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Steam Play Proton 4.11 released, a pretty huge release pulling in D9VK and a replacement for esync
31 July 2019 at 3:00 pm UTC Likes: 6
Quoting: EikeSo we can declare Game Over on native Linux gaming besides "retro-inspired"?

While its also my impression that native ports of AAA games are on life support, it sounds a bit worse than it is. Outsides of a very brief period of time when Feral and Aspyr were pampering us with multiple AAA ports a year, big-box games have NEVER really been a thing on Linux. Linux gaming has always mostly been about Indie games and the odd mid-range publisher that chose to support us, such as Paradox. Which is why Steam Play is so important for us to have - it finally gives us access to a vast library of big-budget games we never really had before.
Beamdog have announced that Axis & Allies 1942 Online will release on July 31st
29 July 2019 at 6:18 pm UTC
Not sure about this one. It's not that the WW2 setting hasn't be used enough to make me wonder if the world -really- needs more WW2 games, or so. How about something fresh, for a change? It's not that human history isn't full of wars that could be used as a setting, or so.
In addition, Hearts of Iron IV pretty much owns that genre, and I fail to see how any game could do WW2 grand strategy better.

I guess I am going to pass on this one.
A look over Steam's top releases for June 2019, plus a look at the top games by player count
24 July 2019 at 2:49 pm UTC Likes: 4
Other than native Linux ports seem to be dead (I can remember times when a lot more top sellers had ports), the thing that surprised me is that I have never heard of most of these top selling games before...
Ubisoft and Epic Games are now supporting Blender development
22 July 2019 at 5:55 pm UTC Likes: 17
Great to see Epic doing -something- not totally evil, for a change.
Interested in Google's Stadia game streaming service? We have a few more details now
20 July 2019 at 3:50 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: dubigrasuI think the future gaming will be predominantly like this, and local stored games will be a thing of the past.
I think we're dinosaurs and we don't know it yet.

Well, that's more or less my point. There doesn't seem to be a compelling use-case for game streaming, so the question remains, why would it succeed? Literally everyone goes "It will replace traditional gaming!", yet nobody could ever explain to me why people would even prefer it over locally installed games. It's pretty much like a few years back a lot of people went "VR will take over gaming!!!", which made me giggle in a similar way, because I failed to understand why it would become anything but the niche product it actually became.
Interested in Google's Stadia game streaming service? We have a few more details now
20 July 2019 at 3:30 pm UTC Likes: 5
I do understand streaming music and videos. I don't understand streaming games. In contrast to music and movies, people generally play only a very small selection of games at the same time, so having access to a huge library has not a lot of appeal in the case of games.
Also, hardcore gamers don't care about spending money for a good machine, while they DO care about any sort of FPS drops or ping lag, either of which is unavoidable when streaming. On the other hand, casual gamers don't need to stream either, because their office PC or standard gaming console can run their handful of no-so performance hungry games well enough, and doing so is considerably cheaper in the long run than paying a Stadia sub.

I don't get it, I just don't. It's a bigger hype than Star Citizen, but call me unconvinced that it will succeed.
What have you been playing and what are your thoughts?
14 July 2019 at 5:08 pm UTC
Elder Scrolls Online (using Lutris), Star Trek Online (using SteamPlay), The Sims 4 (using Lutris) and Cities: Skylines (native!).

I guess I would be lost without WINE! Haha!
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut to be launched August 27
12 July 2019 at 5:04 am UTC
Too little, too late.

This game had no small part in my decision to no longer support Kickstarter projects.
tinyBuild's CEO reiterates company's devotion to DRM-free releases on GOG
7 July 2019 at 4:48 pm UTC Likes: 4
If the CEO says the community manager did NOT represent company policy, the question remains why ARE the GOG builds poorly updated and partially broken, and have been for a long time? Either it was indeed intent - or the company is grossly incompetent. It's one or the other and either would be a solid reason not to buy a game from them.
Valve may be working on a new version of the Steam Controller
4 July 2019 at 8:10 pm UTC Likes: 5
I love the Steam controller and would quite certainly eventually replace it with a newer version, at least at the end of its life. My only gripe with it (although not Valve's fault) is that Godot engine doesn't support it, so I can't add controller support to my own games. :S
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