More leaks.. 12900K reportedly 330w when overclocked to 5.2ghz -

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-12900k-overclocked-to-5-2-ghz-on-all-performance-cores-reportedly-consumes-330w-of-power

Now these are overclocked mind though still insane. You would've thought moving to 7nm would sort out the TDP a bit but nope! Imagine getting one of these with a new high end Lovelace card/RDNA 3 card in the not so distant future. Going to need those 1000W PSU's for high end and some air con lol.

The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Sea of Thieves celebrates 25 million players by tossing money around
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sea-of-thieves-celebrates-25-million-players-by-tossing-money-around/
Sea of Thieves released three years ago and, despite a fairly lacklustre launch offering, has blossomed into an enjoyable cooperative seafaring game. Rare executive producer Joe Neate reports today that the game has hit the 25 million player milestone, and no doubt the near-constant flow of new updates has helped that number grow.
Neate lists 25 of the game's most recent additions in his blog post, but the more pertinent info is: free money. Specifically, if you log into Sea of Thieves between October 19 and October 26 you'll get 25,000 gold and 25 doubloons. That's for everyone, but one lucky player who logs in during that time will get 25 million gold, which will make you quite rich in Sea of Thieves terms. Maybe you can give up the pirating life?
>> Looks like Rare has finally redeemed itself after so many failed games (tho I liked the Viva Piñata series).

GOG has two new sales:

• The first one is the Midweek Sale, with up to 85% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211020_midweek_sale
• And, in partnership with the Jeux Made in France online event, there's a Special Sale featuring games made in France up to 90% off until October 25: https://www.gog.com/partner/Made_In_France

Steam has three new sales:

• The first daily deal is Dice Legacy, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229460/Dice_Legacy/
• The second daily deal is Everhood, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229380/Everhood/
• And there's a new Midweek Madness deal: Microsoft Flight Simulator can be found with a 20% discount until Sunday, October 24: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/

Fanatical has four new sales:

• The Star Deal is Tribes of Midgard, 26% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tribes-of-midgard
• The new Tower Defense Bundle Reloaded comes with 3 games and 2 DLCs during the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tower-defense-bundle-reloaded
• Everspace Ultimate Edition will be 85% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/everspace-ultimate-edition
• And publisher Versus Evil puts its games up to 90% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/versus-evil

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

If last week's surprise Fallout 3 update broke your mods, here's a fix
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/if-last-weeks-surprise-fallout-3-update-broke-your-mods-heres-a-fix/
Last week, Fallout 3 was finally freed from the scourge of Games for Windows Live. But as is so often the way of things, that freedom came at a price—specifically, that the Fallout Script Extender (FOSE) no longer works, and so all of the many mods that rely on it have also stopped working. Oops. That's a pretty big problem, made worse by the fact that the creators "do not have a timeframe for when FOSE can be updated to this new version" of the game.
Enter the Fallout Anniversary Patcher, by mod maker lStewieAl, which restores FOSE functionality by downgrading Fallout 3 to the pre-update version 1.7.0.3, while maintaining the removal of Games for Windows Live dependences. It also automatically loads FOSE when Fallout 3 is started (if it's installed) and enables the game to use 4GB of RAM: Some older Bethesda games, including Fallout 3, have a 2GB limit on RAM usage, and patching that up to 4GB can have a very positive impact on performance.
The patch will work with both the standard and Game of the Year editions of Fallout 3 on Steam or GOG.

GAMING NEWS

Bandai Namco has removed Denuvo from Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bandai-namco-has-removed-denuvo-from-ace-combat-7-skies-unknown/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new update for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown that removes this controversial anti-tamper tech. Bandai Namco has not revealed its complete changelog, so we don’t know whether it has any other changes or tweaks.
>> Yay! That'll probably be my first purchase during the Winter Sales.

Here are 30 minutes of gameplay footage from Resident Evil 4 VR
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-30-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-resident-evil-4-vr/
Resident Evil 4 VR is coming exclusively on Oculus Quest 2 on October 21st, and below you can find a video showing 30 minutes of gameplay footage from it.
>> Be careful, the video features a very excited Japanese dude.

New Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy RTX Gameplay Footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-rtx-gameplay-footage/
EIDOS Montreal has released a new video for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy that features some new RTX gameplay footage. EIDOS Montreal is using Ray Tracing in order to enhance the game’s reflections, and this footage can give you a glimpse at these ray-traced reflections.

Wednesday news, part two:

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting DirectX 12 support and its first official military jet
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-is-getting-directx-12-support-and-its-first-official-military-jet/
Microsoft Flight Simulator is pretty great. (...) On November 18 that already-excellent journey through the digital clouds will be updated to the Game of the Year Edition, which will add five new aircraft to the lineup including the game's first military aircraft, eight new airports, and new missions, tutorials, an updated weather system, new photogrammetry cities (Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgua, Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Utretcht), and "early support" for DirectX 12.
>> I'm surprised it wasn't a DX12 game from the beginning, being a MSoft title and all that.

Halo, Disintegration veteran Marcus Lehto is starting a new studio under EA
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-disintegration-veteran-marcus-lehto-is-starting-a-new-studio-under-ea/
Halo veteran Marcus Lehto's last attempt to start afresh didn't go down so well. But never one for giving up, Lehto today announced that he's begun working with EA to build another new studio.
>> I wish him better luck. Working with EA, he'll need it.

Microsoft is 'definitely not done' acquiring studios
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/microsoft-is-definitely-not-done-acquiring-studios/
Phil Spencer says that Microsoft isn't quite done buying game studios.
"I'm really proud of some of the creators that have chosen to become part of Xbox," Spencer said during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live event, which has been transcribed by VGC. He went on to explain how many of Xbox's acquisitions have been studios it already has "long-term relationships with."
>> Wanna play? Which studio could they buy next?

Fortnite's Dune crossover features the goofiest looking sandworm ever
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/fortnites-dune-crossover-features-the-goofiest-looking-sandworm-ever/
Fortnite's latest crossover is with none other than Dune, Denis Villeneuve's upcoming big-screen take on Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel. You won't find Sting in a diaper amidst any of the many new cosmetics, I'm sorry to say, but you will catch a glimpse of what I'm pretty sure is the goofiest-looking sandworm ever envisioned.

Yarrr! Get a free Pirate King Garrosh skin in Hearthstone for logging in
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hearthstone-free-skins-hallows-end-2021/
I've long wrestled with the dilemma of which skin to use while experimenting with my various failed Quest Warrior decks. (These can be best summed up as 'Yo, ho, no.') Rokara seems like thematically she fits in Rush decks, classic Garrosh is more of a Control Warrior kinda guy, and it'll be a cold day on the Burning Steppes when you catch me using Magni Bronzebeard for anything. Thankfully, Team 5 came in clutch today with the Pirate King Garrosh skin, which is being given away free as part of Hearthstone's annual Hallow's End event.

A new Splinter Cell rumor points to a 'mainline' game in development
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-new-splinter-cell-rumor-points-to-a-mainline-game-in-development/
Another year, another new Splinter Cell rumor: This one comes to us from VGC, which says "development sources" have told it that Ubisoft has finally thrown a thumbs-up to a new "mainline" game in the series. The new project is currently in the early stages of production and so still a long way off, but could be officially revealed sometime in 2022.

Activision Blizzard wants California lawsuit paused due to alleged ethics violation
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/activision-blizzard-wants-california-lawsuit-paused-due-to-alleged-ethics-violation/
Activision Blizzard has filed a motion to temporarily halt proceedings in the lawsuit filed against it in July by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The publisher wants a time-out to collect evidence in relation to a surprising allegation against the DFEH that could give the company an advantage when the case proceeds.
>> Well, apparently they know a thing or two about not being ethical themselves...

Activision Blizzard has shed at least 20 staff as a result of harassment investigations
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/activision-blizzard-has-shed-at-least-20-staff-as-a-result-of-harassment-investigations/
Activision Blizzard says that more than 20 employees have "exited" the company in recent months due to ongoing investigations into workplace harassment. Meanwhile, more than 20 employees have faced disciplinary action. This follows a ramping up of internal policy and process in response to California's bombshell lawsuit filing in July.

Guardians of the Galaxy is somehow now 80GB instead of 150GB
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/guardians-of-the-galaxy-is-somehow-now-80gb-instead-of-150gb/
Eidos Montreal has mercifully squashed the file size for Guardians of the Galaxy.The system requirements for the game landed on Steam a few days ago. (...)
(...) A tweet from the Guardians of the Galaxy account read "we wanted to give you an update on the final size of the PC version of the game, which will not be 150GB. The team is in the last stages of optimizing the final game and we can confirm the file size will be approximately 80GB at launch."

Riders Republic is getting one final free week before launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/riders-republic-is-getting-one-final-free-week-before-launch/
Ubisoft's multi-disciplinary extreme sports sandbox Rider's Republic has opened up a few times ahead of launch. Fitting, then, that the publisher is giving you one last shot to get in early with a free Trial Week starting tomorrow through October 27.

New World update brings server transfers and stops housepets teleporting into storage chests
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-update-brings-server-transfers-and-stops-housepets-teleporting-into-storage-chests/
New World has a new update, version 1.0.3, and the main feature of it is server transfers. As the head of Amazon Games reflected shortly after launch: "I would have had character transfers ready on day one—we knew they were important, but we chose gameplay features as a priority running up to launch. We’ll get transfers in soon; the feature is already well in-progress."

No Man's Sky's latest expedition lets you ride the worm, become the worm
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/no-mans-skys-latest-expedition-lets-you-ride-the-worm-become-the-worm/
Despite their notable absence at launch, No Man's Sky has some bloody great worms hidden across the galaxy these days. The interstellar sandbox's next expedition now tasks you with hunting down the greatest of these wriggly lads, figure out how to ride them, and perhaps become a worm yourself.

God of War coming to PC

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593500/God_of_War/

Even has DLSS!

RPCS3 now has a total of ZERO games in the Nothing status

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy "We wanted to give you an update on the final size of the PC version of the game, which will not be 150 GB. The team is in the last stages of optimizing the final game and we can confirm the file size will be approximately 80 GB at launch."

Remember that GeForce NOW leak that showed God of War is coming to PC? Well, God of War has a Steam page now.

Seriously my 1000 Watt PSU will seem like a potato when Lovelace/Raptor Lake comes around.

Haha yeah its strange.. would've thought power consumption would stay the same or be better with better nodes and processes. Crazy to think we're going to need 1000W+ PSU's to handle new stuff.

As for GOW on PC, I'm going to have to re-buy this aren't I...

With all these Sony titles and the massive third party line up, the Deck is becoming the Portable PS4 that I always wanted! (And more thanks to Microsoft titles)

As these games continue to give more validity to the GeForce Now Leak, here is the comprehensive list:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/pndwey/definitive_compilation_of_leaked_geforce_now/?utm_content=body&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=4f64807de1d64f5c9e0c7e4873bbf995&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=pndwey

The fact that there was no Bloodborne did make me think that the leak was legit to a certain degree tbh

There are rumors of a PC port of Bloodborne being finished.