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JEMC on 29 October 2019
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The Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

The Steam Halloween Sale begins with the Steam store going down (Update: It's back!)
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-steam-halloween-sale-begins-with-the-steam-store-going-down/
The Steam Halloween Sale for 2019 is alive! The spooky savings event features deals on horror and horror-adjacent games, and also provides a handy rundown on games that are running Halloween-themed events. The Steam store went down for a couple of hours right after the sale first appeared, but now it's back, so have at it.
>> But that doesn't mean that the usual sales aren't available either:

At GOG there's a new Paradox weekly sale (that I may or may have not missed it yesterday), with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191028_weekly_sale_paradox

At Fanatical there are four new deals, and all of them will last 3 days:

And at Fanatical the new Star Deal is RESIDENT EVIL 2, 56% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-2-biohazard-re-2

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 441.08 WHQL Driver released, adds support for Reshade filters & Image Sharpening
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-441-08-whql-driver-released-adds-support-for-reshade-filters-image-sharpening/
Last week, we informed you about the native support for Reshade via NVIDIA’s control panel. And today, NVIDIA released a brand new driver for its graphics cards that enables it. The NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 441.08 WHQL driver adds support for Reshade filters, as well as support for Image Sharpening via the Control Panel.
As NVIDIA noted, with the launch of the new driver, you can now import hundreds of new customization filters from ReShade. There are currently 14 NVIDIA-Made Freestyle filters for competitive games and 16 filters for non-competitive games.
NVIDIA also supports 30+ curated ReShade filters for competitive games and 70+ filters for non-competitive. Furthermore, PC gamers can add any custom Reshade filter for the non-competitive games.
Regading Image Sharpening, NVIDIA is now offering a Global – and per game – setting via its Control Panel. PC gamers can easily enable and tweak this setting. Furthermore, Image Sharpening will automatically work on all DirectX 9, 10, 11 and 12 games (if you set a Global profile). NVIDIA will also add support for Vulkan and OpenGL games in the future via a new driver.
Lastly, the NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 441.08 WHQL driver adds support for 7 new G-SYNC Compatible monitors. It also adds support for G-SYNC compatibility with NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency Mode.
>> Available from here.

Developers now have access to more DX12 features, such as DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 & Mesh Shader
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/developers-now-have-access-to-more-dx12-features-such-as-directx-raytracing-tier-1-1-mesh-shader/
Microsoft has added some new features to DirectX 12 that developers can use in their games. Alongside these features, developers can now access a new tier of DirectX Raytracing effects and Mesh Shaders.
DXR tier 1.1 is a superset of tier 1.0. Microsoft suggests game developers to start building their raytracing solution based on the existing tier 1.0 APIs, and then move up to tier 1.1 once they can better evaluate the benefit of tier 1.1. to their games. Microsoft also continues to work with both GPU vendors and game developers to better expose hardware capabilities and to better address adoption pain points.
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On the other hand, Mesh shaders and amplification shaders are the next generation of GPU geometry processing capability. These shaders will replace the current input assembler, vertex shader, hull shader, tessellator, domain shader, and geometry shader stages.
Another new DirectX 12 feature is Sampler Feedback. Sampler Feedback is a hardware feature for recording which areas of a texture the GPU accessed during sampling operations. With Sampler Feedback, games can generate a Feedback Map during rendering which records what parts of which MIP levels need to be resident. This feature greatly helps with Texture Streaming and Texture-Space Shading. As such, it will be interesting to see if developers will use it to address stutters. Moreover, this could improve loading times when a game uses Texture Streaming.

Electronic Arts officially announces that it will publish games on Steam, Jedi: Fallen Order to be the first game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-officially-announces-that-it-will-publish-games-on-steam-jedi-fallen-order-the-first-game/
And it’s official everyone. Electronic Arts has just announced that it is coming back to Steam. The first game that the publish will release on Valve’s distribution service is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, with more games to come in the future.

MODS/EMULATORS

Here is a mini update for the Half Life 3 fan game, Boreal Alyph, showing new in-game screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-a-mini-update-for-the-half-life-3-fan-game-boreal-alyph-showing-new-in-game-screenshots/
Keep Away From Fire has released a new mini update video for its upcoming Half-Life 3 fan game, Boreal Alyph. Similarly to Project Borealis, Boreal Alyph is based on Marc Laidlaw short story Epistle 3.
Epistle 3 is a synopsis of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, written by ex-Valve writer, Marc Laidlaw. Therefore, Boreal Alyph aims to capture Valve’s lost vision, and bring a fun and satisfying end to the Half-Life series.

Dungeon Siege receives a 887MB High Resolution ESRGAN Texture Pack, improving 500 textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dungeo-siege-receives-a-887mb-high-resolution-esrgan-texture-pack-improving-500-textures/
AntonioR has shared an ESRGAN AI-enhanced high resolution texture pack for Dungeon Siege. This pack is 887MB in size and will update some of the game’s textures. Therefore, we highly recommend downloading it if you are still playing this RPG. (...) Going into more details, this texture pack contains about 500 new textures. The modder mostly used the “Misc” model for ESRGAN which gave great results. Furthermore, the areas he worked on are: Farmlands, Stonebridge, Glacern (only buildings and items) and upper parts of Castle Ehb. As AntonioR said, this is around 15-20% of the game.
>> If you want to try it, go to ModDB.

First Leia nude mod released for Star Wars Battlefront 2, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-leia-nude-mod-released-for-star-wars-battlefront-2-available-for-download/
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 came out in 2017 and the first fully nude mod for Leia has just appeared online. To be honest, I was expecting this to come out within the first months of the game’s release. However, modders had initially a lot of trouble with Battlefront 2. As such, and after almost two whole years, the first nude mod is now available.
According to the modder, there are two versions of nude Leia: one which covers up the neckseam with a tasteful white flannel hood thingy and another that doesn’t. This mod features a lot of… ahem… details. I don’t expect anyone to get banned for using it, however we suggest avoiding it if you’re playing online.
>> If you want it, you'll have to look for it at the Nexus Mods Battlefront 2 section.

GAMING NEWS

Official launch trailer released for Need for Speed: Heat
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-launch-trailer-released-for-need-for-speed-heat/
Electronic Arts and Ghost Games have released the launch trailer for Need for Speed: Heat. In this trailer, five fans that participated in the NFS Heat Studio Showcase contest showcase their unique designs.

Star Citizen Free Fly 3.7.1 has been launched, will last until November 3rd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-free-fly-3-7-1-has-been-launched-will-last-until-november-3rd/
Cloud Imperium has announced that a new free fly event is now live for Star Citizen. According to the team, PC gamers will gain access to Star Citizen Alpha 3.7.1 and one of five varied ships from October 28th until November 3rd.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare gets an 8GB update on the PC and here is what it does
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-gets-a-8gb-update-on-the-pc-and-here-is-what-it-does/
Infinity Ward and Beenox have released a brand new update for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The October 28th update is 8GB in size and you can find below all of the changes and fixes that it brings to the table.

Battlefield 5 Update 5.0 releases later today, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-update-5-0-releases-later-today-full-patch-notes-revealed/
DICE has detailed a new patch that will come out for Battlefield 5 later today. According to the release notes, Update 5.0 will bring some balance tweaks, will have some UI fixes, and will implement general audio improvements.

New gameplay footage released for the four-player PvE first-person shooter, GTFO
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-footage-released-for-the-four-player-pve-first-person-shooter-gtfo/
10 Chambers Collective, an independent nine-man Swedish development team led by the game designer behind the PAYDAY franchise, released uncut gameplay from a play session the developers had at their game studio. Therefore, this video will give you an idea of what GTFO is all about.

Here are 25 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from BLACKSAD: Under the Skin
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-25-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage-from-blacksad-under-the-skin/
Microids, Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive have released new gameplay footage for Blacksad: Under the Skin. In this 25-minutes video, players will discover the incredible film-noir mood and the variety of gameplay mechanics the game has.

Here are 9 minutes of gameplay from Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Buu Saga, featuring Majin Vegeta
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-9-minutes-of-gameplay-from-dragon-ball-z-kakarot-buu-saga-featuring-majin-vegeta/
IGN has shared a new gameplay video for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. In this video, we get to see 9 minutes of gameplay footage from the Buu saga. Moreover, one of the characters that players can control during this saga is Majin Vegeta (most likely after his fight with Goku and before facing Majin Buu).



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