Significant — you’d need to either get the old Linux build working (not an easy task today) or you can install it on Windows, copy the files over, and run it via Proton (but you’d need to manually add the registry key with your CD key to the Proton prefix’s registry).
Universal Paperclips! It’s an idle game that relies on you making smart planning decisions to optimize things, so there’s a degree of strategy that most of them lack.
That's my thought as well -- the licensed sports game market is probably more reliable (and generates more revenue vs. development cost) than originals, and they can "streamline" their business by splitting the originals business off for a sale. Not including sports probably makes the originals side more attractive to platform holders, as most sports games probably include provisions that require multiplatform releases (see also: the MLB signing a publishing deal for Sony's "The Show" on non-Sony platforms).
According to leaker Zippo, two of these games are classic GameCube titles in the form of F-Zero GX and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This isn't the first time that HD remasters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door or F-Zero GX have been rumored, but Zippo believes that both will be released by the end of the year.
Valve’s legal team got worried about hosting that (as hosting circumvention tools in the US is a direct violation of the DMCA, even if the tools are created by third parties), and reached out to Nintendo
Nintendo did their usual thing and said no (because they wrongly believe all emulation of their hardware is illegal, except if they do it), but in this case correctly identified the circumventing nature of Dolphin
Valve pulled down the Dolphin page on their own, without a legal demand from Nintendo
Valve continues to host RetroArch and the various cores, so it’s not like they’re opposed to emulation in general. The ability to copyright “magic numbers” in the US (Valve is an American company) isn’t up for debate, and it would also put them in violation of the DMCA, so it’s not hard to see why Valve would be worried about this specific emulator.
As for Dolphin, they have options:
they can choose to keep shipping as-is, without being on Steam, as they host from a non-US site with looser copyright laws
they can choose to not support encrypted payloads, and require that users supply independently-sourced decrypted games
they can require users to enter their own decryption key they dump directly from their consoles (which, realistically, means that users would get one off the web separate from Dolphin) and use a dumped system BIOS, which would fully emulate the “real” decryption process
The engine also started as an engine for MMOs, which allowed them rich scripting for every NPC, as well as an inventory for every NPC.
The world fidelity that Bethesda builds, on a technical and simulation level, is unmatched — yeah, something like The Witcher 3 might look better, but it also doesn’t let you interact with basically every item in the world or pickpocket every NPC’s weapon as a way to neutralize them in combat.
A roguelike platformer. While it lacks any meta-progression (like the similar Rogue Legacy games), the core platforming keeps me coming back again and again. The systems-based nature of the game keeps things fresh through many play-throughs.
A photography game that's more cyberpunk than the game titled Cyberpunk. It gradually introduces you into its neon-soaked, Neon Genesis Evangelion-inspired world where humanity fights the good fight against kaiju.
::: spoiler spoiler Except the kaiju, born from global warming, have already won, humanity is doomed, and you're there to document the end of everything. The game takes a clear political position, inspired by the Australian bushfires and protests following George Floyd's murder in 2020, that neoliberalism and conservatism can't solve society-level issues, and will instead use the power of the state to sell non-solutions to delay or hide problems while violently stifling any real dissent. :::
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update - Half Life Uplink, New Multiplayer Maps, Updated Graphical Settings, SteamDeck Verified and More (www.half-life.com)
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in my opinion, '98 was the best year for game releases. What's yours? (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre (www.inverse.com)
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EA Sports and EA Games Splitting Apart in Internal Shakeup - IGN (www.ign.com)
Nintendo Leaker Teases Big GameCube Games for the Switch (gamerant.com)
According to leaker Zippo, two of these games are classic GameCube titles in the form of F-Zero GX and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This isn't the first time that HD remasters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door or F-Zero GX have been rumored, but Zippo believes that both will be released by the end of the year.
Starfield’s 30fps frame rate is “a choice,” God of War dev says (www.pcgamesn.com)
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Ive been trying some indie developed games this past year, more than ever and I'm in awe what lone devs or small teams can accomplish....