if it were arm based?

Unlikely to very unlikely. SOCs don’t become performant just because they use ARM. The ISA of a SOC has much less to do with efficiency (performance/watt) in this application (10-20 watts) than general good design and robust software support. Most modern x64 SOCs are largely RISC with legacy CISC fallback support bolted on in microcode. For ARM, your “CISC fallback” is just Fex running in userspace. I think ARM still scales down better than x64, which is why you see it in Steam Frame where the SOC is running at half or lower the peak power of the Steam Deck SOC with idle power requirements in the milliwatts (Steam Deck is idling at 1-2 watts IIRC).

So it’s not a given that ARM will be in the next Steam Deck or anything else. Valve has been really good so far at understanding nuances of what’s available on the market and choosing the best off-the-shelf or nearly off-the-shelf product on offer. They likely won’t go for a TRUE custom SOC until they’re selling units in the hundreds of millions. Until then, this semi-custom approach of choosing a good performing cheap chip that would otherwise be written down as scrap for these hardware companies and optimizing the crap out of their software stack to make a fun performant device has been very smart and scrappy. The only way I see ARM spreading to other Valve hardware is if Qualcomm or another ARM player has a very good chip that sells well enough to justify its existence, but too poorly to achieve their sales goals that just happens to fit the requirements of a product Valve want to work on so that Valve can buy the scraps for cheap to enable their new product. That’s exactly what happened with Steam Deck, exactly what happened with the Steam Machine GPU (RX 7600M), and is likely a contributing factor to why they’re using a non-VR-specific Qualcomm chip in Steam Frame.

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