Been revisiting Borderlands 1. I'm not having as much fun with it as in the past but that's probably because this is like my 7th playthrough. The enhanced version has huge issues keeping a stable framerate. It jumps seemingly randomly from 140 to as low as 40 for no apparent reason.

I'm planning to play through all of the Boderlands games including the Telltale one before BL3 is released.

I'm also thinking about re-playing it, but first I'd like to give Borderlands 2 a second chance. Maybe this time I'll like it.

As for Borderlands 3, well, I'm not in a hurry to get it as I won't think about it until the GOTY edition launches.

No idea how one cannot like BL2. It's just like the first one, only better in every single way. I played a lot of Borderlands in my life but I never went far enough to actually play all the DLC. I need to rectify that this time.

Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam has only one daily deal, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/

At Fanatical, there are 2 deals:

• Remember yesterday's sales for Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games? Well, they're part of a bigger Ubisoft sale that ends in 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ubisoft
• And Kingdom Come: Deliverance Complete Bundle, featuring the game and 4 DLCs is 50% off for another 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/kingdom-come-deliverance-complete-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

CRYENGINE 5.7 will support DirectX 12, Vulkan and Ray Tracing, to be available in Spring 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryengine-5-7-will-support-directx-12-vulkan-and-ray-tracing-to-be-available-in-spring-2020/
Crytek has updated its CRYENGINE roadmap, revealing that version 5.7 will add full support for DirectX 12, Vulkan and the Ray Tracing effects that the team showcased via its Neon Noir tech demo at GDC 2019.
CRYENGINE 5.7 targets a Spring 2020 release and will also come with support for the Oculus Quest, Area Lights Implementation, Improved Multiple View Rendering (Sandbox), Opaque Particles that use Deferred Lighting, as well as Optimized Dynamic Instancing.
In Summer 2019, Crytek will release CRYENGINE 5.6 features Mesh and Opaque Particles casting Shadows, Tessellated Particle Ribbons, Renderer Optimization Pass, Opaque Particles Z-Buffer, Memory Footprint Reduction and Various CPU Optimizations.

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Update 5.0 now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pillars-of-eternity-2-deadfire-update-5-0-now-available-for-download/
Obsidian Entertainment and Versus Evil today announced that update 5.0 for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is available for download. As the press release reads, on the one year anniversary of its launch Obsidian continues to refine the player experience for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and introduces a whole host of new content, balances, and fixes with update 5.0, including the full release of turn-based mode.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is the new Ghost Recon game, releases in October 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-is-the-new-ghost-recon-releases-in-october-2019/
It appears that the next Ghost Recon game has been leaked via its Deluxe Edition, and will be called Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be a story-driven 4 player experience against Cole D. Walker and is planned for an October 4th release.

RAGE 2 – BFG weapon to be locked behind Deluxe and Collector’s Editions at launch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rage-2-bfg-weapon-to-be-locked-behind-deluxe-and-collectors-editions-at-launch/
RAGE 2 releases next week and it has been confirmed that the BFG weapon will be locked behind the Deluxe and Collector’s Editions at launch. This basically means that those who will not purchase these overpriced editions will not have access to this specific weapon.

The Black Masses has been delayed until Summer 2019, free demo coming soon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-black-masses-has-been-delayed-until-summer-2019-free-demo-coming-soon/
Brilliant Game Studios has announced that its open world first-person fantasy co-op RPG, The Black Masses, has been delayed until Summer 2019. The Black Masses features the next generation of crowd rendering technology rebuilt from Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator, and promises to feature a lot of enemies on screen.

John Wick Hex is the first game inspired by the hit action movie, to be timed-exclusive on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/john-wick-hex-is-the-first-game-inspired-by-the-hit-action-movie-to-be-timed-exclusive-on-epic-games-store/
Good Shepherd Entertainment, in partnership with global content leader Lionsgate, has announced John Wick Hex, the upcoming video game from acclaimed Game Director, Mike Bithell (Volume, Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular). John Wick Hex is a fast-paced, action-oriented strategy game that makes you think and strike like John Wick, and you can find its debut trailer below.
>> The game appears to be very unique in its style.

SEGA has acquired the developers of Two Point Hospital, Two Point Studios
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sega-has-acquired-the-developers-of-two-point-hospital-two-point-studios/
SEGA announced today the acquisition of Two Point Studios, the Farnham-based developer behind the award-winning Two Point Hospital. Two Point Studios had been working with SEGA Europe in a publishing partnership capacity since January 2017 as part of SEGA Europe’s Searchlight programme. The Searchlight team look for exciting new development talent, working on new IP, with franchise potential, and this acquisition is the first of its kind of as a direct result of this internal initiative.
>> dx11332sega has made a thread about it.

Fortnite Season 9 Update is available for download, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fortnite-season-9-update-is-available-for-download-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
Epic Games has released a brand new update for Fortnite. According to the release notes, the Season 9 patch comes with some weapon and item changes (for example it adds Combat Shotgun and adjusts Tactical Shotgun damage), as well as some gameplay tweaks and enhancements.

Monster Hunter World x The Witcher 3 is now available on the PC as a free update
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/monster-hunter-world-x-the-witcher-3-is-now-available-on-the-pc-as-a-free-update/
Capcom has announced that the sixth update for its monster hunting game, Monster Hunter World, has been released on the PC, featuring various bug fixes as well as a special collaboration with “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”.
>> By the way, CD Projekt RED has launched an online store for its merchandise.

Official launch trailer released for RAGE 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-launch-trailer-released-for-rage-2/
Bethesda has released the official launch trailer for RAGE 2. The game is being developed by by id Software and Avalanche Studios and promises to feature insane action, open-world environments with no loadings, vehicular combat, upgradable weapons, and like its predecessor will be using a first-person perspective.

Thursday news, part two:

US Senator introducing legislation banning loot boxes in games aimed at minors
https://www.pcgamer.com/us-senator-introducing-legislation-banning-loot-boxes-in-games-aimed-at-minors/
US Senator Jash Hawley announced today that he plans to introduce legislation that will ban "pay-to-win and loot box monetization practices" in videogames that are marketed to minors.
“Social media and videogames prey on user addiction, siphoning our kids’ attention from the real world and extracting profits from fostering compulsive habits," Hawley said in a statement. "No matter this business model’s advantages to the tech industry, one thing is clear: There is no excuse for exploiting children through such practices."
>> The ESA has already complained, but he's not entirely wrong.

Railroad Corporation steams into Early Access this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/railroad-corporation-steams-into-early-access-this-month/
There’s a new train tycoon game heading into the station of Steam’s Early Access. Railroad Corporation is a Golden Age of Rail game that has you laying tracks, buying engines, and moving goods around the untamed American landscape in the post-Civil War era.

Ubisoft walks back plans to introduce higher level The Division 2 gear with next update
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-walks-back-plans-to-introduce-higher-level-the-division-2-gear-with-next-update/
The third title update for The Division 2 was set to introduce new high level gear, increasing the Gear Score cap from 500 to 515. But in response to player feedback Ubisoft has ditched these plans, in order to avoid rendering current high level builds obsolete.

Fortnite Season 9 Battle Pass: here's the trailer and all 128 items
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-season-9-battle-pass/
Fortnite Season 9 is here, bringing with it new locations like Neo Tilted, a mega mall and more (check out the patch notes highlights here). The Battle Pass has also arrived, and it costs 950 V-bucks as normal, immediately granting the Sentinel and Rox progressive outfits upon purchase. The trailer above gives you an idea of what you'll get for your cash.

A full collection of Artifact cards now reportedly costs around $40
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-full-collection-of-artifact-cards-now-reportedly-costs-around-dollar40/
One of Valve’s riskier decisions with Artifact was to tie its cards to the Steam Marketplace. When the game launched, it was possible to buy every card you needed to complete your collection that way, but getting your hands on the most sought-after rare cards was an expensive proposition, with certain heroes costing nearly $20. But markets rise and fall, and now you can get a complete set of Artifact cards for around $40.

Rainbow Six Siege's reverse friendly fire system is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-reverse-friendly-fire-system-is-live/
Rainbow Six Siege has been trying to figure out what to do about friendly fire and teamkilling for a long time now. This week, Ubisoft rolled out a solution it's been mulling over for a while: reverse friendly fire.

Unravel a bizarre murder in free detective game Scotch Broom
https://www.pcgamer.com/unravel-a-bizarre-murder-in-free-detective-game-scotch-broom/
Created for Scream City, a horror-themed game jam, the delightfully named Scotch Broom is a Twine-based interactive fiction game set in rainy Seattle. It's exactly like an interactive episode of Frasier, only with talking wounds in place of neurotic psychiatrists, and with horrible murder instead of—wait, did I just say talking wounds?

Dead by Daylight’s next villain is the killer from Scream
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-by-daylights-next-villain-is-the-killer-from-scream/
The masked killer from the Scream movie series is set to join the ranks of murderous psychopaths in Dead by Daylight, according to leaks based on a developer build of the game inadvertently pushed out during this week’s Mid-Chapter Update.

Been replaying BL series myself, but with mygal.

I found the pre-sequel to being rather shallow, and a bit empty on the content side, at least compared to 2.

That said, I'm not happy about hearing as to how and why Claptrap's VA was replaced.

I don't know what to say. I know that, after liking th first game, I should like it, but for some reason I didn't connect with the game.

As for the other games, the Pre-sequel and Tales of, I didn't bother with them.

***ALERT FREE GAME***

The Humble Store is giving another free game, and this time it's Age of Wonders III.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/age-of-wonders-iii

The offer will end in a bit less than 32 hours or until they run out of keys.

It's been a while since the last time I posted some hardware rumors, so here's a couple AMD ones:

AMD Radeon RX 3080 XT "Navi" to Challenge RTX 2070 at $330
https://www.techpowerup.com/255221/amd-radeon-rx-3080-xt-navi-to-challenge-rtx-2070-at-usd-330
Rumors of AMD's next-generation performance-segment graphics card are gaining traction following a leak of what is possibly its PCB. Tweaktown put out a boatload of information of the so-called Radeon RX 3080 XT graphics card bound for an 2019 E3 launch, shortly after a Computex unveiling. Based on the 7 nm "Navi 10" GPU, the RX 3080 XT will feature 56 compute units based on the faster "Navi" architecture (3,584 stream processors), and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit wide memory bus.

The source puts out two very sensational claims: one, that the RX 3080 XT performs competitively with NVIDIA's $499 GeForce RTX 2070; and two, that AMD could start a price-war against NVIDIA by aggressively pricing the card around the $330 mark, or about two-thirds the price of the RTX 2070. Even if either if not both hold true, AMD will fire up the performance-segment once again, forcing NVIDIA to revisit the RTX 2070 and RTX 2060.

>>My biggest problem with this rumor is that AMD themselves confirmed during their conference call after the Q1 results that Navi would launch in the third quarter, so between July and September, and that goes against what this rumors says about an E3 launch.

AMD Ryzen 3000 series CPU with 16 cores leaks
https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/130400-amd-ryzen-3000-series-cpu-16-cores-leaks/
Twitter CPU and GPU leakster Tum Apisak has shared the specs of one of the upcoming top-end AMD Ryzen 3000 series processors, which we expect to be officially unveiled at Computex 2019 at the end of the month. Tum found online benchmark database traces for what he described as a "Zen2 ES 16 Core" processor with 16 cores - and in its current form it has base/boost 3.3GHz / 4.2GHz clock frequencies.

>>That this processor runs on an X570 board makes this a RyZen 3000 and not a Threadripper product.

Also, just to put things into perspective, the engineering sample of the Threadripper 2950X, with also 16 cores, where 3.4GHz and 4.0GHz, with the final product being 3.5 and 4.4GHz.

The Friday news!

SALES & DEALS

Divide By Sheep is free to keep on Steam this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/divide-by-sheep-is-free-to-keep-on-steam-this-weekend/
Divide By Sheep, the deceptively adorable puzzle game about flinging sheep across ponds and sometimes feeding them to wolves, is free to keep if you claim it on Steam this weekend.
You can head over to Steam now to snag your copy. If you’re familiar with the old brain teaser about trying to get a chicken, a fox, and a sack of grain across a river, you have the basic idea behind Divide By Sheep. But this game adds a few twists to the formula. You have groups of sheep standing around on islands, and each island has a certain number of spaces to stand on. You need to get sheep into the life raft by flinging the groups from island to island, and if there aren’t enough spaces to stand on, the extra sheep will fall into the water.

On the Humble Store, they have started their Spring Sale. The sale will last until May 23 and all major publishers (like 2K, Focus Home, Paradox, Square-Enix or Ubisoft, among others) are involved. Check it out: www.humblebundle.com/store

At Fanatical, there should be at least two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is... idk, they haven't refreshed it yet.
• Publisher 505 Games has its game up to 90% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/505-games

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 430.64 WHQL driver is optimized for RAGE 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms & World War Z
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-430-64-whql-driver-is-optimized-for-rage-2-total-war-three-kingdoms-world-war-z/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 430.64 WHQL driver provides the optimal gaming experience for RAGE 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and World War Z.
This driver also adds/updates the SLI profiles for Imperator: Rome and Insurgency Sandstorm. Moreover, it fixes the higher CPU usage by NVDisplay.Container.exe introduced in 430.39 driver, addresses the 3DMark Time Spy flickering issues when the benchmark is launched, resolves the Hitman 2 DirectX 12 crashes as well as the freezing issues in Shadow of the Tomb Raider when launched in SLI mode.
>> Available from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

Use these Overwatch custom games to practice improving your aim and grenade throws
https://www.pcgamer.com/use-these-overwatch-custom-games-to-practice-improving-your-aim-and-grenade-throws/
Some great creations have already come out of the new Overwatch Workshop custom game builder, but my favorite so far is this firing range you can use to help improve your FPS aim. Created by Youtuber PMAJellies, the game is effectively the same as specialized aim training games like Aim Hero, but inside of Overwatch itself.
To access the aim trainer, use the code WRP63 in the Overwatch Workshop. You can select the hero you'd like to practice with (one of the benefits of this being within Overwatch instead of a separate program), which is great for practicing the specific gun mechanics of different heroes.
Another great tool is "Darwin's Ana Nade Tool" by DarwinStreams, which gives you stats and a visual indicator to practice throwing Ana's healing grenade (Workshop code VQ077).

GAMING NEWS

First Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint screenshots & details, available via UPLAY & Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-screenshots-details-available-via-uplay-epic-games-store/
Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the latest instalment in the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon franchise. The game will be available from October 4th 2019 on Windows PC via UPLAY and the Epic Games Store. In addition, the team released the first screenshots and a gameplay trailer for it that you can find below.

New Final Fantasy 7 Remake teaser trailer released, more information coming in June 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-final-fantasy-7-remake-teaser-trailer-released-more-information-coming-in-june-2019/
Square Enix has just released a new teaser trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Remake. This new trailer showcases some in-engine cut-scenes, as well as some combat sequences from this highly anticipated remake of one of the best FF games to date.
>> AbbathTheGrim has made a thread about it, on the Sony side of the site.

Mortal Kombat 11 May 9 Update adds additional Shadow optimizations, improves mouse & keyboard
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-11-may-9-update-adds-additional-shadow-optimizations-improves-mouse-keyboard/
QLOC has released a brand new update for the PC version of Mortal Kombat 11. According to the release notes, the May 9th patch for Mortal Kombat 11 adds additional Shadow optimizations which help improve overall performance and features various minor Mouse and Keyboard fixes.

New official CODE VEIN video shows 7 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-official-code-vein-video-shows-7-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new video for CODE VEIN, showing 7 minutes of brand new gameplay footage. Code Vein is a third-person action RPG, powered by Unreal Engine 4, that finds players assuming the role of a Revenant in which players must use special attacks in order to survive.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood to be present for the first time at E3 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/werewolf-the-apocalypse-earthblood-to-be-present-for-the-first-time-at-e3-2019/
Bigben has announced that Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood will be present at this year E3 2019. As the press release reads, Werewolf: The Apocalypse is the first action-RPG game adapted from the eponymous role-playing game and will be presented for the first time at E3.
>> E3. Can you believe that it's just one month away?

Blood Remaster called “Blood: Fresh Supply” is now available on GOG and Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blood-remaster-called-blood-fresh-supply-is-now-available-on-gog-and-steam/
Nightdive Studios has released the remaster of the classic 2D first-person shooter Blood game, Blood: Fresh Supply. In Blood: Fresh Supply, players will battle an army of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds, and an insatiable host of horrors in their quest to defeat the evil Tchernobog.