1. 📰 A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you' (direct link) (👍624 👎10)

from PC Gaming (!pcgaming@lemmy.ca)

A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'

And one of them was lighting Sure enough, he immediately noticed a problem."The math that we were using was wrong," says Birdwell. "And not only that, the math that everybody was using was wrong. That took about two-and-a-half years. Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary - YouTube Watch On Let's just pause on that aside. And there are many, many people responsible for that achievement. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by alessandro

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2. 📰 Instead Of Making Better Games, Reports Allege That Ubisoft Wants Steam To Hide Certain Data...Like Player Counts (direct link) (👍411 👎7)

from PCGaming (!pcgaming@lemmy.world)

Instead Of Making Better Games, Reports Allege That Ubisoft Wants Steam To Hide Certain Data...Like Player Counts

An unnamed Ubisoft insider says the company is pushing back on Steam to try and get certain data points removed from public view. This would include data points like peak and concurrent users. Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. 🖋️🤖

Posted by ByteOnBikes

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3. 📰 [Discussion] Steam Autumn Sale has started. What are you buying for your Steam Deck? (direct link) (👍154 👎3)

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Steam Store

Dec 6, 2024 Granny: Escape Together Horror, Survival Horror, Atmospheric, Hidden Object Dec 5, 2024 Marvel Rivals Free to Play, Hero Shooter, Multiplayer, Third-Person Shooter Dec 5, 2024 The Thing: Remastered Action, Survival Horror, Shooter, Sci-fi Dec 5, 2024 Deadside Survival, FPS, Post-apocalyptic, Open World Survival Craft Dec 5, 2024 Skydance's BEHEMOTH VR OnlyAction, Adventure, VR, Action-Adventure Dec 5, 2024 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop Adventure, Management, Simulation, Puzzle Dec 5, 2024 FANTASIAN Neo Dimension RPG, JRPG, Turn-Based, CRPG Dec 5, 2024 Caves of Qud Procedural Generation, Turn-Based Combat, Open World, Turn-Based Dec 4, 2024 Battle Shapers Shooter, Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Roguelite Dec 4, 2024 Pavlov VR OnlyVR, Shooter, Action, Multiplayer Dec 4, 2024 The Edge of Allegoria RPG, Dark Comedy, Turn-Based Combat, Retro Dec 4, 2024 Entropy Survivors Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Co-op Dec 3, 2024 ANTONBLAST 2D Platformer, Action, Destruction, Exploration Dec 2, 2024 Get To Work Adventure, Singleplayer, Funny, Difficult Nov 25, 2024 Void Crew Co-op, Multiplayer, Space Sim, Adventure Nov 21, 2024 Star Wars Outlaws Action, Singleplayer, Adventure, Action-Adventure Nov 21, 2024 Star Wars Outlaws Action, Singleplayer, Adventure, Action-Adventure Nov 20, 2024 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Open World, FPS, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Nov 20, 2024 Luma Island RPG, Co-op, Farming Sim, Adventure Nov 14, 2024 DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake RPG, JRPG, Pixel Graphics, Turn-Based Combat Nov 12, 2024 Farming Simulator 25 Simulation, Farming Sim, Realistic, Immersive Sim Nov 8, 2024 ZEPHON Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, 4X Nov 7, 2024 Metro Awakening VR OnlyVR, Exploration, Shooter, FPS Nov 1, 2024 Magicraft Action Roguelike, Looter Shooter, Bullet Hell, Roguelite Oct 24, 2024 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Action, Multiplayer, Shooter, FPS Nov 1, 2024 Homicipher Horror, Atmospheric, Female Protagonist, Otome Oct 31, 2024 Dragon Age™: The Veilguard LGBTQ+, Fantasy, Singleplayer, RPG Oct 31, 2024 Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist, Third Person, Open World Oct 29, 2024 Life is Strange: Double Exposure Choices Matter, LGBTQ+, Female Protagonist, Story Rich Oct 29, 2024 Red Dead Redemption Open World, Western, Story Rich, Singleplayer 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Fubarberry

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4. 📰 Amazon Working On Mass Effect Show Following Fallout Success (direct link) (👍44 👎0)

from Xbox (!xbox@lemmy.world)

Report: Amazon Working On Mass Effect TV Show

A new report claims that Amazon is officially developing a TV show based on Bioware’s hit sci-fi franchise, Mass Effect. This follows previous reports indicating that Amazon wanted to make a Mass Effect show. The yet-to-be-announced Mass Effect television show will be written and executive-produced by Daniel Casey. 🖋️🤖

Posted by AlexanderTheGreat

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5. 🖼️ Bought a Retroid Pocket Mini (direct link) (👍42 👎0)

from SBC Gaming (!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml)

Posted by Shatur

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6. 📰 [Playstation Lifestyle] PS5 Pro Scalpers Having to Sell Consoles at a Loss (direct link) (👍39 👎0)

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PS5 Pro Scalpers Having to Sell Consoles at a Loss

The PS5 Pro is out, and unlike the base console’s release, this one is pretty readily available. This has led to some scalpers selling the console at a loss. eBay UK has tons of users selling PS5 Pros under its £700 retail price. The good amount of Buy It Now listings are between $800 and $1000. 🖋️🤖

Posted by ZippyBot

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7. 📰 PlayStation is officially on Bluesky (direct link) (👍38 👎0)

from PlayStation (!playstation@lemmy.world)

PlayStation (@playstation.com)

Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is. Updates on PS5, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation Plus, PS4 and more. PlayStationplaystation.comdid:plc:3nfshkzomgboapasu6amkhuiOfficial PlayStation account. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by CosmicSploogeDrizzle

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8. 💬 Is there a way to enable colors for every cover in heroic game launcher? (direct link) (👍6 👎0)

from Steam Deck (!steamdeck@lemmy.ml)

I don't like B&W covers for games that I have not installed.Posted by gamedeviancy

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9. 🖼️ Boy, #mastertronic had its artwork nailed. (direct link) (👍6 👎0)

from Commodore Plus/4 (!plus4@retrolemmy.com)

Posted by i_am_not_a_robot

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10. 🖼️ Le livre CONSOLES MUSEUM + est arrivé à destination 📭 (direct link) (👍3 👎0)

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Posted by formamac

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11. 📰 Amiga Advent Calendar (direct link) (👍2 👎0)

from Amiga (!amiga@sopuli.xyz)

Amiga Advent Calendar

If you would like your game, pixel art picture, wallpaper, mod or software to be featured on the Amiga Advent Calendar, please contact me at arcadecammy @ gmail.com - it can be anything you would like to share with the Amiga community. For a full list of Amiga Christmas-related games, mods, demos or wallpapers, check out the Amiga Christmas Tree website. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Twig

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📰 Stellar 7 [MS DOS] Some Music on Tandy 3 Voice (direct link), posted in DOS Gaming (👍2 👎0)

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