It's Monday and these are the news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

GOG has several new deals/sales:

• The new Deal of the Day is Dorfromantik, 25% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dorfromantik
• The 2022 THQ Nordic Week Sale features up to 75% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_thq_nordic_week
• The Games made in DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_made_in_dach
• And, in order to celebrate the launch of Cyberpunk 2077's Edgerunners update, CDPR puts its games up to 85% off during the next 8 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220912_cyberpunk_edgerunners

Steam has two new deals:

• The first one is Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper, 30% off during 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1316230/Force_of_Nature_2_Ghost_Keeper/
• The other one is INSIDE, that has a demo, with a 90% discount until September 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/304430/INSIDE/

There's a new Humble Bundle: the Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle, featuring up to 17 games and DLCs during the next 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/starlight-childrens-foundation-bundle.

And Fanatical has three new sales:

• The new Star Deal is MONSTER HUNTER RISE Deluxe Edition, 57% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/monster-hunter-rise-deluxe-edition
• The September Savers mini Sale brings discounts during the next 7 days. Check it out
• And Deep Silver puts its games up to 90% off during 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/deep-silver

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Mod just straight up puts ULTRAKILL into Devil May Cry 5 and it works
https://www.pcgamer.com/mod-just-straight-up-puts-ultrakill-into-devil-may-cry-5-and-it-works/
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you made Nero and Dante and Vergil into something arguably-more-murderous? Well, one modder has wondered just that and then acted upon this thought: Behold, the robots of Ultrakill brought into Devil May Cry 5.
Ultrakill is a wild ride of a retro-shooter that has robots bathing in the blood of their enemies to heal, which in our Chris Livingston's opinion is "even more metal than DOOM." Devil May Cry 5 is a third person action brawler in an iconic series that we're all still a bit peeved we didn't get the proper special edition of on PC.
Made by modder sparkie1j, the Ultrakill Megapack series of mods wildly mashes one game into the other like a trendy 2010s t-shirt site, except with a modicum of taste and skill instead. It also has work by modders Haise, sugarflow, and jacksys.

Why be Spider-Man when you could be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
https://www.pcgamer.com/why-be-spider-man-when-you-could-be-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered has already given us some unexpected, funny mods. I figured that would end sooner rather than later as people got tired and moved on. I figured wrong. You can now be Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, or Donatello in Marvel's Spider-Man.
That's right, kids: You can fight crime in New York as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Heroes in a half shell. Turtle power.
Modder SpaceDasher has given us this creation, replacing four of Spider-Man's outfits with skins of the four turtles. I'll suggest, as the modder clearly implies, that you go ahead and load these up for the levels that take place in subway tunnels and sewers.

Mass Effect mod adds a mineral stock market so you can trade instead of probing
https://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-mod-adds-a-mineral-stock-market-so-you-can-trade-instead-of-probing/
If you're not into the chill deep-space vibe of Mass Effect 2's resource-gathering minigame, where you launch probes at planets and watch your pile of iridium tick up, other options are available. The One Probe All Resources mod, like the name suggests, gives you every resource on a planet with a single probe. Or you could just Cheat Engine your way to a massive stockpile and never run out of element zero again. If neither of those seems satisfying to you, now there's another way to get around hearing the words "probe launched" about a hundred times.
Nos Astra Mineral Exchange is a mod for Mass Effect Legendary Edition by beccatoria and Team Pyjak that lets you trade resources and currency on a galactic stock market, buying and selling commodities instead of—or as well as—mining them. In addition to being a spaceship commander, hostage negotiator, and advertising spokesperson, now Shepard can be an investor as well.

GAMING NEWS

Official PC system requirements for Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-system-requirements-for-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collection/
Epic Games Store has leaked the PC system requirements, as well as a potential release date, for Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.
>> The specs are ok, except for storage: 126GB.

Here are 31 minutes of gameplay footage for the Souls-like “Pinocchio” game, Lies of P
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-31-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-for-the-souls-like-pinocchio-game-lies-of-p/
IGN has shared a new video, showcasing 31 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from Lies of P. Lies of P is a Souls-like game that is set in a cruel, dark Belle Époque world, and is inspired by the familiar story of Pinocchio.

First official in-engine trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-official-in-engine-trailer-for-tom-clancys-the-division-heartland/
Ubisoft has released the first official in-engine trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland. The Division Heartland is a free-to-play multiplayer survival-action shooter set in a fictional rural community in Middle America.

First official cinematic trailer for Assassin’s Creed Mirage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-official-cinematic-trailer-for-assassins-creed-mirage/
Ubisoft has released the first official cinematic trailer for Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Moreover, the French company revealed the game’s first official details (which were leaked a while back).
>> And here are the first official 4K screenshots.

Ubisoft has officially announced Assassin’s Creed Project Red and Project Hexe
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-has-officially-announced-assassins-creed-project-red-and-project-hexe/
Ubisoft has announced the next main game that will release after Assassin’s Creed Mirage, codenamed Project Red. In addition, the French company revealed another interesting AC game, codenamed Project Hexe. Ubisoft has also shared the announcement trailers for these two AC games which you can find below.

New Diablo 4 Cinematics & Character Mocaps have been leaked online
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-diablo-4-cinematics-character-mocaps-have-been-leaked-online/
It appears that a number of cinematics and character mocap videos for Diablo 4 have been leaked online. And while these videos may give you a glimpse at some of the game’s cinematics, they may contain spoilers. Therefore, consider this your spoiler warning.

New video highlights all the cut content from the Metal Gear Solid series
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-video-highlights-all-the-cut-content-from-the-metal-gear-solid-series/
YouTube’s ‘DidYouKnowGaming?’ has shared a new video, showcasing the most obscure cut content of the Metal Gear Solid series. This video is over 40 minutes long and is narrated by David Hayter (the voice actor of Solid Snake).

Marvel’s Midnight Suns releases on December 2nd & Gargoyles Remastered announced for PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvels-midnight-suns-releases-on-december-2nd-gargoyles-remastered-announced-for-pc/
2K Games and Marvel have announced that Marvel’s Midnight Suns will release on December 2nd. In order to celebrate this announcement, the teams shared a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.
Marvel has also announced a remaster for its 16-bit game, Gargoyles. As the press release reads, the classic 90s platformer is coming to modern consoles and PC with updated visuals and controls.
>> There's no trailer nor screenshots for the Gargoyles remaster.

New Evil West trailer showcases 13 minutes of brand new gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-evil-west-trailer-showcases-13-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage/
Flying Wild Hog has shared a new trailer for Evil West, showcasing 13 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from it. Evil West is a third-person gory action combat game, and this trailer will give you a glimpse at what you can expect from it.
>> I have to admit that the more I see about this game, the more I like it.

Monday news, part two:

Stalker 2 studio denies further delays, despite Xbox pre-order refunds
https://www.pcgamer.com/stalker-2-studio-denies-further-delays-despite-xbox-pre-order-refunds/
GSC Game World, the developer of the upcoming Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, is one of the many studios that have been seriously affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the ongoing war in the region. (...)
Now Xbox has begun refunding pre-orders for the game, as first reported by Polish site XGP, with a message accompanying the refunds saying that the game has been postponed until an "unconfirmed date in the future." The Xbox Store has also stopped taking pre-orders for the game entirely. This however is not an indication of anything wider than a Microsoft policy of refunding pre-orders for games without a firm release date: why it's happened now is puzzling, but that is the reason why.

MultiVersus removes the police from Velma's special move
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiversus-removes-the-police-from-velmas-special-move/
The MultiVersus patch that went live yesterday, taking the game to version 1.02, makes a number of big and small changes to the game, and one that's particularly interesting because it's so seemingly odd: Velma, the big brain of the Scooby Gang, will no longer call the police after solving a mystery.

Minecraft players will get to vote on the next mob to join the game yet again
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-players-will-get-to-vote-on-the-next-mob-to-join-the-game-yet-again/
The yearly Minecraft mob vote is coming back again, and this time you'll be able to participate even if you miss the Minecraft Live show next month.
The mob vote has been an emotionally charged competition in past years. Mojang typically shows off three choices during Minecraft Live, highlighting each of the potential new mobs to be added to Minecraft—be they animals, enemies, or helper creatures—and then puts the vote to players on Twitter during the two-ish hour long show. Opinions get hot on social media and in the livestream chat as fans and content creators jockey for their favorites until the winner is announced at the end. Typically, the mob chosen in the yearly vote arrives to the game in the following year's major update.

Marvel Snap, Ben Brode's new superhero card game, hits full release in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/marvel-snap-ben-brodes-new-superhero-card-game-hits-full-release-in-october/
Just over a month after scrapping its hugely unpopular monetization scheme, Second Dinner has announced that the free-to-play digital card battler Marvel Snap will go live on PC and mobile devices on October 8.

Surprise: there's a Tron visual novel coming next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/surprise-theres-a-tron-visual-novel-coming-next-year/
Well this is just about the last thing I expected to see during a Disney & Marvel game showcase: Bithell Games, makers of Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex, are making a new Tron game. Tron: Identity, announced on Friday, is a "visual novel adventure" set in the world of Tron.

Amy Hennig's upcoming Marvel game will feature Captain America and Black Panther in World War 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/amy-hennigs-upcoming-marvel-game-will-feature-captain-america-and-black-panther-in-world-war-2/
Amy Hennig's Skydance New Media announced in October 2021 that it was working on a new Marvel game, and during today's Disney and Marvel Games Showcase we finally got our first look at it—sadly, a very limited look.

One of Elden Ring's best choral songs wasn't sung by a proper choir
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-elden-rings-best-choral-songs-wasnt-sung-by-a-proper-choir/
Elden Ring's official soundtrack has been released on streaming services like Spotify today. The game's composer, Tsukasa Saitoh, shared some thoughts and development details to commemorate the occasion on the official PlayStation Blog.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting a final, free DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-is-getting-a-final-free-dlc/
Tucked into the sequence of Assassin's Creed announcements at Ubisoft's Forward event earlier today, the company announced that Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be receiving a final, free DLC following its recent expansion pack, Dawn of Ragnarök.

Assassin's Creed Infinity is still years away
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-infinity-is-still-years-away/
Today's Ubisoft Forward 2022 presentation gave us a bit of a look at what's coming for the future of Assassin's Creed with Assassin's Creed Infinity, the game that will drive the future of the franchise as a single service that spans multiple historical settings. If past releases are any indication, though, it's probably not coming until 2025.

After all these years someone made a proper tank simulator again
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-all-these-years-someone-made-a-proper-tank-simulator-again/
There are are plenty of games on the PC that let you drive a tank, but few of them these days aspire to simulator-level realism. They might have simulation elements, or use real life as a model, but ultimately most of the best games where you're driving a tank are either a decade old or ultimately beholden to multiplayer balance.
Gunner, HEAT, PC!, or GHPC, wants to change that. It's an indie by a new studio called Radian Simulations. Focused on the cold war era, GHPC uses the popular theoretical battleground of Germany as its kickoff point.
>> There's a trailer in the article, where you can see how true to reality the game is by having Soviet tanks turrets fly away.

Surprise! There were quite a few news today so here's your part three of the news:

Ubisoft is giving away a free month of Ubisoft+
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-is-giving-away-a-free-month-of-ubisoft/
It's been three years since Ubisoft launched its subscription program, called Uplay+ at the time, offering access to over 100 games for a fee of US$15/£13/€15/AU$20 per month. To celebrate the program's third birthday, Ubisoft is offering a 30-day trial subscription for free, which can be claimed between now and October 10.

Pincushion little raiders in a tower defense from the director of Hitman GO
https://www.pcgamer.com/pincushion-little-raiders-in-a-tower-defense-from-the-director-of-hitman-go/
Isle of Arrows is a neat, clean tower defense that hit Steam this week, and though it's styled minimally I had to resist the temptation to call it "little" because it's pretty beefy once you get stuck in. It's solo-developed by Daniel Lutz, who previously worked as creative director on Hitman and Lara Croft GO at Square Enix Montreal.

Explore an alien archipelago, design, and automate a big base in Nova Lands
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-an-alien-archipelago-design-and-automate-a-big-base-in-nova-lands/
Nova Lands is an upcoming survival, exploration, and crafting game that looks like something between Satisfactory and Forager. It sticks you on an alien planet and has you explore ever-further along an archipelago while discovering new buildings, materials, and resources.

It's all a bit Event Horizon meets Aliens in the demo for this sci-fi horror roguelike
https://www.pcgamer.com/its-all-a-bit-event-horizon-meets-aliens-in-the-demo-for-this-sci-fi-horror-roguelike/
Keep that shotgun close, kids, because Quasimorphosis is an upcoming roguelike survival horror game that blends tactical gun combat with space station dungeon exploration. Set in a post-cyberpunk corporate future, it's the kind of world you wouldn't want to have kids in: especially now that someone's discovered how to summon eldritch demons and all that.

Castlevania characters coming to Brawlhalla
https://www.pcgamer.com/castlevania-characters-coming-to-brawlhalla/
During Ubisoft Forward it was announced that free-to-play multiplayer platform-fighter Brawlhalla will feature two Castlevania characters as part of an event called "Brawlhalla-vania", beginning on October 19. Simon Belmont and Alucard will join the Smash-like developed by Blue Mammoth, though only as skins for existing characters rather than brand new Legends.

Finnish study claims our brains sync-up while gaming together
https://www.pcgamer.com/finnish-study-claims-our-brains-sync-up-while-gaming-together/
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have published a study that examines the brainwave synchronisation of people playing a simple driving game in pairs. The headline claim, of course, is that the results suggest peoples' brainwaves synchronise while playing a co-operative racing game. The participants' brains were activating in a similar way to how they would during face-to-face interaction, and "inter-brain neural synchronization has been linked with empathy and cooperation" in such situations.
>> You've heard it guys. If you want to get in synch with someone, play co-op games.

Ubisoft CEO defends company against criticism of reforms, but campaigners demand deeper change
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-ceo-defends-company-against-criticism-of-reforms-but-campaigners-demand-deeper-change/
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has defended the company's efforts at reforming itself following an explosive wave of harassment allegations against senior staff in 2020. Speaking to GI.biz (opens in new tab), Guillemot repudiated reports that the company had made minimal progress in the wake of the harassment scandal, speaking in-depth about high-profile dismissals, new company structures, and why he didn't quit as CEO when it became clear how toxic Ubisoft's workplace had become.

Square Enix joins a blockchain, looks forward to 'harnessing user contributions'
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-joins-a-blockchain-looks-forward-to-harnessing-user-contributions/
Square Enix has been one of the most bullish of the major publishers in announcing its intention to seriously invest in blockchain technology. (...)
Now, Square Enix is going to become part of a blockchain. It will be one of 21 'node validators' of the Oasys blockchain, which like all of them claims to be eco-friendly and not like all those other blockchains. A node validator is an entity that maintains a copy of a given blockchain, and has a role in verifying and keeping records of all its transactions. No word yet on what the Gallagher brothers think about the name.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Launches In October, RTX 4080 In November In 16 GB 340W & 12 GB 285W Flavors

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-launches-in-october-rtx-4080-in-november-in-16-gb-340w-12-gb-285w-flavors/

Jayztwocents and MLID continues to get shat on. I'd take the branding with a grain of salt however. While the 4090 is guaranteed, Nvidia could brand the 4080 16GB as 4080 and 4080 12GB as 4070 but who knows. Like I said in the past though, do not take the high tdps in the past as gospel because using common sense should indicate those were how much the GPUs were capable of getting under extreme situations such as under LN2 rather than stock. 340 watt for a 4080 is very reasonable for the performance uplift that it will get you. I am sure AIBs will crank it up much more though.

ZOTAC’s GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Custom Graphics Card Leaked & Pictured, Massive Quad-Slot Coolers

https://wccftech.com/zotac-geforce-rtx-4090-custom-graphics-card-leaked-pictured-massive-quad-slot-coolers/

Intel Confirms 13th Gen Raptor Lake To Feature World’s First 6 GHz CPU, 8 GHz OC World Record

https://wccftech.com/intel-13th-gen-raptor-lake-worlds-first-6-ghz-cpu-8-ghz-world-record-confirmed/

It certainly took a long time to get to 6Ghz but here we finally are! 41% performance improvement for Raptor Lake over Alder Lake for MT and 15% ST over Alder Lake is nothing to scoff at.

Intel Once Again Refutes All Arc Discrete GPU Cancellation Rumors, Getting Ready For Launch Soon!

https://wccftech.com/intel-once-again-refutes-all-arc-discrete-gpu-cancellation-rumors-getting-ready-for-launch/

Reasons why you never believe in anything that MLID says. That tards sources are his own imagination where time and again, he's been proven wrong. While Arc could eventually be killed off, I don't think Intel will stop trying anytime soon because the potential ROI by having a complete ecosystem is too high. Remember that Optane was never as successful as the usual SSDs in the consumer space but that came out in 2017 and only got cancelled recently.

NAND Flash To Be A Bottleneck For PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs, Higher Layer NAND Required To Hit Peak Transfer Rates

https://wccftech.com/nand-flash-to-be-a-bottleneck-for-pcie-gen-5-0-ssds-higher-layer-nand-required-to-hit-peak-transfer-rates/

PCI-E gen 4 SSDs good enough for most people anyway

Intel’s 35W Core i7-13700T Raptor Lake CPU Is Faster Than The 105W Ryzen 7 5800X & 125W Core i5-12600K In Leaked Benchmark

https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i7-13700t-35w-raptor-lake-cpu-beats-5800x-105w-12600k-125w-benchmark-leak/

More NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Custom Model Graphics Cards From Gigabyte Leak Out

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-custom-model-graphics-cards-from-gigabyte-leak-out/

Its about fucking time. Halo under her leadership has been an absolute joke.

Dear God, those 4090 are big. Really big. I wouldn't be surprised if they use more than three slots. I dread to think how much they'll weight as well.

And I don't understand why Gigabyte needs to make 11 cards. They're simply too many.

Also, can someone tell me what PRL means? Given that the tweet talks about Intel, I can deduce that MTL is Meteor Lake, RPL is Raptor Lake and ADL is Alder Lake, but I don't know the fourth one.

Ah! I see. It's very easy to make such a simple mistake.

Thanks for the quick answer. I was thinking about it and all I could think of was Pinnacle Lake, but that didn't made much sense.

Supposedly, some people managed to read the Key Features info from the Zotac 4090 boxart:

https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-geforce-rtx-4090-graphics-card-has-been-leaked

LEFT

xxx Ray Tracing Cores
xxx Tensor Cores
NVIDIA DLSS
XXX
NVIDIA Geforce Experience
NVIDIA XXX
NVIDIA G-SYNC
NVIDIA GPU Boost

RIGHT
XXX
PCIE Express Gen 4
Microsoft DirectX 12 Ultimate
Vulkan RT API, Vulkan LR XXX, OpenGL 4.6
HDCP 2.3
DisplayPort 1.4a
XXX
XXX

Obviously the XXX parts are unreadable to them but the biggest disappointment is that Lovelace looks to be using DisplayPort 1.4a still if it's legit. That would be a huge bummer as new monitors and such in the coming years will be using Display Port 2.0. While 4k 240hz is entirely possible to do with DisplayPort 1.4a with DSC, we don't know if DP2.0 monitors will be backwards compatible with DP1.4 with DSC. But even if they are, DP2.0 may have some additional features that DP1.4a won't have so we will see.

Why doesn't the box art show, how much Video-RAM the GPU has?

Ain't that usually one of the most advertized features printed in big letters on the box?
Especially for GPUs with plenty of VRAM.