And the third part of the Monday news:

There are supposedly three Total War games in development, one of them Total War: Star Wars
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/there-are-supposedly-three-total-war-games-in-development-one-of-them-total-war-star-wars/
According to a "reliable source" cited by Dualshockers, Creative Assembly is currently working on three new Total War games, with a licensed Star Wars game being one of them.

Build a fairytale kingdom in this laid-back, wholesome city builder
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/build-a-fairytale-kingdom-in-this-laid-back-wholesome-city-builder/
Fairytale fantasy city-builder Fabledom launched this week, picking up pretty positive responses from early players. In Fabledom, from developer Grenaa games, you build up a little city-state in a fantasy world and expand it to meet your neighbors and the general challenges of a world where bridges naturally attract trolls and castles naturally attract dragons.

Lootun is an auto-battling RPG for people who just really love managing their party's gear
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/lootun-is-an-auto-battling-rpg-for-people-who-just-really-love-managing-their-partys-gear/
A new auto-battler RPG in the idle or incremental vein has released to pretty positive reception: Lootun, which describes itself as a game focused on "Character/Skill Progression, Item Hunting, and Inventory Management." With a slightly more focused loop of gathering gear and picking through it as your characters auto-battle enemies, Lootun is pretty focused and active compared to very idle-focused games and doesn't require long periods of inactivity to progress.

Here's the dystopian cooking simulator about frying up illegal eggs in Antarctica that you've always wanted
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/heres-the-dystopian-cooking-simulator-about-frying-up-illegal-eggs-in-antarctica-that-youve-always-wanted/
Here's a weird new indie that has my undivided attention: Arctic Eggs, a game where you're in a miserable future seeking to escape a dystopian prison with nothing but your wits, strong wrists, and a frying pan. You cook for others, you cook to survive, and you cook to explore the low-poly, lo-res, scanlined brutalist heckscape that is this weird frozen penal colony.

See some lost alpha footage of the original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/see-some-lost-alpha-footage-of-the-original-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/
Wesp, who you may know as the heroic modder behind the unofficial patch for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, has been on an uploading spree, providing us with a bunch of lost Bloodlines footage via his YouTube channel.
  The most interesting of the bunch is a low-quality recording of a live playthrough with one of the developers, presumably from a convention. Familiar scenes play out differently, with Cal the bartender and Jeanette Voerman being met at the strip club Vesuvius rather than at The Asylum. A later scene shows the arrival of the fleshcrafted sewer monster, only she has actual facial animation missing from the released game. It's a slightly less impactful scene when she screams at you without even opening her mouth.

Ubisoft's XDefiant system requirements are so low that even a manky old potato will run the game
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ubisofts-xdefiant-system-requirements-are-so-low-that-even-a-manky-old-potato-will-run-the-game/
Ubisoft might be acting all fashionably late to the multiplayer shooter party, but its forthcoming XDefiant looks like it will be accessible to just about every gamer out there, thanks to having some of the lowest PC system requirements I've seen in years.

Undertale developer Toby Fox assures fans that Deltarune chapter 4 is underway, 'I don't want anyone to burn out waiting for this'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/undertale-developer-toby-fox-assures-fans-that-deltarune-chapter-4-is-underway-i-dont-want-anyone-to-burn-out-waiting-for-this/
Undertale developer Toby Fox has confirmed that work on the next chapter of his new game, Deltarune, is going smoothly. While there's no confirmed release date yet for chapters 3 and 4, he does confirm that the dev team is making great progress.

The Taskmaster VR game is out in a few weeks, and Little Alex Horne is resigned to what his avatar can expect from you sickos: 'They will definitely do things to me'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/the-taskmaster-vr-game-is-out-in-a-few-weeks-and-little-alex-horne-is-resigned-to-what-his-avatar-can-expect-from-you-sickos-they-will-definitely-do-things-to-me/
Taskmaster VR, the official virtual reality-ification of the phenomenally popular comedy TV show, has finally gotten its release date. It'll hit on June 13 this year and, more than anything, show host and creator (Little) Alex Horne is just worried about what players are going to do to him.

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios opens new doors in Warsaw to help share the load of not 1, but 2 'very ambitious RPGs' in development
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-3-developer-larian-studios-opens-new-doors-in-warsaw-to-help-share-the-load-of-not-1-but-2-very-ambitious-rpgs-in-development/
Larian Studios kinda knocked it out of the park with Baldur's Gate 3—and while it'll be leaving Dungeons & Dragons for some time, I'm nonetheless hyped beyond belief to see what Swen Vincke & Co. are cooking. 
It's been known that Larian's tackling two projects since April, as per a Steam community update shared by founder Swen Vincke, but he noted that it was "still early days". While I wouldn't think Larian'd tease and then ding-dong ditch in such a fashion, it wouldn't be the first time an early promise turned out to not be feasible.
But it really looks like it's full steam ahead for Larian—as per a recent tweet made by the developer announcing the opening of a studio in Warsaw, Poland: "With two very ambitious RPGs now starting development, what better way to see our visions realised than by growing the team and opening a 7th studio in the heart of Poland’s lively gaming scene!"

Looks like we'll have to pay attention to Hot Chips this year:

AMD To Detail Next-Gen “Zen 5” Core Architecture At Hot Chips 2024, Intel To Talk “16th Gen” Lunar Lake CPUs
https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-zen-5-core-architecture-hot-chips-2024-intel-16th-gen-lunar-lake-cpus/
AMD, NVIDIA & Intel are going to detail their next-gen products such as Zen 5, Lunar Lake & Blackwell at Hot Chips 2024.
Hot Chips 2024 starts on 25th August and several companies will be presenting talks on their existing and upcoming chips. The main conference which commences on 26th August includes talks from Intel and NVIDIA while AMD will be presenting on both days with the most interesting presentation taking place on the 27th August.

Meanwhile, we're already getting rumors from Zen6, courtesy of Kepler_L2

AMD Zen 6 To Feature Three CCD Configurations: 8, 16, & Up To 32 Cores, Zen 5C Packs 16 Cores In Single CCX
https://wccftech.com/amd-zen-6-three-ccd-configurations-8-16-32-cores-zen-5c-16-cores-single-ccx/

I don't think we'll get a 32 core R9 desktop part, tho, those make more sense for their business parts. But if Intel keeps adding E-cores to its parts, maybe AMD will be forced to increase the core count.

Finally!

Kingdom Hearts is coming to Steam!#KingdomHearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) launch on June 13th 👑 pic.twitter.com/vueQXoE3Nx

— KINGDOM HEARTS (@KINGDOMHEARTS) May 21, 2024

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

The PC games market grew a lot more than the console games market last year, says research firm
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/2023-pc-games-revenue-increase-newzoo/
2023 was a "recovery year" for games, according to the market researchers at Newzoo, and the platform that saw the greatest recovery was the PC. Revenue from PC game sales, microtransactions, and subscriptions grew 8.4% over 2022 revenues, says the firm, whereas console game revenues only saw a 0.3% increase, and mobile game revenues shrunk 2.1%.
The console and mobile game markets are still quite a bit bigger than the PC market: Newzoo puts 2023's total mobile gaming revenue at $89.9 billion, console at $52.4 billion, and PC at $39.6 billion.

GOG has two new sales:

• The new Weekly Sale has up to 91% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240421_weekly_deals_4_may
• And the Atmospheruc Games Sale has more than 300 games up to 95% off duirng 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240521_feel_atmosphere_sale

Steam has new sales and new weeklong deals:

• Publisher QubicGames celebrates its 20th anniversary putting its games up to 80% off (tho most are 40% off) until the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Qubic/sale/20-anniversary-sale
• Publisher tinyBuild also puts its games on sale with up to 80% discounts until the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tinybuild
• Spellcaster University will be 60% off until the 30th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/895620/Spellcaster_University/
• Evil West is going to have a 65% discount until the 2nd of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1065310/Evil_West/
• There’s another publisher sale, featuring Raw Fury, that puts its games up to 90% off until June 3: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/rawfurypublishersale2024
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, has a demo, is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942010/Vengeful_Guardian_Moonrider/
  • The Lab - Escape Room gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960930/The_Lab__Escape_Room/
  • Blazing Chrome has a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/609110/Blazing_Chrome/
  • The classic Pang Adventures is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/415150/Pang_Adventures/
  • And Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments gets a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/241260/Sherlock_Holmes_Crimes_and_Punishments/

Fanatical has a new bundle and a contest:

• The BYO Bento Deluxe Bundle has 19 titles to choose from for your 2, 3 or 5 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-bento-bundle
• And there’s a contest to win one of three possible bundles. There’ll be 5 winners nad 10 other will recieve a $5 coupon. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-an-exclusive-bundlefest-bundle-with-new-releases

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 555.85 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-555-85
Highlights
Game Ready for F1 24 & Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including F1 24, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and Serum. Further support for new titles includes the launch of XDefiant which supports NVIDIA Reflex.

Fixed Issues
Fixed Gaming Bugs

• Tekken 8 may randomly crash during gameplay on GeForce GTX 10-series graphics cards. [4503216]
• Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition: Lower GPU utilization when Reflex is set to “On + Boost” [4412035]

Fixed General Bugs

• Blender Cycles: Motion blur renders incorrectly with some GPU architectures [4607411]

>> You’ll also find a list of newly added G-Sync compatible monitors.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Super Mario 64 gets a Mario Maker-like romhack that runs on original hardware
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/super-mario-64-gets-a-mario-maker-like-romhack-that-runs-on-original-hardware/
In terms of longevity, influence, and jaw-dropping community projects, if there's a console counterpart to Doom, it's Super Mario 64. Nintendo's generation-defining platformer and its  timeless movement mechanics, adorable aesthetic, and a speedrunning community that occasionally leverages quantum mechanics to get faster clear times have ensured that Mario 64 has always remained relevant. 
But where Doom's community has long had tools to go beyond the hardware and software limitations enforced by its 1993 release, Mario 64 diehards have had only a few janky editing tools to work with. Even with such limitations, there's been no shortage of incredible romhacks for Mario 64 over the years, but there's always been a high technical bar to triple jump over when it comes to making custom stages. 
That bar can now be cleared with a well timed long jump, thanks to Rovertronic and Arthurtilly's Mario Builder 64, an in-depth, intuitive, thematically appropriate level editor that runs as a romhack. The trailer they dropped shows off a ton of variety in the levels that can be made with the editor, offering a huge variety of objects and interactables to arrange in a cuboid fashion, providing a quick and simple way to bang out some custom Mario 64 stages. 
You won't be putting together levels at the scale or visual intricacy of the ones that shipped in the base game, as you're limited to only placing down perfectly cubed blocks, but that's still a ton of flexibility. There's even potential for some light Minecraft-esque engineering that Rovertronic has managed to hack in, ranging from changing water levels, opening and closing doors, destructible walls, and tracks on rails. 
What I find most impressive about Mario Builder 64 that it's a romhack, meaning it can be run on both emulators and original hardware should you have an EverDrive64 lying around. 
>> The article has the 2 minutes trailer.

Starfield player jury-rigs 100+ Star Wars mods together to make a convincing Boba Fett simulator: 'I basically added every single Star Wars mod out there on Nexus'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/starfield-player-jury-rigs-100-star-wars-mods-together-to-make-a-convincing-boba-fett-simulator-i-basically-added-every-single-star-wars-mod-out-there-on-nexus/
Starfield's modding community is straight-up cooking, now. While we're still a little ways out from Star Wars: Outlaws (and those overpriced editions have me a smidge nervous), don't worry—we've got space gunslinging at home.
Created by modder and YouTuber DeityVengy earlier this month (thanks, Kotaku), the compilation features over 100 Star Wars mods from the Nexus community, smushed together into a functioning whole—using Bethesda's less-than-interstellar RPG as a convincing backdrop for shooting blasters and gunning down AT-STs.
>> The article has an over 11 minutes video of this compilation.

Bethesda won't make a game as cool as Morrowind ever again, so thank god an original dev has come back 20 years on to make quest mods for it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/bethesda-wont-make-a-game-as-cool-as-morrowind-ever-again-so-thank-god-an-original-dev-has-come-back-20-years-on-to-make-quest-mods-for-it/
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is my favourite game of all time. It's also ugly, unintuitive, and has a combat system assembled by someone who wanted to combine all the worst parts of tabletop RPGs and videogames just to see what would happen. Now, to right-thinking people like you and me, that just adds to its charm, but it probably also goes some way to explaining why Bethesda moved on to develop much more digestible fare and why there are so few Morrowind-likes that aren't made by mad, wonderful indie devs.
But wait, there's more Morrowind! And it's even kind of official, or at least as official as we're gonna get without Todd Howard having a radical change of heart. It's called Red Wisdom – An Ashlander Prophecy (via GamesRadar), and it's a mod for Morrowind that adds a chunky new questline to the game written by Douglas Goodall, who worked as a writer and designer on Morrowind in the way-back-when of the early 2000s, before leaving the studio in 2002 after creative disagreements.
But now he's back with a mod that sees you "unravel the ancient prophecy of Red Wisdom" in a plot that promises to add new dimensions to the game's Ashlander tribes, the ornery Dunmer who retreated to Vvardenfell's harsh wastes after a bit of an altercation with the province's theocracy. The mod isn't all Goodall, mind you. It was made in collaboration with modders Melchior Dahrk and Greatness7, both long-time Morrowind tinkerers themselves. Still, the fact that the mod comes in part from one of Morrowind's original makers is doubtless the most head-turning thing about it, and I'll be very curious to try it out the next time I embark on a playthrough of the game (my semi-annual runthrough is just about due, after all).
>> Sadly, there are no screenshots or videos of this mod.

You can now explore the world of the first The Witcher game in The Witcher 3 Next-Gen
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/you-can-now-explore-the-world-of-the-first-the-witcher-game-in-the-witcher-3-next-gen/
CD Projekt RED has just released the REDkit modding tools for The Witcher 3, and its first mod just hit the Internet. This mod brings all the maps from the first The Witcher game to TW3, allowing you to explore its world.
As the modder noted, this is a fairly low-effort attempt at porting The Witcher maps via REDkit. There is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to improving the visuals of these maps. So, let’s hope that either AngryCatster, or some other modder, will continue working on them.
While you can explore the whole world, there are some major issues with this mod. For instance, it is very easy to fall out of bounds as the original game didn’t have much vertical mobility. Some geometry may look funky, and all materials are diffuse-only (meaning there are no normals or other PBR textures). Plus, some terrain textures are wrong.
So, for a “first attempt”, this is a cool mod. It will also allow those who haven’t played the first TW game to explore its world. As said, though, it still needs a lot of work.
>> There’s an almost 3 minutes video that anyone who has played the first game will recognise.

GAMING NEWS

The Precinct gets an official gameplay overview trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-precinct-gets-an-official-gameplay-overview-trailer/
Kwalee has released a gameplay overview trailer for its upcoming cop game that looks like a classic GTA on a modern-day engine, The Precinct.

The Witcher 3 May 21st Update Released, Adding Official Support for REDkit, Steam Workshop and DLC-Sized Mods
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-witcher-3-may-21st-update-released-adding-official-support-for-redkit-steam-workshop-and-dlc-sized-mods/
CD Projekt RED has just released the May 21st Update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Witcher 3 Next-Gen. This update focuses solely on adding official support for the REDkit modding tools that will come out later today. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Tuesday news, the second part:

The PC Gaming Show's 10th anniversary celebration features hosts of old, games brand new, bear exclusives, and Citizen Sleeper 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-pc-gaming-shows-10th-anniversary-celebration-features-hosts-of-old-games-brand-new-bear-exclusives-and-citizen-sleeper-2/
Haven't you heard? The PC Gaming Show is returning on June 9 with over 70 games, promising a mix of world premieres, new content for some of your favourite games, and exclusive looks at some of the most exciting titles coming in the next few years. 
Today, we're excited to lift the lid a little on what we've been cooking up, starting with the hosts: Mica Burton, Sean 'Day9' Plott and Frankie Ward are all returning to host the PC Gaming Show for the 10th anniversary extravaganza, celebrating not just 10 years of the show, but also a golden decade of PC Gaming. 

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Remix players went on a frog-killing rampage, Blizzard put a stop to it, and now nobody is happy
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-remix-players-went-on-a-frog-killing-rampage-blizzard-put-a-stop-to-it-and-now-nobody-is-happy/
Mists of Pandaria Remix launched late last week, kicking World of Warcraft players back in time to hang out with some chill pandas. Unlike Chromie Time, which lets players pick an expansion to level up in, Remix requires you to roll a new timewalking character who won't be able to leave Pandaria until the end of the event in a few months. During this sojourn, you'll find new ways to earn transmogs, toys and mounts, including some rewards that used to be incredibly hard to unlock. 
It's a fun diversion while we wait for The War Within, but it's also generated a fair share of drama and is proving to be just as divisive as the original expansion. At the heart of this is the much-touted accelerated levelling, the expectation that we'd all have god-like power, and lots of frogs.  

Escape from Tarkov dev's latest wheeze is to offer players $50 'compensation' after a price U-turn, but rather than a refund it's a one-time use $50 Tarkov voucher
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/escape-from-tarkov-devs-latest-wheeze-is-to-offer-players-dollar50-compensation-after-a-price-u-turn-but-rather-than-a-refund-its-a-one-time-use-dollar50-tarkov-voucher/
It has been a terrible month for Escape from Tarkov. (...)
Despite the reverse-ferret from BSG, some bad blood yet lingers among the playerbase. One of the things BSG promised was "compensation" of some kind for owners of the Edge of Darkness Edition (the old one that was supposed to include everything). As it was, BSG initially offered these players the chance to upgrade to the Unheard Edition (the villain of the piece) for the low price of $100, and yes I'm being sarcastic. 
This was another thing that got rolled back: BSG lowered the upgrade price to $50 for these players. Unfortunately some had already upgraded at $100. What to do, what to do. Well you could refund those players $50 of course or you could, as BSG has chosen to do, issue them with a onetime voucher "worth" $50 that can only be spent on BSG content. 
"If the cost of all the expansions you have selected is lower than the compensation, the remaining balance cannot be used later," says BSG on X. It did, however, deploy the classic technique known as the shit sandwich by announcing this alongside Escape from Tarkov: Arena (a standalone battle royale mode) becoming available to Unheard Edition owners, alongside a bonus for all players: "in-game stash size has been increased by two lines." Which might sound like nothing to non-players, but it would otherwise cost you around $3, so folk will certainly take it.

Ubisoft wants to be very clear that XDefiant won't have any pay-to-win elements, pinkie promise: 'We know this is an important topic'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ubisoft-wants-to-be-very-clear-that-xdefiant-wont-have-any-pay-to-win-elements-pinkie-promise-we-know-this-is-an-important-topic/
XDefiant had previously announced that it will not be using skill-based matchmaking to group players in casual queues, and  is now out to convince players that it won't allow any pay-to-win features to intrude on the upcoming FPS game. 

Just 2 weeks before its early access release, Life By You is delayed again, this time without a new date
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/2-weeks-before-its-early-access-release-life-by-you-is-delayed-again-this-time-without-a-new-date/
In what feels a bit like a cold shower for life sim players who'd been looking forward to the first major competitor to The Sims launching this summer, Life By You has been delayed again. The life sim led by former Sims studio head Rod Humble will not be launching into early access on June 4 as planned and has not chosen a new release date.

Blizzard addresses Diablo 4's gold problem in a patch, but nobody is quite sure if it's solved yet
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/blizzard-addresses-diablo-4s-gold-problem-in-a-patch-but-nobody-is-quite-sure-if-its-solved-yet/
Before Blizzard rebalanced almost every aspect of Diablo 4 with the launch of season 4, gold wasn't a problem. Now it is and, despite Blizzard already making one change already, players can't agree on what needs to be done next.

The developer of exceptional 2022 sci-fi adventure Norco is following it up with a 'narrative micro-adventure' about an android exploring an AI-haunted oil refinery
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/the-developer-of-exceptional-2022-sci-fi-adventure-norco-is-following-it-up-with-a-narrative-micro-adventure-about-an-android-exploring-an-ai-haunted-oil-refinery/
We absolutely loved Norco, the haunting 2022 southern gothic cyberpunk point and click adventure, so we've been eager to see what would come next from developer Geography of Robots. Now we know: Silenus looks to be a smaller-scale, but no less striking adventure, and its free demo comes with a funky tie-in to a Louisanna metal band that supplied some of Norco's music.

Hand-drawn adventure game comes to Steam after being dropped from Apple Arcade, creator laments the way games 'can just vanish' today
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/hand-drawn-adventure-game-comes-to-steam-after-being-dropped-from-apple-arcade-creator-laments-the-way-games-can-just-vanish-today/
Inkblot Obra-Dinn-like adventure game The Collage Atlas originally released as an iOS exclusive in 2020, but when its Apple Arcade contract expired last year, the striking pen and ink game became unplayable. To keep it alive, its creator released a Steam version last month.

Starving Heroes of Might & Magic fans finally eat as spiritual successor Songs of Conquest leaves its 2-year early access behind
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/starving-heroes-of-might-and-magic-fans-finally-eat-as-spiritual-successor-songs-of-conquest-leaves-its-2-year-early-access-behind/
Songs of Conquest, the really quite good and really quite pretty Heroes of Might & Magic-like that first hit early access in 2022, has reached its final form. Well, kind of. The game has finally left early access for the sunlit uplands of a 1.0 release, but the devs promise more development to come: "This is merely the beginning of a new chapter in our epic saga," they say.

Noctua Unveils HOME Series: Include Multi-Purpose Fan Solutions For PC Desks & Ventilation, NV-FS1 Pricey At $99

https://wccftech.com/noctua-unveils-home-series-multi-purpose-fan-solutions-pc-desks-ventilation-nv-fs1-pricey-99-usd/

Windows’ Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) to be initially limited to Copilot+ PCs with Qualcomm X Elite processors

https://videocardz.com/newz/windows-automatic-super-resolution-auto-sr-to-be-initially-limited-to-copilot-pcs-with-qualcomm-x-elite-processors

Next-Gen LPDDR6 memory to hit up to 14.4 Gbps data rate, DDR6 up to 17.6 Gbps

https://videocardz.com/newz/next-gen-lpddr6-memory-to-hit-up-to-14-4-gbps-data-rate-ddr6-up-to-17-6-gbps

HP kills Spectre, Envy and Pavilion brands, introduces new OmniBook and EliteBooks laptops instead

https://videocardz.com/newz/hp-kills-spectre-envy-and-pavilion-brands-introduces-new-omnibook-and-elitebooks-laptops-instead

AMD Computex 2024 keynote to include “next-generation of high-performance PCs”

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-computex-2024-keynote-to-include-next-generation-of-high-performance-pcs

I was going to say that Noctua has lost its mind for pricing that much for a desktop fan, but then I saw this:

https://www.techpowerup.com/322649/microsoft-has-lost-its-mind-usd-450-for-a-keyboard-ai-button-included

WTF?

It's been 3 and a half years since it's og release on PC, which makes me wonder just how much SE is going to charge for the old collection on Steam.

Not that I'd buy it, since I've stopped buying from SE for some time now, but I'd hate to see them finally bringing the collection to PC proper and charging £50 for it (like they are still to this day on EGS). 

Tbf, Apple has gotten away with this sort of gig for years now, so I guess MS is just taking off the gloves and going "fuck it" and doing what Apple do. Ubisoft is hated for their "you'll own nothing and like it", while clinging to their stupid "AAAA" mantra, and they don't seem to be backing down from their double take on insanity.

Honestly, I think this is now the new norm for companies to just stop acting like they care and now just charge out the arse and take you for granted fully, because to be real, ppl are still going to buy this stuff, still get suckered into it (we're already seeing it on a daily basis in regards to multiple account signs up and the ppl defending that bullshit without second guessing themselves). 

uh-huh, totally MS, we totally need co-pilot AI to even use an upscaler, but in a totally invasive way to make any sort of sense...

They're really bad at hiding how badly they want ppl to use this Ai and to break down the final pillars of privacy left on their modern OS.