GPP never died. Remember you cannot get strix or suprim cards on AMD.

The Friday news are here!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Street Fighter 6 surpasses two million sales in one month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/street-fighter-6-surpasses-two-million-sales-in-one-month/
Capcom announced today that the total sales for its latest fighting game, Street Fighter 6, on all platforms are over two million. Street Fighter 6 came out on June 1st, meaning that it took a bit over a month in order to hit its 2 million sales goal.

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr, with a 86% deal during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/warhammer-40-000-inquisitor-martyr

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.7.1
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-23-7-1
Highlights

• Support for additional Vulkan® extensions.

Fixed Issues

• Certain virtual reality games or applications may encounter suboptimal performance or occasional stuttering on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Application crash or driver timeout may be observed during playback of AV1 video content using DaVinci Resolve™ Studio.
• Improvements to high idle power when using select 4k@144Hz FreeSync enabled displays or multimonitor display configurations (such as 4k@144HZ or 4k@120Hz + 1440p@60Hz display) using on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent corruption may be observed playing WWE 2K23™ on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX.
• Intermittent corruption may be observed after switching windows while playing Nioh 2™ on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6800 XT.

>> The Techpowerup article about this new driver has more details about the new Vulkan extensions.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Half-Life: Alyx's NoVR mod is looking so good, I might finally play the game
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-alyxs-novr-mod-is-looking-so-good-i-might-finally-play-the-game/
The NoVR project for Half-Life: Alyx is not yet complete, but it already looks like it offers a satisfactory way to experience the 2020 shooter without an expensive, bulky headset. Recent updates have added a full-on, custom viewmodel for the pistol and made NoVR compatible with other mods, and by god, I might finally drop some actual cash on this game I literally can't play in its intended form.

GAMING NEWS

Unreal Engine 5-powered Immortals of Aveum gets new 4-minute gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/unreal-engine-5-powered-immortals-of-aveum-gets-new-4-minute-gameplay-trailer/
Electronic Arts and Ascendant Studios have released a new 4-minute gameplay trailer for Immortals of Aveum. This trailer delves into the game’s spellbinding first-person combat via which players can master all three colors of magic to suit how they want to play.

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection Patch 1.4 FINALLY fixes the mouse camera stutters/jitters
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collection-patch-1-4-finally-fixes-mouse-camera-stutters-jitters/
Remember the mouse camera stutters/jitters that plagued UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection? You know, the stutters that were also present in the launch version of The Last of Us Part I? Well, good news everyone as Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy have just released a patch that finally resolves them.

Diablo 4 Patch 1.0.4 released and detailed, full changelog revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/diablo-4-patch-1-0-4-released-and-detailed-full-changelog-revealed/
Blizzard has released patch 1.0.4, also known as July 6th Update, for its latest action hack n slash RPG, Diablo 4. According to the release notes, this latest update brings a number of gameplay, quest and miscellaneous fixes.

Mortal Kombat 1 gets official Lin Kuei gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/mortal-kombat-1-gets-official-lin-kuei-gameplay-trailer/
Warner Bros has released a new gameplay trailer for Mortal Kombat 1 that focuses on the Lin Kuei clan. This trailer features the iconic ninjas Sub-Zero and Scorpion, and introduces Smoke and Rain (who will also be playable in this new MK game).

NBA 2K24 will support crossplay according to a leaked trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nba-2k24-will-support-crossplay-according-to-a-leaked-trailer/
Although 2K Games has not announced yet the next part in its NBA 2K series, a leaked trailer suggests that NBA 2K24 will support crossplay.

The second part of the Friday news:

Anger from voice actors as NSFW mods use AI deepfakes to replicate their voices: 'This is NOT okay.'
https://www.pcgamer.com/anger-from-voice-actors-as-nsfw-mods-use-ai-deepfakes-to-replicate-their-voices-this-is-not-okay/
A slew of pornographic mods on the Nexus Mods website has caused mounting anger in the voice acting community. As reported by Gamesradar, Twitter user Robbie92_ has posted a list of Skyrim voice actors who have had their voices used against their will for NSFW mods, earlier this week.
These actors include April Stewart, who in addition to multiple characters in Skyrim, is the voice of Petra Venj in Destiny 2 and Jessamine Kaldwin in Dishonoured 2; Jon Curry, who voiced Zevran in Dragon Age: Origins; and Susan Eisenberg, who has voiced Wonder Woman in both animation and video games since 2001.
>> Nexus Mods will have to do something about this before it spirals out of control.

Names are missing from the list of Diablo 4 hardcore challenge victors, who are slated to be immortalised in stone
https://www.pcgamer.com/names-are-missing-from-the-list-of-diablo-4-hardcore-challenge-victors-who-are-slated-to-be-immortalised-in-stone/
In a recent news announcement, Blizzard revealed which 1,000 hopeful max-level hardcore characters will have their names written in stone, as long as they followed a few rules when they hit the level cap.

Call of Duty: Warzone players are racking up wins by standing still in the gulag
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-players-are-racking-up-wins-by-standing-still-in-the-gulag/
I can't think of a more infuriating way to lose a battle royale match than to get kills, outlast 148 other souls, and carefully maneuver to the final circle only to realize you're somehow alone on the map and die of poison gas once the circle completely closes.
Such has been the plight for victims of Call of Duty: Warzone 2's worst bug as of late. For months players have reported instances of getting stuck in the gulag, Warzone's second chance system that lets you earn your way back to land of the living by winning a 1v1. Those affected by the bug arrive in the gulag to await their duel, but the game simply forgets you're there, trapped in Call of Duty purgatory while the rest of the match happens miles away.

Diablo 4 Season 1 is basically adding super gems that let you make 'stupid, new broken builds'
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4-season-1-start-date-details/
Things are, somehow, getting worse in Sanctuary. Diablo 4 Season 1, aka the "Season of the Malignant," was revealed today during a livestream. The gist is that there's a curse going around, and it's turning humans and demons even more feral than usual. On the plus side, we'll be able to slot "Malignant Hearts" into gem slots for "stupid, new broken builds," says Blizzard.

This Polish pixel horror game is breaking the laws of camera physics in an awesome way
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-polish-pixel-horror-game-is-breaking-the-laws-of-camera-physics-in-an-awesome-way/
Holstin is an upcoming indie horror-adventure game set in eastern Poland in the early 1990s. A small town has been beset by a "calamity" that's engulfing all it touches—people and property alike—and for some reason it's fallen to you to discover what happened to your missing friend Bartek, why he travelled to this strange place, and what sort of wretched horror has overcome it.

2022's best survival city builder will let you 'customize your faith' with a new religion system
https://www.pcgamer.com/2022s-best-survival-city-builder-will-let-you-customize-your-faith-with-a-new-religion-system/
When survival city builder Farthest Frontier launched into early access in 2022, players noted a pretty big omission. (...)
The lack of religious buildings in Farthest Frontier was deliberate. "If we ever incorporate a faith system of some kind, I think it would be best if it was a customizable system where you name the faith and decide its bonuses/features," Crate Entertainment designer Zantai said at the time.
You can now dispel the "if" in that statement, because the new system is coming to Farthest Frontier in August, as revealed in a Twitch stream hosted by Zantai earlier today. In the 0.9 update, players will be able to build a massive temple in their city that will let you "customize your faith" by filling it with religious relics that give various bonuses (and in one case, a dangerous debuff) not just to local villagers but to the entire city.

If Helldivers 2 isn't on your 2023 radar, this excellent gameplay trailer should correct that
https://www.pcgamer.com/if-helldivers-2-isnt-on-your-2023-radar-this-excellent-gameplay-trailer-should-correct-that/
One of the best co-op games you probably didn't play eight years ago is getting a sequel that's seriously upping the ante: Helldivers 2 is a third-person co-op shooter about tactically annihilating giant bugs with your best buds. It was announced in May during the last PlayStation showcase, but we got our first proper look at gameplay today in the trailer above.

Sega's infatuation with the blockchain is over: 'What's the point if games are no fun?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/segas-infatuation-with-the-blockchain-is-over-whats-the-point-if-games-are-no-fun/
Despite being one of the first companies to hop on the blockchain fever of the past couple of years, Sega now wants its major franchises to get off the crypto rollercoaster, as reported by Bloomberg yesterday. Co-Chief Operating Officer of Sega Japan Shuji Utsumi informed Bloomberg that it will keep Sega's blockbuster franchises, such as Yakuza and Sonic the Hedgehog, away from any blockchain plans to avoid "devaluing" them.
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Sega do however intend to continue to "let external partners use its lesser-known Three Kingdoms and Virtua Fighter characters for non-fungible tokens", Bloomberg reported.

Diablo 4 players rush to hide their bugged ultra-rares as Blizzard clampdown begins 'literally hotfixing fun'
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4-players-rush-to-hide-their-bugged-ultra-rares-as-blizzard-clampdown-begins-literally-hotfixing-fun/
Have you managed to get hold of one of Diablo 4's six ultra-rare "Uber Unique" items in the last day or so? Better cling onto it, then. Blizzard has responded to a recent bug that dramatically increased the drop rate for Diablo's rarest and most sought-after items by temporarily clamping down hard: Until the studio can put out a patch later today, no Uber Unique items will drop in Diablo 4 at all.

Steam sends 90 low-effort asset-flips and bootleg games off to the great trashcan fire in the sky
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-sends-90-low-effort-asset-flips-and-bootleg-games-off-to-the-great-trashcan-fire-in-the-sky/
Steam has removed a large clutch of games of various genres which all seem to have one thing in common: they were low effort shovelware. That might seem a slightly mean designation, but we've all seen the type of thing that this ban wave targeted. Extremely basic asset-flipped titles with popular words in the name, such as Zombie Defense TD or Play Football, out there just to try and make a few bucks from the unwary.

Sonic co-creator slapped with $1.2M fine after being found guilty of insider trading
https://www.pcgamer.com/sonic-co-creator-slapped-with-dollar12m-fine-after-being-found-guilty-of-insider-trading/
Sonic co-creator and Balan Wonderworld director Yuji Naka has been found guilty of insider trading, with the Tokyo District Court slapping him with a huge $1.2 million fine and a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence, suspended for four years.

The most popular battle royale you're not playing goes F2P next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-most-popular-battle-royale-youre-not-playing-goes-f2p-next-week/
NetEase's mystical, martial arts-focused battle royale game Naraka: Bladepoint is going free-to-play next week. The game is marking its PS5 launch by throwing its doors wide open, letting everyone give it a try without forking over its current $20/£18 price tag. The change takes effect on Thursday, July 13.

Nic Cage's Dead by Daylight voice lines will haunt me for the rest of my life
https://www.pcgamer.com/nic-cages-dead-by-daylight-voice-lines-will-haunt-me-for-the-rest-of-my-life/
I don't know what I expected when I sat down to rifle through award-winning actor Nicolas Cage's new Dead by Daylight voice lines today. I'm actually glad I went in without expectations, because nothing could have prepared me for this.

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• These are the three new Deals of the Day, available during 70 hours:
  • CrossCode is 55% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/crosscode
  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Deluxe Edition is 72% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sherlock_holmes_chapter_one_deluxe_edition
  • And Lula: The Sexy Empire is 75% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/lula_the_sexy_empire
• The Weekend Sale brings up to 80% discounts during 3 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230707_weekend_sale
• The Star Festival Sale features jRPGs and Visual Novels with up to 80% discounts during 9 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_star_festival
• And the Lost In Space Sale comes with up to 90% discounts until July, 16th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_lost_in_space_sci_fi

+Steam

• The Summer Sale is still going on. But be warned, this is its last weekend, it will end on July 13th, in six days.

That's all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

That might actually not be the cause of GPP. A lot of brands for whatever reason are choosing not to release their flagship GPUs for RDNA 3.

For example, Sapphire who is a Radeon Exclusive brand launched their Sapphire Toxic with RDNA 2 which is supposed to signify their flagship status yet for RDNA 3, they didn't but they had 6900XT Toxic and 6950XT Toxic with RDNA 2. Nvidia's GPP wouldn't affect Sapphire because they don't make any Nvidia GPUs.

If I had to guess, they are waiting for 7950XTX.

Replying to Comments: AMD Likely Blocks DLSS (Angry Fanboy Edition)

Imagine being AMD and spending what is likely a lot of money to get that Starfield exclusivity to end up with such a big PR disaster like this oof.

EVGA Quitting PC Business? Rumors Allege That All Employees Including KINGPIN Have Resigned From Taiwan HQ

https://wccftech.com/evga-quitting-pc-business-all-employees-including-kingpin-have-resigned/

Unsurprising as once you get rid of 85% of your revenue, you ain't gonna be sticking around for long. Evga certainly have their PSUs and Motherboards but they only really make enthusiast motherboards like the Dark which the Asus Apex has destroyed this gen in terms of OC potential. And their PSUs are while good, there's a lot of competition in the PSU space. While I haven't been as fond of Evga as others as I only ever bought Evga 1080 and the rest have been Asus, their customer service is something that will be sorely missed.

Intel Meteor Lake CPUs With Up To 14 Cores, Raptor Lake Refresh With Up To 24 Cores For Next-Gen Laptops

https://wccftech.com/intel-meteor-lake-cpus-up-to-14-cores-raptor-lake-refresh-up-to-24-cores-next-gen-laptops/

Very few NVIDIA board partners interested in promoting GeForce RTX 4060 Ti with 16GB memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/very-few-nvidia-board-partners-interested-in-promoting-geforce-rtx-4060-ti-with-16gb-memory

Unsurprising. At best it should have been $400 but at $500, it's an insult to ones intelligence.

GOG Galaxy seems to think my PC is in ~2077:

LOL

AMD blocking DLSS is pure speculation at this time. Personally it is a legal matter between AMD and NVIDIA concerning DLSS splash screens when booting up games. That is a stipulation that probably has to be followed if you use the tech, it is a game that AMD have helped with and is the sponsor, they should not adhere to bull crap like that. At the end of the day FSR is open source and DLSS is propriety and actions have consequences, propriety only works with the product it was designed for. Seems like a load of self-entitlement from NVIDIA buyers personally, and yet their cards still work with FSR. A load of hot air in my opinion.

How is it pure speculation when Nvidia straight up says they don't block and AMD continues to dodge the question? The HUB video that I posted shows that games that have DLSS do not require Nvidia splash screen or anything of that nature. FSR is open source sure but it's also terrible. Just because a technology is open source doesn't mean it's good and the fact that AMD has a pattern of blocking DLSS while Nvidia not only straight up said they do not block FSR but they created a open source upscaling implementation technology called StreamLine which allows developers to easily implement DLSS/FSR/XeSS into their games. Intel is on board with it yet AMD isn't.

" That is a stipulation that probably has to be followed if you use the tech, it is a game that AMD have helped with and is the sponsor, they should not adhere to bull crap like that. "

By that logic, Nvidia should start blocking FSR in all their games and then you can see who actually loses the most. FSR works on Nvidia GPUs while DLSS does not work on Radeon GPUs. So if Nvidia starts blocking FSR due to AMDs actions, Radeon fans stand to lose to most, especially as Nvidia sponsored 33 games while AMD sponsored 20 games in the same time frame according to HUB. Defenders should start looking at the bigger picture imo.

Just stop, you are as bad as the media. Rumor is a rumor until stated differently otherwise by AMD, MS or Bethesda.