The other half of the news:

BIG CHANGES ARE COMING TO OVERWATCH IN SEASON TWO

http://www.pcgamer.com/big-changes-are-coming-to-overwatch-in-season-two/

Some big changes are coming to Overwatch in its second season of competitive play. First on the list, as Game Director Jeff Kaplan explains in the new Developer Update video, is Skill Ratings, which will be expanded from the current 1-100 scale to 1-5000, a change he said will make it easier for players to see and understand their fluctuations up and down the scale. At the same time, Blizzard doesn't want the Skill Rating to be the primary focus, and so it's also adding seven tiers to the system, based on Skill Ratings, to give players a more generalized breakdown of where they rank.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS' TWISTED FATE HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DISABLED

http://www.pcgamer.com/league-of-legends-twisted-fate-has-been-temporarily-disabled/

If you're accustomed to playing Twisted Fate in League of Legends, you'll probably have noticed that he's been disabled for the last few days. The reason? A new bug has been detected which can either hamper his Pick a Card ability, or make it grossly overpowered.

SUNLESS SEA’S ZUBMARINER EXPANSION RELEASE DATE SET FOR OCTOBER

http://www.pcgamer.com/sunless-seas-zubmariner-expansion-release-date-set-for-october/

First announced last October, and first teased at the start of this year, Sunless Sea’s first expansion, Zubmariner, has its seabed-scouring sights locked on a release date just under two months from now. The latest trailer teases exactly when.

OCULUS RIFT TO LAUNCH IN UK AND EUROPE NEXT MONTH

http://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-rift-to-launch-in-uk-and-europe-next-month/

It took months to sort through its production shortage, but Oculus finally shipped the last of its Rift VR headset pre order backlog last month. At $599, pre orders (first launched in January) cost more than expected, however quickly sold out nevertheless—causing the estimated ship date to slide for new orders. Today, Oculus marked September 20 as launch day in the UK and Europe, when the headset will cost prospective customers £549/€699.

MICROSOFT TO RIVAL STEAM BY BRINGING EARLY ACCESS-STYLE INITIATIVE TO WINDOWS 10

http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-to-rival-steam-by-bringing-early-access-style-initiative-to-windows-10/

During last year’s E3, Microsoft launched the Xbox Game Preview—a service similar to Steam’s renowned Early Access programme that let developers sell unfinished games on its storefront, and also allowed players to sample in-development games free-of-charge before committing to purchase.

NEW BORDEAUX, BANK ROBBING AND BAD GUY BLASTING IN MAFIA 3’S GAMESCOM TRAILER

http://www.pcgamer.com/new-bordeaux-bank-robbing-and-bad-guy-blasting-in-mafia-3s-gamescom-trailer/

Grandiose live-action trailers and minutiae-dwelling character spotlight vignettes are all well and good, but there’s something to be said about Mafia 3’s thrilling blockbuster shorts that showcase wrongdoing and revenge in spades.

PARAGON ENTERS FREE OPEN BETA TODAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/paragon-enters-free-open-beta-today/

Paragon, Epic Games’ 5v5 free-to-play MOBA, has followed a strange path since launching into early access earlier this year. At first, its desire to eschew common MOBA conventions seemed admirable, however as time wore on it became clear much change was needed—something Epic discussed at length with Justin Mahboubian-Jones back in June.

I just realized they have 4TB in a 2.5" format now. I'm thinking of scrapping my previous 2x10TB RAID1 plan for my new PC and make it a 3x4TB RAID5.

Source: http://wccftech.com/gears-of-war-4-pc-glorious-4k-r9-fury-x980-ti-gtx-1080/

^80GB of storage... that's insane.

The specs at least are reasonable, but how can they compare a 980Ti or Fury X with a 1080?

Oooh, also guys, I had the chance to try out an HTC Vive for like 45 minutes just recently. I know it's not the new thing anymore since it has released, but ask questions if there's anything you want to know about what I thought.

I was going to say something stupid like "do you really need so much storage?", but looking at how big is Gears of War 4 (or other like Just Cause 3, XCom 2, etc.), there's never enough storage.

Does it feel heavy? Did you try the motion controllers?

My games will only get 1TB on a separate SSD. The storage is for... other stuff.

Between this and the comment about getting banned for the mods you like, you're giving a certain impression...

Just admit that you need the space for video editing and other stuff, yes, let's call it stuff.

When a guy gets lonely he sometimes needs some video editing.

This has to be marketing/advertising, they also did add newer cards on recommended spec with RX 480 & GTX 1060.

Oh yeah, one more thing. ~80GB of storage~ rip HDD.