The second part of the news:

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S CREATOR APOLOGIZES FOR UGLY FNAF WORLD LAUNCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/five-nights-at-freddys-creator-apologizes-for-ugly-fnaf-world-launch/

Five Nights at Freddy's World is quite a departure from the usual Five Nights fare. It's a cute, colorful adventure-RPG starring entirely-unscary manifestations of your favorite FNAF animatronics. It wasn't supposed to be out until next month, but it actually went live yesterday—a premature launch that creator Scott Cawthon now says he regrets.

NEW HEROES OF THE STORM VIDEO REVEALS CHARACTERS, SKINS, AND MOUNTS

http://www.pcgamer.com/new-heroes-of-the-storm-video-reveals-characters-skins-and-mounts/

Blizzard's new Heroes of the Storm “in development” video serves up a brief look at the recently-revealed characters Xul and Li-Ming, as well as new skins, mounts, and snippets of gameplay showing their themed abilities in action.

>>This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JybO9iBECA

SURREAL ADVENTURE BETWEEN ME AND THE NIGHT ENTERS FULL RELEASE

http://www.pcgamer.com/surreal-adventure-between-me-and-the-night-enters-full-release/

A young boy travels through a dream-like world of fantastical creatures and shadow people while learning to conquer his deepest fears. No, this isn’t the premise of the next J.K. Rowling novel; it’s Between Me and the Night, a surreal adventure game from indie developer RainDance LX.

>>Watch the launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3SNRz5TxbU

SVEN CO-OP, THE HALF-LIFE-BASED MULTIPLAYER GAME, IS NOW LIVE ON STEAM

http://www.pcgamer.com/sven-co-op-the-half-life-based-multiplayer-game-is-now-live-on-steam/

Sven Co-op is, as the title suggests (the Co-op part, not the Sven part) a cooperative multiplayer game based on Valve's mega-hit FPS Half-Life. It actually began development as a Half-Life mod more than 15 years ago, but in the summer of 2013 Valve gave the team permission to release it as a standalone game on Steam. And today, it's finally happening

>>This is the official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqXjgkZbEQ

STARWARD ROGUE RELEASED; BIONIC DUES CURRENTLY FREE

http://www.pcgamer.com/starward-rogue-released-bionic-dues-free-for-the-next-few-hours/

Arcen Games, of Skyward Collapse and A.I. War and The Last Federation and *deep breath* A Valley Without Wind and lots of other games fame, has released its latest. Its latest is named Starward Rogue, and it's a roguelike featuring bullet hell elements. Bullet hellements, if you will. It's set in a "roguelite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star", and one of the characters is a plonker called Rodney, so it's relevant to at least two of my interests.

>>Watch here the launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNg8DveIVg

HARVEST MOON-LIKE WORLD'S DAWN FINALLY FINISHED, HITS STEAM TOMORROW

http://www.pcgamer.com/harvest-moon-like-worlds-dawn-finally-finished-hits-steam-tomorrow/

I first mentioned World's Dawn way back in 2014, when the inaugural part of the seasonal Harvest Moon-like emerged. Developer David Grund released regular updates afterwards, adding the Summer, Autumn and Winter seasons to the enormous life sim—he also ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, which allowed him to spruce up its looks, sounds, and the way it plays. Now, World's Dawn is finally, properly finished—and it's heading to Steam tomorrow.

>>Yes, this game also has a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Z3i3nK3aY

ENDLESS LEGEND GETS FREE HERO THIS WEEKEND; NEW EXPANSION ANNOUNCED

http://www.pcgamer.com/endless-legend-gets-free-heroes-this-weekend-new-expansion-announced/

Amplitude Studios is celebrating its fifth birthday with its second annual Endless Day: a day that lasts from 21 to 25 January, and that offers up rare heroes and achievements to people who play their games during this time, and who fulfil various conditions. That stuff is detailed here, and includes a trio of heroes simply for starting new games of Endless Space, Endless Legend, and Dungeon of the Endless. You can also bag some time-limited achievements, though these will require a mite more effort.

BEESWING DEV'S DUJANAH MIXES ISLAM, METROID, MECHS

http://www.pcgamer.com/beeswing-devs-dujanah-mixes-islam-metroid-mechs/

You might know Jack King-Spooner for his lovely, autobiographical Beeswing, set in the titular town in rural Scotland. He's heading a bit further afield for his next game, Dujanah, a magical realist game "set in a fictional Islamic majority country that has an occupying military force". You're a woman named Dujanah, and you don't like that occupying force very much, leading to "various moral, psychological and political dilemmas".

>>If the headline is weird, take a look at the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqUrUFmQFes

BATTLEBORN CHARACTERS GHALT AND DEANDE SHOWCASED IN NEW VIDEOS

http://www.pcgamer.com/battleborn-characters-ghalt-and-deande-showcased-in-new-videos/

We learned a little bit about Ghalt and Deande – two characters from Gearbox's forthcoming MOBA-like FPS Battleborn – only a couple of weeks ago. Now we can see them in action thanks to the promotional videos embedded below, both of which offer up a generous serving of gameplay footage.

>>Follow the link to see the videos.

Time to talk about future monitors.

TFT Central has listed the future new panels that we'll get this year from the biggest manufacturers: AOU, LG and Samsung. (Note that this is about the new panels, not the new monitors)

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/35.htm#panels_jan

AU Optronics

Only two new, curved, ultra-wide panels featuring VA tech and the same 3440x1440 resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate in 35"(Q2) and 30"(Q3) sizes. Note that 3440x1440@144Hz goes beyond what DisplayPort 1.2 can do, so it is expected that they will sport the new DP 1.3 connector.

LG.Display

Four new panels. Three of them will be of their borderless neo-blade line and will come in 23.8", 27" and 31.5" sizes. No info is given on the panels themselves, but expect them to be IPS.

But the main protagonist will arrive in Q3 2016 with a new 37.5" panel that will feature an incredible 3840 x 1600 resolution. It will be an IPS panel with 14ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio and 178/178 viewing angles. Given the perfect 2.4:1 design (true cinema screen ratio) and the high response time, this panel will be aimed more towards watching movies rather than gaming.

Samsung

They also have four new panels, with three of them being... unique. The only regular monitor will be a curved 31.5" panel with SVA tech, 2560x1440 resolution and 144Hz. It will arrive in Q3 2016.

Now with the weird ones. The first two will come in 41" and 49" sizes with a FHD+ resolution (they don't know what is that) and the novelty resides in their 32:9 aspect ratio. If 21:9 is already wide, imagine 32:9 that is about 50% wider! Madness.

The last one, which also come in Q3, is a 31.5" panel with whopping 8K4K or 7680 x 4230 resolution. Before anyone gets too excited on the prospect of getting one, all signs point that this will be a professional panel.

The news:

1-Mods/Fan projects

• Fallout 4 mod adds Traits and new Perks http://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4-mod-adds-traits-and-new-perks/
• Metal Gear Solid Shadow Moses Remake In Unreal Engine 4 – New Screenshots Show Daytime Lighting http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/metal-gear-solid-shadow-moses-remake-in-unreal-engine-4-new-screenshots-show-daytime-lighting/

2-Gaming News

RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER – PC RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS REVEALED, CONFIRMATION OF DENUVO TECH

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-pc-recommended-requirements-revealed-more-evidence-about-denuvo/

Rise of the Tomb Raider releases in a couple of days and its recommended requirements have just been unveiled via the game’s Windows store page. According to them, Square Enix recommends an NVIDIA GTX970 or an AMD Radeon R9 290X with an Intel Core i7-3770 or an AMD FX-8350.

RESIDENT EVIL UMBRELLA CORPS GETS NEW SCREENSHOTS & TRAILER

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/resident-evil-umbrella-corps-gets-new-screenshots-trailer/

Capcom has released some new screenshots and a new trailer for Umbrella Corps. Umbrella Corps is a new fast-paced third person online shooter powered by the Unity Engine, that is set in the Resident Evil universe. The game is planned for a May 2016 release.

>>This is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uBRgzKQV6I

QUANTUM BREAK HAS BEEN RATED FOR THE PC BY THE BRAZILIAN CLASSIFICATION BOARD

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/quantum-break-has-been-rated-for-the-pc-by-the-brazilian-classification-board/

It’s well known that Remedy would love to see Quantum Break on the PC. After all, Remedy’s Sam Lake said so in an interview back in November 2015. And it appears that this may actually happen, as the Brazilian Classification Board has rated Quantum Break for the PC.

>>Check out PowerXXX's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=212898

HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION – CO-OP MODE REVEALED, NEW SCREENSHOTS & GAMEPLAY TRAILER RELEASED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/homefront-the-revolution-co-op-mode-revealed-new-screenshots-gameplay-trailer-released/

Deep Silver today announced a new co-op mode for Homefront: The Revolution, called the Resistance Mode. The Resistance Mode is described as a brand new four-player online co-operative experience that will be available from the get-go.

>>This is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Obsr-LUcU0

3D REALMS’ BOMBSHELL GETS NEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/3d-realms-bombshell-gets-new-gameplay-trailer-3/

3D Realms has released a new gameplay trailer for its top-down shooter, Bombshell. Bombshell is an isometric action role-playing game, powered by Unreal Engine, in which players take the role of Shelly who is tasked with saving the president from an apocalyptic alien threat.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfxEo8JEpII

ROCKET LEAGUE'S SECOND SEASON WILL KICK OFF IN FEBRUARY

http://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-leagues-second-season-will-kick-off-in-february/

Psyonix has announced that a new Rocket League patch scheduled for rollout in February will conclude the first season of competition and make “a TON of improvements” to the game—caps theirs—based on player feedback. The goal of the second season is to “de-emphasize the importance of single wins or losses,” the studio said, and instead focus on long-term performance and improvement.

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S WORLD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM STEAM

http://www.pcgamer.com/five-nights-at-freddys-world-has-been-removed-from-steam/

After a rough launch that led to an apology for the incomplete state of the game, Five Nights at Freddy's World has been removed from Steam. FNAF creator Scott Cawthon said in a message that in spite of the relatively positive overall reception the game had received, he “was not satisfied with the reviews and ratings it was getting.”

TMNT: MUTANTS IN MANHATTAN OFFICIALLY REVEALED

http://www.pcgamer.com/tmnt-mutants-in-manhattan-officially-revealed/

There are several things about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that go way over my staid head. Why are the mutant ninjas turtles, for one? And wouldn't adult mutant ninja turtles be a more effective crime-fighting force? Despite these philosophical questions, Platinum still manages to make me want to control a cel-shaded ninja turtle in that there videogame: Mutants in Manhattan.

>>And it looks good! Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO_jtTw87kw

PLANET COASTER VIDEO DETAILS BUILDING AND SHARING

http://www.pcgamer.com/planet-coaster-video-details-building-and-sharing/

I keep stumbling into people who would never declare themselves gamers but who nonetheless have hours of happy memories of making people hurl on RollerCoaster Tycoon. Tormenting ordinary citizens and making them pay for the privilege is, apparently, a universal pleasure. Frontier is rennovating that thrill ride with Planet Coaster, for the modern entertainment tycoon. Previously the team have shared how they simulate every visitor, and now they're back to talk about building tools and showing off (and with these building tools, I'd want to show off).

>>This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYufgvcRis

FIRST FOOTAGE OF SUNLESS SEA ZUBMARINER DLC SURFACES

http://www.pcgamer.com/first-footage-of-sunless-sea-zubmariner-dlc-surfaces/

I'm a suckerfish for shanties and tales of the dark, cold expanse of Failbetter's Unterzee, so imagine my delight and simultaneous horror at the October announcement that Sunless Sea's first expansion will make things darker and colder still. The Zubmariner DLC promises to take us under the waves to ship graveyards and deeps where evil sleeps, and the first footage has now slithered from the shadows.

>>And here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjg2JxIbIZ8

DANGEROUS GOLF IS GOLF VIA BURNOUT AND NBA JAM

http://www.pcgamer.com/dangerous-golf-is-golf-via-burnout-and-nba-jam/

Do you know how I can tell that Dangerous Golf is being made by industry veterans? There's no 'Simulator' hanging extraneously off the end. It's just 'Dangerous Golf', full stop. Golf that is dangerous. Three Fields Entertainment is partially composed of Criterion's founding members, and Dangerous Golf has Burnout in its genes. Remember Burnout's Crash mode, where you caused as much carnage as possible with one fell swerve? Dangerous Golf is like that, but you yell 'FORE!' before walloping a fiery meteor.

Oh, 32:9 monitor...I like that, that's 2 standard 16:9 side by side. Seems more convenient than 3 monitor surround setups.

I'm curious to see them because they will look very weird.

Imagine if they are 1080p (they are FHD+, after all), that would mean that they would be 3840 wide. That's insane!

Yeah, I'm guessing they are 3840x1080. For that screen size that might not be such a great res, but on the up side that's just 12.5% more pixels than 1440p - which still seems to be the sweet spot for ultra settings@60fps.

http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-digital-sales-outpace-mobile-reaching-61-billion-in-2015/

Watch this never get reported on this site or at least reported but countered by something else. I'm counting on the usual roulette spin, hope I;m wrong though but chances are slim.

You know me all too well XD.

I see the thread was presented in full =D.

Good jorb.

Though I do feel it's slightly headed where I think it's headed after a bit of reading lol.