The news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Dead by Daylight has sold 1.8 million copies on the PC
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-by-daylight-has-sold-1-8-million-copies-on-the-pc/
Starbreeze has announced that Dead by Daylight has sold over 1.8 million copies worldwide. As the press release reads, Dead by Daylight has already sold more than 1.8 million copies on the digital distribution platform Steam and became an instant favourite with streamers on Twitch and other streaming platforms.

SOFTWARE

Windows 10 will soon allow gamers to track their GPU performance in Task Manager
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-will-soon-allows-gamers-to-track-their-gpu-performance-in-task-manager/
Microsoft has rolled out a new Insider Preview Build for Windows 10. According to the company, the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16226 comes with a new performance tab in Task Manager, allowing gamers to track their GPU performance.

MODS/EMULATORS

Ni no Kuni is now playable on the best emulator for Playstation 3, RPCS3
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ni-no-kuni-is-now-playable-on-the-best-emulator-for-playstation-3-rpcs3/
Great news for all Ni no Kuni PC gamers. While there is still no word whether the first Ni no Kuni will be coming to the PC, the team behind RPCS3 has released a new version of this emulator that actually runs acceptably this title.

GAMING NEWS

Launch trailer released for Get Even
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/launch-trailer-released-for-get-even/
Bandai Namco has released the launch trailer for Get Even. Get Even is a psychological thriller game that promises to offer an uncommon gameplay enhanced by an amazing score created by IFMCA award-winning composer Olivier Derivière. The game is now available on Steam and our PC Performance Analysis will go live later this week.

Gearbox will publish Epic’s Fortnite, will go free-to-play in 2018
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/gearbox-will-publish-epics-fortnite-will-go-free-to-play-in-2018/
Gearbox has announced that it will publish Epic’s third-person action building game, Fortnite. The retail version of Fortnite will be released on July 21st, and will be available in paid digital Early Access starting on July 25th.

TEKKEN 7 – New patch updates matching version to ensure hackers are not matched with legit users
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tekken-7-new-patch-hackers-matched-legit-users/
Bandai Namco has released a new patch for the PC version of TEKKEN 7. According to the release notes, this patch fixes an issue where players can’t resume the game after minimizing the app’s Window, and updates the matching version to ensure hackers will not be matched with legit users.

First patch released for Snake Pass, adds 4K UI and support for Razer Chroma keyboards
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-patch-released-for-snake-pass-adds-4k-ui-and-support-for-razer-chroma-keyboards/
Sumo Digital has launched an all platform patch for Snake Pass, its slithery physics platformer. On PC, Razer Chroma Keyboard support has been added, along with a 4K UI fix for those that game in 2160p. In addition, the Steam version now sets to the language that Steam is set to rather than the OS of the PC.

New screenshots & trailer for DYNASTY WARRIORS 9, plus combat mechanics & exploration details
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-screenshots-trailer-for-dynasty-warriors-9-plus-combat-mechanics-exploration-detailed/
KOEI Tecmo today revealed new combat mechanics and exploration features slated to debut with the upcoming installment in developer Omega Force’s long-running action franchise, DYNASTY WARRIORS 9. Some new screenshots and a trailer were also released today, providing a closer look at the beautifully rendered environments and dynamic combat systems that players can look forward to.

>>think-man has made a thread about it.

Vikings – Wolves of Midgard gets co-op mode
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/vikings-wolves-of-midgard-gets-co-op-mode/
Kalypso Media and developer Games Farm are thrilled to announce the addition of ‘couch’ co-op multiplayer to its brutal action RPG as part of a major free update. Now two players can join forces on one PC to fight their way through hordes of vicious frost giants and rival clans.

New Inner Chains update lets you adjust FOV, does not address the game’s optimization issues
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-inner-chains-update-lets-you-adjust-fov-does-not-address-the-games-optimization-issues/
Telepaths Tree has released the second major update for its horror title, Inner Chains. According to the release notes, this patch improves lightning, adds support for more resolutions, especially for 21:9 monitors, in the menu, and allows players to adjust the FOV.

Destiny 2 – There will be no recoil on all weapons on the PC when using mouse+keyboard
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/destiny-2-there-will-be-no-recoil-on-all-weapons-on-the-pc/
It appears that Bungie and Vicarious Visions (the team handling the PC version) are doing their best to make Destiny 2 feel like a PC shooter. And while the game does come with a FOV and a respectable amount of options to tweak, it also comes with a “feature” that may disappoint a lot of PC gamers. According to Destiny 2’s project lead, Mark Noseworthy, there will be no recoil on all weapons on the PC version.

The news (part two):

Final Fantasy 14 is being hammered by a DDoS attack
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-is-being-hammered-by-a-ddos-attack/
If you've been having trouble connecting to Final Fantasy 14 over the past several days, there is a reason. And that reason, according to Square Enix, is jerks on the internet.

>>Very good definition.

Ubisoft confirms that Skull and Bones will have a single-player 'narrative campaign'
http://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-confirms-that-skull-and-bones-will-have-a-single-player-narrative-campaign/
Ubisoft said when it announced the high-seas swashbuckling sim Skull and Bones that the game will support both solo and co-op play—"Raid the Hunting Grounds alone or group with other players to hunt larger prey," to be precise—but the focus was clearly on the multiplayer side of things. For those of you who don't like to share the booty, or get ganked by tricked-out frigates, there will be a proper single-player campaign included as well.

>>And thanks to that, the game is now on my radar.

New balance changes are coming to Team Fortress 2 in a 'major update'
http://www.pcgamer.com/new-balance-changes-are-coming-to-team-fortress-2-in-a-major-update/
Videogames that are a decade old tend to be pretty well locked-down, which is a nice way of saying that their developers stopped paying attention to them years ago. Not so with Team Fortress 2, however. Valve announced in a TF2 blog post that new balance changes are coming to the game in a "major update," and this time around it's actually telling people about the update before it goes live.

Overwatch might have quietly killed off aimbots in latest update
http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-might-have-quietly-killed-off-aimbots-in-latest-update/
Blizzard launched the latest update for Overwatch this week, which ushered in the new Horizon Lunar Colony map as well as a host of tweaks and changes. But some players are reportedly experiencing another major change that most won't even notice: the effectiveness of aimbots has been vastly diminished.

Ashes of Creation launches 'Summer Crowdfunding Extension' campaign
http://www.pcgamer.com/ashes-of-creation-launches-summer-crowdfunding-extension-campaign/
The ambitious MMO Ashes of Creation was successfully crowdfunded in just one day last month, before ultimately accumulating a staggering $3,271,809—this over its initial $750,000 ask.
Steven dived deep into the project's contentious referral programme thereafter, which makes for interesting reading. Developer Intrepid Studios has now unveiled its 'Summer Crowdfunding Campaign', which marks an extension period designed to "benefit new backers as well as those who joined us on Kickstarter."

Darkest Dungeon to make Curios less threatening following Crimson Court DLC
http://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-to-make-curios-less-threatening-following-crimson-court-dlc/
Darkest Dungeon is one of the hardest, most infuriating and yet most fantastic games I've ever played. For me, its deference to challenge and perseverance in order to achieve success is unmatched—even compared to other notoriously difficult games like, say, Dark Souls—which makes the former bearable against the latter. The game's Curios, however, at times verge upon unfair, which in turn threatens to compromising the game's otherwise deft risk/reward balance.

So, the Steam Summer Sale will start in about an hour and I want to know how you feel about it. And there's nothing better for that, that some internet gifs.

So, are you...

1) Excited about it?

2) Simply happy that it's happening

3) Trying to be excited (and mostly failing)

4) Kind of meh

5) Oh, God, not again

I'm actually between 3 and 4.

I left my steam client on my other PC.

Rip wallet

 Trying to be exited but...

I'm more for #3 and #4. The Steam sales aren't what they used to be with flash and daily deals being wiped away. Now it's set prices that hardly ever change throughout the whole sale, so in essence I only need to check on my wishlist once or two for the whole sale and never need to check it again.

I'm also more excited for GMG and other key seller sales than I am for Steam, as they can go lower than Steam these days.

Agree ^^

Good thing is with this format we buy less. The old sales really got impulsive purchases out of consumers. Were more exiting though. 

Aye, I do miss those days because I actually had to stay calm and collect when looking through every single deal, heck I had to watch TotalBiscuit's daily deal videos to make sure I was making the right moves, it actually made the deals both more enticing and fun to look out for. Now we have set deals for the whole duration of the sales and you need only check your wishlist once, twice tops.

I mean it does save money on my end because I end up passing on a good chunk of the sales, instead opting for a gander at GMG to see if they have anything lower, then snatching up what I can find.

^I also miss the old days, even if sometimes the flash deals were a PITA because they happened whil I was sleeping (mostly during weekends). Nowadays it's more boring, but it also avoids impulse purchases.

I hope that's a joke, or that you can have that "fixed" by tomorrow.

In a job I had, I used to connect to Steam through a web browser to check the flash sales and vote the upcoming deals, and I once closed the browser without login out. Once I arrived at home, I couldn't connect to Steam because I already had an open session. I wasn't very happy with myself.

On a side note: I miss when we could vote which game would go on a flash sale. Valve could have kept that feature at least.