Given that those Tesla cars feature Navi 23, a chip that AMD hasn't even revealed yet, we're more like the WTF Race right now.

There are already laws that regulate the market, but they're often quite lax because only "comminist" countries control the market too much and control how business operate.

Remember what they say, "the market regulates itself" .

I hope both you and hinch keep in mind that next time you upgrade, probably to Alder Lake (the Intel CPUs that will come late this year or the next one) or Zen4, you'll face the transition to DDR5 and, if history repeats itself, that will cause lots of RAM shortages and ridiculously expensive memory kits.

Sadly, things won't really much better the next time.

You're too optimistic

6080 is more realistic

Just when you think it's gonna arrive at your doorstep

Here come the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

DSOGaming Giveaway – Win a free copy of Hitman 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/editorial/dsogaming-giveaway-win-a-free-copy-of-hitman-3/
January is almost over so it’s time for our monthly giveaway. This month, we’re giving away a free copy of Hitman 3. Hitman 3 is an optimized PC game (as we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis), and a worthy conclusion to the Hitman trilogy.
As with our previous contests, you can participate in this giveaway by simply leaving a ‘Thank You’ comment below. We will delete both duplicate and off-topic comments. We will also delete comments from all the accounts that were created for this or previous giveaways (Disqus provides information on when you signed up).
Moreover, your account must have at least 60 comments. We’ve implemented this rule so that we can prevent all the accounts that some users have created solely for giveaways. Comments from accounts that have less than 60 total comments (or have comments only on giveaways) will be deleted. If you are new, you can start engaging with all other users in the Comment section and then participate in future giveaways.
The winner will be picked randomly via Random.org and comments will be counted from oldest to newest. This giveaway contest will end on Sunday, January 31st at 22:00GMT.

Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition is free on the Epic Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/dandara-trials-of-fear-edition-is-free-on-the-epic-store/
A fresh Thursday delivers unto us a fresh new free game on the Epic Store, although to be fair this one isn't quite "new" in the strictest sense. It's Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition, "a prickly 2D Metroidvania with a curious twist" that was originally released in 2018.
>> And next week the free game will be "For The King".

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is free-to-keep on Steam for a limited time
https://www.pcgamer.com/ultimate-epic-battle-simulator-is-free-to-keep-on-steam-for-a-limited-time/
Back when Fallout 4 released there were tonnes of YouTube videos showing what would happen if, for example, 1,000 Synths faced off against 50 Super Mutant Behemoths. Answering these kinds of questions is extraordinarily important, and it's why we game on PC. It didn't take long for a game to release that was all about pitting hordes of AI against one another: Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator.
It's basically a sandbox game about creating preposterous skirmishes. There's a huge spread of different units to choose from, everything from actual Medieval soldiers through to chickens (anyone who has played a Zelda game knows that chickens hit hard). It didn't review particularly well at launch, but if that persuaded you not to try the game, you might as well give it a go now: it's currently free on Steam.
>> The deal will last until Monday.

Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Dragon Star Varnir - Complete Deluxe Edition Bundle, 70% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dragon-star-varnir-complete-deluxe-edition-bundle
• Publisher Slitherine Ltd has put its games up to 75% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/slitherine-ltd.
• And Funcom has put its games up to 67% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/funcom

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Almost 750 million free games were claimed on the Epic Games Store last year
https://www.pcgamer.com/almost-750-million-free-games-were-claimed-on-the-epic-games-store-last-year/
Whatever your feelings on the Epic Games Store, one thing's for certain—a whole lotta people grabbed the platform's weekly freebies over the past 12 months. At least, according to Epic's fancy 2020 year-in-review infographic.
Posted earlier today, Epic's recollection flaunts some staggering numbers regarding the platform's past year. Headlining the showcase is news that over 160 million people bought something from the Epic Games Store last year (up from 108 million in 2019), spending over $700 million altogether.
But the Epic Games Store is probably best known for its free giveaways, and boy, did people take advantage of those. More than 103 free games were given away in 2020, an amount that would've cost about $2,407 to buy at full-price. Over the year, those freebies were claimed just over 749 million times.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Slayer’s Testament is a Doom 2016/Eternal Demake in the Quake Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/slayers-testament-is-a-doom-2016-eternal-demake-in-the-quake-engine/
Modder ‘bloodshot12’ released a new version of the Doom 2016 Demake in Quake Engine, Slayers Testament. As the title suggests, this mod aims to recreate the new-school Doom experience in the old Quake Engine.
Its latest version adds the Doom Eternal Ballista model and sounds. Moreover, it adds Ballista Arbalest Mod in the Eternal maps. Additionally, it adds some new visual fx features, like coronas for dynamic lights.
>> You can get it from ModDB.

GAMING NEWS

Be: Brave will support Ray Tracing Shadows, Reflections & Global Illumination
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/be-brave-will-support-ray-tracing-shadows-reflections-global-illumination/
OneDream Games is currently working on a action-RPG, called Be: Brave. And yesterday, NVIDIA released a video, revealing that the game will feature Ray Tracing effects.
According to the green team, Be: Brave will feature ray-traced shadows, reflections and global illumination. Furthermore, the game will also support DLSS.

New The King of Fighters XV gameplay trailers showcase Benimaru & Meitenkun
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-the-king-of-fighters-xv-gameplay-trailers-showcase-benimaru-meitenkun/
SNK has released two new trailers for its upcoming fighting game, The King of Fighters XV. These new trailers showcase Benimaru and Meitenkun.

Friday news, part two:

Sonic seems to be getting a new voice actor after 10 years, but who should play him next?
https://www.pcgamer.com/sonic-seems-to-be-getting-a-new-voice-actor-after-10-years-but-who-should-play-him/
Ah, Sonic. The world's fastest hedgehog. The speed demon. The blue blur. For decades he's been going fast, and for one of those decades he was played by voice acting veteran Roger Craig Smith. You might also know him as Ezio from the Assassin's Creed games, Resident Evil's Chris Redfield, or Oliver from Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour. Okay maybe not that one.
But it seems Craig Smith's long relationship with Sonic the Hedgehog is over, based on this tweet posted by the actor today, which resulted in a huge outpouring of sadness from some corners of the Sonic fanbase. He doesn't actually say he's dropping the role, or give any details about why, but it's fairly obvious he's talking about Sonic here, right?

Alba: a Wildlife Adventure helps plant over 450,000 trees
https://www.pcgamer.com/alba-a-wildlife-adventure-helps-plant-over-450000-trees/
Ustwo Games, the studio behind Alba: a Wildlife Adventure, has announced on Twitter that they've planted over 450,000 trees as part of a partnership with British reforestation charity Ecologi.
>> Nice!

Glitchpunk is a top-down action game that looks a neon version of Grand Theft Auto 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/glitchpunk-is-a-top-down-action-game-that-looks-a-neon-version-of-grand-theft-auto-2/
On the surface, Cyberpunk 2077 looked very much like a new Grand Theft Auto game, but set in a neon-hued cyberpunk future. Glitchpunk, announced today by Dark Lord and publisher Daedalic Entertainment, is very similar, except that it looks like an old Grand Theft Auto game set in a neon-hued cyberpunk future.

Ninja Theory's 4v4 hero brawler Bleeding Edge will get no further content updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/ninja-theorys-4v4-hero-brawler-bleeding-edge-will-get-no-further-content-updates/
Ninja Theory's 4v4 brawler Bleeding Edge released in March last year to mostly ambivalent reviews. At launch, Morgan wrote that its "characters are cool, but the combat is too shallow to hold attention for long." Despite a handful of content updates between then and now, including a cool dolphin-powered mech, the game hasn't managed to reach the kind of audience required for a successful live service game.
And that was confirmed today, with the announcement that active development will cease on Bleeding Edge. The game will still be playable—it's available on Xbox Game Pass for PC still, and you can buy it—but don't expect new characters and maps going forward.

Rocket League is getting an NFL mode with ball carrying and out-of-bounds rules
https://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-league-is-getting-an-nfl-mode-with-ball-carrying-and-out-of-bounds-rules/
As part of a partnership with the NFL for Super Bowl LV, Rocket League is finally getting the other kind of football: the oblong American one that's for throwing, not kicking. (But also for kicking.)

Fortnite is getting a Gangnam Style emote because I guess it's 2012 again
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-gangnam-style/
If time means nothing in the current state of the world, I guess that can apply for infamous K-pop songs that are almost a decade old. Yup, Gangnam Style, the ludicrously popular hit from Psy, is going to be a new emote in Fortnite.

Destiny 2 is scrapping weekly bounties and ramping up recoil
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-is-scrapping-weekly-bounties-and-ramping-up-recoil/
Destiny 2 is ditching weekly bounties in favour of a new "weekly challenges" system next season, as part of Bungie's latest push to combat what it sees as a problem with bounty fatigue.

Left 4 Dead 2 finally gets an 'uncut' update in Germany
https://www.pcgamer.com/left-4-dead-2-finally-gets-an-uncut-update-in-germany/
German owners of Left 4 Dead 2 can now download a free DLC upgrading their copy to the blood-soaked "uncut" international release, following a re-evaluation from national authorities.

Old School Runescape is coming to Steam next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/old-school-runescape-is-coming-to-steam-next-month/
Gather your friends and get ready to spam chat in Lumbridge, adventurers. Free throwback MMORPG Old School Runescape is making its way to Steam next month.
Mere months after Runescape's younger, contemporary edition made its way to Valve's shores, Jagex this week announced that it would be bringing the nostalgic 2007-era client to Steam on February 24th as part of the game's 20th anniversary.

And now let's see what GOG and Steam have for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first one is the Weekly Sale with its first person games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210125_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale also brings up to 90% discounts, and will last another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210127_midweek_sale
• The Weekend Sale brings up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210129_weekend_sale
• Prison Architect and its DLCs are up to 75% off for another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/prison_architect_sale
• The Steel Division 2 game and DLCs are up to 66% off for 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/steel_division_sale
• Dead Cells and its expansions are up to 50% off during the next 11 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/dead_cells_fatal_falls
• Publisher/Developer Star Drifters have put its games up to 85% off during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210125_star_drifters_sale
• The Order of Battle games are on sale, up to 60% off during the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210128_order_of_battle_sale
• And there are also new releases on the store:
  • The game Nox Archaist launches with a 20% discount until February 4th: https://www.gog.com/game/nox_archaist
  • Not one but eight, 8, games from the 18 Wheels of Steel series land on the store with a 33% discount until the 5th of February. Also, if you buy 2 games, the discount rises to 40% and with 3 games, it will be 50% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/cosmivalue_sale
  • And lastly there's Journey to the Savage Planet, that arrives with a 40% discount until February 11: https://www.gog.com/game/journey_to_the_savage_planet

+Steam

• The first deal is a new daily deal, the Early Access title Gordian Quest, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/981430/Gordian_Quest/
• Green Hell, the first of the weekend deals, is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/815370/Green_Hell/
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition gets a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps is 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057090/Ori_and_the_Will_of_the_Wisps/
• Prison Architect is free to try during the weekend and also 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/233450/Prison_Architect/
• The last weekend deal is a Games From Quebec Sale, with up to 85% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/quebec
• There's also Academia: School Simulator, that leaves Early Access and will be 30% off until February 4: https://store.steampowered.com/app/672630/Academia__School_Simulator/
• And last, but not least, there's also the weeklong deals.

And that's it. Until next time, have a happy and gaming weekend.

Sega is splitting its console/PC and pachinko businesses into 2 different companies owned by Sega Sammy

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sega-is-splitting-its-console-pc-and-pachinko-businesses-into-2-different-companies-owned-by-sega-sammy.369741/

Now this could be a solid nothing burger but since both MS and Tencent are looking to make more high profile purchases with gaming companies, it could be a first indication of something.


IKEA & ASUS ROG gaming products leaked ahead of launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/ikea-asus-rog-gaming-products-leaked-ahead-of-launch

Ikea products with ROG tax? Sign me the fuck not!

125w RTX 3070 Laptop Outperforms 90w 3080 Laptop in Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVJe_7qFZtM

This isn't a surprise as it happened with 2000 series laptops as well. The biggest problem with this generation of laptops is that Nvidia is no longer enforcing the Max Q moniker so people will have to double check the actual TDP of the laptop before purchasing this time around.

I remember when Sammy bought Sega and merged both business.

By the way, yesterday we got the news of Tesla using Navi 23 in some of its cars and now we get a block diagram of how it works

AMD Navi 23 GPU block diagram for TESLA 2021 infotainment system has been leaked
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-navi-23-gpu-block-diagram-for-tesla-2021-infotainment-system-has-been-leaked

But what I like the most from the article is the Next-Generation "consoles" comparison chart

Comes with a car ROFL

Also the price comparisons with the Tesla "Arcade"

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT teased with 12GB GDDR6 memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-teased-with-12gb-gddr6-memory

The Medium early Ray Tracing benchmarks. It is wccftech so take it with a grain of salt. He did say he also enabled SAM for AMD cards.









Raster:



https://youtu.be/xloQ5HPlmhQ