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[madjoki]

Steam Controller lawsuit

Day 1

In A First, Game Controller Patent Case Kicks Off On Zoom - Law360

The first-ever patent jury trial to be conducted remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic got off to a smooth start Monday, as both sides in a case against Valve Corp. over video game controllers questioned 27 potential jurors over Zoom about their gaming habits.

www.law360.com

Day 2

Video Game Giant Ripped Off Controller Patent, Jury Hears - Law360

A Zoom trial against Valve Corp. began Tuesday with allegations the online video gaming giant sold 1.6 million game controllers that flagrantly infringed a patent belonging to a smaller company, whose lawyers told the jury, "Goliath does what Goliath wants to do."

www.law360.com

 

[Nabs]

When Valve wins, they need to make a new controller and call it Goliath.

 

[madjoki]

This is what Valve said to court about future Steam Controllers

And sales

(I may have posted these here before, or maybe discord only)

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Overwatch Arrives in Dota

Today’s update introduces a powerful tool to help the community regulate negative behavior amongst its ranks — Overwatch. THE BASICS ——— Much like in CS:GO, Overwatch for Dota 2 provides a system that allows good-standing members of the community to verify the validity of reports flagging...

blog.dota2.com

Today’s update introduces a powerful tool to help the community regulate negative behavior amongst its ranks — Overwatch.

 

[NarohDethan]

Overwatch Arrives in Dota

Today’s update introduces a powerful tool to help the community regulate negative behavior amongst its ranks — Overwatch. THE BASICS ——— Much like in CS:GO, Overwatch for Dota 2 provides a system that allows good-standing members of the community to verify the validity of reports flagging...

blog.dota2.com

My mind went places with that title

 

[dex3108]

Overwatch Arrives in Dota

Today’s update introduces a powerful tool to help the community regulate negative behavior amongst its ranks — Overwatch. THE BASICS ——— Much like in CS:GO, Overwatch for Dota 2 provides a system that allows good-standing members of the community to verify the validity of reports flagging...

blog.dota2.com

 

[Ascheroth]

Do we the price of the Yakuza remasters?

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Do we the price of the Yakuza remasters?

No price yet for the PC ports, though the whole package is US$59.99 on PSN.

 

[ZKenir]

 

[Mor]

Steam Controller lawsuit

Day 1

In A First, Game Controller Patent Case Kicks Off On Zoom - Law360

The first-ever patent jury trial to be conducted remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic got off to a smooth start Monday, as both sides in a case against Valve Corp. over video game controllers questioned 27 potential jurors over Zoom about their gaming habits.

www.law360.com

Day 2

Video Game Giant Ripped Off Controller Patent, Jury Hears - Law360

A Zoom trial against Valve Corp. began Tuesday with allegations the online video gaming giant sold 1.6 million game controllers that flagrantly infringed a patent belonging to a smaller company, whose lawyers told the jury, "Goliath does what Goliath wants to do."

www.law360.com

Yup, it's not going to take long for resolution. My personal guess is that they will pay.

When Valve wins, they need to make a new controller and call it Goliath.

They won't win this one, there's already a similar case in place and MS paid even before they went to trial. This Ironburg company is a fucking patent troll. Literally.

(I may have posted these here before, or maybe discord only)

Discord only, do not worry tho

Do we the price of the Yakuza remasters?

My bet is 40$, no, I'm not joking, it will probably be a bit cheaper than PS pack, we will see.

 

[didamangi]

This one, seems to be badly optimized

Yeah, frame pacing issues on xbox and pc. With terrible performance on PC. They really did target 30fps on this one I think.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

lol apparently The Medium can't maintain 60fps even on an RTX 3080... at 1080p... with RTX turned off

The Medium cannot run with constant 60fps on the RTX3080, even at 1080p/High/RT Off settings - DSOGaming

There are numerous scenes in which The Medium drops below 60fps on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX3080, even at 1080p/High settings and without any Ray Tracing effects.

www.dsogaming.com

wait for some patches, folks

 

[Bonfires Down]

This is what Valve said to court about future Steam Controllers

And sales

(I may have posted these here before, or maybe discord only)

I really wanted to love my Steam Controller and for a while I did. But in the end having to manage and learn the inputs for each new game wore me out and I reverted back to (couch) keyboard and mouse. And the Dual Shock works almost as well for me as long as I get the gyro working.

 

[Swenhir]

Yes, that level of performance just screams "Sorry, we didn't want to spend the resources to even remotely optimize, please understand".

 

[Yoshi]

 

[PhaZZe]

where is yakuza collection in steam?

they are already up in MStore

Buy The Yakuza Remastered Collection for Windows 10 | Xbox

Celebrate Kazuma Kiryu's saga with the beautifully remastered Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. Complete The Dragon of Dojima’s journey.

www.microsoft.com

 

[Nabs]

I must say, Donut County is pretty funny. I may have a new wallpaper

 

[Stone Ocean]

where is yakuza collection in steam?

they are already up in MStore

Buy The Yakuza Remastered Collection for Windows 10 | Xbox

Celebrate Kazuma Kiryu's saga with the beautifully remastered Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. Complete The Dragon of Dojima’s journey.

www.microsoft.com

Assuming thats the price the Steam version is getting, not the greatest regional pricing but not the worst either, I'll take it.

 

[didamangi]

I must say, Donut County is pretty funny. I may have a new wallpaper

 

[dummmyy]

The Frontier, NEW VEGAS mod taken down because one of the developers of the mod is a pervert.

Mod unavailable



God fucking dam it. That is AWFUL for the rest of the dev team on this. Was really, REALLY looking forward to this. Good on Nexus mods for absolutely no fuckery with this. Disappointing barely scratches the surface

 

[Mivey]

Sega really going for that stealth drop with the Yakuza Collection.

Also, happy Birthday, KainXVIII ! (assuming it's still your birthday, just saw it on the front page)

 

[Arsene]

Assuming thats the price the Steam version is getting, not the greatest regional pricing but not the worst either, I'll take it.

I was fully expecting a $60 price tag so ill take $40 with passable regional pricing lol

the pricing on the individual games is atrocious though. $55cad for all 3 or $30cad for one? Wtf $20usd is not $30cad.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Assuming thats the price the Steam version is getting, not the greatest regional pricing but not the worst either, I'll take it.

To be honest I was expecting an even worse price than this one, of course if SEGA follows the same price that is on Windows Store.

 

[Stone Ocean]

The Frontier, NEW VEGAS mod taken down because one of the developers of the mod is a pervert.

Mod unavailable



God fucking dam it. That is AWFUL for the rest of the dev team on this. Was really, REALLY looking forward to this. Good on Nexus mods for absolutely no fuckery with this. Disappointing barely scratches the surface

I'm told it was the artist that did the Pip Boy animations so hopefully they can replace whatever work he did for the game?

 

[Panda Pedinte]

The Frontier, NEW VEGAS mod taken down because one of the developers of the mod is a pervert.

Mod unavailable



God fucking dam it. That is AWFUL for the rest of the dev team on this. Was really, REALLY looking forward to this. Good on Nexus mods for absolutely no fuckery with this. Disappointing barely scratches the surface

Hope they will remove all the content made by this person.

 

[Alextended]

Googling that I found more criticism for the mod and the devs saying they sent threats?

Also that there's dubious content in the actual mod itself, abuse of young folks and stuff.

Also that it's kinda shit in story and outside the impressive mod work. Cba to investigate.

 

[Kvik]

No. I'd have sex with 7 (virtual) Keanus if I want to, thank you very much!

Assuming thats the price the Steam version is getting, not the greatest regional pricing but not the worst either, I'll take it.

It's $60 Dingo Dollars here, so at $20 per game it's still a good value, considering how much content there is.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I must say, Donut County is pretty funny. I may have a new wallpaper

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Give me the steam version already SEGA

 

[texhnolyze]

The Frontier, NEW VEGAS mod taken down because one of the developers of the mod is a pervert.

Mod unavailable



God fucking dam it. That is AWFUL for the rest of the dev team on this. Was really, REALLY looking forward to this. Good on Nexus mods for absolutely no fuckery with this. Disappointing barely scratches the surface

Yeah, I woke up to the news. It looks like half of the dev team has left, and it's on the verge of collapsing. The Steam version is definitely going to get cancelled. What a fall from grace.

 

[Tizoc]

Re: the medium

The Medium review – split-world horror stranded in unsatisfying limbo

Bloober Team’s beautiful-looking exploration of intergenerational trauma is ripe ground for innovative storytelling, but fumbles its big themes

www.theguardian.com

Not unlike Bloober Team’s earlier Layers of Fear, the story is prone to tone-deaf tropes. For example, it reaches to empathise with the paedophile artist who abuses one of the characters, voyaging into the psyche of the abuser during the first of a handful of jarring perspective changes.

 

[Kvik]

Posting more Yakuza Collection screenshots to tide us over until its release on Steam (about ~14 hours to go). They're not the best, but it's all we got.

Yakuza 4

Yakuza 5

EDIT: +an early review.

Sadly, the games do not seem to offer high refresh rate support despite allowing players to choose 120 Hz, 144 Hz, and higher output modes. The included frame rate caps also fail to properly control frame pacing, so if you want the smoothest, most-consistent gameplay possible, you’ll need to use a driver-level solution or 3rd-party application. Ultrawide works, though it simply adds black bars to the sides of the screen and is not fully supported.

Much of the games’ cutscenes are pre-rendered and when put against the actual game, look really rough. They were captured at a low resolution with low bitrates that lead to excessive aliasing, blur, color banding, and compression artifacts. I’ve not seen the console version of this collection, but I would assume this is simply how the games are presented and is not a byproduct of the PC port itself. I found the audio quality to be lackluster with dialogue and music cues having lots of audible encoding compression.

Yakuza Remastered Collection PC impressions: Better late than never

Sega has finally brought the remainder of its PS3-era Yakuza remasters over to PC. Were they worth the wait?

www.shacknews.com

 

[xxr]

I'm told it was the artist that did the Pip Boy animations so hopefully they can replace whatever work he did for the game?

Weren't they all aware of this the whole time?

How do you develop something for 7 years and not notice this?

 

[PC-tan]

Call me crazy but I think I'm going to buy a Logitech Herman Miller chair with all of my GameStop stock money.

I don't actually have that stock money but I am considering getting that chair though.

 

[dummmyy]

I am considering getting that chair though.

I seriously considered getting this chair before hitting the jackpot with an aeron chair

 

[PC-tan]

I seriously considered getting this chair before hitting the jackpot with an aeron chair

Are both good chairs?

 

[dummmyy]

Are both good chairs?

The Aeron is by far the best office chair I've sat in.

 

[Readher]

Yakuza Remastered Collection PC impressions: Better late than never

Sega has finally brought the remainder of its PS3-era Yakuza remasters over to PC. Were they worth the wait?

www.shacknews.com

No framerate over 60 and no FOV slider, eh? Seems like quite a downgrade from the previous ports.

 

[madjoki]

Steam Controller lawsuit

Day 1

In A First, Game Controller Patent Case Kicks Off On Zoom - Law360

The first-ever patent jury trial to be conducted remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic got off to a smooth start Monday, as both sides in a case against Valve Corp. over video game controllers questioned 27 potential jurors over Zoom about their gaming habits.

www.law360.com

Day 2

Video Game Giant Ripped Off Controller Patent, Jury Hears - Law360

A Zoom trial against Valve Corp. began Tuesday with allegations the online video gaming giant sold 1.6 million game controllers that flagrantly infringed a patent belonging to a smaller company, whose lawyers told the jury, "Goliath does what Goliath wants to do."

www.law360.com

Day 3

Patents Aren't 'Crown Jewels,' Gaming Co. GC Tells Jury - Law360

Gaming platform Valve's top lawyer told a Washington federal jury Wednesday in a patent infringement trial against the company over game controllers that he doesn't view patents as being of paramount importance to a business.

www.law360.com

 

[Kvik]

No framerate over 60 and no FOV slider, eh? Seems like quite a downgrade from the previous ports.

Since the port was handled by QLOC, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bug, considering Kiwami 2 was also kind of scuffed, although they did fix most of the issues post-launch.

 

[Readher]

Since the port was handled by QLOC, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bug, considering Kiwami 2 was also kind of scuffed, although they did fix most of the issues post-launch.

Well, there are only 3 framerate settings in the options - 30, 60 and Auto. Doesn't seem like it's a bug. The fact Kiwami 2 only got a FOV slider in a post-release patch makes me hopeful, though.

 

[Kvik]

Ah, I see. I thought "Auto" will respect whatever the refresh rate is reported by Windows. Either way, I'm not too concerned about that if the frametimes are consistent.

 

[Readher]

Ah, I see. I thought "Auto" will respect whatever the refresh rate is reported by Windows. Either way, I'm not too concerned about that if the frametimes are consistent.

Yeah, about that...

The included frame rate caps also fail to properly control frame pacing, so if you want the smoothest, most-consistent gameplay possible, you’ll need to use a driver-level solution or 3rd-party application.

 

[Ge0force]

[UWSL]anyway, playing through Jedi Fallen Order via the EA Play $1 Steam deal and really enjoying it, for the most part[/UWSL]

Same here. It's a decent game, but it's baffling that most (if not all) gameplay mechanics are litterally copied from other popular games. I'm 15 hours in, and I haven't encountered anything so far that wasn't been-there-done-that for me.

 

[Mor]

My bet is 40$, no, I'm not joking, it will probably be a bit cheaper than PS pack, we will see.

where is yakuza collection in steam?

Give me the steam version already SEGA

Shadow drop in around 12 hours or so, they did the same in the past, do not worry, it's shitty but always happen when it's not a brand new game.

 

[fokkusu]

So, waiting then Fanatical etc. deal which might bring it around 30

 

[Dragon1893]

Just gonna buy Yakuza 3 for now since I can't afford the collection. I´ll get the other two when a deal comes along after I'm done with Y3. I wish I could buy the whole thing to support this release more, but no dice.

 

[beep boop]

Funny how they put FidelityFX CAS in these remasters but not the actually hardware intensive one, Kiwami 2.
Shine on you crazy diamond, QLOC.

 

[Pixieking]

Also that there's dubious content in the actual mod itself, abuse of young folks and stuff.

Maybe this is what Valve caught just before the game went live on Steam? It's the kind of thing that could easily delay a Steam release whilst letting the Nexus version go live.