Some more Big Navi things.

Navi21 => 12GB 384bit bus

^That Techradar article comes from a coreteks rumor and, as far as I've seen in other places, coreteks isn't very reliable (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

It's a good idea to keep expectations at bay, but not because of that rumor.

Rogames PS5 leak was good and Coreteks Navi leak was also superb.

My own guess, big navi will be +35-60% of geforce 2080 ti and 16GB Vram with 512-bit bus.

I would be absolutely shocked if Big Navi can keep up with a 3080ti.

I wouldn't touch Coreteks with a 10-foot pole. Not only are his rumors often wrong, he believes that ARM will crush PCs and push them out of the market in a couple years...

Amazon will invest over $10 billion in its satellite internet network after receiving FCC authorization

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/30/fcc-authorizes-amazon-to-build-kuiper-satellite-internet-network.html

Between Amazon and Tesla launching their satellite internet services. Hopefully it will give the ISPs some much needed competition in the future as it's all rigged in Canada.

Apple's first ARM macbook rumour

The starting price is certainly cheaper than their current entry level versions and will probably perform better than the potato 1.1 Ghz Intel i3 dual core cpus that cost $1000 so if it's true, at least for their entry level macbooks, the ARM transition should be a good thing. But the inclusion of more butterfly switches means that it's a ticking time bomb that will eventually fail. All in all, it's their pro line that will make me go ??? once those get the ARM treatment.

Let's get the week started with the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Grounded
2. Valve Index VR Kit
3. Destroy All Humans!
4. Sea of Thieves
5. Microsoft Flight Simulator
6. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
7. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Satisfactory
10. DEATH STRANDING

Devolver’s Carrion has sold nearly 200K copies in its first week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/devolvers-carrion-has-sold-nearly-200k-copies-in-its-first-week/
Phobia Game Studios and Devolver Digital have announced that their reverse-horror game, Carrion, has sold nearly 200K copies sold worldwide. Furthermore, hundreds of thousands of players were able to experience this game on Xbox Gamepass.

Over a million players have tried Grounded, and the first update is coming
https://www.pcgamer.com/over-a-million-players-have-tried-grounded-and-the-first-update-is-coming/
Obsidian Entertainment's just-released backyard survival sandbox Grounded racked up over a million players in its first 48 hours, according to game director Adam Brennecke. It's also the top-selling game on Steam in Early Access, despite being available on Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service. Brennecke made the announcement of Grounded's player milestone in an unlisted video on YouTube.

Resident Evil 3 Remake hasn't been nearly as popular as its predecessor
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-3-remake-hasnt-been-nearly-as-popular-as-its-predecessor/
Back in June, Capcom announced that Resident Evil had become its first series to surpass 100 million sales. Today's quarterly report has a less celebratory tone, with the publisher calling sales of Resident Evil 3 Remake "solid"—the cruellest compliment anyone can pay anything.
2.7 million sales in three months is still a respectable number, but quite far behind Resident Evil 2 Remake's sales across the same length of time. It boasted more than 4 million sales by this point and then went on to beat the lifetime sales of the original game. There's still a chance Resident Evil 3 Remake will do the same, but it's still got close to a million to go before it beats the original Resident Evil 3.

GOG's new weekly sale is full of Pixel Art games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200803_weekly_sale

Steam has two new sales:

• The new daily deal is Poly Bridge 2, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062160/Poly_Bridge_2/
• And Tricky Towers will be 60% off until the 10th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/437920/Tricky_Towers/

And Fanatical has two sales and a competition!

• The new Star Deal is DARK SOULS: REMASTERED, 58% off for the next 24 hopurs: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dark-souls-remastered-steam
• The Summer Sale is now live! Check it out here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale
• During the Summer Sale, you'll beable to choose a free game for every $10 spend. These are the free games available: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/what-free-games-can-you-get-in-fanatical-summer-sale
• And Fanatical has a new competition with several prizes. Check them out here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-pc-build-gaming-chair-games-with-fanatical

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First early gameplay footage for Star Wars Dark Forces Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-early-gameplay-footage-for-star-wars-dark-forces-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
Shadow Art Games is currently working on a fan remake of Star Wars Dark Forces in Unreal Engine 4, and has released the first gameplay footage from it. In the two following videos, we get to see the player fighting some stormtroopers in one of the game’s environments.

The Witcher 3 Mod upscales face textures for all Kaer Morhen Witchers to 4K
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-mod-upscales-face-textures-for-all-kaer-morhen-witchers-to-4k/
WitcherSeb has released a new texture pack for The Witcher 3 that upscales the faces for all Kaer Morhen Witchers to 4K. In other words, this mod improves the faces of Eskel, Vesemir and Lambert.
Now the good news here is that you can use this mod with pretty much all the other graphical mods we’ve shared in the past.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

This mod lets you swap Geralt's other romance partners for Yennefer
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-mod-lets-you-swap-geralts-other-romance-partners-for-yennefer/
In The Witcher 3 and its expansions, Geralt has the option of dancing the horizontal tango with several different ladies. For readers of the original books, however, there's only one option for Geralt and that's his canonical love, Yennefer. Previously you could simply avoid getting medieval jiggy with other women by not choosing the flirty dialogue, but now there's a mod that will let you watch all those sex scenes—yes, even the one where you bang while flying in a cloud—but with Yennefer instead of Triss, Shani, Keira, Syanna, someone named Jutta I don't think I even met in my playthrough and a Sasha I definitely did not meet because that questline involves a Gwent tournament and to hell with that.
Dammit, Geralt, just keep it in your pants for five minutes.
This mod was originally created for a YouTube livestream, which is why Yennefer keeps her underwear on in all the scenes. As modder Julia Barcelos explains, "we all know how much YouTube hates nipples lol". You can download swap main romances to Yennefer from Nexus Mods.

Lots of free Sonic fan games showcased in the SAGE 20th Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/lots-of-sonic-fan-games-showcased-in-the-sage-20th-trailer/
SAGExpo has released a new trailer, showcasing some of the free Sonic fan games that are currently under development. SAGE, Sonic Amateur Games Expo, is an event dedicated to Sonic fan games, and will take place between September 5th and September 12th.
This trailer showcases a lot of Sonic fan games. The highlights – at least in my opinion – are the 2D games that are similar to the official 16-bit titles.
>> The video is almost 15 minutes long.

American McGee’s Alice gets a 2GB HD Fan Remaster Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/american-mcgees-alice-gets-a-2gb-hd-fan-remaster-mod/
Omri koresh has released a 2GB HD Fan Remaster Mod for American McGee’s Alice. This mod introduces high resolution textures, a new HUD, and revamped menus. Furthermore, this mod introduces an “Overkill” setting that places more models and enemies in game.
According to the modder, most of the textures are upscaled 4X, while others are upscaled 2X. This is mainly due to an engine issue. When the modder tried to upscale all textures by 4 times, the game crashed.
Do note that American McGee’s Alice is a really old game. Thus, and even with this new HD Texture Pack, the game may still feel a bit dated. After all, the modder was not able to enhance the game’s 3D models.
>> This mod is also available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

343 Industries confirms that Halo: Infinite Multiplayer will be free to play
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/343-industries-confirms-that-halo-infinite-multiplayer-will-be-free-to-play/
Earlier today, an image from Halo: Infinite’s Windows Store suggested that its multiplayer mode would be free to play. And just a few minutes ago, 343 Industries confirmed this rumor. Halo: Infinite’s multiplayer mode will be free to play, meaning that everyone will be able to play it.
>> LudicrousSpeed made a thread about this a couple days ago.

Battletoads releases on August 20th, PC system requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battletoads-releases-on-august-20th-pc-system-requirements-revealed/
Microsoft has announced that Battletoads will officially release on August 20th. The game will be available on both Windows Store and Steam, and you can find below a new trailer for it. Moreover, Microsoft has also revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes from the creators of Suikoden exceeds all initial Kickstarter goals
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/eiyuden-chronicle-hundred-heroes-exceeds-all-kickstarter-goals/
Last week we released an article on a Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming game Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes by the same creators of the widely-beloved JRPG Suikoden. The dormant fan base was clearly waiting for this moment because they have matched every one of the game’s opening Kickstarter goals.

New Marvel’s Avengers Details – Offline mode, Skills, AI companions, War Zones and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-marvels-avengers-details-offline-mode-skills-ai-companions-war-zones-and-more/
During a recent AMA, Crystal Dynamics revealed some new details about Marvel’s Avengers. According to the team, the game will offer both online and offline modes. However, a few select end game content types will be co-op/online only.

Warframe Heart of Deimos releases on August 25th, first gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warframe-heart-of-deimos-releases-on-august-25th-first-gameplay-footage/
Digital Extremes has announced that the Heart of Deimos expansion for Warframe will release on August 25th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released a new gameplay video, showcasing this expansion in action.

id Software’s classic FPS, Quake, will be free during QuakeCon 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/id-software-classic-quake-free-quakecon-2020/
Bethesda has announced that during QuakeCon 2020, id Software’s classic FPS, Quake, will be free to everyone. This basically means that the game will be free to own between August 7th and August 9th.
>> From Bethesda.net

Halo: The Master Chief Collection will get cross-play and mod support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/halo-the-master-chief-collection-will-get-cross-play-and-mod-support/
343 Industries has announced that a new patch will add cross-play support for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This basically means that PC gamers will be able to play with their Xbox One friends in multiplayer modes.

New gameplay trailer released for F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailer-fist-forged-in-shadow-torch/
TiGames and bilibili have released a new 4K gameplay trailer for the upcoming Metroidvania game, F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch. This trailer will give you a glimspe at the game’s combat mechanics, and its visual/art style.

New trailer for the dinosaur co-op shooter, Second Extinction, showcases the raptor
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-for-the-dinosaur-co-op-shooter-second-extinction-showcases-the-raptor/
Systemic Reaction has released a new trailer for its upcoming dinosaur co-op shooter, Second Extinction. This trailer gives us a closer look at the raptor. Now while the dinosaur does not have any feathers, it does have quills on the top of its head (similar to those of Jurassic Park 3’s raptors).

UnMetal is a top-down free parody game of Metal Gear Solid, demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/unmetal-free-parody-game-metal-gear-solid-demo-download/
Metal Gear Solid fans, here is something for you today. Indie developer ‘franfistro’ is currently working on a top-down parody game for the first Metal Gear Solid, called UnMetal. UnMetal is a 2D stealth/action game where the goal is to escape from an enemy military base, and you can download a free demo.

World of Tanks Update 1.10 detailed, will be the biggest update to date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-of-tanks-update-1-10-detailed-will-be-the-biggest-update-to-date/
Wargaming has detailed the August Update for World of Tanks, which will be its biggest update to date. According to the team, World of Tanks Update 1.10 will introduce a new system for equipment and 6 new Polish medium tanks Furthermore, it will bring back Pearl River.

Monday news, part two:

Anthem update reveals some of the changes coming with the redesign
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthem-update-reveals-some-of-the-changes-coming-with-the-redesign/
It's been a couple of months since BioWare announced that it had started to look into what went wrong with Anthem and how it was going to fix it. Today, it's begun to share the results of that, giving us an idea of what to expect. Mostly more loot.

Here's a first look at Warframe's next three warframes coming this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-a-first-look-at-warframes-next-three-warframes-coming-this-year/
Warframe's big TennoCon 2020 fan convention is happening today, and during a special presentation about the art of Warframe, Digital Extremes gave our first look at three of the new warframes coming at some point in 2020. One is a Frankenstein-esque monster named Xaku, another is a serpentine scientist called the Alchemist, and the last is known as Wraithe. What's cool, however, is that all three warframes were designed by artists who either are or were at one point simply fan artists who Digital Extremes has hired or contracted.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! releases a final update before launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/cook-serve-delicious-3-releases-a-final-update-before-launch/
Deceptively hardcore food truck game Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! has released its grand finale update, the Iron Cook Speedway, ahead of launch this summer. Cook, Serve, Delicious 3 is the latest in the series, a return to form for fans of the first game while retaining much of the difficulty of the second.

Co-op board game Spirit Island now has a nice digital edition
https://www.pcgamer.com/co-op-board-game-spirit-island-now-has-a-nice-digital-edition/
Cooperative board game Spirit Island has come to PC at last, with the official port of R. Eric Reuss' masterpiece of complex co-op hitting Steam this week. Spirit Island is one of the best board games of the past few years, sitting at an overall rank of 13 on BoardGameGeek's best games. Each player is a powerful natural spirit who teams up with others to protect their island's native inhabitants from aggressive, militaristic invaders who would destroy their way of life.

Atlantis, aka Coral Castle, arrives in Fortnite
https://www.pcgamer.com/atlantis-aka-coral-castle-arrives-in-fortnite/
Fortnite's Season 3 brought with it a freshly flooded map, with several existing locations like Slurpy Swamp hidden underwater while new areas appeared above the waterline. Our guide to the Season 3 map changes had the info on that, but now things are changing again. The water has receded, and the Atlantis location fans had been expecting since they saw the Aquaman skin has appeared.

Total War: Troy lays out the Greek and Trojan heroes in detailed videos
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-troy-lays-out-the-greek-and-trojan-heroes-in-detailed-videos/
Creative Assembly's next strategy game is A Total War Saga: Troy, and we've heard a lot about it at this point, but the consummate strategy enthusiast always hungers for more. To that end, Creative Assembly has released a couple new videos highlighting the unique campaign mechanics for playing as the heroes on both the Greek and Trojan sides. A key part of differentiating the factions in the small theatre of this focused Total War game is the heroes: They give flavor to your army, have unique mechanics, and dictate what units you can recruit.

Spintires got a major update and new DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/spintires-got-a-major-update-and-new-dlc/
Good news for mudders, muddin' folks, and off-road enthusiasts of all stripes: The original Spintires has a brand new update and DLC. Though it's some six years old, current developer Oovee Games has admirably spent the last year lavishing updates on it. The 1.6 update has revamped some major parts of Spintires, deeply reworking water interactions and the mud physics and simulation. Additionally, tires on some vehicles can now be variably inflated, some vehicles now have differential steering, and articulated chassis vehicles are now supported.

The legendary Frog Fractions is now on Steam in remastered 4k
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-legendary-frog-fractions-is-now-on-steam-in-remastered-4k/
Perhaps one of the greatest indie games of all time, Frog Fractions is a weird edutainment-ish Indie game that everyone loved back in 2012 and everyone still loves now. You can now get the game in remastered form, for free, as promised, on Steam. Frog Fractions is a surprising, joyous game that celebrates everything good about gaming—no joke. This re-release ahead of Flash's demise this year is upscaled to 4k and still completely free. You can buy a cosmetic hat DLC for $8, though, if you like.

Grown-up Pokémon game Monster Crown enters Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/grown-up-pokemon-game-monster-crown-enters-early-access/
Way back in 2018 we told you about the Kickstarter for Monster Crown, a game of mad-science crossbreeding and turn-based battles somewhere between Pokémon and Dragon Quest Monsters that ended up being funded to the tune of $45,415, well over its humble $5,000 goal. Now, it's finally entered Early Access on Steam and is 10% off this week.

Leisure Suit Larry is coming again in Wet Dreams Dry Twice
https://www.pcgamer.com/leisure-suit-larry-is-coming-again-in-wet-dreams-dry-twice/
The world's skeeviest adventure game "hero" made a comeback in late 2018 in Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry, and to everyone's great surprise (especially after the unmitigated disasters of Magna Cum Laude and Box Office Bust), it was actually pretty decent. And so, as is the natural order of things, it's getting a sequel later this year called Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice.

Ubisoft VP Tommy François has left the company amid abuse allegations
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-vp-tommy-francois-has-left-the-company-amid-abuse-allegations/
Tommy François, Ubisoft's vice president of editorial & creative services and one of several employees accused of harassment and abuse, has left the publisher.
Business Insider read an email from CEO Yves Guillemot informing staff that François had left Ubisoft after being on administrative leave for a month, which Ubisoft has since confirmed. The email didn't go into any detail and Ubisoft has not provided any more information about his exit.

Apple Secure Enclave chip found to have ‘unpatchable’ exploit

https://www.gizmochina.com/2020/08/03/apple-secure-enclave-exploit/

Following devices come packed with Secure Enclave chip:

iPhone 5s and later
iPad (5th gen) and later
iPad Air (1st gen) and later
iPad mini 2 and later
iPad Pro
Mac computers with the T1 or T2 chip
Apple TV HD (4th gen) and later
Apple Watch Series 1 and later
HomePod

Fixing MacBook Pro Thermal Performance Issues

https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/fixing-macbook-pro-thermal-performance-issues/

"I tested and verified that using a left port [to charge] caused the CPU temperature to go up much higher than using a right port."

Eiyuden Chronicles sounds a bit too good to be true. There are a lot of red flags, but I'm still tempted to pledge.