Official release date

those poor dozens of players

Triangle Strategy Coming to PC - October 13th

https://press.uk.square-enix.com/TACTICAL-ROLE-PLAYING-GAME-TRIANGLE-STRATEGY-COMING-TO-PC-ON-OCTOBER-1

On Steam that is. Idk why SE feels the need to capitalize their god damn link addresses though...


Skull & Bones will be $60 (only) on PC

https://store.ubi.com/us/skull-and-bones/6295077a27efc536e38350a0.html?lang=en_US

$70 on consoles


CD Projekt Red is 'Totally, Fully Committed' to Cyberpunk Franchise

https://gamerant.com/cd-projekt-red-cyberpunk-2077-commitment/

I was hoping that would be the case. The story of the first one was pretty good imo even if there were a lot of bugs and the world wasn't up to par with the likes of GTA.


There's probably more news to come from the Playstation event.

The Wednesday news, with a surprisingly long first post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has no new Midweek Sale, which is odd, but there are three new Deals of the Day for us:

• The first one is Growing Up, 14% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/growing_up
• The second is Machiavelli the Prince with a 44% discount until Friday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/machiavelli_the_prince
• And Pyre will be 75% off until the 16th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/pyre

Steam hs two new deals:

• The new daily deal is Siege Survival: Gloria Victis, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167140/Siege_Survival_Gloria_Victis/
• And the Early Access title V Rising will be 20% off until September 20: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/

At Fanatical, the new Star Deal is Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, 58% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-trilogy.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Bully Maguire pushes his way into Spider-Man Remastered
https://www.pcgamer.com/bully-maguire-has-pushed-his-way-into-spider-man-remastered/
The first wave of mods for Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered have been largely character-focused, with fans swapping our hero out for alternatives as diverse as Kermit the Frog and Saul Goodman. Getting back to Spider-Man canon itself though (and no I'm not talking about Uncle Ben's gravestone), the biggest meme from the Sam Raimi movies has finally found its way to Insomniac's New York.
The Bully Maguire meme spawned from Spider-Man 3, the last of Raimi's trilogy, wherein Peter Parker for a time wears the symbiote suit. This messes with his head and our normally mild-mannered and loveable nerd becomes, for various amusing sequences in the movie, an emo dickhead.

Star Wars Galaxies revival approaches 1.0 with a 'secretive Jedi unlock system'
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-galaxies-revival-approaches-10-with-a-secretive-jedi-unlock-system/
Star Wars Galaxies was a 2003 MMO that, in the words of Chris Thursten, almost changed the world. It let players take jobs and find places for themselves in the Star Wars universe, whether they wanted to be traders, smugglers, bounty hunters, entertainers, or a wide variety of other options. It didn't last, closing down in 2011 after a series of disastrous patches, revamps, and alterations.
However, and you knew there would be a however, its fans won't let it die. Multiple revivals emphasizing different aspects and eras of Star Wars Galaxies exist, including Star Wars Galaxies Restoration, which has been in a kind of early access since May of 2021. SWG Restoration is about imagining what might have been if Galaxies had continued development, incorporating the space-travel expansion Jump to Lightspeed and parts of the New Game Enhancement patch, while letting players build unique characters using 32 skill trees, found their own cities, decorate houses, join factions, and visit places like Naboo, Kashyyyk, and Tatooine.
The team behind SWG Restoration has announced its plan to release version 1.0 on September 17, which will include Mustafar, the lava planet where Obi-Wan and Anakin fought their extremely silly duel. Version 1.0 also adds over 30 questlines, server-wide progression, various bug fixes and quality-of-life upgrades, and what the team calls "our secret and individualized Jedi unlock system".

GAMING NEWS

FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Remaster is coming to PC in early 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fatal-frame-project-zero-mask-of-the-lunar-eclipse-remaster-is-coming-to-pc-in-early-2023/
KOEI Tecmo has announced that a remaster of FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse will release on PC in early 2023. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also shared a new trailer that you can find below.

First in-engine trailer released for Tekken 8
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-in-engine-trailer-released-for-tekken-8/
And it’s official. The next Tekken game will be called Tekken 8 and below you can find its first in-engine trailer. This video showcases Jin Kazama fighting Kazuya Mishima. And while the game is still in development, Tekken 8 looks amazing (it also looks and plays like a Tekken game which is a good thing for all Tekken fans).

Run-based first-person driving survival game, Pacific Drive, coming to PC in 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/run-based-first-person-driving-survival-game-pacific-drive-coming-to-pc-in-2023/
Ironwood Studios has announced that its run-based, first-person driving survival game, Pacific Drive, will release on PC in 2023. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has released a new trailer that you can find below.

Project EVE to be called Stellar Blade, to be released in 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/project-eve-to-be-called-stellar-blade-to-be-released-in-2023/
Shift Up has announced that its upcoming action-adventure game, Project EVE, will be now called Stellar Blade. Stellar Blade will release in 2023, and below you can find a brand new trailer for it.

Rise of the Ronin is a new action RPG from Team Ninja, coming to PC in 2024
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rise-of-the-ronin-is-a-new-action-rpg-from-team-ninja-coming-to-pc-in-2024/
KOEI Tecmo has revealed a brand new action RPG from Team Ninja, called Rise of the Ronin. Rise of the Ronin will release in 2024, and below you can find its announcement trailer.

Bandai Namco has announced a brand new sci-fi third-person shooter, called Synduality
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bandai-namco-has-announced-a-brand-new-sci-fi-third-person-shooter-called-synduality/
Bandai Namco has just announced a brand new sci-fi third-person shooter, called Synduality. In addition, the publisher released its announcement trailer (which features a number of gameplay segments) that you can find below.

Like a Dragon: Ishin! is officially coming to PC in February 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/like-a-dragon-ishin-is-officially-coming-to-pc-in-february-2023/
SEGA has just announced that Like a Dragon: Ishin! will be officially coming to PC in February 2023. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is officially coming to PC on February 24th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/atelier-ryza-3-alchemist-of-the-end-the-secret-key-is-officially-coming-to-pc-on-february-24th/
KOEI Tecmo has launched the official Steam store page for Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, revealing that the game will be coming to PC on February 24th, 2023.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is coming to PC in 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/like-a-dragon-gaiden-the-man-who-erased-his-name-is-coming-to-pc-in-2023/
SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced a new Yakuza game, called Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. Moreover, the publisher shared its reveal in-engine trailer that you can find below.

SEGA has announced Like a Dragon 8, coming to PC in 2024
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sega-has-announced-like-a-dragon-8-coming-to-pc-in-2024/
SEGA has announced the sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon 8. This game will feature both Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu. Kiryu will also have a new look with a hairstyle. This new look actually gives me some Dante-vibes, but perhaps this is just me. Like a Dragon 8 will release in 2024, and below you can find its announcement trailer!

Judgment and Lost Judgment officially released on Steam, and they are using Denuvo
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/judgment-and-lost-officially-released-on-steam-both-of-them-are-using-denuvo/
And it appears that the earlier rumor was legit. SEGA has just shadow dropped both Judgment and Lost Judgment on PC via Steam.

Here are the official PC system requirements for Persona 5 Royal
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-official-pc-system-requirements-for-persona-5-royal/
It appears that Windows Store has leaked the official PC system requirements for Persona 5 Royal. These PC specs appear to be relatively low, so most PC gamers will be able to play this upcoming Persona game.

Wednesday news, part two:

Triangle Strategy comes to PC next month as our strategy RPG cup overfloweth
https://www.pcgamer.com/triangle-strategy-comes-to-pc-next-month-as-our-strategy-rpg-cup-overfloweth/
Triangle Strategy, Square Enix's first brand new stab at the strategy RPG in years, is about to land on PC where it belongs. Square announced on Tuesday that the turn-based tactics game hits Steam on October 13, sandwiching it right in the middle of two other fairly similar games from Square. At the end of this month it's launching real time tactics game The DioField Chronicle, and then in November we're getting the remastered Tactics Ogre: Reborn. If you're a glutton for number-crunching, grid-based Japanese RPGs, you are eating good this fall.

I've never seen art design like this in a survival horror game
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-italian-horror-game-has-one-of-the-weirdest-art-styles-ive-seen-this-year/
Saturnalia, the ancient Roman festival to Saturn held during the winter solstice, represents the birth of a new sun. The death of the past. It eventually formed the spiritual center of what we call Christmas. My time with the game of the same name did not feature merry elves, bright candles, and cheerfully wrapped gifts, however. Instead I crawled around a dreamlike maze of an imaginary Italian town called Gravoi, evading a horrible monster and trying to solve a mystery.

This Wipeout-style anti-gravity racing game looks like a literal blast
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-wipeout-style-anti-gravity-racing-game-looks-like-a-literal-blast/
There's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you’re playing a racing game and you hit the seam just right coming out of a turn, scorch over some ridiculous boost mechanic, and just… fly . Upcoming indie Turbo Force, from newcomers Blitzkrieg Games, looks like a good opportunity to do just that… in a year or so.
>> It reminds me more of F-Zero than Wipeout, but ok.

A huge nerf to one of Destiny 2's most powerful exotics got left off today's patch notes
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-huge-nerf-to-one-of-destiny-2s-most-powerful-exotics-got-left-off-todays-patch-notes/
Titan mains, it might be time to hang up your favourite hat. Following a hotfix that rolled out to Destiny 2 earlier today, players began noticing that the Loreley Splendor Helm was no longer functioning as it had pre-patch. In fact, it appeared to have eaten a substantial nerf. The text for the item's main perk still reads: "When you are critically wounded with full class ability energy or when you cast a Barricade, create a Sunspot at your location that has improved restoration effects."

This weird comedy horror game from March went mostly unnoticed
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-weird-comedy-horror-game-from-march-went-mostly-unnoticed/
Running for my life down a dim and cluttered hotel hallway, I'm laughing my head off. That's the experience of The Upturned, a comedy horror game a lot of us missed when it came out on Steam back in March.

Wil Wheaton is trying to become a god in Star Trek Online
https://www.pcgamer.com/wil-wheaton-is-trying-to-become-a-god-in-star-trek-online/
I've never been able to kick my Star Trek Online habit. There are better MMOs, but there's no other game that offers so much Trek. And while the more recent obsession with Discovery and the modern Mirror Universe hasn't really been doing it for me, the frequent nods to classic storylines and characters keeps me coming back. With the latest story update, Ascension, Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher joins the ranks of Star Trek alumni pottering about in the MMO.

COD Modern Warfare 2 wants your phone number before you can play on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/cod-modern-warfare-2-wants-your-phone-number-before-you-can-play-on-pc/
Activision Blizzard has released the system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's open beta, including the rather oddball insistence that PC players "must" have their phone number linked to their Battle.net or Steam account. I doubt Bobby Kotick's going to be using it for late night booty calls but, all the same, why does a game need your mobile number to run on your PC.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 16GB/12GB max TGP and GPU clocks specs have been leaked

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-rtx-4080-16gb-12gb-max-tgp-and-gpu-clocks-specs-have-been-leaked

Vietnamese Retailer Asking Over $2000 US For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Pre-Orders

https://wccftech.com/vietnamese-retailer-asking-over-2000-us-for-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pre-orders/

"There's no proof of whether the retailer actually has the cards right now but according to our friend over at Twitter, I_Leak_VN, the retailer had also used the same pre-order prices for the RTX 3090 so it might seem like we will be getting final pricing of around $1500 US for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090."

We will see if it actually ends up being $1500 but I wouldn't doubt if its more.

AMD Zen 4 For Ryzen 7000 & Intel Raptor Cove For Raptor Lake CPUs Have Almost Similar IPC

https://wccftech.com/amd-zen-4-for-ryzen-7000-intel-raptor-cove-for-raptor-lake-cpus-have-almost-similar-ipc/

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Can Hit Up To 5.85 GHz at Stock Only If Temps Are Below 50C, 5.1 GHz All-Core Frequency

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-cpu-5-85-ghz-peak-5-10-ghz-all-core-boost-clock-requires-lots-of-cooling/

Gonna need some top tier cooling if anyone wants to hit those frequencies. 5.1Ghz All-Core is a bit lower than I was hoping.

Exclusive - Intel XeSS ML Upscaling - The Digital Foundry Tech Review - XeSS vs DLSS vs Native!

Some notes

- Turning on XeSS at 4k adds 3.4ms of frame time on A770 via XMX (lower the better)
- Turning on XeSS at 4k adds 3.8ms of frame time on 3070 via DP4A (lower the better)
- Turning on DLSS at 4k adds 2.1ms of frame time on 3070 via Tensor Cores (lower the better)
- There is a difference in image quality between turning on XeSS on Arc vs Ampere where Ampere is worse but he will cover it in a future video
- XeSS has Ultra Quality mode which DLSS/FSR 2.0 doesn't have
- DLSS generally has better image quality than XeSS. There are areas when XeSS is fairly close and areas where DLSS is a lot better.
- DLSS holds up better at lower resolutions than XeSS

So as usual, Nvidia remains on top but Intel has a good showing. He didn't do any tests against FSR or on Radeon GPUs yet however which is pretty annoying to say the least. Overall, if you have RTX and DLSS is an option, use DLSS. If DLSS isn't an option, then XeSS might be a good option.

Babylons Fall has got to be Platinum's worst piece yet. I liked the Korra game they made, but back in 2013 I thought it was pretty janky of Platinum, compared to what they made before that game, but BF takes the cake and runs home with it too.

Really think Platinum should stop splitting themselves up for different projects, and just pool the entire team together for one project at a time, because they clearly can't do bayo and another 3rd party game, without one of them turning into utter shit.

I have a really hard time trying to make sense into this idea that Nvidia will have two different RTX 4080 GPUs with so different specs on top of it. It simply makes no sense whatsoever.

Just call it 4070 and stop with this nonsense.

Yeah, that means that it will be near impossible to reach those clocks unless you have a good custom waterloop, or you have a 360 AIO cooler with fans set at max speed.

It's disappointing.