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The first round of news of August:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

The Humble Store is running the "Worms Week", with saves of up to 80% in games of said franchise. Check them out here: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/worms-week/

 

Meanwhile, we have Steam with 401 weeklong deals, including:

• Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, that is 30% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/418240/Shadow_Tactics_Blades_of_the_Shogun/
• Day of Infamy, with a nice 45% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/447820/Day_of_Infamy/
• Stronghold Crusader HD with a big 75% sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/40970/Stronghold_Crusader_HD/
• GRID 2, that is also 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/44350/GRID_2/
• Or the Anno franchise /from 1404 to 2205), with up to 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/anno

 

SOFTWARE

Wolfenstein 2 & Far Cry 5 will support AMD’s RX Vega exclusive feature, Rapid Packed Math
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/wolfenstein-2-far-cry-5-will-support-amds-vega-exclusive-feature-rapid-packed-math/
AMD and Ubisoft revealed that both Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Far Cry 5 will support Rapid Packed Math; a new feature that is – at least for now – exclusive to AMD’s latest RX Vega graphics cards. According to the developers, Rapid Packed Math allows a graphics card to execute two math instructions for the price of one.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

The Dolphin emulator developers spent two years fixing a nearly-impossible-to-solve stuttering problem
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-dolphin-emulator-developers-spent-two-years-fixing-a-nearly-impossible-to-solve-stuttering-problem/
Every month, the developers of the GameCube/Wii emulator Dolphin write an interesting progress report that digs into the emulator's new features, bug fixes, and recent changes. These updates offer some great insight into complex emulation topics and the inner workings of an open source project—you'll always learn something, even if you're not too technically minded. But a lengthy blog updated published on Sunday goes far beyond the usual progress report, offering a detailed look at how Dolphin's developers solved a problem that's been bugging the community for years. It's called "Ubershaders: a ridiculous solution to an impossible problem."

 

Here is the first graphics overhaul mod for DICE’s Star Wars: Battlefront, also adds two new game modes
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-is-the-first-graphics-overhaul-mod-for-dices-star-wars-battlefront-adds-two-new-game-modes/
Garrus_Valkyrin and his team have released the first graphics overhaul mod for DICE’s Star Wars: Battlefront. This mod basically replaces things like all trooper skins, hero skins, and vehicles skins to provide a more authentic and realistic feel.

>>If you want to give it a go, you can download it from here.

 

Modder brings back Alien: Isolation's VR mode
http://www.pcgamer.com/modder-brings-back-alien-isolations-vr-mode/
Sega showed off a VR mode for the first-person horror game Alien: Isolation, running on an early version of the Oculus Rift way back in the summer of 2014. It never evolved beyond the prototype stage, but the files that enabled the VR mode were still present in the game when it shipped. They were hidden, however, and more to the point inoperable, thanks to the many changes made to the Oculus SDK between the Development Kit 2 (which the demo ran on) and the release of the consumer version a couple of years later. But thanks to the magic of the MotherVR mod being developed by Zack "Nibre" Fannon, it's working (with some limitations) once again.

>>The mod is called MotherVR, and this is its page at github.

 

GAMING NEWS

Mass Effect: Andromeda – Update 1.10 is now available
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/mass-effect-andromeda-update-1-10-is-now-available/
Bioware has released a new update for Mass Effect: Andromeda. According to the release notes, this patch fixes a bug that allowed the enemies to get healed once players used a First Aid with the Supply Pack Transmitter, makes it possible so that the Naladen explosion can deal damage when Cryo or Incendiary Ammo are equipped, and fixes a variety of issues.

 

Ark: Survival Evolved delayed to August 29th, PC performance optimizations coming post release
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/ark-survival-evolved-delay-august-29-pc-performance-optimizations-coming-post-release/
Back in June, Studio Wildcard announced that Ark: Survival Evolved would be leaving Steam Early Access on August 8th. However, and while the game has already gone Gold, it has been delayed to August 29th.

 

Star Citizen – Alpha 3.0 delayed to September
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-0-delayed-to-september/
Cloud Imperium has revealed that the highly anticipated alpha 3.0 release of Star Citizen has been delayed to September. While this build was said to be released in August, Cloud Imperium decided to delay it in order to further optimize it and address some stability issues.

 

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – Official PC Requirements
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pro-evolution-soccer-2018-official-pc-requirements/
Konami has revealed the official PC requirements for Pro Evolution Soccer 2018. According to the specs, PC gamers will need at least an Intel Core i5-3450 or an AMD FX-4100 CPU with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or an AMD Radeon HD 7750 graphics card.

 

F1 2017 – New official screenshots released
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/f1-2017-new-official-screenshots-released/
Codemasters has released a new set of official screenshots for F1 2017. F1 2017 will feature a deeper career mode, numerous multiplayer enhancements, and a brand new ‘Championships’ game mode. The game is currently planned for an August 25th release.

 

1st Person Servers Added to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/1st-person-servers-added-to-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is due for its big monthly update and this one might be one of the best one’s yet, adding 1st person servers, field of view slider and performance optimisations.

 

The Long Dark – “Make It Right” Launch Trailer Released
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-long-dark-make-it-right-launch-trailer-released/
Thrown into the expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster ‘The Long Dark’ has finally released it’s launch trailer showing off everything to be expected from the Hinterland Studio.