Thanks mate, i'll keep my eyes open on GDP Win. I need that device for DOS games

^That's cool, but I'd honestly (not just because they're fellow spaniards) get a Smach Z before one of those.

Anyway, let's go with the news!

By the way, given that there's a few news regarding Mass Effect Andromeda, I've decided to group them together in a *Special* section

*Special*: Mass Effect Andromeda

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA – NEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER FOCUSES ON CHARACTERS
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/mass-effect-andromeda-new-gameplay-trailer-focuses-on-characters/
Electronic Arts and BioWare have released a new gameplay trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. In this video, we get to learn all about how to customize our character, progress our skills, and command our squad. Mass Effect: Andromeda is powered by DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine and is now planned for a March 21st release.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA WILL STAR GAME OF THRONES' NATALIE DORMER
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-will-star-game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer/
You may recognise Natalie Dormer as Game of Thrones' Margaery Tyrell, The Tudors' Anne Boleyn, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay's Cressida, or any other of the English actor's long list of film, TV, or music video roles. If you're interested in Mass Effect: Andromeda, you'll soon know her as the voice of Lexi T’Perro—the doctor on board the game's Normandy-like ship The Tempest.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA – BRAND NEW SCREENSHOTS RELEASED
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/mass-effect-andromeda-brand-new-screenshots-released/
Alongside its new gameplay trailer, Electronic Arts released some new screenshots for Mass Effect: Andromeda. These new screenshots showcase some of the game’s characters. Mass Effect: Andromeda releases on March 21st.

THE OFFICIAL MASS EFFECT DECK IS COMING TO CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-official-mass-effect-deck-is-coming-to-cards-against-humanity/
"Nothing is sacred," BioWare said on Twitter earlier today, and in that spirit it has teamed up with Cards Against Humanity to announce the official Mass Effect Pack, a collection of 14 brand-new cards based on the "valuable intellectual property" known as Mass Effect.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA HAS NO LEVEL CAP, ALLOWS YOU TO COMPLETELY RESPEC RYDER
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-has-no-level-cap-allows-you-to-completely-respec-ryder/
Mass Effect: Andromeda's skills system got me excited. Very excited. Because there's no strict class system, you can mix and match skills from all three categories: combat, biotics, and tech. Each skill can be upgraded six times, and each category has 12 entries, with a couple of these being more generalized upgrades, like buffs to your overall biotics damage in the biotics category, or increasing your HP in the combat category. In typical Mass Effect fashion, the higher ranks for each skill will offer two upgrade choices with different effects.

1-Drivers

AMD RELEASES THE RADEON SOFTWARE CRIMSON RELIVE 17.2.1 WHQL DRIVERS
https://www.techpowerup.com/230909/amd-releases-the-radeon-software-crimson-relive-17-2-1-whql-drivers
AMD today released the 17.2.1 WHQL version of its Radeon Software Crimson ReLive. This release features Multi GPU profiles and support for For Honor (with an up to 4% performance improvement on Radeon RX 480) and Sniper Elite 4 (with a 5% performance improvement being registered here). Look after the break for a list of known, fixed issues. Compared to the previous 17.2.1 Beta release of the ReLive driver suite, this one is virtually the same, the only difference being the WHQL signing.

>>You can download them from here.

Also, if you're a Win 8.1 32-bit user (what's wrong with you?), you have to know that AMD will no longer support this OS with its drivers.

2-Gaming News

DEAD RISING 4 IS COMING TO STEAM ON MARCH 14TH
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-rising-4-is-coming-to-steam-on-march-14th/
Capcom has just announced that Dead Rising 4 will be coming to Steam on Match 14th. In order to celebrate this announcement, Capcom released a new PC gameplay trailer that can be viewed below.

QUANTUM BREAK – HERE IS HOW YOU CAN ENABLE SLI WITH AMAZING 95% SCALING
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/quantum-break-here-is-how-you-can-enable-sli-with-amazing-95-scaling/
Quantum Break is one of the most demanding PC games that have been released recently. And to be honest, its spectacular lighting system and detailed characters somehow justify these requirements. Quantum Break’s lighting and global illumination effects are among the best we’ve seen in any game. However, at its time of release, the game lacked official SLI support. Well, not anymore as a workaround – offering incredible SLI scaling – has been found.

>>This is only for the DX11 version, aka. the Steam game.

AGONY, FIRST-PERSON SURVIVAL HORROR GAME POWERED BY UNREAL ENGINE 4, GETS NEW TEASER TRAILER
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/agony-first-person-survival-horror-game-powered-by-unreal-engine-4-gets-new-teaser-trailer/
Madmind Studio has released a new teaser trailer for its Unreal Engine 4-powered first-person survival horror game, Agony. Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in HELL, in which players begin their journey as a tormented soul within the depths of the abyss without any recollections of their past.

FIRST SCREENSHOTS RELEASED FOR MICRO MACHINES WORLD SERIES
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-screenshots-released-for-micro-machines-world-series/
Codemasters has released the first official screenshots for Micro Machines World Series. Micro Machines World Series releases this April and promises to retain the manic social gameplay of the classic series, updated with stunning HD visuals that will see you return to the garden, kitchen, workshop and many more locations in an array of amazing miniature vehicles.

TWIN-STICK SHOOTER, ROGUE STORMERS, RELEASES ON MARCH 31ST
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/twin-stick-shooter-rogue-stormers-releases-on-march-31st/
SOEDESCO announced today that its twin-stick shooter, Rogue Stormers, will be released on March 31st. In order to celebrate this announcement, SOEDESCO has released a brand new trailer for Rogue Stormers that can be viewed below.

My God, a double post. Thankfully I still have to make part two of the news!

AUSTRALIANS WILL BE CHARGED 10 PERCENT GST ON STEAM AND HUMBLE GAMES [UPDATED]
http://www.pcgamer.com/australians-will-be-charged-10-percent-gst-on-steam-games-from-july/
It's been a very real possibility for years now, but it's finally happening: Australians will be required to pay 10 percent GST on every Steam purchase from July this year. The report comes via Kotaku, following an email reportedly sent to developers by Valve.
Update: The Humble Store confirmed that it will begin charging 10 percent GST on purchases made from Australia as well, although it did not indicate when that policy will take effect.

>>Sorry guys, now you'll have to pay taxes like us, europeans .

STEAMVR DEVELOPER BUILD FOR LINUX LANDS IN GITHUB
http://www.pcgamer.com/steamvr-developer-build-for-linux-lands-in-github/
When Valve released SteamVR alongside HTC's Vive headset last year, it only supported Windows, leaving Linux and Mac OS X developers on the outside looking in. The Mac OS X camp is still out of luck, but Linux developers now have access to a development build for SteamVR in GitHub, PCWorld reports.

OOBLETS, THE STARDEW VALLEY MEETS POKEMON MASH-UP, GETS A DOUBLE FINE PUBLISHING DEAL
http://www.pcgamer.com/ooblets-the-stardew-valley-meets-pokemon-mash-up-gets-a-double-fine-publishing-deal/
Ooblets, as we described it in our interview with creator Rebecca Cordingley last month, is "a mash-up of Stardew Valley, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, and Factorio, with the 'adorable' knob cranked all the way up to 11."

TITANFALL 2'S LIVE FIRE UPDATE GOES LIVE TOMORROW
http://www.pcgamer.com/titanfall-2s-live-fire-update-goes-live-tomorrow/
EA has announced that the big Live Fire update for Titanfall 2 announced in January will go live tomorrow, February 23. The update will include two mode-specific maps, Featured Playlists, a new execution move, a new Coliseum map, "mixtape-style matchmaking," and a big list of bug and balance fixes.

HEVN IS A 'SUSPENSEFUL AND MYSTERIOUS' SCI-FI GAME INSPIRED BY SYSTEM SHOCK AND DEUS EX
http://www.pcgamer.com/hevn-is-a-suspenseful-and-mysterious-sci-fi-game-inspired-by-system-shock-and-deus-ex/
Said to be inspired by the likes of Deus Ex and System Shock, HEVN follows the dangerous celestial mining mission of Sebastian Mar—an unwitting protagonist who's fled an overcrowded and overheated planet Earth in search of pastures new. Assisted by robots and a central AI system, he's wound up on the isolated planet Naic where he's forced to "navigate the physical and political" dangers posed by Nomoni Inc's controversial mining programme.

EVE ONLINE'S PROJECT DISCOVERY WILL LET PLAYERS SEARCH FOR REAL-LIFE EXOPLANETS
http://www.pcgamer.com/eve-onlines-project-discovery-will-let-players-search-for-real-life-exoplanets/
As you might've spotted in mainstream news today, astronomers recently discovered seven worlds similar in size to Earth revolving around a star within the Aquarius constellation. In light of the exoplanet find, EVE Online plans to launch its second variation of its crowdsourced Project Discovery with the aim of tracking real-life exoplanets in-game.

PREY TRAILER TURNS YOU INTO A MUG, TOILET ROLL AND SPACE BANANA
http://www.pcgamer.com/prey-trailer-turns-you-into-a-mug-toilet-roll-and-space-banana/
As Phil discovered at QuakeCon last year, Arkane's incoming space-flung alien-blasting shooter Prey lets you morph into various objects in order to access otherwise unreachable locations and overcome otherwise insurmountable obstacles. Previous demo footage has shown protagonist Morgan Yu transform into mugs in order to roll through small gaps in windows, but the latest trailer shows our hero shapeshifting into a variety of different objects—including headphones and pizza boxes.

PAMELA RELEASE DATE SET FOR EARLY ACCESS
http://www.pcgamer.com/pamela-release-date-set-for-early-access/
It's been close to a year since developer NVYVE last showed us moving pictures of forthcoming sci-fi survival horror game Pamela (or P.A.M.E.L.A., as it's stylised), but its latest short has reminded me why I'm looking forward to it. Named Downfall, the latest teaser marks its Steam Early Access launch date: March 9.

Smach Z is a portable steam machine rather than a fully win10 handheld. and GDP WIN is readily available, not just a kickstarter program

I might finally upgrade my cpu if the benches are legit. Go Ryzen go!

If you look down that Kickstarter link, you'll see that you can choose between Win 10 and Linux.

And yes, it's still not released.

lol, a full system for the same as a single processor... and one that, if leaks and all that turn out to be true, won't be much faster than the one powering that complete system.

By the way, for those that don't need an 8 core/16 threads CPU, the 6c/12t will launch in Q2 and the 4c/8t ones in the second half of the year http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5-3-launch-1600x-performance-reveal/

Hopefully! I wanted my next cpu upgrade to be an 8 core with really good ipc but intel's prices were just craycray to justify it for me. With Ryzen tho, I finally might be able to get one! Ik pcs dont have generations but I feel like this will be the start of the next generation!

Is there actually many games around currently/in the next couple of years that will be taking advantage of 8c/16 threads?
I want to see more on the 6c/12t series and what they can produce price/power wise.

I'd upgrade the RAM to 16GB, but otherwise it's a great PC to lay at 1080p until the PS5/XboxWhatever come and raise the bar again with its ports.

I doubt it. Some games/engines may use the extra cores, but even them will work equally fine with a 4 core CPU if it's fast enough.

I also want to see what the 6 and 4 cores variants will do, but the decision to make them slower than the 8 core processors is rather odd.

Yea didn't think so but if It came to it the price tags are still competitive enoguht on the 8c to throw into a gaming rig.

What are they doing exactly to make them slower? All I saw that the 1600X has the same 3.6 base 4.0 boost, but I really haven't followed much about them as when I'm not really in he market for new hardware I just don't follow the stuff until closer to the time I plan an upgrade.