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Friday (yay!) news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

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SOFTWARE

Destiny 2 will not be compatible with EVGA Precision, MSi Afterburner, FRAPS, OBS and XSplit
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/destiny-2-will-not-be-compatible-with-evga-precision-msi-afterburner-fraps-obs-and-xsplit/
Bungie has announced that Destiny 2 won’t be compatible with a lot of well known third-party monitoring programs. The dev team noted that it will resist attempts by third-party applications to insert code into the game client in order to prevent hackers from getting access to it. As such, programs like FRAPS, EVGA Precision and MSi Afterburner will not be supported.

 

Valve makes changes to Steam groups to fight spammers and simplify signups
http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-makes-changes-to-steam-groups-to-fight-spammers-and-simplify-signups/
The most recent round of Valve's Steam-tinkering brings in changes to Steam community groups, aimed at simplifying the process of joining them and cutting down on their misuse by spammers. Valve said the current system was fine when Steam "was a smaller and simpler place," but now neither of those things are true and it's all kind of schmozzle.

 

Steam has an average of 14 million concurrent users every day
http://www.pcgamer.com/steam-has-an-average-of-14-million-concurrent-users-every-day/
It's a truth universally acknowledged that Steam is huge, but sometimes it takes cold hard figures to really know how big something is. And thanks to a recent Valve presentation at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle earlier this week (via Geekwire), we have some interesting numbers.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Quake 2 looks absolutely stunning – and noisy as hell – with real-time GPU pathtracing renderer
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-2-absolutely-stunning-real-time-gpu-pathtracing-renderer/
Path tracing and ray tracing are two renderers that we strongly believe will benefit video-games in one or two decades. Yeah, we are talking about something that some people may never experience, however real-time pathtracing is capable of producing incredible reflections, shadows, and global illumination effects. And gamers can get an idea of what pathtracing is all about as Edd Biddulph has been working on a GPU pathtracer for Quake 2.

>>There's a video showing how it looks but, if you want to experience it, you can do it from here.

 

GAMING NEWS

F1 2017 – Career mode expanded and detailed
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/f1-2017-career-mode-expanded-and-detailed/
Codemasters and Deep Silver have today released the latest gameplay trailer for F1 2017, the official videogame of the 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, showcasing the extensive Career Mode that makes it the most complete game in the franchise’s history.

 

Blizzard Working on New IP’s and is Incubating New Ideas
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-working-on-new-ips-and-is-incubating-new-ideas/
Blizzard has begun working on new IP’s for their upcoming games, but will not rush any new titles as there is many of such incubating within the developer.

 

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana – New trailer showcases a new cast of characters
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana-new-trailer-showcases-a-new-cast-of-characters/
NIS America has released a new trailer for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana – New trailer showcases a new cast of characters, introducing a new cast of colorful characters who aid Adol on his journey. This trailer shows the young noblewoman Laxia, as well as fisherman Sahad, transporter Hummel, and the isle native Ricotta.

 

Highlander and Gladiator Class Added to For Honor Season 3
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/highlander-and-gladiator-class-added-to-for-honor-season-3/
Now that season three is on it’s way Ubisoft have begun to discuss what they will be adding to the new season to change things up a bit. New Highlander and Gladiator classes, gear and maps are just some of the specialities in the coming August update.

 

Path of Exile Expansion The Fall of Oriath Today
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/path-of-exile-expansion-the-fall-of-oriath-today/
Tonight Path of Exile will release their new expansion The Fall of Oriath adding Act Five to complete the story. Also, adding five more acts based on the regular five to replace the higher difficulty levels. The update will be going live tonight but the patch notes are live now and can be viewed here: v3.0.0 patch notes