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

[JEMC]

Tuesday news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has sold more copies on the PC than its predecessor on all platforms
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-vermintide-2-has-sold-more-copies-on-the-pc-than-its-predecessor-on-all-platforms/
It appears that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a hit for Fatshark. According to its CEO, Martin Wahlund, the game has sold more copies on the PC than its predecessor on all platforms. In other words, in just two weeks, the team has managed to outsell the lifetime revenue of the original Vermintide.

 

There are new deals at GOG:

• The daily deal is Memoranda, 80% off: https://www.gog.com/game/memoranda https://www.gog.com/game/memoranda
• To celebrate the launch of three more Close Combat games on the store, they are 50% off. The games are: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg, Cross of Iron and Modern Tactics.

 

On the Humble Store, there's a new IGF Awards Sale: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/igf-awards-sale/

 

And lastly, we have Steam with its 14... no, wait, it's 1362... no! 1292 (the number keeps changing!) weeklong deals. When I click the link it shows nothing, so I'll just post those listed in the store page:

• The Early Access title Medieval Kingdom Wars is 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/499660/Medieval_Kingdom_Wars/
• Armello is also 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/290340/Armello/
• Total War: SHOGUN 2 is 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/201270/Total_War_SHOGUN_2/
• Magicka 2 is 70% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/238370/Magicka_2/
• Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is 70% off too: http://store.steampowered.com/app/350640/Sherlock_Holmes_The_Devils_Daughter/
• Titan Souls is 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/297130/Titan_Souls/
• And lastly, we have Crypt of the NecroDancer, that is 80% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/

 

SOFTWARE

NVIDIA officially collaborates with Microsoft for the DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-officially-collaborates-with-microsoft-for-the-directx-raytracing-dxr-api-first-screenshot/
As promised, NVIDIA today announced its collaboration with Microsoft for a brand new DirectX API that will allow real-time ray tracing. According to the teams, the DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API will enable straightforward access to real-time ray tracing running on development graphics hardware, and below you can find its first screenshot from Remedy’s Northlight Engine.

>>As with any positive story related to MSoft, Vasto has a thread about it. But don't set your hopes too high because...

 

Real-time raytracing is a next-next-gen feature, Seed Tech Demo ran on three NVIDIA Titan V
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/real-time-raytracing-is-a-next-next-gen-feature-seed-tech-demo-ran-on-three-nvidia-titan-v/
(...) while some gamers are excited about this, we should temper everyone’s expectations. As Remedy claimed, this technology remains at research level, and as such it is far from being implemented into a video game.
So, the big question is when can we expect to see some sort of this real-time ray tracing techniques in video-games? According to the co-founder of Hatrabbit Entertainment, Joakim Svarling, this will happen in next-next generation. In other words, we can expect games to use some form of real-time ray tracing when PS6 and Xbox Three (assuming that Microsoft keeps using the One, Two, Three names) come out.

 

AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.3.3 driver is optimized for Sea of Thieves, adds Vulkan 1.1 support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-adrenalin-18-3-3-driver-is-optimized-for-sea-of-thieves-adds-vulkan-1-1-support/
AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.3.3 driver is optimized for Sea of Thieves and A Way Out, and adds official support for Vulkan 1.1.

>>You can download them from here.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Star Wars comes to Company of Heroes thanks to this great total conversion mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-comes-to-company-of-heroes-thanks-to-this-great-total-conversion-mod/
The Front Lines Development team has released the alpha version of its Star Wars total conversion mod for Company of Heroes, StarWars Frontlines – The Galactic Civil War. According to the team, this alpha version features limited, but exciting content that has never been seen in Company of Heroes before.

>>It's available from ModDB.

 

GAMING NEWS

New screenshots released for Codemasters’ upcoming arcade racer, ONRUSH
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-codemasters-upcoming-arcade-racer-onrush/
Codemasters has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming arcade racing game, ONRUSH. ONRUSH is described as a celebration of sensational speed, outright fun and over the top spectacle.