Another day, another round of news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Remnant: From the Ashes has sold 2.5 million units worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/remnant-from-the-ashes-has-sold-2-5-million-units-worldwide/
Perfect World Entertainment and Gunfire Games announced that the Remnant: From the Ashes franchise has surpassed over 2.5 million units sold across all platforms to date. Hailed as one of the sleeper hits of 2019, Remnant: From the Ashes is a brutal third-person survival action shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with deadly enemies and challenging boss encounters.
Since launching in August of last year, the base game has accumulated over 1.7 million units sold. Additionally, both of its premium DLCs that launched this year, Swamps of Corsus and Subject 2923, have reached nearly 1 million units sold.

Marvel’s Avengers flopped so hard that it still hasn’t recouped its development costs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvels-avengers-flopped-so-hard-that-it-still-hasnt-recouped-its-development-costs/
During its Financial Results Briefing Session for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, Square Enix revealed that Marvel’s Avengers hasn’t recouped its development costs. Marvel’s Avengers came out in September 2020, which means that it’s not profitable after two whole months.
As Square Enix stated when asked about the estimated ¥7B operating loss in the HD Games sub-segment.

The Epic Store's Black Friday Sale begins on Thursday
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-black-friday-sale-2020/
Barring some unprecedented shift in the cosmic balance, the Steam Autumn Sale will get underway a little later this week. But it won't be the only game in town this year: The Epic Games Store has announced that it's got a week-long Black Friday Sale that will kick off on November 26.

GOG receives two new games:

• Evan's Remains launches with a 30% discount until December 1st: https://www.gog.com/game/evans_remains
• And the classic Drakensang launches with a 75% discount until December 2nd: https://www.gog.com/game/drakensang

Steam has two new deals:

• Untitled Goose Game is 25% off for the next 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/837470/Untitled_Goose_Game/
• And BELOW will be 60% off until December 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/250680/BELOW/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Crytek has paid €140000 for using Denuvo in Crysis Remasted for one year
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crytek-has-paid-e140000-for-using-denuvo-in-crysis-remasted-for-one-year/
A lot of PC gamers have been wondering why game developers wait for a whole year before removing the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from their cracked games. And today, we may finally have an answer to that question. According to some leaked documents, most game developers are paying Denuvo/Irdeto a one-year fee for using this anti-tamper tech.
In case you weren’t aware of, ransomware gang “Egregor” leaked data it has obtained from the internal networks of Crytek in October 2020. These documents leaked Crysis 2 Remastered and Crysis 3 Remastered. They also leaked Crytek’s future development plans. And, according to these documents, Crytek has paid €140000 for using Denuvo in Crysis Remasted for one year.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 allows higher quality textures for 2GB cards
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-red-dead-redemption-2-allows-higher-quality-textures-for-2gb-cards/
Red Dead Redemption 2 does not allow players with a 2GB GPUs to choose higher quality textures. However, it seems like Denis Winter didn’t like this limitation, and decided to create this mod.
The mod will optimize settings with a mix of low, medium, and high settings. Providing a balance of maximum quality and frames for 2GB DDR5 GPUs.
There are seven different profiles available at the moment. Make sure to read them all, and choose the one that suits your needs.
Be aware that in order to use the mod you should have at least 2GB VRAM, and your card also supports Vulkan API. Lastly, If you have more than 2GB of VRAM you can still benefit from this mod.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

The Mandalorian armor mod is The Way to play Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-mandalorian-armor-mod-is-the-way-to-play-star-wars-jedi-fallen-order/
With The Mandalorian Season 2 in full swing, giving us all sorts of Star Wars goosebumps every week, I can't think of a better time to put on some ultra-cool shiny Mando armor and be extremely mean to stormtroopers. It's perfect, then, that you can dress in The Mandalorian Season 2 armor and jump back into Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order thanks to this awesome Mandalorian mod by AlexPo21. I don't think anyone will object when I say that The Mandalorian's Din Djarin is way, way cooler than Fallen Order's Cal Kestis. Oh, hell yeah. This is The Way.

GAMING NEWS

Some people already have retail copies of Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/some-people-already-have-retail-copies-of-cyberpunk-2077/
Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most anticipated games of the year. After several delays it will finally be available on December 10th. However, it looks like some people got their hands on retail copies of the upcoming cyberpunk RPG.
>> And here's a comparison between PC and PS4 Pro.

Cyberpunk 2077 can last over 175 hours, new gameplay video released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-can-last-over-175-hours-new-gameplay-video-released/
It appears that CP 2077 is going to be a massive open-world game, and if The Witcher 3’s length is anything to go by, Cyberpunk 2077 appears to be an even bigger project CDPR has created.

FIFA 21 is old-gen on the PC because EA did not want to raise its PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fifa-21-is-old-gen-on-the-pc-because-ea-did-not-want-to-raise-its-pc-system-requirements/
As Eurogamer reports, EA decided to release the old-gen version of FIFA 21 on the PC because it wanted to reach as many PC gamers as possible. Thus, and in order to achieve this, the team did not want to raise the game’s PC system requirements.
>>*cough* Bull shit *cough*

New trailer for The Medium introduces a new character
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-for-the-medium-introduces-a-new-character/
Bloober Team has debuted a brand new trailer for dual reality game The Medium, that introduces a new character and takes players beyond the corridors of the Niwa Hotel.

Red Ivan gameplay trailer released for Evil Genius 2: World Domination
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/red-ivan-gameplay-trailer-released-for-evil-genius-2-world-domination/
Rebellion has revealed a brand new gameplay trailer for Evil Genius 2: World Domination, featuring none other than the legendary Brian Blessed.

Black Mesa Definitive Edition is now available, free to all Black Mesa owners
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-definitive-edition-is-now-available-free-to-all-base-black-mesa-owners/
Crowbar Collective has just released Black Mesa Definitive Edition. In addition, the team announced that this Definitive Edition of the Black Mesa Remake in Source Engine will be free to all existing Black Mesa owners as a final big update.

Wednesday news, part two:

The Hugo Awards are getting a videogame category—but only for 2021
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-hugo-awards-are-getting-a-videogame-category-but-only-for-2021/
The Hugo Awards, the prestigious annual literary award for science fiction and fantasy works, is going to have a videogame category in 2021. Like the Oscars, the Hugos are awarded for achievements made in the prior year. As such, the World Science Fiction Committee has decided that due to the heightened influence of videogames during the pandemic, the medium deserved to be recognised—for that year only.

Red Dead Online launches as a $5 standalone game on December 1
https://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-online-launches-as-a-dollar5-standalone-on-december-1/
Red Dead Online will launch as a standalone title on Steam and the Epic Games Store December 1, and until February 15, 2021 will be priced at $4.99. The game will require "up to" 123GB of disk space and will include the option to purchase Red Dead Redemption 2: Story Mode separately.

Total War Saga: Troy's multiplayer is finally here for you to declare war on all your friends
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-troys-multiplayer-is-finally-here-for-you-to-declare-war-on-all-your-friends/
Without wanting to start a discussion about Total War AI, multiplayer tends to make each game in the series just a little bit better. Creative Assembly's depiction of the Trojan War lacked multiplayer support when it released back in August, as the team wanted to focus on the campaign, but it was always a fixed point on Total War Saga: Troy's 2020 roadmap. The multiplayer for up to eight players launches in beta on November 26. The update will also include support for community maps, a whole new co-op campaign and more.

The 'happy little trees' of Bob Ross are coming to Magic: The Gathering
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-happy-little-trees-of-bob-ross-are-coming-to-magic-the-gathering/
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Now Wizards of the Coast is looking to bring a bit of the Bob Ross magic to Magic: The Gathering. As reported by Vice, it's partnered with the Ross estate for a limited edition set of Magic cards called Happy Little Gathering. Each of Magic's five basic land types—plains, swamps, forests, islands, and mountains—will be represented by two of Ross' landscapes, and there will also be one for the Evolving Wilds card, which can transform into any other land type.

Fallout 76: Steel Dawn expansion gets a surprise early launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-steel-dawn-expansion-gets-a-surprise-early-launch/
The Brotherhood of Steel have arrived inFallout 76, and even earlier than we expected. That's right, the Fallout 76: Steel Dawn expansion that was due on December 1 has been released a week early.

Star Citizen is adding another development studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-citizen-is-adding-another-development-studio/
Star Citizen, the MMO that never ends, is adding a new studio to its development pipeline. Canadian company Turbulent, which Cloud Imperium Games acquired a minority stake in last year, is launching a new operation based out of Montreal dedicated to creating new features, locations, and entire star systems that will be added to the game "on an ongoing basis."

The next Baldur's Gate 3 patch is going to break your saves
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-baldurs-gate-3-patch-is-going-to-break-your-saves/
The launch of Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Early Access was legitimately exciting, but at this point we've pretty well settled into the long slog of actual game development. That, unfortunately, means it's at the stage where necessary major updates—including patch 3, which Larian said today "is just around the corner"—are going to start having compatibility issues with existing saves.

Fortnite has horrible corn and pie bodies now
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-has-horrible-corn-and-pie-bodies-now/
Fun fact about mince pie: People used to think it caused nightmares, and in some cases, even insanity. Given that, the Nightmare Before Christmas grin on Mincemeat, one of two new and terrible Fortnite skins, is appropriate.

Movie crossover brings Milla Jovovich to Monster Hunter: World Iceborne as a playable character
https://www.pcgamer.com/movie-crossover-brings-milla-jovovich-to-monster-hunter-world-iceborne-as-a-playable-character/
The Monster Hunter movie directed by Paul W. S. Anderson is coming out in December, and so here's the inevitable marketing crossover. A singleplayer side story is being added to Monster Hunter: World Iceborne in which you play as Milla Jovovich's character from the movie, Artemis.

Microsoft Flight Simulator's USA update makes America seem like somewhere you might want to go
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulators-usa-update-makes-america-seem-like-somewhere-you-might-want-to-go/
The second world update for Microsoft Flight Simulator is live now, and it brings a variety of visual improvements to an obscure foreign country called the United States of America. The USA will benefit from hand-crafted versions of four new airports (Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Friday Harbor, and New York Stewart), a Discovery Flight pilots can take across its eastern seaboard, a Bush Trip over the Alaskan wilderness, and "an improved digital elevation model with resolution up to one meter, along with new aerial textures for significantly better appearance in several states across the country."

EA Sports dismisses Ibrahimovic and Bale criticisms about FIFA 21's right to use player likenesses
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-sports-dismisses-ibrahimovic-and-bale-criticisms-about-fifa-21s-right-to-use-player-likenesses/
We reported yesterday on an emerging brouhaha involving how much money David Beckham was going to earn from the FIFA series over the next few years. The figure reported by the UK's Daily Mirror was £40 million over three years but, a few hours after publication, EA Sports provided us with the following statement.

Square Enix will let employees work from home permanently
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-will-let-employees-work-from-home-permanently/
By and large, the games industry's been having a tough ol' time adjusting to life under the Covid-19 pandemic. But shifting to remote work hasn't come without its upsides. Now, Japanese publisher Square Enix has announced that it plans to let employees work from home as a permanent option.

It feels like the stock of Nvidia cards is getting worse instead of better. Shouldn't everyone except me have one by now?

As you can see from the article I've posted today, EA denies that they're paying Beckham so much. Maybe the newspaper exagerated it.

In any case, as you comment, EA has the right licenses to use the names and faces of players and so they're safe from any legal problem. The only trouble could come from former players or the ones that aren't in the union, and it's easier for EA to simply stop using them than to pay for use their names.

That feel when you finally manage to buy Blizz gift cards to grab a copy of Shadowlands for you and your gf, then work out a deal with the gf's mother to pay your sub (lost my bank account), only to find out the money doesn't process till Fri...

I know nothing but torment right about now lol. I've got the game for me n' her, just not the sub time. 

It appears to be the same with AMD cards, one major Scandinavian retailer announced today that they expected AMD card stock to be replenished and readily available "within the first half of 2021". Good times for all.

"Info om Radeon RX 6800 och 6800XT

The problem is, because the performance of 6000 series is so yawn worthy + what seems to be even less stock than 3000 series, the demand of the 3000 series keeps on rising. Plus Jensen keeps making 3090s and 3070s instead of 3080s if the stock bot servers are any indication.

Hell today is supposed to be the AIB launches of 6000 series and newegg was the only one that had them very briefly in stock in NA. Micro-center, one of the biggest and well known retailers in the US had zero in stock. That is legit, less than 3080 stock during their launch times.

Proshop, one of the retailers that gave us indications of the 3080 stock levels has updated their site with 6000 series stock levels.





https://www.proshop.de/AMD-Radeon-RX-6000-Series-overview

Don't worry guys. TSMC 7nm mature. Samsung 8nm bad with low yields. AMD won't do a paper launch! /s

^Completely unacceptable.

Anyway, guys, it's here:

The most awkward of all the Steam sales is now live and, while you may want to wait until the Winter ones that will come in less than a month, it's worth checking the deals on your wished/followed games because sometimes they're better now than in the next ones.

Also, there's a new edition of:

Do you have any ideas or suggestions? Because I'm blank.