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Someone at Sony dun goofed. PS5 hax incoming!



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

Ah Fail0verflow, reminds me of the good old days of PSP homebrew scene with custom firmware's lol,



The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG starts the week with several new (and old) sales and flash deals:

Steam has two daily deals:

There are five new sales at Humble:

And Fanatical has several new sales as well:

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Dark Souls: Remastest V2.0 adds Halo: Combat Evolved weapons, new MP maps, special attacks & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/dark-souls-remastester-v2-0-adds-halo-combat-evolved-weapons-new-mp-maps-special-attacks-more/
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Dark Souls: Remastest Version 2.0 adds to the game numerous weapons from Halo: Combat Evolved. Yeap, you can now experience Dark Souls with guns. This will obviously make the game a lot easier, however, it’s something that most Dark Souls and Halo fans will find really cool.
However, Dark Souls: Remastest is not just a weapons mod for Dark Souls. For instance, the mod adds new multiplayer modes (like Team Deathmatch), as well as MP maps from Halo: Combat Evolved.
>> It's available from the modder's Patreon and there are two versions, for the original game and for the remaster,

This Mass Effect Legendary Edition Mod aims to completely overhaul the final mission of ME3
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-mass-effect-legendary-edition-mod-aims-to-completely-overhaul-the-final-mission-of-me3/
The TEB team has released the first version of a must-have mod for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. According to its description, Take Earth Back is an overhaul for the final mission of Mass Effect 3 with the aim of representing the allies you have gathered over the course of the trilogy, fixing bugs and adding ambient immersive events.
Moreover, this mod promises to be compatible with some other story mods, such as Expanded Galaxy Mod and Spectre Expansion Mod.
Take Earth Back overhauls the Earth hub to feature more than 28 war assets, as well as cut content restorations, new interactive conversations and more. Additionally, the Hammer landing sequence and beam run have had minor overhauls.
>> You'll find it at Nexus Mods.

New 4K Texture Pack for Valheim greatly overhauls the game’s graphics
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-4k-texture-pack-for-valheim-greatly-overhauls-the-games-graphics/
Modders “panoc” and “Willybach” have released an amazing 4K Texture Pack for Valheim that you must download. According to the duo, the purpose of this mod is to transform Valheim’s visuals into a modern-era triple-A game.
This new 4K Texture Pack features high-quality textures for your Valheim world, HD map and mini-map plus new particles that replace the default vanilla square ones. The mod currently covers all existing textures of the game, flora, building items, weapons, armors, creatures etc.
This Texture Pack comes in two versions. The High Version is using 8K terrain atlas and 4K/2K/1K textures. So yeah, some really small textures are not 4K but this is to be expected.
>> This one is also available at Nexus Mods.

Sprawling Red Alert 2 mod Mental Omega is finally finished
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sprawling-red-alert-2-mod-mental-omega-is-finally-finished/
When we first wrote about Mental Omega back in 2018, the now 16 year old mod was already huge. But what Phil said at the time is still true, it's "a dramatic expansion" to one of the last great classic RTS. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is one of those games that has a lot of fans not just because of its absurdly enjoyable FMV cutscenes, though those do rule, but because it's a hell of a lot of fun.
Its oddly asymmetrical factions and strange balance only got weirder with the Yuri's Revenge expansion, but the creators of Mental Omega really understand the game in a way that you'd need some 16 years of development time to implement. First rebalancing, then rebuilding the game with an entirely extra faction, and finally charting their own story for the game world's future through 133 campaign missions spread across the Allies, Soviets, the Yuri faction, and the new Foehn.
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Mental Omega is free if you own a copy of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge. You can find more informationa bout Mental Omega on its official website, mentalomega.com, and on moddb.

GAMING NEWS

Call of Duty Vanguard – Native vs DLSS vs FSR Benchmarks & Comparison Screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/call-of-duty-vanguard-native-vs-dlss-vs-fsr-benchmarks-comparison-screenshots/
Activision has just released the latest COD game on PC, Call of Duty Vanguard. Although Call of Duty Vanguard does not feature any Ray Tracing effects, it does support both NVIDIA’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR. As such, we’ve decided to benchmark and compare them.

Total War Warhammer III releases on PC on February 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/total-war-warhammer-iii-releases-on-pc-on-february-17th/
SEGA has announced that Total War: WARHAMMER III will be releasing worldwide on February 17th, 2022. Furthermore, the game will be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one.

Warner Bros’ Gotham Knights may release in Spring 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warner-bros-gotham-knights-may-release-in-spring-2022/
In March 2021, Warner Bros announced that Gotham Knights was delayed until 2022. And, from the looks of it, Gotham Knights may release in Spring 2022.

Frogwares’ CEO comments on comparisons between Sherlock Holmes Chapter One and triple-A games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/frogwares-ceo-comments-on-comparisons-between-sherlock-holmes-chapter-one-and-triple-a-games/
Frogwares has issued an official statement about the comparison that some people make between Sherlock Holmes Chapter One and triple-A games. According to its CEO, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is not a triple-A game, and people should not be comparing it with games from bigger teams (that are also more expensive than it).

Warner Bros has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Injustice 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warner-bros-has-removed-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-from-injustice-2/
Following Bandai Namco’s, Square Enix’s, Crytek’s and 2K Games’ example, Warner Bros has removed Denuvo from Injustice 2. Injustice 2 came out on PC in 2017, so it took Warner Bros and NetherRealm Studios almost four years in order to remove it.
>> It's not one of the games listed by Intel to have problems with Alder Lake.

H.R. Giger-inspired game, SCORN, has been officially delayed until 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/h-r-giger-inspired-game-scorn-has-been-officially-delayed-until-2022/
Ebb Software has announced that SCORN, its upcoming H.R. Giger-inspired first-person horror-adventure game, has been delayed until 2022. The team also addressed the rumors suggesting that the game was in development hell.

Forza Horizon 5 – Real-Life vs In-Game Locations Comparison Video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/forza-horizon-5-real-life-vs-in-game-locations-comparison-video/
YouTube’s ElAnalistaDeBits has shared a comparison video between the in-game and the real-life locations of Forza Horizon 5. Forza Horizon 5 is set in Mexico, and this video shows how close to the real environments the game came to.

Latest Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy PC Update brings graphics memory improvements, fixes numerous bugs
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/latest-marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-pc-update-brings-graphics-memory-improvements-fixes-numerous-bugs/
EIDOS Montreal has released a new patch for the PC version of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. According to the release notes, PC patch 2980512 brings some graphics memory improvements which may reduce stall issues on some setups.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Monday news, part two:

Warped perspective puzzler Superliminal somehow has multiplayer now
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warped-perspective-puzzler-superliminal-somehow-has-multiplayer-now/
Superliminal is a first-person "forced-perspective puzzle game" about escaping bizarre dream worlds by manipulating objects and perspective—kind of like how you can make a coin look larger than the moon by holding it close to your eye. (...)
It's strictly a singleplayer experience, and so the free update released today to mark the one-year anniversary of Superliminal's release is probably not what you'd expect. Called Group Therapy, it adds a competitive multiplayer mode that pits up to 12 players against one another through a series of randomly generated rooms and, apparently, ducks. Developer Pillow Castle calls it a "Battle Royale" mode, but I'm pretty sure that's just a bit of fun irony: The goal here is simply to be the first one to the exit.

Halo Infinite's battle pass won't have dance moves for Spartans
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinites-battle-pass-wont-have-dance-moves-for-spartans/
In June, 343 Industries confirmed that Halo Infinite will make use of battle passes along with seasonal multiplayer updates. Unlike similar passes in other games, though, Halo Infinite's won't expire, and players will be able to pick them up at any time, even if the season they're associated with is over. Developers revealed more about how that system will work in an interview with IGN, and what players can expect.

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker delayed to December
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/final-fantasy-14-endwalker-delayed-to-december/
Last night's big event on Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker had a surprise for fans: The Endwalker expansion has been delayed by two weeks, from November 23rd to December 7th, 2021. Game Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida explained that an overemphasis on the quality of gameplay and story lead to the game release build being unstable, something he took responsibility for and called "selfishness" on his own part.

Just vibe out in this simple math puzzler
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/just-vibe-out-in-this-simple-math-puzzler/
Who's up for a relaxing, minimal, chill puzzle game? It's me. I always am.
Trios is a game where you match sets of numbers with an operator in order to make a specific outcome from a set of limited choices. It sounds like it might be kind of educational, but I assure you, I am not good at arithmetic and I really like Trios. It's the soundtrack and palette that make it: Relaxed music, a nice beat, and pretty sets of variously complimentary colors.

5 Elden Ring classes revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/five-elden-ring-classes-revealed/
There's a network test for Elden Ring coming up, which unfortunately for us isn't available to PC players. To hype up this closed beta From Software has revealed the classes that will be available in it, writing that "In seven days, these five brave Tarnished will cross the Sea of Fog."

BioWare shares teaser image, says 'Mass Effect will continue'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bioware-shares-teaser-image-says-mass-effect-will-continue/
November 7 is N7 Day, when the Mass Effect community comes together to celebrate the series. In previous years BioWare has been involved to varying degrees, last year using the occasion to announce Mass Effect Legendary Edition and confirm a new Mass Effect is in development. This year was a more muted affair on the official side of things, with BioWare presumably heads-down working on Dragon Age 4, though it did share a teaser image declaring "Mass Effect will continue".

It's heavy metal vs. demons in deckbuilder Power Chord
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/its-heavy-metal-vs-demons-in-deckbuilder-power-chord/
Who doesn't love it when the battle of the bands is a literal battle, and also the enemy band is demons? Nobody, that's who. Power Chord is a roguelike deckbuilder where you assemble a team of musicians, then use their musical prowess to build an unstoppalbe strategy to defeat bands of enemy demons in order to close the hellmouth that's ostensibly opened up, or something.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla teases roadmap of content for the next two months
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/assassins-creed-valhalla-teases-roadmap-of-content-for-the-next-two-months/
Ubisoft has revealed a roadmap for content coming to Assassin's Creed Valhalla over the next two months.
Well, it's more of a "sneak peek" according to the developer, with the finer details of each upcoming addition being mighty vague. Everything kicks off on November 9 when Title Update 1.4.0 launches, along with a "free game activity" called Tombs of the Fallen. The tombs were accidentally leaked last week through some PlayStation trophy additions, but it's still unclear what exactly the tombs are linked to.

Konami de-lists Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 over licensing issues
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/konami-de-lists-metal-gear-solid-2-and-3-over-licensing-issues/
Konami has announced that it will be removing Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 from various digital storefronts, including GOG.com and Nvidia Shield. The removal is apparently "temporary" and relates to the use of licensed footage within cutscenes.

A great day for DRM as Denuvo lapse renders tons of games temporarily unplayable
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-great-day-for-drm-as-denuvo-lapse-renders-tons-of-games-temporarily-unplayable/
If you tried to fire up a game on your PC this weekend, you may have run into the teeny tiny issue of it refusing to boot. It seems as though Denuvo's servers had a bit of a hiccup on November 7, rendering tons of games with the DRM technology temporarily unplayable.

Riot announces an Arcane/Among Us collaboration, and details free stuff across its own games
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/riot-announces-an-arcaneamong-us-collaboration-and-details-free-stuff-across-its-own-games/
Riot Games has announced some detail on Progress Days, the next part of the Riot X Arcane shenanigans going on around the launch of the publisher's first animated series. Arcane has proven something of a surprise package, with even non-LoL fans finding something to love. PCG's own Steven Messner thinks it's amazing.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU spotted with 7424 CUDA Cores and 16GB memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-laptop-gpu-spotted-with-7424-cuda-cores-and-16gb-memory

Apple’s New Screen Repair Trap Could Change the Repair Industry Forever

https://www.ifixit.com/News/54829/apples-new-screen-repair-trap-could-change-the-repair-industry-forever

How AVX 512 still works on 12900K

Looks like Alder Lake S does indeed have AVX 512 on the P cores if you disable the E cores. Seems to only work with certain boards + BIOS though so we will see if other manufacturers will enable it.



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

Captain_Yuri said:

Apple’s New Screen Repair Trap Could Change the Repair Industry Forever

https://www.ifixit.com/News/54829/apples-new-screen-repair-trap-could-change-the-repair-industry-forever

Fucking Apple. I hope John Oliver does an episode on right to repair soon. This isn't the only industry that has serious issues with it.



hey, guys. If any of you is thinking about getting an Alder Lake CPU but is affraid of having troubles with one of the games you're currently playing, Intel has provided a solution:

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-provides-a-workaround-for-certain-games-and-cpus-that-have-drm-issues.html

Because of this solution, the Alder Lake processor's efficiency cores are placed in standby mode, preventing them from creating problems in the impacted games. Here's how you can make advantage of it:

  1. Power-up system and enter system BIOS setup.
  2. Enable switch Legacy Game Compatibility Mode to ON (one-time only) in BIOS.
  3. Save BIOS setup changes and exit.
  4. Boot to OS.
  5. Toggle Keyboard Scroll Lock key ON.
  6. Launch affected game title.
  7. Toggle Keyboard Scroll Lock key OFF after ending game title

Intel said that "a software fix has been identified by the vendor of the affected DRM software and is being rolled out." 



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

The Tuesday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has a new daily deal, six other sales/deals and also a new range of weeklong deals. Let's start:

The Humble Store has two new sales:

Fanatical's new Star Deal is Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Legendary Hero Edition, 58% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/yakuza-like-a-dragon-legendary-hero-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update 1.4.0 is 20GB on PC, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/assassins-creed-valhalla-update-1-4-0-is-20gb-on-pc-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has announced that Title Update 1.4.0 for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will come out on PC tomorrow. This Update is 20GB in size and adds four new Tombs of the Fallen to the game, as well as support for the Oskoreia Festival.

Electronic Arts has removed Denuvo from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-has-removed-denuvo-from-star-wars-jedi-fallen-order/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Electronic Arts and Respawn have just removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
>> It was one of the games that didn't work with Alder Lake.

Vote now for the Golden Joystick Awards' ultimate game and hardware of all time
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/vote-now-for-the-golden-joystick-awards-ultimate-game-and-hardware-of-all-time/
Voting ended for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021 on November 5, but you've still got a chance for you to show some love to your faves—and this time it's not just games that came out in 2021. To celebrate 50 years of videogames, you can now vote for the Ultimate Game of All Time and Best Gaming Hardware of All Time.

MMO Fallen Earth rises from the dead two years after it was shut down
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/mmo-fallen-earth-rises-from-the-dead-2-years-after-it-was-shut-down/
Fallen Earth is a 2009 MMO that has had something of an interesting history. (...)
(...) in 2018, publisher Little Orbit acquired the rights and, a year later, made the decision to temporarily shut it down citing performance problems, old server code, bugs, exploits and, probably most important of all, too few players.
Fallen Earth is now back as Fallen Earth Classic (thanks, MassivelyOP), a version of the MMO that, according to Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott, "balance[s] getting this back online in a reasonable amount of time versus the laundry list of things I'm sure players would have wanted. We did our best."

Back 4 Blood roadmap reveals a new offline mode and Tunnels of Terror expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/back-4-blood-roadmap-reveals-a-new-offline-mode-and-tunnels-of-terror-expansion/
Turtle Rock's co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood turned out to be really good—"A triumphant return to the genre it created," we said in our 88% review—and so it's probably not a great surprise to learn that the studio has big plans for it well beyond its initial release.

Activision exec reveals Warzone's new Pacific map, sewn into his jacket
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/activision-exec-reveals-warzones-new-pacific-map-sewn-into-his-jacket/
Call of Duty: Warzone is getting an all-new map set in the Pacific called Caldera, and while it's not releasing for another month, we did finally get a look at the map's layout late last week. The map image didn't come from Infinity Ward or Raven, though, but from Activision chief creative officer Pelle Sjoenell, who as Charlie Intel explained tweeted a picture of a Call of Duty: Vanguard promotional jacket that was given to Warzone content creators and "big names in the community" during an event on November 3.

Discord screen share is causing Forza Horizon 5 to instantly crash for some
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/discord-screen-share-is-causing-forza-horizon-5-to-instantly-crash-for-some/
Forza Horizon 5 players are experiencing the worst kind of crashes. Discord screen sharing is causing both the Steam version (which connects to the Windows Xbox app) and Microsoft Store version to break, according to several reports on Reddit.
>> Remember kids, if you drive, don't share.

Travis Scott's 'Out West' emote removed from Fortnite store following festival tragedy
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/travis-scotts-out-west-emote-removed-from-fortnite-store-following-festival-tragedy/
Travis Scott's "Out West" emote is not currently available in Fortnite following an incident at the performer's Astroworld Festival in Houston last week in which eight people were killed and many others injured.

Deathloop director appointed head of Arkane Lyon
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/deathloop-director-appointed-head-of-arkane-lyon/
Deathloop director Dinga Bakaba is the new head of Arkane Lyon. As spotted by VGC, it looks like Bakaba took up the role in October following the departure of Romuald Capron, who had been with the developer for nearly 17 years.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

The PS5 has been hacked - twice.... | MVG

Now this is still early days and both hacker groups can just show Sony what they did and not disclose their methods to the public however as now there are two different methods of hacking a PS5 (that we know of), it's only a matter of time until we get the real hacking done. 4.03 will be the firmware (which is the latest as of now) that you would need to pay attention to.

Forza Horizon 5 PC: Can Graphics Scale Beyond Xbox Series X? Optimised Settings + More


It runs well enough but there isn't much difference between the PC version and Xbox Series X version outside of framerate. Alex does have a video coming up where he has a mod that will enable Ray Tracing outside of just the photo mode.

AMD introduces 6nm Instinct MI200 GPUs with up to 220 CUs, 128GB HBM2e memory and 560W TDP

https://videocardz.com/press-release/amd-introduces-6nm-instinct-mi200-gpus-with-up-to-220-cus-128gb-hbm2e-memory-and-560w-tdp

AMD teases EPYC “Genoa” with 96 Zen4 cores and “Bergamo” with 128 Zen4c cores

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-teases-epyc-genoa-with-96-zen4-cores-and-bergamo-with-128-zen4c-cores



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850