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

[JEMC]

Yep, it's time for the Wednesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Get Observer, Beholder and more in the Humble Dystopian Bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-observer-beholder-and-more-in-the-humble-dystopian-bundle/
Everyone loves dystopian settings so much that we decided to live in one, but that doesn’t mean we can’t also enjoy a good fictional dystopia, which is exactly what the Humble Dystopian Bundle offers up.
Pay what you want for Tokyo 42, Distrust, Beholder and Orwell. Beholder’s the only one I’ve played, and it’s great but rather unsettling. You play a landlord tasked with surveilling your tenants for an authoritarian government, peeping on them, bugging their flat, rummaging through their things.

GOG celebrates the arrival of new Japanese Visual Novel with a new Midweek sale named Soul of Japan and filled with visual novels, jRPGs and action RPGs up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20181114_japanese_midweek

Let's check Steam's daily deal, as well as its 4 Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is This War of Mine, 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
• The first of the Midweek Madness deal is a Norway Sale (Connan exiles, Teslagrad, The Longest Journey, etc.) with discounts ranging from 20 to 90%: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-from-norway/
• Next comes Injustice 2, 50% off (the DLCs are not on sale): https://store.steampowered.com/app/627270/Injustice_2/
• Crusader Kings II is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/Crusader_Kings_II/
• And lastly, the Darksiders franchise is on sale, 90% off for the bundle and 85% off each individual game: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/darksiders/

Lastly, at Fanatical there's a new Ashes of Singularity: Escalation Bundle with 2 tiers, one with 3 products (game + 2 DLCs) and another with 9 (game plus 8 DLCs): https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/ashes-of-singularity-escalation-bundle

SOFTWARE

NVIDIA GeForce 416.94 WHQL available for download, optimized for Battlefield V, Fallout 76 & Hitman 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-416-94-whql-available-for-download-optimized-battlefield-v-fallout-76-hitman-2/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the key notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 416.94 WHQL driver provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V, Fallout 76 and Hitman 2.
Unfortunately, the release notes are not yet available so we don’t have enough information about what has been changed or improved.
>> Available from here.

Windows 10 October Update Version 1809 has been re-released and is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-october-update-version-1809-has-been-re-released-and-is-available-for-download/
Microsoft has announced that the October 2018 update for Windows 10 has been re-released. This update came out a few days ago but was pulled since it was deleting files from the hard drives of those that had downloaded.
As Microsoft has publicly stated:
“On November 13, 2018, we will begin the re-release of the Windows 10 October Update (version 1809), Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server, version 1809. We encourage you to wait until the feature update is offered to your device automatically.”
This update will bring official support to DirectX RayTracing (DXR) so hopefully we’ll some patches for both Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Battlefield 5 in November or December.

Valve paid $20,000 to hacker who discovered critical Steam security flaw
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-paid-dollar20000-to-hacker-who-discovered-critical-steam-security-flaw/
Security researcher Artem Moskowsky recently discovered a flaw in Steam that enabled unscrupulous users with access to the developer portal to generate unlimited game keys. But rather than reward himself with a copy of every game on the platform, or generating thousands of Crusader Kings 2 keys to unload through resellers, he brought the problem to Valve's attention and was rewarded with $20,000 for his troubles.
"This bug was discovered randomly during the exploration of the functionality of a web application," Moskowsky told The Register. "It could have been used by any attacker who had access to the portal."

MODS/EMULATORS

-empty-

GAMING NEWS

Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC patch 6 available for download, full release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-pc-patch-6-available-for-download-full-release-notes-revealed/
EIDOS Montreal and Nixxes have released a new patch for the PC version of Shadow of the Tomb Raider. According to the release notes, this latest update adds matchmaking & friend invite for the new cooperative gameplay functionality added with the Forge of Destiny Challenge Tomb.

Latest The Sims 4 patch brings terrain tools, first-person camera and new career, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/latest-the-sims-4-patch-brings-terrain-tools-first-person-camera-and-new-career-available-for-download/
Electronic Arts has released a brand new major update for The Sims 4 that introduces terrain tools, adds a first-person camera viewpoint, brings a new career, as well as additional basement levels and half wall heights.

Fighting EX Layer is coming to the PC on November 30th, official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fighting-ex-layer-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-november-30th-official-pc-system-requirements/
ARIKA has launched the official Steam store page for Fighting EX Layer, revealing that this new fighting game will come out on the PC on November 30th. In addition, the team has revealed the game’s official minimum and recommended PC system requirements.

A new Descent game is coming out in 2019, first screenshots and details
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-new-descent-game-is-coming-out-in-2019-first-screenshots-and-details/
Descendent Studios, the team behind Descent: Underground, is currently working on a new Descent game that will be powered by Unreal Engine 4, called Descent (2019). According to its description, this new Descent will be a classic six-degrees-of-freedom action-reimagined for a new generation using Unreal Engine 4.

Battlefield 5 day-1 patch adds DXR real-time ray tracing support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-day-1-patch-adds-dxr-real-time-ray-tracing-support/
Electronic Arts has released the day-1 patch for Battlefield 5 for all platforms. According to the release notes, this first patch adds further improvements to game client stability, resolves an issue which would make the menus unusable when cancelling a matchmaking session and brings support to DXR real-time ray tracing.

Fate/EXTELLA LINK is coming to the PC in Q1 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fate-extella-link-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-q1-2019/
Marvelous Europe has announced that Fate/EXTELLA LINK is set for release in the first quarter of 2019 on the PC. Picking up right where the 2017 smash hit Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star left off, Fate/EXTELLA LINK adds 10 servants to the original roster of 16.

New screenshots released for Square Enix’s LEFT ALIVE
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-square-enixs-left-alive/
Square Enix has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming action/mech title, LEFT ALIVE. LEFT ALIVE will allow players to control human characters and mechs in third-person perspective and these latest screenshots showcase some of the in-game characters.