Quoting: WoodlandorI’m waiting for the developers working on this to take their sun glasses and fake moustache off and say “Muwahaha it was me, Gabe, all along!”

HLX is the working title of Half-Life 3. It is being developed in Source 2, and is updated frequently. Project Borealis is based on a scrapped version of a Half-Life 2: Episode 3 script called "Epistle Three".

Both are bound to be fantastic games, for sure.

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Quoting: Leahi84I'm surprised Valve allowed this. I can't think of a single time a company has allowed their property to be used on an engine that wasn't theirs. This seems so wrong to not be on Source. Won't be playing it. This will never be as polished as a proper Valve release of conclusion anyway, so I'll stick with that "fan fiction" the original writer released years ago as my conclusion.

Sure, it's not canon, but it's a cool "what if?". Besides, the real HL3 is on its way, so we have nothing to complain about.

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I used to spend hours playing this on real hardware.

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Quoting: dziadulewiczDesktop Linux support officially would be a nice hat tip too. I recall Aspyr was (or is?) amongst Linux supporters.

Gaming via Proton on Linux is actually Linux native gaming; calls and commands are turned into Linux understandable form!

They have a habit of abandoning their Linux ports. Borderlands 2's native build is behind the game's current Windows build and does not support the Commander Lilith DLC, as an example.

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Quoting: finaldestYes, Another Doom game.

Was not a fan of Eternal so hope the game is more like 2016.

I was going to complain about the publisher but lost my train of thought when I read this comment. I completely agree! Too much dancing, weapons swapping, etc for my old ass self when I wanted a beautfil boomer shooter with a couple of extras. I reinstalled and am trying another go at the wimpiest level 🙄

As many have pointed out in various threads in the Doom community, those mechanics people complain about are mostly optional. Learning advanced maneuvers like weapon switching is technically optional. That said, the games are a LOT more difficult if played like shooters of old. That being said, these games are not for everyone.

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Quoting: lejimsterI thought I had seen a lot of news related to Nvidia and open source projects lately. I wonder... Maybe they are involved in a piece of hardware Valve are making? We know Valve want the ability to fix driver issues as they arise which is only possible if the drivers are open source.

either a valve home console, or VR Headset or just steamOS general relase...

i doubt steamdeck 2 will go nvidia

Imagine a Nvidia-powered Steam OS home console box focused on high-performance, RTX, and PCVR.

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Quoting: grigiWhat do you think is a good cadence for updates? 3 years? 4 years? more?
The 8 year cadence of the switch is too long as it has definitely been losing developer interest in the last two years as it's too weak to support on multiplatform releases anymore.

It's far too long, the Switch was low-powered even at release and it has missed a fair amount of games as it's just not strong enough.

For the Deck 2, my suggestion there about announcing it late 2026, would mean a release in 2027. Making it about 5 years between Deck and Deck 2 which for a PC platform seems pretty darn reasonable to me, considering the Deck struggles a lot with newer games right now.

If they did this, they could sweeten the deal with a max settings set top box focused on RT at high frame rates and a Steam Controller 2.0.

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Quoting: EhvisStill not entirely sure what reflex is supposed to bring me. Any suggestions for testing it?

Use a camera and a wired input device. Record in high framerate (proper slow motion). The time between input and action can be determined by comparing the time between press and apparent action over frames per logical second.

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Anyone who has played both FlatOut and Burnout: Is this series comparable? Some of my best memories are of Burnout 3 and Revenge. Does Flatout scratch a similar itch?

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`fsck Nintendo`

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