If that's the case, then by the time it gets released on Steam, MW3 will come out

Other games like GTAV may have sold more, but the original MW2 still feels like the most hyped game release there ever was. I still remember this trailer fondly:

Yea pretty much. It's probably my most played FPS game ever. MW2019 was has like 261 hours. MW2 however...

Yea the multiplayer and Spec Ops was phenomenal. The campaign was short and entertaining too.

My most played COD too.

The Friday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has three new flash deals and several new sales:

• The Weekly Sale features games where you're on the evil side with up to 90% discounts; https://www.gog.com/promo/20220425_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale, "Games for Avid Travellers", with its up to 85% discounts will last another 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220427_midweek_sale
• Publisher Handy Games celebrates its 22nd anniversary by offering its games with up to 90% discounts for another 2 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_handy_games
• The Weekend Sale features Surviving Mars and its DLCs up to 75% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220428_surviving_mars
• The first of the three flash deals is Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, 49% off during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura
• The second flash deals is Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War, 78% off during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/en/game/warhammer_40000_gladius_relics_of_war
• The last flash deal is Drakensang, 80% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/drakensang
• The yearly Star Wars Sale, May the 4th be with you, brings up to 75% discounts until May 6th: https://www.gog.com/partner/star_wars
• The Good Old Games Week Sale brings up to 90% discounts on more than 200 games until May 9: https://www.gog.com/en/good-old-games

Steam has a new daily deal and lots of other sales:

• The new daily deal is Tavern Master, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525700/Tavern_Master/
• The first Weekend Deal is a Jackbox Games sale, with between 30 and 60% discounts during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_jackbox
• We Were Here Together, that has a demo, will be 55% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/865360/We_Were_Here_Together/
• The Neowiz Publisher Sale features up to 75% discounts until May 2: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/neowizpublishersale2022
• Verdun is going free to try and 80% off until Monday, 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/242860/Verdun/
• The Tales of franchise Sale brings up to 85% discounts until the 2nd: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TalesofFranchise
• The Sniper Elite franchise is up to 90% off until the 2nd of May; https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sniper-elite/
• Koei Tecmo puts its games up to 90% off until the May 9: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/koeitecmo2022
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human is going to be 20% off until May 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/534380/Dying_Light_2_Stay_Human/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Fanatical's new Star Deal is Pathfinder: Kingmaker Imperial Edition. 64% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/pathfinder-kingmaker-imperial-edition.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Dark Souls Remastered Mod overhauls all weapons, armors & shields
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-dark-souls-remastered-mod-overhauls-all-weapons-armors-shields/
Modder ‘D0M4K0M4’ has released a new mod for Dark Souls Remastered that upscales all weapons, armors and shields to 4K. This is a must-have mod as it can greatly improve the game’s graphics. At the same time, and since it upscales the game’s original textures, it retains its art style.

Stardew Valley players won't stop making increasingly unhinged Grandpa death mods
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stardew-valley-players-wont-stop-making-increasingly-unhinged-grandpa-death-mods/
As is written in the farm life sim bylaws, Stardew Valley begins the way so many do: with your character inheriting a plot of land from their dear, deceased relative. In Stardew, your kind, old grandpa gets a quick farewell scene on a rather shabby-looking deathbed where he's conveying his final wishes for you to take over the family farm. Enter the modders, who years ago took pity on Grandpa and gave him a better bed. Suddenly the community is instead obsessed with giving Grandpa the most inglorious death possible.

GAMING NEWS

New Skull & Bones Alpha Gameplay Footage Leaked Online
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-skull-bones-alpha-gameplay-footage-leaked-online/
Remember Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones? Well, from the looks of it, a new video has been leaked from it, featuring some brand new alpha gameplay footage.

The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will stream on June 12
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-xbox-and-bethesda-games-showcase-will-stream-on-june-12/
There may be no E3 this year but, let's be honest here, there's still pretty much E3 this year. Microsoft announced today that the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will stream on Sunday, June 12, at 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern. Mark your calendars, those of you who still use calendars.

Activision Blizzard shareholders approve Microsoft buyout, but it's not a done deal
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/activision-blizzard-shareholders-approve-microsoft-buyout-but-its-not-a-done-deal/
Activision Blizzard's shareholders have overwhelmingly approved Microsoft's offer to buy the company for $95 a share. As Bloomberg points out, however, the vote doesn't mean that the acquisition is a done deal, and the Wall Street crowd isn't fully convinced it will happen.

Knotwords might replace Wordle as my favorite daily word puzzle
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/knotwords-might-replace-wordle-as-my-favorite-daily-word-puzzle/
Wordle and its many, many clones—some of which are quite good games in their own right—have dominated the daily puzzle discourse for the past several months. But I'm happy to say there's a new contender in the daily word puzzle arena. I've been playing it all morning and I'm typing this as fast as possible so I can go right back to playing it all afternoon.
It's called Knotwords, created by Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger, and it's like a mashup of crossword puzzles and anagrams, with a smidge of a Wordle-like puzzle thrown in. Unlike Wordle, it isn't free (it's $12 on Steam, but 10% off until May 5), but if you're looking for something to add to your daily puzzle roster this could easily fit the bill.
>> I'm only posting this because the game can be bought from Steam.

This is the most bonkers game trailer of the decade so far
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/this-is-the-most-bonkers-game-trailer-of-the-decade-so-far/
Outpost's the name—blowing your eyebrows off with high-octane action seems to be the game. Revealed during the Steam Enter the Dragon showcase, which highlights upcoming titles from China, the trailer starts with a bang and never lets up. By the end you're not sure if this is going to be the best game ever, or just one of the best.

Well, that's all from my side. Until the next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

Lovelace is turning out to be stronger than expected

Which probably will mean it will be more expensive as well.

NVIDIA H100 80 GB PCIe Accelerator With Hopper GPU Is Priced Over $30,000 US In Japan

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-h100-80-gb-pcie-accelerator-with-hopper-gpu-is-priced-over-30000-us-in-japan/

Intel implements significant driver improvements for Arc Graphics into Linux 5.19

https://wccftech.com/intel-implements-significant-driver-improvements-for-arc-graphics-into-linux-5-19/

PS5 "raytracing" compared to PC raytracing:

Ngl, I just read PCGamer's article on it a few mins ago and lul'd, mainly because of the editor trying to use the news as a means to big up AMD.

Using words like "worrying" and Concerned, as if AMD's got some gigaton bitchslap ready to dish out lol. We've seen this song and dance for years now, and if AMD truly aren't going to bring that A game, then PCgamer's going to look like your typical fanboy twitter hype account (which I already see them as anyway). 

Reasons to go Nvidia increases

Lol yea I wouldn't doubt PCgamer saying nonsense. Ironically they aren't very care worthy despite their name. I remember them spewing out all that nonsense when consoles were being announced and how they made all them doom and gloom nonsense. In reality, as more games continues to get Ray Tracing implemented, the consoles continue to perform similar to a 2060 where as they perform like a 2070 Super/2080 when there's little to no Ray Tracing involved.

The hilarious part is that in the past, reviewers have always set settings to ultra when reviewing games. But since AMD GPUs are so terrible when it comes to Ray Tracing, you have reviewers setting them to Raster Ultra which is effectively Medium compared to Ray Tracing Ultra in most RT enabled games just so AMD GPUs don't look like an utter joke. And then there's the whole, muh power efficiency... Where again they skip demanding Ray Tracing titles where a 220 Watt 3070 is able to compete against a 300 watt 6900XT. I would be more forgiving if they priced their GPUs better but their higher end GPUs are priced like Nvidia GPUs while not having the feature sets while their budget GPUs are a laughing stock.

But as the saying goes... There's always next time...

It shouldn't be a surprise that Nvidia tried to bring as much of Hopper to Ada as possible. The question that still remain unknown is how much they managed to port over and now much is pushing Ampere to its limit (and beyond).

As for Intel, the whole Arc business is ripe for all kind of jokes regardless of when it will launch which, jokes aside, I hope it's before Nvidia and AMD launch their new gen cards.