The news, the sequel:

Cyberpunk 2077 expansion teaser reveals Keanu Reeves is coming back
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-expansion-teaser/
CD Projekt dropped a new teaser during today's Cyberpunk 2077 (opens in new tab) livestream, giving us our first look at the upcoming expansion and a title too: Phantom Liberty.

Finally, Cyberpunk 2077's broken police will get a 'complete overhaul'
https://www.pcgamer.com/finally-cyberpunk-2077s-broken-police-will-get-a-complete-overhaul/
Cyberpunk 2077's 1.6 patch arrived today, and it brings some changes that would be a bit more exciting if they weren't overdue by about 18 months. Things like the transmog system and being able to edit your looks at the ripperdoc are great, but they also feel like they should have been in Cyberpunk 2077 from the start.
And hey, Keanu Reeves is coming back in some DLC. Cool, cool. But for me the best Cyberpunk news wasn't about what was included in update 1.6 or what will be added in an expansion. It's a single sentence game director Gabe Amatangelo said during the Night City Wire: Edgerunner's Special presentation today. It's about cops and cars.

Returnal PC port all but confirmed by tiny details in GDC talk
https://www.pcgamer.com/returnal-pc-port-all-but-confirmed-by-devs-slideshow-during-talk/
Returnal coming to PC has to be one of PlayStation's worst-kept secrets, and here's the latest slip. Back in May a Steam listing appeared with the codename 'Oregon', accompanied by tags and text that lined-up with Returnal's contents, and shortly afterwards some screens leaked. In July the 'Oregon' listing was updated with Steam Deck support, and now some of the game's developers have gone and given a talk containing what looks very much like footage and screens of a PC version.

The next Gundam game is a free 6vs6 shooter hitting Steam this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-gundam-game-is-a-free-arena-shooter-hitting-steam-this-month/
Gundam Evolution, Bandai Namco's free-to-play hero shooter set in the world of the wildly popular mecha anime, is set for a Steam release on September 22. The game will feature 12 playable mobile suits (those are the mechs, if you're a philistine like me), 6v6 combat, and three "objective-based" game modes. Also, one of the mechs has a glowing war axe and pteruges for some reason.

This little life sim is about a teen witch who totally doesn't want to be here
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-little-life-sim-is-about-a-teen-witch-who-totally-doesnt-want-to-be-here/
As is town life sim tradition, Witchy Life Story begins with your customized witch arriving in the tiny town of Flora to help the locals with your special abilities. Less traditionally, you actually do not want to be there escaping from the big city. You've been shipped off by your grandmother to serve as their witch for two weeks, all to prove that you aren't a total embarrassment to your bigshot witch family the von Teasels. Best get to brewing then, shouldn't you?

Multiple new Assassin's Creed announcements rumored for Saturday's showcase
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-showcase-announcements-rumor/
On September 10, Ubisoft is hosting a livestream that includes "a special Assassin's Creed showcase offering a peek at the future of the franchise." Reports about the exact contents of that showcase have now been published on Bloomberg and Try Hard Guides, stating that Ubisoft will be revealing several games, including last week's leaked Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Undertale successor Deltarune won't get a new chapter in 2022
https://www.pcgamer.com/undertale-successor-deltarune-wont-get-a-new-chapter-in-2022/
When Undertale creator Toby Fox released the second chapter of Deltarune last year, it arrived roughly a year behind schedule. That's fine though, because it was reportedly very good, though if you've been waiting with decreasing patience for further instalments, I'm sad to report that none will arrive during 2022.

The city builder where you build on a giant animal's back has a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-city-builder-where-you-build-on-a-giant-animals-back-has-a-release-date/
Zürich-based developer Stray Fawn Studio is making The Wandering Village, a city builder in which you cross a toxic wasteland on the back of a humongous creature called Onbu. As well as managing your settlement on this friendly kaiju dinosaur beast, you have to manage your relationship with Onbu, which may be a peaceful, symbiotic coexistence or something more parasitic and fractious. It'll be entering early access on September 14.

Amazon's LOTR MMO failed because the company just couldn't get on with Tencent
https://www.pcgamer.com/amazons-lotr-mmo-failed-because-the-company-just-couldnt-get-on-with-tencent/
What happens when you give one of the world's biggest licences to two of the world's biggest companies? One of them takes its ball and goes home, it turns out. When Amazon's Lord Of The Rings MMO was suddenly cancelled last year, we were left wondering what it was that had caused the talks between Amazon and Tencent to break down after what felt like a significant amount of hype for the game.
In an interview with Gamespot, Amazon Games president Christoph Hartmann revealed that the game's development got so complicated after the involvement of Tencent—the Chinese tech giant with investments all over the world—that Amazon decided it would rather drop the whole thing. (...)

Tencent's latest deal will help Ubisoft fend off takeover bids from larger corporations—like Tencent
https://www.pcgamer.com/tencents-latest-deal-will-help-ubisoft-fend-off-takeover-bids-from-larger-corporationslike-tencent/
Tencent is China's largest tech company and has long had its sights set on Ubisoft. (...)
Now Tencent has announced a large investment in the Guillemot holding company, Guillemot Brothers Limited, of €300 million (€200 million in exchange for shares, and €100 million capital), which values Ubisoft at €80 per share. The Euro and the Dollar are currently more-or-less 1:1 in value.
>> Ryuu96 made a thread about it.

Humankind's first big expansion is about winning friends and influencing people
https://www.pcgamer.com/humankinds-first-big-expansion-is-about-winning-friends-and-influencing-people/
Humankind, Amplitude's Civilization-alike that sees you guide your culture-shifting community from the Neolithic to the Contemporary Era, is getting its first major expansion this autumn.
Called Together We Rule, the add-on is hoping to get players to take their fingers off the nuclear button and set their minds to making peace, which feels like quite a pointed thing to focus on at the moment.. The expansion will introduce a host of new features aimed to emphasise the diplomatic and clandestine aspects of statecraft, with the aim of further beefing up the non-military aspects of Amplitude's 4X and encouraging players to "resolve conflicts differently".

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU Benchmarked In CPU-Z, CCD0 at 5.2 GHz & CCD1 at 5.1 GHz With Temps at 91C on Stock

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-all-core-5-2-ghz-peak-5-8-ghz-91c-temps-stock-170w-cpu-z-benchmark-leak/

This one has a validation link so it's actually legit. Summers are about to get hotter boys.

NVIDIA Readies RTX 3060 8 GB, RTX 3060 Ti With GDDR6X & RTX 3070 Ti With GA102 GPU To Clear Away Ampere Inventory

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-readies-rtx-3060-8-gb-rtx-3060-ti-with-gddr6x-rtx-3070-ti-with-ga102-gpu-to-clear-away-ampere-inventory/

I think this has to be for the Chinese market with internet cafes and stuff because the configs makes zero sense assuming its even legit

AMD Reveals New Ryzen Mobile CPU Branding Starting With Ryzen 7000 Dragon Range, Phoenix, Mendocino, Rembrandt & Barcelo Refreshes

https://wccftech.com/amd-reveals-new-ryzen-mobile-cpu-branding-starting-ryzen-7000-dragon-range-phoenix-mendocino-rembrandt-barcelo-refreshes/

The most interesting thing to look forward to as the supposed increase in performance per watt in the mobile chips are huge.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Graphics Card Rumored To Offer Over Over 2x Gaming Performance Versus RTX 30 Series

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-40-series-gpus-gaming-productivity-performance-2x-faster-than-rtx-30/

Take it with a grain of salt

MSI X670E AM5 Motherboard Prices Confirmed, Almost Twice As Expensive As X570 AM4 Boards, Flagship MEG GODLIKE For $1299 US

https://wccftech.com/msi-x670e-am5-motherboard-prices-confirmed-almost-twice-as-expensive-as-x570-am4-boards/

Basically if you want PCI-E Gen 5 at launch, you need the X670E as no one is doing PCI-E Gen 5 for GPUs for X670. Personally, I'd just wait until they release PCI-E Gen 5 for X670E or B550E because there's not much point in upgrading to a new platform only to have Gen 4 for GPUs.

1440p rolling out today heck yea!

I don't know what's gotten into MSI, but that $1300 mobo is the biggest nonsense I've seen in a long while.

Also, here's a little something that may interest the more curious of you:

Kingston Technology Remains Top DRAM Module Supplier for 2021
https://www.techpowerup.com/298619/kingston-technology-remains-top-dram-module-supplier-for-2021
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it has been ranked top third-party DRAM module supplier in the world, according to the latest rankings by revenue from analyst firm TrendForce (formerly DRAMeXchange). Kingston retains its number 1 position with an estimated 78.7% market share on $14.2B (USD) revenue. TrendForce states that Kingston increased revenue by 8% YoY marking the 19th consecutive year that Kingston has held the top spot.

Now that's how you dominate a market.

Beyond 1 Kilowatt here we come!

I'm mostly interested to see how the changes in the GPU in those APUs will work out.

I don't know if you posted it already, but the APUs will not have any infinity cache, instead just getting the enlarged caches that Zen 3 also will get, probably because the larger caches still cost less die space than adding, say, a 32M infinity cache.

The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away two items:

• Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hundred-days-winemaking-simulator
• And the Epic Launch Bundle for the free to play Realm Royale Reforged: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/realm-royale-reforged--epic-launch-bundle

And bext week, they'll give away Spirit of the North and The Captain.

It turns out that today, September 8, is the Star Trek Day and, to celebrate it, GOG has a Star Trek Sale with up to 85% discounts on space themed games (no Star Wars, tho) until the 15th: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220908_star_trek_day.

Steam has two new deals and some free stuff:

• The new daily deal is ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/991560/ONE_PUNCH_MAN_A_HERO_NOBODY_KNOWS/
• Lawn Mowing Simulator is going to have a 50% discount until September 14: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480560/Lawn_Mowing_Simulator/
• And the free to play title Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is giving away the Vecna's Champions of Vile Darkness Pack until September 14. Learn more here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/3263441703503824820

Humble Bundle brings the new 2K Megahits bundle, with up to 18 games to grab during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/2k-megahits.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here are some new screenshots for Fallout 4 New Vegas
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-new-screenshots-for-fallout-4-new-vegas/
The team behind the Fallout 4 New Vegas project has released a new set of screenshots for it. These screenshots showcase some of the recreated environments that players will explore.

Fallout 4 gets a landscape texture overhaul that turns Commonwealth into a volcanic hell
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-gets-a-landscape-texture-overhaul-that-turns-commonwealth-into-a-volcanic-hell/
Modder ‘Delicious Vegetable’ has released a cool landscape texture overhaul pack for Fallout 4 that turns Commonwealth into a blasted volcanic environment.
(...)
As a bonus, here is another mod for Fallout 4. South of the Sea – Atoms Storm enhances the Glowing Sea and Quincy Marshes, with new enemies, locations, and rewards.
>> There are some screenshots from the first mod and a video of the second.

Nier: Automata's legendary hoax is finally playable as a mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/nier-automatas-legendary-hoax-is-finally-playable-as-a-mod/
Nier: Automata's last greatest secret, hoax or not, is finally real and playable.
The Nier: Automata Church mod is the long-awaited release from the modders who gripped the gaming community with one of this year's biggest mysteries. It's a roughly hour-long tribute to Nier: Replicant and Drakengard 3 and features new, groundbreaking modding techniques.

GAMING NEWS

After 20 years, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory gets official dedicated servers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/after-20-years-wolfenstein-enemy-territory-gets-official-dedicated-servers/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory came out in April 2002 and after twenty years, the game finally gets official dedicated servers.
These official dedicated servers run the vanilla Enemy Territory Campaign ruleset, with all six original maps and no mods. In other words, you’ll be getting the original vanilla 2002 experience.

Atomic Heart will now release in Winter 2022, to be published by Focus Entertainment
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/atomic-heart-will-now-release-in-winter-2022-to-be-published-by-focus-home-interactive/
Focus Entertainment has announced its partnership with Mundfish to publish the upcoming Atomic Heart. In addition, the publisher revealed that the game will now release in Winter 2022.

Thursday news, part two:

CD Projekt is already planning multiple new Witcher games
https://www.pcgamer.com/witcher-sequel-new-trilogy-saga/
Earlier this year CD Projekt Red announced a yet-unnamed The Witcher 4 (opens in new tab), the beginning of a new "saga" for The Witcher—which now seems likely to be a trilogy. "We said that there will be a new saga. We have in mind more than one," CEO Adam Kiciński said today during a financial earnings call.

War MMO with thousands of simultaneous players is about to get its biggest update
https://www.pcgamer.com/war-mmo-with-thousands-of-simultaneous-players-is-about-to-get-its-biggest-update/
I've had my eye on Foxhole, a top-down war MMO that models logistics and supply chains, since it first hit early access in 2017. A WW2-era military sim with dual joystick controls and battles on the scale of Planetside is immediately intriguing, but I've been waiting for it to develop into more of a game.
Now sounds like the time to give Foxhole a proper shot, because its 1.0 Inferno update coming September 28 is adding drivable trains, factories, infrastructure tools, and new weapons.

Awesome Games Done Quick pulls in-person event because organisers don't think Florida is safe
https://www.pcgamer.com/awesome-games-done-quick-pulls-in-person-event-because-organisers-dont-think-florida-is-safe/
The organisers behind charity speedrun extravaganza Awesome Games Done Quick have canned January's upcoming live event in a statement criticising Florida's handling of Covid-19 and LGBTQ+ rights.
With Summer Games Done Quick making its first in-person debut since the pandemic, it was expected that the event's winter version would follow suit. It was supposed to return to the Sunshine State but, as reported by https://kotaku.com/agdq-games-done-quick-florida-covid-lgbtq-law-desantis-1849509866" target="_blank">Kotaku, will now be online-only. "While we would love to return in-person, we've determined that to provide a safe and welcome event to all it was best that we move away from our originally planned location in Florida," the statement read.

NVIDIA Kicks Off “Project Beyond” Teaser For Next-Gen GeForce RTX 40 Graphics Cards

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-kicks-off-project-beyond-teaser-for-next-gen-geforce-rtx-40-graphics-cards/

Jayztwocents, MLID and RTG who thought 4000 series was gonna get delayed till next year continues to get shat on

The current theory is they are going to drop the Geforce branding going forward but will see.

Official Intel Raptor Lake specifications leaked, Core i9-13900K with 24-cores, up to 5.8 GHz and 253W boost power

https://videocardz.com/newz/official-intel-raptor-lake-specifications-leaked-core-i9-13900k-with-24-cores-up-to-5-8-ghz-and-253w-boost-power

Might be the first CPU that can do 6GHz once you overclock it. Chipset wise, not much has changed other than slightly more pci-e gen 4 lanes so better to buy a discounted 600 series than 700 series.

AMD has released default memory speeds for their 7000 series

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-9-7950x

What this means is by default, if you run 2 sticks, you will be limited to 5200mhz but if you run 3-4 sticks, you will be limited to 3600mhz which for DDR5, is extremely low. But if you enable XMP or now known as Expo on AMD platforms, it should allow you to run them at their rated speed but that's considered "overclocking." However... Most likely, 2 sticks will have better stability than 4 sticks. So if you are planning to upgrade to Ryzen 7000, I'd consider getting high capacity dual sticks over low capacity four sticks.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X performance in CPU-Z and Geekbench has been leaked

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-performance-in-cpu-z-and-geekbench-has-been-leaked

But voltages are much more reasonable than before but the score is also quite low.

AMD FSR 2.1 is now available, reduces shimmering and ghosting

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-fsr-2-1-is-now-available-reduces-shimmering-and-ghosting

You can experience the improvement in farming simulator 22... I believe Cyberpunk will be getting it as well.

Apple Removes SIM Card Tray on All iPhone 14 Models in U.S.

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/07/iphone-14-models-no-sim-card-tray-us/

Good old Apple

A16 Bionic Performs 5 Percent Slower Than A15 Bionic in Multi-Core Run, but Is the Fastest Mobile SoC in Single-Core Tests

https://wccftech.com/a16-bionic-slower-than-a15-bionic-in-multi-core-test/

Between A16 and M2, Apple has really gone to shitter in terms of improving gen on gen performance of their CPUs

I'd much prefer the APUs not have infinity cache. We need those things to be as cheap as possible and adding IF will make them much more expensive. Plus with such low CU count, doesn't really need them.