Carzy Zarx’s PC Gaming Emporium - Catch Up on All the Latest PC Gaming Related News

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It's Monday... let's go with the news.

 

1-Sales

1. NieR:Automata
2. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
3. H1Z1: King of the Kill
4. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
5. Total War: WARHAMMER
6. Oxygen Not Included
7. DOOM
8. BioShock: The Collection
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. HITMAN

Funnily enough, KingofTrolls has made a thread about it because Nier is the best selling game.

 

2-Drivers

NVIDIA GeForce 378.92 WHQL driver is out, optimized for Mass Effect: Andromeda & Rock Band VR
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-378-92-whql-driver-is-out-optimized-for-mass-effect-andromeda-rock-band-vr/
NVIDIA has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 378.92 WHQL driver provides the optimal gaming experience for Mass Effect: Andromeda and Rock Band VR.

>>You can download them from here.

 

3-Mods (there's one for you, viv!)

• Modder fixes NieR: Automata’s fullscreen resolution upscaling issue http://www.dsogaming.com/news/modder-fixes-nier-automatas-fullscreen-resolution-upscaling-issue/
• Sim Settlements mod makes your settlers build their own damn houses, stores, and farms (for Fallout 4, with video) http://www.pcgamer.com/sim-settlements-mod-makes-your-settlers-build-their-own-damn-houses-stores-and-farms/

 

4-Gaming News (warning: lots of screenshots news)

NEW BEAUTIFUL SCREENSHOTS RELEASED FOR ESCAPE FROM TARKOV
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-beautiful-screenshots-released-for-escape-from-tarkov-2/
Battlestate Games has released some new screenshots for Escape from Tarkov. Escape from Tarkov is described as a hardcore story-driven MMO featuring elements of FPS and RPG and these new screenshots showcase the game’s visuals.

 

NARCOSIS, UNDERWATER SURVIVAL HORROR GAME, RELEASES ON MARCH 28TH – NEW SCREENSHOTS
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/narcosis-underwater-survival-horror-game-releases-on-march-28th-new-screenshots/
Honor Code has announced that its underwater survival horror game, Narcosis, will be released on March 28th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released some new screenshots for it.

 

STAR CITIZEN WILL SUPPORT THE VULKAN API AND WILL EVENTUALLY DROP DIRECTX 11 SUPPORT
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-will-support-the-vulkan-api-and-will-eventually-drop-directx-11-support/
Cloud Imperium’s Alistair Brown has revealed that Star Citizen will support the Vulkan API – instead of DirectX 12 – in the near future. As Brown claimed, Cloud Imperium will be using Vulkan as it is available on all the latest Windows operating system and sports the same feature set and performance advantages of DX12.

>>It's a very sensible choice that will allow them to target not only Win7, 8 & 10 but also Linux users, but I doubt MSoft is happy to see such an AAA game ditch not only DX12, but also eventually 11 for Vulkan.

 

BLIZZARD ANNOUNCES ‘I <3 STARCRAFT' EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 25TH
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-announces-starcraft-event-that-will-be-held-on-march-25th/
Blizzard has announced that it will hold a Starcraft event on March 25th in Korea. According to rumours, during this event, Blizzard will unveil a remastered version of StarCraft: Brood War. This remaster is rumoured to feature better visuals and an overhauled UI, and will retain the classic gameplay of its original version.

 

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA – OFFICIAL LAUNCH SCREENSHOTS
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/mass-effect-andromeda-official-launch-screenshots/
Electronic Arts has released the official launch screenshots for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Mass Effect: Andromeda is powered by DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine, will be released tomorrow, and its PC version will support 4K HDR, as well as NVIDIA’s Ansel tool.

 

RIVER CITY RANSOM: UNDERGROUND LOOKS SO RETRO-COOL, GETS COMBO COMPILATION VIDEO
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/river-city-ransom-underground-looks-so-retro-cool-gets-combo-compilation-video/
Conatus Creative has released a combo compilation video for its latest retro beat’em up, River City Ransom: Underground. River City Ransom: Underground was released back in February, and this video showcases some of the combos that players can perform in it.

 

THE FIRST PATCH FOR MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA IS ALREADY OUT AND HERE IS WHAT IT FIXES
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-first-patch-for-mass-effect-andromeda-is-already-out-and-here-is-what-it-fixes/
Mass Effect: Andromeda releases tomorrow and BioWare has already released its first patch. According to the company, this patch addresses some issues that its community reported while playing the EA/Origin early access version. >>It fixes some bugs, not major problems.