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

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I won't be able to post the news later, so here's an early edition of the Wednesday news;

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has new deals and sales:

• The Early Access title Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers gets a 50% discount until the 5th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2125540/Kdomon_Hyper_Auto_Battlers/
• Shenmue III will be 95% off until November, the 5th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/878670/Shenmue_III/
• Spiral Up Games puts its titles on sale, up to 47% off. Some deals will end tomorrow while others will last until November 7: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpiralUpAnnualSales2024
• Publisher Crunching Koalas also puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts. Some deals will end November 11 while others will last one more day, until the 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/crunchingkoalas_sale2024

It’s too early to know what’s new at Fanatical, but they should have at least a new Star Deal. You’ll have to check it out by yourselves.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.6130/6048 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-32-0-101-6130-6048
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for:

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Initial game launch load times are significantly improved on Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs. As such, the Graphics Driver package size has temporarily increased.
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
• REDACTED
• Red Dead Redemption

Game performance improvements on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs versus Intel® 31.0.101.6129 software driver for:

• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (DX12)
  • Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings

>> There are no fixed issues in this beta driver, but there are a lot of known issues.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Bloodborne can also launch on the RPCSX PlayStation 4 emulator
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bloodborne-can-also-launch-on-the-rpcsx-playstation-4-emulator/
PC gamers can already run and enjoy Bloodborne on the PlayStation 4 emulator, shadPS4. However, it appears that the game can now also launch on another PS4 emulator, the RPCSX.
RPCSX is a PlayStation 4 emulator from the team behind the best PS3 emulator, RPCS3. Before shadPS4, this one looked really promising. However, shadPS4 has managed to exceed everyone’s expectations and become the best PS4 emulator. At least for now.
Right now, RPCSX can only launch Bloodborne. The game is not playable on it, and its emulation is nowhere close to that of shadPS4. So no, you can’t play it on that PS4 emulator. Still, it’s great to see another PS4 emulator launching it.
Speaking of Bloodborne, below you can find a video that showcases the game running on the latest version of shadPS4. And, as you will see, it runs amazingly well. Not only that, but the game looks almost as good as its PS4 version.
>> The video is almost 12 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

Overwatch 2's director announces 'a small balance patch' for the new Junkenstein's Lab mode, which has managed to attract 15% of the daily players 2 weeks after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatch-2s-director-announces-a-small-balance-patch-for-the-new-junkensteins-lab-mode-which-has-managed-to-attract-15-percent-of-the-daily-players-2-weeks-after-launch/
Junkenstein's Lab was added a couple of weeks ago as part of Overwatch 2's Halloween celebrations. This was a spin on the usual seasonal event, which involves Junkenstein in various PvE modes, but this time, it was PvP, and quite frankly may rival the standard Overwatch 2 modes.
(… three paragraphs later…)
"Quick update on Junkenstein's Lab," Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller says. "The event has been incredibly popular! Two weeks after launch, 15% of our daily players are still jumping into the mode. To help support it, we're going to put out a small balance patch for it tomorrow. Have fun!"

Gearbox will fly fan with terminal illness to see Borderlands 4 early—says he's been 'floored' by the kindness, donations, and the gamers who helped him get in touch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/gearbox-will-fly-fan-with-terminal-illness-to-see-borderlands-4-early-says-hes-been-floored-by-the-kindness-donations-and-the-gamers-who-helped-him-get-in-touch/
Gearbox Software, the studio behind the FPS looter shooter series Borderlands, will be flying a terminally ill fan, Caleb McAlpine, out to see Borderlands 4 ahead of schedule next month, after his wish to do so was spread across social media.

Disney Dreamlight Valley just announced its second DLC featuring 4 new characters, along with a free update coming in December
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/disney-dreamlight-valley-just-announced-its-second-dlc-featuring-4-new-characters-along-with-a-free-update-coming-in-december/
Disney Dreamlight Valley has showcased a huge amount of new content coming in the next few months, alongside the roadmap for 2025, which hints at some new adventures rolling out next year. Most notably, there'll be a new DLC titled The Storybook Vale, and going off what we've seen in its announcement, I can't wait to get stuck in. 

Amid complaints about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's maps and spawn points, Treyarch slams the emergency fan service button that adds Nuketown
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/amid-complaints-about-call-of-duty-black-ops-6s-maps-and-spawn-points-treyarch-slams-the-emergency-fan-service-button-that-adds-nuketown/
It hasn't even been a week since Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was released to the masses, but even so, the developer, Treyarch, has released a small snippet of what players can expect to see by the end of the week: a return to Nuketown and the addition of Infected mode.
>> “Hey, Black Ops 6 keeps crashing, can you fix it?” “Shut up! Here, play Nuketown” “But... I can’t play it since the game crashes...”