Yes we already have a few. Good that multi core CPUs have only been invented last year. Amazing pace of adaption.

There is one exception to that rule. Running multiple apps in tandem. Throw that Game+Xsplit+Twitch+Origin+Steam+uDontPlay+Gog Galaxy+Blizzard App+Security Software+Music Player+Browser with some tabs+Background services+Transcode jobs+Other apps over multiple monitors and watch a quad-core chip fold.

In general, games are happy with 4-cores if you aren't doing much else.
I mean. When I first got my Phenom 2 x6, the only video game I was playing was Minecraft, which was happy with up-to 2 cores, but I was still using all 6-cores to it's fullest as I was doing Folding while gaming.

6 cores is slowly starting to trickle down into the mainstream, which means that games should start being better threaded over the coming years.
I think once Intel finally abandons it's Dual-Cores and follows AMD and has it's Quad-core chips as the lowest-end offering, we might start to see the transition accellerate.

Coffee Lake will bring 6-cores to Intels mainstream platform, I would expect intel to expand on that after Coffee Lake.
Could be worst though. We could be peasants with only Jaguar CPU's. :P

This is for the... maybe two of you that could be interested in this offer:

Rift + Touch $399 for a Limited Time: Summer of Rift’s Best Deal Yet
https://www.oculus.com/blog/rift-touch-399-for-a-limited-time-summer-of-rifts-best-deal-yet/
Summer of Rift is all about celebrating the VR community and encouraging new people to get in the game. Today, we’re excited to announce that Rift + Touch are now available at $399 for a limited time.

It's the full pack, headset, Touch controllers, sensors, XboxOne controller and 7 free games for $399/£399/449 €, delivery included.

Grr that is very tempting cause the value is pretty craycray. But the only thing I use vr for is porn and the gear vr handles that pretty well... Hmmm

Monday.... *sigh* Let's go with the news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam's top 10

1. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds.
2. Rocket League.
3. H1Z1: King of the Kill.
4. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor – Game of the Year Edition.
5. Black Desert Online.
6. Stardew Valley.
7. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
8. Grand Theft Auto V.
9. Friday the 13th: The Game.
10. Payday 2: Ultimate Edition

GOG's new weekly sale is live, with games like SWAT 4, Caesar, Space Quest and many more: https://www.gog.com/promo/20170710_weekly_sale

Get Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor for 85 percent off today
http://www.pcgamer.com/get-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-for-85-percent-off-today/
Are you looking forward to Middle-earth: Shadow of War? James took a look at how it's shaping up to be a "violent Tolkien fan-fiction generator" at E3. If you haven't played its predecessor, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor yet, then you're missing out on one of 2014's best games. You're in luck, though, because you can find it for a huge 85 percent off today on Bundle Stars.

SOFTWARE

Bioware has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Mass Effect: Andromeda
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/bioware-has-removed-denuvo-from-mass-effect-andromeda/
A few days ago, we informed you about a new patch for Mass Effect: Andromeda. However, and even though it was not included in its release notes, it appears that this patch has completely removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

MODS/EMULATORS

Deus Ex GMDX version 9.0 is now available for download
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/deus-ex-gmdx-version-9-0-is-now-available-for-download/
The team behind the GMDX (Give Me Deus Ex) mod for Deus Ex has released its brand new 9.0 version. GMDX brings an enhanced artistic direction, as well as advanced Artificial Intelligence, fulfilling Augmentations, new Effects, Animations and Graphics and an updated User Interface.

>>It's available from here.

Half-Life 2's boat level is being remade without the boat bloat
http://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-2s-boat-level-is-being-remade-without-the-boat-bloat/
Earlier this week, we watched some SGDQ speedrunners surf and fly through Water Hazard, Half-Life 2’s wettest level. Normally, you coast through with a boat, stopping here and there to shoot aliens and open gates. It’s a relaxing venture compared to Nova Prospekt’s turret hell.
Ditching the boat makes sense if you’re trying to go fast, but modder WALLe’s anti-boat agenda runs deep. They’re redesigning the entire Water Hazard level to be playable from start to finish without a floaty friend.

>>If you want to try it, go to the ModDB page of this mod.

Mega Maker is a neat looking, unofficial Mega Man level editor
http://www.pcgamer.com/mega-maker-is-a-neat-looking-unofficial-mega-man-level-editor/
Like Nintendo's Mario Maker, Mega Maker will allow users to create and share levels, and is scheduled to release this Friday. Though it's free, money to help keep the severs alive can be pledged via this Patreon.
Stats wise, the game offers 46 enemies, 29 level objects, 12 bosses, 24 special weapons, 40 backgrounds, 129 tilesets, 63 music tracks "and more". Full details are over on the website, or you can watch the trailer

>>I'd say, go for it before they get a C & D letter from Capcom.

GAMING NEWS

Square Enix: “We are working with PC device manufacturers for a NieR: Automata PC patch”
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-we-are-working-with-pc-device-manufacturers-for-a-nier-automata-pc-patch/
A few days ago, we published a story about the lack of a PC patch for NieR: Automata. Eurogamer got in touch with the publisher, who claimed that it is currently working with NVIDIA and AMD in order to roll out a PC patch.

>>So it's AMD and Nvidia the ones t hat have to patch their game? Unbelievable.

Crashday gets a remastered version, coming out in August 2017
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/crashday-gets-a-remastered-version-coming-out-in-august-2017/
Moonbyte has announced a remastered version for Crashday (that was released back in 2006), called Crashday – Redline Edition. Crashday – Redline Edition is the multiplayer arcade racer in which players can race, wreck, shoot and smash other cars.

Warframe goes open world, new video shows 17 minutes of open-world goodness
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/warframe-goes-open-world-new-video-shows-17-minutes-of-open-world-goodness/
At TennoCon 2017, Digital Extremes revealed Warframe’s groundbreaking new update, Plains of Eidolon, and the introduction of Landscapes and the Ostron Civilization. Plains of Eidolon will allow players to explore, discover, fight, and fly through Warframe in a way they never have before.

Fortnite gets a launch cinematic trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/fortnite-launch-cinematic-trailer/
Epic Games has released the launch cinematic trailer for Fortnite. Fortnite is a new third-person action building game in which players team up to build massive forts and battle against hordes of monsters, all while crafting and looting within giant worlds. The game hits Early Access on July 25th.

Twin-stick arcade shooter, IRON CRYPTICLE, releases on July 12th
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/twin-stick-arcade-shooter-iron-crypticle-releases-on-july-12th/
Tikipod has announced that its twin-stick arcade shooter, IRON CRYPTICLE, will be released on July 12th. In order to celebrate this announcement, Tikipod released a new trailer for IRON CRYPTICLE that can be viewed below.

First gameplay trailer released for Wild West Online
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-wild-west-online/
612 Games and WWO Partners have released the first gameplay trailer for Wild West Online. Wild West Online is a systems-driven, open world, Wild West-themed action MMO built from the ground up for PC and featuring world exploration, resource gathering, PvP combat, PvE missions and much more. The game is currently planned for a December 2017 release.

And now, part two of the news:

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar launch delayed
http://www.pcgamer.com/grimoire-heralds-of-the-winged-exemplar-launches-today-after-20-years-of-development/
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar is one of the most infamous videogames ever to be (almost, but not quite) created. In development since the mid-'90s, it promises players a massive, sprawling old-school RPG/dungeon crawling experience with traces of Wizardry, Might and Magic, Eye of the Beholder, and other first-person, party-based classics. It's missed an untold number of release dates over the years—gamers were joking about it at least as far back as 2010—and so when it turned up on Steam Early Access earlier this year, I figured it was doomed to languish there forever.
But it looks like I was wrong. Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar was not only given the Greenlight, but it actually has a release date of July 7, and holy cow, that's today.
Update: So close, and yet not quite. With less than two hours before the scheduled unlock on Steam, Grimoire's release date very suddenly switched to "coming soon."

Jeff Kaplan says Overwatch is balanced, and he likes the "dive meta" just fine
http://www.pcgamer.com/jeff-kaplan-says-overwatch-is-balanced-and-he-likes-the-dive-meta-just-fine/
Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has taken to the forums to share, in great detail, his thoughts on getting and keeping the game in balance, and how Blizzard can and should (or shouldn't) mess with the "meta." First and foremost—and also, he predicted, most controversial—is that he believes the game is actually balanced as it stands right now.

Star Citizen's procedural planets flaunted in new video
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-citizens-procedural-planets-flaunted-in-new-video/
Star Citizen's latest Around the Verse video focuses, primarily, on the sophisticated procedural generation that's being used to create the enormo-space adventure's many planets and moons. In the video, the occasionally slightly boring technical talk is supported by some lovely footage of science fiction planets, from barren desert worlds to more lush environments, with a variety of ecosystems on each.

Destiny 2's art portal will give a closer look at its armor and weapons
http://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-art-portal-will-give-a-closer-look-at-its-armor-and-weapons/
Much like Bungie did with the first Destiny, the FPS developer has kicked off the artist reference portal for Destiny 2 on its website.
The portal's name is appropriate, as it's a good reference for artists looking to create any number of pieces—whether that's a drawing or piece of equipment for cosplaying. The page currently only features Parade Armor for each of the three classes: Warlock, Titan, and Hunter. You can see all three right here in this article, but if you want to download high res versions of them, you'll have to head over to the portal.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds briefly tops CS:GO in concurrent players
http://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-briefly-tops-csgo-in-concurrent-players/
Brendan Greene, aka PlayerUnknown, tweeted earlier that PUBG had climbed to number two on Steam's Top Games list—albeit briefly—marking the first time Bluehole's Early Access battle royale shooter has had more concurrent players than CS:GO, with just over 239,000 (whereas CSGO, at the time, had 238,742).

Crypt of the Necrodancer: Amplified trailer heralds next week's release
http://www.pcgamer.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-amplified-trailer-heralds-next-weeks-release/
Rhythm roguelike Crypt of the Necrodancer—as far as I can tell, it's still the only one—has a DLC expansion that's already out in early access, but if you prefer to wait until things are finished before you consume them, you'll be pleased to hear that Amplified will release, for real, next week. How 'next week'? July 12 next week, that's how.

Redout's Mars DLC is out now
http://www.pcgamer.com/redouts-mars-dlc-is-out-now/
Ben Griffin wasn't overly enthusiastic when he reviewed the game last year, but it's since been embiggened with a range of DLC, including the Neptune-set, er Neptune Pack, and the more abstract V.E.R.T.E.X Pack, both of which added new tracks, liveries and more. The latest is the Mars Pack, released a couple of days ago alongside a couple of sizable updates that make an already speedy game even faster.

Dead Cells' combat evolved from tower defense games and Team Fortress 2
http://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-combat-evolved-from-tower-defense-games-and-team-fortress-2/
Dead Cells may often be compared to Dark Souls for its challenging encounters and exciting combat, but in an article from Gamasutra, producer Steve Filby revealed that the excellent rogue-lite was originally a tower defense game, something that he says is evident in many of the game's skills.

Summer Games Done Quick raises over $1.7M for charity
http://www.pcgamer.com/summer-games-done-quick-raises-over-17m-for-charity/
This year's Summer Games Done Quick has come to a speedsprinting close, raising $1,760,400 for Doctors Without Borders—surpassing last year's $1.3M total in its wake.
Packed full of impressive speedruns—the best PC games of which Steven gathered here—SGDQ saw over 30,000 donors contribute to the week-long event that housed more than 130 games across a host of platforms.

The Elder Scrolls Online Horns of the Reach DLC release date set for next month
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-elder-scrolls-online-horns-of-the-reach-dlc-release-date-set-for-next-month/
Packing two new dungeons, a new Battlegrounds map and game mode, and a number of quality of life improvements, The Elder Scrolls Online's latest slice of DLC—the minotaur-themed Horns of the Reach—is due in August. If you can't wait that long, it lands on the PTS this week.

No Man's Sky ARG points to incoming August update
http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-arg-points-to-incoming-august-update/
Last month, Hello Games kicked off its Waking Titan ARG whereby mysterious cassette tapes were distributed to Reddit mods. This megathread documents the initiative's subsequent progress, however the latest breakthrough points to an August patch—update 1.3.

PUBG announces weekly Facebook livestream series to 'bring fan base closer to development team'
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-announces-weekly-facebook-livestream-series-to-bring-fan-base-closer-to-development-team/
As PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' popularity continues to skyrocket, developer Bluehole has announced a new weekly exclusive Facebook livestream series that aims to "showcase different elements" of the open-world battle royale MMO.

I'm honestly waiting on cheaper wireless VR, THat's where the fappening will be at .

Really though, VR is expensive atm and there isn't a whole lot of polish and really great titles going for it. Porn will be one thing, but we need that to explode in terms of numebr and quality, rather than say 1-3 porn sites that charge you out the "ass" for a few VR experiences. 

I'm waiting till VR in general is cheaper and gives out better quality anything.

Welp I bit the bullet on Sat and ordered a different 1080ti. I was originally going with the Zotac Amp Extreme version since it was cheaper than the Strix and had more going for it, but that shot up to £805, the strix was also high on the price charts as well so I decided to roll for the AORUS Xtreme Edition. Oddly enough it's better than the strix and cost less as well (£693).

I'll order the other parts this week since the RAM hasn't shot up any further than the £116 price it's currently at.

I'm still boned for choice G-sync wise when it comes to 1080p, without bad ghosting, colours or lag.

Would be cool if the Vive had a price cut

Yea I am tempted to buy it but it's like, Am I gonna use it since I already have Gear VR? And also facebook... Are they gonna actually keep it good or start putting in facebook nonsense? Rawr