Even more indie games are going to be shown off soon in the Big Break Showcase from Coffee Stain Publishing.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
But, "there are people over there who are not me who take the best care ever of them."
Former Doom: The Dark Ages producer Andrew Willis has shared tuppence on the state of the blockbuster videogame trade, arguing that the biggest companies and most popular series are going through the final stage of a familiar "cycle" whereby the moneyfolk finally displace the creatives, and start messing games up in the name of short-term returns. He reckons that the likes of Halo are well on their way to becoming "a dried husk of a product that everyone just now associates with like, slop".
The Steam Frame, unfortunately RAM shortage-ravaged as it is, is unique among virtual reality headsets for its ability to run Steam games – VR or 'flat' alike – entirely on its own, internal compute hardware. It is, in effect, a SteamOS PC for your face. Yet as I waxed about in our review, this feature’s impact could extend far beyond the Frame itself, as it’s based on new compatibility tech that Valve now hope to bring to a broader range of PCs and laptops. Potentially,
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer has revealed that the studio behind recent FPS hit Wardogs check the social media accounts of prospective hires for public criticism of crunch practices, and deliberately prefer to avoid bringing such folks on board. In the exec's view, devs working extra or long hours to get a game or update out of the door - otherwise known as crunch - "is going to happen at some point", even if the studio "always try and avoid it". Read more
Jake Sullivan from Vector3 talks to me about the process of locking down collabs between big names like Sonic the Hedgehog and Roblox games.
'But we can collectively determine how it's developed and how itâs used.'
Conceptually, it was great, but it was also quite broken.
Or so the rumour mill says.
Soulart says it's working to support Steam Frame with its standalone motion tracker.
"You lose that feeling of curiosity because you're like, well, why even bother?"
Diablo 4 Season 15 has begun, and Blizzard snuck Diablo 2 style Runeword crafting into the new update for the ARPG, unlocking new unique items.
Not much of a mystery.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty sequel Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember will release in March next year, devs Koei Tecmo have revealed as they've whipped out an alpha demo that you can give a go right away. Expect plenty of samurai sword slashing and rolling around the mythological or historical Chinese big man, plus some open battlefields to roam. Read more
If you recently glanced at Total War: Shogun 2 and thought "gosh, lovely hip-and-gable roofs on that miniature of the temples in Kyoto, but this could really do with oh, let's say 50 additional groups of quarrelsome swordsmen", then congratulations, Creative Assembly are adding "50+" minor factions in Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition, an all-in-one remaster hamper due to launch on 13th October via Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store and GOG. This fancified and expanderised, 64-bit edit
SUPERHOT VR has been upgraded with a number of improvements to make the first-person shooter better on Valve's Steam Frame kit.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition arrives October 13th bringing the classic back with some fresh modern touches.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Need some first-person shooter action? The Sniper Elite Classics Collection Humble Bundle is live now with a good price for multiple games.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
GE-Proton 11-7 has arrived and there's quite a lot of gaming improvements here for SteamOS / Linux fans.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
OptiScaler Client continues maturing as one of the easiest ways to upgrade all the different upscalers across various different games.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
DXVK is a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to run lots of games nicely on Linux with Wine / Proton.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Facepunch are trying desperately to pull in more players for their game creation platform s&box, with a permanent price cut now live.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
