Yeah, it must be 1440p or lower, otherwise they wouldn't list the 5700XT as that card isn't powerful enough for 4K.

Weekend is over, sadly, and that means that it's time for the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG starts the week with two new sales:

• The new Weekly Sale is filled with indie gems up to 85% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/indie_gems
• And publisher Nihon Falcom celebrates its 40th anniversary offering its games with up to 80% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/nihon_falcom_40th_anniversary

Steam has two new sales:

• The new daily deal is City Car Driving, 88% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/493490/City_Car_Driving/
• And The Legend of Bum-Bo will be 50% off until March 12: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148650/The_Legend_of_BumBo/

And Fanatical starts the week with three new flash deals as part of its Spring Sale:

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be 60% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/kingdom-come-deliverance
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season is 66% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-walking-dead-the-final-season
• And Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Ultimate Edition will be 82% off during the next 48 hours. The keys is for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tom-clancy-s-ghost-recon-breakpoint-ultimate-edition

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

These HD Mods for Valheim overhaul numerous textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/these-hd-mods-for-valheim-overhaul-numerous-textures/
Valheim is one of the most popular games right now. As such, it comes as no surprise that various modders have released new HD Texture Packs for it, aiming to overhaul numerous textures.
>> There are four packs from four different modders. Check them out in the article. By the way, a fan has also made a World Generator.

GTA Underground combines the maps of GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, Manhunt & Bully
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/gta-underground-combines-the-maps-of-gta-iii-vice-city-san-andreas-manhunt-bully/
Modder ‘dkluin’ has released a brand new version of the GTA Underground mod. In case you weren’t aware of, GTA Underground combines the San Andreas, Liberty City, Vice City, Manhunt I/II, Bullworth, and custom maps into one big map.
Version 4.1.7 comes with a grand new installer. The mod now supports 11 languages, including Spanish, Franch, Russian, Dutch, German and more.
Furthermore, this new version packs a number of stability and performance tweaks. Additionally, it fixes various crash fixes. For instance, it fixes a radar legend crash. It also fixes numerous UG-MP synchronization problems, such as vehicle colours not persisting after installing them in a mod shop and not being able to roll up windows again after rolling them down earlier (all vehicles will appear to have no windows).
Moreover, Version 4.1.7 packs numerous map improvements. For example, it fixes collisions in Vice City and restores water in missing spots. It also updates the radar map.
>> You only need to own San Andreas to use this mod, that you can download from ModDB.

What if every CS:GO map was Nuke?
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-if-every-csgo-map-was-nuke/
There are a lot of maps in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But most of them aren't Nuke—and if you really, really like Nuke, that could be a problem. Thankfully, one mapper has been giving some of CS:GO's most iconic maps a Nuke-themed makeover, reimagining Cache, Office and Mirage as sterile nuclear power plants.
>> You'll find them at Steam's Workshop.

Teardown has a Steam Workshop now, and that means there's a physics gun
https://www.pcgamer.com/teardown-has-steam-workshop-now-and-that-means-theres-a-physics-gun/
Demolition simulator turned destructive puzzle-heist Teardown updated with Steam Workshop support on March 4, and players have already got to work on some great new maps, playgrounds, minigames, and tools. Specifically, modder Fall Guy 2106 has obviously made a Garry's Mod-style physics gun and a Half-Life 2 gravity gun for Teardown.
>> There are many more mods listed in the article.

GAMING NEWS

Watch Dogs Legion Online Mode delayed on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/watch-dogs-legion-online-mode-delayed-on-pc/
Last month, Ubisoft revealed that the Online Mode for Watch Dogs Legion would be coming out on March 9th. However, it appears that this mode has been delayed on PC due to some crash issues that could occur on specific systems.

New in-engine trailer released for Tales of Arise
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-in-engine-trailer-released-for-tales-of-arise/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new in-engine trailer for Tales of Arise. This new trailer features English voices, and focuses on the game’s story.

Genshin Impact Update 1.4 releases on March 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/genshin-impact-update-1-4-releases-on-march-17th/
miHoYo has announced that Update 1.4 for Genshin Impact will release on March 17th. Moreover, and in order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/puyo-puyo-tetris-2-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
SEGA has just announced that Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. According to the team, the inclusion of Denuvo in the game’s Steam store page was a mistake and has since been removed.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is officially coming to PC on July 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/monster-hunter-stories-2-wings-of-ruin-is-officially-coming-to-pc-on-july-9th/
In November 2020, we informed you about the possibility of Monster Hunter Stories 2 coming to the PC. And it appears that we were right. Capcom officially announced today that Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin will release on PC via Steam on July 9th.

Monday news, the second (and long) part:

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is heading to Russia
https://www.pcgamer.com/euro-truck-simulator-2-is-heading-to-russia/
Euro Truck Simulator 2 might still be loading up for its spring holiday to the Iberian peninsula. But trucking developer SCS Software is already planning their next haul, preparing to drive an eighteen-wheeler straight into the Heart Of Russia.

The Legend of Bum-bo gets a free expansion with a new character and save function
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-legend-of-bum-bo-gets-a-free-expansion-with-a-new-character-and-save-function/
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That update, called The Lost Expansion, is now live on Steam, and free for all players. As planned, it includes a new playable character called The Lost, a new type of tile called "Ghost Tiles," a trio of new bosses, more than ten new unlockable items, new challenges and achievements, improved audio, and the ability to save and resume your progress mid-game.

The Division 2's next big update won't be out until late 2021 'at the earliest'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2s-next-big-update-wont-be-out-until-late-2021-at-the-earliest/
In February, Ubisoft made the surprise announcement that The Division 2 will be getting new content in 2021. Title update 12, released in December 2020, had been planned as the game's final major update, but there was apparently enough demand to keep the wheels turning on it. "Thanks to your continued support, we are now in the early stages of development for fresh content to release later in 2021," Ubisoft said.

Chinese hit Tale of Immortal is getting an English translation
https://www.pcgamer.com/chinese-hit-tale-of-immortal-english-translation-confirmed/
Tale of Immortal exploded onto Steam in late January of this year, rising onto the best-sellers list, but like prior million-selling hits from China it's a largely regional success: The game isn't available in any language other than Simplified Chinese. Tale of Immortal is an action-adventure RPG sandbox about exploring a world inspired by chinese mythical bestiary the Classic of Mountains and Season. In the game, characters seek to use Taoist cultivation to master their martial arts and become god-like immortals.

You can make Loop Hero run faster by editing a file
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-make-loop-hero-run-faster-by-editing-a-file/
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One criticism I have of Loop Hero is that, even with the option to double the speed turned on, it goes pretty slow. That can be fixed, however. Open the variables.ini file in your Steam/steamapps/common/Loop Hero directory with a text editor, search for the game_speed value, and crank it up as high as you like. The default is 60, so bump it to 120 or 240 and watch those loops fly by.

Players were farming so many legendaries in the Outriders demo it had to be changed
https://www.pcgamer.com/players-were-farming-so-many-legendaries-in-the-outriders-demo-it-had-to-be-changed/
Forthcoming looter-shooter Outriders seems to have found a way around the curse affecting loot-driven games last year by offering a free demo with the promise that progress will carry over into the full game. Apparently over two million players have taken developers People Can Fly up on the offer so far, but a few too many of those players also took the opportunity to farm hoards of legendary items so they'll be ready for the full game.

Here's an adorable factory game about machine learning and cats
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-an-adorable-factory-game-about-machine-learning-and-cats/
Machine learning is perhaps old hat by now, but what's never going to be old hat is cats. People just can't seem to get enough of them. Learning Factory is an Early Access game that released last month about building an automated factory that produces the things cats want to buy, then sells them. Your job is to keep the shelves stocked and the cats happy—and earn money by selling at optimal prices.

The Microsoft Store leaked a Tomb Raider trilogy collection
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-microsoft-store-leaked-a-tomb-raider-trilogy-collection/
A bundle called the Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy appeared on the Microsoft Store, and then was quickly removed from it, earlier today. A collection of the three reboot games, it includes Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, as well as all of their DLC, and had a release date of March 18, though no price.

Phasmophobia update teaches ghosts to turn corners and open doors
https://www.pcgamer.com/phasmophobia-update-teaches-ghosts-to-turn-corners-and-open-doors/
The horrible apparitions of indie cooperative horror game Phasmophobia are now at the very least as smart as the velociraptors from 1993 movie Jurassic Park, because they can open doors. Why would they open doors? I don't really know actually, because surely ghosts should just walk through them. Either way, the banner feature of the March 6 patch is an overall improvement to the ghost's AI.

Anger Foot is Duke Nukem's Mighty Boot: The Game
https://www.pcgamer.com/anger-foot-is-duke-nukems-mighty-boot-the-game/
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. In Anger Foot you have a foot, and every problem looks like it would benefit from a good kicking. You kick doors, which fly off their hinges and into the faces of reptilian dudes with baseball bats, you kick barrels (which explode), and you kick dudes (who die). While this is happening, the music kicks your eardrums in (which rules).

Over 5,000 Final Fantasy 14 players were banned for real-money trading in one week
https://www.pcgamer.com/over-5000-final-fantasy-14-players-were-banned-for-real-money-trading-in-one-week/
Between February 25 and March 3 this year, Square Enix banned over 5,000 players from Final Fantasy 14 for activities related to real-money trading. Though paying for in-game gear, boosts, and so on with actual money is prohibited, there are still plenty of people out there selling items, raid clears, mounts, PvP ranks, whole accounts, and the in-game currency of gil, which people are supposed to be trading with.

Resident Evil Village won't have decapitations in Japan
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-village-wont-have-decapitations-in-japan/
In keeping with rules set by the national ratings board CERO, Resident Evil Village won't have decapitations in Japan, and it will be less bloody. That's according to a statement on Capcom's support page, which was neatly translated and summarised by this tweet.

British prison escapee caught because he went out to buy Call of Duty
https://www.pcgamer.com/british-prison-escapee-caught-because-he-went-out-to-buy-call-of-duty/
After escaping Spring Hill Prison in Buckinghamshire on November 28 last year, Clint Butler, who was serving a 17-year sentence for crimes including robbery and firearms offences, laid low successfully until he left the house with a friend to score a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Among Us releases a slightly sus quick chat update
https://www.pcgamer.com/among-us-releases-a-slightly-sus-quick-chat-update/
Among Us has added a new quickchat option, available to all players but targeted especially at its younger audience: players now have to enter their age, and those registered as under 13 will only be able to use this from now on. Innersloth describes the standard chat wheel format as "an easier, faster and safer option to play if you're using text chat" though players can still toggle free chat on and off in settings.

Blaseball, the silent browser phenomenon, gets an official soundtrack
https://www.pcgamer.com/blaseball-the-silent-browser-phenomenon-gets-an-official-soundtrack/
Internet sports simulator Blaseball is many things. A robust fantasy baseball league, a crowdsourced piece of existential horror, beloved home of the Baltimore Crabs (claws up!). But a banging audio experience it is decisively not—at least, not until the official soundtrack to a silent browser game drops later this year.

Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda has been given the green light
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsofts-dollar75-billion-acquisition-of-bethesda-has-been-given-the-green-light/
Both the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the European Union Commission have given Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Zenimax, parent company of Bethesda Game Studios, approval to proceed. Following its investigation (which was opened in February 2020) the SEC posted a Notice of Effectiveness last week, alongside the full sales prospectus.

PSA: ADATA has secretly changed its 4tb drives from TLC to QLC

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/m03r1m/psa_adata_has_secretly_changed_its_4tb_drives/

I think with all the nonsense Adata has been pulling... Just skip the company entirely!


AMD to launch 3rd Gen EPYC “Zen3” processors on March 15th

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-launch-3rd-gen-epyc-zen3-processors-on-march-15th


Intel deploys first patches for “Lunar Lake”, possibly the 14th Gen Core series

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-deploys-first-patches-for-lunar-lake-possibly-the-14th-gen-core-series

Fugitive in England Breaks Cover to Buy Call of Duty, Arrested

https://cogconnected.com/2021/03/fugitive-call-duty-arrested/

Yeah, I agree with the ADATA comment. If you can't trust that you're getting what you're buying, better get something else.

The Tuesday news, with not a single article from DSOGaming:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has a new daily deal but, strangely enough, there are no new weeklong deals. In any case, the new daily deal is We Need To Go Deeper, 69% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/307110/We_Need_To_Go_Deeper/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Female Hero Sale features up to 90& discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/female-hero-sale/
• And the Gods & Monsters Sale comes with up to 90% discounts for the same 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/gods-monsters-sale/

Fanatical's Spring Sale is still going on, don't forget to check the new flash deals, and now there's also a new bundle: the Build Your Own Spring Bundle, with 26 games to build your 1, 5, 10 or 20 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-spring-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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This Dark Souls 3 mod brings Sekiro's weapons and movesets to Lothric
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-dark-souls-3-mod-brings-sekiros-weapons-and-movesets-to-lothric/
If you're like me, every new playthrough of Dark Souls 3 demands a new weapon, trying your luck with a new aspect of the game's arsenal. But if you're looking to really dart around Lothric's monsters, you could always try returning to Dark Souls 3 with one of nine weapons pulled from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Spotted by the chosen undead over at RPS, Rogier "Rhodan" Noordhuizen's Blades Of Ashina mod let you nip around with the lightning-fast strikes of Fromsoft's more recent slasher. While it's been out in some form since last June, the latest Nexus release lets you play around with nine of Sekiro's weapons—from Katanas and Kunai to the more esoteric Flame Vent and the Talon Of Hatred.
The best part? These aren't simply model swaps for existing weapons. Each comes with a bespoke moveset that aim to emulate their corresponding Sekiro attacks as closely as possible.

Dark Souls 3 is a damn sports game now thanks to this amazing mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-3-is-a-damn-sports-game-now-thanks-to-this-amazing-mod/
When you're invaded in a Dark Souls game, it's never certain whether the trespasser is there to kick you off a bridge, offer up a helping hand, or judge your outfit. And until now, playing soccer with a phantom has never been one such possibility. To see what I mean, you'll need to download and install the Lothric Olympics mod, one of the most impressive Dark Souls 3 mods I've seen yet—and I've seen Pocket Souls, a mod that turns the game into a grimdark Pokemon.
But what Pocket Souls does for PvE, the Lothric Olympics does for PvP, creating whole new games within Dark Souls 3 rather than adding new cosmetics or tweaking basic variables.
The Lothric Olympics mod description puts it plainly, asking what the Ashen Ones do in their spare time. Dark Souls 3 is pretty difficult, so I figured they'd kick back and relax, sip on some craft estus, but mod creator Wallacetheswifter thinks they'd instead kick around a Rock Lizard in a soccer field suspended over Archdragon Peak or stumble through an elaborate, devious obstacle course in the Undead Settlement.

GAMING NEWS

Six Days in Fallujah publisher does a 180, now says the game is 'inseparable from politics'
https://www.pcgamer.com/six-days-in-fallujah-publisher-does-a-180-now-says-the-game-is-inseparable-from-politics/
After previously telling Polygon that it wasn't "trying to make a political commentary," Six Days in Fallujah publisher Victura has now walked that back in a Tweet saying that "the events recreated in Six Days in Fallujah are inseparable from politics."

Doom Eternal's next DLC teases the battle with the Dark Lord
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-eternals-next-dlc-teases-the-battle-with-the-dark-lord/
Dropping what might appear to be the most fire Speed Metal album cover of 2021, the Doom Twitter account has let us all know that a teaser for Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two will be coming on March 15th, just a week from today. The DLC will presumably give us some closure to the exponentially-increasing stakes of the convoluted Doom 2016 timeline. It will likely answer important questions like "What's a Dark Lord, and can you kill it?"

You can now play 2D Minecraft in the Minecraft chat window
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-now-play-2d-minecraft-in-the-minecraft-chat-window/
I wish it was 2007 again because there's rarely been a better reason to use Xzibit's "Yo Dawg" meme. "I heard you liked Minecraft, so we put Minecraft in your Minecraft so you can Minecraft while you Minecraft."
The first Minecraft in this case is regular Minecraft, but the second Minecraft is a wee little itty bitty 2D version of Minecraft you can play in the chat window of regular Minecraft. The question isn't why, the question is: why not?

World of Warcraft's much-anticipated patch arrives tomorrow, improves Mythic+ dungeon gear
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcrafts-much-anticipated-patch-arrives-tomorrow-improves-mythic-dungeon-gear/
Though World of Warcraft's big Chains of Domination update is months away, it's getting a smaller patch tomorrow that brings a bunch of exciting improvements—especially if you spend a lot of time in its Mythic+ dungeons. That's because Patch 9.0.5 is bringing back Valor points, a currency used to upgrade Mythic+ dungeon gear. As I explained in a previous article, Shadowlands endgame gear is so sparse that a lot of players feel stuck or forced to participate in activities that might not interest them, such as PvP. With the introduction of Valor points, however, dungeoneers will be able to upgrade their gear to higher levels even if they don't get a coveted loot drop at the end of a dungeon.

Latest Call of Duty: Cold War patch adds a new hardcore mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/latest-call-of-duty-cold-war-patch-adds-a-new-hardcore-mode/
Treyarch is showing some love to its most hardcore players in a minor Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War patch. Live now, players will find a brand new hardcore option for Moshpit, a variety playlist that cycles between CoD's most popular modes and maps. Also in the crosshairs are a few particularly troublesome Outbreak bugs and fixes to the competitive League Play mode's ladder system.

The studio that made sci-fi shooter Disintegration is closing
https://www.pcgamer.com/v1-interactive-disintegration-closure/
Hoverbike shooter Disintegration had only been out for a few months when developer V1 Interactive removed its multiplayer modes, saying that they failed to attract "a significant audience" despite some interest in the singleplayer campaign. That was in November of last year, and at the time, studio co-founder Marcus Lehto said on Twitter that the game "never got a fair shake." We didn't hear much about Disintegration after that, and so today's news doesn't come as an enormous surprise: V1 Interactive is closing.

Dota 2's tutorial sucks, so Dota 2 players are spending $25,000 to make a new one
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-2s-tutorial-sucks-so-dota-2-players-are-spending-dollar25000-to-make-a-new-one/
It's a perennial joke in the Dota 2 community that the last tutorial started with the objective to buy a Stout Shield—an item that was removed from the game three weeks later. Dota 2 is a game that regularly reinvents huge parts of itself with massive shakeups like the late 2019 Outlanders patch, and what tutorials once existed quickly became loaded with outdated mechanics and inaccuracies.

Source Engine Aesthetics is a museum of level design vibes from 2004 to 2014
https://www.pcgamer.com/source-engine-aesthetics-is-a-museum-of-level-design-vibes-from-2004-to-2014/
What do SiN Episodes, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and Pirates, Vikings, and Knights 2 have in common? They're all Source engine games, which means that even though they have wildly different art styles, they somehow all look like Source engine games.
Identifying a game's engine is kind of like identifying what kind of paint was used: Even if they're very different from each other, two oil paintings both look like oil paintings, not acrylics or watercolors. The effect is easy to see via Twitter account Source Engine Aesthetics, which was created by Dusk developer David Szymanski. He's on a mission to collect iconic screenshots from the Source era of mods and games, as well as some general dreamscapes.

Valheim has fireworks, if you're willing to sacrifice your surtling cores
https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-has-fireworks-if-youre-willing-to-sacrifice-your-surtling-cores/
If you've spent time exploring the darkened burial chambers and slurpy swamps of Valheim, you've probably collected your fair share of surtling cores. The glowing, presumably evil cubes can be used to craft some of the most important items in the game like smelters, kilns, blast furnaces, and fast-travel portals. Early in the game, surtling cores are a pretty precious resource that takes a lot of dangerous work and exploration to find.

Wow, MicroProse Soccer just hit Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/wow-microprose-soccer-just-hit-steam/
Long before EA started churning out annual FIFA games there was Sensible Soccer. And before Sensible Soccer, there was MicroProse Soccer. It was a popular Commodore 64 title developed by Sensible Software (yes—they of Sensible Soccer fame) and released in 1988, though in the United States it was initially released as Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer.
As part of Ziggurat Games' mission to shovel tons of buried retro classics onto Steam, it's now available to buy.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive mysteriously vanished from Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/counter-strike-global-offensive-mysteriously-vanished-off-steam/
A bunch of store pages for Steam games bizarrely vanished earlier today, including the store page for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
As noted by VGC24/7, a quick glance at SteamDB will show that all promotional screenshots, videos, Steam achievements, and store description for CSGO all disappeared one by one before the listing for the game was taken down all together. The game still appeared in search bars, but the store page was very much gone for several hours.

Marvel's Avengers dev attempts to justify slowing down levelling
https://www.pcgamer.com/marvels-avengers-dev-attempts-to-justify-slowing-down-levelling/
Last week, Crystal Dynamics announced some sweeping changes coming to Marvel's Avengers' levelling system. They didn't go down well. In fact Rich S felt they sucked hard, making the game's harsh grind even grindier. Now, the developer has admitted that its announcement may not have been "comprehensive enough" to explain the rework.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 ventures into the Chaos Wastes next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-vermintide-2-ventures-into-the-chaos-wastes-next-month/
In Warhammer's Old World, the Chaos Wastes are the one place you'd never want to visit. An ever-shifting nightmare realm of monsters, carnage, and physics so broken they'd make Garry's Mod look sensible. Naturally, Warhammer: Vermintide 2's band of disgruntled adventurers are preparing for a trip up north when the rat-smasher's next DLC arrives this April.

Huge Hunt: Showdown update overhauls the experience for new players
https://www.pcgamer.com/hunt-showdown-update-1-5-whats-new/
Crytek's Hunt: Showdown is a unique shooter, a medium-scale open world where players team up, find and take down monsters, then ultimately fight each other (or gleefully evacuate with arms a-laden). It's been receiving updates fairly regularly ever since its early access launch in February 2018 (it hit full release in late 2019), and now a major 1.5 update has overhauled the game's frontend, made changes big and small, and added an armory's worth of new ammunition types. In a game where one good shot is a kill (on players, anyway), the latter is a Big Deal.

Microsoft has acquired Bethesda, some future games will be exclusive
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-has-acquired-bethesda-some-future-games-will-be-exclusive/
After getting the approval of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the European Union Commission, Microsoft has officially announced that the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, owner of Bethesda, is complete.

Microsoft Surface 4 to feature both Intel Tiger Lake and AMD Renoir CPUs

https://videocardz.com/newz/microsoft-surface-4-to-feature-both-intel-tiger-lake-and-amd-renoir-cpus

Smh Microsoft. Using last gen parts on new gen products? Boo


The Samsung SSD 980 (500GB & 1TB) Review: Samsung's Entry NVMe

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16504/the-samsung-ssd-980-500gb-1tb-review

As these are Dramless SSDs, they are meant to be entry level as using them with large workloads will have big performance issues. But if you keep that in mind, these aren't bad although if you can get the last gen Evo SSDs on sale for a similar price, those will be a lot better.


NVIDIA Wins $1 Billion Lawsuit by a Class of Investors

https://www.techpowerup.com/279431/nvidia-wins-usd-1-billion-lawsuit-by-a-class-of-investors

By wins, it's more like it was dismissed by the Judge

I'm like the complete opposite.

Used to prefer playing third person/FPS shooters with a gamepad, but now I find playing those games with gamepad to being insanely cumbersome and wonky. I can't even play GTA V anymore, because the keyboard controls are dogshit, but the game was clearly designed for gamepad, and since that feels like sliding on ice with aiming, I can't even play the game anymore.

Games like Gears and Saints row I largely prefer playing with M+K now. Also just started the Tomb Raider trilogy (even though the first of the reboot has doshit KB controls/mouse aiming). 

If a game is designed with M+K in mind, then those controls should work perfectly, and of course can be translated to gamepad, but if it's the opposite, then K+M suffers greatly. Kinda why I'm getting super tired of publishers porting console games to PC and not bothering with fine tuning the K+M control schemes.