Microsoft needs to make it so i never need to go into the steam app or the GOG app
That’s never going to happen with any store. Not Microsoft, not Steam, not Epic, not GOG. GOG games could be added anywhere, since they’re not tied to a launcher.
Either start pirating everything or “hope” one store on PC gets a real monopoly, so it’s the only one to buy from.
I think when it was announced, there were some leaks that said these Game Key Cards would be the Switch 1 version of the game, along with a code to upgrade to the Switch 2 version. This would basically prevent you from selling it again. This was quickly refuted, but people still like to shit on Nintendo, so they don’t care.
Then you also have people complaining that games on other consoles don’t come with the game (not even pre-patch version or something) anymore, like Doom: The Dark Ages, just a few MB of data for authentication or something and the rest you have to download. Switch now does basically the same, and it “only” has 256GB storage, plus the microSD Express card. But the games are also smaller, so I don’t know if it’s like you can only fit a few big titles on there (or one Call of Duty), and then you’re outta space.
Didn’t think Fandom had it in them. Very nice move, although my time watching or listening to GB are probably over.
I don’t think so. They deny it, so who knows. There’s also the exploit allegations, that were mentioned in this thread, but there’s just no source for anything.
This got rejected from Steam in January and the C&D was in March, but in between that Valve updated their Source SDK to add all TF2 source code, so it’s not like they’re completely anti-mod.
As usual, Valve doesn’t communicate with anyone, so who knows what’s going on there.
People are saying the reason is that they used/worked with leaked CS:GO code, which Valve doesn’t like, but the devs deny it.
You can now (on June 5th) very easily play most PC games on the Switch 2.
I mean, other consoles support proper KB+M, but it’s not like Paradox is rushing to get their games released on Playstation. Why would the Switch be different, with a worse mouse and no keyboard?
In justifying the $450 price of the Switch 2, Nintendo executives predictably pointed to the system’s upgraded hardware specs, as well as new features like GameChat and mouse mode.
GameChat is truly a revolution. We haven’t used voice chat for games for like 25 years, definitely not.
Nobody asked for the mouse mode, it will probably be used by two games, made by Nintendo themselves, then just be forgotten.
The release was “narrowed down” once already, so this doesn’t mean anything.
I think KOTOR is the only Star Wars game I have ever played. I don’t really care if this remake ever comes out, but I’d probably play it.
Super Shotgun from Doom 2, love the feeling when you shoot it.
What’s your issue with Linux compatibility and NVIDIA?
I know the drivers are proprietary and not as good as AMD, but my only issue a year or two ago with a 3080 was VRR with multiple monitors, which is supposed to work now.
I loved 0, but every time I started Kiwami my eyes just glazed over. I played a few hours of Like a Dragon, but didn’t get far. Maybe some day I’ll give it another shot.
For someone who doesn’t really play these, but might like to, it feels like a new Yakuza game comes out every few months, which is just too much.
Sometimes I want the freebies you get with the pre-order, sometimes it’s about pre-loading.
before seeing actual reviews and not reviews against free/early access copies?
“Actual reviews”, because you can only have an opinion on something, if you paid for it.
I pre-order games. Steams refund policy makes it pretty much risk-free. Usually it’s shortly before launch, if I want to play the game immediately anyway. For big games, reviews pretty much always come out before launch or on the day of, so I can still always cancel, if it looks bad. I don’t remember regretting any of these purchases, even if I didn’t like all the games.
While this is classic Valve non-communication, apparently the devs were hacking or reverse-engineering some closed source stuff, that Valve might not have agreed with.
https://x.com/csco_dev/status/1533103185543548929
Just so we are clear on how the mod works on our side, there is no leaked code involved. We’re using a build from 2020 that has security exploits and a hacked dedicated server to be able to even play online while working on it internally.
The mod cannot be released in this state
This is all just some third-party information, I have no idea about this and don’t really care about Counter-Strike.
I watched the trailer and the evolution they’re going with is apparently not making an RTS anymore, but an Action Roguelike. If that’s the kind of evolution we’re talking about, I feel we’ve already stuff in a similar vein (dunno specifically about roguelike though).
Eh, I don’t really care about that stuff, it’s all subjective. If they liked it that much, who am I to judge
I haven’t paid attention to a lot of lists, but Veilguard might be the outlier here. The game seems to be really divisive. Yesterday I was in a thread on how for someone Veilguard was the last straw, and they’re giving up on Bioware completely, and here the game is the fifth best of the year.
But for most games, I don’t think it would it be an extra burden? As an armchair developer, most games might do a DRM check online, which would have to get removed or emulated or something.
For multiplayer shooters, I don’t know if dev hosted servers are somehow a lot easier to do, compared to dedicated servers of yore, even if they’re just internal, and would get a public release when the game is EOL. Depending on how things are defined, a single player, offline mode against bots might also count and “just” the multiplayer aspect gets shut down.
Games that would have a harder time are probably MMOs or Live Service games. I don’t know how those would get sold/made, if you can never shut down the game. Maybe those types of games would basically have to be rented or something, so it’s explicitly clear you’re not getting a perpetual license.