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The Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: Iron Harvest, 78% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/iron-harvest
And we warned, next Monday starts a new BundleFest.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 527.37 WHQL
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-527-37-whql
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Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for the latest new games including Marvel’s Midnight Suns featuring NVIDIA DLSS 2 and advanced ray tracing effects. Additionally, this Game Ready Driver supports the launch of Need for Speed Unbound which utilizes NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology.

New Games Supported By GeForce Experience’s Optimal Settings
GeForce Experience’s one-click optimal settings enable you to instantly configure game options for your system’s hardware, giving you smooth, optimized gameplay. Over 1000 titles are supported, and since our last driver release we’ve added support for 15 more:

• Against the Storm
• Coral Island
• Evil West
• Gotham Knights
• Mabinogi Heroes
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Sonic Frontiers
• The Chant
• Tower of Fantasy
• TRAHA Global
• UNDECEMBER
• Victoria 3
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• WRC Generations – The FIA WRC Official Game

Fixed Issues

• Driver 526.98 fails to install on certain GeForce GTX 3060 Ti graphics cards [3872912]
• MSI Afterburner is not prioritizing GPU temp limit over power when selected in app [3858911]
• Flicker may be observed when streaming using the TikTok Broadcasting Tool [3831084]
• [RTX 40 series] Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition may show random screen flash during gameplay [3793355]
• Background apps may randomly display a slight shift in color saturation [3766872]

AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.11.2
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-11-2
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Support for

• The Callisto Protocol™
• Need for Speed™ Unbound
• The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt Next-Gen Update

Fixed Issues

• During video playback and window switching, an intermittent driver timeout or black screen may occur on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs using some 240Hz refresh rate displays or high refresh rate primary display plus low refresh rate secondary display configurations.
• Stuttering may occur during video playback using hardware acceleration with Firefox on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• AMDRSServ.exe may cause GPU utilization to remain at 100% after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon™ 570.
• An intermittent driver timeout or black screen may occur while videos are playing in VRChat™ on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here is the Playstation 4 emulator, fpPS4, running some PS4 games
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-the-playstation-4-emulator-fpps4-running-some-ps4-games/
YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ has shared a video, showcasing the Playstation 4 emulator, fpPS4, booting and going in-game in a number of PS4 games.
Now as we’ve said and before, the emulator is still unable to boot any triple-A PS4 game. Still, it’s remarkable witnessing its progress. The fact that it can at least run some 2D and simple 3D games is already incredible.
>> The video is more than 20 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

The Witcher 3 Next-Gen will have Ray Tracing Global Illumination, Reflections, Ambient Occlusion and Shadows on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-next-gen-will-have-ray-tracing-global-illumination-reflections-ambient-occlusion-and-shadows-on-pc/
A few days ago, CD Projekt RED detailed the Ray Tracing effects for The Witcher 3 Next-Gen. According to the team, The Witcher 3 Next-Gen will have Ray Tracing for Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusion. However, NVIDIA is also stating that the PC version will also have Ray Tracing for both Reflections and Shadows.

Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD apparently has a fully functional Tyrant from Resident Evil Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-4-ultimate-hd-functional-tyrant-resident-evil-remake/
Now here is something really crazy. From the looks of it, Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD has a fully functional Tyrant (including the 3D model, AI and data) from Resident Evil Remake.
For those unaware, Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD is a refined PC version of RE4 that came out in 2014. This version featured native keyboard and mouse support with customizable key binding, mouse sensitivity, and mouse acceleration settings. Moreover, it came with support for 60fps.

The Callisto Protocol has shader compilation stutters and optimization issues on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-callisto-protocol-has-shader-compilation-stutters-and-optimization-issues-on-pc/
KRAFTON has just released The Callisto Protocol on PC, and we have some bad news for all its PC fans. Unfortunately, the game suffers from shader compilation stutters. Not only that, but there are numerous optimization issues currently on PC.