If I had to guess.. its their 'next gen' patch for PS5/Xbox ver. which is like super late :P

^Oh, yeah. I forgot about that XD.

PC release is still probably a trigger word for them. I have seen many Sony fans still being in denial of the eventual future.

everything is mobile in the end

The thing that seems to trigger some over on twitter the most by far is the "day and date" debate, because I said to you before that it is objectively the next and ultimate conclusion to this type of strategy, since MS and others like Sega have done this before over the years, it makes perfect sense for Sony to do what everyone else has done before. 

Day and date is gonna happen and I don't care why the fanboys cite "yeah but not right now" as being somehow more important than when it actually happens (because it will and that will be the definitive end to that pointless debate). 

Some Intel CPUs may no longer perform to their maximum straight out of the box
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/some-intel-cpus-may-no-longer-perform-to-their-maximum-straight-out-of-the-box/ar-AATQbDT
The company has remained tight-lipped about the SDSi initiative, whereby customers will pay an additional fee to activate certain features built into their processors. Although Intel has acknowledged the existence of the scheme, it has so far offered no specifics as to which capabilities can be toggled on or off and which CPUs will be compatible.

I mean it started off slow at first, this is MS we're talking about, their 2nd to 3rd attempt at getting back with PC meant we had to suffer slow ramp-ups of releases from them (that and they probably felt they were scared of what would happen to their consoles sales at those times).

Reason why I know it's going to eventually happen with Sony is because it just doesn't make any logical business sense to go with a new venture model for themselves, and then never improve upon it over time. It'd make more sense to tap into a market you've been actively ignoring for years, earn money and find ways to earn more of that money a lot earlier, what's one way of doing that?; day and date, you get the sales from both platforms at the same time, instead of 1-2m and slow trickle sales later on (the current model). 

The only people that hate this are the die-hards, because they think they know business and another factor is the major loss of bragging rights, which let's be honest, there weren't much of any, because unlike a graphics card brute forcing (objective), a game is going to look subjective no matter how hard you try to sell it.

Oh boy, here we go, when hardware is turned into a service where we have to pay fees just to get the whole package to work...

If Intel's gonna do it, AMD and Nvidia are likely to as well, this can only get worse unless the hand is chopped off here and now. This crap shouldn't even be a thought in the first place. 

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has twp daily deals, Midweek Madness deals and a new range on weeklong deals:

• The first daily deal is Five Dates, an FMV game, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1353270/Five_Dates/
• The second daily deal is Stronghold: Warlords, also 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/907650/Stronghold_Warlords/
• The first Midweek Madness is Iron Harvest, 67% off until the 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/826630/Iron_Harvest/
• The second MM is a sale featuring games made in Germany, with up to 90% discounts until Thursday 17: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games_germany
• Next comes Children of Morta, free to try and also 65% off until Friday 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/330020/Children_of_Morta/
• The Early Access title Wartales gets a 20% discount until February 20: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/
• The Ace Attorney Franchise Sale features up to 50% discounts until the 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/capcom/sale/AceAttorneyFranchise
• And the RPG Maker Festival brings up to 90% discounts until next Monday. Also, RPG Maker MZ is free to try during the sale: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/rpgmaker_festival
• Time to check a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Golden Light, still in Early Access, is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/Golden_Light/
  • Detective Girl of the Steam City gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1012030/Detective_Girl_of_the_Steam_City/
  • Police Stories is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/539470/Police_Stories/
  • Ascension: Deckbuilding Game gets a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/320430/Ascension_Deckbuilding_Game/
  • BARRIER X is 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/463150/BARRIER_X/
  • And The Bridge features a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/204240/The_Bridge/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Deep Silver BYOB features 29 games to choose your bundle. The games feature up to 75% discounts that rise to 80 if you buy 3, 83% for 4 and 85% for 5. There are keys for Steam, GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/deep-silver-byob/
• The Lost In Space Sale features up to 90% discounts. There are keys for Steam, GOG, EGS and UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lost-in-space-sale/
• And Publisher Slitherine puts its games 90% off. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/slitherine-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition, 75% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/kingdom-come-deliverance-royal-edition
• Jackbox Games puts its titles uo to 63% off during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/jackbox

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 511.79 WHQL
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-511-79-whql
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for Elden Ring, GRID Legends, Total War: Warhammer III, and Martha is Dead featuring NVIDIA DLSS. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest updates including Destiny 2: The Witch Queen and the introduction of NVIDIA Reflex in iRacing.

Fixed Issues

• Call of Duty: Vanguard][Assassins Creed Valhalla]: The games may display random corruption or white/black screen. [3503111/3525655]
• [Battlefield 2042]: The game may display color flashes on the screen. [3503086]
• [Corel Paint Shop Pro XI]: The application cannot be launched. [3510891]
• [G-SYNC]: After disabling G-SYNC on G-SYNC Compatible monitor and TV, G-SYNC cannot be re-enabled through the NVIDIA Control Panel. [3523157]
• Digital Vibrance is reset when monitor goes to sleep. [3519430]

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First SIFU mods bring Street Fighter’s Chun Li, John Wick, Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-sifu-mods-bring-street-fighters-chun-li-john-wick-mortal-kombats-scorpion-more/
The first mods for SIFU have appeared online, letting you replace the main protagonist. Right now, you can use mods and play as Street Fighter’s Chun Li, Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion, John Wick and Shaggy Rogers.

Fans are working on a remake of Resident Evil Gaiden in Resident Evil 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fans-are-working-on-a-remake-of-resident-evil-gaiden-in-resident-evil-2/
Andrew Coyte and 3lric are currently working on a remake of Resident Evil Gaiden in the classic Resident Evil 2 game. As the title implies, this mod will recreate this exclusive Game Boy Color game, allowing more gamers to actually experience it.
While there isn’t any ETA on when it will come out, you can find below its debut trailer. This fan remake will be using classic RE camera viewpoints and graphics. In other words, expect it to look and play similar to the classic Resident Evil PSX games. And, as you may have guessed, it will have tank controls.

First Dying Light 2 mods improve draw distance, physics, FOV and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-dying-light-2-mods-improve-draw-distance-physics-fov-and-more/
Dying Light 2 has been out for over a week and its first mods have appeared online. As such, we’ve decided to collect the most interesting ones and share them in one article.
>> There are seven mods listed in the article.

GAMING NEWS

SpaceBourne 2 is coming to PC on November 1st, gets a brand new trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/spacebourne-2-is-coming-to-pc-on-november-1st-gets-a-brand-new-trailer/
DBK Games has announced that SpaceBourne 2 will be coming to PC via Steam on November 1st. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has released a new trailer that you can find below.

Final PC requirements revealed for Elden Ring, recommended an NVIDIA GTX1070 or AMD Vega 56
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-pc-requirements-revealed-for-elden-ring-nvidia-gtx1070-amd-vega-56-recommended/
A few days ago, Bandai Namco revealed the minimum PC requirements for Elden Ring. In a surprise move, Bandai Namco took down those specs from Steam just a few hours after unveiling them. And today, the publisher has revealed both the minimum and recommended specs for this upcoming action RPG.
According to the final PC specs, the minimum PC system requirements are exactly the same as those we’ve already reported. As such, we’ll be focusing on the recommended specs.

First gameplay trailer released for Dune: Spice Wars
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-dune-spice-wars/
Funcom has released the first gameplay trailer for Dune: Spice Wars. Developed by Spiro Games, Dune: Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements.

The news, part two:

Capcom is counting down to a possible Street Fighter 6 announcement
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/capcom-is-counting-down-to-a-possible-street-fighter-6-announcement/
Because there's nothing gamers like better than an inscrutable countdown, Capcom has kicked one off that's set to run for a whole week.What's it leading to? Aside from the inevitable server crash, there's no clear sign at this point—but there is speculation.

Unofficial Magic: The Gathering NFT project interrupted as WotC summon lawyers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/unofficial-magic-the-gathering-nft-project-interrupted-as-wotc-summon-lawyers/
Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast has dropped the cease-and-desist hammer on an NFT project called mtgDAO, which is seeking to create its own parallel MtG format using NFTs based on real-world Magic cards. Wizards of the Coast, naturally, says the project is a clear violation of its copyrights and trademarks, and also suggests that it might have an NFT-based Magic project of its own in the works.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre game studio says it doesn't want to 'make the same game twice'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-game-studio-says-it-doesnt-want-to-make-the-same-game-twice/
The makers of 2017's Friday The 13th game are taking another crack at the asymmetrical horror format with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The new game will have a similar format to both Friday the 13th and its popular competitor Dead By Daylight, but developer Gun Interactive is making one big change: instead of a single killer hunting down a group of survivors, Texas Chain Saw Massacre will have three.

A new report on Roblox reveals how hackers and scammers are continuing to rip off kids
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-new-report-on-roblox-reveals-how-hackers-and-scammers-are-continuing-to-rip-off-kids/
In December 2021, the YouTube channel People Make Games shared new allegations claiming that the game and game-creation platform Roblox is unsafe for kids—its primary audience. For anyone not tuned into the Roblox scene, it was eye-opening: Literal children being swindled out of sometimes large amounts of money and work, a situation that Roblox appeared either unwilling or unable to address.
A new Vice report digs deeper into how it all happens: How "beamers," as they're called in the Roblox community, are able to hack into Roblox accounts, strip them of valuable items, and then sell them on black markets. Phishing is a big problem, obviously, as beamers use generators to automatically create legitimate-looking pages targeting specific users or items, commonly shared with Roblox users via Discord. But there are more sophisticated schemes in play too.

Star Trek: Bridge Crew has been suddenly delisted
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/star-trek-bridge-crew-has-been-suddenly-delisted/
Ubisoft's virtual reality take on Star Trek has been delisted on Steam and the Oculus Store. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is a cooperative VR game that tasks players with collaborating on the upkeep of the Enterprise. James had a lot of fun with it back in 2017, and while it was definitely built for VR headsets, a non-VR edition did eventually release.

If someone's spamming !!!!! in Lost Ark, they might just be buffing themselves!!!!!
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/if-someones-spamming-in-lost-ark-they-might-just-be-buffing-themselves/
Wow, this story means I can use as many exclamation points as I like!!!!! I'm making myself more powerful!!!!! Super saiyan writer mode—max verbiage!!!!!
OK I'll stop. If you're ever playing Lost Ark and come across something like the above in battle, however, it may just be a player being annoying: Or it may be that they're applying a damage buff that can reach quite extreme levels.