A good point someone mentioned in a previous article is also that Valve are still unable to keep up with the verification process and provide consistent, reliable results on many games. Adding a second hardware target to test against is going to basically double the work needed when it comes to performance and drivers (though not UI/UX aspects like font size and keyboard entry, I reckon).

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I always felt like "Minetest" sounded like a debugging tool for Minecraft servers or something, so I’d say good change as far as that goes. I don’t see how that will help "throw off the 'Minecraft clone' comments" though, since that’s exactly what it is regardless of the name.

Quoting: hm11I get the french and code mixture, maybe is because i don't know french

What French?

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Ooooh I had played this with a friend taking turns using Remote Play Together but the input lag made it unfair at times. Sharing levels at the same time ought to be even more fun!

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I don't usually go for Survival games because I’m afraid of the time sink and prefer stories to sandboxes, but I sunk 50 hours in the demo so this was a day-one purchase for me with the native Linux build. I just really like the atmosphere and getting lost in Realistic mode, where you don’t see your current position on the map.

Quoteyou need to survive the wilderness with nothing but your bare hands to start with.

For the record, that is hyperbole. You do start off with a few steel tools, a compass and enough food to last you a few days while you get to grips with the game systems and set up camp.

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A bunch of new TBRPG demos? There goes my free time for the next week!

Quoting: GamingTFMThese are some pretty good deals. Is it worth buying the basic version of XCOM 2 or should I get the version with all DLCs?

I’ve been sticking to the base game because I’ve heard the expansions make it more buggy and I feel like the extras would make it overwhelming (there’s already a lot going on in my opinion), but if you want to use Workshop content, a lot of the most popular mods require War of the Chosen. I think it would be a sound strategy to buy just the base game for your first playthrough(s), and wait for another sale if you want to add on to it later.

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I think when they say "'departing' from the Season Pass model with everyone getting access at the same time", they mean that season passes will no longer include early access? Which may be entirely to avoid too many players saying that the game sucks before everyone else can buy it blindly.

Quoting: KlaasIteresting… “our goal is not to push any specific agenda”… “focusing on (…) GaaS-native experiences”.
Focusing on GaaS is an agenda, right?

Considering the wording, this sounds to me like a vague allusion to gender politics. Trying to convince far-right nutjobs that they haven’t "gone woke"? I’m not sure. I don’t know what the "polarized comments around Ubisoft lately" are other than whether or not Star Wars Outlaws was any good.

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Looking at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFzO5JbQO6c they seem to have made the colors more vibrant and varied, and for once I can say I do see the improvement. There seem to be other added details to make the world seem more lively as well. Probably wouldn’t run on my machine anyway, but maybe I’ll grab it for a dollar in a few years after I’ve upgraded, if the PSN nonsense has been dealt with.

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Quoting: kerossin

QuoteThe game does require a PlayStation Network Account, so some regions will be unable to buy or play it.

Genius! They want to stop piracy but they also don't want to sell the game to me. I haven't pirated in years but they're not giving me any other choices.

Funny how many people forget that not playing a game is also an option.

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Quoting: coolitic"Shouldn't need a calculator" as if the conversion ratio wasn't absolutely trivial.

Is it, though, when every pack of (let's call them) gems uses a different ratio and you spend those gems piecemeal at a different time in a different interface that only shows you the cost in gems?

1,000 gems for 7,99$
2,500 gems for 12,99$
5,000 gems for 17,45$
20,000 gems for 39,87$
10 free gems every week if you log in daily
1 common skin for 250 gems = ??$
1 rare skin for 700 gems = ???$

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Again, you have that backwards. Quoted from the latest Steam stats article from Liam, emphasis mine:

QuoteThe interesting thing about the last month is we had the absolutely massive release of Black Myth: Wukong from Chinese developer Game Science. This, naturally, has lead [sic] to a surge in the numbers of people from China playing games and using Steam. And as usual, that pushes the Linux number down because it's just such a massive amount of extra people on Windows.

In other words, more Chinese players on Steam leads to a lower user share for Linux historically.

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