That's fine, but at the end of the day, he's calling what every other Twitter user focuses on more than the main issue at hand, and that comes off as not focusing on said issue that caused people to get so rattled in the first place.

Just imagine for a second that some incident happened and the person in charge was to be held accountable, people are beyond livid for good reason, and just as they are ragging on the one who allowed the accident to happen, 1-3 people in a crowd of thousands hurls a threat at them. Now rather than addressing the threat, the person who allowed the incident to happen then decides to shift focus for blame onto the random few that hurled said threat at them, do you think that is going to honestly settle that angry crowd, in any realistic sense?.

You can absolutely say "That sucks man, but y'know money" all you want, but it will not quell the ire, and will only signal to ppl that you just don't care, because you had no real stake in it. It's great that you see virtually everything as a business to piss money on and it's of no concern to you, but that doesn't mean it should be for everyone else.

Just because you don't agree does not invalidate people's own monetary value, that's not even how this begins to work, just to nip that in the bud. What you spend money on is your own choice, what others do is theirs, saying "dat sucks, tis money, whatevs" isn't an answer, it's not even a compliment or a reassurance, it's a "dems the breaks kid" comment, and that really does nothing (I'm sorry but it doesn't, it just...doesn't, because it's not an answer to anything at all, but more of a phrase). 

If you see and think everyone being sympathetic on social media as being 100% real and not  a mixture, I've got some narcissistic sociopaths to sell you (not everyone is genuine, otherwise Bobby is as genuine as they get, let's just throw him out there as an example).

WB has a history of just writing shit off for tax purposes or looking only for that one hit wonder. That's not a good outlook, that's garbage, I don't really care if you use the "dat's just business" excuse, that's stifling to creativity as a whole, and I know you know it is, but I really don't care, nor do I like you playing a little devil's advocate when these companies pull shit like this, it's not funny, nor is it relatable.

Again, he can report those people directly, which is what he should have done, instead of trying to draw away attention from the issue at hand. Trying to sweep it up as "just business" isn't a good excuse, it's a garbage out of touch shithole excuse.

Aaand AI video generation takes yet another leap forward:

Feels like barely a month since I posted about the last leap? The kid was still pretty creepy but I genuinely forgot I was looking at AI generated footage multiple times.

The only one that really seemed spot on for me is guy at 3:17, but yeah, that's enough for me to be really mind blown.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT reportedly launches March 6

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-reportedly-launches-march-6

Hopefully they price this right. Assuming 9070XT is around 5070 Ti performance and 5070 Ti is $750, if they price is like..

$700 = 9070 XT DoA
$650 = Good but not killer price
$600 = 5070 Ti and 5070 DoA

GeForce RTX 5060 & 5060 Ti to feature standard 8-Pin power connectors, 650W PSU requirement

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5060-5060-ti-to-feature-standard-8-pin-power-connectors-650w-psu-requirement

NVDIA clarifies Reflex Low Latency does not support other frame generation technologies like FSR

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvdia-says-reflex-low-latency-does-not-support-other-frame-generation-technologies-like-fsr

AMD CEO confirms “Radeon 9070 will go on sale early March”

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ceo-confirms-radeon-9070-will-go-on-sale-early-march

Very cool. Increases GPU performance, lowers vram usage and increases CPU performance in cpu limited scenarios while being available on every RTX GPU.

The Wednesday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rockets past the first game's peak player count as it pips into Steam's top 100 most-played games
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-rockets-past-the-first-games-peak-player-count-as-it-pips-into-steams-top-100-most-played-games/
I have, in the past few days, written the word 'Bohemia' more than I ever have or likely ever will again in my professional life. It's down to the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, of course, Warhorse's really quite good medieval RPG set in the rambling forests and plains of, well, Bohemia.
I reckon quite a lot of people have the word on their minds, too. At time of writing, KCD2's peak concurrent player count on SteamDB is sitting pretty at 160,000 players. Not bad for a game with such a fanatical focus on (some kind of) realism that you can smell too bad for stealth.
Warhorse must be pretty chuffed. For comparison, the first game's peak concurrent player count was about 96,000 around its launch, a mere 60% of the giddy heights the sequel has already reached. For reference, SteamDB pegs Kingdom Come 1 as Steam's 176th most-played game of all time, sandwiched between FF14 below it and The Sims 4 right above. All pretty much the same game.
KCD2, on the other hand, has just about squeaked into SteamDB's top 100. 160,000 peak players puts it between the Battlefield 2042 open beta (beneath it) and Enshrouded (above). It's worth bearing in mind, too, that the game launched on a Tuesday. I'm curious to see if the game manages to climb even higher up the charts when the weekend rolls around and everyone who was preoccupied with stupid stuff like their 'jobs' and 'families' can finally charge into battle to die for the glory of King Wenceslas.

GOG has launched five new promos, and all of them will last 7 days:

• The first one is the Immersive Sims Promo, with games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250205_immersive_sims_promo
• The Strategy Promo also has up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250205_strategy_promo
• Next comes the Chest of Treasures Promo, with games up to 91% off: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250205_chest_of_treasures_promo
• The new Weekly Deals are here with up to 95% discounts: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250205_weekly_deals_1_february
• The fifth one is the Fantasy & Medieval Promo, with games up to 95% off: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250205_fantasy_medieval_promo

Steam has four new deals and two new sales:

• The Sims celebrate its 25th anniversary wit ha sale featuring up to 50% discounts until the 10th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sims25birthday
• The Early Access title The Crust is going to have a 30% discount until the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465470/The_Crust/
• The Universim will be 40% off until February 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/
• Smile For Me features a 40% discount until the 18th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1018850/Smile_For_Me/
• TRAIL OUT, that has a demo, is going to be 50% off until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1664220/TRAIL_OUT/
• And the Destiny 2 Franchise Sale brings up to 90% discounts until Tuesday, the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Destiny2FranchiseSale

Finally, there’s a new Humble Bundle: the Destiny 2: The Story So Far 2025, with up to 7 DLCs to get during 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/destiny-2-story-so-far-2025.

And Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Besiege, 80% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/besiege
• And Publisher Nacon puts its games on sale with up to 92% discounts during 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/nacon

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Epic talks shop about stuttering in games that use its Unreal Engine and offers solutions to the problem
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/epic-talks-shop-about-stuttering-in-games-that-use-its-unreal-engine-and-offers-solutions-to-the-problem/
Mention the words 'Unreal' and 'Engine' to a PC gaming enthusiast, and they will no doubt immediately think of incredible-looking graphics, as demonstrated in the likes of Black Myth: Wukong, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, or tech demos like The Matrix Awakens. However, there's probably one other thing that PC gamers associate with Unreal Engine and it is stutter. If you wondering just what that is and why it happens, the maker of UE has explained it all in a new blog and detailed just what it's doing to prevent it.
>> The article also describes how stutters happen.

Steam now warns you if that early access game you're eyeing up has been abandoned by its devs
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-now-warns-you-if-that-early-access-game-youre-eyeing-up-has-been-abandoned-by-its-devs/
It's got its ups and downs, but I rather like Steam early access. Being able to get in on the ground floor of something, watch it develop, and support developers whose ambitions might exceed their initial budgets is a neat thing. The downside, of course, is that sometimes the games just don't get finished. They get left permanently in an alpha state, their devs vanishing in the night, never to be heard from again.
Which is an issue, certainly. Also an issue: there's not been much on Steam to stop unsuspecting new players from picking up those abandoned games. Unless it's garnered enough negative reviews to catch a punter's attention, up to now it's been very possible for someone to pick up a dead early access game on the assumption it's still in active development.
I say 'up to now' because Valve has finally tried to rectify the problem. As spotted by SteamDB, early access games that have gone a long time without an update to their info boxes will now have a highlighted note added to the top of the 'Early Access Game' section on their store page, pointing out how long ago the last change was and warning that "The information and timeline described by the developers here may no longer be up to date". It seems to kick in after 12 months or so; I can only find the note on games that have gone update-less for 13 or more months, and it's notably absent from, for instance, Kerbal Space Program 2.
You can see it in action on the page for long-fallow early access game Cavern Kings, where it clearly states that it last got an update all of eight years ago.
Which is all well and good, but I think the system could do with some tweaking. The game Heartbound, for instance, last got a patch four days ago, but anyone just cursorily glancing at its info box might be put off by the note that its last update came "over 13 months ago." It looks like Steam is only counting changes to games' "What the developers have to say" section rather than, you know, patches and updates, which I suspect is contrary to the way many people will interpret the warning in its current state.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

That was fast: a modder already added an 'unlimited save game' feature to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/that-was-fast-a-modder-already-added-an-unlimited-save-game-feature-to-kingdom-come-deliverance-2/
Well, that didn't take long. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 just launched today and a fleet-fingered modder has already made a change to a cool but semi-contentious feature. The Unlimited Saving 2 mod by modder EddieShoe for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 means you can save your game by pressing F5 instead of having to brew and use a special potion first.
I'll back up just in case you didn't know: saving your game in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 requires either sleeping in a bed or brewing and consuming a potion called Saviour Schnapps, just like in the original game. I suspect this is to prevent excessive save-scumming, which makes choices and battles a little inconsequential: if you can save and reload whenever you want, Henry's life is exceedingly less perilous.
>> Given the nature of the mod, its shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s no media in the article.

Make Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 feel even more like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion with this charming potato mode mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/make-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-feel-even-more-like-the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-with-this-charming-potato-mode-mod/
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 already channels the spirit of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion like some medieval savant dabbling in necromancy. From its rolling green landscapes, through its charmingly weird NPC behaviours, to the fact you can break into any shop and ransack it for all its worth, Warhorse's sequel often feels more like adventuring through Cyrodiil than anything Bethesda has designed in the years since.
Now, you can further enhance KCD2's 2006 charms with the Ultra Low Graphics Mode mod. Created by Jindra1403, this mod digs a cavernous sapper's tunnel beneath the RPG's standard low graphics settings, collapsing about twenty years of graphics development into a pile of lumpy polygons.
The mod brute forces resolution to 1280x720, switches off VSync, and wipes most of the textural detail from surface geometry. In the game's description over on Nexus mods, Jindra also notes that "the preset doesn't utilize FSR or DLSS, since not only are those specific-hardware dependent, but those technologies typically do not help much at such low fidelity/resolution anyway."
As Jindra explains, the mod is designed to "maximize the game's performance at the cost of fidelity". But the results produce a strangely charming visual style in their own right, one that harkens back to that time when game visuals were constantly wowing players with their technical progress, despite being a long way from looking truly realistic. I was struck by the below image of a Bohemian countryside panorama, which has especially strong Oblivion vibes. The fuzzy rocks and lush, yet oddly flat trees look just like gazing upon a distant forest in some wild corner of Cyrodiil.
>> In the article you’ll find a couple screenshots.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth just got an amazing first-person mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-just-got-an-amazing-first-person-mod/
Now here is something really cool. Modder ‘S3ik3n’ has just released a new mod for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth that allows you to explore its world in first-person mode. This mod will allow you to better appreciate the world that the devs have created. Thus, I highly recommend trying it.
What’s crucial to note is that during combat, the mod will switch to the default camera. In my opinion, this is the best thing to do as FF7 Rebirth has a mix of turn-based and real-time combat with up to three characters. At any given time, you can control whichever character you want. So, a first-person combat mod wouldn’t really work.
As S3ik3n noted, some chapters use specific cameras. Right now, he has only modified those for cities, open outdoor areas, and the Chocobo. So, there is a chance that the game might switch back to third-person in later levels or in specific scenarios.
Moreover, while riding a Chocobo, treasure notifications will no longer appear. You’ll need to pay closer attention to your surroundings. However, if this bothers you, the modder has created a version that keeps the Chocobo view in third-person.
All in all, this mod is ideal for exploring the world’s environments. However, it also exposes one of my biggest issues with FF7 Rebirth, and that’s its low-res textures. Square Enix has really dropped the ball here. Even with its PC enhancements, FF7 Rebirth still has a lot of low-res textures.
Since you’ll get closer to all objects with this mod, things may look quite bad. As such, I highly recommend using it with this 4K Texture Pack. This mod improves around 1300 environmental textures. It does not overhaul all of them. So, here is hoping that we’ll get a new version that will upscale all of the game’s textures.
>> Sadly, the article has no media.

GAMING NEWS

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny Remastered coming to PC in 2025
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/onimusha-2-samurais-destiny-remastered-coming-to-pc-in-2025/
Capcom has just announced a remaster for the second Onimusha game, Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny. Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny Remastered will be coming to PC in 2025, and below you can find its debut trailer.
>> I find it funny that the game will come to PC and PS4/X1 but not the newest consoles.

Monster Hunter Wilds PC Benchmark Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/monster-hunter-wilds-pc-benchmark-available-for-download/
Capcom has just released a free PC benchmark tool for Monster Hunter Wilds. This benchmark tool will allow you to test the game and see whether you are able to run it or not. As such, I highly recommend downloading and running it.

Wreckfest 2 is coming to Steam Early Access on March 20th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wreckfest-2-is-coming-to-steam-early-access-on-march-20th/
THQ Nordic and Bugbear have announced that Wreckfest 2 will be coming to Steam Early Access on March 20th. To celebrate this announcement, the teams have shared a new in-engine trailer that you can find below.

The second part of the news:

Dune: Awakening says no to David Lynch and Sting in his underwear because the Herbert Estate hates fun
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-says-no-to-david-lynch-and-sting-in-his-underwear-because-the-herbert-estate-hates-fun/
One of 2025's biggies is Funcom's Dune: Awakening, a survival MMO set on an alt-history version of Arrakis where Paul Atreides, the book's protagonist and (kinda) hero, was simply never born. PCG's own Josh Wolens had the chance to play the game recently, and found an unusual genre-blending mix that, above all else, strains to stay faithful to the source material. As the game's producer, Nils Ryborg, put it: "We're making a survival game, but we're making a Dune game, right? One of the design models we have is: make the game fit Dune, don't make Dune fit the game."

Destiny 2's latest season will run a lengthy 5 months, implying a July launch date for Frontiers
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/destiny-2s-latest-season-will-run-a-lengthy-5-months-implying-a-july-launch-date-for-frontiers/
It's an exciting day for Destiny. Heresy, Destiny 2's newest season (or episode, if we're keeping with the changes to the official nomenclature) is here, sending Guardians back to their own Taken King-era stomping grounds aboard the Dreadnaught. But while there are big things happening in Destiny's present moment, Heresy's also giving us a hint at Destiny's future, indicating we should expect a July launch date for the summer expansion that'll kick off the next multi-year Destiny 2 saga.
Update: The counter in question has now been removed, but it's unclear what that means, if anything.

After working on Ultima Online for 26 years, producer Bonnie Armstrong is stepping down to 'work in my greenhouse, play with puppies, and snuggle with my hubby'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/after-working-on-ultima-online-for-26-years-producer-bonnie-armstrong-is-stepping-down-to-work-in-my-greenhouse-play-with-puppies-and-snuggle-with-my-hubby/
The old-school MMO Ultima Online has been around for more than 27 years, and producer Bonnie Armstrong has been working on it for 26 of them. Earlier this week, though, Armstrong announced that she's stepping down from the role, although she's not leaving it behind completely.

Cozy undead gardening game Greenheart Necromancer is apparently 'a mixture of 'witchcore' and 'whimsigoth' with a healthy dose of 'grandma chic''
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/cozy-undead-gardening-game-greenheart-necromancer-is-apparently-a-mixture-of-witchcore-and-whimsigoth-with-a-healthy-dose-of-grandma-chic/
Normally in games where you inherit a farm or plant shop or garden from an elderly relative, you conveniently have enough of a green thumb to keep that farm or plant shop or garden alive and thriving. (At least until winter.) Not so in Greenheart Necromancer, a game in which your thumb is only green when it's got a bit of rotting flesh on it, because you are, as the name suggests, a necromancer.

Capcom can't stop spilling the beans on new Monster Hunter Wilds monsters
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/capcom-cant-stop-spilling-the-beans-on-new-monster-hunter-wilds-monsters/
I count 24 days until Monster Hunter Wilds is out. That's close enough that I'd recommend going on a full promotional blackout until you can play it yourself, but if you're already here, you should know Capcom's latest Wilds showcase debuted another handful of monsters I'd describe with varying levels of "gross" and "cool."
>> It will also have a photo mode and new hunter profiles.

Next Battlefield game set to release sooner than I expected, before April 2026: 'We're looking for this to be the biggest Battlefield we've ever made'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-next-battlefield-game-is-set-to-release-before-april-2026/
During its quarterly investor's call on Tuesday, EA said we can expect the next Battlefield game to release sometime during its 2026 fiscal year.
Different companies define their fiscal years differently. EA is currently in its 2025 fiscal year, but that ends this March, after which the 2026 fiscal year begins. So, where EA is concerned, the 2026 financial year starts this April. Yeah, it's baffling, but that's how they do it, and it means that the next Battlefield will be out sometime between this April and the start of April 2026, if everything goes to plan.

It sure sounds like Electronic Arts thinks cutting Dragon Age: The Veilguard's live service components was a mistake
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/it-sure-sounds-like-ea-thinks-cutting-dragon-age-the-veilguards-live-service-components-was-a-mistake/
Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a strong launch and solid reviews, but it ultimately fell significantly short of EA's sales expectations, leading to a dramatic downsizing of BioWare. As expected, the company addressed the question of what went wrong during today's quarterly financial call, and it sounds like CEO Andrew Wilson thinks the decision to ditch the live service elements of Veilguard was a mistake.
>> Has he heard about Suicide Squad?

Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-sims/will-wright-says-the-original-sims-ai-was-actually-too-good-almost-anything-the-player-did-was-worse-than-the-sims-running-on-autopilot/
As part of the 25th anniversary of The Sims, the New York Times spoke to the original game's lead designer Will Wright, who gave some insight into how its AI was programmed. Part of the inspiration came from an unlikely source: his house burning down in 1991.

Overwatch Classic is bringing back the worst period in the game's history: The dreaded Mercy Moth Meta
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatch-classic-is-bringing-back-the-worst-period-in-the-games-history-the-dreaded-mercy-moth-meta/
When Overwatch players talk about low points in the game's meta, most people tend to bring up GOATS or double shield; many forget the real ancient evil that plagued Overwatch early on: the Moth Meta. But now it's back for everyone to experience.

UK government says it won't change the rules on publishers taking videogames offline after selling them: 'We have no plans to amend existing consumer law on digital obsolescence'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/uk-government-says-it-wont-change-the-rules-on-publishers-taking-videogames-offline-after-selling-them-we-have-no-plans-to-amend-existing-consumer-law-on-digital-obsolescence/
The UK government has again responded to a petition demanding it change the law to prevent developers and publishers from taking games that have already been sold offline, reiterating its position of no, it won't do that.

Helldivers 2's latest warbond adds a stratagem I've craved since the galactic war started, a portable hellbomb
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/helldivers-2s-latest-warbond-adds-a-stratagem-ive-craved-since-the-galactic-war-started-a-portable-hellbomb/
While I've played and enjoyed many complex, nuanced video games in my life, I am ultimately a simple man at heart. I like video games that feature lots of explosions, and the bigger the explosions, the happier I'll be.
So when I first witnessed the colossal fireball created by Helldivers 2's ferocious hellbomb, you can bet that I grinned like a chimp saying 'cheese!'. (...)
Now, thanks to Helldivers 2' latest warbond allows you to do just that. Servants of Freedom introduces the B-100 portable hellbomb, a new stratagem which the official PlayStation blog describes as "a beacon of democratic truth in a convenient backpack format". The hellbomb can be activated by yourself or by a teammate, whereupon it will detonate after a 10 second countdown which, the blog stresses "cannot be cancelled".

Sim racers rejoice, F1 champ Max Verstappen says you're getting a '90 to 95%' accurate experience even without that megabucks motion rig
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/sim-racers-rejoice-f1-champ-max-verstappen-says-youre-getting-a-90-to-95-percent-accurate-experience-even-without-that-megabucks-motion-rig/
It's not actually true that four-time F1 champ Max Verstappen has a racing sim rig in his private plane. But he is a serious racing sim aficionado to the extent of having one in his motorhome at European F1 races and generating controversy over his late-night sim racing antics before actual F1 races. So, when Verstappen says racing sims are "90-95% there," you have to take notice.
What's more, the good news for those of us without the spare $10k to spend on a motion rig is that Verstappen doesn't think they're all that. Actually, they're too slow for him. Hold that thought.

Thanks, I hate it.

If it offers similar performance at $100 less, it will be an excellent deal, not good. At least in my opinion.

In any case, we still have to see how will be the supply for both the Nvidia and AMD GPUs. Who knows, one of them may win just by default if there's no stock of the other.

The thing is that Radeon needs to convince Nvidia buyers to switch since Nvidia has 90% of the market share. Imo Nvidia buyers see Radeon as a downgrade in feature set and I am sure that even when FSR 4 comes out, it will likely be worse than current version of DLSS and games support will also be a lot less which is expected since it's new. I think the way it's gonna go is people will see 9070 XT be a competitor to 5070 Ti if they price it at $650 where it's priced less because it's considered a downgrade. Where as if Radeon pulls an Intel and prices it at $600, people could see 9070 XT as a competitor to 5070 with 5070 Ti level performance and vram.

So I think $650 is good but to really convince people and get a strong market share, they need to do better.

NVIDIA quality control fail: Redditor’s RTX 5080 Founders Edition arrives with 5090 branding

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-quality-control-fail-redditors-rtx-5080-founders-edition-arrives-with-5090-branding

QC fail seems to be the theme of RTX 50 series launch lol

GeForce RTX 4060 faces reduced supply in February, as NVIDIA prepares to launch RTX 5060 in March

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-4060-faces-reduced-supply-in-february-as-nvidia-prepares-to-launch-rtx-5060-in-march

ASUS GPU Tweak III update brings GeForce RTX 50 support with thermal maps and power detector

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-gpu-tweak-iii-update-brings-geforce-rtx-50-support-with-thermal-maps-and-power-detector

EVGA closes its popular tech forums, Team EVGA moves to Reddit

https://videocardz.com/pixel/evga-closes-its-popular-tech-forums-team-evga-moves-to-reddit

Club386 encounters GeForce RTX 5080 black screens issue, “PCIe 4.0 Fix” shows promise

https://videocardz.com/newz/club386-encounters-geforce-rtx-5080-black-screens-issue-pcie-4-0-fix-shows-promise

MSI and ASUS hike GeForce RTX 50 series prices in official stores, now up to $3,409 for RTX 5090

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-and-asus-hike-geforce-rtx-50-series-prices-in-official-stores-now-up-to-3409-for-rtx-5090

4090 sounds like a steal compared to these prices lol

The Thursday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sells more than 1 million copies in just 1 day
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-sells-more-than-1-million-copies-in-just-1-day/
Lest there be any doubt, the medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a hit, selling more than one million copies in its first day of release.
"Over a million of you have stepped into our world," developer Warhorse Studios posted on X. "We're beyond grateful for your support—thank you for making KCD2 a triumph!"
By way of comparison, the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance took 10 days to break a million copies sold, which in itself is quite good for a game that, as we said at the time, was "buggy as hell [and] demands high-end hardware to run properly." Because despite its issues, Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a really good RPG, and its successor is even better: PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens called it "a new RPG classic" in his 90% review, while hardware guru Nick Evanson found it a far smoother, more stable, and bug-free experience.

The Epic Store new free game is

• Beyond Blue: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beyond-blue
• HUMANKIND – Standard Edition: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/humankind

Next week, the free games will be F1® Manager 2024 and the Apex Legends™: Loba Free Unlock Bundle.

Steam has two new deals:

• Rune Factory 3 Special will be 60% off until February 12: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2243710/Rune_Factory_3_Special/
• Crypt of the NecroDancer will hav an 80% discount until the 19th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/

Fanatical doesn’t have a new Star Deal, but it has the new BYO Platinum Collection - February 2025, featuring 21 games for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ bundles during 27 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

You can still download the Bloodborne PSX Demake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-still-download-the-bloodborne-psx-demake/
Earlier this month, Sony took down the 60FPS unofficial patch for Bloodborne. And following that, Sony DMCA’ed a video for the Bloodborne PSX Demake project. Thankfully, though, this fan project is still available for download. At least for now.
In actuality, there are two demakes of Bloodborne. The first one re-imagines it as a PSX game, whereas the second one makes it feel like a Zelda game. And, at the time of writing, both of them are still available for download.
>> The article has links to both demakes and also two videos, one for each mod.

GAMING NEWS

M.O.Z.I. is a new indie story-driven FPS with horror, survival & tower defense elements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/m-o-z-i-is-a-new-indie-story-driven-fps-with-horror-survival-tower-defense-elements/
Mihanikus Games has just announced a new story-driven FPS with elements from horror, survival and tower defense, called M.O.Z.I. To celebrate this announcement, the indie dev shared a gameplay trailer that you can find below.

Liminal Point is a new indie game, inspired by Silent Hill, Resident Evil & Signalis
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/liminal-point-is-a-new-indie-game-inspired-by-silent-hill-resident-evil-signalis/
HideWorks has just announced a new survival horror game that is inspired by classic like Silent Hill and Resident Evil, called Liminal Point. Liminal Point targets a 2026 release, and below you can find its debut gameplay trailer.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater coming to PC on August 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-coming-to-pc-on-august-28th/
It appears that the PlayStation Store has leaked a new gameplay trailer and the release date for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake will be coming to PC on August 28th. And yes, this is a legit leak as it’s coming straight from Sony.

Star Wars: Outlaws Update 1.5.1 Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/star-wars-outlaws-update-1-5-1-released-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has just released Title Update 1.5.1 for Star Wars: Outlaws, which is 3.3GB in size on PC, and shared its full patch notes. This update adds official support for NVIDIA DLSS 4 and Multi-Frame Gen. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Dune: Awakening just got a new beautiful in-engine trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/dune-awakening-just-got-a-new-beautiful-in-engine-trailer/
Funcom has just released a new beautiful in-engine trailer for Dune: Awakening, showcasing Arrakis’s unforgiving but spellbinding majesty. So, if you are a fan of Dune, I suggest taking a look at it.