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Here come the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical’s new Star Deal is Insurgency: Sandstorm, 73% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/insurgency-sandstorm.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 24.8.1 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-24-8-1
Highlights
New Game Support

• Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Open Beta
• Concord™
• FINAL FANTASY XVI
• Star Wars Outlaws™

Expanded HYPR-Tune Support

• HYPR-Tune support allows HYPR-RX to enable in-game technologies like AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution.
• Support now added to automatically configure AMD FSR 3 frame generation in:
  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 Support for Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT

• Takes responsive gaming to the next level by introducing an in-game option to optimally pace frames, further reducing input lag on AMD RDNA™ architecture-based discrete and integrated graphics products.
  • Get a decrease in latency in Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT at 4K “Very High” settings of up to 28% when using AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 with frame generation with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 compared to using it without AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 on the AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT graphics card. ^RS-669
  • Users looking for a way to measure response time can use our Frame Latency Meter (FLM) or the built-in latency monitor in AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2.

AI on Radeon™
Support and optimizations for the latest 2.1 version of Amuse application with FLUX.1 model support.

• Amuse 2.1 is supported on
  • Radeon™ 7000 Series
  • Ryzen™ AI 300, 8040 & 7040 Series
• FLUX.1 model is supported on
  • Radeon™ RX 7900 series, AMD Radeon™ PRO W7900 and AMD Radeon™ PRO W7800 graphics cards.
  • Minimum 32GB system RAM required.

Fixed Issues

• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may occur while playing Black Myth: Wukong.
• Intermittent application crash may occur while playing Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess on some Radeon™ RX 6600 and 6700 series GPUs.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may occur while launching Pacific Drive or KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX.
• Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering settings from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition may fail to correctly apply for OpenGL® applications.
• Artifacts may appear while playing certain games such as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales or Rust.
• Increased memory usage may be observed while playing certain versions of Minecraft Java Edition.
• Improved “Optimizing Shaders” time when initially launching Forza Motorsport.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Star Wars Genesis offers the ultimate SW experience in Starfield
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/star-wars-genesis-offers-the-ultimate-sw-experience-in-starfield/
Star Wars fans, get ready for a treat. As you may already know, we’ve shared some Star Wars mods for Starfield. However, it appears there is a new modlist you can download to get the best SW experience in Bethesda’s space RPG. So, let’s take a look at it.
According to its creator, Star Wars: Genesis is not your typical modlist that simply combines every mod out there into one big file. Instead, this modlist features countless mods of his own that were built specifically for it. These include the Main Story Conversion, Soundtrack, Environmental Storytelling, Custom Balancing, Roleplay Elements, and Lore.
Star Wars: Genesis comes with an original main story. It also has 10K rewritten voice lines, and numerous locations from the Star Wars universe. Players can expect a full conversion of all factions, weapons and armors, as well as a revamped third-person combat system. You’ll also find 4K textures, dynamic weather, and unique companions.
In short, this is a must-have mod for all Star Wars fans. Star Wars: Genesis will completely change the way you experience Starfield. So, make sure to use the mod in a new game.
>> The article has an over 10 minutes video showing the mod.

Fans are working on yet another remake of Dino Crisis in UE4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fans-are-working-on-yet-another-remake-of-dino-crisis-in-ue4/
Back in December 2023, we informed you about a fan remake of Dino Crisis in UE4. And, from the looks of it, there is another one in the works for Capcom’s dino game.
Titled Project Crisis, this new fan remake aims to offer a third-person viewpoint. Its initial gameplay trailer features some of the game’s environments, as well as Regina herself. Moreover, it shows off some basic gameplay mechanics.
Now the good news here is that this trailer has dinosaurs in it. Moreover, it looks better than the previous fan remake we shared in 2023.
Now I’ll be honest here. I don’t expect this to ever be completed. We might get lucky to get a demo of it. So, let’s hope that the artist behind it will polish the early areas, and release a tech demo.
In other words, keep your expectations in check. This won’t be anything as good or as polished as the official remakes of the Resident Evil games. Sadly, though, this may be the only way to re-experience Dino Crisis.
You see, Capcom doesn’t seem interested in remaking it. Or at least that’s what we know so far. Not only that but Shinji Mikami claimed that there is no room for a Dino Crisis Remake after the huge success of Monster Hunter. So, things are not looking that good for Dino Crisis fans.
>> I’m going to leave aside Mikami’s silly comments (more on that in a PCGamer article), the video is less than 1 minute long.

GAMING NEWS

Star Wars Outlaws seems to have been slightly downgraded
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-outlaws-appears-to-be-slightly-downgraded/
YouTube’s ‘ElAnalistaDeBits’ has shared a comparison video between the gameplay reveal and the final version of Star Wars Outlaws. And, as we can see, the final version looks almost as good as the gameplay reveal trailer. There are some slight downgrades. However, the game looks almost as good as that trailer.