"SAMOROST 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS REVEALED"

I nearly spilled my coffee just reading the headline - I LOVE Amanita's work, so far they can't make a bad game even if they tried to, but giving system requirements for what pretty much translates into Flash level of demanding (as with all their work) is really funny.

This weekend's Publisher deal on Steam is... 2K! Civilization, X-COM, Borderlands, Bioshock and the latest NBA and WWE games are on sale.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2kpublisherweekend2016/

I may get the Air Patrol games, I have to learn more about them.

How long would it take you to save that money again? After all, we still don't know when FF IX will launch...

That's very wise from you.

Also, given how many games you bought in the last Steam Sales (both X-mas and Halloween) and what you've just said, makes me wonder how much you m... nah, I don't really care .

The news:

SÉBASTIEN LOEB RALLY EVO RELEASES TODAY ON STEAM

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/sebastien-loeb-rally-evo-releases-today-on-steam/

PQube has announce that Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO will be available on Steam later today. In addition, the publisher has revealed the game’s Day-1 patch, and has released its launch trailer.

>>Watch the launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB8nb3Sooao

HELLBLADE – NEW DEVELOPER DIARY FOCUSES ON MOVEMENT & CONTROL

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/hellblade-new-developer-diary-focuses-on-movement-control/

Ninja Theory has released a new develoer diary for its upcoming title, Hellblade. As the team noted, in this development diary it shows the approach that it is taking to giving Senua’s movement realism and character. Hellblade is coming to the PC in 2016.

>>Watch the diary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWEozrVDYk

FREE-TO-PLAY CRYENGINE-POWERED SNOW ENTERS OPEN BETA PHASE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/free-to-play-cryengine-powered-snow-enters-open-beta-phase/

Poppermost Productions has announced that SNOW, the open world, winter sports game, has advanced into free-to-play open beta on the PC via Steam. This new phase of development launches with free-roam multiplayer for sharing the powder with friends, the introduction of competitive events and leaderboards, enhanced graphics, and an expanded mountain that now includes more than 20 unique areas to discover.

>>This is the launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DR-oa3aAY

MARVEL HEROES 2016 – NEW UPDATE BRINGS STORY CHAPTER, CONTROLLER SUPPORT & UPDATED CHARACTER MODELS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvel-heroes-2016-new-update-brings-story-chapter-controller-support-updated-character-models/

Gazillion announced that its first wave of the Marvel Heroes 2016 initiative – the biggest update to its super-powered action-RPG in nearly two years – is available today for free download at MarvelHeroes.com and on Steam.

TROPICO 5 – COMPLETE COLLECTION IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PC

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tropico-5-complete-collection-is-now-available-on-the-pc/

Kalypso Media has announced the release of Tropico 5 – Complete Collection for the PC, bringing the most comprehensive Tropico package yet to his adoring fans and prospective dictators everywhere. In order to celebrate this announcement, Kalypso Media has also released the launch trailer for this particular version that can be viewed below.

>>And there's a launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NARkRIdsds

THE DIVISION – SCREENSHOTS WITH MAX SETTINGS FROM PC BETA BUILD, GTX970 NOT ENOUGH FOR 60FPS

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/the-division-screenshots-with-max-settings-from-pc-beta-build-gtx970-not-enough-for-60fps/

The beta build of Tom Clancy’s The Division is currently available on the PC, and below you can find some screenshots on max settings. Do note that we increased the Object Detail to 100% (something that is not enabled via the Ultra preset), and that we also enabled NVIDIA’s PCSS shadows and HBAO+. We’ve also removed chromatic aberration and Vignette in order to provide you with more crisp images.

THE DIVISION SEASON PASS INCLUDES THREE EXPANSIONS AND SOME FREEBIES

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-season-pass-includes-three-expansions-and-some-freebies/

Ubisoft says it has a “complete post-launch plan” for Tom Clancy's The Division, the upcoming open-world RPG/shooter, which includes free updates, new features, and a trio of “major expansions” that will make up the Season Pass.

SUNLESS SEA AND FRACTURED SPACE ARE FREE ON STEAM THIS WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/sunless-sea-and-fractured-space-are-free-on-steam-this-weekend/

If you've got some free time this weekend, then Steam has a couple of free games you might be interested in: the team-based space combat sim Fractured Space, and the pseudo-Lovecraftian naval exploration game Sunless Sea. Both are available now at no charge, and if you grab Fractured Space while it's free, you can keep it forever.

'FPS CONSTRUCTION KIT' GUNSCAPE WILL RELEASE IN MARCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/fps-construction-kit-gunscape-will-release-in-march/

Several games have taken the Minecraft approach to world building and slotted it into an FPS setting: the quite decent Blockstorm and the helpfully titled Guncraft are two examples that spring to mind. Now there's Gunscape, an 'FPS construction kit' which has been in Early Access for a while now, but is poised to launch proper this March.

>>Watch a video of the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tORRW48yWwQ

ARCEN LAYS OFF NEARLY ALL STAFF DESPITE SUCCESSFUL STARWARD ROGUE LAUNCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/arcen-lays-off-nearly-all-staff-despite-successful-starward-rogue-launch/

Arcen Games released the roguelike bullet hell Starward Rogue last week to near-universal acclaim: As I write this, there are 97 user reviews on Steam, and all but one are positive. But studio founder and CEO Chris Park said in a blog post today, roughly a week after the game was released, that the positive response has not translated into sales. So even though Starward Rogue is “possibly our best [game] yet,” Arcen is going to lay off almost its entire staff.

THE NEXT WARHAMMER: VERMINTIDE DLC IS CALLED SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-warhammer-vermintide-dlc-is-called-schluesselschloss/

Having apparently decided that Warhammer: End Times—Vermintide was not a sufficiently lengthy title on its own, Fatshark has announced that the game's first paid DLC will be a new map entitled Schluesselschloss. (Gesundheit.) Another piece of free DLC is in the works as well, in the form of a new game mode called Last Stand.

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE PLAYERS GET 50 PERCENT MORE RENOWN THIS WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-players-get-50-percent-more-renown-this-weekend/

If you've been playing Rainbow Six: Siege since launch, then you're probably swimming in renown at the moment. Still, one can never have enough renown, and leading up to the imminent release of the first DLC pack, it's probably wise to have a tonne in your bank. Thanks to the success of a recent community challenge, Ubisoft has announced that every Siege player will get a 50 percent renown boost this weekend. Cancel everything else you had planned, obviously.

GTA ONLINE IS GETTING A NEW PARACHUTE-BASED DROP ZONE MODE

http://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-is-getting-a-new-parachute-based-drop-zone-mode/

Without question, one of my favourite things to do in GTA 5 is to jump out of flying vessels. So it's nice that GTA Online's newest mode involves doing exactly that, except with a competitive element. In the new adversary mode, four teams leap from separate cargobobs in a race to seize a single drop zone. Whichever team holds the drop zone for "two non-continuous" minutes will win the match.

NEW MASS EFFECT, BATTLEFIELD, TITANFALL BY APRIL 2017

http://www.pcgamer.com/new-mass-effect-battlefield-titanfall-by-april-2017/

Quarterly shareholder reports are the sort of thing you read to squalling toddlers to knock them out, but occasionally they reveal the nefarious plans of unknowable corporations. EA's third-quarter statement, spotted by Game Informer, indicates that Mass Effect: Andromeda and the next Battlefield and Titanfall games will all appear before the end of the next financial year (March 31, 2017). Battlefield will be out come Christmas.

>>Awaiting impatiently for the next Mass Effect. Discuss it at GribbleGrunger's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=213025

DANISH 'DODGEBALL ADVENTURE' STIKBOLD COMING SPRING

http://www.pcgamer.com/danish-dodgeball-adventure-stikbold-coming-spring/

Seventies dodgeball adventure: words that I don't often use in succession, but before Rocket League I didn't typically write supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle cars, so there you go. Stikbold, by Game Swing, is a product of the Nordic Game Jam (Scandinavia is stockpiling game design crazy, you see). Now that it's been fleshed out, it's releasing this spring.

>>There's a video, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcmPiT4KhUA

PATH OF EXILE'S NEW ASCENDANCY CLASS IS THE BERSERKER

http://www.pcgamer.com/path-of-exiles-new-ascendancy-class-is-the-berserker/

The latest Path of Exile: Ascendancy character class has been revealed as the Berserker, a Marauder specialization who's all about reckless disregard for personal safety. The Berserker moves fast, hits hard, and doesn't mind taking a few shots in return. In fact, he's often at his best when he's getting mugged.

>>This is the video revealing the new class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46l8qP2BHak

There's a new rumor regarding Nvidia's next cards.

Nvidia Pascal Titan Rumored to be coming as early as April

http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/nvidia_pascal_titan_rumored_to_be_coming_as_early_as_april/1

Nvidia's upcoming Pascal GPUs are now rumored to be coming to market as early as April, starting off with a Pascal Titan-esque GPU with lower end models coming later.

The high end models are expected to using the GP100 GPU core, which is built on TSMC 16nm process and use HBM memory, though right now capacities are yet to be confirmed, but current rumors suggest a maximum VRAM capacity of 32GB.

At around June of this year Nvidia are rumored to be launching their GP104 core GPUs, which are rumored by Techfrag to be using GDDR5X memory and not HBM and make up the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070, if Nvidia continue to use their current naming scheme.

The GTX 1080 is expected to have performance that is similar to the GTX 980Ti or Titan X, but come in with a lower TDP and thermals, though right now this is merely guesswork given Nvidia's recent trends when moving from one generation to another.

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Personally I don't believe it.

I could see Nvidia launching Pascal based Tesla cards in April as the profit margins are big enough to offset the lower yields, but consumer graphic cards are another thing. My guess is that they will wait until TSMC readies its second gen of 16nm products.

If those new Nvidia GPU's are close to being 980ti's but are even more expensive then Nvidia can count me out for another 5 more more years, I want a decent new gen GPU that brings more power, nit slightly a bit more but reduces heat and yet costs double to triple more than the current line.

Yesterday I finished Tomb Raider. I liked it. I expected it to be riddled by QTEs as per the complains of a few people, but I didn't found them to be too many or tiresome. 

I was more frustrated by the sections of the game when you can't do nothing but going forward as the game itself does the rest, but there's only a couple of them. 

Nvidia isn't that stupid to make that mistake.

Yes, they may not use the full Pascal chip in the 1080/70 cards just yet and go for the smaller GP104, but even when they did the same with the 680/670 and the GK104 chip, the performance jump from the previous cards was big enough:

Anandtech's bench comparing the 580 vs 680: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/767?vs=772

Anandtech's bench comparing the 570 vs 670: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/831?vs=830

I do hope we see a big jump because if either side throws out a decent GPU that doesn't cost another £500+ then they have a deal, if it's the same as with the 980 but more expensive then they lose me.