The rest of the news:

Minecraft's big 'Better Together' update is live
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-big-better-together-update-is-live/
Minecraft's "Better Together" update, "the first big step toward unifying Minecraft for console, mobile and Windows 10," is now live. Originally revealed in June, the new version of the game enables cross-platform play between Windows 10, Xbox, mobile, and VR versions of the game, on "massive servers, with communities numbering in millions of players and eccentric minigames to suit every taste."

Vampyr, the RPG about turn-of-the-century vampires, has been delayed to 2018
http://www.pcgamer.com/vampyr-the-rpg-about-turn-of-the-century-vampires-has-been-delayed-to-2018/
Vampyr, Dontnod's turn-of-the-20th-century game about life, death, morality, and bloodsucking, sounds like it could actually be a really good game. Alas, we're going to have to wait longer than expected to find out: It was originally slated for release in November of this year, but today the studio announced that it's been pushed back to the spring of 2018.

>>If this means we'll get a better game, then so be it.

Free Strafe update adding new enemies, game modes, save system
http://www.pcgamer.com/free-strafe-update-adding-new-enemies-game-modes-save-system/
FPS roguelike Strafe will receive a raft of new features in an upcoming 'Millennium Edition' update, developer Pixel Titans announced today. An exact release date has not been confirmed but the free update is expected to release soon, and a beta version is now available exclusively via Steam.

Mugsters is a lovely-looking action puzzler about fighting alien robots and blowing things up
http://www.pcgamer.com/mugsters-is-a-lovely-looking-action-puzzler-about-fighting-alien-robots-and-blowing-things-up/
Billed as an "action puzzler filled with cars and aliens", Mugsters marks the debut PC project of Finnish indie developer Riku Tamminen. Having previously worked on a string of mobile games, his latest project—under the banner of Reinkout Games—has now been picked up by Team17.

Left Alive gets new screens and in-game footage from Tokyo Game Show
http://www.pcgamer.com/left-alive-gets-new-screens-and-in-game-footage-from-tokyo-game-show/
Earlier this week, Square Enix unveiled Left Alive—an action survival shooter from an all-star team of Armored Core and Metal Gear veterans. Yesterday, Gematsu reported a load of new information about what it's all about via various translations from Famitsu magazine.
And now, the publisher has revealed new screens and a brief glimpse of some in-game footage from this week's Tokyo Game Show.

>>Xxain has a thread about it.

Voting is now open for the 35th Golden Joystick Awards
http://www.pcgamer.com/voting-is-now-open-for-the-35th-golden-joystick-awards/
Last year, the Golden Joystick Awards opened its doors to the public for first time in its three decade-spanning history. This year the same applies—and voting is now open ahead this year's ceremony.

>>Here's the direction to vote: gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards

Outlast Deluxe Edition free on humble bunduru. https://www.humblebundle.com/store/outlast-deluxe

Humble Bundle are a bastion of awesome at the moment.

I think I'll pass on Outlast. Horror games, like movies, are not my thing. But thanks for sharing!

Anyway, let's go with a round of news and rumors: a confirmation of a rumor, AMD using common sense and, if true, Intel not making any sense at all:

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Specs and Details - Based on GP104-300
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/geforce-gtx-1070-ti-specs-and-details-based-on-gp104-300.html
First off I have confirmed this product with some of my industry sources, they will not say the final name just yet but I have learned that the GPU used is the ,GP104-300. This is now a confirmed fact. The product also is referred to as "Ti" within the companies I spoke to. Next to my sources also confirm a release end of October.

That is all the info I was able to pry loose, however MyDrivers posted information of specifications that might be spot on. The GPU has 20 Shader clusters, just one would be disabled totalling towards 2432, which is just 128 shader procs lower than that of the GTX 1080.

The clock speeds of the GTX 1070 Ti would be higher than the GTX 1070 as well at 1607 MHz and a 1683 MHz GPU Boost woth 8.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory clock. The TDP would be 180W, similar to the GTX 1080. If I perform some reverse math on tyhis, the product would offer just over 8 TFLOPS in perf.

>>Personally, I think it's a silly move from Nvidia to counter AMD's Vega 56 win over their 1070, only to be able to brag that AMD doesn't perform better than them at any price point.

AMD Transitioning To 12nm LP Process For Vega, Ryzen In 2018
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-vega-12nm-lp-2018,35502.html
At the Global Foundries Technology Conference, AMD’s CTO Mark Papermaster announced that the company will be transitioning “graphics and client products” from the Global Foundries 14nm LPP FinFET process it uses today to the new 12nm LP process in 2018. Global Foundries also announced that 12LP will begin production in 1Q18.

>>As I said, it makes perfect sense. Their graphic cards are very power hungry, so they would benefit from a better node, and this could also help improve their CPUs performance when overclocked.

Intel preps dual-core i3-7360X for X299, but why?
https://videocardz.com/72775/intel-preps-dual-core-i3-7360x-for-x299-but-why
Intel is not done with Kabylake-X yet. A prototype of i3 dual-core processor has been spotted in China.

This is a really bizarre processor. A platform that is designed for high-performance computing might soon get a new CPU… with two cores.

The i3-7360X is a HEDT alternative to i3-7350K, which, by the way, will soon be succeeded by 8350K.

The specs of this new processor are not overwhelming. It’s only 100 MHz faster than 7350K. The turbo clock is 4.3 GHz. The TDP though, skyrockets to 112W.

According to the leaker, the i3-7360X is 1.25% faster than 7350K. The price of 7360X is expected around 1699 Yuans (220 USD), so it’s not cheap.

>>I really hope this is a misunderstanding, because the 4 cores chips were already an odd move, and this would be like a bad joke.

Friday at last! Let's go with the last round of news of the week:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Nvidia is giving away 50,000 Shadow of Mordor game codes
http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-is-giving-away-50000-shadow-of-mordor-game-codes/
One perk to installing Nvidia's GeForce Experience utility is that you can sometimes score free games. Such is the case now—Nvidia has partnered with Warner Bros. to give away 50,000 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor game codes (Steam) to randomly selected GFE users.

Win a Snakebyte Professional Gaming Chair with Bundle Stars
http://www.pcgamer.com/win-a-snakebyte-professional-gaming-chair-with-bundle-stars/
To celebrate BundleFest, a carefully curated collection of awesome Steam games, one lucky winner will receive an incredible bundle of gaming booty.
Get your daily entry in today, and you could also win an HTC Vive virtual reality headset, a Razer bundle and a GeForce GTX 1070.

SOFTWARE

AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-radeon-software-crimson-relive-17-9-2-driver-download.html
You can now download the new Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2 driver. The new driver offers Multi GPU support for Radeon Rx Vega and adds support for project Cars 2.

>>You can download them from that article, for example.

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Sc-Fi RPG Ancient Frontier Released on Steam
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/sc-fi-rpg-ancient-frontier-released-on-steam/
The sci-fi RPG Ancient Frontier has been released on Steam, giving players the opportunity to take the helm of a space craft in the tactical turn-based combat that spans over 50+ hours.

Here is 23 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from The Evil Within 2
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-23-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage-from-the-evil-within-2/
YouTube’s ‘RabidRetrospectGames’ has shared a new video, showing 23 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from The Evil Within 2. Naturally, we strongly suggest avoiding this video if you want to experience this upcoming horror game yourselves as it will spoil some areas/scenes.

Here is 18 minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming cyberpunk isometric shooter, RUINER
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-18-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-upcoming-cyberpunk-isometric-shooter-ruiner/
IGN has shared a video, showing the first 18 minutes from Devolver’s new cyberpunk isometric shooter, RUINER. RUINER is developed by Reikon Games and is described as a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok.

Turn10 confirms that Forza Motorsport 7 intentionally maxes out only one CPU core
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/turn10-confirms-that-forza-motorsport-7-intentionally-maxes-out-only-one-cpu-core/
A couple of days ago, we informed you about some bizarre CPU utilization we witnessed in the PC demo of Forza Motorsport 7. And while some claimed that we were a bit hasty about our observations – as this is a demo – it appears that we were right. Turn10’s Evan Bolin has confirmed that the game is intentionally maxing out one CPU core.

>>What a dumb thing to do!

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is coming to the PC in early 2018
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/atelier-lydie-suelle-the-alchemists-and-the-mysterious-paintings-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-early-2018/
KOEI Tecmo announced today the upcoming western release of Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings for the PC via Steam. This latest entry to GUST’s popular Atelier franchise continues from Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book and Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey, concluding the Mysterious series with an all-new heart-warming narrative.

>>rodea_sky_soldier has made a thread about it.

Friday news, part two:

Doom's BFG and Marine armor added to Fallout 4's Creation Club store
http://www.pcgamer.com/dooms-bfg-and-marine-armor-added-to-fallout-4s-creation-club-store/
Two new items have appeared in Fallout 4's Creation Club store, both related to another Bethesda release: Doom. For 400 credits each, you can buy Doom's BFG and Marine armor and bring a little Hell to the Commonwealth.

LawBreakers update adds regenerating health, new map, and daily login rewards
http://www.pcgamer.com/lawbreakers-update-adds-regenerating-health-new-map-and-daily-login-rewards/
The LawBreakers 1.4 patch is going to bring some very big changes to the game, including increased health for all characters, out-of-combat health rengeneration, and a new "group spawning system" that will ensure players spawn more often with teammates instead of on their own.

Rainbow Six Siege is switching to CS:GO-style recoil patterns
http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-is-switching-to-csgo-style-recoil-patterns/
Something odd about the L85A2 assault rifle came to light during the recently-concluded Operation Health interval for Rainbow Six Siege—which led to something odd being discovered about all of the weapons in the game. As Ubisoft explained in the latest Rainbow Six Siege dev blog, the displacement of a weapon's sights during firing, meant to simulate the effects of recoil, "created a parallax issue between the gun and the world." And that, apparently, is bad.

Infinite damage combo discovered in Divinity: Original Sin 2
http://www.pcgamer.com/an-infinite-damage-combo-has-been-discovered-in-divinity-original-sin-2/
One of the magical things about Divinity: Original Sin and now its sequel, Original Sin 2, is how complex and liberal their combat systems are. Whether by design or by accident, the glut of spell and physics interactions sometimes lets you get away with ridiculously OP moves. In the first game, for instance, players leveled up telekinesis, made absurdly heavy objects by stacking containers, and then dropped them on enemies for unreasonable amounts of damage. Original Sin 2 now has its own trick, courtesy of Ashandis on Reddit (and others), except this one appears to deal unlimited damage to a single enemy.
Update: Divinity: Original Sin 2 producer David Walgrave tells me that Larian doesn't plan to patch out this technique because it's "part of the system."

Call of Duty: WWII will let you play as a pilot, a tanker, and a female Resistance fighter
http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-wwii-will-let-you-play-as-a-pilot-a-tanker-and-a-female-resistance-fighter/
The recent Call of Duty: WWII story trailer, and the four squad trailers that followed, focused exclusively on the American soldiers of the US First Infantry Division, who experience the war from the beaches of Normandy to other "iconic" battlefields across Europe. But Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield told GQ that while Private Ronald "Red" Daniels of the Big Red One is the game's central character, he's not the only one whose story will be told.

Road Redemption escapes Early Access next month, is now a 'rogue-lite'
http://www.pcgamer.com/road-redemption-escapes-early-access-next-month-is-now-a-rogue-lite/
Road Redemption, a Kickstarter-funded motorcycle racer inspired by Road Rash, was meant to launch back in 2014. That didn't happen, though it's been in Early Access for a good while and seems to be keeping its fanbase happy, judging by the Steam rating. Oh, and it's a rogue-lite now too, according to a new press release, though it doesn't seem like an especially punishing one. You get one life, but you get to keep your XP when you die.

One of PUBG's forthcoming new vehicles looks like an old Volkswagen bus
http://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-pubgs-forthcoming-new-vehicles-looks-like-a-kombi-van/
When Brendan Greene did a PUBG AMA earlier this week, he said the forthcoming new map will also feature three new vehicles. At the time, he teased that we'd have to "wait and see" what they are, but now we know what at least one of them will be. It will be a van heavily reminiscent of the ye olde Volkswagen Kombi vans.

'The dumpster would fly across the alley and slam into the wall,' says Warren Spector of Half-Life 2's ill-fated magnet gun
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-dumpster-would-fly-across-the-alley-and-slam-into-the-wall-says-warren-spector-of-half-life-2s-ill-fated-magnet-gun/
In March, new images from Junction Point's cancelled Ravenholm-set Half-Life 2 episode emerged. Led by Warren Spector, the studio's take on the eerie zombie town was said to include a Magnet Gun—a twist on Freeman's iconic Gravity Gun—and the creator has now explained what its function within his game would've been.

The First Tree is a heartbreaking adventure told through the eyes of a fox
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-first-tree-is-a-heartbreaking-adventure-told-through-the-eyes-of-a-fox/
Last night, I happened upon The Lost Tree—a beautiful walking simulator that explores themes of love, loss and friendship through the eyes of a fox.
Which I guess might instead make a bounding simulator? I'm not sure, but what I am certain of is The Lost Tree's scope for emotional storytelling. Throughout its modest two hour or so runtime, I thoroughly enjoyed galloping around its gorgeous pastoral landscapes and moonlit moors, uncovering snippets of narrative all the while battling the ever-growing lump in my throat.

PUBG exec contemplating 'further action' over Fortnite Battle Royale similarities
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-exec-contemplating-further-action-over-fortnite-battle-royale-similarities/
After describing themselves as "huge fans of the Battle Royale genre", Epic Games unveiled Fortnite Battle Royale last week—a new free-of-charge mode that'll drop 100 players into "one giant map" in a bid to become the last person standing. It's due to launch this coming Tuesday, September 26.
Now, it appears Bluehole has taken issue with perceived similarities between Epic's incoming mode, and its own similarly structured megahit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

>>walterbates has made a thread about it.

Play Gang Beasts for free this weekend
http://www.pcgamer.com/play-gang-beasts-for-free-this-weekend/
In the crowded field of local multiplayer games where up to four players can compete to pummel the guts out of each other through their faces, Gang Beasts stands out. Its clumsy balloon-limbed characters wear animal costumes, its levels include a ferris wheel and the tops of several moving trucks, and its physics turn everything into a stumbling shambles. Gang Beasts is still in early access but it's already hilarious.
On Steam Gang Beasts is free to try for the weekend as a way of stress-testing its new server architecture, networking, and so on.

And now, let's see what else do GOG and Steam have for us:

+GOG

• GOG is running its Big Deal Sale. Check it out if you haven't already done it: www.gog.com

+Steam

• The first deal worth mention is NieR: Automata, that's 35% cheaper: http://store.steampowered.com/app/524220/NieRAutomata/
• RPG Maker VX Ace and RPG Maker MV will still on sale and 70% off. In case you needed t¡more time to think about getting them.
• Gang Beasts is not the only free game on Steam this weekend, Depth also going to let us submerge into it for free: http://store.steampowered.com/app/274940/Depth/
• Paradox is having the Grand Strategy Weekend. I guess I don't need to mention who or what this sale is about, right? http://store.steampowered.com/sale/pdx_strategy_weekend/
• And last but not least, we have the publisher weekend sale starring Stardock, with some games up to 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/stardock

And that marks the end of this week of news. I hope you have a happy and gaming weekend.

Well, it's not like we didn't suspect this to be the case, but a confirmation of sorts is always welcome:

Intel Z370 Chipset Could Support Kaby Lake - But Intel Will Not Allow It
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-z370-chipset-could-support-kaby-lake-but-intel-will-not-allow-it.html
Much has been said and spoken about Intel upcoming 6-core Coffee Lake processors. It will launch based on a LGA 1151 Socket. We’ve been able to confirm that Z370 will only support Coffee Lake processors. Here’s the shocker, they could support Kaby Lake, yet Intel doesn’t allow it.

Over the past few weeks I have been talking to many motherboard manufacturers, and the story is the same. There is no reason for the Z370 chipset to not be able to support last-gen Kaby Lake, it is merely firmware restriction. Intel is enforcing the motherboard manufacturers to only support Intel 8th gen processors, thus Coffee Lake on Z370.

We’ve seen it in the past though, a BIOS update all of the sudden might enable other processors. The board-partners are very tight-lipped about this, understandably. Earlier this week you have already seen our Dutch colleagues from HWI try out a 7th gen Celeron G3930 Kaby Lake based processor on Z370. That processor got in the BIOS post code up-to code 26 when it halted. Post code 26 is the graphics pass, all passes before that would have been valid including memory and CPU.

I have no idea why Intel places such limits on it's chipsets. It limits people with older systems from buying a brand spanking new CPU, which equates to monies.
They can't maintain these shenanigans when AMD is finally a viable alternative now.

You know the frog and the scorpion fable, right? Well, Intel is the scorpion, always screwing their base customers.

So I took the plunge and bought myself Divinity Original Sin 2. It's certainly a good base of a game but I'm not really satisfied with the content. Not necessarily the quantity but the variance. I have a lot of little gripes with it that I cannot recall having with Dragon Age. The characters absolutely don't appeal to me and neither are the preset abilities. What makes it worse is that they actively try to discourage you from picking a custom character instead try to make you choose between their story characters. Of course I chose a story character in fear I would be missing out. Yet so far not only are the characters and their back stories boring (or boringly presented) but it also hasn't had any impact whatsoever.

I think I might start over with a custom character and do some things a little bit differently. The standard difficulty is ok but challenging. From what I've seen so far it doesn't look like the game will let me to grind my level to become too powerful, which is a bummer for me. If I ever find out that they scale the enemy level to mine it's going straight into the trash.