Part 2 of the news:

ROCKET LEAGUE'S FREE BASKETBALL MODE HAS ARRIVED

http://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-leagues-free-basketball-mode-is-has-arrived/

As of yesterday's Rocket League patch, you can now play basketball with rocket propelled cars. The patch also adds the ability to save replays mid-match, as well as a “Cosmic” Rocket Labs map and some bug fixes—but let’s talk about basketball.

HOW EVE ONLINE PLAYERS ARE HELPING MEDICAL SCIENCE

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-internet-spaceships-are-helping-medical-science/

The Human Protein Atlas is a scientific research program whose goal is to map the human proteome. With this information medical science can better explain the biological and molecular function of the body, improving the diagnosis and treatment of diseases as a result. It’s an important venture, but there’s just one problem: computers are terrible at identifying proteins.

CASTLE CRASHERS CREATORS' NEXT GAME IS FILLED WITH SWORDS, UZIS, AND LIVING CUPCAKES

http://www.pcgamer.com/castle-crashers-creators-next-game-is-filled-with-swords-uzis-and-living-cupcakes/

Pit People is strange and I want to play more of it. It's odd enough that The Behemoth—a developer primarily known for its sidescrolling beat-em-ups like Castle Crashers and Battleblock Theater—is making a turn-based strategy game, so it seems only fitting that the game's theme be somewhat unexpected as well: The corpse of a giant space bear crashes into the planet, causing chaos and disrupting time and space, meaning pretty much anything goes.

>>There's a video in the link.

PARAGON'S FREE BETA WEEKENDS BEGIN LATER THIS WEEK

http://www.pcgamer.com/paragons-free-beta-weekends-begin-later-this-week/

The first beta test of Epic's upcoming MOBA Paragon will begin on April 28—that's Thursday—and run until May 1. It's a closed beta but the first 500,000 registrants will all be invited, so if you've signed up to get in, the odds are probably pretty good that you will. And if you don't, that's OK, because the following weekend, May 5-8, will be open to everyone.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CYBERPUNK 2077 IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF

http://www.pcgamer.com/it-sounds-like-cyberpunk-2077-is-still-a-long-way-off/

Believe it or not, it's been more than three years since CD Projekt dropped the absolutely stunning teaser for its next RPG, Cyberpunk 2077. Not much has happened since then—well, aside from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I suppose—and unfortunately for those of you who, like me, are really looking forward to finally playing it, it sounds like not much is going to happen for a long while yet.

>>3 years already? Awww .

DARKEST DUNGEON IS GETTING TOWN EVENTS THIS MONTH, PLUS A LINUX PORT

http://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-is-getting-town-events-this-month-plus-a-linux-port/

After a lengthy and productive Early Access period, Darkest Dungeon officially released in January to very strong reviews. That doesn't mean Red Hook Studios has moved on, though: the game continues to get regular updates, with the next poised to introduce new 'Town Events' to the game, which will bring some life and variety to the game's Hamlet.

SEVEN: THE DAYS LONG GONE IS A GORGEOUS FEAT OF WORLD DESIGN

http://www.pcgamer.com/seven-the-days-long-gone-is-a-gorgeous-feat-of-world-design/

From a technical perspective, Shadow Warrior 2 is the prettiest game I saw at PAX East, but if we're talking design and scope, Seven: The Days Long Gone is even more astounding. Its tiny, isometric-style world creates the sense that I'm hovering over a model world splayed out across the floor of an aircraft hanger, filled with little lights, rivers, fog machines, and animatronics.

>>There's a video in the link.

PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE 2 IS FREE FOR 10 HOURS

http://www.pcgamer.com/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2-is-free-for-10-hours/

The opportunity to side with either plants or zombies in a fight to the death seems like one few would pass up. Usually you'd need to pay in order to partake in such a battle, but not at the moment: EA is offering a generous 10 hour demo of Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, which is longer than some people spend with the game after they've paid for it.

TAIWAN RATINGS BOARD POINTS TO TRIALS AND BLOOD DRAGON MASH-UP

http://www.pcgamer.com/taiwan-ratings-board-points-to-trials-and-blood-dragon-mash-up/

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was a thoroughly enjoyable retro-futuristic spin-off which, if you ask me, vastly improved on the original shooter in every possible way. For a while it looked like Ubisoft might return to the schlocky 1980s theme, but as time has passed (and as other Far Cry spin-offs like Primal have emerged) it's looked increasingly unlikely.

WHISPERS OF THE OLD GODS MENACES HEARTHSTONE TODAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/whispers-of-the-old-gods-menaces-hearthstone-today/

Whispers of the Old Gods also heralds the arrival of Standard Mode and renames the former standard, ‘Wild Mode’. Standard mode restricts certain cards in ranked play, a necessity for most CCGs whose card selections get out of hand. PC Gamer’s resident Hearthstone obsessive, Tim, catalogued the most important cards to be removed from Standard play. I’d start revising while everyone’s unsteady on their feet.

I know, that's why I'm lucky to be able to wait, I'm late in playing my backlog as AMD is usually late in delivering what it promises.    Also, when AMD scales down its chips it usually gets better results per watt and per dollar than when it scales them up, and another positive factor is that although CPU performance, once it's high enough to not be a bottleneck, doesn't provide big graphics performance boosts if it increases further, the new CPU architecture and its switch to smaller process too should contribute to a large improvement in overall system power consumption and efficiency even if it won't be as large as promised.  Systems with new ZEN CPUs and Polaris GPUs or APUs using both a ZEN CPU and a Polaris GPU, and DDR4 main RAM and latest GDDR5 or HBM graphics RAM, should help AMD delivering a real boost per watt not too far behind the ideal one.

I started to look for a GPU replacement three years ago. I'm tired of waiting.

The performance/watt/dollar at the mid-low end is always better not just for AMD but also Nvidia. They don't have to push for the performance crow and can keep voltages a bit lower than its higher end cards, improving their efficiency.

Tom's Hardware had an article about that undervolting a Fury card, with surprising results: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/msi-afterburner-undervolt-radeon-r9-fury,4425.html

As for their Zen CPU, I hope they deliver not only for our own sake (more competition, better prices), but also for the best of the industry.

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2-Gaming News

EVE ONLINE CITADEL EXPANSION IS NOW AVAILABLE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/eve-online-citadel-expansion-now-available/

CCP Games has announced that the Citadel Expansion for EVE Online is now available. Players can now build staggeringly massive structures and then tear them down with imposing fleets of enormous starships.

DOOM – NEW VIDEO SHOWCASES SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/doom-new-video-showcases-single-player-campaign/

Bethesda has released a new video in which id Software’s Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin provide an exclusive look at DOOM’s single-player campaign, highlighting never-before-seen content. As you may have guessed, this video contains early spoilers so avoid it if you want to experience the game’s whole SP mode yourselves. DOOM releases on May 13th.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txmv2qFRuxI

TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION NETCODE IS A MESS & MAY REQUIRE A COMPLETE REWRITE IN ORDER TO COMBAT HACKERS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-division-netcode-mess-may-require-complete-re-write-order-combat-hackers/

Ubisoft, why are you doing this to us? No seriously, why? It’s not like we love publishing such articles about your games. Seriously, some of Ubisoft’s games have a lot of potential. However, the French company – or rather, Massive Entertainment in this particular case – did not go the extra mile in order to take care of the PC version.

NEW DEAD ISLAND DEFINITIVE COLLECTION SCREENSHOTS RELEASED

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-dead-island-definitive-collection-screenshots-released/

Deep Silver has released a new set of screenshots from the upcoming Definitive Edition of Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide, demonstrating the new high quality through the rebuilding of both these titles on Techland’s next gen engine.

NEW SPACE HULK DEATHWING GAMEPLAY TRAILER RELEASED

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-space-hulk-deathwing-gameplay-trailer-released/

Focus Home Interactive has released a new gameplay trailer for Space Hulk Deathwing. Space Hulk: Deathwing is the first-person shooter by Streum On Studio that is powered by Unreal Engine 4 and is set in Games Workshop’s famous Warhammer 40,000 universe.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kub5vOaT0V8

CRYTEK’S THE CLIMB RELEASES TODAY + NEW SCREENSHOTS SHOWCASING AMAZING VISUALS POWERED BY CRYENGINE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryteks-the-climb-releases-today-new-screenshots-showcasing-amazing-visuals-powered-by-cryengine/

Crytek announced today that its new VR climbing game, The Climb, is now available. In addition, the team has released some new screenshots from it, showcasing the game’s glorious visuals that are powered by CRYENGINE.

FALLOUT 4 – PATCH 1.5 IS NOW PUBLIC TO EVERYONE ON THE PC

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-4-patch-1-5-now-public-everyone-pc/

Bethesda has just announced that the Fallout 4 patch 1.5 is now available to everyone on the PC. According to the release notes, this patch comes with general stability and performance improvements, third person camera movement improvements when player is close up against walls and other objects, and adds a new Survival difficulty. This patch will be auto-downloaded from Steam, and you can read its complete changelog below.

Pretty big fan of the new Rocket League Hoops feature. Surprisingly fun.

Part two:

DUSKERS, THE GAME ABOUT PILOTING DRONES THROUGH DERELICT SPACESHIPS, WILL LEAVE EARLY ACCESS IN MAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/duskers-the-game-about-piloting-drones-through-derelict-spaceships-will-leave-early-access-in-may/

Duskers, the spooky and tense roguelike strategy game about piloting drones through procedurally-generated derelict spaceships, is due to leave Early Access in mid-to-late May. You can view the new launch teaser above.

>>Watch a teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZCTP9dueng

THE WILD EIGHT NOW HAS A FREE, "PRE-ALPHA" DEMO

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-wild-eight-now-has-a-free-pre-alpha-demo/

Co-op survival game The Wild Eight was revealed in February with a trailer and some screens, and is now a little over halfway to success on a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign. The premise sounds like a lot of fun—a handful of plane crash survivors must work together to stay alive in the harsh Alaskan wilderness, and of course one of them is a cannibal lunatic—and now there's a “pre-alpha” demo so you can get a little taste of what it's like.

DRAGON AGE PRODUCER MARK DARRAH TEASES SOMETHING ON TWITTER

http://www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-producer-mark-darrah-teases-something-on-twitter/

Remember last month, when BioWare's Alistair McNally wandered around GDC wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the studio's new IP, and nobody noticed? It was the cruelest sort of tease, because it left open the possibility that somebody at GDC—surely somebody!—had caught him on film. Yet that appeared not to be the case, as no photographic evidence, as far as I know, has ever surfaced.

>>Check out the link to see the tweet and the teaser on it. What will it be?

ROKH IS A BRUTAL SOUNDING SURVIVAL GAME SET ON MARS

http://www.pcgamer.com/rokh-is-a-brutal-sounding-survival-game-set-on-mars/

Rokh is a survival game led by two ex-Assassin's Creed devs, Benjamin Charbit and Marc Albinet. The build I played at PAX East felt pretty early—we simply built a shelter out of square modules—but ambitions are high. According to the devs, players will spawn somewhere within 155 square miles of the Martian surface, alone and in serious need of oxygen.

>>Watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiqkgmVnF54

BEAR SIMULATOR AWAKENS FROM HIBERNATION

http://www.pcgamer.com/bear-simulator-awakens-from-hibernation/

Back in early March, Bear Simulator developer John Farjay said he was putting the game on ice, because it “didn't have a great reception” on Steam (although user reviews are actually "very positive"), he didn't feel sufficiently skilled to improve it, and he was tired of putting up with all the drama. “Can't ignore it because that causes more drama,” he wrote, “and can't do anything about it because that causes more drama.” But now it seems that he's changed his mind.

NO MAN'S SKY WON'T HAVE A STORY, BUT IT WILL HAVE LORE

http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-wont-have-a-story-but-it-will-have-lore/

No Man's Sky won't have a dramatic narrative told via CGI cutscenes, but it will be sprinkled with lore. That's according to a new video, embedded above, in which Hello Games' Sean Murray explains the studio's desire to create an environment for things to happen in.

>>Here's a video showing the "lore" of No Man's Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBPF7uNZUfY

HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER LOCAL CO-OP BETA IS NOW AVAILABLE

http://www.pcgamer.com/hyper-light-drifter-local-co-op-beta-is-now-available/

Hyper Light Drifter is a beautiful RPG, but it's also brutally difficult. Many won't have the patience to see it through unless someone else is along for the ride, so it's nice that a two-player local coop mode will be rolled out in a future update. Even nicer is that if you want to play it right now you can, thanks to a beta that's just launched.

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE REMASTER CONFIRMED BY EMOJI

http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare-remaster-confirmed-by-emoji/

Yesterday, a photo of a Target reservation card supposedly revealed a remaster of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to accompany Infinite Warfare: Legacy Edition. Activision has since confirmed the rumour—in the medium of emoji.

NEVER ALONE DEVS TACKLE UKRAINIAN FOLKLORE WITH THE FOREST SONG

http://www.pcgamer.com/never-alone-devs-tackle-ukrainian-folklore-with-the-forest-song/

Never Alone set out to explore the culture of a widly underrepresented people—the native Alaskan Iñupiat—in addition to some wider cautionary themes, and we thought it succeeded with aplomb. Creative director Sean Vesce and art director Dima Veryovka have reunited for a new project under the banner of Colabee Studios: The Forest Song.

>>Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhW3UzCXMC4

Any word on the new age of mythology expansion? will it release on Steam? Has there been any updates?

Is there a new update? The only one I know is Tale of the Dragon, that launched in Jan.

Holy shit its already out?  I need to get this!!! 

Not really thrilled with that Animu sale tbh, there is Disagea but I know it can go lower, same with GG XRD and I don't think I'll ever bother with Pirate Warriors 3 since the port job was crap.