The first news of this second block is not exactly gaming related, but it's important to note

THE FIRST BIG WINDOWS 10 UPDATE IS OUT TODAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/windows-10-update-is-out-today/

Microsoft has released the first major Windows 10 update, adding new features and improving performance pretty much across the board. If you're already running Windows 10, you'll get the update if you have Windows Update enabled. If you're planning to upgrade from 7 or 8.1, you'll receive the update as part of the upgrade.

METAL GEAR ONLINE GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAUNCHES NEXT MONTH

http://www.pcgamer.com/metal-gear-online-global-championship-launches-next-month/

Beginning December 1, players in each of the four included regions—North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Australia—will be able to participate in weekly online tournaments.

SPACE ENGINEERS GETS MODDABLE, DESTRUCTIBLE PLANETS

http://www.pcgamer.com/space-engineers-gets-moddable-destructible-planets/

Hoping to win the prize for "biggest feature implemented as a result of early access player feedback", creator Keen Software House has added entire planets to its game Space Engineers.

KLEI GAMES ARE FREE ON STEAM THIS WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/klei-games-are-free-on-steam-this-weekend/

Klei Entertainment is offering its catalogue free on Steam this weekend, with substantial discounts on most titles. That means Don't Starve, Invisible Inc, Shank, Crypt of the NecroDancer and Mark of the Ninja can be had without paying anything, but only for a limited time. If you want to keep playing come Monday, up to 85 percent off is available on some titles.

ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON WORLD DELAYED UNTIL 2016

http://www.pcgamer.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-world-delayed-until-2016/

RollerCoaster Tycoon World, slated for release this December, has been delayed until early 2016.

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE SEASON PASS DETAILED

http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-season-pass-detailed/

Ubisoft has released details on the Rainbow Six Siege season pass, a bundle of DLC and in-game perks to be doled out over the course of the game's self-proclaimed 'Year One.' As far as typical season passes go, this one feels a bit light at first glance, but it's heavy on progression boosts and access to new content sooner.

But I don't remember if I bought the Season Pass or not. I know that I bought some DLCs, but not if one of those was the Season Pass :-/.

Cities: Skylines
296 hrs on record


Grand Theft Auto V
230 hrs on record


Sid Meier's Pirates!
23 hrs on record

These are just my Steam numbers.... I've got a ton more hours on Pirates than 23... I have some board games too like Risk, Scrabble and Monopoly I play now and then... but I don't keep tabs on those. There is probably a few weeks of time I've spent playing Sim City 4 too... when you've been gaming as long as I have it's easy to forget.

That's a game I plan to buy once I know there won't be more expansions (I hate buying a game that's not "complete").

But I don't know if I'll spend so much time on it, tho. Those are a lot of cities created!

@zero & Basil: I'll check it out.

You should get one of these:

http://www.gifbooster.com/pin/1546/sophisticated-computeroffice-setup-under-bed_32#.VkY6PL9uzbF

They gave owners of the game the expansion.  Good thing too, because I can't afford anything right now.  Perhaps it's their model...

Are you sure about that? They launched an update to allow day and night cycles on the regular game, but the After Dark expansion is a paid DLC that addds more things than that.

@Basil: I know >.< It's perfect for those that don't have a big room.

Not too sure.

Yeam same, I would have gone for a more up to date CT though.

Also I dunno if I should order that AOC monitor you linked me just yet, I mean I did get my refund back from SCAN (I don't think they refunded the insurance or possibly the P&P though) and was thinking of going for that AOC but then I was thinking back to that news you psoted a week ago on Nvidia GPU's being used at max with 144Hz monitors.

I just want a GSYNC monitor to keep my frames consistent though since VSYNC is just god awful to use and not many games support full screen border window mode and of course not using VSYNC means screen tearing =P.

I'm also a bit iffy about my i5-4670k being able to fully take on Fallout 4 on ultra settings even though I have the 980 and 8 gigs ram needed. Fallout seems to be one of those games that are more CPU based, Planetside 2 being another.

GUYS GUYS, BREAKING NEWS OF THE HIGHEST MOST IMPORTANT ORDER!11.

There will be an FOV slider in the enw Deus Ex =B

http://www.pcgamer.com/deus-ex-mankind-divided-will-have-an-fov-slider-on-pc/

Seriously I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the news due to how funny it is that an FOV slider somehow counts as news today when it's to be expected for most if not all PC games that feature 3rd/1st person views.