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Mrtnptrs

@mrtnptrs.bsky.social
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Just into gaming technology for hobby. Blabbing on about technical things, obscure update details etc. Mostly PC, but sometimes Nintendo Switch 2. SteamDB fanatic. Love especially RollerCoaster Tycoon, Command & Conquer, Doom, Crysis and GTA classics.

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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Devil May Cry HD Collection September 28th, 2026 update: mainly cutscenes converted from WMV to much smaller file size WebM format, with it a whopping 60% install size reduction + more cutscene compression artifacts + SteamAPI update. See my detailed Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/ObscureGam...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Follow-up to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... On my suggestion, Elight Software actually released a second patch today to implement DDrawCompat as well to assure stability and performance on modern Windows. Amazing to see. See steamdb.info/patchnotes/2... and steamcommunity.com/app/433280/d...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Warlord Battlecry III on Steam got a sudden update today. "The game now correctly handles the Windows display scale setting" to avoid Windows enlarging the game's visuals and causing them to go off-screen. Now, no compatibility settings are needed anymore. See steamcommunity.com/app/433280/d...
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Suddenly a Steam patch? :: Warlords Battlecry III General Discussions
I just noticed that Steam downloaded a patch. 512.5 KB in size. Any information what this is about?
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Quake Champions has transferred from free-to-play to paid ownership; €9,99. Granted for free to previous free-to-play players on Steam. The Microsoft Store version has been retired. All content locked behind battle-passes and microtransactions are now freely unlocked in-game. See beth.games/4yOraxC
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Resident Evil 3 Remake and Devil May Cry 5 got updates today on Steam. See my post on Reddit about this: www.reddit.com/r/ObscureGam...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
007 First Light got updated today with Path Tracing support. Not mentioned by the devs; AMD FSR, Nvidia DLSS, Nvidia NRD and Nvidia Streamline all got updated as well; see my detailed Reddit post on this: www.reddit.com/r/ObscureGam...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2006 DirectX 8 title "Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally" for PC; if you run into a black screen at boot (with sound/music playing just fine), open file "[path-to-game]\Harley\Cfg\console.cfg" and look for the line "addvar r_windowed int; r_windowed = 0". Change the "0" to "1". This fixes the issue.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Acquired Pikmin 1 + 2 for my Switch 2 yesterday. It seems like the game's ground textures are too detailed at a distance that causes them to show moving artifacts while moving the in-game camera. Almost like max texture filtering enabled without mipmap-support. 720p (handheld) and 1080p (docked.)
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Some games might be unoptimized, but I see more and more people saying on the internet that certain games are causing their PC/laptop to overheat. Likely just indicates: - The game is fully using your system resources (even if unoptimized) - Your cooling setup/fan curve is improperly setup.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
After Pikin 3 Deluxe yesterday, now also Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got a sudden Switch 2 update: - From 720P (Switch 1) to full 1080p in handheld - From 1080p (Switch 1) to 1440p or 4K in docked mode - Shorter load times - 5-8 multiplayer support - Increase to player racing speed - CameraPlay support
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Men of War (2008) and Faces of War (2006) getting delisted on September 8, 10pm UTC, following "Soldiers: Heroes of World War II" delisting in June this year; same developer and publisher. Announced for GOG & ZOOM Platform, Steam & EGS likely next. See: www.reddit.com/r/DigitalGam...
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From the DigitalGamesDelisted community on Reddit
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Been digging a bit into the Steam2 leak, see kotaku.com/every-valve-... Leaving the Valve stuff to other. Discovered myself the following things: - An alpha and developer build of "Homefront" - Copies of long delisted or never released Steam games like Blur, The Godfather 1&2 and The Movies etc.
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Everything Discovered In The 13TB Steam Leak So Far
It's been just 48 hours since the 13TB 'Steam2' depot leak dropped, and fans are unearthing a small treasure trove of previously undiscovered content
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Haven't been posting on BlueSky the last few months due to the quite strong reactions some people on Steam & Reddit have when you link to BlueSky + the seemingly very limited reach this platform has. I've mainly focused on my new DelistedDigitalGames Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/DigitalGam...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pikmin 3 Deluxe got updated today for the Nintendo Switch 2. According to Digital Foundry, it always used to render at 720p on Switch (and thus Switch 2, right image). Now, however, in handheld mode, the resolution seems to have gotten a significant boost to 1080p (left image).
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Another follow-up to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... LEGO Harry Potter Collection got a new 1673384 package attached to it (steamdb.info/app/2950340/...) that is indeed exclusively sold in Japan and exclusively attached to the previously created and filled 2950342 depot to allow it to be sold in Japan.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
All previously available purchasable cosmetics DLCs for Doom Eternal were today combined into "DOOM Eternal: Complete Cosmetic Pack." It was awarded to Deluxe Edition owners for free + base game price drop. See my detailed Reddit post for more information: www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comme...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Square Enix and a former developer called "zeo", released a beta-update for "Order of War". It contains a fix for the Out of Memory error. I need to do more testing as the patch might actually contain many fixes as it was compiled from the latest source code. See: steamcommunity.com/games/Ordero...
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Steam :: Order of War :: Memory fix update
Following our recent update adding Steam Cloud support for Order of War, we were contacted by a member of the original development team regarding an issue with “out of memory” crashes on more modern o...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Follow-up to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... This previously added empty 2950342 depot, now contains actual encrypted files. This depot has a different size than the regular one. No known packages linked to this new depot and existing owners will not own it. Maybe a future Japanse language-exclusive build?
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Preperations seem to be done for upcomping updates for Steam-versions of the main No More Heroes trilogy games. See my detailed Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/nomorehero...
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From the nomoreheroes community on Reddit
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It honestly amazes me that Rockstar has updated all their mobile ports over the last two years or so to make them work fully again on recent smartphones. I know Rockstar does it as part of promoting their GTA+ subscription and that these ports are sometimes flawed. Still, many publishers don't.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The whole Empire Earth Trilogy of games has been available on GOG for at least a decade. On the 26th of May, 2026, Rebellion ported over the GOG versions to Steam (it includes the GOG wrappers for the first two games). See: store.steampowered.com/search/?fran...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yesterday, I made a Reddit post about the possible delisting of Rayman Origins & Legends, due to upcoming Enhanced Edition and Retold versions. A Ubisoft employee however, responded to my post to publicly announce that they aren't planning on delisting the originals. www.reddit.com/r/delisted/c...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3 Complete Edition" remaster was announced today by Atari and their subsidiary Digital Eclipse for PC and consoles. Even though the original game is still being sold on Steam. See my detailed Reddit-post for more information: www.reddit.com/r/delisted/c...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Already available on Switch 1, PS5 and Xbox SX|S, today "RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic" (2017) released for Switch 2, Xbox One and PS4. It features an increase in resolutio and mouse mode support on Switch. Developed by Graphite Lab, who have been updating the Android, iOS, macOS and Windows ports.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Square Enix Europe's Jason is on a roll again; " MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT", " Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days" and "Just Cause" (2006) received Steam Cloud save support today. See their announcements: steamcommunity.com/games/233290... & steamcommunity.com/games/28000/... & steamcommunity.com/games/6880/a...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Follow-up to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... "The Outer Worlds" got delisted today, as planned previously. Still, it wasn't expected that the original game would be included with new Spacer's Choice Edition purches, but it actually is. For details: www.reddit.com/r/delisted/c...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
After the 2016 delisting of "The Sims Medieval" and its "Pirates and Nobles" DLC from Steam in 2016, EA App still sold the game. Checked to confirm myselfl; the game and its DLC sadly got also delisted from EA App a few days ago. Feels weird after EA brought The Sims 1 & 2 back in January 2025.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Square Enix Europe's Jason is on a roll again. "Dungeon Siege I", "Dungeon Siege II" and "Order of War" received Steam Cloud save support today. See their announcements: steamcommunity.com/games/39190/... & steamcommunity.com/games/39200/... & steamcommunity.com/games/39190/...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Square Enix's Jason continues the internal initiative at Square Enix by now also rolling out Steam Cloud save support for the public for "Conflict Desert Storm" and "Conflict: Denied Ops". See the official announcements: store.steampowered.com/app/211780/C... & store.steampowered.com/app/8100/Con...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I've iterated over my Kerbal Space Program post on Reddit and removed my old BlueSky post about this. I can now say with confidence that it indeed changed publisher: from "Private Division" to "KerbalCo LLC/The Kerbal Company". See my full detailed Reddit post on this: www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpac...
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From the KerbalSpaceProgram community on Reddit: KSP1 likely has an upcoming update in the works & KSP1 and KSP2 are changing publisher; from Private Division to The Kerbal Company/KerbalCo LLC
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Call of Duty Moderns Warfare (MW) II (2022) received an update today. MWI (2019) also received an update again yesterday. Changes made through these patches are unknown as Activision never releases patch notes for older titles. Could just be maintenance for online play and/or anti-cheat.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Capcom-published "Remember Me" (2013) got an update today. See: steamdb.info/patchnotes/2... No public changelog has been posted by Capcom as of writing. I'll post comments to this post when I know more.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I've removed my previous post on KSP receiving likely an update in the future and it changing publishers. I did this because I've iterated on the post a lot since publishing it here. It can be found on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpac...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I strongly suspect that the French studio Quantic Dream is at major chance of being imminently shut down by their parent company NetEase. This might result in the delisting of all their self-published titles. I've made an in-dept Reddit article as to why: www.reddit.com/r/delisted/c...
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From the delisted community on Reddit: Quantic Dream's games at risk of delisting as company seems to be in extremely bad waters
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Square Enix's Jason added Steam Cloud save support to Daikatana as well through the Steam backend today. Enjoy the cloud you all! See the official announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/242...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Square Enix's Jason added Steam Cloud save support to Omikron - The Nomad Soul as well through the Steam backend. Enjoy the cloud you all! See the official announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/243...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Square Enix's Jason added Steam Cloud save support to Anachronox as well through the Steam backend. Enjoy the cloud you all! See the official announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/242...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Follow-up to my previous post: bsky.app/profile/mrtn... Square Enix's Jason made the previously experimental Steam Cloud save support for "mini Ninjas" available now for the public through the Steam backend. Enjoy your cloud saves. See the public announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/350...
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Darksiders Warmastered Edition" (DWE) got an update today, following the release for the Xbox Series S&X and PS5 today. It was created again by KAIKO, who previously worked on DWE already. Changes known so far: - Renderer: upgraded from D3D11 to native Vulkan renderer - 32-bit to 64-bit now
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Follow-up to my previous post: bsky.app/profile/mrtn... Square Enix's Jason made the previous experimental Steam Cloud save support for the Supreme Commander games (1, 2 and Forged Alliances) publicly availble now. People, enjoy your cloud saves finally ;)
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Doom Eternal's Steam version got an update today that only affect modding. It upgraded the Electron version the launcher is based on (likely for security) and the binary files (doomSandBox) that are only used when starting the game with mods. The mod-tools (idStudio) also received an update today.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Darksiders Warmastered Edition" will be getting a new update for the PC version somewhen in the future, as announced by a THQ community manager. This will likely bring some yet unknown fixes made for the today-released PS5 and Xbox Series X|S ports of the game to the PC.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Since 20th of April 2026, for "Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed", unknown changes have been pushed to Steam backend every work-day around the exact same time (22:40 UTC, build-system uploading a new testbuild?) I suspect THQ is working on a new update.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
List of classic Square Enix games that have gotten non-public Steam Cloud save support setup recently through Steam backend: - Dungeon Siege 1 & 2 - Supreme Command 1, 2 and Forged Alliances - Murdered: Soul Suspect - Mini Ninjas - Kane & Lynch 2 - Just Cause 1 More games are likely to follow.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I suspect that 2K is looking into either updating or deprecating the Linux port of Bioshock Infinite (BI). - Janaury 2026: creation of proton_test branch for Linux with the description "Windows Executable Test" - April 2026: qatest2 branch revival. Other Bioshock games show no recent changes.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
And an immediate follow-up again to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... Square Enix's (SE) Jason is continueing their internal initiative to experiment with bringing Steam Cloud support (non-active) to more classic SE titles. This time, MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT (2014) is the fortunate "victim" of this practice.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Well, immediate follow-up to bsky.app/profile/mrtn... Dungeon Siege (DS) now also received non-active experimental Steam Cloud save support by Square Enix's (SE) Jason. Again, likely to test it before public release, like what was previously done under this initiative for some SE classic titles.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Follow-up to my previous post: bsky.app/profile/mrtn... Square Enix (SE, likely their employee Jason again) is now also experimenting with adding Steam Cloud save support to IO Interactive's (IOI) "Mini Ninjas" (MN, 2009.) The implementation is inactive though, likely to test it before release.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Due to some recent NDA-breaking leaks (screenshots and gameplay), we likely know that the next Team17's Worms game will likely be a 3D XCOM-like title. Every Worms game got an empty "unused" Steam depot added on January 5th, 2026. Unknown what this means or if this could result in anything at all.
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Mrtnptrs @mrtnptrs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Capcom released an update today for Resident Evil 7 Biohazzard (2017) that seems to actually fix some issues inherent to the game. See store.steampowered.com/news/app/418... for the official changelog and steamdb.info/patchnotes/2... for the file-changes.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard - Notice of Update Distribution - Steam News
Notice of Update Distribution The following updates have been made to Resident Evil 7 biohazard: - Verified compatibility with Windows 11 - Fixed an issue where, when the Steam language was set to Lat...
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