Where is the Vega inside branding? It's been ready for a while now hasn't it...

https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Intel-Mobile-Processors-AMD-Vega-Graphics-Inside.png

"Your favorite PC builders..."

Wait whaaaaaat?

It's somewhat acknowledged in the small letters at the end of the video: "Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others".

But honestly, I doubt Intel wants to give AMD credit for its products by using some of their brands, and AMD won't talk about it either as it could encourage the purchase of Intel products instead of their own APUs.

I was joking about Vega inside. Apparently that was either photoshopped or was someone's name as part of an Intel employee promotion thing I guess? That's what I read anyway.

There must be some type of agreement in place. Radeon getting it's own branding and now it's in Intel products? That was planned no doubt. AMD would probably want to tell everyone that Intel is using their GPU. It would be an easy way for AMD to direct customers to Ryzen based systems, considering it's competitive with Intel on performance and price now. Intel wouldn't want that, so AMD probably can't use that in advertising, just public statements maybe. By leaving AMD out of the marketing, and having AMD keep fairly quiet about it, Intel can continue to remain high end in those devices without losing too many customers. They will end up losing some though. The question is will they lose more or less than they would have anyway? Intel obviously thinks less.

Tuesday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

There are two articles about sales figures, five about free games or deals, and the weeklong Steam deals:

Fortnite has passed 20 million players
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fortnite-passed-20-million-players/
Epic Games has announced that Fortnite now has over 20 million players. This is mainly due to the free to play Battle Royale mode that has been recently released on all platforms.

Bomber Crew earned $1 million in its first week, and a bunch more stuff is on the way
http://www.pcgamer.com/bomber-crew-earned-1-million-in-its-first-week-and-a-bunch-more-stuff-is-on-the-way/
"The reception for Bomber Crew has been really good," Miller told Rock Paper Shotgun. Publisher Curve previously announced that it brought in more than $1 million in its first week alone. It's been so successful, in fact, that developer Runner Duck is already talking about releasing "another game" in the years to come.

>>Good for them!

We have 50,000 free Steam key bundles to give away with Fanatical
http://www.pcgamer.com/we-have-50000-free-steam-key-bundles-to-give-away-with-fanatical/
Welcome to our latest free Steam key giveaway. We're teaming up with Fanatical (formerly Bundle Stars) to give away 50,000 bundles, each of which contains three free Steam keys for the following games. To stock up your library even further, you can use the code FANATICAL10 to get 10% off most games in the Fanatical store before November 19.

>>The games are "Sir, You Are Being Hunted", "Dead Effect" and "12 is Better Than 6".

The first Watch_Dogs is available for free on UPLAY until November 13th, and here is a list of graphics mods to use
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-watch_dogs-available-free-uplay-november-13th-list-visuals-mods-use/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Ubisoft is giving away free copies of the first Watch_Dogs game on UPLAY. This free giveaway will last until November 13th, meaning that you have a whole week in order to acquire your free copy.

>>That is, if they manage to get their servers working. Zkuq made a thread about it.

For Honor will be free to play this weekend, will offer all game modes, maps and heroes
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/honor-will-free-play-weekend-will-offer-game-modes-maps-heroes/
Ubisoft has announced that For Honor will be free to play this weekend. From November 9th, players will be able to download and play this fighting melee game. The free weekend will offer all the game’s modes, maps and heroes, and will end on November 12th.

Get up to 85 percent off car games in Humble's Racing Sale
http://www.pcgamer.com/get-up-to-85-percent-off-car-games-in-humbles-racing-sale/
When Shaun covered the Humble Store's last 'Racing Sale' he used the strapline: "I feel the need, the need for affordable speed". This made me chuckle, which is why I've chosen to reuse it. The latest similarly named sale sidesteps recycling, though, and comes with new games—some of which come with 85 percent off.

>>Check it out over here.

All Walls Must Fall marks Berlin Wall anniversary with new trailer, 50 percent discount
http://www.pcgamer.com/all-walls-must-fall-marks-berlin-wall-anniversary-with-new-trailer-50-percent-discount/
After tinkering with All Walls Must Fall earlier this year, Tom billed the moody, futuristic Cold War shooter as "one to watch". To mark the 28th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, developer Inbetweengames has now launched a new trailer and has halved the game's Early Access price tag, should you wish to get eyes on it yourself.

>>Any excuse is good enough to do what you want to do. This is the Steam page of the game.

Let's take a look now at some of Steam's 519 weeklong deals:

• Comedy Night is 25% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/
• The Dwarves is 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/403970/The_Dwarves/
• Styx: Shards of Darkness is 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/355790/Styx_Shards_of_Darkness/
• Tyranny is 60% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/Tyranny/
• Mother Russia Bleeds is 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/361300/Mother_Russia_Bleeds/

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Deus Ex Revision 1.3.0.1 is now available, addresses and improves lots of things
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/deus-ex-revision-1-3-0-1-now-available-addresses-improves-lots-things/
Caustic Creative has released a brand new update for its amazing Revision mod for the first Deus Ex game. According to the release notes, Deus Ex Revision 1.3.0.1 features some fixes to numerous levels, and improvements to its new Survival mode.

>>You can download it from moddb.

Put a moustache on Dogmeat and others in Fallout 4 with the Movember Mod
http://www.pcgamer.com/put-a-moustache-on-dogmeat-and-others-in-fallout-4-with-the-movember-mod/
'Movember', as it is called, is a month-long event where moustaches are grown (on faces, not on farms or in gardens or something) to raise awareness of men's health issues like prostate cancer.
In addition to pitching in by darkening your lower lip with what is most likely a really shitty looking moustache, you can also participate virtually in Fallout 4 with the Movember Mod. Made by modder Elianora (who also created a 'Save the Boobies Mod' for breast cancer awareness, and lots of other mods), the Movember Mod adds wearable moustaches, moustache-related clothing, and some accessories.

GAMING NEWS

Injustice 2 online PC open beta is now live, official PC requirements revealed, Denuvo confirmed
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/injustice-2-online-pc-open-beta-now-live-official-pc-requirements-revealed/
Warner Bros has announced the launch of the online PC open beta phase for Injustice 2. PC gamers can visit the game’s Steam page, download and start playing it.

The Evil Within 2 patch 1.03 is now available, features a number of PC-specific fixes
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/evil-within-2-patch-1-03-now-available-features-number-pc-specific-fixes/
Bethesda and Tango Gameworks have released a new patch for The Evil Within 2. According to the release notes, patch 1.03 comes with a number of PC-specific fixes. However, and from the looks of it, it does not improve the game’s performance in any way.

Sonic Forces gets an official launch trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/sonic-forces-gets-official-launch-trailer/
SEGA has just released the Sonic Forces launch trailer. Sonic Forces is developed by the same team behind Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. The game has players experience fast paced action as Modern Sonic, catapult past perilous platforms as Classic Sonic, and use powerful new gadgets as their own Custom Hero Character.

Second developer diary for Gravel focuses on the Career mode
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/second-developer-diary-gravel-focuses-career-mode/
Milestone has released the second developer diary for Gravel that focuses on the game’s Career mode. The Career mode was developed around the Off-Road Masters, the annual TV show where the best riders in the world compete in races all over the planet, organized by the Gravel Channel, the extreme sports TV channel completely dedicated to off-roading.

Nioh: Complete Edition features the WORST keyboard controls we’ve seen in a PC game lately
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nioh-complete-edition-worst-keyboard-controls-pc-game/
Nioh: Complete Edition has just been released on the PC and since KOEI Tecmo has provided us with a review code, we can confirm that the keyboard controls are awful. No seriously, these are by far the worst keyboard controls we’ve seen in a PC game, surpassing even those of Attack on Titan.

First Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus patch unlocks Vault, improves stability on NVIDIA’s hardware
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-wolfenstein-ii-new-colossus-patch-unlocks-vault-improves-stability-nvidias-hardware/
Bethesda has just released the first Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus patch. According to the release notes, this patch improves overall stability on NVIDIA 10-series GPUs. In addition, it fixes some issues with Skyboxes, and improves Win 10 stability on NVIDIA GPUs.

Dishonored 2 update 5 fixes framerate hiccups, brings UI optimizations
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/dishonored-2-update-5-fixes-framerate-hiccups-brings-ui-optimizations/
Bethesda and Arkane Studios have released a new patch for Dishonored 2. According to the release notes, the Dishonored 2 update 5 brings various UI optimizations and comes with a number of PC-specific fixes.

The second part of the news:

Microsoft asked the now-disbanded Runic Games to make another Fable title (and very nearly published Torchlight)
http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-asked-the-now-disbanded-runic-games-to-make-another-fable-game-and-very-nearly-published-torchlight/
Torchlight and Hob developer Runic Games is sadly no more after its publisher Perfect World shut it down last week. Following the news, one of the studio's founders, Travis Baldree, has spoken to Kotaku about the early days of the company, and there's a couple of noteworthy insights. The most interesting for me is that before Perfect World decided to publish Torchlight (which is a brilliant action-RPG, by the way), Microsoft came very close to snapping the title up.

Ghost Story Games, formerly Irrational Games, is making an immersive sim
http://www.pcgamer.com/ghost-story-games-formerly-irrational-games-is-making-an-immersive-sim/
In February, 12 former developers from Irrational Games—of System Shock 2 and Bioshock—announced their new studio, Ghost Story. It later emerged that the they were working on a "small-scale open world" game that drew inspiration from Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system, and now we know that the title will be a first-person immersive sim.

Overwatch's new hero Moira is now live on PTR
http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-new-hero-moira-is-now-live-on-ptr/
That was fast. On Friday Blizzard revealed Moira, Overwatch's latest healer, live on stage at BlizzCon. And now you can play her in the latest PTR update, which went live Monday afternoon.

>>And over here you can see all the skins for this new character.

Creative Assembly teases something new for Total War: Rome 2
http://www.pcgamer.com/creative-assembly-teases-something-new-for-total-war-rome-2/
Total War: Rome 2 came out in September 2013, which by my reckoning means that it's a little over four years old. A year later, the Emperor Edition was released, and then few months after that the Wrath of Sparta campaign pack was put out. And that was the end of it. Until today.

Microsoft looks at acquiring more studios to boost its first-party games output
http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-looks-at-acquiring-more-studios-to-boost-its-first-party-games-output/
Nintendo is built upon first-party software, and it's fair to say that much of Sony's success with the PlayStation has come from the same place. Microsoft did pretty well for itself with the Xbox 360, too. But the Xbox One? Not so much. That may change in the near future, however. Xbox boss Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that's a shortcoming the company hopes to change with increased investment in in-house game development, a process that could include launching new development studios, or acquiring some that are already out there.

>>I don't know you, but that almost sounds like a menace. You can share your thoughts at LudicrousSpeed's thread.

The Flesh God looks like Super Meat Boy but with rocket jumping
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-flesh-god-looks-like-super-meat-boy-but-with-rocket-jumping/
Rocket jumps are synonymous with early first-person shooters, especially Quake, the game that truly popularized the practice of launching yourself skyward with either the blast or recoil from firing a rocket launcher. And you can really see that reckless DNA in The Flesh God, a new 2D platformer that's taken rocket jumping to its logical extreme with a beefcake protagonist who pretty much only moves by firing a rocket that's as big as he is.

Alexstrasza goes live and Li Li gets an overhaul on Heroes of the Storm PTR
http://www.pcgamer.com/alexstrasza-goes-live-and-li-li-gets-an-overhaul-on-heroes-of-the-storm-ptr/
A new Heroes of the Storm patch that brings World of Warcraft dragon queen Alexstrasza to the fight is now live on the PTR. Alongside the new hero, the update also brings in numerous improvements to AI, a large number of bug fixes, and what appears to be a fairly major overhaul to Li Li.

Planet Coaster Anniversary Update adds a scenario editor and new rides later this month
http://www.pcgamer.com/planet-coaster-anniversary-update-adds-a-scenario-editor-and-new-rides-later-this-month/
Planet Coaster's one-year anniversary falls on November 17. The game's Anniversary Update won't quite make that date, but it'll be close—Frontier Developments has announced that it will be out on November 22, with a scenario editor, new rides, a Staff Management building, new picnic benches, and interchangeable coasters.

Build a sandy city then watch it fall to bits in Sandcastles
http://www.pcgamer.com/sandcastles-1/
I didn’t know that Sandcastles—an absolutely charming digital toy which caught my eye on itch.io—was by Patrick Smith’s Vectorpark when I started playing it. I really should have. It has that same attractive odd quality as his previous projects like Metamorphabet and Windosill.

The main reason for all this was that Intel had a long term deal with Nvidia that allowed them to use their patents to develop their own graphics components, but that deal was expiring and Intel decided to look for someone else. And that someone else could only be AMD, as they are the only ones with enough tech patents to allow Intel to keep developing its own integrated graphic parts.

AMD creating the new Radeon group had nothing to do with that deal, and probably more about leaving the GPU guys do their work instead of forcing them to push GPGPU to improve their lackluster CPUs. Hopefully, that slip and new focus will come to fruiton with Navi if not the next arch.

What I don't know if Intel can only use just the patents to develop its iGPs or if they have access to AMD's architectures as well.

Well, I guess it was something to be expected after him announcing a temporal leave, but I'm still surprised by this news;

Exclusive: Raja Koduri, Radeon Technologies Boss, leaves AMD
http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/111926-exclusive-raja-koduri-radeon-technologies-boss-leaves-amd/
Remember when we reported on the Radeon Technologies Group boss, Raja Koduri, taking a leave of absence with an intent to return to the fold in December? That isn't going to happen, according to a memo Raja has written to his team, because today is his last day in the job.

HEXUS has gained exclusive access to the memo through well-placed sources, and we can show you how Raja arrived at the decision to leave for pastures new:

'To my AMD family,

Forty is a significant number in history. It is a number representing transition, testing and change. I have just spent forty days away from the office going through such a transition. It was an important time with my family, and it also offered me a rare space for reflection. During this time I have come to the extremely difficult conclusion that it is time for me to leave RTG and AMD.

I have no question in my mind that RTG, and AMD, are marching firmly in the right direction as high-performance computing becomes ever-more-important in every aspect of our lives. I believe wholeheartedly in what we are doing with Vega, Navi and beyond, and I am incredibly proud of how far we have come and where we are going. The whole industry has stood up and taken notice of what we are doing. As I think about how computing will evolve, I feel more and more that I want to pursue my passion beyond hardware and explore driving broader solutions.

I want to thank Lisa and the AET for enabling me to pursue my passion during the last four years at AMD, and especially the last two years with RTG. Lisa has my utmost respect for exhibiting the courage to enable me with RTG, for believing in me and for going out of her way to support me. I would also like to call out Mark Papermaster who brought me into AMD, for his huge passion for technology and for his relentless support through many difficult phases. And of course, I want to thank each and every one of my direct staff and my indirect staff who have worked so hard with me to build what we have now got. I am very proud of the strong leaders we have and I'm fully confident that they can execute on the compelling roadmap ahead.

I will continue to be an ardent fan and user of AMD technologies for both personal and professional use.

As I mentioned, leaving AMD and RTG has been an extremely difficult decision for me. But I felt it is the right one for me personally at this point. Time will tell. I will be following with great interest the progress you will make over the next several years.

On a final note, I have asked a lot of you in the last two years. You've always delivered. You've made me successful both personally and professionally, for which I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I have these final requests from you as I leave:

. Stay focused on the roadmap!
. Deliver on your commitments!
. Continue the culture of Passion, Persistence and Play!
. Make AMD proud!
. Make me proud!

Yours,
Raja


If that's not enough of a surprise, Wccftech claims that he's moving to Intel: https://wccftech.com/exclusive-raja-koduri-will-seeking-new-horizons-intel/

Radeon Chef quits AMD. Radeon Chef joins Intel. Intel releases CPU with Radeon GPU package. Nothing to see here.