Hi, guys! I finished the tasks that kept me away these last days a bit earlier than planned, but I doubt I'll be able to make the news today. You'll likely have to wait until tomorrow to skip those posts as usual .

Meanwhile, here's something:

*** NEW CONTEST ***

Guru3D 2021 December 23rd: Win a Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 SSD (NVMe M.2 / 2TB)
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/guru3d-2021-december-23rd-win-a-kioxia-exceria-plus-g2-ssd-(2tb).html

It may not be Gen4, but a 2TB NVMe drive is quite a good price.

Good luck!

So it sounds like God of War is gonna be poorly optimized for PC.

https://wccftech.com/amd-shows-off-over-70-current-upcoming-aaa-games-with-fsr-support-57-fps-in-god-of-war-at-4k-using-fsr-on-radeon-rx-6800-xt/

Using FSR with a 6800XT, it runs sub 60FPS at 4k. This is a PS4 game...

Certainly not a good omen, but we'll see how it goes. I hope the studio making the port doesn't make a mess.

*** ALERT FREE GAME ***

GOG is giving away the game "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" during the next 41 hours or so: https://www.gog.com/game/i_have_no_mouth_and_i_must_scream

*** NEW CONTEST ***

Guru3D 2021 December 24th: Win a Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ColorPOP
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/guru3d-2021-december-24th-win-a-palit-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-colorpop.html

Good luck!

I wasn't sure about posting the news because there aren't many but, after so many days I said "what the heck" (not really) so, here are the news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Today's free game on the Epic Store is Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/pathfinder-kingmaker

GOG is running its Winter Sale, with up to 90% discounts until January 5th.

Steam is also running its Winter Sale, that will also last until January 5th.

Humble has several deals:

• Humble Bundle has the Ultimate Fishing Simulator - Complete Your Collection Bundle, with up to 10 items to get during 19 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ultimate-fishing-simulator-complete-your-collection-bundle
• The Humble Store is also running its Winter Sale with many deals from a lot of publishers (Bandai-Namco, EA, Rockstar, Square-Enix, Sega, etc.), but they also have some selected sales like:
  • The DRM Freedom Sale, with up to 90% discounts during the next 11 days, features both Steam and GOG keys: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/drm-freedom-2021/
  • And there's also a Humble Holiday BYO Bundle, featuring 78 Steam and/or GOG games up to 70% off. If you buy more than two games the discount rises to 75% for 3 games, 80% for 4 and 85% when getting 5 titles: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/humble-holiday-byob

Fanatical is, like the others, doing its Winter Sale, but they also have other deals, plus some bundles:

• The Star Deal, that started yesterday, is The Jackbox Party Pack 7, 55% off during another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-jackbox-party-pack-7 https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-jackbox-party-pack-7
• They also have two bundles:
  • The BYO Party Bundle features 20 games to choose for your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-party-bundle
  • The VR Adrenaline Bundle has 6 games split into three tiers of 4, 5 or 6 items with an up to 94% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/vr-adrenaline-bundle
• And there's also a contest to win twelve prizes, both hardware and games, worth over $4,000. There are still 10 days left to enter and you can learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-awesome-pc-gifts-this-christmas-winter-2021

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Final Fantasy 7 Remake gets a cool FOV/Camera Distance Modifier Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/final-fantasy-7-remake-gets-a-cool-fov-camera-distance-modifier-mod/
Modder ‘Tohru Adachi’ has released a pretty new cool mod for Final Fantasy 7 Remake that lets you adjust the in-game camera. Tohru Adachi has basically created some cheat tables values, allowing you to tweak the camera distance values outside of what the game offers. The end result is pretty amazing, and we highly recommend using it. Not only with this mod give you a better FOV, it will also take the camera further behind Cloud so that you can more easily control him. This mod is also great for battles as it can give you a better understanding of your surroundings.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Star Citizen – Alpha 3.16: Return to Jumptown is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-16-return-to-jumptown-is-now-available-for-download/
Cloud Imperium has announced the release of the Star Citizen – Alpha 3.16: Return to Jumptown update. This new patch marks the introduction of the newest in-game server-wide dynamic event called Jumptown 2.0 – inspired by the original fan-favorite PvP event Jumptown – which finds both law enforcement and criminal factions across the ‘verse gathering to battle for control of an overabundance of illegal narcotics.

EA has reportedly canceled a Harry Potter MMO, didn’t think the franchise had longevity
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ea-has-reportedly-canceled-a-harry-potter-mmo-didnt-think-the-franchise-had-longevity/
It appears that EA was working on a massively multiplayer online game, based on the Harry Potter franchise. As Kim Salzer, CMO of Original Gamer Life, revealed, a Harry Potter MMO was in active development but EA decided to cancel it.

Ready or Not studio says planned 'school shooting' level did not cause split with publisher
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ready-or-not-studio-says-planned-school-shooting-level-did-not-cause-split-with-publisher/
We liked what we saw of the SWAT-style shooter Ready or Not when we got our first look at it in 2019. (...) At the time, it was expected to release near the end of 2020, but instead it debuted in Early Access on December 17 of this year.
Just a few days after that, however, developer Void Interactive announced that it had parted ways with Team17, the publisher. (...)
A reason for the split wasn't given, but it happened just a few days after a user in the Ready or Not subreddit asked if the game should have a "school shooting mission." In response, a Void Interactive developer replied, "You better believe it's gonna." The response has since been deleted, but can be seen via the https://www.reddit.com/r/ReadyOrNotGame/comments/rk2k1p/should_ready_or_not_have_a_school_shooting/hp9s0pj/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Wayback Machine.

Why I play on PC

(Spoilers)

Tifa only wears that dress for a certain section of the game. On PC, you can make her (and the rest) wear their dresses for the entirety of the game via mod which exposes some lewd stuff which you can't really do on console.