1. 📰 Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (direct link) (👍884 👎15)

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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 show Linux's market share growing ahead of a potential full SteamOS release for PC.

Posted by inclementimmigrant

2. 📰 Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter (direct link) (👍96 👎0)

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Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter

Ars has partnered with GOG.com to create a store page featuring some of our favorites from GOG's catalog. Twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list. Be sure to check out our first article in the series, Star Trek 25th Anniversary! 🖋️🤖

Posted by DosDude

3. 💬 [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - August 2025 (direct link) (👍36 👎0)

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Posted by Fubarberry

4. 📰 Xbox Is Done Selling Movies And TV Shows (direct link) (👍30 👎1)

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Xbox Is Done Selling Movies And TV Shows

Xbox is no longer selling TV shows or movies on its digital storefront. The news came with little fanfare or notice, though some people who regularly check Xbox’s movie and TV section saw a bunch of movies about the end of the world in the featured section right before it all shut down. 🖋️🤖

Posted by AlexanderTheGreat

5. 📰 New PS5 system update beta previews DualSense wireless controller pairing across multiple devices (direct link) (👍21 👎0)

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New PS5 system update beta previews DualSense wireless controller pairing across multiple devices

Like thisMany PS5 peripherals, including the DualSense wireless controller, are designed to support a variety of devices beyond PS5 including PC, Mac, and mobile devices. Here are the details of each features:Pairing a DualSense wireless controller across multiple devicesUntil now, pairing was required each time you connected a DualSense or DualSense Edge wireless controller to a different device such as PC, Mac, and mobile devices. Press and hold one of the action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, or square) and the PS button for over 5 seconds. Press and hold one of the action buttons and the PS button for about 3 seconds. See here for the list of devices and OS versions that support Bluetooth® connections with DualSense wireless controller and DualSense Edge wireless controller. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by slimerancher

6. 📰 The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299 (direct link) (👍15 👎0)

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The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299

The Commodore 64 Ultimate will be the first new hardware released under the auspices of the new management. Image 1 of 6 (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore)Commodore 64 Ultimate overviewRefocusing on the new hardware launch, we see that there are three new Commodore 64 Ultimate models to choose from, but they only really differ cosmetically. However, C64 stalwarts can also have fun with their collections of “dusty old cartridges, CRT TVs, datasettes, or disk drives,” assures the Commodore 64 Ultimate website. Considerably more expensive, at a touted $499, we find the Commodore 64 Ultimate: Founders Edition. Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Commodore) (Image credit: Commodore)Crowdfunding details and a reminderThis project is using its crowdfunding platform, not Kickstarter or Indiegogo, to save expenses. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by i_am_not_a_robot

7. 📰 Interview with Counter-Strike creator Minh Le - Spillhistorie.no (2024) (direct link) (👍14 👎0)

from PC Gaming (!pcgaming@lemmy.world)

We had a chat with one of the original creators of Counter-Strike.

Posted by Retrogamingpappa

8. 🖼️ [Official Art] Journey Box Art (direct link) (👍13 👎0)

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Posted by Grimm

9. 📰 OutRun: Amiga Edition by reassembler (direct link) (👍12 👎0)

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OutRun: Amiga Edition by reassembler

An optimized port of SEGA's 1986 arcade game OutRun, utilizing the original 68000 assembly code, to mid-spec Commodore Amiga computers. Whilst small compromises have been made to accommodate differences between the arcade hardware and the Amiga - this looks and plays almost identical to the original.

InstallationFull instructions are provided in the bundled readme.txt, but the arcade ROMs (not included) must be converted to a format suitable for the Amiga with the supplied Python script. The folder structure, should then be transferred to a folder on your Amiga. You'll need a small amount of familiarity with the Amiga to get this running. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Twig

10. 📰 Donkey Kong for the Commodore Plus/4 looks fantastic! (direct link) (👍7 👎0)

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Indie Retro News: Donkey Kong for the Commodore Plus

If you've been living in a cave or just too young, you probably wouldn't remember one of the greatest retro games of all time, the 1981 Nintendo game ' Donkey Kong '. A game in which you played as Mario, that must avoid rolling barrels, sometimes with a hammer in hand, to save a damsel in distress from a giant ape called Donkey Kong. If however you do remember the game or just want to experience it on your Commodore Plus/4. One of those releases was none other than Donkey Kong, which has arrived on the Commodore Plus/4. The player controls Jumpman aka Mario as he runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by i_am_not_a_robot

11. 💬 Transfer savegames from android/Retroarch to R36S? (direct link) (👍5 👎0)

from SBC Gaming (!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml)

"Hi, I want to port my RetroArch savegames from Android to R36S/ArkOS. Tried syncing between Android devices but saves weren’t recognized. Any guides or help appreciated!" (300 chars) 🖍🤖

Posted by ratzki

12. 📰 Atari-legend Nolan Bushnell – I still play games every day - Spillhistorie.no (2024) (direct link) (👍5 👎0)

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– I still play games every day

Klikk for å sende en lenke med e-post til en venn(åpnes i en ny fane)E-post 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Retrogamingpappa

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📰 Nintendo Runs Out Of Replacement Parts For 2DS Systems And New 3DS LL, Ends Repairs In Japan (direct link), posted in Nintendo 3DS, 2DS and DS (👍53 👎0)

Nintendo Runs Out Of Replacement Parts For 2DS Systems And New 3DS LL, Ends Repairs In Japan

This includes repairs for "Nintendo 2DS systems" and the New Nintendo 3DS LL (known as the XL model here in the West) - mentioning how it's now officially run out of parts necessary to repair these systems in Japan. Here's the full updated notice (via machine translation):Nintendo: "As we have run out of parts necessary for repairs, we have stopped accepting repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS LL and Nintendo 2DS systems. Please note that repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS system have already ended on August 28, 2024. Nintendo also announced it had run out of replacement parts for the Wii U in Japan last July, and ended online play for both the 3DS and Wii U in the same year. Repair services for these systems haven't been available for some time now in many other parts of the world. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by cm0002

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