I can't really disagree with your component choices. and yes, 2022 will be very interesting hardware wise.

I hope AMD has learned a couple of things this last year and becomes a bit more down to Earth, like they used to.

Not being present when the Steam Sale started, I forgot to post about the cards for the badge.

In case someone is interested in trading, I still lack both "Oustanding Visual Style" and "Oustanding Story-rich Game", and have spare cards for "Most Innovative Gameplay", "Labor of Love" (x2) and "VR Game of the Year".

Merry Christmas to you as well.

That's a nice find, I'll have to look into using that sometime.

Would be nice though if Valve had something like that built directly into it, so I could just right click-Translate. 

Well, maybe the new giveaways from unreleased games will start tomorrow, Monday. It would make a little more sense than starting it on Sunday, but we'll have to wait and see.

Hm, Iwould have sworn that there was no contest this morning when I checked it out. Maybe they've added it later.

*** NEW CONTEST ***

Guru3D 2021 December 26th: Win a PowerColor Radeon RX Red Devil 6600 XT
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/guru3d-2021-december-26th-win-a-powercolor-radeon-rx-red-devil-6600-xt.html

Minecraft doesn't need this to get more players and already makes enough money.

We may get some Japanese game, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Morning, guys.

*** NEW CONTEST ***

Guru3D 2021 December 27th: Win G.Skill Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4-3600MHz CL16 (32GB)
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/guru3d-2021-december-27th-win-g-skill-trident-z-royal-elite-ddr4-3600mhz-cl16-32gb-(2x16gb).html

Good luck.

The Monday news, all in one post (because PCGamer is on holidays):

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has two new Flash Deals and also a new giveaway:

• The new Giveaway is X-Morph: Defense Complete Edition, and will be available during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/game/xmorph_defense_complete_edition
• The first Flash Deal is The Falconeer, 35% off for both the standard and the Warrior Editions during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_falconeer
• The second one is AVICII Invector, 68% off until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/avicii_invector

The Humble Store has a new WB Games BYOB, with 34 games up to 80% off during the next 7 days. The discount rises when buying more than two games, with 83% for 3 games, 85% for 4 and 90% for 5: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/wb-games-byob/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Dragon Star Varnir - Complete Deluxe Edition Bundle, 75% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dragon-star-varnir-complete-deluxe-edition-bundle
• There's also the new Deckbuilder Bundle, with 11 games split into three tiers of 2, 9 and 11 products with up to 95% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/deckbuilder-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New screenshots for Half-Life Opposing Force & Blue Shift Fan Remakes in Black Mesa
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-for-half-life-opposing-force-blue-shift-fan-remakes-in-black-mesa/
Tripmine Studios has announced that its fan remakes of Half-Life Opposing Force and Half-Life Blue Shift will now come in one fan game, Operation: Black Mesa. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released some new screenshots that you can find below.
Operation: Black Mesa features reimaginings of both Half-Life Opposing Force and Half-Life Blue Shift through two unique campaigns. Moreover, this fan game will be using the Source Engine, in a similar way that Black Mesa did before it.

GAMING NEWS

New Shadow of the Tomb Raider video shows two unused gameplay mechanics
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-video-shows-two-unused-gameplay-mechanics/
Crystal Dynamics and EIDOS Montreal have shared a new video for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, showcasing two unused gameplay mechanics.
The devs were originally experimenting with a machete for clearing the jungle, and base jumping for quick traversal. Unfortunately, though, they’ve decided to cut these elements from the final game.

AMD 6nm Navi 24 GPU pictured, coming soon to Radeon RX 6500XT graphics cards

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-6nm-navi-24-gpu-pictured-coming-soon-to-radeon-rx-6500xt-graphics-cards


Intel Core i3-12100/12300 and i5-12400 Alder Lake-S CPUs have been tested ahead of launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i3-12100-12300-and-i5-12400-alder-lake-s-cpus-have-been-tested-ahead-of-launch

Intel Core i3 12300/12100 outperform AMD quad-core APUs