And here’s the also long third part:

Arc Raiders' old machine designs sound so diabolical, it's no wonder they were reworked or removed after poor playtest feedback: 'At that time, they didn't fit with the game very well'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-old-machine-designs-sound-so-diabolical-its-no-wonder-they-were-reworked-or-removed-after-poor-playtest-feedback-at-that-time-they-didnt-fit-with-the-game-very-well/
>> There are more Arc Raiders articles: 1- They didn't expect such a passionate PvE-only crowd (link) ; 2- the game had jump pads (link) ; 3- The game could get vehicles one day (link) ; 4- The production director hopes other studios are given the same chance they got (link).

Palworld's Bucky got off a plane to find 'about 8,000 Discord messages from Palworld fans' who really wanted him to know about Pickmon: 'God bless their little hearts'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/palworlds-bucky-got-off-a-plane-to-find-about-8-000-discord-messages-from-palworld-fans-who-really-wanted-him-to-know-about-pickmon-god-bless-their-little-hearts/

As rumors about new a Witcher 3 expansion continue to swirl, CD Projekt pointedly says it has 'no plans for additional DLCs or expansions'—for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/as-rumors-about-new-a-witcher-3-expansion-continue-to-swirl-cd-projekt-pointedly-says-it-has-no-plans-for-additional-dlcs-or-expansions-for-cyberpunk-2077/

Starfield's composer says the game will become 'legendary', Todd Howard's a 'visionary', and maybe you 'were just not ready for it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/starfields-composer-says-the-game-will-become-legendary-todd-howards-a-visionary-and-maybe-you-were-just-not-ready-for-it/
>> Meanwhile, Bethesda has had to calm down fans over some Starfield news that may come next week (link).

Disco Elysium writers marvel at how a game made 'in a f**king squalid flat' in Estonia had such a huge impact, and welcomes successors like Esoteric Ebb: 'We make games, but we also like them'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/disco-elysium-writers-marvel-at-how-a-game-made-in-a-f-king-squalid-flat-in-estonia-had-such-a-huge-impact-and-welcomes-successors-like-esoteric-ebb-we-make-games-but-we-also-like-them/

'No matter what we changed, somebody was going to get mad:' After hearing what an Obsidian dev went through to get RPG difficulty right, I get why nobody's ever gotten RPG difficulty right
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/no-matter-what-we-changed-somebody-was-going-to-get-mad-after-hearing-what-an-obsidian-dev-went-through-to-get-rpg-difficulty-right-i-get-why-nobodys-ever-gotten-rpg-difficulty-right/

Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/major-investor-is-shocked-and-sad-that-the-games-industry-is-demonizing-generative-ai/
>> Oh, no! Where is my tiny violin?

Baby Steps' designers trolled players by placing stacks of cans at the top of 'plausible' climbing challenges they didn't even bother testing, and players managed to climb them all—except one
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/baby-steps-designers-trolled-players-by-placing-stacks-of-cans-at-the-top-of-plausible-climbing-challenges-they-didnt-even-bother-testing-and-players-managed-to-climb-them-all-except-one/

Executive producer on The Simpsons says 'never say never' regarding a Hit & Run revival, even if he prefers the 2007 game
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/executive-producer-on-the-simpsons-says-never-say-never-regarding-a-hit-and-run-revival-even-if-he-prefers-the-2007-game/

GTA roleplay’s latest craze has players risking their cars in tense bouts of high-stakes hide and seek
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta-roleplays-latest-craze-has-players-risking-their-cars-in-tense-bouts-of-high-stakes-hide-and-seek/

It's funny how these two articles, and these other two ...

... seem to match so perfectly together.

Not that I think the last two are related nor anything, but it kind of feels that way.

It's worth noting that Mindfactory seems to be the favorite store for AMD customers and that their numbers are usually biased towards AMD, both when it comes to their CPUs and GPUs.

DLSS5 looks interesting. A small taste of the neural rendering era to come.

Idk bois. This might be going too far into the uncanny valley. We will see how the execution is but idk about this one lol. Impressive tech tho.

It's just more realistic lightning. No textures or geometry is being generated (yet).

Some people are just comparing with the plastic-looking Grace face and thought they added makeup or something, but it's just specular depth.

DLSS5 looking nice