Prices for GTX 3090 leaked

Damn it! For a moment you actually made me believe there was an actual leak.

What kind of leak would you need? Is it really much of a difference if a 3090 costs 1500 or 2000 or 2500?

Yes, for ordinary people, because the price of that card will also have an impact on the price of the rest of the cards. After all who would buy a 3080Ti for 1500 if you could SLI two 3070 for 1000?

Remember last gen, the 2080Ti was $1200, the 2080 $800 and the 2070 $600.

Anybody crazy enough to do SLI these days would choose two 3080tis.

The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. DEATH STRANDING
2. Valve Index VR Kit
3. DEATH STRANDING
4. Far Cry 5
5. Sea of Thieves
6. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
7. Satisfactory
8. F1 2020
9. No Man's Sky
10. Neon Abyss

Mortal Shell's beta had over 350,000 players
https://www.pcgamer.com/mortal-shells-beta-had-over-350000-players/
Mortal Shell is a forthcoming Souls-like from Cold Symmetry, which opened its beta to the public due to popular demand. That beta is now over and the developers have shared some of the numbers, which is why we know that over five million people watched it being streamed on Twitch and YouTube, over 350,000 people played it, and the merchant's cat was stroked over 150,000 times.
>> Good numbers for a beta.

Sea of Thieves hits 15 million players, 1 million of them on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-hits-15-million-players-1-million-of-them-on-steam/
Sea of Thieves has passed the 15 million player milestone, with over one million of those being from the recent Steam release alone.
Although it launched to a lukewarm reception in 2018, Sea of Thieves has clearly grown a lot. Interestingly, the majority of its 15 million players began their piracy adventures in 2020, with the first six months of the year seeing more players than the entirety of 2019, which itself eclipsed 2018's numbers. June this year alone saw 3.3 million players, and Rare has attributed this success to the Steam release of the game, which launched on June 3.
>> Both chakkra and jason1637 have made threads about it.

GOG's new weekly sale is full of indie games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200720_weekly_sale

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The first one is the Early Access title Shieldwall, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1216320/Shieldwall/
• The other one is War of Rights, also in Early Access, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/424030/War_of_Rights/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Star Deal, that started yesterday and will end in 24 hours, is Dragon Star Varnir - Complete Deluxe Edition Bundle, 66% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dragon-star-varnir-complete-deluxe-edition-bundle
• And there's an Assassin's Creed Build Your Own Bundle, with 10 games to choose your 3 or 5 games bundle for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/assassins-creed-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Paper Mario: The Origami King can now run with 60fps on PC via Nintendo Switch Emulator Yuzu
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/paper-mario-the-origami-king-can-now-run-with-60fps-on-pc-via-nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu/
A couple of days ago, we informed you about Paper Mario: The Origami King running on the Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Ryujinx. And today, we are happy to report that there is a 60fps mod for it, allowing the game to run with 60fps on the PC via the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu.
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Now while there is already a 60fps mod for it, there are still some slowdowns here and there. My guess is that the Yuzu team will be able to address them in the later versions of the emulator. Still, PC gamers can already enjoy Paper Mario: The Origami King at higher framerates. After all, the Nintendo Switch version is locked at 30fps.
>> The mod is available from GitHub.

This mod allows you to play Halo 3 in third-person mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-allows-you-to-play-halo-3-in-third-person-mode/
Modder ‘parapara’ has released a new mod for Halo 3 that allows you to play its campaign mode in third-person mode. This mod supports both solo and co-op modes. Naturally, though, every user must have the mod installed, otherwise you won’t be able to play in co-op.
This is a pretty simple mod that enables a third-person camera viewpoint. The game has a full 3D model for Master Chief, so you can expect basically everything; from reloading and changing weapons to proper running/walking/jumping mechanics.
In order to install the mod, you’ll have to place the map files in your steam/steamapps/common/halomasterchiefcollection/halo3/maps folder. Do note that you’ll also have to disable Easy Anticheat, otherwise the mod will not work.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

Free Bloodborne demake with Zelda-like graphics is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/free-bloodborne-demake-with-zelda-like-graphics-is-available-for-download/
Bloodborne fans, here is something special for you today. Max Mraz has released a free demake of Bloodborne in a Zelda-like top-down game. This fan Bloodborne Demake uses the Solarus engine, and you can download it right now.
Max Mraz has recreated the entire Central Yharnam, allowing players to explore the streets of a cursed, gothic town, hunting beasts and uncovering twisted bosses.
In Yarntown, players have a normal melee attack, a charged attack, pistol shots and a dodge roll. Now as you may have guessed, these mechanics are more similar to the 2D Zelda SNES game than to Bloodborne. So yeah, consider this demake a mashup of Bloodborne and Zelda.
>> There's a video of the mod, that you can download from here.

New free demo released for the Unity Engine-powered Sonic fan game, Project ’06
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-free-demo-unity-engine-powered-sonic-fan-game-project-06/
In November 2019, we informed you about a demo for the upcoming Sonic fan game, Project ’06. Project ’06 aims to remake Sonic the Hedgehog (from 2006) in Unity Engine. And today, we are happy to report that a brand new free demo is available for download.
According to its creator, this new demo contains the stages Wave Ocean, Dusty Desert, White Acropolis, Crisis City, Flame Core, Radical Train, Tropical Jungle, Kingdom Valley, Aquatic Base & Tails’ Wave Ocean.
>> You can download it from Mediafire or Google Drive.

CookiePLMonster has patched the ‘black blob’ artifacting issue in Mass Effect on AMD Ryzen CPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cookieplmonster-has-patched-the-black-blob-artifacting-issue-in-mass-effect-on-amd-ryzen-cpus/
After 9 years game developer Adrian who also goes by the name Silent or CookiePLMonster, has finally fixed the strange ‘black blob’ artifacting/glitch issue in Mass Effect, that only impacted AMD FX and Ryzen processor systems.
Just in case you didn’t know about this old Game glitch/bug, when Mass Effect was released, the PC port was affected by a mysterious ‘blocky’ character texture issue, when AMD released its Bulldozer-based CPUs in 2011, and it even effects all the current AMD Ryzen processors. As you can see from this video the character models are all in ‘black shapes’.
‘Adrian’ has actually posted a fix that works with both the Steam and Origin version of the Mass Effect game and doesn’t require an ASI Loader or any third-party software.
>> You can learn more in his blog post and download the fix from GitHub.

This unofficial Metal Gear Solid Remake in Unreal Engine 4 looks stunning
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/unofficial-metal-gear-solid-remake-unreal-engine-4/
Metal Gear Solid fans, here is something really cool for you today. YouTube’s ‘Bluedrake42’ has shared a video, showcasing a new unofficial Metal Gear Solid Remake in Unreal Engine 4. This remake is being created by a fan, and below you can find gameplay footage from the fight between Solid Snake and Rex.
Now the good news here is that the creator of this remake has not revealed himself/herself yet. As such, Konami won’t be able to send him/her a C&D letter. Staying anonymous until your remake is complete is crucial for such projects.

GAMING NEWS

Gameplay footage surfaces from People Can Fly’s cancelled horror action-adventure, Come Midnight
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/gameplay-footage-surfaces-from-people-can-flys-cancelled-horror-action-adventure-come-midnight/
Adrian Chmielarz, co-founder of People Can Fly, has shared some gameplay footage from their cancelled horror action-adventure game, Come Midnight. According to Chmielarz, Come Midnight was a action-adventure pulp that mixed the worlds of Raymond Chandler and H.P. Lovecraft.

First PC update released for Death Stranding, is 5GB in size, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-pc-update-released-for-death-stranding-is-5gb-in-size-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Kojima Productions has released the first PC patch for Death Stranding. This patch is 5GB in size and comes with a number of fixes and improvements.
Going into more details, this new update adds AVX judgement to CPU check at startup. Moreover, it brings various stability improvements and general bug fixes. And… well… that’s it.

Doom SNES source code is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-snes-source-code-is-now-available-for-download/
Now here is something really cool for all Doom modders out there. The source code for Doom SNES has been released, and it’s now available for download on Github. Thus, modders can now download and experiment with it.
>> You'll find it at GitHub.

Ubisoft is reportedly working on Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed VR games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-reportedly-working-splinter-cell-assassins-creed-vr-games/
For a long time, PC gamers have been waiting patiently for a new Splinter Cell game. And, from the looks of it, the wait will be over soon. As The Information reported, Ubisoft is indeed working on a new Splinter Cell game. However, there is a catch. According to the report, this new Splinter Cell game will be a VR title.

New Fable game to be announced on July 23rd with an in-engine trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-fable-game-to-be-announced-on-july-23rd-with-an-in-engine-trailer/
Last month, we informed you about a placeholder Twitter account for Fable. And from the looks of it, Microsoft will indeed announce a new Fable game in a few days, during its Xbox Series X first-party games showcase.

The Division 2 Title Update 10.1 – Full patch notes revealed, comes out on July 21st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-title-update-10-1-full-patch-notes-revealed-comes-out-on-july-21st/
Ubisoft has revealed the full patch notes for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Title Update 10.1. According to the French company, this new update will release on July 21st, and will add missing audio and subtitles for Keener’s Legacy collectibles.

Here are 17 minutes of gameplay footage from Shadow Warrior 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-17-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-shadow-warrior-3/
Devolver and Flying Wild Hog have released a new video, showing 17 minutes of gameplay footage from Shadow Warrior 3. This gameplay video features a full playthrough of the “Way to Motoko” mission. Moreover, it will give you a glimpse at the game’s graphics, as well as its gameplay mechanics.

KOEI Tecmo officially announces Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/koei-tecmo-officially-announces-atelier-ryza-2-lost-legends-the-secret-fairy/
Last week, we informed you about the latest part in the Atelier Ryza series, Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy. And today, KOEI Tecmo has officially announced this game. As the press release reads, this magical JRPG will be coming to the PC this Winter.

Monday news. part two:

Paradox Interactive snatches up yet another studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/paradox-interactive-snatches-up-yet-another-studio/
Paradox Interactive has acquired its second studio in as many weeks, adding Surviving the Aftermath developer Iceflake Studios to the roster, bumping the number of internal studios up to nine.

Turn-based tactical RPG Fae Tactics launches on July 31
https://www.pcgamer.com/turn-based-tactical-rpg-fae-tactics-launches-on-july-31/
We checked out Fae Tactics in June at the PC Gaming Show, where developer Endlessfluff Games showcased the "menuless" strategy game about a young magic user named Peony who casts spells, summons allies, and makes friends (and probably a few enemies) as she roams a world devastated by a magical calamity. The studio said at the time that the game would be out sometime this summer, and today it nailed the release down to July 31.

EA is scrubbing Washington's team name from Madden NFL 21
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-is-scrubbing-washingtons-team-name-from-madden-nfl-21/
After years of resistance, Washington's National Football League team announced earlier this week that its name will be changed to something that isn't a racial slur. A new name hasn't been settled on, though, which leaves the next iteration of the Madden series in an awkward limbo. EA announced it will make the team "generic" in the upcoming Madden NFL 21, until the new name and logo are decided.

Discord, Valorant briefly go offline following Cloudflare network issue
https://www.pcgamer.com/discord-valorant-offline-as-a-chunk-of-the-internet-goes-down/
On Friday afternoon, reports began appearing on Twitter from people who were unable to connect to chat program Discord or Riot shooter Valorant. At the time, I could not connect to either.
Update (7/18): Cloudflare says the outage was caused by a "configuration error" and lasted 27 minutes. For the curious, the company breaks down what happened in a blog post, and says it has taken steps to prevent the error from reoccurring. It also stresses that the outage "was not caused by an attack or breach of any kind."

This FMV game trailer was so poorly received the publisher took the whole announcement back
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-fmv-game-trailer-was-so-poorly-received-the-publisher-took-the-whole-announcement-back/
Yesterday, publisher Wales Interactive announced a new "FMV thriller" called Gamer Girl that will put players in the role of a moderator of an up-and-coming streamer named Abicake99. You'll moderate comments in her stream, reward good behavior and ban trolls, and work to increase subscriber numbers and earn likes to keep Abicake99 in a good mood and her career on track.

Caves of Qud introduces a sprawling new dungeon: The Tomb of the Eaters
https://www.pcgamer.com/caves-of-qud-introduces-a-sprawling-new-dungeon-the-tomb-of-the-eaters/
Science-fantasy roguelike Caves of Qud has a huge new update with a massive, 12-level dungeon called the Tomb of the Eaters. The Tomb is a pretty big dungeon that adds a lot to Qud's elaborate histories because it deals with The Eaters, a long-lost precursor to Qud's civilization of weird mutants and people and animal hybrids.

Hell Let Loose debuts urban combat and new animations for a free weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/hell-let-loose-debuts-urban-combat-and-new-animations-for-a-free-weekend/
(...) The WW2 shooter's Update 7 - Battle of Carentan introduces a hellish-looking urban combat map the developers showed off last month. It's about as terrifying as you'd expect, and that's a good thing, because it is a fun change of pace from the hedgerows and forests of prior maps.

Visual novel initially banned from Steam now available
https://www.pcgamer.com/visual-novel-initially-banned-from-steam-now-available/
Translation house Fruitbat Factory, responsible for the English versions of games like War of the Human Tanks and 100% Orange Juice, have released the first two episodes of their new game, Jiangshi x Daoshi, for free. After initially being rejected by Steam, it was altered to suit Valve's feedback. You can, however, download a restoration patch from the Fruitbat Factory website or just get an unaltered version from itch.io, where as always anything goes.

Minecraft players may have found the world of the title screen
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-players-may-have-found-the-world-of-the-title-screen/
After a comprehensive month-long search and some clever distributed computing, Minecraft players have discovered what may well be the world seed for the title menu's panorama background. First added to the game in 2011 and only relatively recently replaced in patch 1.13, the background panorama is a pretty iconic bit of gaming history. However, just what world the panorama was from wasn't known until yesterday, when some digital explorers found the world(s) in question and posted it to Reddit.

Organic city-builder Foundation now has minerals to mine and complex craftsmanship
https://www.pcgamer.com/organic-city-builder-foundation-now-has-minerals-to-mine-and-complex-craftsmanship/
Foundation is a medieval city-builder that touts its lack of a grid as a major feature. It's a game where your peoples' feet determine where roads go as much as you do. They'll take the short route between two points and over time that'll become a road. You just tell them where to do stuff, not exactly what to do.
Its been a bit since we checked in with the game, and it looks like the developers have been pretty busy. A new update adds precious minerals and an expanded crafting system to the game. The nodes require your bailiff to go prospecting, hoping to find gold (but probably just finding iron), before being converted into scaffolded open mines.

Physics-based fencing in Hellish Quart is looking real good
https://www.pcgamer.com/physics-based-sword-dueling-in-hellish-quart-is-looking-real-good/
Who likes swordfights? Swashbuckling? Fencing? Fighting games? Here's one for you: Hellish Quart, a physics-driven indie fighting game that promises to emulate the real cut-and-thrust of close combat in the 17th century. That's right: It's the era of musketeers and janissaries and cossacks. Superb. The game uses motion captured moves from actual fencers, and 3D-scanned reproductions of period clothing, to give the feeling of authenticity. The solo indie developer, called Kubold, is an animator and motion capture actor who worked on The Witcher 3.

Necromunda: Underhive Wars details gang warfare in the grim, dark future
https://www.pcgamer.com/necromunda-underhive-wars-details-its-gang-warfare-in-the-grim-dark-future/
After going silent for a bit, Necromunda: Underhive Wars popped back up earlier this year in preparation for a Summer 2020 release. That's still on, and the developers are finally releasing details about how the game will play. Necromunda is a tactical skirmish game set in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe from Games Workshop, and the video game adaptation is the video game companion of the genre, a tactical RPG. In the story, Necromunda is a human "hive-world," where tens of billions of people labor in massive, overbuilt sky-scraping megacities. In Necromunda, you take control of a criminal gang in the depths beneath the hive.

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is back, free
https://www.pcgamer.com/strange-adventures-in-infinite-space-is-back-free/
Strange Adventures in Infinite Space was a sci-fi roguelike developed by Digital Eel and published by Cheapass Games back in 2002. If you imagine a line extending from the Star Control series to FTL, put your finger on a point roughly halfway between them and that's where you'll find Strange Adventures in Infinite Space.

Dead by Daylight is getting cross-progression in September, full cross-play "really soon"
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-by-daylight-is-getting-cross-progression-in-september-full-cross-play-really-soon/
Multiplayer slasher horror Dead by Daylight will soon let you play on more than one platform, as developer Behaviour Interactive has announced cross-progression is on its way this September. There is one massive catch to it, though.

Dying Light's Hellraid DLC has been delayed yet again
https://www.pcgamer.com/dying-lights-hellraid-dlc-has-been-delayed-yet-again/
Dying Light's upcoming Hellraid DLC has been delayed at the absolute last possible second, following a recent beta test.
The DLC, which incorporates elements of Techland's cancelled Hellraid as a procedurally-generated dungeon crawler, was due to launch this week on July 23. However, in a tweet from Techland, it's been announced the release has been pushed back to August 13, in order to apply suggestions made by the community after a recent beta test.

One third of developers have had their games delayed due to coronavirus
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-third-of-developers-have-had-their-games-delayed-due-to-covid-19/
One third of developers have had their projects delayed due to the coronavirus.
In a survey by the Game Developers Conference (which itself has had to go digital-only for its conference this year due to the virus), 33% of developers claim the game they have been working on has been delayed, citing reasons such as the transition from working at home as the primary cause of these delays. In the report, it is claimed up to 70% of developers have had to move to working from home since the pandemic began.

Have any of you ever wanted to see the offices of CD Projekt Red? Well, thanks to Google Maps, now you can!

Paradox really starts to become a very big Publisher. I just hope they don't fall like the other big ones, they DLC are already a bit ludicrous but thankfully no lootboxes or predatory microtransactions yet...

Are we really needing yet another generational thread about how PC's are all gonna be expensive or weak, and that PC gaming is gonna be dead again?.

I mean, you'd think after a number of years on this site, that people would stop pulling that crap by now. People buy into what they want, it's not hard, it doesn't need number price stat crunching or anything. The whole "consoles are cheap, therefore better than PC's and everyone will drop PC" rhetoric is beyond stale at this point, and I honestly wish it'd die.