Valve surprisingly updated #HalfLife on its 25th anniversary with Half-Life Uplink, 4 new maps, updated graphics, controller/Steam Deck support, UI scaling, restored content & Fixes. The OG version is now "the new BETA" version & its FREE for limited time! #Gaming #GamingNews

And it is done! Valve has successfully launched #CounterStrike: Global Offensive 2, but at the cost of sun-setting the original CS:GO game for good. #Gaming #GamingNews

Just like when a failed redacted document was leaked on the Internet, it seems that the Court of North California District needs to have double-check on their office clerks. Because there was a massive leaks of findings and evidence regarding #Xbox that were filed during the failed FTC Preliminary Injunction against Microsoft on attempting to buy Activision Blizzaard. The leaked documents highlights all plans that Microsoft have for this decade including a buying spree with names like Nintendo (it will be the 2nd time since late 90's attempt), WB Games, Valve and more. AS for Xbox Hardware, despite Phil Spencer confirming that there will be no mid-gen upgrade, we could see an All-Digital Xbox Series X (no Blu-Ray ROM) by 2025 & new custom Xbox controller in 2024. Microsoft tentatively aims for 2028 to say/launch what's next for Xbox hardware. It will be interesting on the reach that Xbox wants to stretch as there are visions of maybe a proper Nintendo Switch answer for the next main hardware as an "hybrid" computing and also, a Cloud-Ready Xbox console was mentioned. Now that Stadia is out of the picture, Microsoft is already developing Game Pass Cloud Servers upgrades to prepare Xbox as a proper PC gaming streaming and no longer exclusive Xbox Series X environment. Talking about Stadia, Microsoft was wary on chances to compete, but after the first rumors of Immersive Stream, the corporate version of Stadia, was a new priority rather Stadia itself, CEO Satya Nadella asked Xbox team about any opportunities & how they see why Google failed. At the Preliminary Injunction hearing, it was revealed that Microsoft chose NOT to upper up their Cloud Gaming offering & let Stadia take the lead, precisely because Microsoft knew that it will be used against it in case of a massive purchase, like the Activision Blizzard deal. Finally in gaming software related, The Elder Scrolls VI was originally slated for a 2022 release, but Starfield took priority. Before the purchase of ZeniMax Studios and Bethesda, works on the next DOOM game, Dishonored 3 & a Ghostwire Tokyo sequel were in the pipeline. Finally, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3 remaster are also in development, meanwhile, it was mentioned that Rockstar Games is working on the next-gen upgrade of Read Dead Redemption 2. There is an expectation that more things will go public in a matter of days. #Gaming #GamingNews

GG Valve and Happy 20 #Steam #Gaming #GamingNews

Makers of Dolphin, a popular #Nintendo Gamecube & Wii emulator, has given up on have it launched on Steam after being unable to reach an agreement with Valve, who are already limited due a DMCA by Nintendo. Historically, Nintendo sees emulation as illegal. #Gaming #GamingNews

After seeing a post regarding social links I wanted to share a bit of feedback. Admittedly when I setup my account on GGs I was half asleep which would have been a factor in my confusion . My confusion came when I came to adding my Steam to my GGs account, GGs asked for my Steam ID so I assumed it wanted the numerical code assigned to a Steam account as this is the terminology used by Valve on Steam. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the way socials or GGs is set up I just wanted to raise the point that there could be confusion from users (myself included at first) about the terminology used and some people may interpret that as adding the numerical ID where people less familiar with Steam wouldn't understand the series of numbers

It has been a tremendous first month for FromSoftware and Bandai Namco with Elden Ring and within the mountain of notes that have passed, one of the most important is that the game reached 12 million copies sold in its third week of release. Elden Ring is already estimated to break records and has already surpassed Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro Shadow Die Twice and is on its way to surpassing Red Dead Redemption 2. Also, Namco Bandai has already released Update 1.03, although it may not sound impressive by number, it brings quite a few performance improvements to the game and an impressive rebalancing to an already impressive game. On the other hand, Valve did the same in parameterizing details of the Steam Deck software so that a portable Elden Ring experience is available to everyone, particularly the thickness of the improvements will be at the Proton level. Finally, without giving further details, FromSoftware assures that Elden Ring will be an intellectual property for its content outside the game, giving way to possible fiction books, television series or possibly movies, and the reality is that there is cloth to cut. https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/pressrelease_detail.html?tgt=20220316_eldenring_salesdata #ELDENRING #FromSoftware

Ha sido un tremendo primer mes para FromSoftware y Bandai Namco con Elden Ring y dentro de la montaña de notas que han transcurrido, una de las más trascendentales es que el juego llegó a las 12 millones de copias vendidas a su tercera semana de lanzamiento. Ya se estima que Elden Ring romperá récords y ya superó a Dark Souls 3 y Sekiro Shadow Die Twice y está de camino a superar a Red Dead Redemption 2. Además, ya Namco Bandai lanzó un Update 1.03, aunque no suene impresionante a manera de número, trae bastante mejoras de desempeño al juego y un rebalanceo impresionante a un ya de por sí, impresionante juego. Por otra parte, Valve hizo lo propio en parametrizar detalles del software del Steam DEck para que una experiencia portable de Elden Ring esté alcance de todos, particularmente el grosor de las mejoras serán a nivel de Proton. Finalmente, sin dar mayores detalles, FromSoftware asegura que Elden Ring será una propiedad intelectual para ama su contenido fuera del juego, dando paso a posibles libros de ficciones, series de televisión o posiblemente películas, y la realidad es que hay tela para cortar. https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/pressrelease_detail.html?tgt=20220316_eldenring_salesdata

In a new milestone for the Steam Deck, Valve has finally made official the necessary drivers to be able to install a version of Windows to it's portable gaming PC. For now, the user has to accept that if he wants to install Windows, the device wipes storage since dual-boot (multiple OS on one machine) is not ready at the Steam Deck bootloader level. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3131696199122435099 #Windows #Valve #SteamDeck

En un nuevo hito para el Steam Deck, Valve finalmente hizo oficial los drivers necesarios para poder instalar una versión de Windows a su portable de PC gaming. Por ahora, el usuario tiene que aceptar que si desea instalar Windows, el dispositivo borra el almacenamiento ya que el dual-boot (múltiples SO en una máquina) no está listo a nivel de bootloader del Steam Deck. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3131696199122435099 #Windows #Valve #SteamDeck