Here come the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Hunt: Showdown enjoys highest-ever player count after 1896 update, but player complaints about UI are pushing down its Steam review score: 'I've never seen such a bizarre reaction to so much amazing content'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/hunt-showdown-enjoys-highest-ever-player-count-after-1896-update-but-player-complaints-about-ui-are-pushing-down-its-steam-review-score-ive-never-seen-such-a-bizarre-reaction-to-so-much-amazing-content/
Grungy horror extraction shooter Hunt: Showdown just received its biggest update in years, with developer Crytek upgrading its engine, overhauling its UI, adding a fourth map called Mammon's Gulch, and introducing other meaningful tweaks. It's such an extensive rework that the game has even been given a new name—Hunt: Showdown 1896.
The first day of availability saw Hunt reach a new high for concurrent players: 59,968, which is 18,000 more than its previous high in October 2023. Likewise, at the time we're publishing this, more than 51,000 are in-game, chasing and/or being immolated by the new Hellborn boss.
By that metric, the shooter is more popular than it's ever been. But simultaneously, the update has drawn aggravated complaints from a number of negative reviews on Steam, 3,730 of them so far, which have pushed Hunt's short-term label to Mostly Negative, while its longer-term state remains Mostly Positive.
How can Hunt both be more popular than ever and be condemned by a higher-than-ever number of players on Steam? The primary bone of contention is its new pre-match UI, shown in the video embedded lower on the page, with many reviewers complaining that Crytek's changes have made it worse rather than better.
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Update 5 PM EST, August 16th: In a two-minute video posted to Hunt: Showdown 1896's channels, Crytek design director Dennis Schwarz acknowledged the complaints made by players about the game's UI and announced forthcoming changes.

GOG starts the week with 7 LTOs and 3 sales:

• These are the Limited Time Offers, that will end Wednesday:
  • Masterplan Tycoon is 50% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/masterplan_tycoon
  • Personal Nightmare gets a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/personal_nightmare" target="_blank"> https://www.gog.com/en/game/personal_nightmare
  • Song of Farca has a nother 75% deal: https://www.gog.com/en/game/song_of_farca
  • Sea Dogs is 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sea_dogs
  • Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 features another 80% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sniper_elite_berlin_1945
  • The Walking Dead: Season Two gets yet another 80% deal: https://www.gog.com/en/game/walking_dead_season_2_the
  • The last one is Lords of the Realm 3, 90% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/lords_of_the_realm_3
• Publisher Fulqrum Publishing puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/202408_fulqrum_publisher_sale
• The new Weekly Sale starts a day earlier and has games up to 91% off for the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240819_weekly_deals_4_august
• And the Ukraine Days Promo/Sale features up to 95% discounts until August 27th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_ukraine_days

Steam “only” has three new deals:

• Styx: Shards of Darkness will be 85% off until August 25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/355790/Styx_Shards_of_Darkness/
• Prison Simulator, that has a demo, gets a 45% discount until the 1st of September: https://store.steampowered.com/app/842180/Prison_Simulator/
• And Cursed to Golf also gets a 70% deal until September 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/

Humble Bundle presents the Tower Defense Bundle, with up to 8 games to get during 18 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/tower-defense.

Fanatical has three new Flash Deals and a bundle:

• These are the 24h Flash Deals:
  • The Thaumaturge, 53% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-thaumaturge
  • Ghostrunner 2, with a 69% deal: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/ghostrunner-2
  • DOOM Eternal Deluxe Edition features a 79% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/doom-eternal-deluxe-edition
• And the new BYO Monster Hunter Bundle has 8 items to build your 2+, 4+ or 8+ bundle during the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-monster-hunter-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.5971 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-32-0-101-5971
Highlights
Gaming Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for:

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Hunt: Showdown 1896
• World of Warcraft: The War Within

Fixed Issues
Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics Products:

• Delta Force: Hawk Ops Alpha Playtest (DX12) may experience application instability during gameplay.
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (DX11) may exhibit corruption on foliage during gameplay.

Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs:

• Force of Warships (DX11) may experience texture corruption during gameplay

Intel® Arc™ Control Fixed Issues:

• Arc Control Studio capture recording file may become corrupted when the mouse cursor is enabled during HDR capture.
• Arc Control may experience corruption in studio camera preview while changing settings from style transfer effects

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Red Dead Redemption Remastered runs with 60fps on PC via shadPS4 but there is a catch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/red-dead-redemption-remastered-runs-with-60fps-on-pc-via-shadps4-but-there-is-a-catch/
Yesterday, we informed you about the release of shadPS4 V0.2.0. And, from the looks of it, this PlayStation 4 emulator can run Red Dead Redemption Remastered with 60fps on a high-end PC. However, there is a catch.
You see, at 60fps, the game is running at double the original speed. I don’t know why it’s happening, but that’s not the way it was meant to be played. Moreover, there are a lot of visual bugs and glitches.
Still, this is incredible news. The fact that the game can run with 60fps is mind-blowing. Not only that but an Intel i7-10700 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is more than enough for 60fps. This is shockingly impressive.
>> There’s a short video In the article.

Here’s your first look at Bloodborne running on PC via shadPS4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/heres-your-first-look-of-bloodborne-running-on-pc-via-shadps4/
And the time has finally come. Yep, this isn’t an out-of-date April’s Fools joke. This is the first gameplay footage of Bloodborne, running on PC via the PlayStation 4 emulator, shadPS4. So, waste no time and take a look at it.
This gameplay footage was shared on the Discord server of shadPS4. In other words, this is from an unreleased version of the PS4 emulator. So no, you won’t be able to run and play Bloodborne via shadPS4 V0.2.0 which came out recently.
What’s impressive here is the framerate. When shadPS4 was struggling to run the game, we all believed that it would take months until we’d see a somewhat acceptable performance. To my surprise, though, this gameplay video runs at… almost 30fps? I can’t tell since the team has not included a Performance Overlay. However, it does feel smooth (and over 20fps).
As you’ll see, there are numerous visual glitches and graphical issues. Even so, it’s amazing how smoothly the game already runs. I didn’t expect to see Bloodborne running this well on shadPS4 so soon. The shadPS4 team has really gone above and beyond what I thought they could do.
>> The video is over 2 minutes long.

Doom 2 Ray-Traced looks even better with RTX Remix Renderer
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/doom-2-ray-traced-looks-even-better-with-rtx-remix-renderer/
Earlier this week, we shared an amazing Path Tracing Mod for Doom 2. But, what if I told you that you can make Doom 2 Ray-Traced look even better? Well you see, its modder has also released an experimental RTX Remix Renderer. And as you will see, it looks incredible.
As shirokii said, RTX Remix creates a fully path-traced image with more complex light interactions. It also makes the picture much sharper and clearer on powerful PCs. Plus, it supports NVIDIA’s Ray Reconstruction.
So, below you can find some comparison screenshots. The default renderer of Doom 2 Ray-Traced is on the left, whereas the RTX Remix Renderer is on the right.
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The only drawback of the RTX Remix Renderer is that the “jelly” blood effects don’t work. Instead, you’ll see the original blood effects and particles. But for those who didn’t like the “jelly” effects, this could actually be a good thing. After all, a lot have complained about them. So, that’s another plus if you did not like them.

According to a creator of the ambitious H2M Modern Warfare 2 mod shuttered by Activision, the multi-billion dollar corporation was worried the free project would disrupt Black Ops 6's sales
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/according-to-a-creator-of-the-ambitious-h2m-modern-warfare-2-mod-shuttered-by-activision-the-multi-billion-dollar-corporation-was-worried-the-free-project-would-disrupt-black-ops-6-s-sales/
First spotted by Insider Gaming, Watchful Wolf, a member of the hotly anticipated H2M mod project to remaster the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer by way of the Modern Warfare 1 remaster, has released a video elaborating on Activision's cease and desist order. According to Watchful Wolf, the mega publisher didn't want the potential competition with Black Ops 6 on the way.
>> I can believe that.

GAMING NEWS

Elements Destiny is a new SNES-inspired 2D retro JRPG
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/elements-destiny-is-a-new-snes-inspired-2d-retro-jrpg/
Deck13 Spotlight and ShrooMoon UG have announced a new game called Elements Destiny. Elements Destiny is a retro JRPG, inspired by those that came out for the SNES. And, to celebrate the announcement, the publisher released the game’s first gameplay trailer. So, let’s dive in and see what’s in store for us.
>> Have I said how glad I am that we’ve moved on from those blocky “8-bit era” inspired games to the 16-bit ones that are much, much more beautiful? Because I really am.

Mouse: P.I. For Hire just got a short but sweet gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/mouse-p-i-for-hire-just-got-a-short-but-sweet-gameplay-trailer/
Remember Fumi Games’ Mouse? You know. The black-n-white first-person shooter that has Disney-like cartoon-ish graphics? Well, the game has been renamed to Mouse: P.I. For Hire. Moreover, you can find below a new gameplay trailer for it.

New Star Wars: Outlaws trailer shows off some of its planets & moons
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-star-wars-outlaws-trailer-shows-off-some-of-its-planets-moons/
Ubisoft has just released a new in-engine trailer for Star Wars: Outlaws that shows off some of its planets and moons. To be more precise, in this video, we get to see the frozen air of Kijimi, the dense jungle of Akiva, the windswept plains of Toshara, and the arid desert of Tatooine.
>> And here are the full req. specs and PC specific features.

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged is coming to the PC on September 19th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/broken-sword-shadow-of-the-templars-reforged-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-september-19th/
Revolution Software has announced that Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged will come to the PC on September 19th. To celebrate this announcement, the team shared a new trailer that you can find below.

Crimson Desert just got an amazing 7-minute gameplay video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/crimson-desert-just-got-an-amazing-7-minute-gameplay-video/
Pearl Abyss has finally released a new video for Crimson Desert, featuring 7 minutes of brand new gameplay from it. In this video, we get to see the boss battle with White Horn, the mountain spirit born from the blizzards of the White Mountains.

Here are 27 minutes of gameplay from Silent Hill 2 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-27-minutes-of-gameplay-from-silent-hill-2-remake/
VGC has shared a video, showcasing 27 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay footage from Silent Hill 2 Remake. These are the first 27 minutes of the game, so avoid them if you don’t want to experience the game for yourselves. Additionally, Konami shared the official story trailer for Silent Hill 2 Remake, which you can also find below.

Official Gamescom 2024 Gameplay Trailer for Commandos: Origins
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-gamescom-2024-gameplay-trailer-for-commandos-origins/
Kalypso Media has just released the official Gamescom 2024 gameplay trailer for Commandos: Origins. This trailer features gameplay footage from the game’s latest alpha build. As such, it may not reflect the quality of the final product. Still, it will give you a glimpse at what the devs are working on.

Monday news, part two:

The VR version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is 'on hold indefinitely' as Meta and Rockstar shift their focus to other things
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/the-vr-version-of-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-is-on-hold-indefinitely-as-meta-and-rockstar-shift-their-focus-to-other-things/
Back in 2021, Meta announced that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was coming to its Quest 2 VR platform. "Get a new perspective on Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas as you experience (again or for the first time) one of gaming’s most iconic open worlds," Meta said at the time. "This is a project many years in the making, and we can’t wait to show you more of it."
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"GTA: San Andreas is on hold indefinitely while we both focus on other projects," the official MetaQuestVR account said in response to an inquiry posted on YouTube. "We look forward to working with our friends at Rockstar in the future." Meta later confirmed that statement with IGN.

Swen Vincke was worried that the 100-hour Baldur's Gate 3 would be too short, which is why Larian made a ton of extra areas they wound up cutting: 'I've notoriously always been bad at judging the length of our games'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/swen-vincke-was-worried-that-the-100-hour-baldurs-gate-3-would-be-too-short-which-is-why-the-team-made-a-ton-of-extra-areas-they-wound-up-cutting-ive-notoriously-always-been-bad-at-judging-the-length-of-our-games/
In a new BAFTA video interview, Larian CEO Swen Vincke revealed that he was actually worried Baldur's Gate 3 wouldn't be long enough, an anxiety that's pretty rich in hindsight, given that some players struggle to finish the marathon RPG. Vincke revealed this old fear as a partial explanation for why Baldur's Gate 3 has so many tantalizing cut areas, while also describing one such zone we hadn't heard about before: a second Moonrise Tower to go with the one we saw in Act Two.

Neo-Victorian survival sim Nightingale is getting 'handcrafted realms,' more boss fights, and an all-new campaign in a major update coming later this summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/neo-victorian-survival-sim-nightingale-is-getting-handcrafted-realms-more-boss-fights-and-an-all-new-campaign-in-a-major-update-coming-later-this-summer/
Earlier this month, Nightingale developer Inflexion said it wanted to bring "more structure" to the game so players will have a better idea of where they're going, what they're doing, and why they're doing it, and also to help reduce the feeling of repetition between the game's different realms. In an update posted today on Steam, the dev team offered a deeper insight into what it has in mind, including the introduction of new "handcrafted realms," a new campaign, and—everyone's favorite—boss fights.

PowerWash Simulator meets Pulp Fiction in this first-person scrubber where you clean up after horrific murders
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/powerwash-simulator-meets-pulp-fiction-in-this-first-person-scrubber-where-you-clean-up-after-horrific-murders/
We all know cleaning up in games can be just as much fun as making a mess. If you've ever mopped up blood and guts in Viscera Cleanup Detail or sprayed gunk off Doc Brown's time machine in PowerWash Simulator, here's an offer you can't refuse: combine those two games and you get Crime Scene Cleaner, where you hose down and scrub up bloody murder scenes until they're clean as a whistle.

The spiritual successor to old school pick-up-and-play Call of Duty Zombies is out now, on sale for $10 and gloriously free of battle pass nonsense
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/if-you-have-friends-you-want-to-play-fpses-with-but-theyre-allergic-to-battle-pass-this-is-your-life-now-nonsense-my-go-to-cod-zombies-alike-just-released-out-of-early-access-and-is-on-sale-for-dollar10/
Co-op shooter Hellbreach: Vegas has reached its 1.0 release after a little over a year of early access. While the pick-up-and-play FPS has gotten a $5 price increase over early access, a launch sale will keep it at the initial $10 price until August 28.

Exoborne is making the extraction shooter less punishing, and taking storytelling notes from Hades
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/how-exoborne-is-making-extraction-shooters-less-punishing-and-taking-storytelling-notes-from-hades/
If there’s anyone that can speak authoritatively about the extraction shooter as a genre, it’s Petter Mannerfelt. He's currently creative director on Sharkmob’s high-stakes PvPvE shooter Exoborne, but not too long ago he was a game director at Ubisoft Massive, where he worked on The Division and (most notably) its Dark Zone mode.
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With Exoborne, Petter says the studio has both matured and is better positioned this time, as the extraction shooter is still a relatively young and malleable concept. While Escape From Tarkov has put forward a popular and extremely tense template for the genre, Exoborne is taking a somewhat softer, more mass-market approach.

Runescape's latest content roadmap includes group ironman mode, a new skilling boss, and exciting advancements in woodcutting
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/runescapes-latest-content-roadmap-includes-group-ironman-mode-a-new-skilling-boss-and-exciting-advancements-in-woodcutting/
Runescape, the game that isn't the old school one that I imagine when someone says "Runescape," just rolled out a new roadmap of upcoming content. On YouTube, Runescape developer Jagex unveiled Runescape Ahead, which it says will be its ongoing format for long-term previews of updates on the horizon. In the first instalment, detailing what'll be hitting Runescape through late 2024 and early 2025, Jagex offered early glimpses at a pile of new features, updates, and content additions, like new story quests and bosses, a group ironman mode, and more. Try to contain your excitement, woodcutters: You're getting a new tree.

Sorcerers were doing too much magic for Diablo 4's servers to handle, so Blizzard nerfed their most popular build
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/sorcerers-were-doing-too-much-magic-for-diablo-4s-servers-to-handle-so-blizzard-nerfed-their-most-popular-build/
A chaotic new sorcerer build in Diablo 4's latest season was so strong it was killing more than demons. The servers, it seems, couldn't handle players filling their screens with lightning bolts and frozen orbs, so Blizzard had to step in yesterday and fix it.

After Helldivers 2 cheaters undercut its latest Major Order by turning in millions of bug bits at once, Arrowhead canceled the whole thing with an in-universe justification: 'The ones submitting false samples have had their pet fish summarily executed'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/after-helldivers-2-cheaters-undercut-its-latest-major-order-by-turning-in-millions-of-objectives-at-once-arrowhead-canceled-the-whole-thing-with-an-in-universe-justification-the-ones-submitting-false-samples-have-had-their-pet-fish-summarily-executed/
In an in-game message to players today, Arrowhead Games has revealed that cheaters short circuited Helldivers 2's latest Major Order. The studio has given out its intended reward to all non-cheating players, and in typical Helldivers fashion, couched the whole thing in Super Earth-appropriate terms within the fiction.
"Super Earth High Command has detected a large batch of counterfeit samples within the delivery of the last Major Order," the message reads. "As is customary, Medals have been awarded to all Helldivers who honorably performed their duties, and the ones submitting false samples have had their pet fish summarily executed.

It's no wonder Dragon Age: The Veilguard was Steam Deck Verified so quickly⁠: it'll run on a 10-year-old graphics card that was new when Inquisition came out
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/dragon-age/it-s-no-wonder-dragon-age-the-veilguard-was-steam-deck-verified-so-quickly-it-ll-run-on-a-10-year-old-graphics-card-that-was-new-when-inquisition-came-out/
BioWare has revealed Dragon Age: The Veilguard's system requirements on Steam and its official website. They're surprisingly light for what looks like a pretty gorgeous RPG, though that 100 GB of hard drive space is definitely a whopper.

Y'all have to see these gruesome starfish monsters coming in Factorio: Space Age
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/yall-have-to-see-these-gruesome-starfish-monsters-coming-in-factorio-space-age/
The developers at Wube Software are finally showing off some enemies from upcoming expansion Factorio: Space Age, and I'm going to go ahead and say that they're one of the best alien monster designs I've seen in years. Radially symmetrical like starfish, the five-legged crawling Pentapods are alternately disgusting and delightful to watch in action.

Vampire Survivors update rolls out new dark arcanas, but the best part is a retired guy in his rocking chair
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vampire-survivors-update-rolls-out-new-dark-arcanas-but-the-best-part-is-a-retired-guy-in-his-rocking-chair/
The latest Vampire Survivors update has dropped a decent stack of new stuff to do, focusing on five new Arcana cards to activate that'll give you strange new ways to play the game. Most of the update focuses around a new challenge stage and the aforementioned new arcanas—the Darkanas.

Total War: Warhammer 3's dwarfs will be able to turtle properly in the next update, and the other reworks seem decent too
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/total-war-warhammer-3s-dwarfs-will-be-able-to-turtle-properly-in-the-next-update-and-the-other-reworks-seem-decent-too/
Creative Assembly's 17-minute chat about "What's next?" for Total War: Warhammer 3 in June explained that updates between DLC for its blend of grubby fantasy and grand strategy would be more substantial, and we're seeing that now with a dev blog for the 5.2 update. Dwarfs are getting a new feature, Chaos Cults are being reworked, Cathay's Ivory Roads are being updated, and a "mini feature" called Unusual Locations is being added, all of which sound pretty neat.

Design little towns for adorable vegetable people in this cute sandbox
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/design-little-towns-for-adorable-vegetable-people-in-this-cute-sandbox/
A cute little building game released this week called Gourdlets, all about designing cozy towns for little vegetable people to walk around and enjoy themselves in. Made by solo designer AuntyGames, we first saw a simple demo of it back in 2022, but this full release is way richer with stuff to build and quality of life delights.

'Don't get lacerated!' is a bullet-point feature in limb-lopping survival horror game The Lacerator
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/dont-get-lacerated-is-a-bullet-point-feature-in-limb-lopping-survival-horror-game-the-lacerator/
DreadXP has announced it's publishing a new horror game from Brazilian Studio Games From the Abyss called The Lacerator, and it's a wilfully old school survival horror experience. As the mature content description on its Steam page warns, "This game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore, also contains sensitive themes and tank controls".

You can now watch all 14 weapon previews for Monster Hunter Wilds
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/you-can-now-see-all-14-weapon-previews-for-monster-hunter-wilds/
If you, like me, were waiting to watch all those delicious short clips of Monster Hunter Wilds weapons until you could watch them all in one go... then today's your day. These are some of the only looks at Monster Hunter Wilds we've seen in a while now, and people are so hungry for them that they're racking up millions of views even though they're pretty much the same weapons we've seen in Monster Hunter games for years now, just with some fancy new animations.
>> They’re not in the article.

Go on roguelike dives to keep evil gods asleep in Feed the Deep
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/go-on-roguelike-dives-to-keep-evil-gods-asleep-in-feed-the-deep/
A new roguelike invites you to do some terrifying and claustrophobic diving in caves beneath the sea, which is either the least appealing thing you've ever heard of or an exciting premise for a spooky game with probably very little space in between. In Feed the Deep you go diving beneath the waves to find resources that you use to keep the cosmic horrors slumbering beneath the world doing just that: Slumbering. As opposed to rising from the depths and devouring mankind and all that.

The Future Games Show at Gamescom promises Civ 7 deep dives and fresh Rings of Power news, here's how to watch it
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/the-future-games-show-at-gamescom-promises-civ-7-deep-dives-and-fresh-rings-of-power-news-heres-how-to-watch-it/
It's late August, and you know what that means: Time for an absurdly lavish videogame industry event. No, not the Geoff Keighley one. Not the other Geoff Keighley one either. This time it's Gamescom (which, thanks to Opening Night Live, kind of is another Keighley event). That's when all the world's games press, publishers and devs cram themselves into a Cologne convention centre and show off what they're working on.
>> Talking about Keighley, he has already warned that there’ll be no news about Silksong.

From what I know, a reset will only change the settings you may have changed to its default ones. I'm tlaking about voltags, frequencies and such. It won't change the BIOS version to an older one.

What you can do in most cases is download an older BIOS, from the same place as the latest one, and install that over the new one. Be warned, tho, that some BIOS have something in them to prevent this from happening (tho I'm confident you could find a way to pass that on the net) and that you'll be putting your CPU again at risk of destroying itself.

Have you checked if MSI has launched a new BIOS since the one you installed? Maybe it's a common problem and they've fixed it with a new release.

I think this is a good point.  I will check out MSI's website and see if anything is new.  Perhaps there is something new since I last played with it.  

Edit

Based on dates I may have installed a beta BIOS update.  MSI has a newer one, will try that this weekend.  

Well, good luck!

I didn't know where to put these two articles, so here they are:

You can play the original and best version of Diablo in your browser (again)
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/you-can-play-the-original-and-best-version-of-diablo-in-your-browser-again/
Browser Diablo has been a thing for a while now, and we wrote about a previous incarnation back in 2019. That version is unfortunately offline these days, but another one has taken over my browser like someone jammed a soulstone into its forehead. Diablo's source code, as reconstructed by GalaXyHaXz and the devilution team, has been ported to WebAssembly and lives again via Github.

List of the UK's richest game devs and influencers puts Garry's Mod creator neck-and-neck with Rockstar founders, but the richest of all is a different pair of gaming brothers worth £12.5 billion
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/list-of-the-uk-s-richest-game-devs-and-influencers-puts-garry-s-mod-creator-neck-and-neck-with-rockstar-founders-but-the-richest-of-all-is-a-different-pair-of-brothers-worth-gbp12-5-billion/
I might tut tut at the endless, rapacious pursuit of wealth for its own sake that defines our society, but at the end of the day, I still want to know who's making the big bucks and imagine what I'd do with them, baby. Thankfully, The Sunday Times has just come out with its Rich List of the 30 wealthiest figures in the UK games industry.

At the top of the list are Igor and Dmitry Bukhman, whose names, games, and studio I had never heard of before beholding this very list. The brothers founded and own Playrix, a 4,000 person-strong developer of free-to-play mobile games, with their most notable releases being Township, Fishdom, Homescapes, and Gardenscapes. I guess I'm happy for them and their eye-watering £12.5 billion fortune.

Past a metaverse guy and the founder of Candy Crush developer King, now the oft-forgotten third pillar of Activision Blizzard King, you'll run into some rich guys more PC gamers will recognize: Dan and Sam Houser, who lay claim to an estimated £350 million fortune. Co-founders of the niche indie developer, Rockstar Games, their fortune was built on revenue from Rockstar's breakout hits: The Warriors in 2005 and Bully in 2006. Those games' runaway success have allowed Rockstar to indulge in less lucrative passion projects like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.

The biggest surprise, at least for me, is #6 on the list: Garry's Mod's titular creator, Garry Newman. I guess it shouldn't be a shocker. Garry's Mod is a ubiquitous presence in PC gaming, and despite the name, it's a $10 standalone game. Newman's Facepunch Studios is also behind the highly successful Rust, and his deep pockets have me much less worried about Newman's imminent Skibidi Toilet-related legal battles.

Finally the best game ever !

Nice. 17th of sept isn't too far. Will make for a good time.

If you need a new game to play until the 17th, maybe you'll find something interesting here:

https://store.steampowered.com/category/rhythm