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

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Ladies (Ha, ha) and Gentlemen, here come the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's top 10

1. Resident Evil Village on Steam
2. Pre-purchase Hood: Outlaws & Legends
3. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
4. It Takes Two
5. Valve Index VR Kit
6. Resident Evil Village & Resident Evil 7 Complete Bundle
7. Resident Evil Village & Resident Evil 7 Complete Bundle
8. Arma 3 Creator DLC: S.O.G. Prairie Fire
9. Pre-purchase Mass Effect Legendary Edition
10. NieR-Automata

Resident Evil Village broke 100,000 concurrent players on PC, setting series record
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-village-broke-100000-concurrent-players-on-pc-setting-series-record/
Resident Evil Village had a damn good release on PC, breaking 100,000 concurrent players on launch and setting a record for the series.
The game netted 101,726 concurrent players on its May 7 release day, according to SteamDB. That makes it the biggest peak for any Resident Evil release on PC to date, with second-best Resident Evil 2 Remake still firmly behind with a peak of 74,227 concurrent players. Other PC launches in the series like Resident Evil 3 Remake saw a peak of 60,293 players, with Resident Evil 7 pulling in just 20,449 concurrent players.

GOG starts the week with a new release and three Weekly Sales!

• The first is the regular Weekly Sale, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210510_weekly_sale
• The second one is a Night Dive Studios Publisher Sale, putting its games up to 60% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/night_dive_studios
• And the last one is a Square Enix Publisher Sale, with up to 89% discounts. All the games are from their western studios: https://www.gog.com/promo/square_enix
• Finally, the new game is Radio Commander - Complete Edition, 70% off until May 17: https://www.gog.com/game/radio_commander_complete_edition

Steam has two new deals:

• The new daily deal is Becastled, still in Early Access, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330460/Becastled/
• And EZ2ON REBOOT : R, also in Early Access, will be 15% off until the 15th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477590/EZ2ON_REBOOT__R/

And Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Wasteland 3, 60% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/wasteland-3
• The new Mystery Madness Bundle comes with up to 10 unknown games to grab: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-madness-bundle
• A new edition of May Madness Sale is now live! With thousands of games on sale from a lot of publishers like Bethesda, Capcom, Devolver Digital, etc. Don't forget to check it out.
• And with the May Madness also comes a new feature called "Spin to Win". Learn more about it here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/may-madness-spin-to-win-how-it-works-what-you-could-win

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA Marbles RTX Demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-marbles-rtx-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Back in September 2020, we informed you about one of the best tech demo for real-time ray tracing, NVIDIA’s Marbles RTX. And today, we are happy to report that this tech demo is available for download.
This demo has hundreds of dynamic ray-traced lights and over one hundred million polygons. Furthermore, the demo showcases photorealistic real-time graphics, and supports both NVIDIA’s Omniverse and DLSS technologies.
In order to download and install the Marbles RTX Demo, you’ll have to download the Omniverse beta from here. Once installed, you can find the RTX Tech demo inside the Omniverse launcher as an app.

Microsoft yanks a dodgy AMD driver that is bricking some Windows 10 PCs
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-yanks-a-dodgy-amd-driver-that-is-bricking-some-windows-10-pcs/
Attention AMD users, if your Windows 10 PC recently began having trouble booting up with an error message indicating a problem with your boot drive, it's likely because of a buggy driver doled out through Windows Update. Microsoft has pulled the driver following numerous reports of boot issues.

The dodgy driver is labeled as "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - SCSIAdapter - 9.3.0.221," and as spotted by Windows Latest, there are numerous reports of it crashing PCs with the blue screen of death (BSOD) error code "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE."
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So, how did this happen? According to the software engineer, the driver was slowly rolled out to compatible PCs and, during that phase, was not flagged as problematic. But then it started to arrive on incompatible machines because of how it was listed.
"The driver installed on an extremely generic hardware ID, so on certain machines it would put that driver in the wrong place," they explained.
AMD and Microsoft share the blame on this one, though as the engineer noted, "ultimately MS delivered and installed this driver, so we need to be better about this."

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Shadow Man Unreal Engine 4 Fan Remake appears to be in development
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shadow-man-unreal-engine-4-fan-remake-appears-to-be-in-development/
Nightdive Studios released last month a remastered version of Shadow Man. However, it appears that some indie devs are working on a full remake of the game in Unreal Engine 4, and there is a trailer of it that you can watch below.

This mod lets you play as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil 3 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/this-mod-lets-you-play-as-lady-dimitrescu-in-resident-evil-3-remake/
Modder ‘Raq’ has released a new mod for Resident Evil 3 Remake that allows you to play as Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu. this is basically a character swap mod that replaces Jill Valentine with Alcina Dimitrescu.
The modder has extracted Dimitrescu’s model from Resident Evil Village and imported it to RE3R. Not only that, but this mod has full facial animations and also includes cloth physics for her dress.
To be honest, it would make more sense to replace Nemesis with Dimitrescu. Then again, I’m pretty certain that someone is already working on such a mod for Resident Evil 3 Remake. Also, and since modders were able to extract this 3D model, we’ll be soon getting a Nude Lady Dimitrescu Mod for Resident Evil Village.
Anyway, you can download this mod from here. You can install it by dragging and dropping the mod folder inside Games/Mods/RE3R with FluffyQuack’s Mod Manager.

New NieR: Automata HD Texture Pack overhauls over 300 textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/new-nier-automata-hd-texture-pack-overhauls-over-300-textures/
In December 2018, we informed you about a must-have HD Texture Pack for NieR: Automata. And today, modder GPUnity released a new – and final – version of it that overhauls over 300 textures.
The goal of this mod is to fix the low-resolution textures and maintain visual consistency for the best user experience. Furthermore, there is a lite version of the texture pack is available for anyone with a lower-end system.
Do note that this Texture Pack requires Kaldaien’s FAR (Fix Automata Resolution) mod, which allows for texture injection.
Alternatively, you can use Special K for the Windows Store Version. You can download this HD Texture Pack for NieR Automata from here.

This mod brings Albert Wesker to Resident Evil Village
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-mod-brings-albert-wesker-to-resident-evil-village/
DarknessValtier has released a new mod for Resident Evil Village that replaces Chris Redfield with Albert Wesker. As you may have guessed, this is a character swap mod and nothing more. The good news is that there are full facial animations to the Wesker model.
Unfortunately, though, everyone will be addressing Wesker as Chris. Moreover, this mod does not change Chris’s voice, meaning that Albert will sound like Chris.
Still, this is something that some die-hard RE fans will find cool. After all, we all love Albert, right?
You can download this mod from here. As a bonus, here is another mod that brings the NieR Automata outfits to this latest Resident Evil game. This mod gives the Dimitrescu daughters a YorHa dress. Optionally, you can also give them the visor and the virtuous contract.

A new mod series adds the trappings of Mass Effect to RimWorld
https://www.pcgamer.com/an-new-mod-series-adds-the-trappings-of-mass-effect-to-rimworld/
The hands-down best modding team for RimWorld is working on a spate of new content from the Mass Effect universe, putting the "story, races, objects, and conflicts of Mass Effect" into the sci-fi colony management and survival strategy game. The goal of the mod series is to drop the things of Mass Effect into RimWorld as though they belong there, not reskin the whole game. The core mod for RimEffect is now on the Steam Workshop, and this first of many adds... a lot.

GAMING NEWS

The first DLC for Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 will be free to everyone
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-first-dlc-for-sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts-2-will-be-available-to-everyone/
CI Games announced today that it will provide the first major DLC release free of charge to all owners of Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. This first DLC will feature a new and extensive map complete with brand new contracts.

Battlefield 6/Battlefield 2021 debut trailer will most likely release this week
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/battlefield-6-battlefield-2021-debut-trailer-will-most-likely-release-this-week/
Last month, Oskar Gabrielson, General Manager at DICE, claimed that Battlefield 6/Battlefield 2021 will be revealed soon. And, from the looks of it, EA may release its announcement trailer later this week.