Time for the news:

1-Mods

• SUPER HOP is a wonderful bullet-time puzzle mod with free demo (video inside) http://www.pcgamer.com/super-hop-is-a-wonderful-bullet-time-puzzle-mod-with-free-demo/

2-Gaming News

BULLETSTORM: FULL CLIP EDITION GETS A STORY TRAILER
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/bulletstorm-full-clip-edition-gets-a-story-trailer/
People Can Fly and Gearbox have revealed a brand-new story trailer for Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, the upcoming remastered release of Bulletstorm. This brand new trailer also provides a closer look at the remastered release’s stunning hi-res overhaul.

NEW DEMO RELEASED FOR FIRST-PERSON OPEN-WORLD PARKOUR ADVENTURE TITLE, DOWNWARD
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-demo-released-for-first-person-open-world-parkour-adventure-title-downward/
Caracal Games has released a new demo for Downward. According to the press release, Downward is a first-person open-world parkour adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic world, in which the player must use parkour to traverse the ruins of the game’s world and find answers to this apocalypse.

MINECRAFT HAS SOLD MORE THAN 120 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, HAS 55 MILLION MONTHLY PLAYERS
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/minecraft-has-sold-120-million-copies-worldwide-has-55-million-monthly-players/
Microsoft has announced that Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide across all platforms. In addition, the publisher revealed that there are 55 monthly players, which is more than 15 million monthly players since last June.

>>It's a good piece of news from MSoft, so it's no surprise that Vasto made a thread about this.

MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF WAR – OFFICIAL PC REQUIREMENTS
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-official-pc-requirements/
Now here is a nice surprise. Warner Bros and Monolith have revealed the official PC requirements for Middle Earth: Shadow of War. According to the PC specs, PC gamers will at least need a modern-day quad-core with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX670 or an AMD Radeon HD 7950.

>> Chazore made a thread about this announcement yesterday (you could have come here and post the link, dude!)

SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS RELEASES ON MARCH 17TH, NEW SCREENSHOTS
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/senran-kagura-estival-versus-releases-on-march-17th-new-screenshots/
XSEED Games today announced that SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS, the latest iteration and first home console release in its beloved busty brawler series, will launch on the PC via Steam on March 17th. To celebrate the occasion, the game will be offered at 10% off its regular list price of $39.99, €39.99, and £29.99 for the first week after launch (other international pricing may vary).

>> LivingMetal made a thread about it.

NIXXES ON DIRECTX 12: “DX12 IS HARD, CAN BE WORTH THE EXTRA EFFORT, BUT IT MAY NOT BE EITHER”
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nixxes-on-directx-12-dx12-is-hard-can-be-worth-the-extra-effort-but-it-may-not-be-either/
At this year’s GDC, Jurjen Katsman, CEO of NIXXES Software, talked about DirectX 12 and expressed his opinions about it. As we’ve already said, DX12 is not exactly what it was promised and it appears that Katsman agrees to this. And while he admitted that DX12 can be worth the extra effort, he also claimed that it may not be (at least for some developers).

>>Wait, so DX12 isn't as good as they promised? Well, who could have guessed that?

NEW ARK PATCH ADDS ELECTRIC EELS, FORCE FIELDS, AND TREE-CLIMBING LIONS
http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-update/
Ark's v254 patch arrived recently, introducing sci-fi inspired gear and gadgets like jetpacks and dino-mounted lasers. Today it will be supplemented with patch v255, which will add impenetrable force fields and and four new dinosaurs, including tree-climbing prehistoric lions and electric eels. Yes, both the forest and the sea have become considerably less safe, so it's a good thing your future-tech is getting a boost to help you cope. You can watch an announcement trailer for the new patch above.

STUDIO WILDCARD WILL PAY MODDERS $4,000 PER MONTH IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THEIR MODS FOR ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/studio-wildcard-will-pay-modders-4000-per-month-in-order-to-complete-their-mods-for-ark-survival-evolved/
Now here is something interesting. Studio Wildcard has revealed that it will be selecting 15 modders each and every month, and will pay them $4,000 in order to complete their mods for ARK: Survival Evolved. Each month, the mods will be evaluated and it will be determined if those modders will continue to be paid for the next month, or if a mod will be dropped from the program and a new one added.

TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION – UPDATE 1.6 IS NOW AVAILABLE, FULL RELEASE NOTES REVEALED
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-the-division-update-1-6-is-now-available-full-release-notes-revealed/
Ubisoft has released a new update for Tom Clancy’s The Division, and revealed its full changelog. According to the release notes, this patch will update your game version to 1.6 and fixes several instances of FPS drops and freezes, packs several improvements and bug fixes made to gamepad support, and adds more options for character customisation.

And part two of the news:

STELLARIS: UTOPIA EXPANSION RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED, REVEAL TRAILER REVEALED
http://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-utopia-expansion-release-date-confirmed-reveal-trailer-revealed/
If history has taught us anything about Paradox games, it's that they often excel long after launch with post-release DLC, updates and expansions. As teased earlier this month, Stellaris' first major expansion, Utopia, looks to follow suit and now has a release date: April 6.

LG IS MAKING A STEAMVR HEADSET THAT WILL COMPETE WITH THE HTC VIVE
http://www.pcgamer.com/lg-is-making-a-steamvr-headset-that-will-compete-with-the-htc-vive/
Valve has announced that South Korean electronics corporation LG will be producing a new VR headset for the SteamVR tracking system. A prototype of the head-mounted display will be shown at GDC this week, where LG will take feedback from developers before it settles on the design of commercial units.

>>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but can this be the first time someone launches an VR headset for a service that's already available? This is great news for Valve and SteamVR (and us, if it's cheaper than the competition).

THE 2017 IGF AWARDS SALE IS NOW LIVE ON THE HUMBLE STORE
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-2017-igf-awards-sale-is-now-live-on-the-humble-store/
Ahead of Wednesday night's Independent Games Festival Awards ceremony, the Humble Store has kicked off an IGF Awards Sale featuring all the finalists and honorably-mentioned games it carries for discounts ranging from 30 to 66 percent.

>>But wait! There are more sales!

BALDUR'S GATE, WASTELAND, SHADOWRUN SERIES DISCOUNTED IN GOG'S RPG SALE
http://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-wasteland-shadowrun-series-discounted-in-gogs-rpg-sale/
To mark the arrival of inXile and Techland's Torment: Tides of Numenera, digital distributor GOG has launched The RPG Sale—a sale which celebrates the "brilliance" of isometric role-players.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA PRODUCER WALKS BACK 'SOFTCORE SPACE PORN' REMARK [UPDATED]
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-is-totally-softcore-space-porn-following-full-nudity-esrb-shift/
We already know the 'banging' in Mass Effect: Andromeda will be plentiful and good, however BioWare's Aaryn Flynn has now dubbed it "totally softcore space porn."
Update: You might think that all this "totally softcore space porn" business was just a bit of harmless fun, but Flynn's comment is apparently being taken seriously enough that he returned to Twitter to clarify the situation.

>>Obviously, the guys at Bioware are a bunch of pus... sorry, I couldn't resist the easy joke. To comment on the news (not about my poor joke), go to LivingMetal's thread on the matter.

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA TO GET DAY ONE PATCH, MAY NOT BE READY FOR ORIGIN ACCESS LAUNCH
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-to-get-day-one-patch-may-not-be-ready-for-origin-access-launch/
The extent to which Mass Effect: Andromeda will include "softcore space porn" remains to be seen following Aaryn Flynn's statement and subsequent backpedaling, however the incoming space-set action RPG will have a day one patch.
That's according to Ian S. Frazier, the game's welcomely open lead designer, who confirmed on Twitter "a good portion of the team is still working on the day one patch."

EPIC ANNOUNCES BATTLE BREAKERS, A TACTICAL ROLE-PLAYING GAME INSPIRED BY '80S CARTOONS
http://www.pcgamer.com/epic-announces-battle-breakers-a-tactical-role-playing-game-inspired-by-80s-cartoons/
Epic Games revealed at GDC today that it is working on a free-to-play "frenetic tactical role-playing game," inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 1980s, called Battle Breakers. The new game will feature hundreds of recruitable heroes including ninjas, knights, robots, and dinosaurs, and cross-platform play between mobile devices and PCs.

>>It's also a mobile game. I'm just saying so you don't get your hopes to high.

CONAN EXILES PLANS UP TO SEVEN 'SIGNIFICANT' UPDATES DURING 12-MONTH EARLY ACCESS PERIOD
http://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-plans-up-to-seven-significant-updates-during-12-month-early-access-period/
Despite notable server issues at launch, Funcom's Conan Exiles managed to shift 320,000 copies after just one week in Early Access. The developer has now released a financial briefing which suggests the open-world survival game has sold 480,000 copies in the last 28 days—shy of its 12 month sales goal of 487,000.
Moving forward, incremental patches are expected to roll out every fortnight, as well as up to seven "significant" updates between now and the game's full release in early 2018.

CITIES: SKYLINES ANNOUNCES MASS TRANSIT EXPANSION WITH RHYMING TRAILER
http://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-announces-mass-transit-expansion-with-rhyming-trailer/
Due at some point later this year, the city builder's next expansion promises to deliver new forms of transportation to its bounds—by land, sea and air—as well as new transit service buildings, new mass transit hubs, new scenarios, new landmarks, and new road types.

>>Will Colossal Order ever start working on Skylines 2 and stop making expansions?

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER 2 IS 'IN THE WORKS', AND NEW HISTORICAL TOTAL WAR IN THE PIPELINE
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2-is-in-the-works-says-sega-new-total-war-in-the-pipeline/
Since launch last March, The Creative Assembly and Sega's Total War: Warhammer has released an impressive number of free updates and premium DLC. Today, its eighth playable race—Bretonnia—makes its debut, as does its Old World Edition. The devs have now also confirmed work on its sequel "has been underway for some time".

Whenever i play dota2, i keep asking myself: why do i keep coming back to this shithole?

Well, the easiest way to not do it again is uninstalling the game. That way you'll ask yourself "Is it worth it?"

And if you do it again... well, then you have a problem .

I got excited for Downward for a moment and then turned off again after seeing the trailer. It's the same shit they pulled with the Mirror's Edge DLC. What point is there to parkour over floating platforms. That's just lazy. Go and build a proper designed world, devs.

http://wccftech.com/amd-vega-gpu-called-rx-vega/

>>Don't ask.

Wow. Nvidia stream on Twitch is already at 20k viewers. Considering there are also 2 other stream sites and it is just a stupid stream about a stupid graphic card that's impressive.

Horrible horrible stream. 1080Ti is basically what everyone expected.

I missed out this show, gotta watch the stream later.

There is nothing really to see. Maybe the physics simulations are interesting, maybe not. The water simulation seemed kinda underwhelming and the smoke simulation seems like something we've already seen a lot in Unreal 4 trailers.