It's just that I think that Nintendo is already pushing with what they have on the Switch. If they decide to go full on with RT, then it just means Switch 2 will sound powerful on paper, but produce 30fps based games at 720p again, or worse and possibly blurry. I know we have DLSS 2.1, but it'd also have to mean that Nintendo would have to push for it as well on their system, in order to make use of this RT.

I also think that if they're going to get into RT, they should either go all in for it or not at all. Cyberpunk on current gen only going for shadows is like the half arsed attempt I don't want to see Ninty doing if it decides to go in for RT. I'm a go big or go home kinda guy when I see already rich companies. If it was a tiny mom & pop company, then yeah I can imagine cutting things at the halfway point, but this is Nintendo, they can afford to go big if they wanted to, and I do want to see them go big, instead of cutting corners to make bank on their system (like they've been doing since GC). 

Well the way I see it is that it doesn't really matter if Nintendo uses RT or not on their own games. Having a RT capable console means wider compatibility with games. And yea it will be 720p 30fps for those devs that want to do it but it will be their choice. I'd rather have the switch 2 give more options to developers than less cause sometimes, third party devs can be very stingy. Nintendo also having access to DLSS could make it part of their API which should mean developers being able to implement it on their games pretty easily.

I just hope it means devs actually use the power this time, because although we've got gyro functionality with the Switch, not every dev is using it, and I'm reminded once again of devs that didn't use the touch screen functionality of the 3DS, nor the extra juice the N3DS offered (Terraria were pretty much the only 3rd party I knew that actively mentioned to play their game on N3DS, if you wanted to play their game on a Ninty system at that time, which I did and it ran marginally better than on 3DS). 

The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Epic Store has three free items this week: Black Widow: Recharged, Centipede: Recharged and a Dauntless Epic Slayer Kit
Next week, they'll give away Cities: Skylines.

GOG has a new sale and an announcement:

• There's a Special Sale with Daedalic featuring up to 90% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_daedalic_publisher_sale
• And the announcement is that, because of the war, GOG has decided to suspend the sales in both Rusia and its puppet Belarus. Existing users will still be able to log in and use their already owned games. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/suspending_sales_in_russia_and_belarus, or from PCGamer's article

Steam has two new sales:

• The first one is The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, 45% off during t he next 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/
• The second one is GolfTopia, 50% off until the 9th of March as well: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144020/GolfTopia/

Humble Bundle has a new Humble Heroines, with up to 7 games to get during the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines.

Fanatical has new bundles and a contest:

• The new bundles are: RPG Maker Bundle, Kings & Queens Bundle (for lovers of Chess games) and the Platinum Collection BYOB for March.
• The contest, will grand 10 winners a bundle of games. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/contest-win-your-own-bundle-of-pc-games-during-bundlefest-2022

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New Dying Light 2 Gameplay Mods improve dismemberment & parkour, add Nightmare Plus Difficulty
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-dying-light-2-gameplay-mods-improve-dismemberment-parkour-add-nightmare-plus-difficulty/
Modders released last week some new gameplay mods for Techland’s latest open-world zombie game, Dying Light 2. These mods improve the game’s dismemberment system, improve its parkour mechanics, and add a Nightmare Plus difficulty mode.

Classic Half-Life gets an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/classic-half-life-gets-an-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-pack/
Modder ‘y2keeth’ has released a brand new AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Valve’s classic FPS, Half-Life. This mod upscales the quality of textures for objects and 3D models/characters by four times.
As with pretty much all AI-enhanced HD Texture Packs, this one retains the art style of the vanilla game. Thus, we highly recommend it for all those Half-Life purists out there.

GAMING NEWS

Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake & Resident Evil 7 will receive free graphical upgrades on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-2-remake-resident-evil-3-remake-resident-evil-7-will-receive-free-graphical-upgrades-on-pc/
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake and Resident Evil 7 will receive some visual/graphical enhancements. Although the team did not reveal any additional details, it did confirm that these patches will be also coming to PC.
>> Great news.

John Romero has just released a new map/level for Doom 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/john-romero-has-just-released-a-new-map-level-for-doom-2/
John Romero has just released a new map/level for the 1994 id Software release Doom 2, called One Humanity. One Humanity is Romero’s first DOOM II level since the release of the original in 1994.
Romero has created this map in order to support the people of Ukraine and the humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. As he claimed, 100% of the proceeds will go toward this support.

SIFU Update 1.07 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/sifu-update-1-07-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Sloclap has released a brand new update for SIFU. According to the release notes, Update 1.07 brings a number of camera fixes, fixes some exploits like the sweep loop, and fixes issues with remapping Focus for keyboard users.
>> And our site has an article about the game selling 1 million copies.

Thursday news, part two:

Stalker 2 development paused: 'We are striving to help our employees and their families to survive'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stalker-2-development-paused-we-are-striving-to-help-our-employees-and-their-families-to-survive/
Stalker 2 studio GSC Game World was one of the first to speak out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and to call for financial aid for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Today the studio released a brief video emphasizing the increasing danger in the country, which has forced it to move the development of Stalker 2 "to the sidelines" while it focuses on protecting its employees and their families.
>> Sad and perfectly understandable.

Russia and Russian clubs removed from FIFA 'in solidarity with the Ukrainian people'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/russia-and-russian-clubs-removed-from-fifa-in-solidarity-with-the-ukrainian-people/
Earlier today Ukraine's deputy prime minister urged "all game development companies and esports platforms" to halt business in Russia, due to the ongoing war between the two countries. Mykhailo Fedorov's letter went on to say that: "In 2022, modern technology is perhaps the best answer to the tanks, multiple rocket launchers and missiles."
Now, EA Sports has announced that the Russian national team and Russian football clubs will be removed from all active versions of FIFA.

New World is getting a blunderbuss
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-is-getting-a-blunderbuss/
Amazon Games has shared a look at what's coming to the New World public test realm in March, which will see the conclusion of the story of Isabella and the addition of a powerful new weapon, the fearsome blunderbuss.

Warren Spector is working on a brand-new immersive sim
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warren-spector-is-working-on-a-brand-new-immersive-sim/
Warren Spector, the famed producer of games including System Shock, Deus Ex, Crusader: No Remorse, and Epic Mickey, is working on something new: "An immersive simulation based on a completely new intellectual property developed by Otherside," the studio Spector joined in 2016.
>> I feel like Epic Mickey doesn't belong to that list.

Lost Ark is getting its first big update, and some endgame nerfs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/lost-ark-is-getting-its-first-big-update-and-some-endgame-nerfs/
MMO and fashion simulator Lost Ark was released in English last month, but it's been out in Korea for years. Only some of what's been added to the original version over the course of its life was brought over at launch. More is coming, beginning with an update due some time this month, as announced on the official site.

Nexon founder Jung-ju Kim has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/nexon-founder-jung-ju-kim-has-died/
Jung-ju Kim, who founded Korean game publisher Nexon in 1994 and led it through the development of several early MMOs including The Kingdom of the Winds, MapleStory, and Mabinogi, has died at age 54.

Steam Deck support improvements delayed for Rimworld due to ongoing Ukraine conflict
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-deck-support-improvements-delayed-for-rimworld-due-to-ongoing-ukraine-conflict/
Rimworld developers have stated that Steam Deck updates to help the game run better on the platform have been delayed. This is due to Russia's current attack on Ukraine, which happens to be where the developer who was working on these updates lives.

Battlefield 2042 gets antsy about whether 128 players is a good idea after all
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/battlefield-2042-gets-antsy-about-whether-128-players-is-a-good-idea-after-all/
Battlefield 2042 has had a rocky old launch (...) Players aren't happy, the publisher isn't happy, and it doesn't seem like DICE is over the moon either.
A new blogpost on 'core feedback' details some of the substantial improvements that DICE intends to make in the game, focusing initially on the game's map design. It identifies five key areas to work on in the game's maps: traversal, intensity, line of sight, objective paths, and cover.

Elden Ring has Bloodborne's facial deformation sliders hidden in its character creator
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/elden-ring-has-bloodbornes-facial-deformation-sliders-hidden-in-its-character-creator/
FromSoftware's games have been using the same basic foundation for the character creator since Demon's Souls. Each entry makes minor tweaks to how it functions, and one of the biggest changes was the addition of facial deformation in Bloodborne. This was not accessible by the player: it was there so that NPC characters could be created whose faces showed the toll of repeated blood infusion.

Kojima says Bowie song holds the key to understanding Metal Gear Solid V
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/kojima-says-bowie-song-holds-the-key-to-understanding-metal-gear-solid-v/
Hideo Kojima recently went on a minor digression about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, interesting in its own right as part of the series creator talking a little more openly about the games in recent years—in the immediate aftermath of the Konami split, Kojima didn't talk much about Metal Gear. Before we go any further: spoilers, obviously.

Intel to fuse off AVX512 on Alder Lake silicon going forward

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-to-fuse-off-avx512-on-alder-lake-silicon-going-forward


ATX Version 3.0 Design Guide Reveals PCIe 5.0 Connector Cable Details, Up To 600W Power Input For Next-Gen GPUs

https://wccftech.com/atx-version-3-0-design-guide-pcie-gen-5-connector-cable-up-to-600w-power/


MSI Pre-Built Bends SSDs & Boils CPUs at 100°C ($1700 Aegis R Review)

Imagine being able to manufacturer majority of the components but build a PC that fails at the basics

Official VR support would be great.

The VR-mods don't work for me.

Maybe when Sony launches its VR headset Capcom will add the mode as well.

I don't think I've ever been this disappointed in a game's writing team. Like yeah, Cyberpunk's lore was more or less mangled and tossed aside, it's story not all that concise and connected, but WoW has had years and years worth fo established lore, and the current writing team has been doing it's damned hardest to fuck it all away and reduce it to nothing.

Imagine trying to use a well known and established character to advertise your next version of classic, only to fuck him away, to be forgotten forever in the current expansion...

Seriously Blizz, your writing team absolutely sucks ass, and I really wish you would stop fucking around with established characters. You already perma deleted Garrosh, forgot about Varian and now Saurfang, turned Sylvanas into a Mary sue who's going to somehow be magically forgiven for her crimes (just you watch, it's basically waiting for her going by the current level of writing), and after showing us that cinematic to show off SL expansion, using Arthas, a popular character, you now reduce him to literally nothing and claim he's going to be forgotten...

I'm sorry, but this is just incredibly dumb as fuck to watch happen, especially when you consider that Jaina hardly gets any fucking words in, let alone Uther, Arthas's teacher and mentor, while mary sue Sylvanas good gal, gets the majority of words in and the final last word. Like yeah, Arthas did her bad, but she burned a world tree filled with innocent women and children, and the writing team are doing their best to forget that actually happened.

I've never wanted a writing team fired so badly. They clearly don't care or give a fuck for established lore, and they know full well they wrote themselves into a corner, so instead of admitting this, they just retcon shit and make mary sues for those written into that corner. Even uther is magically forgiven for deliberately passing judgement on Arthas, a job which was ultra specifically given to the Arbiter, and well, should be punishable by eternal damnation, which Uther is never getting, because the writing team cannot stick to their established lore, let alone giving actual consequences for their actions.