Let's go with another round of news:

SALES & DEALS

GOG's new Midweek Sale brings lots of games up to 90% off until August 31: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190828_midweek_sale

At Steam we have two new daily deals, only one legit as usual, as well as four Midweek Madness deals:

• The proper daily deal is Team Sonic Racing, 37% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/785260/Team_Sonic_Racing/
• The other one is Star Traders: Frontiers, 33% off for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/335620/Star_Traders_Frontiers/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • PC Building Simulator is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/PC_Building_Simulator/
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359550/Tom_Clancys_Rainbow_Six_Siege/
  • The Surge is free to try for 24 hours and 75% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/378540/The_Surge/
  • And lastly, the Dragon Ball franchise is on sale, up to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dragonballfranchise/

There are three new deals on the Humble Store:

• Warhammer: Chaosbane is the Spotlight Deal, 30% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-chaosbane-spotlight-deal/
• The KINGDOM franchise is the other Spotlight Deal, up to 75% off for the next 4 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/kingdom-franchise-spotlight-deal/
• And Rainbow Six Siege is also free and 60% off for the next 6 days. It's for Uplay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rainbow-six-siege-free-week/

And at Fanatical, there's two more deals:

• The new Star Deal is Candleman: The Complete Journey, 60% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/candleman-the-complete-journey
• And there's the new Revolution Bundle, with 9 games plus a DLC split in 4 different tiers. The bundle will be available for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/revolution-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA and AMD release optimized drivers for Remedy’s supernatural action game, Control
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-and-amd-release-optimized-drivers-for-remedys-supernatural-action-game-control/
AMD and NVIDIA have released new drivers that are optimized for Remedy’s supernatural action game, Control. Although the green team did not reveal any performance percentages increases, AMD noted that this driver improves performance under the DX11 API.
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The new NVIDIA driver fixes the corruption issues on some tracks in Forza Motorsport 7. Furthermore, it resolves the system crash that occurred while installing the drivers on a system with mixed GPUs.
>> I posted the AMD one yesterday, so here's the Nvidia one.

MODS/EMULATORS

First mods for Control add FOV slider and remove Motion Blur in DX11
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-mods-for-control-add-fov-slider-and-remove-motion-blur-in-dx11/
Remedy’s supernatural action adventure game, Control, has just been released and the first mods for it have just surfaced. These mods bring a FOV slider to it, and remove Motion Blur from its DX11 version.
The FOV mod allows you to increase or decrease the game’s Field of View. This mod supports both DX11 and DX12, and you can download it from here. All you have to do is extract the content to your game’s folder (or desktop) and run “CTRL_FOVChanger” before launching the game. Then, you’ll have to press F1 to increase the FOV or F2 to decrease it.
On the other hand, the Motion Blur removal mod only supports DX11 right now. Once you’ve downloaded the mod from here, you’ll have to extract it to your game’s folder. Then, and while you are in-game, you’ll simply have to press F4 ingame to toggle motion blur on/off. Alternatively, you can edit its .ini file and change “w2=1” to “w2=0” for it to start off by default.

GAMING NEWS

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-official-pc-system-requirements/
Ubisoft has just revealed the official PC system requirements for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. According to the publisher, PC gamers will at least need an AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or an Intel Core I5 4460 with 8GB RAM and an AMD Radeon R9 280X or an Nvidia Geforce GTX 960. With these specs, gamers will be able to run the game on Low settings at 1080p.

The Lion King and Aladdin HD Remasters announced, coming out in October 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-lion-king-and-aladdin-hd-remasters-announced-coming-out-in-october-2019/
Disney has just announced, at GameStop Con, that there will be HD remasters for two of our beloved 16-bit games; The Lion King and Aladdin. These two remasters will be bundled together and will come out in October 2019.

Football Manager 2020 releases this November, gets debut trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/football-manager-2020-releases-this-november-gets-debut-trailer/
SEGA and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 2020 will release in early November. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher released the game’s debut trailer that you can find below.

Crytek’s online multiplayer bounty hunting game, Hunt: Showdown, leaves Early Access and is fully released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryteks-online-multiplayer-bounty-hunting-game-hunt-showdown-leaves-early-access-and-is-fully-released/
Crytek has announced that its online multiplayer bounty hunting game, Hunt: Showdown, has left Early Access and is fully released on Steam. In order to celebrate this announcement, Crytek also released the game’s official launch trailer that you can find below.

New Wreckfest PC update adds 4 new tracks, 5 new vehicles, new career events and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-wreckfest-pc-update-adds-4-new-tracks-5-new-vehicles-new-career-events-and-more/
Bugbear Entertainment has released a brand new update for the PC version of Wreckfest. According to the release notes, this patch adds four new tracks, five new vehicles, and brings new career events.

Borderlands 3 Official PC System Requirements; DX12 support, 75GB free hard-disk space
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-3-official-pc-system-requirements-dx12-support-75gb-free-hard-disk-space/
Gearbox has just revealed the official PC system requirements for Borderlands 3. According to the team, PC gamers will at least need an AMD FX-8350 or an Intel i5-3570 with 6GB RAM and an AMD Radeon HD 7970 or an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680.
>> It's both DX11 and 12, in case the title makes you wonder.

The second part of the news:

World of Warcraft game director responds to Classic queue complaints
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-game-director-responds-to-queue-complaints/
In response to a player asking why Blizzard didn't have more servers in place to avoid these long queues, game director Ion Hazzikostas explained the developer's approach and why it can be better to have too few realms than too many.

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection is coming to Steam in January
https://www.pcgamer.com/mega-man-zerozx-legacy-collection-is-coming-to-steam-in-january/
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection is a collection of six games from two separate series and "a ton of bonus content" that's headed to PC (and other platforms, if that's your thing) early next year. Taking place 600 years after the Mega Man X games, the Mega Man Zero series—four games in all—"sets the stage for the revival of the legendary Reploid Zero as he joins human scientist Ciel and Resistance forces in their fight for a better future."

The Bard's Tale 4: Director's Cut adds a new dungeon, difficulties, and 'thousands' of fixes
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-bards-tale-4-directors-cut-adds-a-new-dungeon-difficulties-and-thousands-of-fixes/
"Bard's Tale 4 was good at launch" is a hill I will happily die on, but not everyone had a smooth-sailing experience with it out of the gate, and even I have to admit that there were some rough spots. The Bard's Tale 4: Director's Cut, released today, aims to address those shortcomings with new features, a "massive balance pass," and new content including more powerful bosses, Dwarven weapons, and the Royal Necropolis of Haernhold.

Watch a Sandworm smash a weird wooden land crawler in a new Last Oasis trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-a-sandworm-smash-a-weird-wooden-land-crawler-in-a-new-last-oasis-trailer/
Last Oasis is a survival MMO in which players construct weird, walking land-yacht machines and use them to fight over the last hospitable chunk of land on Earth. The specifics are tricky—the Earth has stopped spinning and the Moon disappeared for some reason—but it looks very cool, and the promise of a dynamic map that's always in flux is intriguing, if maybe a little worryingly ambitious.

Population Zero, a story-driven sci-fi MMO, begins beta testing in September
https://www.pcgamer.com/population-zero-a-story-driven-sci-fi-mmo-begins-beta-testing-in-september/
Population Zero is an upcoming sci-fi MMO set on an alien world called Kepler, where thousands of stranded colonists struggle to survive while they try to figure out what went wrong with their ship—and what they're doing to do next. It's been in development since late 2018, and today developer Enplex Games opened signups for a closed beta test that's coming in September.

Gamestop conference leak may have confirmed that Crypto is coming to Apex Legends
https://www.pcgamer.com/gamestop-conference-leak-may-have-confirmed-that-crypto-is-coming-to-apex-legends/
There's been a lot of speculation about whether the next character coming to Apex Legends will be the mysterious hacker named Crypto—the man purportedly responsible for the smashed-up state of things in Apex's latest season. Based on a leak out of a Gamestop leadership conference in Nashville, Tennessee, it looks like the rumors might be true.
>> think-man has made a thread about this leak.

Bloodlines 2's demo gets added info from creative director
https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodlines-2s-demo-gets-added-info-from-creative-director/
In a video posted by Paradox Interactive this morning, Hardsuit Labs creative director Ka'ai Cluney goes over the pre-alpha Bloodlines 2 gameplay demo build shown at E3 and Gamescom 2019, providing more insight into the world of the game. We've gotten a good amount of detail in the past, but this new commentary-filled demo has plenty of new specifics to, ahem, sink our teeth into.

The Alder's Blood demo feels like Bloodborne's sneaky turn-based cousin
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-alders-blood-demo-feels-like-bloodbornes-sneaky-turn-based-cousin/
Hunting werewolves is dangerous business in Alder's Blood. For starters, they're flupping enormous fangorious man-dogs, which is bad enough. Second, they've got a great sense of smell, which isn't so great when your cadre of monster hunters (who look like they've just walked straight out of Bloodborne) haven't bathed in weeks. Stealth is order of the day here, giving this squad tactics game a very different feel from its peers.

The Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

There's only one new daily deal at Steam, Onimusha: Warlords, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/761600/Onimusha_Warlords/

There's a new Humble Bundle, the Spooky Horror 2019 one, available from the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/spooky-horror-2019-bundle

And at Fanatical, there are two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Verdun, 80% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/verdun
• And Blood: Fresh Supply is 33% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/blood-fresh-supply

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Here is Metal Gear Solid 4 running in 4K with unlocked framerate on the PC via RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-metal-gear-solid-4-running-in-4k-with-unlocked-framerate-on-the-pc-via-rpcs3/
Last week, we shared a video showing Metal Gear Solid 4 running in the latest version of the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3. And today, we are sharing with you another video showing this PS3 exclusive game running in 4K and with uncapped framerate on the PC.

GAMING NEWS

Wolfenstein: Youngblood update 1.05 released; adjusts boss difficulties, improves weapon damage & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wolfenstein-youngblood-update-1-05-released-adjusts-boss-difficulties-improves-weapon-damage-more/
MachineGames has released a brand new update for Wolfenstein: Youngblood. Patch 1.05 adjusts boss difficulties, improves weapon damage improvements, adds health bar toggles and more.

Here are 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Synced: Off Planet
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-10-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-synced-off-planet/
Synced: Off Planet is an upcoming third-person shooter by Tencent Next Studios & Studio Gobo. This game indeed looks like The Division, as John wrote in the official gameplay reveal trailer article. The game has also similarities with other games such as War World Z and PUBG, as Jack said in the following gameplay video and I tend to agree.

New trailers for The Surge 2, Last Oasis and The Dark Pictures Anthology – Man of Medan
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailers-for-the-surge-2-last-oasis-and-the-dark-pictures-anthology-man-of-medan/
Focus Home Interactive, Donkey Crew and Bandai Namco have released new trailer for The Surge 2, Last Oasis and The Dark Pictures Anthology – Man of Medan. As such, we’ve decided to share all of them in one big article.

Gears 5 will require 80GB of free hard-disk space; Final PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-5-will-require-80gb-of-free-hard-disk-space-final-pc-system-requirements/
Microsoft and The Coalition have revealed the final PC system requirements for Gears 5. According to the specs, Gears 5 will require 80GB of free hard-disk space. However, the game will also come with a HD Texture Pack, meaning that the actual file size could be even higher.
>> It's another DX12 only game that will be able to run in Win7.

Here are 13 minutes of gameplay footage from SPIDERS’ upcoming action RPG, Greedfall
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-13-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-spiders-upcoming-action-rpg-greedfall/
IGN has shared a video, showing 13 minutes of gameplay footage from SPIDERS’ upcoming action RPG, Greedfall. This video showcases some of the game’s environments, as well as its combat and RPG mechanics.

New gameplay details revealed for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-gameplay-details-revealed-for-atelier-ryza-ever-darkness-the-secret-hideout/
KOEI TECMO and GUST Studios unveiled today exciting new gameplay details to their upcoming title Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout. Players will be able to obtain special new gathering locations to explore and share.

New Resident Evil project, Project Resistance, to be announced on September 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-resident-evil-project-project-resistance-to-be-announced-on-september-9th/
Earlier this month, we informed you about a new Resident Evil game. And it appears we were right. Capcom has launched a teaser website, announcing that it will officially reveal a brand new Resident Evil project on September 9th.
>> ZODIARKrebirth has made a thread about this new game, and here are the first screens of it (reminds me of the former RE Outbreak games).

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey patch 1.5.0 available for download, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-patch-1-5-0-available-for-download-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Ubisoft has released a brand new update for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. This patch will update your game’s version to 1.5.0, is 9GB in size (though some Steam owners reported a 3.8GB size) and you can find its full patch notes below.

Thursday news, part two:

Telltale Games to return under new management
https://www.pcgamer.com/telltale-games-to-return-under-new-management/
Telltale Games is (at least on paper) returning to business, as reported earlier today by Polygon. Holding company LCG Entertainment (run by industry veterans Jamie Ottilie and Brian Waddle) have bought up the studio name and some of their licensed properties after Telltale's messy closure last September left hundreds of staff displaced. Effectively a new studio with new management operating under an old name, the new Telltale will be based in Malibu, California, with plans to "stay small over the next six months".

Ubisoft executive thinks that Steam's business model is 'unrealistic'
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-executive-thinks-that-steams-business-model-is-unrealistic/
Ubisoft isn't too impressed with how Steam is doing business these days, at least according to Chris Early, the publisher's Vice President For Partnerships And Revenue, speaking to the New York Times. He's not the only voice critical of the monolithic digital retailer either.

Cyberpunk 2077 character creator drops male and female options in favor of 'body type'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-character-creator-drops-male-and-female-options-in-favor-of-body-type/
For all the positive responses that CD Projekt's upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 has enjoyed, one area where it hasn't gone over particularly well is in its portrayal of gender. It was initially designed to be playable as male or female but some critics noted that binary gender delineation falls well short of themes expressed in actual cyberpunk—a shortcoming highlighted by the presence of in-game ads seen by some as transphobic.

Multiple men in the games industry accused of sexual abuse or assault
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiple-men-in-the-games-industry-accused-of-sexual-abuse-or-assault/
On Monday, Tetrageddon developer Nathalie Lawhead published a blog post about her time working at an unnamed developer in Vancouver. Titled 'Calling out my rapist', it alleges that composer Jeremy Soule raped Lawhead after meeting her at a party and striking up a friendship. In the days since Lawhead made the allegation against Soule, more members of the industry have come forward to share their own experiences of abuse, accusing several industry men of unwanted advances and sexual assault. Update: Late Wednesday, composer Jeremy Soule sent a message to Kotaku stating: "These 11 year old allegations are false. I am shocked and saddened that these outrageous claims have been made." Kotaku spoke to another woman who had worked with Soule in 2014, who stated that Soule sent her a video of him masturbating. When she told Soule that she wanted to keep their relationship professional, she said she was "blocked and removed from a project [she] was proposed to work on." Soule told Kotaku "I don’t agree with her point of view, and I’m not at liberty to discuss." Original story appears below.

Shovel Knight Dig will take the pixellated platformer underground
https://www.pcgamer.com/shovel-knight-dig-will-take-the-pixellated-platformer-underground/
Five years after the release of the original Shovel Knight, developer Yacht Club Games has dropped word that a new game is on the way. Shovel Knight Dig is a collaborative effort between Yacht Club and Nitrome that will tell an all-new story about Shovel Knight and his dastardly nemesis, Drill Knight.

Bloodlines 2's first faction is the old money Pioneers
https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodline-2s-first-faction-is-the-old-money-pioneers/
The first Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 faction to be revealed is a newcomer to the series. The Pioneers were among the earliest to settle in Seattle, which they view as a "last frontier," free from the ancient power structures of other cities. But their hold on power has weakened in recent years, and they've been forced to cede control over all but some minor parts of the city. Their idealism, romanticism, and fierce independence carries echoes of the Anarchs, but they hold themselves apart from their more "hot-headed" brothers and sisters.

Control has a deeply weird cameo from a famous game developer
https://www.pcgamer.com/control-has-a-deeply-weird-cameo-from-a-famous-game-developer/
Back in March, an image of Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima doing some voice recording "for the other Sam" made the rounds on Twitter. Sam is the name of Norman Reedus' character in Death Stranding, but who was the other Sam?

The next Apex Legends event will (probably) be about Wraith
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-apex-legends-event-will-probably-be-about-wraith/
Respawn kicked off an Iron Crown Collection event in Apex Legends earlier this month that landed with a thud for a lot of fans. The biggest issue was that some in-game items, particularly Legendary skins, were only available through event-exclusive Iron Crown packs. It was a complicated event but the simple version is that costs were very high—the "Raven's Bite" Heirloom weapon for Bloodhound effectively costs $170—and players weren't happy.

John Carmack wishes Rage had been released earlier
https://www.pcgamer.com/john-carmack-wishes-rage-had-been-released-earlier/
John Carmack, wearing a t-shirt that reads "I don't get older, I level up," was recently interviewed on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. The co-founder of iD Software and CTO of Oculus discussed—among other things—the release of Rage, one of iD's less well-received games. Rage picked up several "game of show" awards at E3 in 2010, four years into its development, but when it finally came out in 2012 it the response was muted.

World Of Warcraft Classic is 'substantially' boosting player capacity
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-classic-is-substantially-boosting-player-capacity/
In order to combat the enormous queues to get into its World Of Warcraft Classic servers, Blizzard has announced via the official forums that it is "substantially increasing the number of players that can be simultaneously logged in and playing". There's no specifics on exactly how many more players are being let in, but it sounds like the capacity hotfix was deployed last night.

Try grisly metroidvania Blasphemous before the demo vanishes on Sunday
https://www.pcgamer.com/try-grisly-metroidvania-blasphemous-before-the-demo-vanishes-on-sunday/
The gore-soaked, darkly religious world of Blasphemous is yours to tour today, although you'd best get in quick. The time-limited demo vanishes on Sunday, September 1st, with the full game launching on September 10th.
>> The demo is only available from Steam, but the game will launch on Steam and GOG.

Total War: Warhammer 2's next DLC adds its biggest, stompiest dinosaur yet
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2s-next-dlc-adds-its-biggest-stompiest-dinosaur-yet/
When it comes to Total War, and especially Warhammer games, bigger is always better. It's good news, then, that The Hunter & The Beast DLC for Total War: Warhammer 2 is upping the ante on September 11th with the game's biggest and most absolute unit yet; the Dread Saurian, which you can see in the trailer below.

***ALERT FREE GAME***

Here's your chance to get a hard game: the HUMBLE STORE is giving away the game DiRT Rally for the next 2 days or until they run out of keys:

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dirt-rally

Hurry up!

Also, for those interested, Jon Peddie Research has published its Q2 2019 report

https://www.jonpeddie.com/store/market-watch-quarterly1

Some highlights:

• The PC GPU market sequentially increased by 0.6% in Q2’19, decreased year-to-year by -10.4%
• AMD shipments increased 9.8%, Nvidia was mostly flat, -0.04%, and Intel's shipments, decreased -1.4%.
• A total of 76.7 million units were shipped in Q2'19 which decreased by -8.93 million units from the same quarter a year ago indicating the market is negative. on a year-to-year basis. << This is still becaue of the crypto craze
• Surprisingly enough, AMD has surpassed Nvidia in marketshare (that includes discrete GPU cards and integrated ones). First time since Q3 2014

Let's go with the Friday news!

SALES & DEALS

The Witcher 3 is selling better in 2019 than it did last year
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-3-is-selling-better-in-2019-than-it-did-last-year/
CD Projekt recently took a look back at the first half of 2019, and it saw some interesting things. Cyberpunk 2077 preorders have been going well, particularly on GOG: One-third of all digital PC preorders have been on CD Projekt's own platform. But the primary driver behind the company's financial performance is actually The Witcher 3, despite the fact that it was released more than four years ago.
"Our financial result for the first half of the year was again mainly affected by sales of The Witcher 3, which remain strong. This further confirms our belief that investing in top-quality games pays off, and that such games may continue to sell well for many years," CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz said. "In the first half of 2019 gamers actually purchased more copies of The Witcher 3 than during the first half of the previous year!"

Celeste and Inside go free on Epic Games Store, with another two next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/celeste-and-inside-go-free-on-epic-games-store-with-another-two-next-week/
While both ostensibly about running and jumping, Celeste (by Matt Makes Games) and Inside (by Playdead) have shockingly few things in common, beyond them both being excellent and completely free on the Epic Games Store for the next week.
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Make sure you grab these two now to add to your account and keep forever. This time next week, they're getting swapped out for an oddly similar pair of games. The End Is Nigh is a darkly humorous (if positively sadistic) platformer from one of the makers of Super Meat Boy, and Abzu is a surprisingly soothing game about deep-sea exploration and hanging out with cool fish.

On the Humble Store, it's the End of the Summer Sale, so go check it out.

At Fanatical, there's a new Build Your Own Retro Bundle, with 18 games to choose from for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-retro-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

CRYENGINE 5.6 is now available to developers, featuring more than 1000 changes to the engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryengine-5-6-is-now-available-to-developers-featuring-more-than-1000-changes-to-the-engine/
Crytek has announced that CRYENGINE 5.6 is available now for all game developers. According to the team, this major new release includes over 1,000 changes to the engine. Crytek has also released a CRYENGINE 5.6 technology video, showcasing just some of the new features in the engine.
CRYENGINE 5.6 includes new features, enhancements, and improvements across the engine. Thus, the engine gives developers more power, making game creation quicker and easier. The key features of this brand new version are: In-Editor Project Management, Area Lights, Particle Ribbons and Full-Body Ragdoll IK.

Valve will fight European Commission's anti-competition ruling against Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-will-fight-european-commissions-anti-competition-ruling-against-steam/
Early this year, the European Commission launched an investigation into six game companies—Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, and ZeniMax—over "suspected anti-competitive practices." In April it released a preliminary finding that the practice of geo-blocking games, which restricts the ability of people to buy games based on their home location, violates EU competition rules.
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Since then, according to a Reuters report, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, and ZeniMax have all agreed to settle the case. The terms of the settlement aren't known, but Reuters said that under EU antitrust rules, companies are given a ten percent reduction in their fines for admitting to wrongdoing. Valve has decided to fight the charges, however, and is now expected to seek a hearing with European Commission competition regulators and "national watchdogs" to argue its case.

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

First gameplay trailer released for Jumanji: The Video Game
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-jumanji-the-video-game/
Bandai Namco has released the first gameplay trailer for Jumanji: The Video Game. In addition, the publisher has announced that the game’s release date has been moved up by a week to November 8th for all platforms.

The worst PC racing game ever made, Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing, gets a remaster in 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-worst-pc-racing-game-ever-made-big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-gets-a-remaster-in-2020/
Now here is something that came out of nowhere. Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing is often described as the worst PC racing game ever made. And today, Stellar Stone Devolopment announced that it is working on a Remaster for the PC that will come out in 2020.

New WRC 8 videos detail its physics system and level design
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-wrc-8-videos-detail-its-physics-system-and-level-design/
Bigben and KT Racing have released the latest glimpse behind the scenes of WRC 8. Through two Dev Diaries, KT Racing’s Art Director, Amaury Beyris, and Physics Designer, Jérémy Lolieux, shed some light on the game’s level design and physics.

Narrative-driven VR game, Westworld Awakening, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/narrative-driven-vr-game-westworld-awakening-is-now-available-on-steam/
Westworld fans, here is something for you today. Warner Bros and Survios have announced that the official VR game for the Westworld series, Westworld Awakening, is now available on Steam. Westworld Awakening is a narrative-driven experience in which you assume the role of a host, Kate.

Here is your first look at The Settlers, new video showing 16 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-your-first-look-at-the-settlers-new-video-showing-16-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
PCGames.de has shared a video, showing 16 minutes of gameplay footage from The Settlers. The Settlers uses the Snowdrop Engine and we can finally take a look at it. And while the video is in German, there are some English subtitles that you can enable.

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered Patch 3 released, brings general gameplay, AI & visual improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sniper-elite-v2-remastered-patch-3-released-brings-general-gameplay-ai-visual-improvements/
Rebellion has released a brand new patch for Sniper Elite V2 Remastered. According to the release notes, patch 3 addresses several low-repro stability issues that were evident during gameplay and features general localization improvements.

Here are two hours of gameplay footage from the Gamescom 2019 demo of Need for Speed: Heat
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-two-hours-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-gamescom-2019-demo-of-need-for-speed-heat/
At Gamescom 2019, Electronic Arts presented a playable demo for Need for Speed Heat. Thus, below you can find a video showing two whole hours of gameplay footage from it. This video will give you an idea of what you can expect from this new Need for Speed game. Since we’re talking about a 2-hour video, we strongly suggest checking it out, especially if you are fans of the series.

Here are 3 minutes of new gameplay footage from the CRYENGINE-powered action RPG, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-3-minutes-of-new-gameplay-footage-from-the-cryengine-powered-action-rpg-wolcen-lords-of-mayhem/
WOLCEN Studio has released a new video, showing 3 minutes of gameplay footage from Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is a new action RPG that uses Crytek’s CRYENGINE, and is currently available on Steam Early Access.

Gears 5 will support Asynchronous Compute and AMD FidelityFX Tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-5-will-support-asynchronous-compute-and-amd-fidelityfx-tech/
Microsoft and The Coalition have shared some new PC tech details about Gears 5. According to the teams, the PC version will support Asynchronous Compute, Multithreaded Command Buffering, as well as AMD’s new tech, FidelityFX.

Here are 8 minutes of gameplay footage from the PAX West 2019 demo of Streets of Rage 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-8-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-pax-west-2019-demo-of-streets-of-rage-4/
At PAX West 2019, DotEmu presented a new demo for Streets of Rage 4. As such, below you can find a video showing almost 8 minutes of gameplay footage from that demo. We strongly suggest watching this gameplay video, especially if you are old-school beat ’em up fans.

Once Upon A Time In Roswell is a new first-person psychological horror game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/once-upon-a-time-in-roswell-is-a-new-first-person-psychological-horror-game/
TinyBuildGames has announced Once Upon A Time In Roswell; a new first-person psychological horror game that is coming to PC in late 2020. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher released the game’s debut trailer that you can find below.

Friday news, part two:

Star Wars: The Old Republic's Onslaught expansion is now due in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-the-old-republics-onslaught-expansion-is-now-due-in-october/
It was a long time ago that a galaxy far, far away last saw a major expansion, but BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic is still alive and kicking, and due its next big slab of content soon. Available as part of the free-to-play MMO's optional subscription, Onslaught will add a new story arc centred around two new planets as the war between the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire resumes on October 22nd.

Planetside Arena enters Early Access in September with 300-player battles
https://www.pcgamer.com/planetside-arena-enters-early-access-in-september-with-300-player-battles/
Planetside Arena, the next class-based multiplayer shooter from Daybreak Games, was originally planned for January of this year. Its first delay pushed it back to March, and then—perhaps blindsided by the surprise announcement and massive success of class-based battle royale Apex Legends in February—the release slipped again to summer.

The Lab gets a handy physics-driven update
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lab-gets-a-handy-physics-driven-update/
The Lab was one of the first big showcases of modern virtual reality, and one of the first experiences many had after picking up a first-generation Oculus or HTC headset. Today, Valve are keeping up with the times and updating their free VR playground to better reflect modern technology, such as their own Index VR hardware.

Manifold Garden, Wattam, and No Straight Roads will be Epic exclusives
https://www.pcgamer.com/manifold-garden-wattam-and-no-straight-roads-will-be-epic-exclusives/
Epic announced today that six more games will be launching exclusively on the Epic Games Store: Manifold Garden, Wattam, No Straight Roads, Superliminal, Airborne Kingdom, and The Alto Collection, which packages together a pair of snowboarding sidescrollers that were previously mobile-only.

Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.08 buffs the Ninja and Samurai classes
https://www.pcgamer.com/ffxiv-patch/
Final Fantasy XIV is having a moment right now, thanks to the fantastic Shadowbringers expansion that launched in July. As such, there's plenty of excitement around the latest FFXIV patch notes, as Square Enix rolls out new raid content alongside class balance changes and bug fixes.

Blatant Warcraft ripoff goes offline after Blizzard files a lawsuit
https://www.pcgamer.com/blatant-world-of-warcraft-ripoff-goes-offline-after-blizzard-files-a-lawsuit/
World of Warcraft Classic isn't the only blast from the Azeroth path to come out of Blizzard this month—World of Warcraft lawsuits are also back in the news. The operator of a web-based and mobile game that brazenly ripped off World of Warcraft has halted operations two weeks after Blizzard filed a lawsuit against it.

Noita, the game that simulates every pixel's physics, hits Early Access this September
https://www.pcgamer.com/noita-the-game-that-simulates-every-pixels-physics-releases-in-early-access-this-september/
Noita, the "action roguelite" in which every pixel is physically simulated, is headed to Steam Early Access on September 24. To mark the big news, developer Nolla Games dropped a new trailer showcasing how that simulation translates into gameplay.

Cyberpunk 2077 livestream will show off 15 minutes of gameplay on Friday
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-livestream-will-show-off-15-minutes-of-gameplay-next-week/
CD Projekt Red will share a 15-minute edit of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay during a livestream on Friday. The stream will also include interviews with developers that will dive deeper into the Pacifica district of Night City and the different ways you'll be able to approach your adventures in the gritty cyber-world of the future.
The Cyberpunk 2077 livestream will get underway at 8 pm CEST/2 pm Eastern/11 am Pacific on August 30, and will be available on CD Projekt Red's Twitch and Mixer channels.
>> We'll see!

Yakuza 7 is replacing beat 'em up action with turn-based combat
https://www.pcgamer.com/yakuza-7-is-ditching-beat-em-up-action-with-turn-based-combat/
The Yakuza games are ever so slowly making their way to PC, with Sega stating in June that it now considers the series to be a multi-platform one. So it's worth getting a bit excited about Yakuza 7, which was unveiled during a Sega press conference on Thursday. It's exciting for three reasons: 1) it's a new Yakuza game, 2) it'll be the first mainline game without Kazuma Kiryu as protagonist, and 3) it'll have turn-based combat.

Greedfall extended gameplay video shows a promising blend of The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age
https://www.pcgamer.com/greedfall-extended-gameplay-video-shows-a-promising-blend-of-the-witcher-3-and-dragon-age/
Spiders' newest RPG Greedfall releases on September 10, and I for one am pretty exciting about it. Inspired by 17th century colonization, the game is by no means based on true stories (it has monsters and stuff), but its strange amalgam of fantasy and history is fascinating. The video above shows the most substantial chunk of gameplay footage we've seen yet, and I've got my fingers crossed that Spiders nails it with this one. It looks great.

Borderlands 3 writer wants to do more Tales from the Borderlands
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-writer-wants-to-do-more-tales-from-the-borderlands/
Telltale Games will be returning under new management, which hopefully means their complete stable of games will be available again. And, fingers crossed, some of them might receive sequels.
The first season of Tales from the Borderlands developed a cult following for its sense of humor and cool credits sequences, even among those who didn't love the Borderlands shooters. Now Sam Winkler, one of the lead writers on Borderlands 3, has said that he'd like to write a second season.

This forthcoming retro FPS is a throwback to the Nintendo 64 era
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-forthcoming-retro-fps-is-a-throwback-to-the-nintendo-64-era/
The retro-styled first-person shooter is hardly a new phenomenon: Ion Fury, Amid Evil and Dusk are only three recent examples. But Dark Data feels especially novel, as its clearly a hat tip to a distinctive, platform-specific style of FPS, namely, Nintendo 64 classics like GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark.

Planet Zoo will have aardvarks
https://www.pcgamer.com/planet-zoo-will-have-aardvarks/
The latest Planet Zoo video discusses the importance of creativity and simulation in Frontier's forthcoming game, and their role in informing features like the ability animals have to climb player-made structures. But fast-forward to 3.16 in that video and you'll see something else pretty neat: Aardvarks.

Destiny 2's new seasonal model will offer free and 'premium' reward paths
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-new-seasonal-model-will-offer-free-and-premium-reward-paths/
Not content with dropping a trifecta of wordy updates on Destiny 2 players recently, game director Luke Smith is back with another magnum opus. Today he dug into how the game will handle seasons in its third year, and some pretty big changes are on the way. Destiny 2 Year 3 will include four "fully supported" seasons of content, each of them with a 100-rank "Season Pass" featuring free and premium reward tracks.

Destiny 2's most coveted grenade launchers now demand less grind
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-most-coveted-grenade-launchers-now-demand-less-grind/
Two of Destiny 2's most coveted 'pinnacle' weapons are now easier than ever to earn, although that still doesn't make them accessible for more casual players. The Wendigo GL3 and Mountaintop grenade launchers each required massive PvE and PvP grinds to earn, respectively. The Mountaintop in particular needed players to rack up a phenomenal 200 PvP multi-kills with grenade launchers and 100 Calculated Trajectory medals, each requiring three grenade launcher kills without dying.

Two Point Hospital probes aliens in the Close Encounters DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/two-point-hospital-probes-aliens-in-the-close-encounters-dlc/
Silly medical management sim Two Point Hospital continues to expand in weird and wonderful ways. Yesterday, its third major chunk of DLC, Close Encounters, landed in stores with an meteoric crash. As the name suggests, it introduces all manner of extraterrestrial weirdness to the already bizarre game, with three high-tech new hospitals to run, new patients to treat from way out of town, and thirty-four new illnesses to cure.
>> And because of that, the game is free to try for the next 3 days and 50% off

Man Of Medan hides a trailer for Little Hope, the next Dark Pictures adventure
https://www.pcgamer.com/man-of-medan-hides-a-trailer-for-little-hope-the-next-dark-pictures-adventure/
It took a while to get here, but thanks to studios like Supermassive Games and their recently-released Man Of Medan, 'interactive movie' is no longer a term synonymous with disdain and grainy clips of C-list actors. They're fully committed to their craft, too, as Man Of Medan ends with a trailer for Little Hope, next in their Dark Pictures horror anthology and due out next year.

Pathologic 2 will get free DLC despite studio struggles (updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/pathologic-2-to-get-free-dlc-despite-studio-struggles/
Pathologic 2 by Ice-Pick Lodge was never going to set the world on fire. A dark and theatrical plague survival sim, set in a dreamlike, pseudo-Russian industrial town wracked by crises both self-made and supernatural. It's dark, weird and stressful, like living in one of David Lynch's more vivid fever-dreams. It's a hard sell, but it's a game I hold dear to my heart, making it all the more tragic that it hasn't sold as well as it might.
Update: The Marble Nest DLC will be a "polished and optimised version of what was once Pathologic 2's demo," according to Ice-Pick Lodge. The developer has confirmed that they're working on porting the game to consoles at the moment, but they don't have any details to share about their plans for the Bachelor or Changeling's stories.

Let's check what's in store (get it?) for us at both GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The first one is the weekly sale, with up to 85% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190826_weekly_sale
• Next comes the Midweek Sale, up to 90% off on a selection of games for the next 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190828_midweek_sale
• Battlestar Galactica Deadlock and its add-ons are on sale, up to 70% off for the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190829_promo_launch_battlestar_galactica_deadlock
• And lastly, there's a special Back to School Sale , with up to 90% discounts on over 250 games until September 6th.

+Steam

• The first of the two daily deals is Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, 65% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/544610/Battlestar_Galactica_Deadlock/
• The other one, that will last another 3 days is the Kingdom franchise, between 25 and 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/kingdom/
• When it comes to the weekend deals, the first one is The Elder Scrolls Online, that's free to try for the next 3 days and 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/
• The Homeworld franchise is on sale, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35727152
• Publisher The Behemoth has its games on sale: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/thebehemoth/
• Devolver Digital is also putting its games on sale, up to 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/devolver/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

That's all. Have a happy and gaming weekend.

I hope you had a good weekend. Now it's time for the Monday news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Remnant: From the Ashes
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Valve Index VR Kit
4. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
5. StarLadder 2019 Berlin CS:GO Major Championship Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
7. Destiny 2
8. Hunt: Showdown
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
10. No Man's Sky

GOG has, besides the Back to School sale, a new weekly sale, with up to 90% discounts on a lot of arcade games: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190902_weekly_sale

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The Caligula Effect: Overdose is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/889600/The_Caligula_Effect_Overdose/
• And Bridge Constructor Portal is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/684410/Bridge_Constructor_Portal/

And Fanatical, we find three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Endless Legend: Classic Edition, 90% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/endless-legend-classic-edition
• Kalypso has its games up to 80% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/kalypso-media-digital
• And Square-Enix also has its games on sale, up to 86% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/square-enix

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Windows 10 optional update KB4512941 causes high CPU usage, uninstall it to avoid performance issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-optional-update-kb4512941-causes-high-cpu-usage-uninstall-it-to-avoid-performance-issues/
A few days ago, Microsoft released a brand new optional update for Windows 10. KB4512941 is supposedly addressing numerous issues affecting Remote Desktop, Windows Sandbox and other aspects of Windows 10. However, it appears that this update is also causing major high CPU usage issues.
According to a lot of reports, Cortana’s SearchUI.exe process occupies one whole processor core after applying this update. As such, this will most likely lead to major performance issues. What’s really ironic here is that Cortana’s search on the desktop does not work anymore. So yeah, this is a bug that can – and will – affect your overall experience.
Those that have already downloaded this optional update can either do some changes to their registry or uninstall the update. We highly recommend the latter as it’s not worth messing around with your registry.
>> If you've found your PC acting weird these last days, it may be because of this.

Epic revamped the Epic Games Store roadmap to remove target months
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-revamped-the-epic-games-store-roadmap-to-remove-target-months/
Epic has revamped the Epic Games Store's Trello roadmap so that it no longer organizes features by how many months away they are. Instead, they're divided into "Recently Shipped, "Up Next," and "Future Development."
"We regularly delay feature releases due to shifting priorities and the need for further iteration," Epic said in a post about the change. "We're always focusing on improving, and we believe the Trello can be improved as well."

MODS/EMULATORS

Take a whirlwind tour through Half-Life 2 in this abridged map jam
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-a-whirlwind-tour-through-half-life-2-in-this-abridged-map-jam/
The Half-Life 2 modding scene is alive, well and doing some exceptionally silly things. Hosted by Map Labs on Mod DB, Half-Life Abridged is the fifth and most recent in a series of themed HL2 mapping contests, challenging entrants to quickly produce a single level based around a specific theme. This time, it was based around the concept of boiling down an entire chapter of Half-Life (1 or 2) into a single bite-sized level, perfect for the Free Man on the go.

Doom 2016 fell through a time-warp and became a DOS-compatible mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-2016-fell-through-a-time-warp-and-became-a-dos-compatible-mod/
What would Doom (2016) look like if it came out twenty-three years ago? And just how old would that make you feel to see it in action? Doom 4 Vanilla, released yesterday, is an impressive 'demake' mod for Doom 2 that boils down everything it can from Id Software's series reboot while adhering to the limits of Doom circa 1993. That means new monsters, guns, music, art and levels. It's an impressive package.
>> Available from Doomworld.

GAMING NEWS

Cyberpunk 2077 E3 2019/Gamescom 2019/PAX West 2019 Gameplay Demo
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/cyberpunk-2077-e3-2019-gamescom-2019-pax-west-2019-gameplay-demo/
CD Projekt RED has just released a 15-minute video for Cyberpunk 2077. This video showcases the demo that was presented at E3 2019, Gamescom 2019 and PAX West 2019. Enjoy!
>> It's heavily edited so, while there's gameplay, it's hard to see how it plays. Last years gameplay video was much, much better.

Gearbox officially announces Homeworld 3, releases debut trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gearbox-officially-announces-homeworld-3-releases-debut-trailer/
Gearbox and Blackbird Interactive have officially announced Homeworld 3. Homeworld 3 is the true sequel to the legendary space-faring RTS that promises to return the series to its roots with a gripping continuation of the story, fully 3D combat, and the classic RTS elements you expect.
>> Azzanation made a thread about it.

Squadron 42, Star Citizen’s single-player campaign, beta has been delayed by 12 weeks
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/squadron-42-star-citizens-single-player-campaign-beta-has-been-delayed-by-12-months/
Cloud Imperium has announced that Staggered Development is coming to both Star Citizen and Squadron 42. However, and due to this development model, the beta date for Squadron 42 has been delayed by 12 weeks.

WARRIORS OROCHI 4 Ultimate is coming to the PC in February 2020, first details revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warriors-orochi-4-ultimate-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-february-2020-first-details-revealed/
KOEI Tecmo has announced WARRIORS OROCHI 4 Ultimate; the thrilling new entry to the popular 1 vs. 1,000 hack-and-slash series of games. The new game will be available in February 2020 as both a standalone title or as a special Upgrade Pack for those who already own the previous game. Moreover, the team released a new trailer for it that you can find below.

Borderlands 2 VR is officially coming to the PC in Fall 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-2-vr-is-officially-coming-to-the-pc-in-fall-2019/
Gearbox has announced that Borderlands 2 VR is officially coming to the PC in Fall 2019. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a brand new trailer for the PC version that you can find below.
>> There's no headset mentioned, so I guess it's for all of them?

Six new breathtaking screenshots released for Microsoft Flight Simulator
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/six-new-breathtaking-screenshots-released-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/
Microsoft has released six new gorgeous screenshots from its new Flight Simulator. These new screenshots show some truly breathtaking visuals. And honestly, it’s no stretch saying that Flight Simulator is the best looking flight game we’ve seen so far.

First co-op gameplay footage for Konami’s new Contra game, Contra Rogue Corps
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-co-op-gameplay-footage-for-konamis-new-contra-game-contra-rogue-corps/
IGN has shared a video, showing 11 minutes of gameplay footage from Konami’s new Contra game, Contra: Rogue Corps. This video will also give you a glimpse at the game’s co-op mode, so be sure to watch it if you are fans of the franchise.

Remedy will bring RTX improvements, Motion Blur option and better in-game map to Control
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/remedy-will-bring-rtx-improvements-motion-blur-option-and-better-in-game-map-to-control/
505 Games and Remedy have detailed the future patches that will be coming to their supernatural action adventure game, Control. According to the teams, this patch will bring RTX improvements, will add a Motion Blur option, and will enhance the in-game map.
>> And here's how you can fix the stuttering problems in Control.

Din’s Legacy – First 9 minutes of 4K gameplay footage + First Impressions
https://www.dsogaming.com/first-impressions/dins-legacy-first-9-minutes-of-4k-gameplay-footage-first-impressions/
Din’s Legacy is an action RPG with mutating characters, set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world. This new action RPG leaves Early Access on August 26th, and Soldak Entertainment has provided us with a review code. As such, below you can find a video showing 9 minutes of gameplay footage.

New trailer released for Obsidian’s upcoming RPG, The Outer Worlds
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-released-for-obsidians-upcoming-rpg-the-outer-worlds/
Private Division has released a brand new trailer for Obsidian’s upcoming RPG, The Outer Worlds. This new trailer focuses on the Halcyon colony and its environments. Naturally, it also sports in-game graphics so it will give you a glimpse at the game’s visuals.

New Cube World video showcases 16 minutes of brand new mage gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-cube-world-video-showcases-16-minutes-of-brand-new-mage-gameplay-footage/
Cube World is a game I was really looking forward eight years ago. And while its creator, Wollay, released its alpha version in 2013, we haven’t heard anything about it since then. Until now. Wollay has just released a new video, showing 16 minutes of new gameplay footage.

Cyberpunk 2077 may only feature first-person cut-scenes [UPDATE: Confirmed]
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-may-only-feature-first-person-cut-scenes/
Cyberpunk 2077 was advertised as a TPP/FPP game. While a first-person perspective will be used for gameplay, the cut-scenes were meant to be using a third-person camera. However, that may not be the case anymore as CD Projekt RED hints at abandoning that concept. Instead, Cyberpunk 2077 appears to be using now only the first-person perspective in everything.
UPDATE: CD Projekt RED has just confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will only feature first-person cut-scenes.

Monday news, part two:

Trine 4 shows off 7 minutes of watery puzzles and mammals
https://www.pcgamer.com/trine-4-shows-off-7-minutes-of-watery-puzzles-and-mammals/
Publisher Modus Games are currently showcasing Trine 4 at PAX West, and have just released seven minutes of fresh footage, featuring puzzling, platforming, combat and its trio of heroes briefly delving into the fishnet-filled nightmares of a large blubbery seal wearing a fetching flower-wreath crown. As you do.

Untitled Goose Game is coming to the Epic Games Store in September
https://www.pcgamer.com/untitled-goose-game-is-coming-to-the-epic-games-store-in-september/
Untitled Goose Game is a game about a goose who is a jerk—so, a normal goose—who enjoys causing chaos in a lovely quaint village. The goose, who is you, roams the streets and yards, stealing stuff, breaking things, sneaking up on people and honking at them, and being an overall pain in the ass in whatever other creative ways you can come up with. It was announced in late 2017 by indie studio House House, the creator of Push Me Pull You, and after an unfortunate delay in February, the developers announced today that it will be out on September 20.

Apex Legends' 'Voidwalker' event begins next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-voidwalker-event-begins-next-week/
The upcoming Apex Legends themed event that Respawn hinted earlier this week would be all about Wraith will, in fact, be all about Wraith. Running from September 3-17, the Voidwalker event will feature a town takeover, a new limited-time mode, exclusive challenges, and event-themed rewards.
>> It's this week, of course.

Cyberpunk 2077 customization options, 'cyberninjas,' and more details revealed in today's Q&A
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-customization-options-cyberninjas-and-more-details-revealed-in-todays-qanda/
Earlier today, CD Projekt streamed about 15 minutes of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay, showing off two ways to play: the sneaky hacker and the guns-blazing fighter. After the demonstration, a few developers got together to chat about Cyberpunk's world design, character customization, playstyles, and guns.

The Avengers relied on God of War's combat designer for fun and 'data crunching' to balance it
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-avengers-relied-on-god-of-wars-combat-designer-for-fun-and-data-crunching-for-balance/
In the Avengers' opening level, you're more likely to die accidentally jumping off the Golden Gate bridge mid-explosion than you are at the hands of an enemy. It's a tutorial, and it feels like it: QTEs, quickly charging super moves, and linear fights show off Thor's screen-clearing lightning blast and Iron Man's steel beam-melting chest laser. Taking down baddies is easy and flashy and doesn't reveal the complex gear and stat systems that underpin the rest of the game. Those systems seem vital to keeping The Avengers playable for dozens of hours, but also pose a big challenge for keeping its heroes superpowered.

Borderlands 3 will bring back True Vault Hunter and add a new Mayhem endgame mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-will-bring-back-true-vault-hunter-and-add-a-new-mayhem-endgame-mode/
Gearbox confirmed at PAX West today that True Vault Hunter Mode, a more challenging Borderlands 2 game mode that unlocked after the campaign was completed, will return for Borderlands 3.
>> And here's the roadmap of the game.

Metro Exodus publisher says more Epic Store exclusives are possible
https://www.pcgamer.com/metro-exodus-publisher-says-more-epic-store-exclusives-are-possible/
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry, Klemens Kundratitz, the CEO of Deep Silver parent Koch Media, acknowledged that making Metro Exodus an Epic Games Store exclusive "caused some ripples," but said that Koch is "very happy with the commercial results so far," and might even do it again—with one slight change.

Watch 30 minutes of The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth's final gruesome expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-30-minutes-of-the-binding-of-isaac-rebirths-final-gruesome-expansion/
Are you ready for one last dive into The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth's filthy basements? The upcoming (and supposedly final) Repentance expansion is adding some fun new surprises, including the horribly wet and gooey sewers of Dross, one of several new areas showcased last night in a developer Twitch stream, which you can watch below.

Guild Wars 2's first expansion now comes free with its second
https://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2s-first-expansion-now-comes-free-with-its-second/
While the bulk of Guild Wars 2 is now free-to-play, its two expansions come at a premium. Or at least did, until yesterday. ArenaNet has announced that the MMO's first expansion, Heart Of Thorns, now comes free with any purchase of the more recent Path Of Fire. If you were unlucky enough to pick up Heart Of Thorns in the past two months, they're also offering refunds, and a few cosmetic goodies for veteran players who own both.

This free Total War: Warhammer 2 update adds enormous, unique forts to defend and conquer
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-free-total-war-warhammer-2-update-adds-enormous-unique-forts-to-defend-and-conquer/
There's some big stompy dinosaurs coming to Total War: Warhammer 2 in its next bit of Legendary Lords DLC, but I'm more excited for the free updates coming alongside it on September 11th. In a development blog post yesterday, Creative Assembly broke down one of the free new features coming to the game, assuming you own both Total War: Warhammer games.

Ultrakill looks like a PSX game and moves like turbo Doom Eternal in this free demo
https://www.pcgamer.com/ultrakill-looks-like-a-psx-game-and-moves-like-turbo-doom-eternal-in-this-free-demo/
Mankind's greatest and final mistake, according to Ultrakill, was building robots literally powered by blood. Now humanity is extinct and the red stuff is running out, so the machines are plundering hell itself for more of that sweet, sweet murder-juice.

Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/night-in-the-woods-developer-alec-holowka-has-died/
Alec Holowka, co-founder of Night in the Woods studio Infinite Fall and a designer, programmer, and composer on the game, has died. Holowka's death was announced on Twitter by his sister, Eileen Mary Holowka, who has since locked her account. She did not specify the cause of death, but alluded to suicide, saying that Holowka had recently been supported by crisis services.
>> Ganoncrotch has made a thread about it.

Chucklefish responds to allegations it exploited volunteer Starbound developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/chucklefish-responds-to-allegations-it-exploited-volunteer-starbound-developers/
Chucklefish has issued a statement in response to multiple allegations that it exploited around a dozen volunteer contributors on the 2016 outer-space exploration game Starbound. The complaints came to light earlier this week when Damon Reece, who is credited as a writer on the game, said on Twitter that they worked "hundreds of hours" without pay on the game, which went on to sell more than 2.5 million copies less than a year after it went into full release.

Mordhau adds Elo ranked knightly duels and improves kicking
https://www.pcgamer.com/mordhau-adds-elo-ranked-knightly-duels-and-improves-kicking/
Mordhau's messy multiplayer swordfights are a lot of fun, but sometimes you just want to reach out and stab one person in particular. Fortunately, developer Triternion agrees, as a major patch this Friday added an official one-on-one duelling mode to the game.

Overland hits the road on September 19
https://www.pcgamer.com/overland-hits-the-road-on-september-19/
It might have taken the slow and scenic route to get here, but Finji's strategic survival road-trip adventure Overland is nearly here. I've had my eye on this stylish little procedural hell simulator for a while.

Warframe adds a chill musical mini-game and its fastest Frame yet
https://www.pcgamer.com/warframe-adds-a-chill-musical-mini-game-and-its-fastest-frame-yet/
Warframe's latest update⁠—Saint Of Altra—is all about contrast. On one hand, you've got Gauss, the latest playable Frame. He's basically The Flash, but with more rocket launchers. He zooms around so quickly that enemies just drop dead in his wake, and crashing into walls causes the wall (and nearby enemies) to explode instead of him. And the icing on the cake? His signature weapons are a plasma-rocket rifle and a pair of homing missile pistols that reload faster when he's sprinting. A fun addition for the twitchiest of space ninjas.

Spaceship captain porn fantasy Subverse cancels Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/spaceship-captain-porn-fantasy-subverse-cancels-early-access/
Subverse, the game that raised £1,668,626 on Kickstarter for its promise of a kinky combo of Mass Effect, XCOM, and rather a lot of sex scenes, will no longer have an Early Access release.

Bleeding Edge video shows chaotic combat, colourful heroes, and hoverboards
https://www.pcgamer.com/bleeding-edge-video-shows-chaotic-combat-colourful-heroes-and-hoverboards/
It's not hard to understand why Ninja Theory wanted to make a game that looks like Bleeding Edge after spending years creating the brilliant but unrelentingly dreary Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The bright chaos of Bleeding Edge was available to experience at Gamescom this year, and YouTuber Arekkz has some off-screen footage that provides a pretty solid look at how the game looks moment to moment as you're playing.

Gears 5 has a level that's 50 times bigger than any previous Gears map
https://www.pcgamer.com/gears-5-has-a-level-thats-50-times-bigger-than-any-previous-gears-map/
Gears 5 will feature the biggest single player campaign in the series' long history, including one map The Coalition says is fifty times larger than any previous Gears of War level. That's accordiong to Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson, who provided a ton of new Gears 5 details during a PAX panel in Seattle Saturday.

Control debug tools find mention of DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/control-debug-tools-find-mention-of-dlc/
Software developers use debugging tools to test various aspects of games and make sure specific features that aren't visible to players using the finished version. These are usually disabled for when a game comes out, but as anyone who's ever typed "iddqd" into a Doom console knows, sometimes you find a few that can be used even after a game ships. That's sort of the case for Remedy's Control, and one player has used Control's debug to unearth a hint about upcoming DLC.