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Unity cancels the stupid Runtime Fee
12 September 2024 at 8:20 pm UTC Likes: 6
Quoting: ElectricPrismThis man is a shark and should step down as CEO and all the other executives should get checked for corruption for letting this happen.

Wrong guy.

John Riccitiello was the CEO that killed trust in Unity. He's already gone.

Matthew Bromberg got rid of the Unity Runtime nonsense, as described in this article.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor gets Denuvo DRM removed, plus performance improvements
12 September 2024 at 3:25 pm UTC Likes: 14
QuoteThe “Optimizing Game Files” screen has been optimized
That tickles me.
Oxenfree is being completely removed from itch.io in October
9 September 2024 at 1:36 pm UTC Likes: 5
This is a really weird thing to do.

It's still listed for sale on GOG and Steam. If you were trying to stop people getting your game anywhere but Netflix, you wouldn't remove it from the place that no one goes but leave it up where everyone is. Itch has the best costs (you can choose to pay Itch nothing if you want) and the best developer upload tools (you can throw essentially any file type at it, and Itch will take care of everything). Not putting your game on Itch can make sense because it's not going to generate a lot of traffic, but they already did that - they only need to do nothing and have some amount of money trickling in.

This is a PR own goal for absolutely zero benefit.
AMD's Z2 Extreme chip due out sometime in 2025 for handheld PCs
6 September 2024 at 7:19 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Vortex_AcheronticIf they make a Steam Deck 2 I am really keen to see how they will adapt the Steam Deck verified system. Because there are games not supported on Deck simply because they do not perform so well but might do so on a SD2.
It's a bit of a pickle, but I think it could be done with just one extra icon.

Most of the criteria - text size, controller layouts, and so on - are going to be exactly the same whichever generation it is. So just keep testing with the Deck 1, and if it hits the 720p/30fps target there no worries, give it the green tick. But if it can't run on the Deck 1 and can run on the Deck 2 then they're going to need another rating. Possibly a yellow "2" icon or something like that, so it's a warning that you need the Deck 2 for it.
AMD's Z2 Extreme chip due out sometime in 2025 for handheld PCs
6 September 2024 at 5:00 pm UTC Likes: 7
I don't think this'll be in the Deck 2. The Deck is still ramping up as a platform - Valve want to wait as long as possible before they disrupt that. This chip will be useful for the annual-release also-rans, though.
Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7
5 September 2024 at 3:09 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: BladePupperSomething I don't get is the need for a 1080p display. I get making it still run games well when docked with a 1080p external display, but on the device itself I don't understand.

There are advantages. You've already identified that you're ensuring that the hardware can handle 1080p, but that also means that when you're plugged into an external display you're either 1:1 or a simple upscale to 4K without having to change the game's resolution in the settings. And game devs probably are already testing their games and interface at 1080p, but probably aren't testing them at lower. But, yeah, it's likely mostly driven by "bigger number is better" marketing.
Black & White (2001) open source game engine sees a first release
5 September 2024 at 2:09 pm UTC Likes: 1
Cool. The original was an interesting idea, but the implementation was super janky and unresponsive. Hopefully the reimplementation can squeeze a fun game out of the idea and framework.
Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7
4 September 2024 at 8:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: tfkWhat's a nitro blaze? Sounds like a fart after curry...
It's when your weed makes you laugh.
No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more
4 September 2024 at 8:17 pm UTC
Quoting: nullzeroBy the way, checking the Steam page, it's the first time I see a STEAM DECK TOP PLAYED header. Is this new?
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/valve-has-a-new-steam-chart-for-the-most-played-steam-deck-games/
Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG
4 September 2024 at 3:39 pm UTC
Really the visual style of the small bit of gameplay in the trailer reminds me of Dead Nation on the PS3, which is... very not turn-based. I did really enjoy it though. That style could just be the trappings of zombie games more than anything.

The thing that would turn me off about it (since they've shown they can make games with RPG stuff that I find tolerable) is leaning too heavily into the survival part of survival horror. I'm probably not up for that. I would want to feel awesome with my zombie attachments, not spend my time scrabbling around for the two bullets on the level.
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