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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has two new deals:

• Espresso Tycoon, that has a demo, will be 27% off until the 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1543280/Espresso_Tycoon/
• The Road 96: Mile 0 – Full Journey bundle has a 71% discount. There's no mention of how long it will last, but the individual games are on sale until the 12th, so... https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30911/Road_96_Mile_0__Full_Journey/

Fanatical has one new bundle and a contest:

• The BYO Premiere Bundle features 23 titles to choose from for your 3, 5 or 8 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-premiere-bundle
• And there's a contest to win one of five bundles or $2 coupons for the store. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-your-own-bundle-contest

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.12.1 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-23-12-1
Highlights

• New Game Support
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
• NEW AMD Software UI Redesign –The Home and Gaming tab have undergone a UI redesign in this latest update of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition.
  • HYPR-RX profiles can now be enabled easily on a global basis, or per-game on the Home Tab; additionally, games on the Home tab now will display key art for a more vibrant experience
  • When users go to the Graphics section within the Gaming tab, they will be able to learn more about specific features in each HYPR-RX profile by clicking on individual features to display a content block that contains more information about what benefits each feature enables
  • Now when you view your performance metrics in AMD Software, you can choose to customize elements such as the background or text colours, default enabled metrics through profiles, as well as select options such as showing the metrics overlay only while a game is open.
• Introducing: AMD HYPR-RX Eco – designed with power savings in mind, when HYPR-RX Eco is enabled, AMD Software will enable a suite of features for gamers to experience power savings with one click
  • HYPR-RX Eco will launch initially with support for Radeon™️ 7000 Series graphics support and RDNA™️ 3 platforms
• Expanded OpenGL Interop Support - AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 expands support for FRTC, Radeon™ Super Resolution, Overlay, Record and Stream features to OpenGL games.
• Additional OS Feature Support
  • Support for Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling for Radeon RX 7900/7800/7700 series GPUs. Click HERE for more information.
• Additional SDK Support
  • Additional Vulkan® extensions. Click HERE for more information.
• AI and Machine Learning
  • DirectML improvements and optimizations for Topaz AI and DaVinci Resolve on AMD Radeon RX 600M, 700M, 6000, and 7000 series graphics.

Fixed Issues

• Improvements to high idle power when using select dual monitor display setups with mixed resolutions and high refresh rate displays (such as 1440p @ 120/144Hz + 1080p @ 120/144Hz or 2160p @ 120/144Hz + 1080p @ 120/144Hz) on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent micro-stuttering may be experienced when running Chromium-based browsers on systems that pair a Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPU with a secondary display connected to an AMD Ryzen™ 7000 series processor.
• Stars may intermittently fail to appear while playing Crysis Remastered.
• Certain textures may become invisible while playing Final Fantasy X HD Remaster on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent corruption may be observed on the racetrack while playing EA Sports WRC.
• Intermittent stutter while playing Overwatch 2 on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XTX.

>> The article also mentions support for the game The Finals, but there's no mention of it in AMD's notes. Also Videocardz has another article explaining some of the changes.

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GAMING NEWS

Layers of Fears Patch 1.6.1 adds support for NVIDIA DLSS 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/layers-of-fear-patch-1-6-1-adds-support-for-nvidia-dlss-3/
Bloober Team has released Title Update 1.6.1 for Layers of Fears which adds official support for NVIDIA DLSS 3. By enabling DLSS 3 Frame Generation, owners of the RTX 40 series graphics cards can get a significant performance boost.

8 minutes of leaked gameplay from the PC version of Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/8-minutes-of-gameplay-leaked-from-the-pc-version-of-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora/
Ubisoft will release Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora tomorrow. However, it appears that someone has leaked 8 minutes of gameplay from its PC version. Not only that but this leaked gameplay video has performance statistics. As such, it can give you an idea of how the game performs on an NVIDIA RTX 4070Ti.

Grand Theft Auto 6 vs Grand Theft Auto 5 Early Graphics Comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/grand-theft-auto-6-vs-grand-theft-auto-5-early-graphics-comparison/
YouTube’s ‘Cycu1’ has shared a comparison video between Grand Theft Auto 6 and Grand Theft Auto 5. This early graphics comparison video will give you an idea of how much better the sequel to GTA5 will be. So, go ahead and take a look at it.
>> And here's an announcement of mine: since the game hasn't (yet) been announced for PC and this is the PC thread, this is the last GTA VI article I'll post in the news until it gets announced for our platform.