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

[JEMC]

Let's go with another round of news:

SALES & DEALS

Stylish RPG Child of Light is free-to-keep at the moment
https://www.pcgamer.com/stylish-rpg-child-of-light-is-free-to-keep-at-the-moment/
Released in 2014, Child of Light was a charming sidescrolling RPG developed by Ubisoft Montreal and directed by Patrick Plourde of Assassin's Creed 2 and Far Cry 3 fame. Ubisoft is currently giving it away, and if you grab it before March 28 you'll be able to keep it forever.
>> Talking about free games, here are some free games on Steam (quality may vary):

• 2DGameManias Taken: https://store.steampowered.com/app/822550/2DGameManias_Taken/
• Bomber Barn (the name gives a clue as to what expect): https://store.steampowered.com/app/982840/Bomber_Barn/
• Simple Story - Alex is free until March 30: https://store.steampowered.com/app/814200/Simple_Story__Alex/
• And Nephise Begins will also become free for a limited time later today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/628950/Nephise_Begins/

Steam has two new sales as well as new Midweek Madness deals:

• The new daily deal is Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/704450/Neverwinter_Nights_Enhanced_Edition/
• The Endless franchise is on sale, up to 75% off until the end of the week: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/endless_weekend
• Developer Avalanche has its games up to 90% off until March 30, and the game theHunter: Call of the Wild is free to try for the next 4 days: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/avalanche
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673880/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus/
  • The Dark Cult Bundle, with 5 games that are also individually discounted, is 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13522/The_Dark_Cult_Bundle/
  • Star Control: Origins gets a 67% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260/Star_Control_Origins/
  • And DiRT Rally 2.0 is 60% off... until April 6th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Warhammer: Vermintide 2 franchise is up to 75% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-vermintide-franchise-sale/
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is 50% off for the next 7 days. Remember that it's for the Epic Store: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ancestors-the-humankind-odyssey
• And NBA 2K20 is between 50 and 75% off for the next 7 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/nba2k20-weekly-deal/

And Fanatical's new free with when purchasing 10 € or more is Homebrew - Patent Unknown.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Collabora and Microsoft introduce OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 on DirectX 12
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/collabora-and-microsoft-introduce-opencl-1-2-and-opengl-3-3-on-directx-12/
Collabora has announced that it has partnered with Microsoft DirectX engineers to build OpenCL and OpenGL mapping layers, in order to bring OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 support to all Windows and DirectX 12 enabled devices.
According to the team, this work builds on a lot of previous work. First and foremost, it is building this by using Mesa 3D, with the Gallium interface as the base for the OpenGL layer, and NIR as the base for the OpenCL compiler. Collabora is also using LLVM and the SPIRV-LLVM-Translator from Khronos as the compiler front-end.
In addition, the team is taking advantage of Microsoft’s experience in creating their D3D12 Translation Layer. Moreover, it will take advantage of its own experience from developing Zink.

Unity is giving away hundreds of hours of premium tutorials because of the coronavirus
https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-is-giving-away-hundreds-of-hours-of-premium-tutorials-because-of-the-coronavirus/
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Unity is giving away three months of access to Unity Learn Premium, an enormous repository of high-quality tutorials and courses that will teach you everything from coding to game design and art. If you've always dreamed of making your own game and, like a lot of us, suddenly have too much free time on your hands, this is the perfect opportunity to get started.

Nvidia’s making ray-traced lighting easier for everyone, even AMD
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-rtx-global-illumination-sdk/
Nvidia’s RTX Global Illumination SDK v1.0 (RTXGI) is now available to developers. Included in the new ray tracing toolkit are the tools necessary for scalable lighting solutions in-game across any DXR-enabled GPU—including Pascal cards— without “prohibitive run-time performance requirements”.
(...)
RTXGI will run on any DXR-enabled GPU. That’s any graphics card capable of Microsoft’s DirectX Raytracing API now included with the DirectX 12 Ultimate specification. With AMD also working on its DXR-compatible graphics cards later this year in the shape of RDNA 2.0—coming to a PC (and console) near you by the holiday season—this would suggest Nvidia’s SDK will offer scalable global illumination to team red, too.
>> We'll see if those claims are honest or get changed once the new cards launch.

MODS/EMULATORS

Ultimate Trainer Mod for Resident Evil 3 Remake lets your disable Vignette, change FOV and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ultimate-trainer-mod-for-resident-evil-3-remake-lets-your-disable-vignette-change-fov-and-more/
Modder ‘Raz0r’ has released a must-have trainer for Resident Evil 3 Remake. This Ultimate Trainer is compatible with the demo version and lets you disable the really annoying Vignette graphics effect. It also brings a FOV setting, as well as Height and Zoom options.
Alongside these must-have tweaks, the trainer allows you to adjusts player speed and player size. It can also enable an auto-dodge mode, as well as a god mode.
As with most trainers, it can also allow you to make changes to the game’s difficulty, allow you to walk through walls and lets you fast-forward cutscenes. You can also enable a manual flashlight, enable Quick Saves, disable recoil and more.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods. Also, check the article for three other mods that bring new outfits and a (very shaky) video of an upcoming first person mod.

GAMING NEWS

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint runs significantly faster in Vulkan on both NVIDIA & AMD GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-runs-significantly-faster-in-vulkan-on-both-nvidia-amd-gpus/
It appears that Ubisoft has been utilizing low-level APIs to its latest titles. Today, the French company added Vulkan support to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. And, according to some first third-party benchmarks, the game runs significantly faster in this new API.

Here are 53 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from Wasteland 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-53-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage-from-wasteland-3/
inXile Entertainment has launched that Closed Beta phase for Wasteland 3. Therefore, below you can find a video showing 53 minutes of gameplay footage from it. This video showcases the game’s player customization, as well as its opening combat area.

Samurai Shodown is coming to the PC in Spring 2020 via the Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/samurai-shodown-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-spring-2020-via-the-epic-games-store/
Epic Games has revealed that Samurai Shodown will be coming to the PC in Spring 2020. Moreover, this fighting game will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Yeah, a niche game on a niche digital store, what can go wrong, right?

No, Sony has not removed the “Only on Playstation” tag from God of War, does not hint at a PC release
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-sony-has-not-removed-the-only-on-playstation-tag-from-god-of-war-does-not-hint-at-a-pc-release/
Last night, a rumor surfaced about the removal of a “Only on Playstation” tag. While we’ve already debunked that rumor, it appears that some websites are already reporting on this fake rumor. Therefore, and since we were the ones that did all the investigation, we’ve decided to tell you what is really going on.
This rumor originates from Twitter user “AP”. AP found out that the US PSN Store page of God of War does not feature the “Only on Playstation” tag and assumed that Sony had removed it. However, God of War never had a “Only on Playstation” tag.

The Division 2 Update 8.4 released, brings gameplay and balance changes, fixes numerous bugs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-update-8-4-released-brings-gameplay-and-balance-changes-fixes-numerous-bugs/
Ubisoft has released a brand new update for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. According to the release notes, Title Update 8.4 brings several gameplay and balance tweaks. Moreover, it packs numerous bug fixes.

Avalance Studios has released a teaser trailer for a new unannounced first-person shooter game
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/avalance-studios-has-released-a-teaser-trailer-for-a-new-first-person-shooter-game/
Avalanche Studios has announced that the creation of a self-publishing brand, Systemic Reaction. Systemic Reaction is responsible for Generation Zero, and has released a teaser trailer for its upcoming unannounced game.

First gameplay trailer released for The Wonderful 101: Remastered
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-the-wonderful-101-remastered/
PlatinumGames has released the first official gameplay trailer for The Wonderful 101: Remastered. This trailer will give you a small idea of what you can expect from this new game.