Hail to the Queen baby, Ion Fury is back.. with a new expansion!

Man I wish Gearbox would just die or let 3DRealms have Duke Nukem back.

Next-Gen Nintendo Switch rumored to feature NVIDIA ‘Ada Lovelace’ GPU architecture

https://videocardz.com/newz/next-gen-nintendo-switch-rumored-to-feature-nvidia-ada-lovelace-gpu-architecture

The leaker is also reliable as he correctly leaked Ampere many months before the official announcement... So if it's true...



Take it with massive grains of salt though.


Intel’s first 7nm client architecture “Meteor Lake” to launch in 2023

https://videocardz.com/newz/intels-first-7nm-client-architecture-meteor-lake-to-launch-in-2023

Now I know it says 2023 but we all know what happens when Intel and release dates so I'd expect delays

Intel’s x86 Designs No Longer Limited to Intel on Intel: IP Blocks for Foundry, Cores on TSMC

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16575/intels-x86-designs-no-longer-limited-to-intel-on-intel-ip-blocks-for-foundry-cores-on-tsmc

Intel to Revive ‘Tick-Tock’ Model, Unquestioned CPU Leadership Performance in 2024/2025

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16574/intel-to-revive-ticktock-model-unquestioned-cpu-leadership-performance-in-20242025

Certainly a lot of promises. I'll be interested in the execution.

Asus Indicates Supplies of Nvidia's RTX 3000 GPUs Have Decreased

https://www.pcmag.com/news/asus-indicates-supplies-of-nvidias-rtx-3000-gpus-have-decreased

It slows down your computer a lot while giving a lot of false positives. It's better to just use Windows defender than McAfee. I haven't used Kaspersky though.

The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Another game launches at GOG: Paradise Lost, with a 34% discount until March 31 https://www.gog.com/game/paradise_lost

Steam has a new daily deal, as well as several other ones:

• The daily deal is Parkitect, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/453090/Parkitect/
• Barotrauma, still in Earky Access, is free to try until tomorrow and 55% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/
• Killing Floor 2 is 75% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/232090/Killing_Floor_2/
• The Overcooked franchise is on sale, up to 76% off. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/overcookedfranchisesale
• Serious Sam celebrates its 20th anniversary with up to 90% discounts until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/serioussam
• RPGMaker celebrates that the MV edition has reached 500K units sold with a sale that comes with up to 90% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/RM_Celebration
• Murder by Numbers is 50% off until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/
• And Valve celebrates the first anniversary of Half-Life: Alyx with a 40% discount until March 31: https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Valheim mod makes kicking way more kicky
https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-mod-makes-kicking-way-more-kicky/
As we've noted before, kicking in games is the best thing you can do with your virtual foot. A game with a good kick, like FEAR or Dying Light or Dark Messiah: Might and Magic, is more fun and memorable because you can leg-lash enemies to death instead of just shooting or stabbing them. Kicks are way better than a knife slash, more degrading than a measly punch.
And you can kick in Valheim, but the vanilla kick doesn't really kick ass. Until now. The Give 'Em The Boot mod will take your kick to new heights by launching your enemies to new, well, heights. Lighter enemies, like the lowly greydwarf, will actually be propelled into the air by your mighty boot. Heavier enemies might not get launched, but they will still be knocked back more than they are usually. The mod even lets you kick while holding a weapon, so if you're getting mobbed and running out of stamina, you can knock enemies away and give yourself a second or two of breathing room.

GAMING NEWS

Six Days in Fallujah gets an official gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/six-days-in-fallujah-gets-an-official-gameplay-trailer/
Victura and Highwire Games, have released the first gameplay trailer for Six Days in Falljuah. Six Days in Falljuah is a tactical first-person shooter with procedurally generated mission spaces based on real-life events from 2004’s Second Battle for Fallujah in the Iraq War.

Serious Sam 4 gets official modding support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/serious-sam-4-gets-official-modding-support/
Croteam has announced the release of the powerful suite of official Serious Sam 4 modding tools in Serious Editor 2021. The official modding tools are available now on Steam, featuring full Steam Workshop integration.

First official gameplay trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-official-gameplay-trailer-for-sherlock-holmes-chapter-one/
Frogwares has released the first official gameplay trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One. This trailer will give you a glimpse at the game’s graphics, as well as its gameplay mechanics.

First gameplay video for NASCENCE: ANNA’S SONGS showcases Ray Tracing and DLSS
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-video-for-nascence-annas-songs-showcases-ray-tracing-and-dlss/
Dreampainters Software and Treehouse have released the first gameplay video for their survival horror adventure NASCENCE: ANNA’S SONGS. The video shows the puzzles featured in the demo which was sent in the past hours to selected influencers and members of the press. It is only a small portion of what the player will experience in the final game.

Evil Genius 2: World Domination gets a new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/evil-genius-2-world-domination-gets-a-new-gameplay-trailer/
Rebellion has released a brand new gameplay trailer for Evil Genius 2: World Domination. This trailer showcases you can play as one of four different masterminds, each with their own unique campaigns.

Watch Dogs Legion goes free to play on March 25th for a limited time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/watch-dogs-legion-goes-free-to-play-on-march-25th-for-a-limited-time/
Ubisoft has announced a free to play weekend for Watch Dogs Legion. From tomorrow and until March 28th, gamers will be able to download the game and play. This is a free to play offer, meaning that you’ll have access to the game only during this weekend.

Shadow Man Remastered releases on April 15th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shadow-man-remastered-releases-on-april-15th/
Nightdive Studios has announced that their beautifully updated version of the ‘90s classic, SHADOW MAN: REMASTERED, will release on April 15th. According to the team, the game will be available on GOG, Steam and Epic Games Store.

Isonzo is a new WW1 FPS game, first details and screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/isonzo-is-a-new-ww1-fps-game-first-details-and-screenshots/
M2H and Blackmill Games have announced a new WW1 FPS game, Isonzo. In this game, players will battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy.

The Wednesday news, part two:

Infinite Fleet is a new space MMO inspired by EVE, Homeworld, and Bitcoin
https://www.pcgamer.com/infinite-fleet-mmo-trailer/
Developer Pixelmatic has released a trailer for upcoming sci-fi MMO Infinite Fleet, scored by longtime Hollywood composer Vince Dicola. Infinite Fleet is honestly a bit of an odd one. It has development pedigree, is ambitious enough to be entering the MMO space with a retro anime art style—and it's all built on crypto.

Valheim patch adds more storage space and other quality of afterlife changes
https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-patch-adds-more-storage-space-and-other-quality-of-afterlife-changes/
Another week has passed and another patch has arrived in the Viking afterlife. This isn't a massive patch for Valheim, like the upcoming Hearth and Home update we're holding our breath for, but it does contain a number of fixes, changes, and tweaks, most of them good.

Double XP coming to Call of Duty: Warzone and Cold War, here's exactly when it starts
https://www.pcgamer.com/cod-warzone-double-xp-cold-war-start-time/
A new wave of double XP is coming to both Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops – Cold War later this week. On top of doubled experience earned toward player levels, weapon XP and battle pass XP will also get the same boost. So if you're still working through all 100 tiers of the Season 2 battle pass or need to level a new weapon, this weekend is the time to grind.

Serious Sam 2 gets a seriously big update 15 years after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/serious-sam-2-gets-a-seriously-big-update-15-years-after-launch/
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Arriving as part of the series' 20th Anniversary Celebrations, Serious Sam 2's free 2.90 update is a real big'un. The patch introduces a new BeamGun (based on a concept from the original Serious Sam) and flamethrower, alongside 12 previously unreleased multiplayer arenas. All weapons can now be dual-wielded, while Sam can now sprint and rocket jump around levels, guided by a new radar system.

How to watch the Future Games Show 2021
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-watch-the-future-games-show-2021/
Our friends over at GamesRadar+ are back with the first Future Games Show of 2021, and they've got Resident Evil 3 Remake's Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira to help show off tons of new games.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now lets you fulton your friends, Metal Gear-style
https://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-now-lets-you-fulton-your-friends-metal-gear-style/
The best bit of Metal Gear Solid V (ie, strapping balloons onto unsuspecting soldiers, sheep and shipping containers) is coming to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, by way of a new "Emergency Pickup" item that'll let you fling your entire team skywards.

Euro and American Truck Simulators' stunning lighting update is here
https://www.pcgamer.com/euro-and-american-truck-simulators-stunning-lighting-update-is-here/
Update 1.40 has arrived for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, bringing a total lighting overhaul to the two continental truckers.
Announced last week, the update completely reworks the way headlights and sunbeams illuminate your road trips. To facilitate this, the developer has also gone to great lengths to rebuild the game's textures and models.

The GhostWire: Tokyo dev from that wholesome E3 show now has her own studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ghostwire-tokyo-dev-from-that-wholesome-e3-show-now-has-her-own-studio/
Ikuma Nakamura, the delightful former Tango Gameworks dev who brought some wholesome vibes to 2019's E3 presentation, has formed her own indie studio.

Hitman 3's first DLC explores the seven deadly sins of Agent 47
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-3s-first-dlc-explores-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-agent-47/
Hitman 3 is delving deep into the temptations of our stoic, chrome-domed hero with a new, seven-part expansion exploring the Seven Deadly Sins—beginning with a Season of Greed on March 30th.

I see. It will be a good present for your father.

There's not enough salt in the world for me to believe that. Nintendo going with the latest hardware? One that hasn't even been announced yet? That would be a first, and also a waste of silicion for "only" a Super or Pro device.

Yea it's quite unlikely but if they really want to push that 4k upscaling on a mobile chip, they would need quite a beefy chip since DLSS doesn't do very well once you get under the 1080p render resolution. But yea, Lovelace would be quite the power house for a mid cycle refresh. Especially for Nintendo!

Very hard to believe.. though this is Kopite7kimi and his leaks for Nvidia are pretty much on point. Would be a crazy jump if true. From Maxwell to Lovelace in one gen and this is for a mid-gen release. Its just not very Nintendo's, given their past products that use old cheaper defunct hardware and good markups.

Who knows.. maybe they'll just jump straight into next gen with Switch 2 and go all in. I'd buy one for £350-400.

I will say that the Xbox One X was a pretty big jump from the original Xbox One even though the One X was a mid-cycle refresh.

It went from 1.3 TF to 6TF with a die shrink and significantly higher bandwidth and vram capacity not to mention other improvements but the main purpose was to push that 4k resolution. So it's certainly not unheard of to have a mid-cycle refresh with a huge gpu improvement, especially if it's targeting 4k. But Nintendo doing it is certainly unheard of and it is very unexpected if true.

That's true. One X was a huge upgrade in specs only let down by the crappy CPU.

But yeah we also did get that other rumour last month from Nate Drake, that this was going to use DLSS and A78. So maybe they have decided to double down on cutting edge. Given how well third party games have done it kind of makes sense to also have a system capable of ports from other consoles like PS5 and Series X/S consoles without nearly as much time/trouble. As well as capable of playing all current Switch games at 4K ofc.