Awww! Sunset Overdrive doesn't work with Win 7

https://store.steampowered.com/app/847370/Sunset_Overdrive/

It's an amazing game by the way.
Arguably one of the best Xbox exclusives of this console generation.

I can't wait for the C&C Renegade remake.

Let's go back to the news:

SALES & DEALS

Ubisoft's Black Friday sales cuts Assassin's Creed Odyssey almost in half
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisofts-black-friday-sales-cuts-assassins-creed-odyssey-almost-in-half/
It’s Black Friday in a few days, the wonderful time of the year when Rebecca Black comes out of her cocoon to sing about her favourite day and promote excellent deals. Black Friday can’t be contained to a single day, however, because capitalism isn’t just for November 23. That’s why Ubisoft’s got some frankly ridiculous deals on the go already, including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey at almost half price.
Judging by the extremely long list, it looks like almost everything is going cheap over at Ubisoft’s store. There’s the newer stuff, like Far Cry 5’s 50 percent discount, letting you snatch it for £25/$30, and Ghost Recon Wildlands, which is only £15/$20. If you fancy some older Assassin's Creed adventures, however, give Black Flag a try.

At GOG there's a special weekly sale that will last until the 22th. Why? Maybe Thanksgiving/Black Friday and the fact that Steam will have a special sale on the 22th have something to do with that.... In any case, this sale, named Lucky to have found you, brings lesser known games up to 75% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20181119_weekly_sale

At Fanatical, there's a few new deals:

• The Star Deal is Yakuza 0, 42% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/yakuza-0
• To celebrate Black Friday, there's a new code to save an extra 10% off from your purchases: BLACKFRIDAY10. Check out all the game on sale: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale
• Two Point Hospital is 21% off (29% with the code from above) for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/two-point-hospital
• Monster Hunter World is 26% off (33% with the extra discount) for the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/monster-hunter

SOFTWARE

Discord's version of Early Access now live, includes a few indie gems
https://www.pcgamer.com/discords-version-of-early-access-now-live-includes-descenders-and-kynseed/
A month after launching its own game store, Discord's version of Early Access has gone live with an impressive five-game lineup.
The "first wave" of Discord Early Access games includes whimsical RPG Kynseed, cute dino management game Parkasaurus and downhill biking game Descenders, which could well be the heir to Skate's throne.
The other two games are Mad Machines, which is basically Rocket League with robots, and PT-inspired horror game Visage. Yes, it's only five games, but I'm impressed with the quality that Discord have pulled on board.

MODS/EMULATORS

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a free Sonic racing game for the PC, available for download right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sonic-robo-blast-2-kart-is-a-free-sonic-racing-game-for-the-pc-available-for-download-right-now/
Sonic fans, here is something special for you today. VelocitOni has released a new free Sonic racing game for the PC, called Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart. Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a classic styled kart racer, complete with beautiful courses, and wacky items.
The game features 100 jam-packed maps for you to bump, explode, and sparkle your way through, from luscious beaches, to Eggman’s dance floor, to England on a good day.
SRB2K currently features two game modes: Race, and Battle. Race mode is the normal mode in which players race through the track to beat their opponents, and use their items and skill to beat their opponents. On the other hand, Battle mode asks players to violently throw spikeballs at their friends until they have no bumpers.
>> Download the game from vBulletin.

Half-Life Black Mesa: Azure Sheep demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-black-mesa-azure-sheep-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Half Life fans, here is something for you today. HECU Collective has released a demo for Half-Life Black Mesa: Azure Sheep; the unofficial remake of a single-player mod “Azure Sheep” for Half-Life 1.
In Azure Sheep, the player is one of the Barney guards that is on post in one of the entrances of the Black Mesa facility.
>> Available from ModDB.

This mod for Metal Gear Solid 5 allows you to play as Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-metal-gear-solid-5-allows-you-to-play-as-ocelot-from-metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater/
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is more than three years old and there are still mods coming out for it. In September, we informed you about a mod that let gamers play as naked Quiet and today, modder ‘JinMar’ released a mod that lets gamers play as Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
JinMar has vertex edited Ocelot’s head to match the one from the original Playstation 2 game, and used some pachislot screenshots and wallpapers to create his textures. In case you weren’t aware of, Metal Gear Solid 3 saw a port to the FOX Engine for pachinkos, and the modder used the upgraded 3D model of Ocelot as a reference in order to create the new textures.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

DooM: Revenge of Evil brings Doom 3 to GZDoom, demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-revenge-of-evil-brings-doom-3-to-gzdoom-demo-available-for-download/
Modder ‘DooMero’ has released a demo of his DooM: Revenge of Evil mod for GZDoom. This mod basically brings the aesthetics and visuals of Doom 3 into GZDoom and features new single-player levels.
Going into more details, Revenge of Evil takes place after the events of Doom 3 and features five, challenging, levels for the campaign of the first episode called “forces of evil”, as well as a sixth level that serves as the opening of the second episode called “requiem of evil.”
>> Check the article to know how to get it and make it run.

Alien Isolation VR mod adds motion controller support, making it one of the best VR games to date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/alien-isolation-vr-mod-adds-motion-controller-support-making-it-one-of-the-best-vr-games-to-date/
Back in 2014, we informed you about a mod for Alien: Isolation that re-enabled Oculus Rift Support. Since then, modder ‘Nibre’ has been working on this mod – obviously not on a daily basis – and released yesterday a new version that adds proper motion controller support. As such, Alien Isolation can now be fully played in VR – on both the Oculus Rift and Vive headsets – and appears to be one of the most immersive and amazing VR games to date.
Thanks to this newly introduced motion controller support, players can actually hold the tracker and guns in their hands and aim like in real life. Now this sounds amazing and is how a proper VR game should be playing (instead of using a controller or a K&M like with the older versions of this mod).
>> Get it from GitHub.

This prolific Fallout modder is building Fallout 4's missing photo mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-prolific-fallout-modder-is-building-fallout-4s-missing-photo-mode/
Prolific Fallout modder registrator2000—who this week released the first must-have Fallout 76 mod—is working on a fully-fledged photo mode for Fallout 4.
The work-in-progress mod will be accessible through both the pause menu and a hotkey, and it'll come with all the options you'd want in a photo mode: field of view, view roll, depth of field tweaks, saturation, contrast, colour tints, and more.
You'll be able to change everything in an easy-to-navigate pop up menu as you line up your shot, as seen in the image at the top of this post. You can see more images on the mod's Nexus page, but you'll need to sign in to your Nexus account first.

GAMING NEWS

Saber Interactive will collaborate with AMD for World War Z
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/saber-interactive-will-collaborate-with-amd-for-world-war-z/
Saber Interactive has announced a new partnership with AMD for the upcoming World War Z, the new four-player cooperative game inspired by Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster action film.
As the press release reads, through this partnership, Saber and AMD will collaborate on co-marketing activities and work to integrate support for the latest AMD gaming technologies in World War Z, providing gamers with an incredible experience when the game releases next year.

Sunset Overdrive Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sunset-overdrive-official-pc-system-requirements/
Microsoft and Insomniac Games have revealed the official PC system requirements for Sunset Overdrive via its Steam store page. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5 3470 or an AMD-FX-6300 with 8GB of RAM, an NVIDIA Geforce 750 Ti or an AMD Radeon R7 260X and 30GB of free hard-disk space.
>> And there's also official screenshots of the PC version.

First Call of Cthulhu patch adds options to modify FOV & Motion Blur, fixes display issues and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-call-of-cthulhu-patch-adds-options-to-modify-fov-motion-blur-fixes-display-issues-and-more/
Cyanide has released the first PC patch for Call of Cthulhu. According to its release notes, this update adds options to modify FOV & Motion Blur and adds a scroll bar in the graphics menu to include these new options.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Golden Joystick Awards Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ace-combat-7-skies-unknown-golden-joystick-awards-trailer/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is set to return to the Usean continent from ACE COMBAT 3 and ACE COMBAT 4, and its story revolves around the second Usean Continental War, following an attack by an army of unmanned jets.

Just Cause 4 gets another gameplay trailer, showcasing what players can expect from it
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/just-cause-4-gets-another-gameplay-trailer-showcasing-what-players-can-expect-from-it/
Square Enix has released yet another gameplay trailer for Just Cause 4, giving players an overview of everything they can expect from the most ambitious Just Cause game to date. This trailer is full of explosions and action, and showcases the game’s environments and its dynamic weather effects.

Upcoming Fallout 76 patches will add FOV slider and push to talk, will increase stash limit and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/upcoming-fallout-76-patches-will-add-fov-slider-and-push-to-talk-will-increase-stash-limit-and-more/
Bethesda has revealed the changes that will be coming via the first post-launch patches for Fallout 76. According to the developers, the first patch for Fallout 76 will be released this Monday and will focus primarily on game performance and stability on all platforms. Moreover, this patch will also come with a list of fixes to quests, UI, C.A.M.P.s, and more.

Black Mesa: Xen will release in Q2 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-xen-will-release-in-q2-2019/
The Black Mesa team has announced that Black Mesa: Xen will release in Q2 2019. In order to celebrate this announcement, as well as Half-Life’s 20th anniversary, the team has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

First Fallout 76 post-launch update released, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-fallout-76-post-launch-update-released-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
Bethesda has released the first post-launch update for Fallout 76. According to the release notes, this first patch addresses several performance issues and resolves hitches during gameplay. Moreover, the game client and servers have received additional stability improvements so theoretically the game should be more stable now.

Monday's massive part two of the news:

New trailers from the Golden Joystick Awards

• The Sinking City trailer questions reality at the Golden Joystick Awards: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sinking-city-trailer-questions-reality-at-the-golden-joystick-awards/
• Hitman 2 celebrates its launch in this new trailer from the Golden Joystick Awards: https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-2-celebrates-its-launch-in-this-new-trailer-from-the-golden-joystick-awards/
• Check out gorgeous platformer Gris in this new Golden Joystick Awards trailer: https://www.pcgamer.com/check-out-gorgeous-platformer-gris-in-this-new-golden-joystick-awards-trailer/
• Your decisions matter in this Man of Medan trailer from the Golden Joystick Awards: https://www.pcgamer.com/your-decisions-matter-in-this-man-of-medan-trailer-from-the-golden-joystick-awards/

Smite, Paladins and Realm Royale are all getting cross-play
https://www.pcgamer.com/smite-paladins-and-realm-royale-are-all-getting-cross-play/
Today, at the Hi-Rez Expo, Hi-Rez Studios announced that most of its games would introduce cross-platform play soon, no longer locking players behind impenetrable walls. Smite, Paladins and Realm Royale, which is still in early access, will all include cross-play.

THQ Nordic keeps on growing
https://www.pcgamer.com/thq-nordic-keeps-on-growing/
It was a big week for THQ Nordic, which is quietly continuing the process of building itself into something of a mid-tier gaming colossus. The past few days have seen it pick up Wreckfest studio Bugbear Entertainment, and Coffee Stain, the maker of Sanctum, Satisfactory, and, yes, Goat Simulator. It's also now the proud owner of the Expeditions strategy-RPG series, and has announced plans to begin work on a third game (after Conquistadors and Vikings) with original developer Logic Artists.
>> I'm starting to wonder where the f*ck do they get the money from to buy so many studios, so often.

Smite's new arena map is live now, complete with angry Minotaurs
https://www.pcgamer.com/smites-new-arena-map-is-live-now-complete-with-angry-minotaurs/
Smite, Hi-Rez’s deity ‘em up, is getting quite a bit bigger. Today, the developer announced a Switch version, cross-platform play and progression, a bunch of new heroes and gods and, finally, a new map for the popular arena mode. Good heavens!
Update: At the Hi-Rez Expo, Pip spoke with AJ Walker and Richard Yu, Smite's lead designer and brand manager, and managed to get more details about the MOBA's upcoming mythical brawlers: King Arthur, Merlin, Horus and Set.

Overwatch is free to play next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-is-free-to-play-next-week/
If you're interested in Overwatch but somehow still haven't played it yet, next week is your big opportunity to give it a shot. From November 20-26, Blizzard is once again throwing the doors open to everyone.

Final Fantasy 14’s newest expansion announced, adds fan-favorite Blue Mage class
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14s-newest-expansion-announced-adds-fan-favorite-blue-mage-class/
Final Fantasy 14’s next major expansion, called Shadowbringers, was just announced live during the annual Final Fantasy 14 Fanfest. Coming in the summer of 2019, Shadowbringers will add a much darker story, a whole new zone to explore, and multiple new classes (called jobs)—including the Blue Mage, one of FF14’s most requested.

Fortnite beats out Red Dead Redemption 2 for Golden Joysticks' Game of the Year
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-beats-out-red-dead-redemption-2-for-golden-joysticks-game-of-the-year/
The Golden Joystick Awards have determined that Subnautica, the undersea survival sim that is really a horror game in disguise (and if you don't believe me, give it a try sometime and let me know how it goes), is the PC Game of the Year. CD Projekt's upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 took the title for Most Wanted Game, while Fortnite beat out not-on-PC heavyweight Red Dead Redemption 2 to claim the overall Game of the Year title.
>> Fortnite, GOTY?... How sad is that?

Cliff Bleszinski swears off making videogames forever
https://www.pcgamer.com/cliff-bleszinski-swears-off-making-videogames-forever/
It's hard to keep a good man down, especially one as obviously invested in the games industry as Bleszinski, and I said in May that I had no doubt that he'd return to the business one day. Yesterday, however, Bleszinski proved me wrong.

Watch the debut trailer for Beholder, a new project from the Papers, Please filmmakers
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-debut-trailer-for-beholder-a-new-project-from-the-papers-please-filmmakers/
A short film based on the indie misery simulator Papers, Please was announced in 2017 and released earlier this year, and by all appearances it's every bit as bleak as you'd expect. (Also really good—check out that 96 percent positive rating across more than 9500 reviews on Steam.) Now the duo behind it, Nikita Ordynskiy and Liliya Tkach, are turning their filmmaking talents to a different game, Beholder, and it looks to be even bleaker.

Seven old-school LucasArts games just popped up on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/seven-old-school-lucasarts-games-just-popped-up-on-steam/
Disney has added seven old-school LucasArts games to Steam, including Sam & Max Hit the Road and Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth in the classic adventure game series.

'Fix PUBG' campaign officially over, devs to focus on 'stability' over new content
https://www.pcgamer.com/fix-pubg-campaign-officially-over-devs-focusing-on-build-stability-from-now-on/
PUBG Corp's 'Fix PUBG' campaign, which aimed to combat the worst bugs and performance problems in the battle royale game, is now officially over.
The campaign, which the developer launched in August, has apparently tackled 100 bugs and quality of life improvements, boosted player fps, improved server performance and seen more than 2 million accounts banned through an anti-cheat push.

CCG Eternal leaves Early Access, 250-card expansion revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/ccg-eternal-leaves-early-access-250-card-expansion-revealed/
Eternal, one of the best card games on PC, left Early Access this week, and developer Dire Wolf Digital marked the occasion by revealing a 250-card expansion called Defiance, which is coming in December.

Dragon Age-inspired RPG The Waylanders beats Kickstarter goal
https://www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-inspired-rpg-the-waylanders-beats-kickstarter-goal/
The Waylanders, an RPG that counts former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw among its staff, has raised nearly $170,000 on Kickstarter, beating its funding goal.

Star Citizen shoots past $200 million in crowdfunding ahead of free week
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-citizen-shoots-past-dollar200-million-in-crowdfunding-ahead-of-free-week/
Star Citizen has just zoomed past the $200 million crowdfunding mark. That monumental number looks even bigger when you put it alongside the biggest video game budgets of all times: only three other games—GTA 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic—have ever had budgets of more than $200 million to play with.
>> Very impressive.

Frostpunk's free endless mode is due next week, and it's bigger than we expected
https://www.pcgamer.com/frostpunks-free-endless-mode-is-due-next-week-and-its-bigger-than-we-thought/
Brutal city builder Frostpunk is one of the best games of the year so far, and next week it will add a long-awaited endless mode that lets you grow your city for as long as you can stop your citizens freezing to death.
>> As always on Mondays, it's this week.

Quake Champions just nerfed every damage dealing ability
https://www.pcgamer.com/quake-champions-just-nerfed-every-damage-dealing-ability/
Quake Champions' latest update has nerfed every single damage dealing ability in the game as well as every heavy champion.
Not only will active abilities dish out less pain, but triggering them will disable shooting for 500 ms. All cooldowns have been unified at 45 seconds.

Rapper 2 Milly considers legal action against Epic over Fortnite dance emote
https://www.pcgamer.com/rapper-2-milly-considers-legal-action-against-epic-over-fortnite-dance-emote/
Rapper 2 Milly hopes to sue Epic Games over Fortnite's 'Swipe It' emote, which is based on his Milly Rock dance.
"They actually sell that particular move. It's for purchase. That's when I really was like...oh nah, this can't go on too long," he told CBS.
>> And Scrub's Donald Faison isn't happy with Fortnite either for the same reason.

Fallout 76's VATS makes it tough for the Mysterious Stranger to be mysterious
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76s-vats-makes-it-tough-for-the-mysterious-stranger-to-be-mysterious/
I leveled up in Fallout 76 today and immediately scrolled through my Luck perk cards, as I always do. There are other attributes in my SPECIAL that need far more attention, but I always begin with Luck, because ever since I first stepped out of the Vault I've been looking for one perk card in particular. And today, I found it. Finally! The Mysterious Stranger!

Fallout 76 players launch 3 nukes at once, crash server
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-players-launch-3-nukes-at-once-crash-server/
This week we learned what happens when you launch one of Fallout 76's nukes at a fissure site: you spawn a really big, high level Scorchbeast Queen and a bunch of end-game loot. Well, the players who launched that nuke decided to triple their efforts by launching three nukes, one from each of the missile silos, all at the same time. They fired their nukes and aimed them at the same spot on the map. The video above shows the triple mushroom cloud.
Unfortunately, the three simultaneous detonations may have been too much for Fallout 76 to cope with: the server crashed (or at least everyone got disconnected) a minute later, before the team could see if a Scorchbeast Queen three times the size of the last one would emerge from the ashes.
>> Well, this website that decrypts Fallout 76 nuke launch codes won't help to avoid that.

Battlefield 5 players report game freezes when they check a specific menu
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5-players-report-game-freezes-when-they-check-a-specific-menu/
Battlefield 5 players have discovered a bug that can freeze your game if you click the 'Assignments' section of the in-game pause menu.
Players are reporting that the error either causes the game to blur or to fade to black, and the only way to fix it is to Alt+F4 out. It's not happening all the time, or to every player, but it sounds infuriating.

Valve responds after Artifact community slams 'pay for everything' model
https://www.pcgamer.com/artifact-community-slams-pay-for-everything-monetisation-model/
Artifact's public beta launches tomorrow, but many would-be players have lost their appetite for Valve's digital card game because of its monetisation model. A Reddit post from yesterday that encourages players to cancel their pre-orders is now the top post of all-time on the Artifact subreddit, while numerous other popular threads are slamming the payment model, described as "pay for everything you do".
Update: Valve has addressed some (but not all) of the complaints in a blog post. The next beta update, coming today, will include the option to play Call to Arms Phantom Draft events in user-created tournaments, as well as a Casual Phantom Draft gauntlet to practice drafting without spending a ticket. Before the beta ends, Valve will also add "a system that allows extra, unwanted cards to be recycled into event tickets," so that low value cards aren't a total waste. The developer hasn't commented on requests for card trading or the difficulty of winning card packs.

Black Friday is coming.
Anyone planning new PC upgrades/purchases?

https://geizhals.de/?cat=WL-1067274

Nope. I'm mostly fine with my current setup.

Next year with Zen2, or maybe even the other one, I'll start to think about a new build as my 4670 will start to show its age.

The Tuesday news!

SALES & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2. Expansion - Crusader Kings II: Holy Fury
3. HITMAN 2 - Standard Edition
4. ARK: Survival Evolved
5. Farming Simulator 19
6. Artifact
7. Football Manager 2019
8. HITMAN 2 - Gold Edition
9. ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass
10. Total War: WARHAMMER II

SOFTWARE

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.2 is now available, optimized for Battlefield 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-edition-18-11-2-is-now-available-optimized-for-battlefield-5/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this driver adds support for Battlefield 5. Unfortunately, AMD did not provide any percentage improvements over the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.1 (which was also listed as a driver that was optimized for DICE’s shooter).
>> Available from here.

Capcom has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Mega Man 11
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-has-removed-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-from-mega-man-11/
Now that’s the spirit. When it was originally released, Mega Man 11 was protected by the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. However, earlier today CODEX was able to crack the game and as a result of that, Capcom has decided to completely remove Denuvo from its game.

MODS/EMULATORS

Reshade 4.0 is now available for download, features rewritten ReShade FX compiler from ground up
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/reshade-4-0-is-now-available-for-download-features-rewritten-reshade-fx-compiler-from-ground-up/
Crosire has released a brand new version of Reshade, Reshade 4.0. For Reshade 4.0, crosire rewrote ReShade FX compiler from the ground up to generate SSA code making it fully standalone, blazing fast, and featuring much better error recovery. What’s really cool here though is that this compiler paves the future for Vulkan support (so hopefully we’ll also get support for DX12?).
Moreover, Reshade 4.0 got a major UI overhaul and the default keyboard shortcut for opening the in-game overlay has changed to the “Home” key. It also features new separate FPS and frame time overlays, fixes LOD bias for textures with auto-generated mipmaps in D3D9, fixes mouse cursor being reset to the window corner on first call when input blocking is active and more.
>> You can download it from its website.

Half-Life Absolute Zero will recreate the pre-release versions of Half-Life, releases on February 12th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-absolute-zero-will-recreate-the-pre-release-versions-of-half-life-releases-on-february-12/
Modder ‘Cobalt-57’ has announced that Half-Life Absolute Zero will release on February 12th, 2019. In case you weren’t aware of, Half-Life: Absolute Zero is a mod dedicated to recreating the pre-release versions of Half-Life. The team aims to recreate the art-style and chapters featured off in Half-Life builds from early to mid 1998, featuring all the chapters, monsters and weapons that never made it into the final build.
In Half-Life Absolute Zero, players will now be able to experience Communications Center, the military camp in Surface Tension, and they will also get to fight cut enemies like the Human Sergeant, the Panthereye, Stukabat, along with cut weapons such as the Chumtoad.

New videos released for the fan-made Half-Life 3 game, Boreal Alyph
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-videos-released-for-the-fan-made-half-life-3-game-boreal-alyph/
Back in October, we shared the performance tech demo for the unofficial Half-Life 3, or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 if you prefer, game Project Borealist. However, Project Borealis isn’t the only game that aims to recreate this vaporware title. Boreal Alyph is also based on Marc Laidlaw short story “Epistle 3” and its development team has released some new videos from it.
In case you weren’t aware of, Epistle 3 is a synopsis of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, written by ex-Valve writer, Marc Laidlaw, and Boreal Alyph aims to capture Valve’s lost vision, and bring a fun, and satisfying end to the celebrated Half-Life series.

GAMING NEWS

F1 2018 receives official DX12 support, DX12 beta build available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/f1-2018-receives-official-dx12-support-dx12-beta-build-available-for-download/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Codemasters has released a DX12 beta build for F1 2018. According to the developers, this new DX12 version changes the way some parts of the game engine work, and particularly the graphics code.

Fallout 76 now supports higher/unlocked framerates, physics no longer tied to framerate
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-76-now-supports-higher-unlocked-framerates-physics-no-longer-tied-to-framerate/
As we’ve already reported, Bethesda released today the first post-launch update for Fallout 76. Now while the release notes did not mention anything about it, we can confirm that Bethesda has unlocked the framerate, meaning that PC gamers can get higher framerates than 60fps.

Latest Forza Horizon 4 patch implements multi-material color selection for cars & rims, fixes numerous issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/latest-forza-horizon-4-patch-implements-multi-material-color-selection-for-cars-rims-fixes-numerous-issues/
Playground Games has released a brand new update for its open-world racing game, Forza Horizon 4. According to the release notes, the November 20th update implements multi-material color selection for a number of cars and rims, adds in a number of new to Horizon rims and fixes various bugs and issues.

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mutant-year-zero-road-to-eden-official-pc-system-requirements/
Funcom has revealed the official PC system requirements for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5-760 or an AMD Phenom II X4 965 with 6GB of RAM and an NVidia GeForce GTX 580 or an AMD Radeon HD 7870.

Tuesday news, part two:

Divinity: Original Sin 2's free Game Master campaign is set in the Dark Eye universe
https://www.pcgamer.com/divinity-original-sin-2s-new-game-master-campaign-is-set-in-the-dark-eye-universe/
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is secretly a brilliant tabletop RPG, as well as being our Game of the Year 2017. Sitting alongside the gargantuan main campaign is an entire platform for creating new tabletop-inspired romps. Today, Larian Studios announced a collaboration with Dark Eye creators Ulisses Spiele, bringing the popular German tabletop setting to Original Sin 2’s Game Master mode.

Update: Ragnaros returns in the latest Hearthstone Rastakhan's Rumble card reveals
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-a-ton-of-new-cards-from-hearthstones-rastakhans-rumble-expansion-revealed-at-1-pm-est/
Five hours from roughly two hours ago, which by my calculations will take us to 10 am PT/1 pm ET or thereabouts (which is also what it says on the reveal schedule), Hearthstone senior designer Peter Whalen and streamer RegisKillbin will unveil some of the new cards coming to the game in the Rastakhan's Rumble expansion. The card dump is happening on Twitch, and you can watch along with us right here.
Update: The reveal stream has now concluded, but you can still watch how it went down here. We've embedded all the cards that were shown above, starting with the most exciting—a new legendary called Jan'alai the Dragonhawk. This is the Loa for the Mage class, and it synergises strongly with the hero power buff which is granted by its accompanying Spirit of the Dragonhawk card. Deal eight damage with your Hero Power over the course of the game, and when you play Jan'alai its Battlecry effect will summon Ragnaros the Firelord.

Darksiders 3 begins with an exhausting lore dump
https://www.pcgamer.com/darksiders-3-begins-with-an-exhausting-lore-dump/
I’m a wee bit worried, pals. Darksiders 3, resurrected by THQ Nordic, is almost upon us, and I can’t muster up very much enthusiasm. Tom found Darksiders 3 under-featured and underwhelming when he took a preview build for a spin, and now the intro trailer is making me very eager for a nap. Unfortunately, this tale of Fury and the apocalypse begins with an exhausting lore dump. Cure your sleep deprivation by checking it out, above.

InXile boss Brian Fargo is so happy about the Microsoft deal he canceled his retirement
https://www.pcgamer.com/inxile-boss-brian-fargo-is-so-happy-about-the-microsoft-deal-he-canceled-his-retirement/
The news that Microsoft had acquired RPG studios inXile and Obsidian came as a not-entirely-happy surprise among at least some gamers who like the studios as it is—and yes, I'm talking about myself here. I like the games like Bard's Tale 4 that inXile makes, and I really don't want to see that success messed with. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, however, inXile boss Brian Fargo did a pretty good job of making the case that the deal is all upside, as it will give the studio "more resources and potentially more time" to work on its games.

Fortnite might be adding a 'Chicken Trooper' skin conceived by an 8-year-old
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-might-be-adding-a-chicken-trooper-skin-conceived-by-an-8-year-old/
"The Chicken Trooper" appeared on Reddit a couple of months ago, shared by tfoust10, the parent of an eight-year-old lad named Connor who drew it as a suggestion for a Fortnite skin. Shortly after that, another redditor by the name of Etsyturtle2 cleaned up the design, added a few features, and christened it with a new name: The Tender Defender. And now it looks like the flightless feathered creature with the googly eyes and the egg whisk axe might actually be coming to the game.

2018 Gamers' Choice Awards voting is now open
https://www.pcgamer.com/2018-gamers-choice-awards-voting-is-now-open/
The Gamers' Choice Awards, "the first and only network televised awards show celebrating the booming worlds of gaming and esports," has announced its nominees for 2018 and opened the doors to the voting booth. Put together by the creators of the Teen Choice Awards, the GCAs feature a big range of conventional categories like favorite shooter and most anticipated game, but puts a much greater focus on the people who play and share them.

Rainbow Six Siege's next patch will buff Smoke and Mute, redesign skins shop
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-next-patch-will-buff-smoke-and-mute-redesign-skins-shop/
Following yesterday’s reveal of Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Wind Bastion, Ubisoft has released patch notes that detail a batch of lower-profile changes coming alongside the new operators and map. The patch mostly consists of small bug fixes, but some notable changes include a loadout change for Mute and another nerf for Zofia.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season development has resumed
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-walking-dead-the-final-season-development-has-resumed/
Skybound Games, which announced in October that it would take over development of The Walking Dead: The Final Season following the collapse of original developer Telltale, said in an update posted today that work on the game has now officially resumed, and that release dates will be announced soon.

The best male shower simulation just got even better
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-male-shower-simulation-just-got-even-better/
Rinse and Repeat HD is developer Robert Yang's update to an already excellent male shower simulation, adding controller and rumble support, improved graphics, and tweaks all around. It's out today for whatever price you see fit. That means 'it's free', but maybe throw a couple bucks Yang's way.
>> What the actual f*ck?

League of Legends' new LGBTQ character is a mischevious lizard girl
https://www.pcgamer.com/league-of-legends-new-lgbtq-character-is-a-mischevious-lizard-girl/
League of Legends’ newest champion, Neeko, is an upbeat shapeshifter who reminds me a wee bit of one of my favourite superheroes, Squirrel Girl. But instead of a squirrel, she’s a chameleon. She’s also the latest LGBTQ character to join the game. Check out her trailer above.

Firaxis has summoned a storm on Twitch to tease something new
https://www.pcgamer.com/firaxis-has-summoned-a-storm-on-twitch-to-tease-something-new/
There’s a storm brewing on the Firaxis Twitch channel, and it’s starting to get pretty nasty. The stream started yesterday, displaying a cloudy sky and a city below. Now, that city looks like it’s in imminent danger. Why is Firaxis threatening this city with foul weather? Has Sid Meier packed in the day job and embarked on a life of super-crime?