I wouldn't be so quick to point the accusing finger to T2. Rockstar themselves may have take that decision because if it's not big enough, they may aswell move on to something that is really big.

Not that we'll ever know why it happened.

By the way, for some misterious reason there's a ton of news today, so I may be a bit late with the news posts (I've just started with the PCGamer ones).

The Friday news, with nothing worth posting... except for everything that happened yesterday at the Game Awards.

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has launched one new bundle: the Prestige Collection BYOB, with 22 titles to choose from for your 2, 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/prestige-collection-build-your-own-bundle.
By the way, next Monday they'll start their Winter Sale.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.5074 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-5074
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Game performance improvements versus Intel® 31.0.101.4972 software driver for:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (DX12)
  • Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Battlefield V (DX11)
  • Up to 23% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Crossout (DX11)
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Dishonored 2 (DX11)
  • Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 4K with Ultra settings
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human (DX11)
  • Up to 31% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition (DX11)
  • Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Highest settings
• For Honor (DX11)
  • Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings
• Phasmophobia (DX11)
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
• Train Sim World 3 (DX11)
  • Up to 34% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Fixed Issues
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• Total War: PHARAOH (DX11) may exhibit corruption after changing resolution in game on certain displays.
• Alan Wake (DX9) may experience application crash when starting a new game.
• Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12) may exhibit colorful pixel corruption during gameplay.
• Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) may exhibit flickering pixels during gameplay with Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode set to 4X MSAA.
• Ghostrunner 2 (DX11) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.
• Far Cry 3 (DX11) may experience application crash during gameplay.

Windows 11 23H2 update reportedly slows down gaming performance for some but there does seem to be a somewhat complicated fix
https://www.pcgamer.com/windows-11-23h2-update-reportedly-slows-down-gaming-performance-for-some-but-there-does-seem-to-be-a-somewhat-complicated-fix/
Windows 11's 23H2 update has been out for a little while now, but some users have reported a noticeable drop in gaming performance since installation, which seems somewhat fitting for an update released on Halloween. If you've yet to install it, the good news is that Microsoft has currently placed the update on compatibility hold for a different issue which hopefully means both problems might be fixed by the time it becomes available again.
For those of you experiencing this issue and don't want to rollback to a previous version however, there is a supposed fix. The bad news is, it's a little complicated.
>> For an OS that was suposed to be great for gaming, Win 12 has had a ton of problems messing with them.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

-Empty-

GAMING NEWS

The Day Before is more of an Extraction Shooter than an MMO, has Overwhelming Negative Reviews on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-day-before-extraction-shooter-mmo-overwhelming-negative-reviews-steam/
Fntastic has just launched The Day Before on Steam, and from the looks of it PC gamers are not that excited about it. In just a few hours, the game got Overwhelmingly Negative reviews on Steam, mainly due to network issues.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake to be released on February 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons-remake-to-be-released-on-february-28th/
505 Games has announced that Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake will be released on February 28th. To celebrate this announcement, the team has also shared the game’s debut gameplay trailer which you can find below.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new full-scale fantasy RPG, coming to PC in Fall 2024
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metaphor-refantazio-is-a-new-full-scale-fantasy-rpg-coming-to-pc-in-fall-2024/
ATLUS has just announced a new full-scale fantasy RPG for Xbox and PC, called Metaphor: ReFantazio. Metaphor: ReFantazio will be coming to PC in Fall 2024, and below you can find its debut trailer.

EXODUS is a new sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/exodus-is-a-new-sci-fi-action-adventure-role-playing-game/
Archetype Entertainment took the stage at The Game Awards to provide a first look at Exodus, their epic new sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game (RPG). The debut game from RPG creator James Ohlen’s new studio is a next-generation, story-driven RPG that marries cinematic storytelling with deep emotional impact featuring broad player agency and modern AAA gameplay. The story is fueled by the consequences of player choices due to the impact of Time Dilation.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II finally gets a proper gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/senuas-saga-hellblade-ii-finally-gets-a-proper-gameplay-trailer/
Ninja Theory originally announced Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II in 2019. And now, after four years, we finally got a proper gameplay trailer. Not only that but Microsoft has confirmed that the game will be released in 2024.

No Rest for the Wicked is a new game from the creators of Ori
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-rest-for-the-wicked-is-a-new-game-from-the-creators-of-ori/
Moon Studios, the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, have announced a new game, called No Rest for the Wicked. No Rest for the Wicked will be a visceral, precision Action RPG set to reinvent the genre.

SEGA is working on new Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Crazy Taxi games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sega-is-working-on-new-jet-set-radio-shinobi-golden-axe-streets-of-rage-and-crazy-taxi-games/
SEGA has released a new video in which it revealed that it’s currently working on new Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Crazy Taxi games. Sadly, SEGA has not shared any additional details. So, go ahead and take a look at the video which has clips from these games!
>> I hope they don't mess them up but, given that it's not a Sonic game, I'm cautiously optimistic.

Square Enix has announced a brand new entry in the mainline Mana series
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-has-announced-a-brand-new-entry-in-the-mainline-mana-series/
Square Enix has just announced Visions of Mana, a brand new entry in the mainline Mana series. To celebrate this announcement, the publisher shared the first trailer for it. This trailer features a mix of cinematics and gameplay sequences. So, be sure to watch the trailer if you are a fan of the series. Visions of Mana will be released in 2024!

Hideo Kojima revealed his new Microsoft game which will be called OD
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hideo-kojima-revealed-its-new-microsoft-game-which-will-be-called-od/
Kojima Productions has announced its new Microsoft game which will be called OD. OD will attempt to take advantage of the cloud, and below you can find its debut trailer. OD will be powered by Unreal Engine and will take advantage of Metahumans. Sadly, though, Hideo Kojima has not revealed any additional details about it. (...)

Jurassic Park Survival may be the game we’ve all been waiting for
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/jurassic-park-survival-may-be-the-game-weve-all-been-waiting-for/
Universal and Saber Interactive have just announced Jurassic Park: Survival. Jurassic Park: Survival will be a single-player action-adventure game. Yeap, you read that right. No multi-player crap. This will be a single-player game. And from the looks of it, this might be the Jurassic Park game most of us have been waiting for. So, be sure to watch its announcement trailer which packs a few gameplay sequences!
>> Well, when it comes to fan service, the trailer is spot on.

Black Myth: Wukong will release on PC on August 20th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-myth-wukong-will-release-on-pc-on-august-20th/
Game Science has announced that Black Myth: Wukong will be released on PC on August 20th. To celebrate this announcement, the team shared a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.

The First Berserker: Khazan is a new hardcore action RPG, inspired by Dark Souls and Sekiro
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-first-berserker-khazan-is-a-new-hardcore-action-rpg-inspired-by-dark-souls-and-sekiro/
NEXON has just announced The First Berserker: Khazan, a new hardcore action role-playing game with mechanics similar to those of Dark Souls and Sekiro.

Arkane Lyon’s new game is Marvel’s Blade
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/arkane-lyons-new-game-is-marvels-blade/
Marvel and Bethesda have just announced the new game from Arkane Lyon, Marvel’s Blade. This game is in an early development stage, and below you can find its stylized announcement trailer.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 now targets a September 9th release date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40k-space-marine-2-now-targets-a-september-9th-release-date/
Focus Entertainment has announced that Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 will now release on September 9th, 2024. To celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also shared a new trailer that you can find below.

Hello Games has announced its next game, called Light No Fire
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hello-games-has-announced-its-next-game-called-light-no-fire/
Hello Games, the creators of No Man’s Sky, has just announced its next game which will be called Light No Fire. Light No Fire is a game about adventure, building, survival and exploration together.

Capcom has announced Monster Hunter Wilds
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-has-announced-monster-hunter-wilds/
At the TGA 2023, Capcom revealed the next part of its Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Wilds. To celebrate it, the team has shared the first in-engine trailer for it which you can find below. Capcom will release Monster Hunter Wilds in 2025!

Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones will now release on February 16th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisofts-skull-and-bones-will-now-release-on-february-16th/
Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming pirate game, Skull and Bones, will now release on February 16th, 2024. To celebrate this announcement, the French company has shared its TGA 2023 trailer, as well as a gameplay deep dive video.
>> I'll believe it when I see it.

First details and trailer for DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-details-and-trailer-for-dragon-ball-sparking-zero/
Bandai Namco just revealed the newest Dragon Ball game, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO builds on the gameplay from the Budokai Tenkaichi series and aims to take it to whole new levels.

The Friday news, part two:

Batman: Arkham Trilogy pays tribute to the late Kevin Conroy
https://www.pcgamer.com/batman-arkham-trilogy-pays-tribute-to-the-late-kevin-conroy/
For a lot of people, including myself, Kevin Conroy was the Batman. A lot of you might've known him from the Arkham Trilogy—I myself was first introduced to him via Justice League: Unlimited. He was the voice of Batman for over three decades before he died after a short battle with cancer in November last year, age 66.
As spotted by Eurogamer, a tribute has been added to the Batman: Arkham Trilogy, though it's only presently confirmed to be on the Nintendo Switch version. Gamingbible editor Ewan Moore posted a screenshot of the tribute on Twitter, which reads: "In memory of Kevin Conroy."

Following 3 years of radio silence, Kingpin remaster releases only to get slammed: 'Is it too late to hand this over to Nightdive?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/following-3-years-of-radio-silence-kingpin-remaster-releases-only-to-get-slammed-is-it-too-late-to-hand-this-over-to-nightdive/
I have strangely fond memories of Kingpin: Life of Crime, a 1999, vaguely dieselpunk-y FPS that I played far, far too young. It was ultraviolent, ultra-sweary, and had a light smattering of RPG elements that made it feel very novel to me back when I played it. I was pretty excited, then, when 3D Realms announced a remaster called Kingpin: Reloaded in 2020.
After three years—including a long period where it felt like the project had dropped off the face of the Earth—that remaster finally released last Monday and, well, oh no. Buyers of the game on Steam have not responded well to the game, which currently sits at a 30% "Mostly Negative" score on the platform's user review system. From the sounds of it, it's another case of a remaster releasing before it's fully baked, much like what happened with The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition earlier this year.

Lego Fortnite is way bigger than we thought, and millions of people are playing the new survival mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-lego-survival-mode-is-way-bigger-than-we-thought-and-millions-of-people-are-playing-it/
Fortnite is constantly doing crossovers, so the announcement that Epic had teamed up with Lego for a new survival mode glanced off my consciousness like the announcement of a new line of Funko Pops. But we just tried the mode, which has already attracted over two million concurrent players after launching today, and it's way bigger and more fun than we anticipated—and, of course, free.

The Alone in the Dark reboot is delayed until March so developers can 'avoid any potential crunch over the Christmas holidays'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-alone-in-the-dark-reboot-is-delayed-until-march-so-developers-can-avoid-any-potential-crunch-over-the-christmas-holidays/
THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark reboot has been delayed, and is now set to come out on March 20, 2024. The decision to push the game back was made, the publisher said, because if it had gone ahead with the planned release in January, "the Christmas season would have been filled with stress and anything but a jolly time" for developer Pieces Interactive.

The Walking Dead: Betrayal halts development and will be pulled from Steam just three months after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-walking-dead-betrayal-halts-development-and-will-be-pulled-from-steam-just-three-months-after-launch/
The Walking Dead: Betrayal, a social deception-survival game about zombies and worse (the "worse" in this case being non-zombified other people), is coming to a premature end. Skybound Games and developer Other Ocean Interactive announced today that it has decided to halt development of the game, which just launched in early access in September, and remove it from Steam completely.

This great settlement-building survival RPG just became a 4-player co-op game
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-great-settlement-building-survival-rpg-just-became-a-4-player-co-op-game/
Medieval Dynasty may have spent a couple of years in early access on Steam before launching its 1.0 version in 2021—but that doesn't mean the settlement building survival RPG is done adding new features. Not by a long shot.
Here's some excellent news if you've always dreamt of planning, building, and managing a medieval village with your friends: the long-awaited co-op update has arrived for Medieval Dynasty. A new map named Oxbow has been added, and up two four players can build and manage a settlement together, go hunting and exploring, complete new quests, romance NPCs, and even have snowball fights.

This dystopian anime action RPG has the potential to be another Genshin Impact
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-dystopian-anime-action-rpg-has-the-potential-to-be-another-genshin-impact/
Before Genshin Impact exploded in popularity, developer MiHoYo was largely seen as a mobile game studio. Now, Genshin is one of the biggest action RPGs around, competing directly with games only available on PC or consoles. Gryphline, the Chinese developer of popular mobile strategy game Arknights, is about to attempt the same transformation with a spin-off RPG called Arknights: Endfield.
>> Talking about Genshin Impact:

All Genshin Impact codes from the version 4.3 livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/genshin-impact-codes-4-3-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 4.3 livestream runs through what to expect in the next chapter of the Traveler's journey through the watery region of Fontaine. As an added bonus, those who tune in can grab livestream codes that they can redeem for Primogems, to use when wishing for new characters and reruns of older ones.

Dead Cells studio reveals its new game at The Game Awards: A fast-paced co-op roguelike in which cute animated animals get absolutely massacred
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-studio-reveals-its-new-game-at-the-game-awards-a-fast-paced-co-op-roguelike-in-which-cute-animated-animals-get-absolutely-massacred/
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin revealed its new game during a surprise announcement at The Game Awards tonight, a high-speed roguelike battler called Windblown that sets players off on a quest to protect their home of floating islands from the invading forces of the Vortex.

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus 'is not a game about ponies'
https://www.pcgamer.com/pony-island-2-panda-circus-is-not-a-game-about-ponies/
In a trailer shown during The Game Awards, Daniel Mullins Games revealed a sequel to well-liked 2016 indie game Pony Island. It's called Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, and is apparently "a phantasmagorical voyage through time, myth, divinity, and video games" that is "not a game about ponies."

Thrasher is another gorgeous and nauseating rhythm game from the creator of Thumper
https://www.pcgamer.com/thrasher-is-another-gorgeous-and-nauseating-rhythm-game-from-the-creator-of-thumper/
Thrasher is a surreal VR rhythm action game from the creator of Thumper, and it's coming in 2024. It's the work of Brian Gibson in collaboration with programmer and designer Mike Mandel. (The former also plays in Lightning Bolt which is a brilliant band).

Holy balls, after 15 years they're actually making World of Goo 2 and it's coming next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/holy-balls-after-15-years-theyre-actually-making-world-of-goo-2-and-its-coming-next-year/
I loved World of Goo when it came out way back in 2008, and I've always thought it was too bad they never made another one. So it was really great to hear at The Game Awards tonight that finally, they are.

Untitled Goose game team announces Big Walk, an online cooperative 'walker-talker'
https://www.pcgamer.com/untitled-goose-game-team-announces-big-walk-an-online-cooperative-walker-talker/
Big Walk is a game about hanging out and getting lost in a big weird world, and it's currently in development by the team who brought us Untitled Goose Game and Push Me Pull You. Announced at the 2023 Game Awards, it's coming in 2025.

Explore 'the gruesome crimes of a sadistic killer' in the Dead by Daylight singleplayer game The Casting of Frank Stone, coming in 2024
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-the-gruesome-crimes-of-a-sadistic-killer-in-the-dead-by-daylight-singleplayer-game-the-casting-of-frank-stone-coming-in-2024/
Back in May, Behaviour Interactive teased a new singleplayer horror game set in the Dead by Daylight universe being developed by Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Quarry. Tonight at The Game Awards, that game was formally unveiled as The Casting of Frank Stone, a narrative-focused game that promises "an unprecedented look at the wider world of Dead by Daylight."

Matthew McConaughey took the stage at The Game Awards to premier an RPG from ex-BioWare vets that sounds like a Mass Effect: Andromeda do-over
https://www.pcgamer.com/matthew-mcconaughey-took-the-stage-at-the-game-awards-to-premier-an-rpg-from-ex-bioware-vets-that-sounds-like-a-mass-effect-andromeda-do-over/
As the Greater Chicagoland Area's number one Matthew McConaughey fan and one of its notable BioWare-likers, having him pop up at The Game Awards to announce he'd appear in a new RPG from some BioWare old hands feels tailor-made to make me freak out. The True Detective actor will have an unspecified role in Exodus, the debut game from Archetype Entertainment.

Controversial SWAT team FPS Ready or Not announces a December release date, promising 'an intense gaming experience, that challenges you on the world you know'
https://www.pcgamer.com/controversial-swat-team-fps-ready-or-not-announces-a-december-release-date-promising-an-intense-gaming-experience-that-challenges-you-on-the-world-you-know/
After almost two years in early access, Void Interactive's tactical FPS Ready or Not will be hitting 1.0 in an update scheduled for December 13, as the studio revealed with a trailer at The Game Awards. The full version promises to have the complete "Commander Mode" singleplayer campaign, with new missions and overhauled versions of the currently available ones—18 in total, which can be played alone or in co-op with up to five players—as well as a suite of extra customizations and quality-of-life improvements.

I know you were expecting a third part of the news, and here it is:

Life is Strange team announces Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a '90s teen drama with 27 years of trauma baked in
https://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-strange-team-announces-lost-records-bloom-and-rage-a-90s-teen-drama-with-27-years-of-trauma-baked-in/
Don't Nod announced its next adventure game at The Game Awards tonight, which is called Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. The debut trailer teased a story of four '90s teens who discover some weird alien (magical?) stuff in the woods, and a meeting they have 27 years in the future.

Den of Wolves is a 'mind-f***' heist game from the Payday designer set in a sci-fi city 'where late-stage capitalism has gone rampant'
https://www.pcgamer.com/den-of-wolves-preview-game-awards/
The Den of Wolves trailer at The Game Awards first announces that we're looking at a new game from from the creator of Payday: The Heist and Payday 2, but then goes on to show something that has very little resemblance to a bank robbery: a pair of men growling at each other in a sci-fi dungeon that could've appeared in Cyberpunk 2077. So, what the heck is this game?

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt studio Sharkmob reveals a new 'tactical open world extraction shooter' at The Game Awards
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodhunt-studio-sharkmob-reveals-a-new-tactical-open-world-extraction-shooter-at-the-game-awards/
Sharkmob, the developer of the World of Darkness battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, unveiled its new game tonight at The Game Awards: Exoborne, a "tactical open-world extraction shooter" set in a devastated near-future world where the remnants of humanity use powerful "Exo-rigs" to survive, scavenge, and—of course—shoot at each other.

'We didn't set out to recruit a Hollywood cast': Marvel star Simu Liu's love of StarCraft led to a big role in upcoming RTS Stormgate
https://www.pcgamer.com/we-didnt-set-out-to-recruit-a-hollywood-cast-marvel-star-simu-lius-love-of-starcraft-led-to-a-big-role-in-upcoming-rts-stormgate/
Stormgate is an upcoming real-time strategy game from a company with a great RTS development pedigree going back to StarCraft, but not one you'd necessarily expect to attract big Hollywood actors. Sometimes, though, big Hollywood actors happen to be huge StarCraft fans.
At The Game Awards tonight, Marvel star Simu Liu added a Hollywood twist to Stormgate when he appeared on stage to introduce a new trailer; Liu is voicing a major character in the RTS. The trailer also revealed that Stormgate, which went into closed beta this week, will hit early access this summer.

The Finals just surprised launched at The Game Awards with a new map and battle pass
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-finals-just-surprised-launched-at-the-game-awards-with-a-new-map-and-battle-pass/
When Geoff Keighley takes the stage for The Game Awards, it's expected that there might be a new game releasing before the end of the night. This year, that game is The Finals, the highly-destructible FPS from ex-DICE folk that attracted hundreds of thousands of players to its open beta last month.
Season 1 of The Finals begins now. On top of the maps and modes that were in the open beta, launch day adds a new map set in Las Vegas, a few new tools, and a full Season 1 battle pass. The light class has two new loadout options: throwing knives that serve as your primary weapon and a "vanishing bomb" gadget that I envision working like a ninja smoke bomb that grants temporary invisibility.

The Game Awards 2023 results: All the winners
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2023-results-all-the-winners/
Every winner for The Game Awards 2023 has been announced. This year, over 100 "global media and influencer outlets" (including PC Gamer) cast their votes for 31 award categories. And the winners were announced live on The Game Awards stream in between an avalanche of new game trailers and reveals.

'I didn't think we were gonna get it': Baldur's Gate 3 dominates The Game Awards with 6 wins, including GOTY
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-game-awards-goty/
Baldur's Gate 3 racked up six awards at The Game Awards today, including Game of the Year, a win Larian founder Swen Vincke tells PC Gamer he didn't expect, even after leaving the recent Golden Joystick Awards with too many awards to carry.

Cyberpunk 2077 completes its redemption arc by nabbing its first Game Award three whole years after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-completes-its-redemption-arc-by-nabbing-its-first-game-award-three-whole-years-after-launch/
Three years on from a legendarily catastrophic launch that jeopardized CD Projekt Red's once-sterling reputation, Cyberpunk 2077 has completely turned it around. After failing to nab a Game Award for its initial launch (eligible at the 2021 TGA), Cyberpunk took home an award for Best Ongoing Game at this year's show.

Developers blast the celeb-laden Game Awards as 'an embarrassing indictment of a segment of the industry desperate for validation… with little respect for the devs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/developers-blast-the-celeb-laden-tgas-as-an-embarrassing-indictment-of-a-segment-of-the-industry-desperate-for-validation-with-little-respect-for-the-devs/
The Game Awards have been and gone, turning the PC Gamer homepage into something like the deranged Instagram feed of someone obsessed with Sam Lake and Swen Vincke, but it's left plenty to discuss—and criticise—in its wake.
In particular, the show has come under fire for the short time allotted to acceptance speeches and celebrations of nominated games, with some devs rankling at celebrities getting seemingly limitless time to ramble while game makers were told to "Please wrap it up" after barely half a minute.

And these are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The first of the two Deals of the Day is The Whispering Valley, 50% off during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_whispering_valley
• The other DotD is 7Days Origins, with a 65% discount until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/7days_origins

+Steam

• The Dragon Ball franchise is on sale, up to 90% off until Monday, the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dragonballfranchise
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, that has a demo, will be 20% off until the 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545560/Shadow_Gambit_The_Cursed_Crew/
• Chivalry 2 is going to be free to try during the weekend and 60% off until the 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824220/Chivalry_2/
• The Assassin's Creed franchise is also on sale, with up to 85% discounts until the 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/AssassinsCreedFranchise
• Metal: Hellsinger, that features a demo, is going to be 67% off until December, the 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910/Metal_Hellsinger/
• GTFO is going to be free to try during 3 days and 40% off until the 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/493520/GTFO/
• Sands of Salzaar gets a 60% discount until the 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094520/_Sands_of_Salzaar/
• And Capcom has its own TGA Sale featuring un to 87% discounts until the 21st of December: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/capcom/sale/tga

And that's it. I hope I didn't forget anything. If that's the case, I'll add it Monday. Until then, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

AMD Moves One Step Ahead With RDNA 4 “GFX12” GPU Enablement, Adds New Patches In Linux

https://wccftech.com/amd-moves-one-step-ahead-rdna-4-gfx12-gpu-enablement-new-patches-linux/

400,000 for the entire year isn't a lot but considering they are going up against Nvidia/Apple, it's not like they have much of a choice

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H & Core Ultra 5 125H “Meteor Lake” CPU Benchmarks Leak: Poor Battery Times Versus AMD Ryzen 7040 APUs

https://wccftech.com/intel-core-ultra-7-155h-core-ultra-5-125h-meteor-lake-cpu-benchmarks-leak-poor-battery-times-vs-amd-ryzen/

AMD Fluid Motion Frames Technology Now Offers Improvements To Stuttering & Frame Pacing In Latest Drivers

https://wccftech.com/amd-fluid-motion-frames-technology-improved-stuttering-frame-pacing-latest-drivers/

Well, I don't know if 400k is a lot or not, but I'm sure those beasts aren't cheap. If AMD manages to sell all of them then they'll make a ton of money.

Well for reference, Nvidia sells around 500,000 H100s in a single quarter. But yea, AMD will still make money regardless

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/nvidia-reportedly-sold-500000-h100-ai-gpus-in-q3-alone

I read that the MI300 is better than the H100.

MI300X is faster but only by around 20% during non vram limited scenarios according to AMDs own numbers and they also didn't use TensorRT with H100s when they did their benchmark runs. Of course Nvidia has H200s coming out Q2 of next year and B100s eventually.