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Rhonin the wizard said:

Game developers aren't interested in NFTs and cryptocurrency, report suggests
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-21-game-developers-arent-interested-in-nfts-and-cryptocurrency
Game developers aren't interested in NFTs and cryptocurrency, according to the latest GDC State Of The Game Industry report. NFTs have already proven divisive in the industry with many big studios leaning into the technology despite criticism from players. However, 70 percent of developers asked for this survey were not interested in NFTs. Meanwhile, 72 percent were not interested in cryptocurrency as a payment tool.

Original plan for Assassin's Creed series was for it all to end on a spaceship
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-21-original-plan-for-assassins-creed-series-was-for-it-all-to-end-on-a-spaceship
The original plan for Assassin's Creed - back when the whole franchise was planned as a trilogy - would have seen series hero Desmond blasting off on a spaceship.

Not really PC related or videogame related, but I wanted to share this new height of NFT stupidity with you guys.

NFT group buys rare Dune book, believes it gives them IP rights
https://stealthoptional.com/news/nft-group-rare-dune-book/
Over the weekend, a crypto enthusiast group managed to win an auction for a rare 1975 Dune book created by Alejandro Jodorowsky as part of a failed film pitch. The book was expected to be sold for around €25,000. However, the NFT group ramped up the auction to buy the book for €2.66 million; the equivalent of $3.04 million.
>>Yes they bought a book thinking it gives them ownership of the copyright. They also plan to scan the pages, turn them into NFTs and then burn the book to drive up the price of the NFTs.

1) Developers aren't interested in NFTs, but publishers are, and they are the ones that decide what developers will do.

2) Ok, that would have been a great ending. Too bad it couldn't happen.

3) Yeah, read it the other day. So stupid. Servers them right.

Captain_Yuri said:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 reviews arrive on January 26th, a day before launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050-reviews-arrive-on-january-26th-a-day-before-launch

Now that AMD has shown off how much of a turd the 6500XT is, Nvidia is now confident that their GPU is good enough to be reviewed before launch

Crypto Price Crash: Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana, Cardano And XRP Suddenly In Freefall

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2022/01/20/crypto-price-crash-bitcoin-ethereum-bnb-solana-cardano-and-xrp-suddenly-in-freefall/

It's been down for almost a month now and isn't recovering yet.. Do we see the sparkle of light at the end of the tunnel?

Nvidia is so confident with the 3050 that it even claims that it's faster than other cards with ray tracing enabled... because the other cards used for the comparison can't do RT: https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-happily-confirms-rtx-3050-is-faster-with-raytracing-on-than-gpus-without-raytracing-support

And have our prayers been listened and the whole crypto scene is falling apart (if only temporarily)? Let's hope so, and that many scalpers lose lots of money as well.

Rhonin the wizard said:

Seems the Hitman 3 Steam launch isn't going too well.

Hitman 3 is Being Review Bombed on Steam
https://gamerant.com/hitman-3-steam-review-bombed/
Hitman 3 officially came out a year ago on January 20, 2021, but the PC version was only released on the Epic Games Store. As a result of this deal, Hitman 3 launched on Steam a year later on January 20, 2022, marking the end of the exclusivity period.

Hitman subreddit temporarily closes following Hitman 3 Steam launch
https://www.pcgamesn.com/hitman-3/subreddit
Hitman 3 finally came to Steam this week, though it isn’t going down well with certain groups of fans. We’ve seen players air frustrations over pricing and the VR implementation on social media, with the subreddit even closing down temporarily as a result.

They knew what they were agreeing to when they signed that deal with Epic. Now they have to face the consequences.

hinch said:

[Rumor] In other news Insider/leaker Greymon55 states there's going to be a RX 6000 refresh coming up from AMD. No RDNA 3 until late 2022 or even 2023?

AMD seems to be preparing a new version of the RX 6000 series, I don't know the details, maybe an upgrade to 18Gbps?

— Greymon55 (@greymon55) January 17, 2022

No delay so far for RDNA3. Probably it's just AMD trying to counter the new Ti cards and, since RDNA2 is bandwitch starved, the memory bump could bring some benefits.

WoodenPints said:

I wish I could be more optimistic about the 4000 series but I just can't bring myself to be.

After the last two years, it's understandable to be wary about what's going to happen.

Last edited by JEMC - on 21 January 2022