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I was wondering when the next milestone was going to be covered. 5K markers are nice. I'm excited for the rest of 2026!

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I wonder if the new Microprose has any interest in publishing Civ I & II -- assuming that it's them who own the rights. All the Firaxis/2K Civs are 'in print', while the Microprose Civs (I & II) are lost altogether.

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instead of learn with the mistakes they gonna double down on it

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neat. i have just 105 hours and seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. Haven't taken down Queen yet and there are few quests to still do but yeah. Its still fun game though and is well worth the price for the hours of fun you get.
looking forward to February updates and beyond

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GPD is a very annoying company. They have a staff member called '不是很野蛮' (Not Very Savage) on China's BILIBILI video site. After the Steam Deck was announced in 2022, every video title this person published had to include SteamOS, but in a mocking way. The content would compare how terrible SteamOS is and how good Windows is. Later, an official staff member from Lenovo's Legion GO was communicating with Valve, and said that someone was fired and Lenovo's SteamOS adaptation was discontinued. However, Lenovo's staff member clarified that it was just a normal resignation, and the company's SteamOS adaptation plan is still ongoing. This person called '不是很野蛮' is quite famous in China's handheld gaming community. He has an optimized version of Windows that is said to have very good support for controllers and sleep mode.

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Quoting: hell0That aside, the Fable reboot is developed by the same guys as Forza (at least those that weren't fired) and will use the same engine. Sounds odd to me but we'll see.

Fast Traveling in the new Fable involves an F40, so makes sense 😇

The trend to "reboot" franchises needs to die already. At this point, it's just a lazy attempt to capitalise on nostalgia for a past success.

And that is exactly the sad reason that is never going to stop, it's simple, easy, cheap and in a few years will be mostly AI work retouching games for re-releases

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Against this backdrop, today’s announcement introduces a radically new value-creation model: a more gamer-centric organization, structured around creative genres, relying on integrated business units with faster, decentralized decision-making and a greater ability to quickly adapt to players’ expectations. This transformation will be supported by a rightsized and more agile organization, delivering improved structural efficiencies over time.

I now read this a few times and I am pretty sure this must have been AI created, or maybe it's just me. But anyways:

a radically new value-creation model

That is of course for the shareholders, not the gamers.

a more gamer-centric organization, structured around creative genres, relying on integrated business units with faster, decentralized decision-making and a greater ability to quickly adapt to players’ expectations.

This simply means we doing the same rehashed game concepts, put a new number behind it, a few dlc, everything the gamer loves. And it sounds great for the shareholders, I mean read it a few times and even you will be buying ubisoft stocks.

This transformation will be supported by a rightsized and more agile organization, delivering improved structural efficiencies over time.

Well just one word: AI. They going to fire a lot of people and let AI rehash the above mentioned games and add a new number behind it.

/sarcasm

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Yeah, this victory lap is fairly pointless.

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JC3 came out in 2015, which makes me feel old.

Considered picking this up to try out the latest one, which came out in 2018... but it's encumbered with Denuvo. Oh well.

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This all sounds nice and good, but...........when will they fix the terrible matchmaking and deal with the widespread smurfing problem?
I really liked this game, but the mentioned issues ruined the fun for me.

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I hope we finally get a launcher for the launcher that is activated via anal-probe.
It's what gamers want, right!?

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Quoting: AsciiWolfMassive upgrade? So... finally a native Linux version? ;-)

Native Linux version is such a tired request, if it works good on proton I'm not sure why people complain.
Let them target 2 platforms with one release. :/

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Finally NVIDIA's awful performance regression may start to be addressed this year.

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Quoting: GrishnakhA number of years ago one of the chief Vortex devs, when asked whether they'd support Linux, said no way, no how -- Vortex was built using Windows tooling. Better to make a clean-sheet manager, which there were no plans to do.

A year later, a cross-platform, clean-sheet mod manager is announced. New devs hired to work on it, community built around it, active engagement with user base helped shape the product. Despite being clean, good, actively developed, no technical debt, and actively desired by the market segment, it's canceled.

To appease the peasants Nexus asserts they are "supporting" Linux by suckering remora-like onto Valve's compatibility work. The Vortex update will only be supported on Steam hardware; the rest of you Linux losers are on your own.

Did I get the timeline right? Sure wouldn't want to, I dunno, look like an _idiot_ or something....

I agree it's a shame that they canned the NMA but you are acting very pretentious considering they are giving support to begin with. If it works on SteamOS then it will likely work on other distros as well, and won't require much work otherwise.

While NMA getting canned is bad news, this is good news, stop acting out proving to developers they just shouldn't even bother because people will be upset either way.

and this

Quoting: GrishnakhThe Vortex update will only be supported on Steam hardware; the rest of you Linux losers are on your own.

seems just disingenuous either way, no one can actually believe that right?

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Quoting: artworkThe page of the device states the following:

The advantages of Bazzite Desktop Edition include: being developed by technical experts from renowned companies such as Microsoft, Ubuntu, Intel, Amazon, and Red Hat. It supports not only AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards but also Intel ARC+. With its Cloud Native architecture, even if updates cause software package corruption, users can roll back to any Bazzite version released within the past 90 days.
[Source](https://archive.is/c3R6K)

After that, the website presents a screenshot (not HTML) of Bazzite Linux distribution contributors, though the first expression it raised is that these contributors are of this device and not the distribution ^^"

And the list of contributors still features the recently suspended one🤮 Well done GPD

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Before getting overly excited ...

Too late!

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Street Brawl is really fun, reminds me of 5 capture point maps in TF2.

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"Gamers are used to owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen"

"So it's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game"

Uhum. Tell me how that worked out for you.

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restructuring at Abu Dhabi, RedLynx and Massive

Massive Entertainment are your only fully functional studio at this point, so sure. ⏰

Quoting: PaldinoXAh yes, the perfect business strategy, keep doing the same exact thing we've been doing for the past 15 years and hope it digs us out of the hole we've gotten ourselves into!

I think there was a game that made this point a while ago. Can't quite remember what it... Vaas.

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​Lastest mesa add 1.4.340



however VK_EXT_descriptor_heap dont appear stay ready, as QwertyChouskie cited:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/39483

this merge request maybe are needed too

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/39477

and before merge request recommend have merge this first:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/37286

this extension seems need time for stay ready

​😀

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Gaming as a service and AI. Definitely a company not much interested in "What do people want to buy?" and much more interested in "What do we want to sell people?"

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The trend to "reboot" franchises needs to die already. At this point, it's just a lazy attempt to capitalise on nostalgia for a past success.

That aside, the Fable reboot is developed by the same guys as Forza (at least those that weren't fired) and will use the same engine. Sounds odd to me but we'll see.

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The 5000 series are AM4 based like your 3700x. A 5700x or 5800x would be a nice upgrade for you, in the ballpark of a 20-30% improvement depending on the task. The non-x3d AM4 5000 series CPUs can still be gotten new cheaply, and really cheap if you buy used. If you don't need 8 cores, a 5600x would also be a nice upgrade.

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I'm still using my 3700X from 2019, outside of compiling it never really goes above 50% usage under heavy load. I'm also way too lazy to upgrade my motherboard (not to mention how expensive they are these days, I got mine for £120 back then!) since I'd need a newer motherboard for the newer sockets (I think the 3700X is AM4+, and the 5000 series onwards uses AM5 I believe?).

I'll have to upgrade one day, but I think I've got 2-3 years left with my current CPU. Then I'll look at switching, most likely sticking with AMD. 😃

Fun fact: My dad's PC is still rocking an i7-4770k on Ubuntu and it's barely showing its age for his usage (Wreckfest, Dungeon Defenders, listening to music and watching videos, granted he has an Nvidia 970Ti).

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Most of my computer parts are from when I built it in 2014*, and this year I might finally, possibly, be in a financial position to consider upgrading building something new. I went with Intel/nVidia for the CPU/GPU, but I'm thinking of switching over to all AMD for the next build. Though I'm also kind of twiddling my thumbs waiting for the AI bubble to burst and RAM prices to return to sane values; I guess we'll see how the year goes.

*Minus one RAM DIMM that failed in 2018, the power supply that failed in 2023 (or '24?), and the GPU my brother gifted me in 2018.

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I already thought about replacing my aging but still rocking Ryzen 9, but Ram prices are striking hard. Still, the idea is in my head, that almost certainly means throwing money out, soon.

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Massive upgrade? So... finally a native Linux version? ;-)

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There's no GPU in existence that can utilize this monster, so... shrug.

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Ah yes, the perfect business strategy, keep doing the same exact thing we've been doing for the past 15 years and hope it digs us out of the hole we've gotten ourselves into!

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Quoting: LoftyInteresting they work with Xreal glasses ? I thought they were just two screens made to look like one big one. How is it working as VR ?

Can't compare that to VR but I use my XR glasses a lot: https://makertube.net/w/tq6uNTgnFM2aEYXZjM5Wx1 (Demo: Breezy Desktop now with virtual desktops 😎)

This also allows me to experience Stereoscopic 3D with almost any game thanks to ReShade. Add OpenTrack to the mix and I get a very VR-like experience without the motion sickness on top. Works best with native support, of course. Demo footage with Elite Dangerous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfR6vpO7UFs (and unlike VR this even works "on foot" in ED)

YMMV.

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