Beast!

Adapter makes the thing a bit ugly though.

The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a new sale and a new release:

• There's a special sale with eerie atmospheric games up to 90% off during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200910_eerie_sale
• And Control Ultimate Edition launches on the store with a 20% discount until September 15: https://www.gog.com/game/control_ultimate_edition

Steam has two new daily deals:

• Train Simulator 2020 is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/Train_Simulator_2020/
• And Depth gets a 70% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/274940/Depth/

There's another Humble Bundle: The Humble Unity Games and Game Dev Assets Bundle that will last another 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/unity-games-and-game-dev-assets-software

And Fanatical has four new deals:

• The new Star Deal is GRIP: Combat Racing, 87% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/grip
• Northgard is 50% off during the next 3 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/northgard
• Project CARS - Game Of The Year Edition gets an 81% discount during the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/project-cars-game-of-the-year-edition
• And there's a new Outlaws Bundle with 8 games with a 98% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/outlaw-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Xbox Game Pass for PC exits beta next week, and the price is going up
https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-game-pass-for-pc-exits-beta-next-week-and-the-price-is-going-up/
Xbox Game Pass for PC has been bizarrely cheap since it launched into beta last year: an initial $1 trial month rolled into a $5 per month subscription, which was more than worth it for a library of over 100 games. But all good things must come to an end, and starting next week, Xbox Game Pass for PC will exit beta and its monthly price will double.
It's not unexpected: the $5 per month was always a limited offer and the usual $10 a month (AU$10.95) is about what you'd expect to pay for a subscription service. For reference, in the US Netflix Standard is $13, and Spotify is $10.
According to an official tweet, the service will enter 'General Availability,' which seems to suggest that it'll be available in more regions, though at the time of writing these regions aren't specified anywhere. Meanwhile, if you already have a subscription and your billing day is approaching, you'll still pay the introductory rate.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will now release one week earlier, on November 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-valhalla-will-now-release-one-week-earlier-on-november-10th/
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will officially release on November 10th. The game was previously scheduled for a November 17th release. In other words, this new Assassin’s Creed game will be releasing one week earlier (and will be a launch game for next-gen consoles).

Here are the official PC requirements for the free-to-play action RPG, Genshin Impact
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-official-pc-requirements-for-the-free-to-play-action-rpg-genshin-impact/
miHoYo has just revealed the official PC system requirements for Genshin Impact. Genshin Impact is a new free to play action RPG, featuring an art style similar to the Zelda games. And, as we can see, the game won’t be that demanding on the PC.

Here is your first look at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PC Multiplayer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-your-first-look-at-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-pc-multiplayer/
Activision has officially revealed the multiplayer mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and Digital Foundry has shared a video that showcases the PC version. In this video, we get to see 10 minutes of PC gameplay footage on Max settings.

New Dirt 5 gameplay video showcases an Ice Breaker event
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-dirt-5-gameplay-video-showcases-an-ice-breaker-event/
Codemasters has released a brand new gameplay video for Dirt 5. This latest gameplay teaser takes players to New York, with classic Ford and Peugeot rally cars battling on the frozen East River.

THQ Nordic announces Chronos: Before the Ashes, coming to PC on December 1st, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thq-nordic-announces-chronos-before-the-ashes-coming-to-pc-on-december-1st-first-screenshots/
THQ Nordic has announced a new RPG that will be coming to the PC in December 2020, Chronos: Before the Ashes. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also shared the game’s first screenshots. Additionally, you can find its announcement trailer below.

After a couple of days without it, here's the second part of the news:

Oh no, shader installs are back in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
https://www.pcgamer.com/oh-no-shader-installs-are-back-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/
Run for the hills, the shaders are coming. During a multiplayer session of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War hosted by Activision, I was bummed to see the return of a nuisance that Modern Warfare players on PC know too well: shader installation.
>> Here you can watch a full multiplayer match.

Epic's games are losing Apple ID logins this week, so make sure your accounts are updated
https://www.pcgamer.com/epics-games-are-losing-apple-id-logins-this-week-so-make-sure-your-accounts-are-updated/
Players of Fortnite and other Epic games who currently sign into their accounts using their Apple IDs will soon have to make other plans. The studio announced today that, because of its ongoing legal dispute with Apple, that functionality will be going away "as soon as September 11."

Sea of Thieves adds dogs and some other stuff, but mainly dogs
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-adds-dogs-and-some-other-stuff-but-mainly-dogs/
Sea of Thieves' latest update, Vaults of the Ancients, has arrived at last, bringing with it new voyages to secret treasure vaults, an enchanted compass to help you find hidden map scraps, and yadda yadda yadda—there's dogs now!

Big bird combat simulator The Falconeer is coming on November 10
https://www.pcgamer.com/big-bird-combat-simulator-the-falconeer-is-coming-on-november-10/
Today's big news that the Xbox Series X and S machines will be released on November 10 seems to have cleared the way for a few game companies to announce that they'll be unleashing their latest and greatest on the same day. Ubisoft is dropping Assassin's Creed Valhalla a week early to take advantage of the big day, Yakuza: Like a Dragon will come out three days early on the new Xbox machines (still November 13 for everyone else, though), and now Wired Productions has announced that the big-bird combat sim The Falconeer will also arrive on November 10.

Save President Roosevelt from Anarcho-Satanists in this penny arcade twin-stick shooter
https://www.pcgamer.com/save-president-roosevelt-from-anarcho-satanists-in-this-penny-arcade-twin-stick-shooter/
Bartlow's Dread Machine is a twin-stick shooter that recreates, with some embellishments, the old penny arcade machines from the turn of the 20th century. It follows the adventures of a member of the Secret Service, who rushes to the rescue after president Teddy Roosevelt is kidnapped by Anarcho-Satanists bent on destroying the American way of life.

Eric Barone 'would not be surprised' if Stardew Valley 2 happens someday
https://www.pcgamer.com/eric-barone-would-not-not-be-surprised-if-stardew-valley-2-happens-someday/
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone is currently hard at work on update 1.5, which will include a mysterious new door in Willy's fish shop and, apparently, bananas. It's been in development since February and there's still no word on when it will come out, but Barone told Game Informer that he doesn't think it will mark the end of the game—although he's not quite ready to tie himself down.

WoW won't be making any big changes to Shadowlands' contentious Covenants system before launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/wow-wont-be-making-any-big-changes-to-shadowlands-contentious-covenants-system-before-launch/
In the months leading up to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' October 26 release, players have continued to argue over one particularly contentious feature. Beta players can join one of four Covenants in exchange for unique powerful abilities and other perks, like exclusive endgame activities. Though the issue is complex, the overarching fear is that Covenants won't be balanced and players will be forced to choose whichever is deemed most powerful by the meta instead of whichever one they think is coolest. After months of debating and listening to feedback, game director Ion Hazzikostas announced today that the feature won't be getting any major changes before Shadowlands releases.

Turn-based RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister comes to Early Access in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/turn-based-rpg-solasta-crown-of-the-magister-comes-to-early-access-in-october/
French studio Tactical Adventures raised €243,855 on Kickstarter (over a €180,000 goal) for Solasta: Crown of the Magister, their RPG based on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules. Now they've announced it'll be coming to Steam Early Access on October 20, and they're aiming to release the full game in 2021 release.

Woodsalt is a creepy indie game with a '90s JRPG vibe
https://www.pcgamer.com/woodsalt-is-a-creepy-indie-game-with-a-90s-jrpg-vibe/
English indie developers Team Woodsalt have announced their first game, which is also called Woodsalt. It's about waking up 1,000 years after you fell asleep in a city inside a bubble, and also maybe about being haunted?

Skull & Bones isn't dead, but we won't see more until next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/skull-and-bones-isnt-dead-but-we-wont-see-more-until-next-year/
Ubisoft revealed Skull & Bones way back in 2017 and it's been floating around in purgatory ever since. Originally due out in 2018, it was pushed to 2019, then 2020 and now the vague future. But it's still happening, apparently, with a "new vision" that we'll have to wait until next year to hear about.

Spacebase Startopia has been delayed until 2021
https://www.pcgamer.com/spacebase-startopia-has-been-delayed-until-2021/
Just over a month out from its launch date, nostalgic space station sim Spacebase Startopia has been delayed and won't be appearing on October 23.
This could be a result of beta feedback. The closed beta kicked off in July for anyone who preordered the game. Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios haven't mentioned any specifics, just that it needs more polish and won't be appearing until spring next year.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has been spotted on Uplay
https://www.pcgamer.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-remake-has-been-spotted-on-uplay/
Ubisoft just cannot seem to keep a lid on its announcements, and today we've got another leak. This time, it's for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, the existence of which had already leaked, but now we've got some slightly goofy screenshots.
>> If those screenshots are anything to go by, it looks more like a remaster than a remake.

A big Conan Exiles expansion is releasing next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-isle-of-siptah-announcement/
The first big Conan Exiles expansion, Isle of Siptah, will release in Early Access next week on Tuesday, September 15.
Rather than extending Conan Exiles' existing territory, Spitah is a separate new island where players will start fresh. If you haven't played the Conan the Barbarian-themed survival game, the expansion presents an opportunity to take part in the initial exploration of a map that's "engulfed in magical storms."

vivster said: The 1050ti seems to handle it pretty well. Careful, really dim room, therefore terrible picture. Also bad perspective, the TV is far away, it's actually 4 times as big as the monitor. Before this week I did not actually have a side monitor, so this is new. And it's also incredibly useful. Spoiler!

Is that the same wallpaper? Because the colours are almost completely different.

Want!

JEMC said: vivster said: The 1050ti seems to handle it pretty well. Careful, really dim room, therefore terrible picture. Also bad perspective, the TV is far away, it's actually 4 times as big as the monitor. Before this week I did not actually have a side monitor, so this is new. And it's also incredibly useful. Spoiler! Is that the same wallpaper? Because the colours are almost completely different.

They better look different. One is the cheapest 4k monitor you can buy and the other is the best OLED TV panel that exists.

I love my Pioneer Plasma (Rip their tv division after they made the best tv). Oled gives me hope but they still have same issues as Plasma like burn in.

Time to enable the good old Screen Saver.

Yea i like that Netflix feature where if i leave the screen on main menu. It goes in screen saver in 5 mins. Not sure Prime Video has that. 

On my plasma, there is some orbiter thing too which i leave enabled. Refreshes the picture behind the scene even if it is static. 

The new OLEDs have tons of techniques for reducing burn in. Like lowering brightness just for static images, pixel refreshes, screensaver etc. For example when there is no motion on my screen for a while the picture gets darker. Even though I'm using it mostly as a desktop I do not expect any burn in anytime soon. And if it has noticeable burn in in 4 years it's time to get a new TV anyway. By then we'll have affordable micro LEDs.

Another picture of a 3090, from Chiphell: