Ah, still remember fondly the gameboy version of the game, one of the few games I actually played through. I actually found the game quite easy tbh, even when I got the chance to play it again some time ago.

160-bit is insanely low... And I genuinely have my doubts.

We haven't had a console with a lower-than-256bit memory bus since the 7th gen consoles. (Ignoring the cheap budget Series S and cheap Nintendo hardware)
Xbox Series X even has a 320bit bus.

That's only going to be 100GB/s more than the Xbox Series X bandwidth, which... Whilst it's not the be-all, end-all; as efficiency is more important, it is not a huge game changer for Neural and RT stuff.
Might work for a more budget focused console (Xbox Series S-esque)

Another game being delisted, Dicey Tales, on 13 February. Not a big name, but looks interesting. No word on a final sale.

AMD CPU Market Share Saw Huge Growth In Q4 2025: Ryzen Desktop Leads With 36.4% Unit And 42.6% Revenue Share

https://wccftech.com/amd-cpu-market-share-huge-growth-q4-2025-ryzen-desktop-highest-revenue-ever/

HP’s Response to Memory Shortages Isn’t Switching to Chinese Memory or Cutting Specs; It’s Asking Gamers to ‘Rent’ OMEN Laptops

https://wccftech.com/hp-response-to-memory-shortages-isnt-switching-to-chinese-suppliers-or-cutting-specs-its-asking-gamers-to-rent-laptops/

GeForce NOW launches Amazon Fire TV app with 1080p60 streaming support

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-now-launches-amazon-fire-tv-app-with-1080p60-streaming-support

Samsung Display brands five-layer QD-OLED “Penta Tandem” for monitor panels up to 1,300 nits

https://videocardz.com/newz/samsung-display-brands-five-layer-qd-oled-penta-tandem-for-monitor-panels-up-to-1300-nits

MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING officially priced at $5090.99, but to buy one gamers need to enter a draw

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-rtx-5090-lightning-officially-priced-at-5090-99-but-to-buy-one-gamers-need-to-enter-a-draw

Samsung begins HBM4 mass production and customer shipments up to 3.3 TB/s per stack

https://videocardz.com/newz/samsung-begins-hbm4-mass-production-and-customer-shipments-up-to-3-3-tb-s-per-stack

The Thursday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has taken the Metal Gear series to over 65 million games sold
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-has-taken-the-metal-gear-series-to-over-65-million-games-sold/
Konami has been slowly reviving the Metal Gear series in recent years, after the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima saw it go on a five year hiatus (eight years, if you discount the much-maligned Metal Gear Survive). 2023 brought the Master Collection Vol. 1, which launched with a few issues but is now an excellent package, but last year was the real acid test: the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a full-on remake of perhaps the most beloved game in the series.
Delta delivered. Maybe it was a little too faithful at points, maybe there's still that slight hesitance within Konami to really let its creatives loose, but it showed beyond doubt that the studio is still capable of delivering a great Metal Gear game (here's our review). And per a sales breakdown on Konami's corporate website, the audience is clearly still out there for a bit of Snake.
We already knew that Delta sold over a million copies in its launch week, but Konami now says that the series has sold a cumulative total of 65.5 million units. If you want to do some beermat maths, the series had sold 63.3 million as of June 2025, per Konami's own figures. Delta won't be entirely responsible for that 2.2 million jump but, as the only major Metal Gear release in the last year, it's reasonable to infer that the game ended up selling around or just under two million.

During the next 7 days, the Epic Store will give away

• The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-darkside-detective-a-fumble-in-the-dark-174fcf
• Nobody Wants to Die: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/nobody-wants-to-die-fe21cd

Next week, the free games will be Return to Ash and STALCRAFT: X Starter Edition .

GOG has launched the Love At First Pixel Sale, featuring over 7000 deals with up to 97% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/love-at-first-pixel

Steam has several new deals and sales:

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits is going ot be 50% off until the 18th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1954200/Kena_Bridge_of_Spirits/
• Moss gets a 70% discount until February 23: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846470/Moss/
• Cash Cleaner Simulator will be 25% off until the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488370/Cash_Cleaner_Simulator/
• Craft The World will have a 87% discounts until the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/248390/Craft_The_World/
• These are the new Sales/Events;
  • Playstation PC Sale 2026 features up to 75% discounts and will last until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40425349/sale/PlayStationPCSale2026
  • EA’s Lunar New Year Sale will have some games up to 80% off until February 25: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36135791/sale/lunar-new-year-2026-part2
  • Publisher IndieArk celebrates its New Lunar Year Sale with games up to 70% discounts. Most games have demos and the deals will end between the 23rd and the 25th of this month: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39220934/sale/IndieArkLunarNewYearSale2026
  • Publisher GRAVITY GAME ARISE also celebrates a New Lunar Year Sale, this time with up to 90% discounts that will end on the 26th. Again, there are several games with demos: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42499832/sale/GravityGamesAriseLunarYearSale2026

Humble Bundle has the new Love You to Death Bundle, with 9 games to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/love-you-to-death-bundle

And Fanatical’s new BYO Romance Bundle has 18 titles to choose from for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ game bundles during the next 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-romance-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 26.2.1 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-26-2-1

HIGHLIGHTS
New Game Support

• Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
• Nioh 3

FIXED ISSUES

• Corrupted clouds may be observed while playing Arc Raiders on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
• Intermittent application crash may be observed when playing The Finals with ray tracing enabled on Radeon™ RX 7000 series products.

>> Despite adding support for new games and some fixes, Videocardz has laveled the driver as optional.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

DLSS Enabler Simulates DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation in Any DirectX 12 Game on Any DX12 GPU
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dlss-enabler-simulates-dlss-4-multi-frame-generation-on-any-dx12-gpu-and-game/
Modder ‘artur07305’ has released a new version of the DLSS Enabler Tool. This latest version of DLSS Enabler can simulate DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation in any DX12 GPU to any DX12 game. As such, those with older GPUs can use it to boost their performance in pretty much every DX12 game.
For those who did not know, NVIDIA has locked DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen to its RTX-50 series GPUs. However, with this tool, you can now use DLSS 4 MFG to any DX12 GPU.
Naturally, DLSS 4 MFG will not look as good as it does on AMD’s GPUs or on older NVIDIA GPUs. Basically, the mod simulates DLSS 4 MFG. Still, this is something that some PC gamers can use on their low-tier GPUs to get a smoother gaming experience.
To showcase the benefits of this new version of DLSS Enabler, YouTube’s ‘GAMESMARK’ shared the following video. In the video, we get to see Cyberpunk 2077 running at 1080p/Ultra Settings on an NVIDIA GTX 1060. With Intel XeSS Balanced and DLSS 4 Frame Gen, the game runs with 60FPS. By enabling DLSS 4 MFG X3, the game jumps to 77FPS. And then, with MFG X4, he got to 100FPS. And that’s on an NVIDIA GTX 1060.

Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/valve-isnt-putting-gordon-freeman-into-any-new-games-so-deadlock-modders-have-taken-matters-into-their-own-hands/
To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. Best case scenario, I get to be delighted by being proven wrong. Worst case, I'm sparing myself from the cyclical mass psychosis of reading an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement in whatever tea leaves we've convinced ourselves exist.
But if the studio doesn't seem interested in bringing Gordon Freeman out of retirement in the foreseeable future, modders are more than happy to give Gordon some screentime in Valve's games whether the company wants to or not. There might not be a new Half-Life on the horizon, but thanks to modder Grelgn, Deadlock can now star the last free man.
Available on Gamebanana, Grelgn's Gordon Freeman mod is a skin swap for Venator using a Freeman model originally built by artists Komegatze, TGH, and Bruss for Source 2 Filmmaker use in Half-Life: Alyx. As a demo video shows, Venator's firearms-and-crossbow kit feels right at home with Freeman, even if the bespectacled scientist feels a little out of place against the backdrop of Deadlock's Cursed Apple.
>> The article has a short video.

The Original Assassin’s Creed Got a Must-Have HD Remaster Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-original-assassins-creed-got-a-must-have-hd-remaster-mod/
Modder ‘QTmodz’ has just released a must-have HD Remaster Mod for the original 2007 Assassin’s Creed game. This mod will overhaul the game’s graphics. As such, it’s a must for those who want to replay it.
Going into more details, this HD Remaster Mod brings HD shadows, HD reflections, and HD Textures to the game. It packs 4K Clouds, and better sky domes. It also improves the quality of all buildings, ground, stone, and vegetation textures. Plus, you’ll get an overall better lighting and better bloom.
From what we know, Ubisoft does not have any plans to remaster this classic Assassin’s Creed game. Later this year, Ubisoft will most likely reveal the remake of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. I’m certain that a lot of its fans will be happy about it. But man, I’d really love to see a remake of the first AC game.
>> The article has some screenshots and a video.

GAMING NEWS

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival Gets Official Story Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival-gets-official-story-trailer/
Saber Interactive has released the official story trailer for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival. According to the press release, this trailer shows a horrific encounter that mixes sex, gore, and sadism in ways that shake the soul.

No Man’s Sky Update 6.2 Remnant Released – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/no-mans-sky-update-6-2-remnant-released-full-patch-notes/
Hello Games has just released the Remnant Update, also known as Patch 6.2, for No Man’s Sky, and shared its full changelog. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

CI Games has shared new details about the combat of Lords of the Fallen 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ci-games-has-shared-new-details-about-the-combat-of-lords-of-the-fallen-2/
CI Games has revealed some new details about the combat system of Lords of the Fallen 2. Moreover, the team shared a brand new episode of their ongoing development series ‘Lifting the Veil’, diving deeper into the game’s brutal soulslike combat.

Fortnite will require Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU for tournaments
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fortnite-will-require-secure-boot-tpm-and-iommu-for-tournaments/
Epic Games has announced some new PC anti-cheat requirements for Fortnite for playing at tournaments. To be more precise, the game will now require PC players to enable Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU.
>> The key part here is that this is only for tournaments.

Gothic 1 Remake will be released on June 5th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gothic-1-remake-will-be-released-on-june-5th/
THQ Nordic has announced that Gothic 1 Remake will be released on June 5th. To celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also shared a new trailer that you can find below.

Thursday gaming news, part two:

'I told you so!': As Mewgenics roars past 250,000 copies sold in less than a day, Edmund McMillen says 'I knew this game would eventually see the light of day, and I knew it would be my best work'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/i-told-you-so-as-mewgenics-roars-past-250-000-copies-sold-in-less-than-a-day-edmund-mcmillen-says-i-knew-this-game-would-eventually-see-the-light-of-day-and-i-knew-it-would-be-my-best-work/
The path to Mewgenics was a long one. It was revealed in 2012—yes, that's 14 years ago—and then delayed, and then cancelled outright. In 2018 Edmund McMillen announced that work had resumed, but instead of working with Team Meat partner Tommy Refenes, he was collaborating with Tyler Glaiel. A bit after that he warned that Mewgenics was still "a few years" away, and, well, eight years later, here we are.
Despite that long haul (or, maybe more likely, because of it), McMillen said in a new AMA on Reddit that finally getting Mewgenics out the door after all these years was a real moment of triumph—and one he never doubted.
>> More articles: the game is getting a DLC (link), and it also has its very own Mr. Resetti that'll make 'a brain slushie' out of you and curse your cats if you save scum (link)

Marvel Rivals' latest balance update continues to fan the flames of a broken meta: 'Today's patch notes have made me lose all hope'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/marvel-rivals-patch-notes-season-6-5/
NetEase finally spilt the beans on Marvel Rivals' Season 6.5 update yesterday, ahead of its launch on Friday, 13 February, giving us our first look at Elsa Bloodstone and all the balance changes. Of course, this was conveniently timed right as its competitor, Overwatch, launched its massive yearly refresh, which caused the game to break its player count record on Steam.
However, 'balance' isn't exactly the word I and many others would use to describe the latest patch notes, which continue to drop the ball that was already deep in the ground as far back as launch day.

I played the new demo for the upcoming Starship Troopers boomer shooter and accidentally wiped out 6 of my own guys when I bounced a grenade off someone's head
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/i-played-the-new-demo-for-the-upcoming-starship-troopers-boomer-shooter-and-accidentally-wiped-out-6-of-my-own-guys-when-i-bounced-a-grenade-off-someones-head/
I sometimes have trouble keeping track of all the different Starship Troopers games out there, but the upcoming Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War stands out for a couple reasons. One, it's being made by Auroch Digital, developer of the very excellent Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and two, there's now a demo on Steam so you can get into the bug hunt action (and take your first step toward citizenship) for free, right now.

Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/diablo-2-is-coming-back-with-its-first-expansion-in-25-years-featuring-a-new-class-and-finally-decent-inventory-management/
I swore I heard the developers wrong on the Diablo 30th anniversary Spotlight video when they said that Diablo 2 would be getting a second expansion. Lord of Destruction came out 25 years ago; Diablo 2 is a really old game. Surely, they meant to say Diablo 4, the game that we already know is getting a second expansion this year.
Nope: I played it back, they really just announced a new Diablo 2 expansion called Reign of the Warlock, and made it available today. Diablo 2: Resurrected is also on Steam now.
>> More about Diablo 2: Diablo 2: Resurrected is on Steam and Steam Deck verified (link) and Blizzard says it's open to more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks (link).

Diablo 4's second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/diablo-4s-second-new-class-is-a-summoner-who-commands-demons-to-fight-demons/
The excitement around the return of paladins to Diablo 4 almost made me forget that a second class was still on its way. During today's Diablo Spotlight video, Blizzard reminded us that the Lord of Hatred expansion will launch with a second new class, one designed to contrast the bright and stalwart paladins.

Solasta 2 is committed to implementing a D&D 5E rule that Baldur's Gate 3 dismissed
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/solasta-2-is-committed-to-implementing-a-d-and-d-5e-rule-that-baldurs-gate-3-dismissed/
Solasta: Crown of the Magister was a more combat-focused take on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition than Baldur's Gate 3, and so it included a couple of tactical options that Larian's narrative-heavy RPG didn't. Dodge, for instance—an action that gives all attacks against you disadvantage and also gives you advantage on Dexterity saving throws—was an option in Solasta.
So was "ready action", which let you prepare an attack or cantrip to use on an enemy when they came into range. Basically, it was overwatch. In tabletop Dungeons & Dragons though, readying an action can be used for anything your heart desires ("I ready an action to feed my potion of healing to the paladin when they drop" or "I ready an action to push the boulder off the cliff when the ogre is beneath it," for instance), and while that level of freeform planning isn't realistic in a videogame, Solasta's designers want more options available in Solasta 2. As the developers at Tactical Adventures say in the latest dev update, "we aim to have most actions compatible with Ready Action over time."

16 days after Highguard's launch, the studio has laid off 'most of the staff'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/16-days-after-highguards-launch-the-studio-has-laid-off-most-of-the-staff/
Just before launch, Highguard devs told PC Gamer it wouldn't need huge player numbers to succeed.
Just over two weeks after releasing the "PvP raid shooter" Highguard on Steam, developer Wildlight Entertainment has reportedly laid off an unspecified but seemingly large number of employees.

Peter Molyneux's Masters of Albion looks like three games in one, but it also looks like none of them is any good
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/peter-molyneuxs-masters-of-albion-looks-like-three-games-in-one-but-it-also-looks-like-none-of-them-is-any-good/
Masters of Albion, the upcoming god-slash-action-slash-management game from Peter Molyneux's 22Cans, has a new six minute "epic deep dive" trailer showcasing what you'll be getting up to. And the perhaps unsurprising news is that none of it looks like much fun.

Yep, there’s a part three as well:

Fallout's co-creator again recalls nixing 'Terminator-style' robots in the original game, which has me rubbing my chin real hard at Fallout 4's entire plot: 'Mr Handy and Terminator robot do not belong in the same universe'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallouts-co-creator-again-recalls-nixing-terminator-style-robots-in-the-original-game-which-has-me-rubbing-my-chin-real-hard-at-fallout-4s-entire-plot-mr-handy-and-terminator-robot-do-not-belong-in-the-same-universe/

Knowing what's happening off camera in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings some levity to those dramatic cutscenes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/clair-obscur-photo-mode-oddities/

On another timeline, we could have had a Metal Gear Solid first-person shooter made with Vince Zampella
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/on-another-timeline-we-could-have-had-a-metal-gear-solid-first-person-shooter-made-with-vince-zampella/

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it's four times hotter than the surface of the sun
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/dwarf-fortress-forensic-specialists-blame-mysterious-case-of-spontaneous-human-combustion-on-a-historical-artifact-that-suddenly-remembered-its-four-times-hotter-than-the-surface-of-the-sun/

Cult of the Lamb may be a murder-happy fever dream, but the devs have principles: 'We wouldn't want to fleece players'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/cult-of-the-lamb-may-be-a-murder-happy-fever-dream-but-the-devs-have-principles-we-wouldnt-want-to-fleece-players/

You may have doubts, but that's the info we've got so far. 640GB/s, almost 200GB/s faster than the base PS5 and around 70GB/s more than the PS5Pro.

But it's not like we haven't had clues that could explain this numbers. Keep in mind Sony and AMD partnership with project Amethyst, were one of the three key features is called Universal Compression and it's designed to "improve GPU memory bandwidth". Why would they need that if they were going to have a 320-bit memory bus and 1.2TB/s bandwidth?

Of course, of course, that tech could be for the handheld console, but wouldn't it be a waste to develop it and only use it for one of the two machines?

It feels like next gen might be one of the worst generations in terms of gaming. Xbox may as well be dead, Playstation and Nintendo are in different markets so god knows how the ps6 is gonna be priced. PC gaming is under all kinds of shat and it feels like if it's not one thing, there's always another to goof it up. From Crypto boom to Ai boom to memory shortage. It's like a never ending assault onto PC gaming.

Then you have this industry wide GaaS fetish with endless flops. And because so much money and time is going into these GaaS flops, it means that single player games are being sacrificed. There have certainly been bangers this gen for sure but hot dang, my interest in gaming is at an all time low.

The steam deck has apparently sold out in loads of markets, presumably because of dram shortages. The UK store is OK though; so who knows.