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

[JEMC]

Monday news, part two:

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford may be hinting at a new Borderlands game
https://www.pcgamer.com/gearbox-boss-randy-pitchford-may-be-hinting-at-a-new-borderlands-game/
There is no question that we will, someday, get a new Borderlands game. The videogame industry is borne on the wings of sequels, after all, and Borderlands 3 was a major success. But it's starting to look like it might arrive sooner than expected.

Tell me how to feel about this hunky cartoon Fortnite cat
https://www.pcgamer.com/tell-me-how-to-feel-about-this-hunky-cartoon-fortnite-cat/
I stop paying attention to Fortnite for half a second and it apparently starts turning into a 1930s-style cartoon? In the short cartoon above, perfectly titled Toona Trouble, Fortnite's resident ripped cat cop Meowscles has been transformed into a Felix the Cat or Steamboat Willy homage. It's a fun little short, but of course, this being Fortnite, Toon Meowscles is also a skin you can buy right now and use in-game.
>> I wonder how many will get that Felix the Cat reference.

Call of Duty: Warzone patch nerfs AMAX by 1 damage point
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-patch-nerfs-amax-by-1-damage/
Though it "pains" them to do it, Call of Duty: Warzone caretakers Raven Software sometimes have to shed a single tear and make a gun a little worse. Today's patch takes the popular CR-56 AMAX assault rifle down a notch. And it's literally one notch: The assault rifle's minimum damage has been decreased from 32 to 31 in Warzone (but not Cold War).

Step aside Rambo, Die Hard's John McClane is coming for Call of Duty: Warzone
https://www.pcgamer.com/step-aside-rambo-die-hards-john-mcclane-is-coming-for-call-of-duty-warzone/
Looks like Rambo isn't the only 80s movie hero heading for Call of Duty: Warzone. A tweet from the official Call of Duty account makes it look like John McClane, the wisecracking protagonist of the Die Hard movies played by Bruce Willis, is on his way to Verdansk.

The new Skullgirls character has a living umbrella that eats people
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-skullgirls-character-has-a-living-umbrella-that-eats-people/
The new character coming to fighting game Skullgirls this year is Umbrella, a little girl in a raincoat who wields as a weapon a living umbrella-like lovecraftian horror that eats people. Umbrella is the second new character for Skullgirls this year after Annie, who released in beta form in March. Both Umbrella and Annie are part of the Skullgirls season pass, a first for the long-running fighting game.

Steam rejects VR sex experience Holodexxx
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-rejects-vr-sex-experience-holodexxx/
"The future of adult entertainment is photo-realistic adult stars in virtual reality" according to the developer of Holodexxx, which takes scanned 3D models based on adult film stars "and brings them to life using the latest in chatbot technology." As Holodexxx's developer explained in a recent blog post, after being rejected three times over the last year they have given up on trying to sell their vision of the "future of adult entertainment" on Steam.

Two murder mysteries and a game about smashing walls compete for the IGF grand prize
https://www.pcgamer.com/two-murder-mysteries-and-a-game-about-smashing-walls-compete-for-the-igf-grand-prize/
The Independent Games Festival Competition has announced the nominees for all categories in its 2021 awards. This year's nominees for the Big Shiny known as the Seumas McNally Grand Prize—a prize that in previous years has gone to games like A Night in the Woods, Papers, Please, and Minecraft—are surrealist immortal detective adventure Paradise Killer, destruction sandbox Teardown, color-themed puzzle-platformer Chicory: A Colorful Tale, jazzy cosmic adventure Genesis Noir, ferrymaster afterlife sim Spiritfarer, and Umurangi Generation, a photo safari set in the "shitty future".

Mass Effect Legendary Edition used mods as a benchmark for its improvements
https://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-legendary-edition-used-mods-as-a-benchmark-for-its-improvements/
Head over to NexusMods and you'll find mods for each game in the Mass Effect trilogy. Over a thousand of them, with some of the most popular the graphical overhauls A Lot of Textures and A Lot of Videos. BioWare is aware of these mods, and while working on Mass Effect Legendary Edition, used them as a benchmark.

Days Gone on PC won't support DLSS or ray tracing
https://www.pcgamer.com/days-gone-on-pc-wont-support-dlss-or-ray-tracing/
The PC release of Days Gone is just over a week away, and while things like ultrawide monitor support are being added, Bend Studio has revealed that DLSS and ray tracing won't be supported.
>> Disappointing, but not unexpected.They're not going to put features that aren't available on the PS4 nor PS5 versions.

Filmmaker claims Capcom used his creature designs in Resident Evil Village
https://www.pcgamer.com/filmmaker-claims-capcom-used-his-creature-designs-in-resident-evil-village/
A film director has claimed Capcom used one of his creature designs for a monster in Resident Evil Village.
Richard Raaphorst, who directed the 2013 found-footage horror flick Frankenstein's Army, shared some comparison images on his LinkedIn page between the monster from his movie and the one from Village. The creature, which looks a bit like a Big Daddy with a desk fan glued to his face, is seen standing in a similarly derelict building in the first image. The second image shows both the movie and game version of the creature on fire.