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Games: DenuvOwO (Breaking DRM Shackles), SteamOS
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Denuvo cracking group DenuvOwO reportedly disbands
Denuvo hypervisor-bypassing group DenuvOwO reportedly disbands — lawsuit from Irdeto has a chilling effect, but cracking continues
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Tom's Hardware ☛ UK Games Expo bans games and art made mostly using AI
The UK's largest tabletop gaming convention told exhibitors that they cannot show off games and other products mostly created using AI. It only allows the 'use of computerized tools used for spell checking and minor editing and aiding in production or accessibility.'
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Proposed Pennsylvania law targets publishers that kill digital games
The Protect Our Games Act would ensure that even if video game manufacturers take a title offline, those who've previously bought it would not lose access. While it still does not give gamers ownership of the titles they buy, it would at least let them continue playing them even if the developer goes bust.
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Boiling Steam ☛ SteamOS 3.8.28 is a Big Update for the Steam Deck and Steam Machine
Valve has just recently shipped SteamOS 3.8.28 stable, and this is a major update for the Steam Deck, but not only.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam Beta fixes non-Steam games to failing to launch | GamingOnLinux
Now and then a fresh Steam Beta comes with issues - and for Linux, Valve recently broke non-Steam games.
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Boiling Steam ☛ R-Type Dimensions III - Review on Linux and the Steam Deck
There are quite a few gems out there when it comes to classic shooters, and R-Type series is extremely popular if you had the chance to live in the 80s. R-Type was a go-to arcade side-scroller shoot’em up where you control a small spaceship, attacking waves of enemies called the Bydo, and at the end of each level you get to fight huge bosses before you can move to the next one. It had novel mechanics letting you have a shield (called the Force) move around independently from your ship (you can detach it anytime from your ship, but it will also make you vulnerable). This is not a bullet hell game (that came later with games in the 90s like DonPachi and DonDonPachi). Here, you have ample time to see bullets coming. Not saying it’s easy though, because a single bullet will kill you.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Space bullet heaven roguelike Sublight is full of chaotic battles | GamingOnLinux
Sublight is a new Early Access release from CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD, bringing survivor-likes into the space age. I took a look to see what I thought. Disclosure: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Legacy Code is a bizarre looking mechanical creature action-physics sim | GamingOnLinux
Legacy Code is one of the more quirky games to enter the GamingOnLinux inbox recently, where you build up a mechanical creature in a action-physics sim.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ King in the Mountain is like if Dwarf Fortress was a mini casual incremental | GamingOnLinux
Time for you to check out King in the Mountain if you like casual incremental games, with a demo available that works great on Linux systems. My immediate first thought when trying it out - is that it's like a stripped back mini Dwarf Fortress, if it was an incremental game.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Hytale Chapter 1 arrives October 12 with lots of new content | GamingOnLinux
Hytale is set for a huge content expansion with Chapter 1 arriving October 12th, bringing the first hand-crafted dungeon and a multi-phase boss fight.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ FEX code cache enabled for Proton Experimental (ARM) to improve frame timings | GamingOnLinux
Valve have upgraded Proton Experimental (ARM) with a feature that should hopefully improve some frame timings for devices like the Steam Frame.