First Tomb Raider RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/first-tomb-raider-rtx-remix-path-tracing-mod/
Tomb Raider fans, here is something for you today. Modder ‘Dominus Aureate’ has just released a vertical slice demo of his RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for the first Tomb Raider game.
Open Lara: Reimagined Realms aims to bring you back to the classic world of the original Tomb Raider. This mod takes full advantage of Nvidia’s advanced RTX Remix tech. As such, it promises to overhaul the game’s graphics with full Ray Tracing/Path Tracing effects.
For those wondering, this is a completely different project from the one we shared earlier this month. In other words, there are two RTX Remix Mods in the works for Tomb Raider.
The Vertical Slice Demo of Open Lara: Reimagined Realms will give you a glimpse at what the modder aims to achieve. Dominus Aureate has been working on this for over 6 months. So no, this mod is not based on the Open Beta build of NVIDIA’s RTX Remix. Also, since this is a demo, it may have various bugs and glitches. From what I’ve seen, the first two levels appear to be fine. Or at least that’s the levels that the modder has showcased.
Anyway, you can go ahead and download this RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod from this link. To run it, you’ll need a copy of the original game. Both the Steam and GOG versions are compatible with it.
>> The article has two videos.

Palworld has a Pokémon mod that lets you send beloved mascot Pikachu to the mines, and it's already in trouble
https://www.pcgamer.com/palworld-already-has-a-pokemon-mod-that-lets-you-send-beloved-mascot-pikachu-to-the-mines/
Update, January 23: This story was posted January 22. In it, I theorise about whether Nintendo will take legal action against this Palworld mod—as it has with similar projects in the past. It's been less than 24 hours, and surely enough there's been a copyright claim, according to Toasted Shoes' Twitter:
The extent of the legal action involved is unclear—but at the time of writing, the promised video has not yet been uploaded to YouTube. Original story follows.
>> Nintendo has been faster than I thought it would be but, given the success of the game, it shouldn't be a surprise.

Avowed going after Skyrim success I see. Really is just a console game like Skyrim, oh well. I will probably just skip it, Skyrim was a stripped back console game and it sucked.

After the first trailer, 3 years ago, I was fairly excited about Avowed - it reminded me somewhat of A/AA RPGs from the past, made for RPG fans of that particular subgenre (open world/solo character/action combat).

Recent videos I've seen point to a more mass market direction of the game. But that just might be the way they're marketing it. At least, I really hope it is.

Honestly, I'm just waiting to see what will come out of The Wayward Realms (and hoping for the best, given the ambitious nature of it), since that should be "proper" RPG from that subgenre, made by the folks who created TES:Daggerfall, and in the meantime hoping that there will be some other titles worth playing (Avowed potentially being one of them).