The news:
SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS
In preparation for the Quakecon (August, 19th), GOG hosts a Quakecon Sale with up to 85% discounts during t he next 13 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/quakecon_2021.
Steam has several new deals, including four Midweek Madness deals (they start a day earlier now or what?) and the new weeklong deals:
The Humble Store has three new sales:
Fanatical has two new deals:
SOFTWARE & DRIVERS
NVIDIA GeForce 471.68 WHQL driver released, optimized for Back 4 Blood’s Beta & Psychonauts 2
NVIDIA GeForce 471.68 WHQL driver released, optimized for Back 4 Blood's Beta & Psychonauts 2 (dsogaming.com)
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the green team, the NVIDIA GeForce 471.68 WHQL driver offers optimal performance in Psychonauts 2 and Back 4 Blood’s beta. Moreover, it adds support for Naraka: Bladepoint, which utilizes NVIDIA DLSS and NVIDIA Reflex.
Additionally, this driver adds 7 new G-SYNC compatible displays. These new displays are AOC’s AG274FG8R4+ and AG274QG3R4B+, ASUS’ VG258QM and PG32UQ, Lenovo’s G24-20, MSI’s G251F and ViewSonic’s XG320Q.
>> Available from here.
MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS
Modders are porting Team Fortress 2 to Source 2 Engine
Modders are porting Team Fortress 2 to Source 2 Engine (dsogaming.com)
A team of modders is currently working on a port of Team Fortress 2 to Source 2 Engine. As the team noted, its ultimate goal is to remake, improve, iterate, and create a new Team Fortress experience on Source 2 engine using s&box.
“This project is a huge undertaking, we would have to consider all nitpicks of TF2 gameplay, try to rebuild every single mechanic to feel similar to the base game, but with enough dedication, I believe that we can do it!”
Now this mod is still in a really early development stage. As such, do not expect to be playing it anytime soon. Still, and since Valve is “pro-modding“, it won’t be issuing any C&D letter to the team. After all, Valve has endorsed both Black Mesa and the upcoming Half Life 2 Remastered Collection.
Here is The Ascent with a first-person camera mode
Here is The Ascent with a first-person camera mode (dsogaming.com)
YouTube’s ‘Gaming with Griff Griffin’ has shared a video, showing The Ascent in first-person mode. The Ascent uses Unreal Engine 4 and in order to enable this FPS mode, the YouTuber used the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker.
In case you weren’t aware of, the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can add a free camera, add timestop, add a hud toggle and re-create the in-game console. UUU4 supports all Unreal Engine 4 games, so theoretically you can use it in all of them.
You can download UUU4 from here. Once installed, you can run its executable while The Ascent is running. Then, you can use the console window and type in commands to trigger different effects. You can enable the free flythrough camera via the ‘toggledebugcamera’ code.
>> It doesn't look like you can actually play in this mode, but it goes to show how detailed the game is. Plus you can try it on other games.
Episode Two for the Silent Hill Mod for Fallout 4 is available for download
Episode Two for the Silent Hill Mod for Fallout 4 is available for download (dsogaming.com)
Back in February, we informed you about a Silent Hill mod for Fallout 4. And today, we are happy to report that its second episode is available for download.
As the modder states, Whispering Hills basically turns Fallout 4 into a Silent Hill-like Nightmare. From now on you will be surrounded by Thick Fog, strange sounds and occasionally being dragged into an otherworld where monsters (SirenHead, Mumblers, Lyingfigures, Ghouls, Silent hill Nurses, Twin head Screamers and Dogs) await you. Moreover, Pyramidhead is also present in this mod.
Whispering Hills overhauls all background sounds of the Commonwealth and replaces them with Spooky and creepy ones from Silent Hill. Moreover, it overhauls Combat Music and adds 10 varieties of Fog Weathers. Additionally, it packs a new quest line with voiced NPC and a complete new world to explore.
Episode Two adds a new location, the Alchemilla Hospital. Additionally, it unlocks a large part of the City. Furthermore, its team has added a lot of new music and fixed tons of bugs.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.
GAMING NEWS
Ray Tracing is coming to the PC version of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Ray Tracing is coming to the PC version of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (dsogaming.com)
Ninja Theory and QLOC have released a new update for the Xbox Series S|X version of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice that adds Ray Tracing effects. And, according to the teams, the Ray Tracing update will also come on PC.
Resident Evil Village August 10th Update improves performance, full patch notes
Resident Evil Village August 10th Update improves performance, full patch notes (dsogaming.com)
Last month, Capcom released the first PC patch for Resident Evil Village that fixed its stuttering issues and added support for AMD FSR. And today, the company released another PC update that promises to further improve overall performance.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is free to play until August 17th
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is free to play until August 17th (dsogaming.com)
PUBG Corporation has announced that PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS will be free to play this week. From August 10th and until August 17th, PC gamers can download and play this battle-royale game on Steam.