Doom (2016) released DRM FREE on GoG and with -80% discount [until 02/05/2025] (www.gog.com)
After 6 years of hype, can Hollow Knight: Silksong really live up to the sky-high expectations? (www.pcgamer.com)
I donāt think itāll live up to the hype but itāll still be a great game.
Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he's got the fourth ending (!) will 'figure out what I'm going to play next' (www.pcgamer.com)
The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne (www.pcgamer.com)
Silent Hill 4, F.E.A.R. and more join the GOG Preservation Program (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says 'it's a tragedy' his 2013 immigration sim now feels so on-the-nose (www.pcgamer.com)
Game dev union marches through industry event to demonstrate that it's about 'taking action and organizing change' (www.pcgamer.com)
Good for them.
Indie gameās ālesbian toggleā makes it hilariously unplayable (www.polygon.com)
After suing a Disco Elysium writer to prevent him from making his own game, a tech CEO who's allegedly banned from the Disco Elysium subreddit is trying to crowdfund a spiritual successor (www.pcgamer.com)
Command & Conquer was REBORN as OpenRA | FOSS Spotlight (peertube.wtf)
Steam just cracked 40 million concurrent users for the first timeā , meaning Valve's user count was bigger than 80% of the countries in the United Nations (www.pcgamer.com)
Amazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was so much larger than Valve, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems' (www.pcgamer.com)
I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.
Sony Didn't Pass On Dark Souls--From Software Just Passed On Sony ["they were so disappointed with how PlayStation treated them, we wanted to work with them again but they passed on it,"] (www.gamespot.com)
Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles (kotaku.com)
The biggest PC gaming subreddit [r/rpcgaming] has blacklisted X for being 'hateful' and 'toxic', citing Elon Musk's 'distasteful' behavior (www.pcgamer.com)
Popeye and Tintin have entered the public domain, so I'll just go ahead and start the countdown clock for our first Sailor Man soulslike (www.pcgamer.com)
Russian disinfo is trying to spark a boycott of Stalker 2 by claiming it's going to draft you into the war in Ukraine somehow (www.pcgamer.com)
GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead (www.pcgamer.com)
Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux - 15 years old today (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Free Lovecraft horror game developers Bit Golem raise $50,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine (web.archive.org)
Ubisoft is still trying to make NFTs happen (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Microsoft's new Recall AI will take screenshots of everything you do - freaky [Mircosoft: "capabilities to take images of your active screen every few seconds"] (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Lies of P quietly adds Denuvo DRM to PC version (nichegamer.com)
Weekend PC Game Deals: Steam anniversary hits, city bundles, a sim to try, and more (www.neowin.net)
