Thanks, Rhonin.

Sony killing Concored so fast is surprising, but given it was doing it was clear that they had to do something, but maybe they've been a bit too radical. But with Valve's Deadlock killing it, what else could they do?

Let's hope they work on it to improve the parts players complained about and give it a second chance.

Youtuber Accursed Farms (never seen any of his videos, but he seems to have a series of videos called Dead Game News which are about this topic, so it's certainly a subject dear to him) has made an official European petition (those petitions are called European Citizens Initiative btw, here's their website if you want to have a look what else is currently running) with the name Stop Killing Videogames, with the aim that Publishers must keep their games in a playable state, meaning they can't simply shut down the servers of GaaS and other online multiplayer games anymore if this comes through.

Here's a short video about it from EU Made Simple:

The petition in question: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

And for non-EU citizens: https://www.stopkillinggames.com

The petition runs until June next year, but it looks like it can do it if the momentum can be maintained.

Edit: Made a new thread about it

^Reminds me that Steam needs better wishlist management... Can't change the order of the games when you have any filters active, including text search, and Ctrl + F doesn't work, and best of all, the position on the wishlist is not shown when any filters are actived, so you can't manually scroll to a game either. And before any of you asks, I do order my wishlist, or at least the top part of it. I've actually written a (buggy but functional enough) userscript to help me with this, which I'm sure Valve appreciates, since it keeps the whole wishlist loaded at once (the 'vanilla' wishlist unloads everything that's not visible at the moment).

Also, that's an insane number of games! I'm terrified enough of my Steam library of 500+ games, most of which I've never touched, I'm sure, but over 5,000? Wow - and I know you actually play a lot of games too!

Yeah the wishlist management and the achievement is garbage.

You cant ctrl+f because it only loads a certain amount of games on the page unless you scroll down, even then - if you have a huge wishlist like I do, it'll eat up your resources. Finding games isnt much of an issue for me since majority of my steam purchases are from Humble, Fanatical or GMG whether its bundles or direct purchases.

I just like wishlisting it so that way I know in some way its marked as wishlisted lol.

Majority of my Steam collection is from years of bundles from Humble and Fanatical. The number of reviews is the number of games I finished on Steam (give or take there may be a dozen or so that I have not reviewed).

I play games but not as much as I could have a decade ago - now my most of my time goes to family. I get probably like at least 1 hour a day during the weekdays and 2-3 hours during the weekends and holidays.

I balance myself between short and long games.

Just this year so far I finished the following on the following platforms

NS (6)
-Devil May Cry
-Dragon Ball FighterZ
-Dragon Quest I
-Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
-Final Fantasy VII
-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

PS4 (5)
-ACA NEOGEO FATAL FURY
-ACA NEOGEO FATAL FURY 2
-Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix
-Ratchet & Clank (2016)
-Tekken 2

X360 (2)
-Gears of War 2
-Sonic Unleashed

PC (5)
-Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
-Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
-Borderlands GOTY Enhanced
-Final Fantasy VI
-Metal Slug XX

Number of hours

-Borderlands GOTY Enhanced (PC) - 62 hours
-Final Fantasy VI (PC) - 56 hours
-Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix (PS4) - 43 hours
-Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (PC) - 39 hours
-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) - 33 hours
-Final Fantasy VII - 30 hours
-Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (NS) - 26 hours
-Dragon Ball FighterZ (NS): 24 hours
-Sonic Unleashed (X360) - 20 hours
-Ratchet & Clank (2016) (PS4) - 12 hours
-Gears of War 2 (X360) - 12 hours
-Dragon Quest I (NS) - 8 hours
-Devil May Cry (NS) - 6 hours
-Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry (PC) - 5 hours
-Tekken 2 (PS4) - 4 hours
-Metal Slug XX (PC) - 1 hour
-ACA NEOGEO FATAL FURY (PS4) - 1 hour
-ACA NEOGEO FATAL FURY 2 (PS4) - 1 hour

Grand Total: 383 hours

I also wish for them to update their wishlist system. I'd love for a genre filter and also to pair with "date added"/"release date" to go with the genre option, so I'd be able to filter my stupidly big wishlist more precisely. 

Also I like to pretend my backlog doesn't exist these days...(for sanity reasons, and because I'm growing tired of having to fix older titles just to play them).

gz!

I think this is the closest we've been in terms of number of games owned on Steam lol

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 reportedly targets 600W, RTX 5080 aims for 400W with 10% performance increase over RTX 4090

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-reportedly-targets-600w-rtx-5080-aims-for-400w-with-10-performance-increase-over-rtx-4090

NVIDIA subpoenaed by US DoJ in AI antitrust probe

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-subpoenaed-by-us-doj-in-ai-antitrust-probe

Intel 14th & 13th Gen RMA Requests Met With Huge Delays Due To Stock Availability Issues

https://wccftech.com/intel-14th-13th-gen-rma-requests-huge-delays-stock-availability-issues/

TSMC To Mass-Produce Huge Chips Using “CoW-SoW” Packaging Technology By 2027

https://wccftech.com/tsmc-mass-produce-huge-chips-cow-sow-packaging-2027/

Qualcomm Intros Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core: Brings Copilot+ In The Reach of Entry-Level Users

https://wccftech.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-8-core-cpu-copilot-ai-pcs-starting-799-usd/

The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has three new deals:

• Spirit City: Lofi Sessions will be 30% off until the 9th of September: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113850/Spirit_City_Lofi_Sessions/
• Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot, still in Early Access, also gets a 30% discount, but until the 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2205850/Dwarves_Glory_Death_and_Loot/
• And inbento features an 80% deal until September 17: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1567440/inbento/

Fanatical has launched the BYOB: Command: Modern Operations DLC Campaigns, featuring 9 DLCs to choose to make a 3+, 5+ or 9 items bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-bundle-command-modern-operations-dlc-campaigns.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

-Nothing-

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Pinch me! I'm now prepping for my dream PC port of classic Nintendo 64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie as this fan-made decompilation project hits 100%
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/pinch-me-im-now-prepping-for-my-dream-pc-port-of-classic-nintendo-64-platformer-banjo-kazooie-as-this-fan-made-decompilation-project-hits-100/
If you were to ask me what the best platformer is on Nintendo 64, I'd probably say Banjo-Kazooie. Yes, sure, Super Mario 64 was groundbreaking, and Donkey Kong 64 and Conker's Bad Fur Day had their strengths, but it was this Rare-made treasure of a game that, performance issues aside, took the crown.
Which is why the completion of a fan-made decompilation project of Banjo-Kazooie, which comes hot on the heels of fellow N64 classic Perfect Dark getting reverse-engineered, has plenty of us here at PC Gamer very excited, as it opens the door to a true PC port of the game and a continuation of the PC becoming the place to play classic console games.
The decompilation project's completion, which was spotted by Twitter account BringBackBanjoK, is one of a growing trend in PC gaming right now. We've noted the release of Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on PC in just the last few years. Our gaming platform of choice is now increasingly boasting the very best versions of not just modern console games, but classic ones, too.
Now, if you're currently saying, 'hang on, I've been playing classic console games on PC through emulators for decades', then you'd be right, you have. But the key thing here is that these games are being fully decompiled in these projects, with their source code converted to work seamlessly with modern architectures, and that means that unlike emulation these ports can not only offer unmatched performance and customisation in terms of introducing new features, but they don't suffer from unwanted emulation-based glitches and defects either.

GAMING NEWS

Pokemon-inspired Temtem no longer has microtransactions
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/pokemon-inspired-temtem-removes-microtransactions-in-patch-1-8/
Crema has released the final big update for Temtem, a game inspired by Pokémon where you collect and battle creatures. One big change is that this update will get rid of all the microtransactions in the game. Update 1.8 also removes all of the FOMO features. So, let’s take a look at all the things it brings.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Official PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown-official-pc-requirements/
NACON and KT Racing have revealed the official PC system requirements for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. This new open-world racing game will hit the PC on September 12th. So, let’s take a look at the PC specs.

22 minutes of new gameplay from Dragon Age: The Veilguard
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/22-minutes-of-new-gameplay-from-dragon-age-the-veilguard/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing 22 minutes of new gameplay footage from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. This video shows pretty much everything. So, you can expect to see some of the game’s dialogues, as well as its combat system. So, make sure to watch it if you are looking forward to it.

2K Games has added Denuvo to NBA 2K25 at launch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/2k-games-has-added-denuvo-to-nba-2k25-at-launch/
Well, we knew something was fishy. When 2K Games launched the Steam store page for NBA 2K25, it did not list the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. This was an attempt to completely mislead PC gamers as the company hadn’t even included Denuvo in its EULA. However, now that the game has been released, 2K Games added the Denuvo anti-tamper tech to the store page.