LOL, so true!    And not only for games, also for phones, TVs and cars (the real, significant innovations are introduced far less often than they want to make us believe, or even worse, they have to cheat to make us believe they delivered all that they promised, like VolksWagen).

Welcome back, and have a good time with games like you had with your vacation. 

At this point, if I were you, I'd make a preliminary choice: if I were totally willing to stay with Intel, I'd start searching even now, but if I were willing to consider AMD too, I'd wait for the new Zen range launch. If I wished to stay with Intel anyway, but I weren't in a hurry, I'd wait for Zen too, to benefit from Intel's reaction on performances, prices or both.

I hope you're ready, because there's a ton of news today.

1-Drivers

NVIDIA GeForce 365.10 WHQL Driver Released, Game-Ready Driver For Forza Motorsport 6: Apex

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-365-10-whql-driver-released/

NVIDIA has released a new WHQL driver for its graphics cards. According to the release highlights, this is a game-ready driver for Battleborn, Forza Motorsport 6: APEX Beta, Overwatch Beta, and Paragon Beta.

>>Get them from here.

2-Mods

• XCOM 2 is getting five new mods from the Long War team http://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2-is-getting-five-new-mods-from-the-long-war-team/

4-Gaming News

LIONHEAD IS OFFICIALLY NO MORE

http://www.pcgamer.com/lionhead-is-officially-no-more/

Lionhead, the Peter Molyneux-founded studio that gave us Black & White and Fable, is now officially closed down. News of the looming closure was revealed in early March, when Microsoft announced that it was “in discussions with employees” about closing it down. Those discussions are now over, and the outcome, which was never really in doubt, is final.

>>The day has come, it's officially closed.

MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW ANTI-CHEAT SYSTEM IN THE DIVISION, HAS BANNED LOTS OF USERS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/massive-entertainment-implemented-new-anti-cheat-system-division-banned-lots-users/

Massive Entertainment has announced that it has added a new anti-cheat system to Tom Clancy’s The Division. This basically means that the new methods that Massive has implemented, allow it to identify many more players currently using cheat engines in the game. Not only that, but the first waves of bans have gone out.

QUANTUM BREAK – NEW PC PATCH LIVE – INCLUDES OPTIONS TO DISABLE UPSCALING & FILM GRAIN

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/quantum-break-new-pc-patch-live-includes-option-to-disable-reconstruction-tech-film-grain/

Remedy has released a new patch for the PC version of Quantum Break. This patch is 27GB in size and no, we are not joking. While Remedy has not revealed its release notes as of yet, we can confirm that the team has implemented an option to disable the game’s upscaling tech that was also used in its Xbox One version. Hell bloody yeah.

>>And the size is not the only bad news as there's a performance penalty of up to 20fps. Ouch!

DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED – E3 2015 VERSUS 2016 BUILD COMPARISON

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/deus-ex-mankind-divided-e3-2015-versus-2016-build-comparison/

A couple of days ago, Square Enix released a new trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and a lot of gamers claimed that its visuals were downgraded from its E3 2015 build. The good news is that both the E3 2015 demonstration and this latest gameplay trailer feature identical scenes, therefore we decided to compare them and find out whether the visuals have taken a hit.

CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE – OFFICIAL TRAILER LEAKED ONLINE [UPDATE: OFFICIAL DETAILS]

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/call-duty-infinite-warfare-official-trailer-leaked-online/

The official trailer for the new Call of Duty game has been leaked online. This new COD title will be called Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, will be a futuristic shooter, will feature space battles, and will be released on November 4th. We expect Activision to reveal more details later today, so stay tuned for more!

>>We've got a first teaser, then a second one, and finally a proper trailer. I must admit that it's a very good trailer, and it really sells the game.

BATTLEFIELD 5: EASTERN FRONT RUMOURS CONFIRMED TO BE FAKE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-eastern-front-rumours-confirmed-fake/

A while back, some “fishy” rumours surfaced regarding Battlefield 5. According to those rumours, the next Battlefield game would be called Battlefield 5: Eastern Front. Well, it’s been now confirmed – from the one who created the fake posters – that those rumours were fake. So yeah, no Eastern Front for you guys.

PATRICE DESILETS’ 1666: AMSTERDAM – FIRST GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE SURFACES (REALLY OLD BUILD)

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/patrice-desilets-1666-amsterdam-first-gameplay-footage-surfaces-really-old-build/

A couple of days ago, Ubisoft agreed to hand over the rights of 1666: Amsterdam to former Assassin’s Creed creative director Patrice Desilets. And today, YouTube’s member ‘Brandon Sheffield’ has shared a video, showing what this game looked like back in 2012.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WVEo4yXpho. It looks a lot like Assassin's Creed.

EVERSPACE – SPACE SHOOTER POWERED BY UNREAL ENGINE 4 – LOOKS LOVELY EVEN IN ITS EARLY ACCESS STATE

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/everspace-space-shooter-powered-by-unreal-engine-4-looks-lovely-even-in-its-early-access-state/

ROCKFISH Games has provided us with a Steam code for EVERSPACE, and below you can view some lovely screenshots from this upcoming space shooter. EVERSPACE is powered by Unreal Engine 4 that is described as a more action-focused approach to the core gameplay of a space shooter that is combined with a modern, rogue-like game loop.

SEGA TEASES A NEW DAWN OF WAR ANNOUNCEMENT, DAWN OF WAR 3 INCOMING?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/sega-teases-new-dawn-war-announcement-dawn-war-3-incoming/

SEGA and Relic have released a teaser video for what seems to be the next instalment in the Dawn of War series. According to the teaser, something related to Dawn of War will be revealed on May 3rd (7AM PST/3PM GMT). Our guess is that SEGA will reveal Dawn of War 3 tomorrow. Naturally, take this with a grain of salt as this is just a hunch and nothing more.

>>This is the teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_YLkIjJtbg. You don't need to watch the whole 30s as it's always the same.

Second part:

FURI IS ABOUT OVER THE TOP BOSS FIGHTS AND NOTHING BUT

http://www.pcgamer.com/furi-is-about-over-the-top-boss-fights-and-nothing-but/

The warden’s head rotates 120 degrees to showcase an angry porcelain mask. “You will never defeat me!” he says, and cackles at the sky. Clearly, the guy’s gone mad. And so have I. He spits out an ocean of bullets and I dart between them like a damn dolphin. He slashes in quicker, more erratic patterns, and I parry them all. He screams in hollow rage, says some nonsense about how he’s going to lock me up and throw away the key, so I pull my heart’s ripcord: my grip tightens and my brow furrows. If my hair could turn yellow and catch on fire, I’m sure it would.

DUELYST GOES INTO FULL LAUNCH WITH A SWANKY NEW CINEMATIC

http://www.pcgamer.com/duelyst-goes-into-full-launch-with-a-swanky-new-cinematic/

Duelyst, the turn-based tactical card game that went into open beta last October, is now in full launch. To mark the moment, which actually happened a couple of days ago (sorry about that), developer Counterplay Games has released a new cinematic trailer that manages to be simultaneously stirring, and a little confusing.

>>Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebj3Mev3yG0

BATTLEBORN LAUNCH TRAILER FEATURES SHOOTING, STABBING, AND DANCING

http://www.pcgamer.com/battleborn-launch-trailer-features-shooting-stabbing-and-dancing/

The universe is fading to black, its stars snuffed out, one by one, by a force of pure, mad malevolence. All have fallen—all but one. And now it comes to this. To you. The final line is drawn. Here, and now, is where hope lives or dies. Now let's dance!

>>Watch the launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEtV0eGYmAU

BLIZZARD AGREES TO MEET WITH NOSTALRIUS TEAM

http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-agrees-to-meet-with-nostalrius-team/

Blizzard appeared firm in its decision to force the closure of the vanilla WoW server Nostalrius earlier this week, saying that the necessities of copyright law left it no choice in the matter. But it did allow for a little crack of light to seep through when it added, “We’ve recently been in contact with some of the folks who operated Nostalrius. They obviously care deeply about the game, and we look forward to more conversations with them in the coming weeks.”

WARHAMMER HITS THE DOTA 2 WORKSHOP

http://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-hits-the-dota-2-workshop/

Warhammer. Warhammer never changes, as Wrong Perlman once said. But Dota 2 does, it changes loads, and its latest alteration is its support for Warhammer-themed items in the Steam Workshop. As that support was just announced yesterday, there are currently no Warhammer-themed items in the Dota 2 'shop, but I'm sure 3D modellers and texturisers are busy inventing them as I type this. Here's the Warhammer tag, looking all sad and empty.

CONSTRUCTION COMES TO PLANETSIDE 2

http://www.pcgamer.com/construction-comes-to-planetside-2/

You can now build bases in Planetside 2, and that sounds like a fine thing to be doing on a Saturday afternoon. It's all thanks to a new mineral, Unobtai...sorry, 'Cortium', which allows players to cobble together a load of new vehicles, tools and other objects, super quickly. "But how does it work?" you totally just asked me, through your computer. Thankfully, the official Planetside 2 website has the answer.

>>There's even a walkthrough trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2CAQrVMX8

VALVE VAC BANS TF2 HACK USERS, PRO PLAYERS CAUGHT

http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-vac-bans-tf2-hack-users-pro-players-caught/

LMAOBOX is a program designed to allow players to cheat at Team Fortress 2, for instance by adding automatic aiming or removing weapon recoil. Somehow – until now at least – it's managed to pass under the radar of Valve's VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) technology, but LMAOBOX has finally been detected, despite claims on the website that it was VAC-proof. And with the detection, comes a wave of VAC bans. It's not clear exactly how many people have been affected, but it includes nearly 170 professional players in the TF2 UGC league. Here's a full list of the competitive players affected, in a Google doc seemingly sent to the players themselves.

DARK SOULS 3 HACKERS ARE GIFTING MODDED ITEMS TO UNSUSPECTING PLAYERS

http://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-3-hackers-are-passing-modded-items-onto-unsuspecting-players/

Leaving and receiving gifts is one of the few genuinely nice things you can do in Dark Souls 3. After all, if you’ve got 99+ Embers in your inventory, why not drop a bunch for the pyromancer you’ve just invaded? Better still, why not hand off that boss weapon you don’t need anymore? It’s a noble gesture for sure, but it looks like some hackers have been using the system to destroy save files.

STARDEW VALLEY WILL GET COOPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER AND NEW LATE GAME CONTENT

http://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-will-get-cooperative-multiplayer-and-new-late-game-content/

Eric Barone has been understandably busy these past few months, but after a short break to play Final Fantasy IX (among other games), he’s ready to talk about Stardew Valley’s future. The biggest talking point is that cooperative multiplayer is definitely coming, and it might not take too long either: Barone has agreed to let publisher Chucklefish handle some of the more finicky programming duties.

AVADON 3: THE WARBORN ANNOUNCED

http://www.pcgamer.com/avadon-3-the-warborn-announced/

Spiderweb Software's RPGs are a comforting presence in the rapidly changing world of indie games. You know exactly what you're getting—big, well-written adventures that will run on your laptop, and that look, sound, and play similarly. Well, Spiderweb's next game has just been announced: a second sequel to the enjoyable Avadon. It's the concluding part of the Avadon trilogy, and as you may have guessed, it goes by the unusual title 'Avadon 3'. Wait, there's a subtitle too: it's Avadon 3: The Warborn.

>>Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6fwtZL_bM

SPOOKY HORROR SYLVIO GETS FANCY REMASTERED UPDATE

http://www.pcgamer.com/spooky-horror-sylvio-gets-fancy-remastered-update/

Sylvio is a lovely horror game with a great soundtrack and sound design, scratchy Silent Hill-style looks, and a palpable atmosphere largely dependent on those three things. You're a ghost hunter, and what that involves here is listening out for Electronic Voice Phenomena, analysing that phenomena with your handy tape recorder and notepad, and occasionally shooting detritus at giant balls of ghostly energy.

>>Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIfVQyrqc88

27GB patch? Are you insane???? >.>

NO!

Yeah, I don't get it either.

But hey, at least they added quit button.

.....(facefloor)

Totally worth it .

Apparently disabling that render actually makes the fps worse, the game was more or less a straight up console only game and the movement to PC has basically rendered it worse off. This whole "let them make things right" could have been avoided years ago if MS had just listened to it's PC base than simply ignoring it.

Steam Survey April 2016