🖥️ General PC Discussion

[blueharvest]

'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'

Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Newell "couldn't figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward."

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

Half-Life 2 Hits an All-Time High During 20th Anniversary Celebrations

Half-Life 2 has set a new player count record. The game celebrated its 20th anniversary, and more players than ever before flooded the platform.

insider-gaming.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)

The DOJ reportedly plans to ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser to break search monopoly https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly

bsky.app

 

[blueharvest]

A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit after a publisher 'decided to go World War 3' on it, and it all hinged on one email

"The company was pretty close to going bankrupt, I was pretty close to going personally bankrupt⁠—we went all in, there was no money left"

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

Apple’s First Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Aren’t Made by Apple at All

Apple has partnered with Corsair for its first gaming keyboard and mouse that might make you feel like a real gamer on MacBook or Mac mini.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Steam Controller 2 Set To Enter Mass Production, It's Claimed

New claims suggest that Valve's Steam Controller 2 is getting set to enter mass production in the near future.

insider-gaming.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad

A source within Google has told Android Authority that Google plans to basically turn Chrome OS into Android.

www.androidauthority.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Steam Controller 2 Set To Enter Mass Production, It's Claimed

New claims suggest that Valve's Steam Controller 2 is getting set to enter mass production in the near future.

insider-gaming.com

I wanted to get the original, but waited too late. I want to get 2 of these bad boys.

 

[blueharvest]

Free-to-play 'MOBA battle royale' game Supervive, one of the most popular recent Steam demos, is out now in early access

The genre mashup is attracting players at a good clip.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

"It was a very weird time."

www.pcgamer.com

 

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[Lily Adler]

Did Nintendo make that picture with real models?

 

[blueharvest]

Did Nintendo make that picture with real models?

I think they got it from this:

Star Fox in Supermarionation?

Gerry Anderson inspired generations of technologists, pilots, television and film creatives and game designers. So how about Star Fox in Supermarionation?

www.gerryanderson.com

 

[blueharvest]

The antitrust lawsuit against Steam is now a class action, and that could have big repercussions for Valve

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, now encompasses "all persons or entities" who have sold games on Steam since 2017.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Only 15% of all Steam users' time was spent playing games released in 2024

Steam's end-of-year review of what we play and how we play makes for some interesting reading.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Lily Adler]

When you're the weird PC gamer who prefers a controller over a keyboard and mouse.

 

[DKDetective]

When you're the weird PC gamer who prefers a controller over a keyboard and mouse.

It depends on the game for me. Mouse and keyboard is unbeatable for FPS games, RTS and other strategy games, as well as RPGs, but controllers are often better for certain third person action games and similar games that were developed/optimized for on console. I would never want to use a mouse and keyboard for one of the Arkham Batman games for instance.

 

[blueharvest]

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT benchmark Score Leaks - OC3D

A 3DMARK benchmark score for AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT has leaked, revealing performance levels that best AMD's RX 7900 GRE.

overclock3d.net

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[DeadlyWest]

It depends on the game for me. Mouse and keyboard is unbeatable for FPS games, RTS and other strategy games, as well as RPGs, but controllers are often better for certain third person action games and similar games that were developed/optimized for on console. I would never want to use a mouse and keyboard for one of the Arkham Batman games for instance.

I'm that pro gamer who places racing games on a DDR mat

 

[blueharvest]

We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple

Valve is actually smaller than Larian, but in terms of pure money-making efficiency there's nobody bigger.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

LG unveils a monster 5K ‘bendable’ OLED gaming monitor

Ahead of CES 2025, LG has announced the first 5K OLED gaming monitor, which also includes a bendable panel.

www.digitaltrends.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Scared to see what the price tag on that'll be.