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XWayland 21.1.2 is out now with support for hardware accelerated NVIDIA on the 470 driver
12 July 2021 at 7:29 am UTC Likes: 1

I was thinking of switching to Wayland on my Tumbleweed KDE system system until I found this page. Yikes :-)

GOG are giving away the Shadowrun Trilogy for 72 hours
1 July 2021 at 3:22 pm UTC

I got really excited about these freebies until I realised I already owned them. Whoops ;-) More for my unplayed or barely-played list of shame...

Challenging sci-fi action RPG Hellpoint is now available
14 June 2021 at 8:19 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, how is it not Dark Souls? The only thing I've even noticed different in the gameplay is sometimes the 'souls' that drop are dropped as little cubes, which you keep if you die. Other than that, the gameplay and even the level design seems very similar.

Well, looking at the promotional illustrations on Steam I sometimes just want to shout "Shakara!" ;-)

Humble are giving away Surviving Mars for the next 72 hours
12 June 2021 at 3:28 pm UTC Likes: 1

Wow. It's free and there are complaints about the key being tied to the Steam store :-(

Creators of Warhammer 40K Gladius have announced their new 4x strategy ZEPHON
2 June 2021 at 8:40 pm UTC

I quite enjoyed Pandora, so I'm definitely following this one!

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
25 May 2021 at 11:45 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: EikeIn the last Smach Z article, someone said that somebody big should stand up and develop such a thing and that it could be a promising endeavor... :)

Just as long as this doesn't become the Smach Zzz...

EDIT: Too many CTRL-Vs.

System76 releases the open source Launch Configurable Keyboard
13 May 2021 at 10:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

I honestly hope this keyboard sells well, but it's not for me without the numpad (and a few extra macro keys). My trusty Roccat Ryos still does the business in this house :-)

Proton Experimental begins work to allow Resident Evil Village to run on Linux
11 May 2021 at 12:04 am UTC

Quoting: orochi_kyoCapcom is going bankrupt cause you do not care. But the other 99% of Linux gamers will be fine with just clicking play on the game in Steam and able to play without the need of Dual Boot.

Two points:
1) I've no idea about Capcom's financial situation but I'd wager that a company would be more likely to go bankrupt due to churning out rehashes of the same IP every year or two.
2) The latest RE requires a little more than simply clicking 'play' to launch it in Linux.

Quoting: orochi_kyoI love Linux but some Linux gamers are not conscious they mean nothing to most developers out there.

You contradict yourself. I refer you to your sentence about Capcom 'going bankrupt cause you do not care'.

Grab a coffee for the Sunday Section and tell us what you've been playing
10 May 2021 at 12:07 am UTC

Edge of Eternity (via Proton as native is still unstable): now on chapter 5 and finding it very rewarding!

Got back into Jupiter Hell recently. It's a brilliant strategy game with cool weapons/upgrades and a variety of monsters. I'm rubbish at it but it's great fun :-)

Proton Experimental begins work to allow Resident Evil Village to run on Linux
10 May 2021 at 12:04 am UTC Likes: 1

The title Resident Evil Village sounds like it ought to be a theme park :-)