Indeed. Because, if what they're shwoing is real, then where's the hype for it? Why is no one talking about it when a game like The Day Before managed to be the second most wishlisted game on Steam?

Something is up.

Well I had severe doubts about that Unrecord trailer. Still do to an extent. It's a weird trailer, I'm not sure why faces are censored my instinct was that it was just to hide that it was real footage as a perfect face would be a dead giveaway. But the dude falling over at the end looked very fake video gamey...

On one of the steam screenshots I can see grass clipping through a bookcase so that certainly seems like in-engine.

I'm sure that trailer is BS to some degree and the final product won't look that good but it might not be a complete fabrication.

The faded faces are strange, yes, and they make you think that it's a video. Then there are things like the railings at the beginning, the smoke of the gun, the first corpse that clips with the ground that give it some credibility... but, as we've all said, they could be just post processing effects to give it more credibility.

So it turns out the chipset driver from Asus website was kinda shat. Downloaded the one from AMDs website for X670E and my performance increased by 5-8%. Not a lot sure but considering it was just installing the driver, well worth it.

Goddamn, at this point, could you make a list of all the adjustments I need to make once the parts arrive and build is complete? We'll have almost exactly the same specs, it seems. They still haven't packed and shipped anything, I suspect the 7800X3D is still not in stock. No stress though, my display will be delivered on the 28th at the earliest.

Lol I am finding the quirks of this myself. I do have these occasional driver crashes thanks to Radeon but it's not the biggest of deals since I don't use the iGPU. I did download the driver straight from AMDs website under the 7800X3D support section but X3D is still pretty new so hopefully, it's a bug that will go away with future driver versions.

It can get annoying sometimes though cause once I was in the middle of playing overwatch 2 and then it crashes for no reason and minimizes my game lol. Not the best when you want to do competitive. But again, it's not anything frequent.

It looks like AMD always has troubles when launching new sockets and supporting new memories.

Eh. I think Unrecord is still fairly easy to distinguish from reality, although it does look really good. Still, I think it falls a bit in the uncanny valley. Not sure what causes that though. I suspect it's that things look quite clean for such an environment, and that in turn might contribute to them looking kind of plastic (in a way). Seems like some detail is missing too, but that might also be caused by the 'clean' look.

Also, there's a no clip video for the game, so there's that, if you were still wondering: https://www.pcgamer.com/unrecord-dev-posts-noclip-video-to-prove-the-realistic-bodycam-fps-isnt-fake/

The animation trips me up more than the graphics do; I've never seen a main fps character move like that before. Makes me wonder if this was scripted mocap specifically for this trailer or if this is actually what we can expect from the final game.

It's time for the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Star Deal is the World of Warships - Starter Pack, 88% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/world-of-warships-starter-pack
• The Indie Great Sale will last between 5 and 7 days, depending on the game: https://www.fanatical.com/en/collections/indie-greats

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.4.2
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-23-4-2
Highlights
Support for:

• Dead Island 2
  • Up to 14% increase in performance in Dead Island 2™ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.4.2 on the Radeon™️ RX 7900 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.1
  • Up to 15% increase in performance in Dead Island 2™ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.4.2 on the Radeon™️ RX 6000 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.1
• Boundary

Fixed Issues

• Blocky water corruption may occur in Red Dead Redemption 2™ when using the Vulkan® API.
• Missing text or a white disk may appear in Google Earth VR™.
• Application crashes may be intermittently observed after enabling the render preview window in Unreal Engine 5™.
• A blank or black screen may occur after a driver upgrade using certain display configurations.

>> Sorry, hinch, one of the known issues listed is "High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs."

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Dead Island 2 is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-island-2-is-using-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
Dead Island 2 releases tomorrow and unfortunately, this new zombie game is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. During our benchmarks we were able to trigger this anti-tamper tech, and here is the proof of our claims.

Unreal Engine 5-powered Immortals of Aveum requires an NVIDIA RTX2080 Super for Low/Medium Settings
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-5-powered-immortals-of-aveum-requires-an-nvidia-rtx2080-super-for-low-medium-settings/
Ascendant Studios has just revealed the official PC system requirements for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5-powered FPS, Immortals of Aveum. And, oh boy buckle up because these PC requirements are ridiculously high.

Sons Of The Forest Update 04 released, adds Action Cam, AI improvements and bug fixes, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/sons-of-the-forest-update-04-full-patch-notes/
Endnight Games has released the fourth major update for Sons Of The Forest. According to the release notes, this new patch adds an Action Cam, and packs a number of AI improvements and bug fixes.

Dying Light 2 Gut Feeling Update released and fully detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/dying-light-2-gut-feeling-update-released-and-fully-detailed/
Techland has released the Gut Feeling Update for Dying Light 2 which brings numerous improvements to the game’s dismemberment system. This update arrives just when Dead Island 2 came out, which is kind of funny. In fact, it reminds me of what happened with The Callisto Protocol and Dead Space Remake.

Denuvo removed from Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Star Ocean: The Divine Force
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/denuvo-removed-from-tiny-tinas-wonderlands-and-star-ocean-the-divine-force/
Square Enix and 2K Games have removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Star Ocean: The Divine Force.