We finally have confirmation of the RX 480 8GB price: $229.

AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB to cost 229 USD

http://videocardz.com/61262/amd-radeon-rx-480-8gb-to-cost-229-usd

According to AMD Poland, Radeon RX 480 8GB will cost 229 USD. Of course this is just a suggested retail price, so it will likely be higher at launch, especially in regions where stock is limited.

Translation:
Suggested (retail) price is 229 USD (for 8GB model, 199 for 4GB). The price in Polish zloty will be determined closer to the launch, to avoid differences in exchange rates.

Meanwhile, according to Andrew “Gibbo” Gibson from Overclockers UK, there won’t be any custom designs available at launch on June 29th. Gibbo also speaks a little about RX 480 performance (obviously without any specific data, but I encourage you to check the link above for more info).

The guys at TechSpot have done an article comparing Nvidia's x80 cards since the GTX 480 until the GTX 1080. Weirdly, the three resolutions they have choosen are 1366x768, 1920x1080 and 2560x1600. What can I say, maybe they were bored.

http://www.techspot.com/article/1191-nvidia-geforce-six-generations-tested/

Here's the Crysis 3 chart, as an example

The news, part 1

OFFWORLD TRADING COMPANY – MAP EDITOR IS NOW AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/offworld-trading-company-map-editor-now-available-everyone/

Stardock and Mohawk Games released today the new Map Toolkit DLC for Offworld Trading Company. The downloadable content allows players to build their own maps to share with friends and rivals using the new map editor and adds dozens of new maps based on real locations, many of which enhance the campaign.

THE TECHNOMANCER HAS BEEN DELAYED TO JUNE 28TH

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/technomancer-delayed-june-28th/

The Technomancer was originally planned for a June 21st release, however it appears that Focus Home Interactive has slightly delayed the game. Even though the publisher did not issue any press release for the delay, its Steam store page (as well as its official website) has been updated and has the game listed for a June 28th release.

CIVILIZATION 6 TRAILER EXPLAINS CHANGES TO CITIES

http://www.pcgamer.com/civilization-6-trailer-explains-changes-to-cities/

A new Civilization 6 trailer explains how cities in the game are changing rather significantly from those in previous versions. As we learned when it was announced, Civ 6 cities will actually “build out” from their home tile into specialized districts that support specific functions and tasks. Some districts will be unique to specific civilizations, some can earn bonuses based on location, and certain Wonders will require specific types of districts and locations in order to be constructed.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv-sOUkv9UI

HERE IS 11 MINUTES OF GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE FROM SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VI

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/11-minutes-gameplay-footage-sid-meiers-civilization-vi/

2K Games presented a playable demo at this year’s E3 and below you can find a video, featuring 11 minutes of gameplay footage from it. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI aims to offer players new ways to interact with their world, expand their empire across the map, advance their culture, and compete against history’s greatest leaders to build a civilization to stand the test of time. The game is planned for an October 21st release.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J88bmqKrbu0

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT IS PROFITABLE ONE WEEK AFTER RELEASE, HAS SOLD 270K UNITS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-daylight-profitable-one-week-release-sold-270k-units/

Starbreeze and Behaviour Digital announced today that the highly anticipated asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight has sold more than 270.000 units during its first week since release, subsequently recouping Starbreeze development cost and beyond.

FALLOUT 4 – BETA UPDATE 1.5.4 IS NOW AVAILABLE, PACKS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-4-beta-update-1-5-4-now-available-packs-performance-improvements/

Bethesda has released a new beta patch for Fallout 4. According to the release notes, this new beta patch will update your game’s version to 1.5.4, and comes with general stability and performance improvements, improved stability when reinitializing with certain mods loaded, as well as some new features.

STELLARIS' ASIMOV PATCH DETAILED, BEEFS UP THE MID-GAME

http://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-asimov-patch-detailed-beefs-up-the-mid-game/

Stellaris is a game chock full of sci-fi potential but underfed in the mid-game. The Asimov patch (1.2), due towards the end of June, aims to fix that. Paradox revealed the first chunk of Asimov last week, and in a new dev diary, it gives us the full picture.

HEARTS OF IRON IV HAS SOLD 200K COPIES, STELLARIS OVER 500K COPIES & EUROPA UNIVERSALIS IV SURPASSED ONE MILLION COPIES

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/hearts-iron-iv-sold-200k-copies-stellaris-500k-copies-europa-universalis-iv-surpassed-one-million-copies/

Paradox Interactive today announced that multiple titles from their recent catalogue have reached impressive new milestones for worldwide sales. Three games, all created by the publisher’s internal teams at Paradox Development Studio, have enjoyed highly successful launches and ongoing sales in recent weeks, thanks to Paradox’s dedicated community of players and their ongoing, long-term support for each game in their library.

Part Two:

ROCK OF AGES 2: BIGGER AND BOULDER ANNOUNCED

http://www.pcgamer.com/rock-of-ages-2-bigger-and-boulder-announced/

The original Rock of Ages was a tower-defence-y, and very silly game that mixed strategic base-defence with a second phase where you rolled a giant boulder into enemy territory. The giant boulder wore a really happy expression—it just loved bouldering, and who could blame it? In his review, Tom Hatfield described it as "quirky, fun and characterful", but questioned its longevity and depth.

EA TURNED DOWN ROCKET LEAGUE, ACCORDING TO A PSYONIX DEV

http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-turned-down-rocket-league-according-to-a-psyonix-dev/

Rocket League is a whimsical sports game about rocket-powered vehicles playing football. On paper it's not especially appealing – it sounds kinda dumb, to be honest – which is probably why publisher EA turned it down in 2011.

ROCKET LEAGUE'S JUNE PATCH GOES ALL-OUT

http://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-leagues-june-patch-goes-all-out/

Rocket League's June patch is out now, and it's a doozy. Competitive players, customisation obsessives and serial smack-talkers will all find something to crow about.

EVE: VALKYRIE GETS FREE CARRIER ASSAULT UPDATE

http://www.pcgamer.com/eve-valkyrie-gets-free-carrier-assault-update/

Oculus Rift headliner EVE: Valkyrie has received its first free update, Carrier Assault. If there's a better use for VR than emulating the Death Star trench run, I can't think of it, and evidently neither can devs CCP.

>>And here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwznFUJ0ejY

THE TEMPLE OF NO IS A NEW FREEBIE FROM CROWS CROWS CROWS

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-temple-of-no-is-a-new-freebie-from-crows-crows-crows/

Earlier today, Crows Crows Crows boss William Pugh said on Twitter that everyone on the studio's mailing list would be given a free game in just 30 minutes. Naturally, I couldn't remember if I was already subscribed or not, so I signed up (again, as it turned out) just to be sure. 30 minutes later, nothing happened. But after some kinks were worked out the wheels started turning, I eventually received an email linking me to something called The Temple of No.

REROLL, THE CROWDFUNDED GAME THAT WANTED TO SCAN THE WORLD, IS ABANDONED

http://www.pcgamer.com/reroll-the-crowdfunded-game-that-wanted-to-scan-the-world-is-abandoned/

ReRoll was announced in early 2014 by a pair of former Ubisoft developers, Julien Cuny and Louis-Pierre Pharand, who had come together to form a studio called Pixyul. The project was incredibly ambitious, as the team aimed to “reproduce, accurately at scale, the whole planet.” That would be this planet, Earth, scanned in its entirety with HD camera-equipped drones and then converted to 3D. “Once in a game engine, these 3D objects will generate our game environment,” the announcement trailer explains. “That world will be the playground for our first game, ReRoll.”

TITANFALL 2'S DLC MAPS WILL BE FREE BECAUSE EA WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

http://www.pcgamer.com/titanfall-2s-dlc-maps-will-be-free-because-ea-wants-you-to-be-happy/

We learned last week that all of Titanfall 2's DLC maps and game modes will be free for everyone. But that doesn't necessarily mean that all the DLC will be free. As Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella told GamesRadar, the studio doesn't want to “split the community” between those who have the maps and those who don't, but somebody has to pay for all this stuff.

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE PATCH BUFFS KAPKAN AND MUTE

http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-patch-buffs-kapkan-and-mute/

Ubisoft is rolling out a new Rainbow Six Siege patch tomorrow, ushering in significant changes to two of the game's least popular operators. Kapkan, the underused trip wire expert, can now place his laser at any height on a doorway or window, meaning he'll be significantly less useless than he has been in the past (unless you're defending against a reckless opponent).

CUSTOMISE EVERY BUTTON PRESS WITH THE STEAM CONTROLLER'S 'ACTIVATORS' UPDATE

http://www.pcgamer.com/customise-every-button-press-with-the-steam-controllers-activators-update/

The latest Steam beta client includes support for Steam Controller 'Activators'. Activators take your input and transform it into a funky new output, enabling you to create custom controls like long presses, double taps or delays.

Hmm i see they brought the older GPUs GTX 480, 580 & 680 to compare, no wonder why they added 768p & 1600p.

Evolution.

Edit: I think their benchmark is better for those people refuse to upgrade.

That just proves that Tech evolves faster than we admit.

The guys at Tech Power Up have tested a pair of GTX 1080 in SLI using the new HB bridge.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_SLI/1.html

Unless you game on a 4K or an ultrawide monitor, going SLI is not worth it. Oh, and the new SLI bridge is useless.

Great game for Basil.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/447530/

Speaking about great games, LIMBO is free on Steam! Go get it while you can!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/

The news:

UMBRELLA CORPS IS NOW AVAILABLE, PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS REVEALED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/umbrella-corps-now-available-pc-system-requirements-revealed/

Capcom announced today that Umbrella Corps is now available on the PC across North America and Europe for MSRP $29.99/ €29.99 / £24.99. In addition, Capcom revealed the PC system requirements for this new RE-themed game.

PAC-MAN 256 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pac-man-256-now-available-steam/

Bandai Namco announce today that PAC-MAN 256 is now available on the PC (via Steam). In order to celebrate this announcement, Bandai Namco released the game’s launch trailer that can be viewed below.

DOOM’S FREE DEMO HAS BEEN EXTENDED, GRAB IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/dooms-free-demo-extended-grab-still-can/

Last week, Bethesda made available a free demo for id Software’s latest shooter, DOOM. This demo was meant to be removed at the end of E3, however Bethesda decided to extend this offer due to popular demand. As a result of that, the demo is still available on Steam.

OCULUS TOUCH WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL HTC VIVE GAMES

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/oculus-touch-will-compatible-htc-vive-games/

Things are looking really weird regarding the available VR devices for the PC. On one hand, we have Oculus that tries to get some exclusive games for its VR device. On the other hand, we’ve got Valve that does the exact opposite for the HTC Vive and opens up SteamVR to everyone. In fact, Valve has already updated SteamVR with support for the Oculus Touch controllers.

DE-VOID IS A NEW SCI-FI FIRST PERSON ADVENTURE GAME FROM THE CREATORS OF SOLARIX

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/de-void-new-sci-fi-first-person-adventure-game-creators-solarix/

Pulsetense Games has informed us about its second PC game that is currently planned for an August release. De-Void is described as a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.

ALONE IN THE DARK: ILLUMINATION – NEW PATCH WILL OVERHAUL PLAYER ADVANCEMENT SYSTEM

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/alone-dark-illumination-new-patch-will-overhaul-player-advancement-system/

Atari has announced a major update for Alone in the Dark: Illumination. As the press release reads, the new patch places an emphasis on player ability progression which gives each character class – Hunter, Witch, Priest and Engineer – enhanced powers and skills to fight deadlier creatures and hellish adversaries.

THE KARTERS – MARIO KART MEETS CRASH TEAM RACING RACING GAME – HITS STEAM EARLY ACCESS ON SEPTEMBER 28TH

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/karters-mario-kart-meets-crash-team-racing-racing-game-hits-steam-early-access-september-28th/

Cmoar Studio has announced that The Karters, a title clearly inspired by CTR’s gameplay and overall design, will debut on Steam Early Access on September 28th. As the press release reads, The Karters is described as a “Mario Kart meets Crash Team Racing” mashup in which players will be able to grab merciless weapons, compete with their opponents, and smash them in the Arena.

HOTLINE MIAMI 2: WRONG NUMBER – LEVEL EDITOR IS NOW AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/hotline-miami-2-level-editor-now-available-everyone/

Dennaton Games has released the level editor for Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. As the development team noted, the latest update for the game includes the Hotline Miami 2 level editor as well as a number of other minor fixes and changes.