NVidia apparently claimed that those 3GB chips have very bad availability right now. Hopefully they'll use them on the next year's SUPER upgrade...

The Tuesday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

GOG has four new sales:

• The Metro Franchise is on sale, with the games up to 85% off during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250414_metro_franchise_sale
• Devolver Digital puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250415_devolver_publisher_sale
• The Action Games Promo has games up to 92% off during the next 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250415_action_games_promo
• Finally, there’s the Anshar Publishing Publisher Sale, with up to 70% discounts during 13 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250414_anshar_publisher_sale

Steam has these deals and sales:

• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics will be 20% off until the 28th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2634890/MARVEL_vs_CAPCOM_Fighting_Collection_Arcade_Classics/
• Clothing Store Simulator, still in Early Access, will have a 35% discount until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2923390/Clothing_Store_Simulator/
• Frontline Crisis is going to be 40% off until April 28: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139620/Frontline_Crisis/
• These are the sales/events:
  • The Moving Out franchise is on sale with up to 80% discounts until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/movingoutfranchise25
  • The Metro franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary with up to 85% discounts until April, the 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4283115/sale/Metro15Anniversary
  • Publisher Dharker Studios puts its games (visual novels, be careful) up to 90% off until April 21: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33021098/sale/DharkerStudiosPublisherSale
  • In the Lovecraftian Days 2025 you’ll find games with up to 90% discounts until, in theory, the 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/LovecraftianDays2025
  • The Anshar Publishing Sale is also on Steam, but with up to 80% discounts and until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41215820/sale/springsale2025
  • Publisher Good Sheperd Entertainment puts its games up to 90% off until the 28th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33772096/sale/GSE_Publisher_Sale_2025
  • Publisher Daedalic will also put its games up to 90% off until the same April 28: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/1738300/sale/AprilSale
• And we can’t forget about the Weeklong deals

Humble Bundle presents the Train Sim World 5: Route Remix Bundle, featuring up to 10 items during the next 17 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/train-sim-world-5-route-remix-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/steam-total-account-spend/
There's a web tool that estimates the value of your Steam account by looking at all the games you own, but it can't tell you how precisely much you've actually spent on Valve's wallet-plundering platform, microtransactions and all.
That potentially startling number is buried in Steam's help menus.
The relevant Steam help page was pointed out recently on Reddit by user trotski94. You can find it in the Steam client by navigating to: Help > Steam support > My account > Data related to your Steam account > External funds used.
>> For my own sake, I won’t check it out, but you’re free to it at your own risk.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Mod Adds Reshade Ray Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-mod-adds-reshade-ray-tracing/
BeyondDreams has released a custom reshade preset that adds support for Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion and Ray Tracing Global Illumination to The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. This mod aims to significantly improve the graphics of the game, so make sure to check it out.
Going into more details, this mod is based on Complete RT and eLITE RT. And, to be more precise, it will improve the in-game sky lighting, global illumination and ambient occlusion. All these improvements are also thanks to Reshade’s Ray Tracing. And, since the game did not support RT, it’s a pleasant welcome.
Complete RT is one of the best Ray Tracing Reshades. This mod has one of the most advanced screen-space Ray Tracing Shaders, letting you add GI, AO, Matte, and Glossy Reflections to your games. It also offers Color Grading, dynamic Depth of Field, and an immersive Camera Mod.
As I’ve said, Ray Tracing via Reshade is not as good as native RT. Reshade Ray Tracing is using depth information available in screen space in order to provide its “ray tracing” effects. As such, these Ray Tracing effects are not as accurate as the native RT effects that most modern-day games support. With that said, this is still a form of RT. Plus, it can improve a game’s visuals.
To showcase the mod, BeyondDreams shared the following video. At the beginning, we get to see some comparison scenes. These will give you a pretty good idea of all the visual improvements I described above.

GAMING NEWS

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Patch 1.1 Released, Improves Performance With Resizable BAR
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-patch-1-1-released-improves-performance-with-resizable-bar/
Nixxes has just released Patch 1.1 Hotfix for the PC version of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. According to the team, this patch improves performance on PC when using Resizable BAR. So, let’s see whether those claims are true.

The Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 remake is now rumored to release during the week of April 21st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-oblivion-unreal-engine-5-remake-is-now-rumored-to-release-during-the-week-of-april-21st/
It appears that the Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 Remake is nearing release. According to Jeff Grub, this official remake will be shadowdropped the week of April 21st. In other words, we should expect it at the end of April.
Do note that Grub specifically said “Week of April 21st”, and not “April 21st”. This means that it will come out sometime between April 21st and April 25th.
Both Jeff Grub and NateTheHate are credible sources for leaks. They have not been 100% accurate, but they are still credible for most leaks and rumors. This is why I’ve decided to share this latest leak.
>> The remaster is real, as developer Virtuos has done an oopsie.

Dune Awakening delayed to June 10th, gets final PC requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dune-awakening-delayed-to-june-10th-gets-final-pc-requirements/
Funcom has announced that Dune: Awakening has been delayed until June 10th. The game was originally meant to come out on PC on May 20th. So, we’re looking at a one-month delay.
>> But there’ll be a beta weekend next month.

Tuesday news, part two:

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 is among its biggest, holding 48 pages (approx. 19,000-20,000 words) of patch notes in its vast and bountiful form
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-3s-patch-8-is-among-its-biggest-holding-45-pages-approx-19-000-20-000-words-of-patch-notes-in-its-vast-and-bountiful-form/
Patch 8 of Baldur's Gate 3 releases tomorrow, April 15. And while I'm already scheming to build my gang of build-broken nightmare people to tackle Honour Mode with for a second time, I'm also wondering how I'm going to break it to my friends, family, and loved ones that they will not see me for the next two weeks.
Maybe three, actually, since Larian boss Swen Vincke's assertion after the announcement last week that Patch 8 of Baldur's Gate 3 has, uh, a lot of notes to get through. Vincke writes on X: "I just read the 48 pages of patch notes on this. If there were a Michelin guide to patches, I’d give this one 3 stars."

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Alice In Wonderland update is dropping next week, but I'm mostly excited about 'uncrafting' things
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/disney-dreamlight-valleys-alice-in-wonderland-update-is-dropping-next-week-but-im-mostly-excited-about-uncrafting-things/
Disney Dreamlight Valley has announced the details of its next update, Wonderland Whimsy, including the release date: April 23. This update will open up the Alice in Wonderland realm, which means two new characters will be available to unlock and invite to our valley, Alice and the Cheshire Cat.

Star Wars Zero Company, the XCOM-like tactics game being made by ex-Firaxis devs, will be revealed this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/star-wars-zero-company-the-xcom-like-tactics-game-being-made-by-ex-firaxis-devs-will-be-revealed-this-weekend/
The Star Wars tactics game that was revealed by developer Bit Reactor in 2024 now has a title—Star Wars Zero Company—and while virtually nothing else about the game has been revealed at this point, Electronic Arts says we'll get a proper look this coming weekend as part of the Star Wars Celebration in Japan.

Overwatch 2's Stadium mode gameplay trailer somehow looks even more chaotic with whole team nano boosts, multi orbs, and a mini B.O.B.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatch-2s-stadium-mode-gameplay-trailer-somehow-looks-even-more-chaotic-with-whole-team-nano-boosts-multi-orbs-and-a-mini-b-o-b/
Today, we got a small look at Overwatch 2's upcoming Stadium mode. While only a few minutes long, the gameplay trailer has a ton of stuff packed into it, including a snapshot of some unique hero abilities and how teams will have to band together to be competitive in this new mode.

The latest Stalker 2 roadmap includes modding improvements, more A-life updates, and letting mutants eat corpses
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-latest-stalker-2-roadmap-includes-modding-improvements-more-a-life-updates-and-letting-mutants-eat-corpses/
The Zone might always be a place where stepping a few feet in the wrong direction will leave you compressed into a wet mess by a gravitational anomaly, but you can't say it's not improving. After completing months of major patches that smoothed out some of the rougher jank in the Stalker 2 experience since its November release, developer GSC Game World just released its Q2 2025 update roadmap to sketch out its plans for post-release support as it moves from fixes to new additions.

Former Concord dev says 'it was gut wrenching to see our project fail' but urges players not to judge Marathon too soon: 'To call this game a failure before it’s even out is wild to me'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/former-concord-dev-says-it-was-gut-wrenching-to-see-our-project-fail-but-urges-players-not-to-judge-marathon-too-soon-to-call-this-game-a-failure-before-its-even-out-is-wild-to-me/
Gameplay of Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon was finally revealed over the weekend, and while there's plenty of excitement for it, a not-negligible number of gamers have jumped into the conversation to make unflattering comparisons to Concord. Spurred by those reactions, a former Concord developer has taken to Reddit (via VG247) to encourage everyone to give the game a chance—and, maybe more importantly, to show some empathy for the people working on it.
>> Someone on the internet asking for empathy? I’m sure that will work...

One of the best RPG narratives ever told could have gotten a sequel from Dragon Age's creator if a single publisher had the good taste to throw money at it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/one-of-the-best-rpg-narratives-ever-told-could-have-gotten-a-sequel-from-dragon-ages-creator-if-a-single-publisher-had-the-good-taste-to-throw-money-at-it/
If you need more evidence we live in the worst of all possible worlds, how's this: Beamdog once put Dragon Age creator David Gaider to work on a full-fat sequel to Planescape: Torment—a key inspiration for Disco Elysium, one of the best videogame narratives ever told, and the current #29 on PC Gamer's Top 100—only for the project to die a slow, quiet death because no publisher wanted to throw money at it.

'This is it. Our final major game patch for Baldur’s Gate 3': The colossal Patch 8 is finally here, marking the end of (non-bug fix) updates for Larian's triumphant RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/this-is-it-our-final-major-game-patch-for-baldurs-gate-3-the-colossal-patch-8-is-finally-here-marking-the-end-of-non-bug-fix-updates-for-larians-triumphant-rpg/
Well, folks, we're finally here—at the end of a long and weary campaign. Baldur's Gate 3 has received its last major patch (apart from bug fixes and stuff), and it's the doozy to end all doozies. It really is also the last big update this time, so I hopefully won't have to endure further finger-waggles from Larian.

So what you're saying is that any performance results right now are to be taken with a generous amount of salt. Thanks.

The margin on these lower end cards is smaller than on the bigger ones, and because of that, I don't think AMD will be as aggressive as it's been with the 9070 cards.

$30 to 50 less is the best I can hope of right now, but I won't mind it if AMD proves me wrong (in a good way).

By the way, Nvidia has only given an official price for the 5060Ti 8GB model, the card they don't want reviewers to test: 405,00€. But at least it's a direct conversion from the US price with VAT, $379 => 335 € ($1= 0.89€) + 21% VAT = 405€.

That would put the 5060 at 320€ and the 5060Ti 16GB at 459€.

Well, I checked it out, here's my results:

Average playtime is really pushed up by the 1000+ hours of Hearts of Iron 4 and Oxygen not Included, otherwise it would be wayyy lower

Why, oh, why did you show it to me! Now I have more curiosity to check mine

But I won't, because I'm stronger than that! (not by much, but by enough)

Even Linus is pretty mad at NVidia for their shady practices for the 5060/Ti launch

The 5060Ti pricing is looking quite good actually at £399 here if they have enough stock which is only £10 more than the 4060TI 8GB model had been selling for most of it's life and people were buying lots of them so if the 20% gains are true and an extra 8GB vram it should be a good jump but I think the biggest thing is a 16GB Cuda GPU at this price to performance will be very appealing for productivity and workstations.

If that 20% is indeed true, at that $429 price, AMD will have hard time with 9060XT, at least from napkin math and what is currently known about it, which puts it under 5060Ti - so maybe they will have to price 9060XT at $349.

Darc Requiem spent 6,776 hours playing 74% of their games. https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198008388641/

Hmmm.. not terrible as I thought to be honest with you all.