Gaming on Linux has come a long way
TL;DR; tried gaming on Linux again after not having done so for ~10 years and am absolutely blown away by how much improved it is...
Steam Summer Sale 2023 Recommendations Thread
Dishonored (2012) $2.49 at -75%...
A new fan-made port of Wipeout can be played in a web browser (www.videogameschronicle.com)
If you just wanna play it, here's the link: https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/
Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine (www.pcgamer.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit gives Reddit the finger by designating itself NSFW and posting dozens of nude Vs (www.pcgamer.com)
lol
Ubisoft just added Denuvo to Assassins Creed Mirage via a day-1 patch a few minutes ago. AFTER all the major reviews went online. (meta.masto.host)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/0c095e3d-ac73-49eb-b142-65d0c7d2b8af.webp
Cyberpunk runs 30% faster on linux than on windows 11 (m.youtube.com)
The YouTube channel “Maximum Fury” conducted a technical test of the new Cyberpunk add-on called “Phantom Liberty” on an older AMD hardware system, testing it separately on Linux and Windows 11. The Linux system, specifically the Fedora distribution called Nobara, performed significantly better, delivering 31% more...
Lists of useful tools, software, mods, websites and other resources
These are lists of some tools and software that are useful for Steam Deck and can enhance your experience with it, as well as all the websites and other such Steam Deck resources I know....
Dwarf Fortress on Steam now officially available for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Unity bosses sold stock days before development fees announcement, raising eyebrows (www.eurogamer.net)
NVIDIA drops remake of fan-favorite mod ‘Portal: Prelude’ on Steam for free (www.engadget.com)
My Experience Switching From NVIDIA To AMD (lemmy.world)
TLDR: From my experience, in 2023, the Mesa drivers with an AMD GPU provide an experience that is way better than NVIDIA with their proprietary drivers. And if you’re helping a friend get into linux, and or linux gaming I think you should steer them towards an AMD GPU....
Steam Summer Sale starts tomorrow: What's on your wishlist for the Steam Deck? (steamcommunity.com)
[Game] Recommendation - Tunic (store.steampowered.com)
Played it through on the SD when it released last year, took me 32 hours. Now I'm 8 hours into my second run and it's as fun as the first time. Perfect Steam Deck game.
SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly vote in favour of authorising video game strike (www.eurogamer.net)
Members of the major SAG-AFTRA acting union have overwhelmingly voted in favour of authorising a potential video game strike....
Devs on Unity Runtime Fee: "The trust is gone forever" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time" (www.eurogamer.net)
Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: radiation.party/post/41940...
Steam Deck Stable Client Update: July 10th (store.steampowered.com)
Again, not 3.5. but more fixes.
Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com)
Just a few hours after Valve launched a new update to celebrate the game's 25th anniversary, the original Half Life has reached a new all-time high of almost 14 thousand concurrent players. (twitter.com)
Nitter link: nitter.net/playtrackernet/…/1725612880836300996...
Linux interoperability is maturing fast thanks to SteamOS (www.theregister.com)
Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle (www.wired.com)
Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Robot Gentleman dev of 60 Seconds! blasts Unity, switches to Godot and increases funding (www.gamingonlinux.com)
