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News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By Ehvis, 11 Mar 2026 at 4:11 pm UTC

Quoting: tarmo888Godot has Linux ARM64 and even ARM32 in the UI and you don't even need ARM hardware.
Cool! I know what I have to do. 😁

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By Stella, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:58 pm UTC

This would be great if the Steam Deck system wasn't so terribly inconsistent. I frequently find games that are listed as 'Unsupported' but that run fine, and 'Verified' games with severe performance issues, such as Horizon Zero Dawn (the OG has tons of stuttering). And as for the Remaster, it's Verified despite having the exact same engine as Forbidden West (Unsupported due to 'bad performance') and performing identically.... yea I already gave up trying to make sense of this mess

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By tarmo888, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:53 pm UTC

Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's more a case that most devs are unlikely to do Native Linux builds.
I don't even think there is a game engine that exports native Linux arm builds. Although they should be there for mac, so who knows what can happen in the future.
Many don't have Windows ARM export too in the UI, but that doesn't mean you can't do it. On Windows, many use scripts to make build anyway, so Windows ARM exports have been available for them for quite some time, even on x86_64 machine. On Linux, all you need is hardware with ARM64.

Godot has Linux ARM64 and even ARM32 in the UI and you don't even need ARM hardware.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By Ehvis, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:33 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's more a case that most devs are unlikely to do Native Linux builds.
I don't even think there is a game engine that exports native Linux arm builds. Although they should be there for mac, so who knows what can happen in the future.

News - Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music
By F.Ultra, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:33 pm UTC

Quoting: pb
Quoting: _Mars
In 2007, PRS for Music took a Scottish car servicing company to court because the employees were allegedly "listening to the radio at work, allowing the music to be 'heard by colleagues and customers'".
From the Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Legal_cases
It happened in other countries, too. My hairdresser has a plaque informing that the music is only for employees and the customers ought to abstain from listening to it. That's where it's headed...
That is not where it's headed, that is the way it has been since the 80:ies when these licensing firms was allowed power by politicians to not allow music to be used at all for any means without a separate license in every step of the chain. This is the entire reason why so called Muzak is used in public spaces and why there is a whole industry of people making music "with low entertainment value" which is exempt from this licensing.

News - System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
By SlayerTheChikken, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:32 pm UTC

Quoting: KandarihuAs much as I want Linux to grow as a platform, this gives us an unfair advantage.
You think this gives Linux an unfair advantage? I suppose the fair version of this is asking for it to be completely scrapped knowing that it would be unlikely for them to listen.

Plus we are already asking for that. o_o

News - Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes
By F.Ultra, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:25 pm UTC

Quoting: eggrole
Quoting: GustyGhostValve: "Wins" case against Rothschild patent troll
[
Rothschild global influence:](https://files.catbox.moe/ba3ari.mp4)
Totally a coincidence that after this case we have NYC, Washington, and the music copyright lawsuits, right? Certainly this isn't a case of "the process IS the punishment."
Most likely it is a coincidence yes, note that this patent troll is not a member of the famous Rothschild family, they just happen to have that surname.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By tarmo888, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:17 pm UTC

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's not like we have many closed source Linux + ARM apps right now...
Not sure what you mean, there are tons of Raspberry Pi apps for Linux ARM64. Steam Frame probably too weak to run most flat 3D games standalone, but should not have problems with 2D games that can even run on Pi.

News - System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
By g000h, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:14 pm UTC

This is needed - Fighting the politicians. Most Linux distributions should amend their license terms to deny right to use Linux in the state of California and other states where this Operating System Age Law gets implemented.

As soon as Californians are no longer able to legally run Linux, their own citizens will go after this law and end the moronic political overreach.

News - The original Zombie Panic! arrives on Steam with various upgrades
By Doktor-Mandrake, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:06 pm UTC

I don't think I played this one myself back in the day

For me it was either brain bread, Vampire slayer or natural selection :)

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By tarmo888, 11 Mar 2026 at 3:04 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's more a case that most devs are unlikely to do Native Linux builds.
I get that, I am interested if there is at least an option, like with native Linux x86_64.

News - Stardock announce an expansion into indie game publishing
By rustybroomhandle, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:56 pm UTC

During Gamergate, Brad Wardell was actively boosting harassment and taking part in it himself. The amount of ick I associate with that man and the company by extension has made me not buy anything published by them in what is now 12 years. The best thing I can say about ol' Brad is that at least he's not in the Epstein files (shoutout to Bobby Kotick).

Should published game developers suffer because of this? Probably not, no. Just makes it a very tough pill to swallow.

News - System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
By Salvatos, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:52 pm UTC

Quoting: KandarihuI don't think that this is the right approach. As much as I want Linux to grow as a platform, this gives us an unfair advantage. The better choice will be to scrap/abolish such legislation entirely.
On the other hand, pointing out the flaws in the legislation in the process of requesting exclusions weakens the arguments for the rest of the bill to move forward as well — and should it fail to stop it completely, I’d rather free software be excluded from it than not.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By mr-victory, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:38 pm UTC

Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's not like we have many closed source Linux + ARM apps right now...

News - System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
By Kandarihu, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:33 pm UTC

I don't think that this is the right approach. As much as I want Linux to grow as a platform, this gives us an unfair advantage. The better choice will be to scrap/abolish such legislation entirely.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:25 pm UTC

Quoting: tarmo888Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?
It's more a case that most devs are unlikely to do Native Linux builds.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By tarmo888, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:23 pm UTC

Confused. Only 2 paths for standalone Frame apps? Does that mean there will be no native Linux ARM apps? Through Lepton is as native as we get?

News - Hack-and-slash RPG adventure Regions of Ruin: Runegate arrives April 14
By Jarmer, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:16 pm UTC

I'm usually not much for 2d side scrollers, but that video actually looked pretty interesting. Wishlisted!

News - The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April
By Jarmer, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:15 pm UTC

Just want to do what I always do when it's about Dome Keeper: RECOMMEND IT! Seriously it's so good. If you haven't given it a try yet, go for it! A fav game of mine.

News - System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
By Jarmer, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:14 pm UTC

This is great of Carl. Someone needs to stand up against these moronic politicians. He's in a good place to do so!

News - SteamOS 3.7.20 released with NTSync driver, plus big new Steam Client update for all
By Zappor, 11 Mar 2026 at 2:11 pm UTC

Right, we just need an official Valve Proton with NTSync now also.

News - The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April
By ShabbyX, 11 Mar 2026 at 1:46 pm UTC

Awesome, I love this game and it'd be fun to play with my kids

News - SteamOS 3.7.20 released with NTSync driver, plus big new Steam Client update for all
By Berny23, 11 Mar 2026 at 1:41 pm UTC

Still waiting for that sweet Wayland and 64 Bit update. Not being able to use the Steam overlay with Proton Wayland just sucks.

News - Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes
By eggrole, 11 Mar 2026 at 1:24 pm UTC

Quoting: GustyGhostValve: "Wins" case against Rothschild patent troll
[
Rothschild global influence:](https://files.catbox.moe/ba3ari.mp4)
Totally a coincidence that after this case we have NYC, Washington, and the music copyright lawsuits, right? Certainly this isn't a case of "the process IS the punishment."

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC

It wouldn't be Gamescope FSR, as that's stuck at FSR1. More likely they mean in-game FSR.

News - Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
By eev, 11 Mar 2026 at 12:54 pm UTC

I always interpreted "4K at 60 fps with FSR" being that you'll use Gamescope's FSR upscale for 4K with games that you can't run at that resolution natively, so verified requiring 1080p minimum makes sense as that probably upscales fine, but 30FPS maybe implies they're gonna rely on framegen? I'm really not a fan of that.

News - Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music
By tmtvl, 11 Mar 2026 at 12:04 pm UTC

On one hand it's silly to expect Steam to pay royalties for copyrighted material in products that are sold through their store. Especially considering the fact that publishers remove games when the licenses expire (e.g. Project Cars 2).

On the other hand, it would be neat if Steam paying the royalties meant that products containing copyrighted material could be sold through Steam as long as the royalties are paid; DDR/Audiosurf/GH clones could ship with a ton of songs, for example. Anyone could make a Harry Potter/Song of Ice and Fire/Lord of the Rings game.

Of course PRS will try to have their cake AND eat it, but that probably won't happen.

News - Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music
By fabertawe, 11 Mar 2026 at 11:46 am UTC

Let's not forget literally every note of music ever produced by humans has been gobbled up by the "AI" parasites for FREE. Well if it's ok for them then logically "anything goes".

News - Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games
By kit89, 11 Mar 2026 at 11:03 am UTC

This could potentially be an entry point for the equivalent of Nvidia's RTX Remix. Depending on the flexibility of these profiles, if this enables a normal user -without recompiling- to introduce their own shaders, enable/disable available fixes, it could be used to do more than just improve the performance/stability of a particular game.

News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Stella, 11 Mar 2026 at 10:33 am UTC

Quoting: Kimyrielle
Quoting: VreidicusPlaystation never released anything on steam i wanted to play so fine by me, bye bye Playstation..
I can't name you too many of their games I bought either, but I liked Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West.
I love the Horizon series and I have around 325 hours combined across ZD, ZD Remaster, and FW. However, I will definitely not buy a Playstation, even if that means I will not be able to play Horizon 3. I buy only hardware where I can decide what to do with it, what OS to put on it, and where I can freely mod games. This walled garden approach that Sony is now taking will hurt them long term.