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Devs from upcoming game WARDOGS (a Battlefield like game) confirmed they’re working on Proton support and will update once it’s ready.

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Specifically, it's that linux doesn't allow someone a gilded-path method to ursurp control of your computer like windows does. The 'switch' in this case is turning off where it tries to, effectively, hack your computer to give control of it to the company installing the anti-cheat. We have a name for that type of program- it's called a rootkit, and it's a major security vulnerability that game companies are trying to rebrand so they can save money on client-side anti-cheat instead of spending money on server-side anti-cheat.

For the record, it's a losing battle- client side anticheat will NEVER be reliable- it literally can't, because at the end of the day you still physically have your computer.

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Democrats leave White House with no deal

Time can go fuck itself for this bullshit headline. "Democrats leave White House with no deal"?

How about "Republicans refuse Democrat deal, setting stage for Republican Government shutdown"

Or maybe something like "Republicans Refuse To Give Americans Benefits and Medical they Pay For, Govenment Shutdown Imminent"

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Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame

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I should note that 30% is incredibly standard in the industry, and Valve offers a LOT more for that 30% than literally any other digital publisher. Physical publishers take substantially more, and the only digital store that offers less is EGS, which is simultaneously absolute dogshite and also has been trying very, very hard to astroturd the '30%' thing for ages.

Nintendo, Sony, and Apple all take 30%. I think MS does as well, but don't quote me on that one.

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Modder who accused Palworld of using 3D models from Pokemon games admits that he has faked everything

Hate to break up the bandwagon, but the modder didn't say he faked anything at all. He tweeted that while he originally said that the models were "exactly" the same, he clarified that while they were not precisely 1:1 without any modifications at all, they were still the same model with minor adjustments.

Some other dude then jumped on the tweet and made up a narrative that the modder had faked everything. Then this "journalist" decided to make an entire article about a tweet from some random dude putting words in the modders mouth.

Given the rest of the editorializing in the article, I think we can pretty safely say this dude is coping hard.

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In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there

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Man, Epic must be patting themselves on the back for all the money they paid getting people to believe 30% was outrageous, because it's paying massive dividends.

It may shock you to know that before Steam, your options were to fuck off or offer your product in a store where you would only get 30% of the profit, with the rest going to the publisher, the retailer, licensing, etc. These days it's closer to 50% for physical copies, and Apple/Nintendo/Sony/etc all standardized with Steam on you getting 70% for digital.

Don't like it? Pull a Valve and make your own alternative that's better. If you build it, they will come... which is why nobody uses EGS.