That one seems really good value. Gonna have a closer look at it, even though I'm not a huge fan of Acer. Thanks.

In the end I just want a slight upgrade to my Yoga 920. The biggest upgrade would be the weight. I noticed that I actually do not use the tablet mode, so it doesn't have to be a convertable anymore. A must is basically just a fingerprint sensor and a backlit keyboard. Nice to have is a 4k (touch)screen.

There are probably a trillion laptops that fit that, which is why it's hard to find a good one.

Very strange:

GOG Galaxy 2.0 offered me to claim the PC-version of "The Witcher 3" because it found a console version of "The Witcher 3" in my connected PS/Xbox accounts.

But I don't have that game on any console, neither as retail or digital and it wasn't a PS+ or GWG title either.

It is only in Xbox GamePass (where my subscription ends next month) and PSNow (where I don't have a subscription).

So maybe a trial GamePass or PSNow subscription is good enough to claim the PC version for keeps.

^Very interesting. And yes, a bit strange.

I think it may be a bug or something. After all, why would it offer you the chance to add The Witcher 3 if you already have it? It doesn't really make sense.

*Edit* Apparently, it has something to do with a GOG promotion. More of that in the news

Let's go back to the usual format in these Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

You can now get The Witcher 3 for free on GOG if you already own it on other platforms
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-get-the-witcher-3-for-free-on-gog-if-you-already-own-it-on-other-platforms/
Now here is something that may interest some of our readers. GOG is currently giving away free copies of The Witcher 3 in case you already own it on different/other platforms.
What this basically means is that you can get a DRM-free copy of The Witcher 3 if you own the game on Steam. And… well… we all know that PC gamers love DRM-free games.
Furthermore, you can get a free copy of the GOG version if you already own the game on consoles. All you have to do is link your PSN or Xbox account to GOG Galaxy 2.0. If you already own the game, you’ll be then given a free GOG code.
Additionally, if you already own the GOG version, you can get a gift code. Once acquired, you can then send this gift code to any of your friends.
>> The offer will last until June 23. Here's the full FAQ.

Steam has a new set of weeklong deals:

• The Early Access title Kubifaktorium is 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/898720/Kubifaktorium/
• Crying Suns, that has a demo, also has a 30% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/873940/Crying_Suns/
• WARSAW is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026420/WARSAW/
• The Low Road carries a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/603700/The_Low_Road/
• The Survey is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/547910/The_Survey/
• And the last one to be mentioned is Submerged with a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/301860/Submerged/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• Publisher Kasedo Games has put its games up to 65% off during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/kasedo-games-week/
• And Ubisoft also has its games on sale (mostly UPlay keys, but there are some deals for Steam and GOG), with up to 80% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ubisoft-publisher-week/

And Fanatical has 4 new sales:

• The new Star Deal is Endzone - A World Apart, 33% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/endzone-a-world-apart
• Ubisoft has its games up to 81% off for the next 6 days. Mostly for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ubisoft
• Asmodee Digital also has its games on sale, up to 72% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/asmodee-digital
• And there's a new Mystery Crypt Bundle, with up to 10 misterious games to get: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-crypt-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Major Mass Effect and Star Wars mods released for ArmA 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/major-mass-effect-star-wars-mods-arma-3/
The Opposition Team has released two major mods for ArmA 3 on NexusMods. The first mod will get you into the universe of the Mass Effect. On the other hand, the second mod brings a huge number of models, weapons, ships, units and vehicles from all the Star Wars Episodes, stories and series.
Going into more details, Mass Effect Opposition will let you enjoy a cosmic adventure in the Mass Effect universe. Players will be carried across the galaxy, from the Protean Empire to the invasion of the Reapers in 2186. Players will fight in battle during the Krogan uprisings, and choose their side during the Morning War. Additionally, players will participate in the First Contact War and the Skyllian Blitz, repel the attack of the Geths on the Citadel and save the colonists from Collectors.
The Star Wars mod, on the other hand, adds 75+ weapons, 300+ uniforms, 12+ Alien races, 60+ Vehicles and Spaceships, 16+ Heroes, Force Lightning/Push/Jump /Heal, Lightsabers and 450+ Custom Objects. As such, and with this pack, players can create their own Star Wars scenarios in ArmA 3.
>> Check the article for the requirements to be able to run those mods as well as their links.

GAMING NEWS

Official Kena Bridge of Spirits PC Requirements Revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kena-bridge-of-spirits-pc-requirements/
Kena: Bridge of Spirits was one of the most interesting games that were revealed at the PS5 reveal event. As we’ve already reported, this story-driven action adventure game will be coming to the PC via the Epic Games Store. And today, Epic Games revealed its official PC system requirements.

MicroProse announces two new first-person shooter games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/microprose-announces-two-new-first-person-shooter-games/
MicroProse has just announced two new first-person shooter games. As the press release reads, the team has signed a publishing deal with Drakeling Labs regarding Operation Harsh Doorstop and Warfare 1944, two very different upcoming FPS games.

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Title Update 10 is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-title-update-10-download/
As promised, Ubisoft has just announced that Title Update 10 for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is available for download. In addition, the French company has detailed all the improvements, additions and changes that this new patch brings.

Warner Bros will most likely officially reveal new Batman & Rocksteady’s games on August 22nd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warner-bros-will-most-likely-officially-reveal-new-batman-rocksteady-games-on-august-22nd/
Warner Bros has just announced that on August 22nd, it will welcome fans everywhere into the DC FanDome; a free? virtual fan experience where no badge is required. During this event, Warner Bros plans to reveal new DC games.

First Madden NFL 21 screenshots, reveal trailer and PC system requirements released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-madden-nfl-21-screenshots-reveal-trailer-and-pc-system-requirements-released/
EA Sports has just revealed a brand new in-engine trailer for Madden NFL 21, as well as its first screenshots. Moreover, the team has revealed the game’s official PC system requirements that you can find below.

Tuesday news, part two:

Play the Windjammers 2 demo on Steam tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/play-the-windjammers-2-demo-on-steam-tomorrow/
The Steam Game Festival begins tomorrow, and you'll be able to hit the beach and blow off some steam in Windjammers 2, which will be available in demo form. To see what you're in store for, take a gander at the very brief trailer above.

Play the melee battle royale Ran: Lost Islands for free in the Steam Game Festival
https://www.pcgamer.com/play-the-melee-battle-royale-ran-lost-islands-for-free-in-the-steam-game-festival/
Ran: Lost Islands is a 16th century-style 100-player battle royale, with classes based on ninja, samurai, and conquistador archetypes, who come together on a cursed island to clash in a last-man-standing brawl for glory and gold. You might immediately think that the last thing the world needs right now is yet another battle royale game, but unlike most of them, this one is focused on melee combat—and starting tomorrow, you'll be able to try it out for free in an open beta that will run during the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition.

Minute of Islands is an oddly beautiful game about dead giants and their mysterious machines
https://www.pcgamer.com/minute-of-islands-is-an-oddly-beautiful-game-about-dead-giants-and-their-mysterious-machines/
Mo is a tinkerer who lives on a chain of islands that was once inhabited by an ancient race of giants, whose strange, dilapidated machines must be kept running in order to keep a ancient, mysterious threat at bay. She sets off on a quest to restore them all, to ensure the protection of her people and her home—but there may be more to the task than she fully realizes.

Fortnite item shop: The final Season 2 skin is basically Mysterio
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-item-shop-update-cyclo-skin/
The Fortnite Device event (AKA the Doomsday event that will lead us out of Season 2 and into Fortnite Season 3) is almost here, but Epic is giving us one last snazzy new look. The Cyclo skin is now available in the item shop, but will be gone soon. Here's a look.

Fortnite's Device event pushes back the storm and kicks off a biblical flood
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-device-event-flood-watch/
The Fortnite Device event has brought a biblical amount of water to the map, but perhaps not in the way you might have imagined. Instead of raising the water levels, Epic has replaced the traditionally purple electric storm that pushes players towards each other with a giant fish-filled wall of water that you can swim in. We also got a taste of some genuine, honest-to-god lore featuring Jonesy. Fortnite Season 3 is probably going to be a wet one.

Fortnite glitch seems to reveal a fully-functioning first-person mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-glitch-seems-to-reveal-a-fully-functioning-first-person-mode/
As usually seems to be the case in Fortnite, some weird stuff is going down. James and Joseph wrote about the ongoing Device event earlier today, and it involves a lot of water: instead of a purple electric storm there's a towering water wall of biblical proportions. Also: electricity. Also: sudden inexplicable teleportations into a drab office environment.
Make of all that what you will, but the event has apparently introduced an interesting glitch. It's hard to tell how widespread it is, but at least one player has glitched into a fully-fledged, fully-playable first-person mode.

Fight crabs as a crab in Fight Crab on July 30
https://www.pcgamer.com/fight-crabs-as-a-crab-in-fight-crab-on-july-30/
The first rule of Fight Crab appears to be that there are no rules. Crabs have guns, knives, swords, axes, chains, magic powers, and even wheels. Sometimes the crabs are crab-sized and fight on dinner tables, other times they're bigger than cars and fight on city streets.

Gearbox sues 3D Realms over Duke Nukem, again
https://www.pcgamer.com/gearbox-sues-3d-realms-over-duke-nukem-again/
In 2014, Gearbox sued 3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment over Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction, a top-down action-RPG they were developing without the approval of Gearbox, which acquired the property in 2010. The case was settled a year later, Gearbox was affirmed as the full owner of Duke Nukem, Mass Destruction morphed into Bombshell, and all was well—until last year, when composer Bobby Prince filed suit against Gearbox, Valve, and Randy Pitchford over music he'd written for Duke Nukem 3D, which he claimed was used without permission in the Gearbox-published Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour.
Now Gearbox has filed a new lawsuit against Apogee Software (the legal name of 3D Realms) and co-founders Scott Miller and George Broussard that alleges breach of contract in relation to the sale of the Duke Nukem IP a decade ago. Simply but, Gearbox is saying that 3D Realms failed to mention that it didn't own that music when it sold the Duke Nukem rights.

PAX Australia 2020 is cancelled
https://www.pcgamer.com/pax-australia-2020-is-cancelled/
PAX Australia will not go ahead in 2020, the organisers have confirmed. The three day event was scheduled to take place on October 9-11 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic there will be no event this year, though alternatives are being planned.

Unfortunate Spacemen is out now, and it's ditched its price
https://www.pcgamer.com/unfortunate-spacemen-is-out-now-and-its-ditched-its-price/
Unfortunate Spacemen, the paranoia-inducing asymmetrical multiplayer game, has left Early Access, and in the move to launch it appears to have shed its price. You can now grab it for free.

EndeavorRx is an FDA-approved game that requires a prescription to play
https://www.pcgamer.com/endeavorrx-is-an-fda-approved-game-that-requires-a-prescription-to-play/
EndeavorRx is a brightly-coloured hoverboarding game that looks like a million other games for kids. You speed down corridors, avoid obstacles, collect critters and pick your look from a rotating list of skins. You also need a prescription to play.
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration, has approved a game for the treatment of ADHD in children aged between 8 and 12, and while it's not available to anyone right now, when it launches on iOS the only way anyone will be playing it is if they visit their doctor and get a prescription.

Little Devil Inside is being tweaked to remove racist stereotypes
https://www.pcgamer.com/little-devil-inside-is-being-tweaked-to-remove-racist-stereotypes/
Little Devil Inside is a fetching survival RPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2015 and recently got shown off during the PS5 reveal event. The new trailer makes it look like an extremely appealing adventure, but it drew criticism for one of the enemy designs.

Well, it was.

It was trully mindblowing.

Too expensive, that convertible.

I'll be getting this one for my wife later this year:

https://www.alternate.de/HP/Envy-x360-13-ay0278ng-Notebook/html/product/1641074?

Ryzen 7 4700U | Vega 8 | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD | 13.3 inch 1080*1920 IPS screen | 51 Wh Battery

All for just 1099€, so 400€ cheaper than that Dell yet comes with better CPU, more RAM and bigger SSD.

So AMD has officially announced the Ryzen 3000 XT series.

I sure hope those boost clocks are sustainable otherwise this isn't very care worthy.



https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-3900xt-ryzen-7-3800xt-ryzen-5-3600xt-matisse-refresh-desktop-cpu-official/

Part of me thinks that one of the reasons for Zen 3 delay might have been due to the whole Supported until 2020 thing since even back on the X300 series. A lot of people including myself were under the impression that it will be forwards compatible with every CPUs until the end of 2020 since AMD's messaging made it sound like that. And while I got my money's worth, delaying Zen 3 until 2021 might help them prevent law suits and other complaints since these should work with X300 series as well.

To be honest, the improved boost clocks would the the only reason to get these new CPUs. Base clock remains the same as the "older" models and only a 100MHz increase for the boost ones (well, the 3800XT boost is 200MHz higher).

Given that the non-XT parts have recieved a $50 cut over the official retail price, I'd go for those instead.