I just don't know why they're not going bold with this. That's the biggest leap forward in monitor technology in a long time and they couldn't spare a few inch more to appreciate the HDR and stuff more? 27" is fine but would it really hurt to go for 35"?

Time for the news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Raiders of the Broken Planet is free to play on Steam for a limited time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/raiders-of-the-broken-planet-is-free-to-play-on-steam-for-a-limited-time/
MercurySteam has announced that, in celebration of Raiders of the Broken Planet’s Open Beta 1st anniversary, all three published campaigns, Alien Myths, Wardog Fury and Hades Betrayal, will be free on Steam for 24 hours, starting today, May 23rd 7:00 PM CEST/10:00 AM PST.

GOG's daily deal is Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, 60% off: https://www.gog.com/game/oceanhorn_monster_of_uncharted_seas

Steam's daily deal is the Risen franchise, up to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/risen/

There are four new deals/bundles at Fanatical:

• The first one is an Ubisoft sale, with up to 75% discounts: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ubisoft
• Next comes the All Stars X bundle, with ten games 98% off. It must be a typo, because it says that it will last 91 days! https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/all-stars-x-bundle
• Let's go now with the Recoil bundle, twelve games that happen to have Steam cards. It will last 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/recoil-bundle
• The last one is the Heroes bundles, and it's in plural because they are several bundles, focusing on different genres. Check them out heres: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/heroes-bundles

SOFTWARE

AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.5.1 adds support for Microsoft PlayReady 3.0 & Windows 10 April Update
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-adrenalin-edition-18-5-1-adds-support-for-microsoft-playready-3-0-windows-10-april-update/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.5.1 is optimized for Ancestors Legacy and adds support for Windows 10 April Update, Microsoft PlayReady 3.0 and AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.

>>Download them from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

Someone is remaking the Gameboy Advance version of Grand Theft Auto in GTA 3, beta version available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/someone-is-remaking-the-gameboy-advance-version-of-grand-theft-auto-in-gta-3-beta-version-available/
Modder ‘Xrtist//’ is currently working on a remake of the Gameboy Advance version of Grand Theft Auto in Grand Theft Auto III. GTA Advance is a sequel to LCS and a prequel to GTA 3. The game takes place in the year 2000, 2 years after LCS (98) and 1 year before GTA3 (2001).
However, as the modder noted, GTA Advance had a bigger Liberty City map than GTAIII and as such he will just create the year 2000 LC on the PC version of the city (and won’t recreate the entire map).

>>You can download the beta version from ModDB.

GAMING NEWS

Battlefield V officially revealed, first details, screenshots and gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-v-officially-revealed-first-details-gameplay-trailer/
DICE and Electronic Arts officially announced Battlefield V , immersing players in unexpected battles and untold stories of World War 2 as never seen before. Featuring a fresh portrayal of one of mankind’s biggest conflicts, Battlefield V promises to allow players to feel the unmatched intensity of all-out war and travel to unexpected but crucial moments of World War 2 through new and signature multiplayer modes, single-player War Stories and the cooperative Combined Arms.

>>And DICE has partnered with Nvidia for this game.

Classic 16-bit Judge Dredd platformer, Judge Dredd 95, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/classic-16-bit-judge-dredd-platformer-judge-dredd-95-is-now-available-on-steam/
Throwback Entertainment in conjunction with Rebellion Entertainment announced today that Judge Dredd 95 is available to all Steam users starting today. This is the first title of a two title agreement between Rebellion Entertainment and Throwback Entertainment.

First gameplay footage revealed for F1 2018
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-footage-revealed-for-f1-2018/
Codemasters today released the first gameplay footage for F1 2018, the official videogame of the 2018 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, with Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team’s Charles Leclerc driving a lap of his home track, the iconic Circuit de Monaco, ahead of this weekend’s race there.

Here is almost an hour of gameplay footage from Vampyr
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-almost-an-hour-of-gameplay-footage-from-vampyr/
Focus Home Interactive has shared a new video, featuring almost one hour of new gameplay footage of Vampyr that was taken from last week’s developer stream, as the developers discuss the game and answer questions direct from the community. This gameplay, taken from around six hours into the story, shows off several of the deep systems that make up Vampyr’s citizen and district ecosystems.

The news, second part:

GTA Online's battle royale mode Motor Wars gets double GTA$ and experience
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-onlines-battle-royale-mode-motor-wars-gets-double-gtadollar-and-experience/
Following some unforeseen server downtime this week, it appears GTA Online is now fully functional. Rockstar has in turn rolled out its weekly update a day later than planned, which grants Motor Wars, VIP and Biker work double in-game money and RP. Likewise, last week's new Trap Door adversary mode is, for the second week running, extended the same bonus.

Try the first few hours of Stoneshard, a medieval RPG about building a caravan
https://www.pcgamer.com/try-the-first-few-hours-of-stoneshard-a-medieval-rpg-about-building-a-caravan/
Stoneshard is an isometric RPG inspired by Diablo and Darkest Dungeon. It caught my attention last year because, on top of permadeath, it has a profoundly punishing injury system. You don't just drink a potion in Stoneshard. You put splints on broken bones and poultices on open wounds, and there's no guarantee your injuries won't get worse or infected. You also have to take care of your mental health to fend off phobias and magic-induced insanity.

Prime Mover is a new puzzle game about building circuit boards
https://www.pcgamer.com/prime-mover-is-a-new-puzzle-game-about-building-circuit-boards/
After two years of work, the small team at Norwegian developer 4Bit Games recently released Prime Mover, an open-ended puzzle game about building circuit boards that fulfill "a wide variety of logic and computer science-inspired problems."

Runescape Classic is closing
https://www.pcgamer.com/runescape-classic-is-closing/
Yesterday, we reviewed Old School Runescape, a sandbox MMO based on Runescape as it was in 2007. And despite its advanced age, we found it to be pretty good stuff: "It's not always fun, it's often hard work, and most people don't know why the hell you would even bother. But it's damn satisfying to step back and see how your efforts have paid off." Today, in a coincidental bit of timing, Jagex announced that Runescape Classic, the even older, original Runescape, is finally being closed.

We Happy Few studio addresses the game's ban in Australia
https://www.pcgamer.com/we-happy-few-studio-addresses-the-games-ban-in-australia/
We Happy Few was refused classification by the Australian Classification Board earlier this week, meaning it won't be available to purchase in the country. Since then, the board has issued a statement to us about why it was banned (more on that later), and today studio Compulsion Games has advised players how they plan to address the situation.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall features busy battlefields, space dwarves and mod support
https://www.pcgamer.com/turn-based-strategy-age-of-wonders-planetfall-features-space-dwarves-and-mod-support/
Announced at PDXCon 2018, Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a sci-fi spin on Triumph Studios' turn-based strategy series. I sat down with director Lennart Sas at the expo to discuss the direction of his latest game, how it compares to sci-fi stablemate XCOM, and how we might customise space dwarves in The Star Union.

PUBG apologises for lack of transparency on gunshot audio changes
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-apologises-for-lack-of-transparency-on-gunshot-audio-changes/
As part of its most recent PC patch, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds tweaked its sound settings. Developer PUBG Corp has now apologised for not detailing said changes in the update's patch notes.
"First things first," reads this Steam Community update, "we should have explained the change in the patch notes. We messed up here, and we hope you’ll accept our apology."

The problem is the cost. I'm sure they could do make them,but how many will be able to buy one?

Those 27" monitors will, judging by what retailers say, cost around 2,500 €. Making one with an even bigger panel will drive the cost up to the 3,000 mark. That's insane.

Of course, if you can live without one or two of the extras, the HDR 1000, 144Hz, local dimming or G-Sync, then there are (or will be) alternatives.

Oh, I have no doubt I'd be impressed with it as well, after all that's a lot of seamless screen space in one monitor.

Actually, those type of monitors are quite up my alley, i'd take peripheral vision over resolution, refresh and all other bells and whistles any time (not that I'd mind any of those as well), but I'm still mostly using 1080p projector on really big screen, so I'm kinda stuck with it for a while.

I'd take an ultra wide monitor (but 1440p, not 1080p) over one of those Samsungs (and LG, because it looks like them want to give it a go too). I don't need my monitor to be so wide.

But that doesn't mean that ultra wides aren't getting some love from manufacturers. Later this year, AUO will launch a 35" model with 512-zone FALD backlight, 200Hz refresh rate, 90% DCI-P3 coverage and 600 cd/m2 brightness (1000 cd/m2 peak brightness for HDR). The only "downside" is that it's VA (sorry Pemalite). And LG should be already producing a 34" IPS model with a 144Hz refresh rate and HDR 400. So things are advancing too in that front.

Hey guys, have you noticed the new Steam thingy, The Spring Cleaning Event? Isn't it a bit late for something Spring related?

In any case, it's not like this involves new sales or anything like that.

Though I do like the idea of having an ultra wide monitor, and I have seen my friend's one in action, I don't think I'll ever go for one. Simply because there are a lot of games out there both old and new that do not support the extended width res.

I stick with 16:9 because almost all games are optimized for that. IMHO the field of view of 16:9 - 16:10 is also the best.

For Excel & Co. I just enhance the desktop to monitor 2 to have more working space.

The resolution problem doesn't bother me much, to be honest.

Right now I'm playing (or trying to ) play Return to Castle Wolfenstein and that game can't even take advantage of panoramic screens. What's more, those ultrawide screens would allow me to use 1600x1200 resolutions, something that my 1080p can't, so while I would still get black bars on the side (which I don't mind), I could actually play the game at a higher res than I'm doing now.