Halo Wars got a Steam release. Anything can happen. Haha

They might be stockpiling them for later GPU releases.

And so did Alan Wake and Quantum Break, but I don't see any Gears of War or Forza.

You mean like a RTX 2070Ti?

Possible!

Let's go with the last round of news of the week:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

At Fanatical, we have several deals to talk about:

• Injustice 2 - Legendary Edition is 67% off for the next 3 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/injustice-2-legendary-edition
• The Dying Light games are on sale for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/dying-light
• The game Old School Musical is on sale, 15% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/old-school-musical

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Someone is working on a full fledged Metroid Prime fan remake for the PC via reverse engineering
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/someone-is-working-on-a-full-fledged-metroid-prime-fan-remake-for-the-pc-via-reverse-engineering/
YouTube’s ‘philstephes’ is currently working on a full fledged Metroid Prime remake for the PC. As we all know, Metroid Prime came out exclusively on the Nintendo GameCube and was never ported to any other platform apart from the Nintendo Wii. However, this may change as philstephes is building a proper PC version via reverse engineering.
Now I can guarantee you that Nintendo will take this project down. The fact that philstephes uses reverse engineering to build this fan free PC game is what will trigger Nintendo to send him a C&D letter. That and the fact that it will be a free game.
Philstephes has shared a video showing the current state of this Metroid Prime PC remake. While the game is still rough around the edges, it shows some of the implemented features such as morphball, platforms and cutscenes.

>>I would wish him good luck, but he needs a miracle.

This brilliant Dark Souls mod adds Link's likeness, audio and animations
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-brilliant-dark-souls-mod-adds-links-likeness-audio-and-animations/
The strapline above practically wrote itself, didn't it? After adding CJ from GTA San Andreas to Lordran earlier this week, Dark Souls modder Drop0ff has introduced Link from The Legend of Zelda series—complete with their character model, audio and animations.
Drop0ff this time partners with creator AinTunez to give us Hero of Twilight. As outlined on the project's Nexus Mod page, it replaces the Hard Leather Set "with Link's getup from Twilight Princess and adds Link's vocal shouts to player animations". This means you can play as the Zelda protagonist from the start of Dark Souls: Remastered.

GAMING NEWS

FIFA 19 PC demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fifa-19-pc-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
As promised, EA Sports has released the demo for FIFA 19. For some reason the Origin client does not show any button to download the demo, which is why we’ve included below a link to the Origin website that comes with a “Try First” option (which is basically the demo and works).

New The Sinking City trailer shows off storytelling art visuals
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-the-sinking-city-trailer-shows-off-storytelling-art-visuals/
Frogwares has released a new trailer for The Sinking City, showing off some of the tricks it uses to bring the visual side of the game to life. According to the press release, the use of colours to indicate slipping sanity, specific lighting to trick minds, and the ways a compromise can turn into a much more haunting execution, and all these are explained with the use of gameplay to show the results.

Launch trailer released for The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/launch-trailer-released-for-the-bards-tale-iv-barrows-deep/
inXile Entertainment has released the launch trailer for The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. Featuring a full party of characters to build and customize, and first-person exploration of maze-like dungeons with devious puzzles and riddles, The Bard’s Tale IV promises to be a true successor to the original Bard’s Tale trilogy, and is crowdfunded by thousands of fans.

First gameplay trailer released for WWE 2K19
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-wwe-2k19/
2K Games has released the debut gameplay trailer for WWE 2K19. According to the press release, the trailer takes players on a whirlwind journey through several WWE fan favorites and product campaign leaders, including pre-order bonus playable characters Rey Mysterio and Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, 16-time WWE World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair and many more.

Dying Light: Bad Blood is now available on Steam Early Access
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dying-light-bad-blood-is-now-available-on-steam-early-access/
Techland has announced that Dying Light: Bad Blood, the new online game that adds a brutal twist to the battle royale genre, is out now on Steam Early Access. This fast-paced competitive multiplayer title creatively blends PvP and PvE action while retaining the core of Dying Light’s iconic gameplay and can be accessed immediately by PC gamers worldwide.

LET IT DIE is coming to the PC on September 26th, official PC system requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/let-it-die-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-september-26th-official-pc-system-requirements-revealed/
Grasshopper Manufacture has announced that its PS4 exclusive title, LET IT DIE, will be coming to the PC on September 26th. According to the developers, there won’t be any cross-platform support between the PC and the PS4 versions, and players won’t be able to transfer data between the PS4 and PC versions.

Pete Hines confirms that Wolfenstein 3 is in the pipelines
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pete-hines-confirms-that-wolfenstein-3-is-in-the-pipelines/
In a recent interview with GameCentral for British electronic entertainment website, Metro, the vice president of Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines delivered some news that would undoubtedly make all fans of the Wolfenstein franchise very happy.

Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi-Oh! joins the roster of JUMP FORCE
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/yugi-muto-from-yu-gi-oh-joins-the-roster-of-jump-force/
Bandai Namco has announced that Yu-Gi-Oh! is the latest franchise that will feature in JUMP FORCE. Joining the roster of JUMP FORCE is Yugi Muto, the hero of Yu-Gi-Oh. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released the first in-game screenshot that you can find below.

Launch trailer released for Black Clover Quartet Knights
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/launch-trailer-launched-for-black-clover-quartet-knights/
Bandai Namco has released the launch trailer for Black Clover Quartet Knights. In this game, players will follow Asta and the Black Bull squad in their adventures to protect the Clover kingdom in the story mode or go online to create or join your team of 4 magic knights to battle for fame and glory.

ReCore: Definitive Edition, Super Lucky’s Tale and three other Microsoft games release today on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/recore-definitive-edition-super-luckys-tale-and-three-other-microsoft-games-release-today-on-steam/
Last month, we informed you about a publishing deal between THQ Nordic and Microsoft. THQ Nordic will release the physical copies for five Microsoft games that will be also available for digital purchase on Steam. These five games are ReCore: Definitive Edition, Super Lucky’s Tale, Disneyland Adventures, Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure and Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, and are coming today on Steam.

Part two of the news:

Get ready for tactical shenanigans with Frozen Synapse 2's launch trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-ready-for-tactical-shenanigans-with-frozen-synapse-2s-launch-trailer/
Simultaneous turn-based tactics romp Frozen Synapse 2 is out today, after a couple of delays, as you can see from the neon-drenched launch trailer above.
If an open-world, procedural tactics game set in a cyberpunk-adjacent city sounds like your cup of tea, keep an eye out for our review, popping into existence later today. And while you wait, why not take a gander at a gameplay demo from earlier in the year.

Frostpunk's free Fall of Winterhome expansion is coming soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/frostpunks-free-fall-of-winterhome-expansion-is-coming-soon/
Frostpunk, the chilly survival management game, is all about scarcity. Thankfully, the game’s updates have been comparatively bountiful. There was the survivor mode in June, last month’s People and Automatons update and now an expansion is heading our way.

Swery's grisly platformer, The Missing, is coming next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/swerys-grisly-platformer-the-missing-is-coming-next-month/
The latest game from Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro (no, not that one) is a bizarre platforming mystery full of grisly near-death experiences. Don’t worry, though; even seemingly fatal encounters won’t hold you back in The Missing’s ominous Island of Memories. Today Swery announced a release date, and it’s coming to Steam in just under a month: October 10.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass includes multi-episode 'arcs' and Assassin's Creed 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-season-pass-includes-multi-episode-arcs-and-assassins-creed-3/
Ubisoft has revealed its post-launch plans for the upcoming ahistorical assassination game Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which will include a season pass featuring two multi-episode storylines and separate story missions called The Lost Tales of Greece that will be free for everyone.

Black Ops 4 battle royale beta preloading has begun, early access is available to everyone
https://www.pcgamer.com/black-ops-4-battle-royale-beta-preloading-has-begun-early-access-is-available-to-everyone/
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout beta will go live on PC at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on September 15, or at the same time a day earlier if you've already preordered the game. If you haven't preordered but want to get in early anyway, that can also be arranged.

Assetto Corsa Competizione has launched into Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/assetto-corsa-competizione-has-launched-into-early-access/
Assetto Corsa Competizione has released into Early Access today, with Italian studio Kunos Simulazioni expecting the game to release in full this coming February. A follow-up to the original 2014, widely loved for the depth and detail of its simulation, Assetto Corsa Competizione is developed in Unreal Engine 4 and will "allow players to experience the real atmosphere of the FIA GT3 homologated championship", according to an announcement.

Katamari Damacy Rerolled will release for PC this December
https://www.pcgamer.com/katamari-damacy-rerolled-will-release-on-pc-this-december/
Long a PlayStation 2 game, it's released in several iterations for other platforms, but now a remastered version of the original is coming to PC. Check out the trailer below, which first aired during this week's Nintendo Direct presentation.

The Culling: Origins' free-to-play relaunch is today
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-culling-origins-free-to-play-relaunch-is-today/
The Culling is going back to the beginning. With the battle royale’s sequel now officially shelved, developer Xaviant has returned to its predecessor; today it relaunches as The Culling: Origins. If you played the original back in its early access days, it might be familiar.

The Bard's Tale 4 returns to Skara Brae next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-bards-tale-4-returns-to-skara-brae-next-week/
The Bard’s Tale 4: Barrows Deep is only a few days away, drawing us back to the constantly endangered Skara Brae after a long hiatus. Slap your eyes on the launch trailer above for an overview of inXile’s dungeon crawler.

Watch Jagged Alliance: Rage's first gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-jagged-alliance-rages-first-gameplay-trailer/
Developers keep trying to bring back Jagged Alliance, without much success. There was the misguided MMO, Jagged Alliance Online, in 2012; the scaled back remake of Jagged Alliance 2, Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, also in 2012; and finally the Kickstarted Jagged Alliance: Flashback in 2013, which wasn’t very good either. Now there’s Jagged Alliance: Rage, developed by the same studio behind the MMO. It was announced last month and now there’s some gameplay footage to go along with it.

Time to check the GOG and Steam deals for this weekend:

+GOG

• The daily deal is Reus, 85% off: https://www.gog.com/game/reus
• Next comes the weekly sale, focused on games from the 1C publisher and discounts of up to 85%: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180910_weekly_sale
• GOG is celebratingthe launch of a new King of Fighters game on the store with a SNK sale with up to 50% discounts that will last three more days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180914_snk_anniversary
• Finally there's the weekend sale, with discounts of up to 85% in games like Mount&Blade, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Brutal Legend or Aragami, to name a few: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180914_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The daily deal is We Were Here Too, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/677160/We_Were_Here_Too/
• Tekken 7 is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/389730/TEKKEN_7/
• The Assassin's Creed franchise is on sale, up to 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/ac/
• Bohemia Interactive is the star in the publisher weekend sale, with up to 80% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/bohemia_sale/
• And of course, there's still the weeklong sale.

And that's it. Have a happy and gaming weekend.

Yeah. Nintendo is going to shut it down... Plus not entirely sure it's necessary with the quality of Emulation these days.
Impressive though.

It's not the 19th yet.

Guys, this is a quick reminder that tomorrow will be the last day to grab this month's free games from HumbleBundle Trove. They're DRM free, they're not from Steam and you only need to sign in and download them to play: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly/trove

Only the first 9 games are available, the rest aren't available for download unless you have a monthly subscription.

Besides that, and for those that can't wait until the 19th, Videocardz has managed to get Nvidia's Reviewer guide for the 2080 & 2080Ti cards, with official benchmarks.

**DISCLAIMER** Please note that these numbers come from Nvidia, not an independent reviewer, and all of them are at 4K.

https://videocardz.com/77983/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-and-rtx-2080-official-performance-unveiled

Some examples:

Going by 2080 vs 1080, that's around 40% for more than 2 years between them...not exciting at all.

And they are sugar-picked benchmarks too.