cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/288721
From the description:
This week, Epic Games promises a port of Fortnite and their Easy Anti-cheat malware to Windows 11 for ARM. A prominent union helps get a union for game developers off the ground. The Lenovo Legion Go S w/ SteamOS is now available for preorder. I share my experience with Half-life 2 RTX and more!
- Epic’s Snapdragon Announcement: https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/en-US/news/windows-on-snapdragon-support-is-coming-to-epic-online-services-anti-cheat-and-fortnite
- Hucksterberry Tim’s “Fortnite on Deck” misdirection: https://www.theverge.com/23996474/epic-tim-sweeney-interview-win-google-antitrust-lawsuit-district-court
- CWA announced United Videogame Developer union: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/video-game-workers-launch-industry-wide-union-communications-workers-america
- GIMP 3.0 Release: https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/
- Lenovo Legion Go S - SteamOS 16 GB: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-go-s-8-120hz-gaming-handheld-amd-ryzen-z2-go-steamos-16gb-with-512gb-ssd-nebula/6619192.p?skuId=6619192
- Lenovo Legion Go S - SteamOS 32 GB: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-go-s-8-120hz-gaming-handheld-amd-ryzen-z1-extreme-steamos-32gb-with-1tb-ssd-nebula/6619188.p?skuId=6619188
- My Mastodon account: https://mastodon.online/@gardiner_bryant
- My Peertube instance: https://subscribeto.me/videos/browse?languageOneOf=en&s=2
- Half-life 2 RTX demo blog post: https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/2025/half-life-2-rtx-is-a-complete-disappointment/
- Gaming On Linux’s HL2 RTX experience: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/half-life-2-rtx-demo-has-launched-on-steam/
- NexusMods.app 0.8.2 release: https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App/releases/tag/v0.8.2
From HL2 RTX post:
So with all that said, I’m disappointed in Valve for allowing Nvidia to butcher this game.
Huh? Firstly, it’s a mod, Valve is famously not opposed to them. And it’s not developed by Nvidia, they simply provided the tools. Opinions are opinions, but it’s completely ignoring the work of the actual dev team, and disregarding other valuable uses Remix has.
Sometimes headlinese gets somewhat incomprehensible. I feel like this is one of those examples. https://xkcd.com/2584/
