Court documents show that not only is Valve a fraction the size [only 336 employees in 2021] of companies like EA or Ubisoft, it's smaller than a lot of triple-A developers (www.pcgamer.com)
No Man’s Sky soars again as new update prompts biggest discount yet (www.pcgamesn.com)
PC gamers are finally embracing the controller, as usage triples [increase to 15% from 5% over the last six years] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Star Citizen is free this week, if you'd like to try it (www.pcgamer.com)
This is not a typo: The world's fastest gaming monitor may well be this ancient IIyama CRT unit, pushed [modded] to 700 Hz at a glorious 120p resolution (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo Switch 2 performance boost to fall short of Valve's Steam Deck (www.tweaktown.com)
Doom Fans Go Too Far, Port The Shooter To A Sex Toy [extra hardware plugged inside] (kotaku.com)
Racing game recommendation
Hey fellow gamers,...
Ubisoft is still trying to make NFTs happen (www.gamedeveloper.com)
What's been your favourite headset for gaming so far?
Am looking for a new pair of headphones, mostly for gaming. The two aspects I care mostly about are comfort and good audio. Therefore wondering about people’s recommendations and experiences with headphones. What’s been your best headphones so far and why?
RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux (www.tomshardware.com)
In a sly move, Microsoft has removed the online help page that shows how to switch to a local account on its Windows 11 operating system. (www.pcgamesn.com)
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what? (www.pcgamer.com)
Nvidia GPU partners reportedly cheap out on thermal paste, causing 100C hotspot temperatures — cheap paste allegedly degrades in a few months (www.tomshardware.com)
AMD's latest integrated graphics perform like an eight-year-old Nvidia midrange GPU — Radeon 890M achieves GTX 1070 performance in Geekbench and lags behind GTX 1650 Super by 15% (www.tomshardware.com)
Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC (www.pcgamer.com)
I think I'm done being a mod
So yeah, my life is a pile of, well you can guess. Its not that the job is hard, nor is it overwhelming for me, however my life is crap and my mental state is very dark, so I do not believe I can mod this community the way it should be run. Again, there is not a lot of work to do, and the admin team seems to be on top of it much...
Friday Facts #418 - Space Age release date | Factorio (www.factorio.com)
Free Palworld update pushes Steam players up by 800% (www.pcgamesn.com)
The developer of new Steam roguelike Dice and Fold is “amazed by the reception” after launch, and launches its extreme mode update early. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Sort by date added to library, what's the oldest game you have *installed* on Steam?
For me it’s Zombie Panic Source, but I’d love to hear others.