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I organize the Eurovision Song Contest, but exclusive to Lemmy, it’s called Lemmyvision !

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In the case of Mario it’s a smart way of handling the limited data available, its not a duplicate texture like Helldivers, its the same cloud copy pasted just with a different color.

From what I understand Helldivers had the same files duplicated multiple times so that HDD could find them easily (somehow)


*We have followed through on our plans and made small reductions in the PC installation size over the last few patches while still adding new content. While this was a good start, our short term fixes have not been enough to keep up with all of the new content in the latest patch. The longer term goal has always been to bring the PC installation size much closer in line with the console versions. We are happy to report that, thanks to our partners at Nixxes, we have reached that goal much sooner than expected._ _By completely de-duplicating our data, **we were able to reduce the PC installation size from ~154GB to ~23GB**, for a total saving of ~131GB (~85%). We have completed several rounds of internal QA and are ready to roll this out to early adopters as a public technical beta. Our testing shows that for the small percentage of players still using mechanical hard disk drives, mission loading times have only increased by a few seconds in the worst cases. This is live NOW!*_
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Additional link from esports.is

https://esports.is/sogulegur-vidburdur-islensk-leikjafyrirtaeki-sameinast-i-fyrsta-sinn-a-einum-stad/

Speakers

  • Greg Hennessey, Game Design Director at CCP Games
  • Harry Krueger, former Game Director at Housemarque, Returnal Game Director
  • Johan Pilestedt, Chief Creative Officer at Arrowhead Studios, Helldivers 2 Creative Director
  • Kim Cosmo Ström, Independent Game Developer at That Other Fish
  • Steingerður Lóa Gunnarsdóttir, Game Designer and Educator
  • Winter Laurel Mullenix, Lead Narrative Designer at CCP Games

_The first event of its kind for Iceland’s game dev community._ _Game Makers Iceland presents the first-ever Reykjavík Game Summit - a full-day event curated for Iceland’s professional game development community. Designed for game designers, narrative designers, developers, and creative leaders, the summit offers an opportunity to learn from industry experts, exchange ideas, and build connections with peers._ _We’re bringing together international voices and local talent for a day of talks, insights, and inspiration - celebrating creativity and collaboration in game development._ _Don’t miss this chance to be part of a milestone moment for game dev in Iceland!_ _Thursday, November 27 2025, 09:00-16:30_ _Vinnustofa Kjarvals, Fantasíusalur_
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Playing it coop with friends is fun too, but you’ll have to coordinate who get which loot



To answer your questions: this is posted in [email protected] because this specific petition relates to the interests of this specific Lemmy community, this does not mean it’s “so important”, or that it’s a priority, it’s just one of the many topics the users that frequent this community are interested about.

On the topic of other petitions, there are actually a lot of different petitions by European Citizen, that are available on the website dedicated to it: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/. For example, there are two other petitions that are at the same stage of the Stop Killing Games petition (they’re in the process of verification). One calls for a ban on conversion therapies, which are discriminatory and harmful towards LGBTQ+ citizen, the other calls to “Stop Extremism” within the European Union, but is rather vague about what it’s about.

The “My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion” was verified as “Valid Initiative” on September of this year, and on the 1st of October, its representatives met with Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, and European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management to discuss it, they will later have the opportunity to present it publicly to Parliament Members, which may hold a dedicated debate session. So far there’s been 11 “Answered Initiatives” of varying subjects (this means the parliament debated on it, and reached a conclusion, and made a statement, you can learn more about the process here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works_en).

It’s a great system that’s underused in my opinion (lots of reasons for it but that’s another subject matter). If you’re a European Citizen and feel like there are topics you would like to bring to the European Parliament, I highly encourage you to create one and fight for what you believe is important!


Their initial switch from a pve only game was motivated by data and metrics that showed them it was a better choice to make an extraction shooter (they said themselves somewhere that the game just wasn’t fun). I trust they made the right call, so I would say a pve only mode in Arc Raiders would dillute the tension of each round played.

That being said, I’m also very risk averse, so I dislike the pvp part of the game. While I think its a necessary part of the gameplay, and that it brings awesome uncertainty and adrenaline, I think Embark should try and create incentives for more cooperation between players, encourage pvp as a conscious, intended, risky choice rather than a reasonable option when encountering other players.

From Tech Test 2 to the current Server Slam, they’ve apparently buffed the robots/arc enemies strength, I think that’s a step in the right direction, even if I haven’t personally noticed a change 🤷‍♀️



Its probably the one I’m looking forward to the most, I wonder how it compares to Jusant


Here's a bunch of demos I downloaded: - [Cairn](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3170150/Cairn_Demo/>) - [Reanimal](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019420/REANIMAL_Demo/>) - [Mechanicus II](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/4002090/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus_II_Demo/>) - [Tears of Metal](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/4040960/Tears_of_Metal_Demo/>) - [Yapyap](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3834090/YAPYAP/>) - [Final Sentence](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/4021860/Final_Sentence_Demo/>) - [Strategos](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3064810/Strategos/>) - [Slots & Daggers](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3970060/Slots__Daggers_Demo/>) - [Monsters Are Coming](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3814210/Monsters_are_Coming_Rock__Road_Demo/>) - [Checkmage](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3706230/Checkmage_Demo/>) - [Demeo x D&D](<https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124340/Demeo_x_Dungeons__Dragons_Battlemarked/>)
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EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion
_REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) (“EA” or the “Company”), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor consortium (“the Consortium”) comprised of PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in an all-cash transaction that values EA at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion. The transaction positions EA to accelerate innovation and growth to build the future of entertainment._ _Under the terms of the agreement, the Consortium will acquire 100% of EA, with PIF rolling over its existing 9.9% stake in the Company. EA stockholders will receive $210 per share in cash. The per share purchase price represents a 25% premium to EA’s unaffected share price of $168.32 at market close on September 25, 2025, the last fully unaffected trading day, and a premium to EA’s unaffected all-time high of $179.01 at market close on August 14, 2025._ [...]
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Humble Choice games for September 2025
WWE2k25 Destiny 2: Legacy Collection The Plucky Squire Spellforce: Conquest of Eo Return to Monkey Island Eastern Exorcist Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks Grapple Dog
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Finally got a taste of what It Takes Two was like, I understand why it was Game of the Year !


Had the same situation as you, yet to be resolved, thankfully I’m still logged in the ea desktop app, but I basically gave up on ever taking back full control of my account.


Google doesnt allow that, I believe


Heavy Gear III press release
*Partners with Flameborn Games A New Montreal-Based Game Studio to Announce Heavy Gear III – An Immersive Sci-Fi Action-RPG with Mech Combat and Open World Exploration Powered by Unreal Engine 5* Trailer link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXCx1IjM39A
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Good job UK ! Now cancel Brexit and vote for the EU one !


TOTK felt like an upgrade to BOTW to me as well, the sandbox is incredible, BOTW felt too static once I experienced TOTK



Blasphemous! Slept too long on this one, its really good, love the lore, and it’s not too hard




I think he had a precise idea of the feelings he wanted to convey, and those were drowned out by the overall quality of the game, so he felt like people didn’t get the message ? Idk just throwing out a hypothesis


Additional details courtesy of user PCGamingMegaMod _Resetera users have discovered that both new owners named by Dark0ne work for a company called [Chosen](https://wearechosen.io/)._ > We partner with founders to help scale what they’ve built amplifying their impact, supporting their team and culture, and ensuring the business thrives for the long term. _From Chosen's "Why work with us?" section:_ > You’ve built something players love. We’re here to protect that magic and help it grow — with the care, creativity, and support it deserves. _It's vague to what extent this is a sale. Dark0ne mentioned the owners have "changed hands", but also mentions "I’ll also be working with the team to help guide the overall direction of the site, just without needing to be the person who signs off on every little thing and without taking responsibility for any and all things Nexus Mods"._ _In regards to Lifetime Premium, a Nexus Community Manager wrote this comment here:_ > Lifetime Premium means exactly that: Lifetime. There are no plans to revoke it. Beyond the fact that it wouldn’t make business sense, doing so would break trust with the community, which is the last thing we want. We’re committed to honouring the promises made to our supporters.
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I think there’s a remake in the works, haven’t played the original but I might try the new version


I usually check protondb for more detailed data on games compatibility https://www.protondb.com/


Not every single one, but a fair amount. People maintain compatibility lists for different emulators, for example this is one for Ryujinx https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Ryujinx_Game_Compatibility_List

Edit : better yet here’s a list from the same wiki, of emulators for the Switch, with a % of game compatibles https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Nintendo_Switch_emulators


Biased because I’m pro steam deck, but yes, Steam Deck will offer you the full steam library of games, on top of games from other platforms / consoles through emulation

This was the main selling point for me


I tried it a little in the past few months, its very fun, it’s also very empty. The lack of players forced the devs to add bots to all the matches. The game no longer being free to play will just kill it.



_The greatest national team in football history will now be led by the most successful coach in the world. Carlo Ancelotti, a synonym for historic victories, was announced this Monday (12) by the president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues, as the new coach of the Brazilian National Team. He will lead Brazil to the 2026 World Cup and will already coach the team in the upcoming friendlies and matches of the Qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay, next month._ Carlo Ancelotti leaves Real Madrid as the most decorated manager of the club's history with 15 trophies (3 Champions Leagues, 2 La Liga, 2 Copa Del Rey, 3 Club World Cup, 3 European Super Cup and 2 Spanish Super Cup) in 6 years
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The devs themselves have released a timeline from their point of view, on their website https://classic-offensive.net/#/timeline ; I dont know if it contains the info the guy mentioned, but its probably where most articles in the subject are getting info from


I wonder if, in the future, we’ll look back at this lame decision as one of the turning points for Valve, we’ll see how this develops and if this is just the start of a downwards trend


First :

  • Outer Wilds
  • Disco Elysium

Then :

  • Inscryption
  • Carto
  • Spiritfarer
  • Pyre


We’ve already had one Half-Life 3 but what about a second Half-Life 3


Spiritfarer did this to me, I was very much invested in every character (except the bird and the bull, they can fuck off)



The artstyle is great, the animation… ouch





Any of those three

  • Disco Elysium
  • Death Stranding
  • Outer Wilds

Same, 505 games (who handles pc porting) was still retweeting DS related posts, so I’m hoping they’ll get a deal soon




Releases Q4 2025

The master of stealth is back! Explore the dizzying heights of the Iserian Continent and cunningly eliminate your enemies. Thanks to your Quartz powers, you are freer than ever. Be creative: Never has it felt so good to be greedy.



Media incorrectly reported that they were rebranding, when it was only a small part of the studio changing name




> French video game developers staged the first-ever industry-wide strike this week, rallying against deteriorating working conditions and significant job cuts.
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*Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at [library.gamehistory.org](https://library.gamehistory.org/).* *Ever since we started in 2017, the Video Game History Foundation has been building a digital library to help the study of video game history. We’ve been collecting development documents, behind-the-scenes content, rare video game publications and catalogs, magazines, memorabilia, ephemera, and more.* *After years of cataloging, processing, and digitizing our collections, we’re ready to open our (virtual) doors to the public for the first time.*
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I made the _what's next after Half-Life_ thread and received many awesome recommendations, thank you guys! During the Holidays a game caught all my attention: Pentiment. It hooked me and I played it non stop for three days, now that I finished it, I may do another play through to unlock all achievements and try other choices, but in the meantime I am in quest for similar games! What I'm craving : - the mystery / investigation was great, for context I have already played Outer Wilds, Obra Dinn, Golden Idol, Frog Detective, Disco Elysium... they immediately came to mind once I started puzzling what I had to do. What are similar games with a murder mystery at their core, that reward investigation? - the effort to provide historical accuracy, this is a time and area of Europe I only briefly learned about in middle school, so it felt nice having a glimpse of what life was like in 15th century Bavaria, are there games that try to portray life and folklore of people I may not know about? For context I am an average western European. - the sense of progression struck me, I saw kids become teens, then adults, I got to know these families, attach myself to some of them, saw their evolution as characters, are there games that make you get close to characters and see who they become over multiple years, over generations ? I can't remember any game that made me care that much for NPCs as this one. - I enjoyed the art direction a lot, medieval illustrations have this quirkiness that just endears me, I had already played the Rock of Ages games, are there similar games with this feeling of playing through pages of a book? Or any game with a really nice / stylised illustration style? I already played Gris which was beautiful. - After finishing the game, I was left unsatisfied with the explanation and wanting more, I mislead myself in thinking the dialogues animation and typos / font switching had a bigger impact and were hiding some 4th wall breaking. Are there games that play with this kind of meta mystery (I don't know what word best describes it) where you have a glimpse that there's something bigger behind the scenes? Inscryption is one of my favourite games for this, I also really liked the demo for 'is this game trying to kill me' and am planning to get it during the Steam winter sale Thanks !!
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What’s next after Half-Life?
I have just finished the Half-Life series. Prompted by the 20th anniversary of HL2, I decided to play HL1 (1997), then HL2 (2004), and both episodes. I'm currently playing through Black Mesa and it's very enjoyable so far, it's like they took everything from HL1 and removed the annoying parts, I'm excited to see what more changes they decided to make, and what other references are present. HL1 aged badly imo, but I recognize the technical achievement that it was at the time it was released. It's full of good ideas, and I'm amazed by what they've accomplished. HL2 didn't feel like a it has a technical leap as big as its predecessor, but the gameplay ideas in there feel more modern than most game 20 years later. The game has some long stretches that were a bit annoying but the whole journey felt worth it. During the last chapter where you get the upgraded gravity gun, I started seeing the seeds of Portal games, more so in Episode 1, it was like I suddenly understood Valve as game devs and their philosophy. Episode 2 was the most fun I had and despite being short it felt like a full fledged campaign. Alyx was fun to watch on youtube 🤡 I'm really happy that I completed the games and can put them down (compared to grinding endlessly in live service games), I'm really glad that I now understand why the series is praised, why people are aching for the third Episode, why Valve backed themselves into a corner because of their technical ambitions. But now, I want more of this, more of those one of a kind experiences that push the genre forward. More gameplay ideas. I'll probably replay the Portal games, but what other games would you recommend? Some times, Half Life reminded me of more modern immersive sims I played before (Dishonored, Prey, I'll probably go back to them at some point), maybe Deux Ex, System Shock should be on my list?
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What games did you play New Game + on ?
I rarely replay games once I finish them, but a few left me an itch to replay them with this mode : Dishonored 2, and Styx: Shards of Darkness
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French union CGT Ubisoft calls for a strike, translation of an AMA on the main french subreddit
Hope this kind of content is allowed in this commnity ! **For context:** CGT is the main union in France, this is an AMA run by union members of the CGT Ubisoft branch, but there are also other unions calling for a strike (STJV, Solidaires Informatique, CFE-CGC Fieci, CGT, Printemps Ecologiques) > *Hello everyone,* > > *We are members of the CGT Ubisoft, and today, we are available to answer your questions until the end of the day.* > > *We are here to discuss everything related to our union experience at Ubisoft, working conditions in the video game industry, and the reasons that led us to call for a strike on October 15.* > > *Do not hesitate to ask your questions, whether it is about the role of the union, the current situation at Ubisoft, or our recent actions. We are here to discuss and provide transparent answers.* > > *We will try to answer most of your questions. However, we may not be able to answer those considered confidential* > > *You can also find us on Instagram to follow our news: https://www.instagram.com/cgtubisoft/* I will translate questions / answers in a comment chain below
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I downloaded about 40 demos, will report back once I played all of them !
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