The news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Black Desert Online has sold more than 530,000 copies on Steam, has 7.65 million registered users
http://www.pcgamer.com/black-desert-online-has-sold-more-than-530000-copies-on-steam-has-765-million-registered-users/
If you've paid any attention to Steam's most popular games listing, you might have noticed Black Desert Online has, surprisingly, occupied a top spot for months now. Despite launching all the way back in May, the MMO continues to be a huge hit. Right now, its developer, Pearl Abyss, is seeking a listing on the Korean Stock Exchange. As a result, they've released some interesting details in a recent press conference that charts just how successful the MMO really is.

Fallout Shelter has more than 100 million users on all platforms
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-shelter-passes-100-million-users/
Bethesda has revealed that Fallout Shelter, the award-winning game by Bethesda Game Studios that thrusts players into the role of an Overseer managing their own Vault and an army of Dwellers, has surpassed 100 million users across all platforms.

Save 60 percent on Dying Light: The Following and its DLC today
http://www.pcgamer.com/save-60-percent-on-dying-light-the-following-and-its-dlc-today/
Dying Light: The Following, the expansion to the original game which added a new countryside map, a car, and a whole bunch more zombies, improved things greatly. You can get 60 percent off the game and several pieces of DLC today on the Humble Store.

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

A mod that removes Creation Club news from Fallout 4's main menu is pretty popular
http://www.pcgamer.com/a-mod-that-removes-creation-club-news-from-fallout-4s-main-menu-is-pretty-popular/
Bethesda's Creation Club, which sells small pieces of content created by paid modders, hasn't received an entirely warm welcome from the Fallout 4 community. Among other concerns and complaints, there's the fact that since updating to version 1.10.20, a rather large and unsubtle advertisement for the Creation Club now appears in the upper right corner of the main menu. Well, leave it to a modder to figure out a way to remove it.

>>You can download it from here.

GAMING NEWS

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Open beta phase for PVP mode begins next week
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-open-beta-phase-for-pvp-mode-begins-next-week/
Ubisoft announced today that an upcoming open beta test for Ghost War, the new player-versus-player (PvP) mode update to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, will be available on all platforms between 21st September and 25th September. The stand-alone open beta will be available for preload starting September 19th for both Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands owners and new players who do not own the base game. The full mode will release as a free update to all Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands owners this autumn.

Rocket League’s Autumn update detailed, will bring 90 free new customization items and LAN support
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/rocket-leagues-autumn-update-detailed-will-bring-90-free-new-customization-items-and-lan-support/
Psyonix announced today that the Autumn Update for Rocket League will be launching on September 28th. This update will introduce a new Seasonal Arena available in Competitive, Casual, and Private matches for a limited time this Fall, as well as more than 90 free new Customization items available as Uncommon, Rare, and Very Rare drops after online matches or from Trade-Ins.

Blizzard Began with a Small Loan of $15,000
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-began-with-a-small-loan-of-15000/
Blizzard being one of the biggest titan companies on the planet at the moment for game development all comes back to a small loan of $15,000 from Co-founder Mike Morhaimes grandmother.

>>It really paid off.

Spintires: MudRunner gets a brand new trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/spintires-mudrunner-gets-a-brand-new-trailer/
Focus Home Interactive has released a brand new trailer for Spintires: MudRunner. This video is narrated by a veteran trucker, recounting the return to his homeland to take on a perilous off-road lifestyle in the most extreme environments.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 PC demo is now available for download
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pro-evolution-soccer-2018-pc-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 has just been released on the PC and Konami has also released its PC demo. This demo is identical to the one released for consoles on August 30th, and includes twelve teams (eight club and four national teams), two stadiums, as well as two game modes.

Planet Alpha is a new Unreal Engine 4-powered platformer that looks absolutely gorgeous
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/planet-alpha-is-a-new-unreal-engine-4-powered-platformer-that-looks-absolutely-gorgeous/
Adrian Lazar has shared a new video for his upcoming platformer that is powered by Unreal Engine 4, Planet Alpha. Planet Alpha is described as an adventure that takes place in a living alien world where players have the ability to control the day and night, and looks absolutely gorgeous.

Total War: Warhammer 2 – Welcome to the New World Trailer Released
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/total-war-warhammer-2-welcome-to-the-new-world-trailer-released/
It’s coming very close to when Total War will be releasing their second instalment into their Warhammer franchise. With their already very successful first game the second is right around the corner and to hype it even more Total War has released a trailer!

Second part of the news:

Tooth and Tail, an RTS from the creators of Monaco, is out now
http://www.pcgamer.com/tooth-and-tail-an-rts-from-the-creators-of-monaco-is-out-now/
The developer behind the colourful co-op heist game, Monaco, has turned its attention to the RTS genre with the intention of streamlining games into quick, meaningful battles. It has single-player, multiplayer, split-screen local multiplayer, replays, and boars with flamethrowers.

For Honor's upcoming Tribute mode is 4v4 CTF with three flags
http://www.pcgamer.com/for-honors-upcoming-tribute-mode-is-4v4-ctf-with-three-flags/
Ubisoft's medieval clobbering sim For Honor is getting a new 4v4 "objective mode" called Tribute, in which teams must compete to collect "offerings" to present at one of three shrines. Each shrine with an offering will grant the entire team a buff—but only for as long as they can hold it.

Klei announces Don't Starve: Hamlet single-player DLC, new Shipwrecked content, and more
http://www.pcgamer.com/klei-announces-dont-starve-hamlet-single-player-expansion-new-shipwrecked-content-and-more/
Fans of not starving will be pleased to hear that Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment has unveiled new single-player DLC called Don't Starve: Hamlet. There's also a free content update for Don't Starve: Shipwrecked that's now in beta testing, and a series of new events for Don't Starve Together that will get underway in November with a six-player co-op challenge called The Forge.

Blizzard reveals two new World of Warcraft mounts for BlizzCon ticket holders
http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-reveals-two-new-world-of-warcraft-mounts-for-blizzcon-ticket-holders/
As always, live and virtual attendees of this year's BlizzCon will be given a number of different digital goodies from Blizzard's biggest and best games. (Which, let's be fair, is pretty much all of them.) Two of them, you can pick up right now with the purchase of a virtual ticket: A swanky pair of two-person mounts for World of Warcraft.

Overwatch's Jeff Kaplan on toxic behavior: 'the community needs to take a deep look inwards'
http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-jeff-kaplan-on-toxic-behavior-the-community-needs-to-take-a-deep-look-inwards/
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has used a new developer update video to appeal for better behavior in the game, saying that while Blizzard will continue to iterate and improve upon its disciplinary systems for toxic behavior, players have a responsibility as well.

>>Sure, because asking people to behave works so well...

Sea of Thieves trailer shows off the top 10 things you need to know
http://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-trailer-shows-off-the-top-10-things-you-need-to-know/
Just in case you’ve been stranded on a desert island and haven’t been paying attention to Rare’s piratical multiplayer romp, Sea of Thieves, the studio’s put together a trailer listing the top 10 things you need to know about the game.

Fight to become top god in Dominions 5
http://www.pcgamer.com/fight-to-become-top-god-in-dominions-5/
The pretender gods are at it again, duking it out all across the world, trying to become top god by killing everyone else in the race. God-killing grand strategy game Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith has been announced, with a tentative November release window, and a development post details some of the new features that will, if you’re lucky, allow you to ascend to godhood.

Harley Quinn joins Batman: The Enemy Within's rogues gallery
http://www.pcgamer.com/harley-quinn-joins-batman-the-enemy-withins-rogues-gallery/
Everyone’s favourite unhinged moll, Harley Quinn, will be joining the likes of the Joker and the Riddler in Telltale’s Batman: The Enemy Within. The shrink-turned-psychopath will make her debut in the game’s second episode, due out on October 3.

Hand of the Gods: Smite Tactics is out now on Steam Early Access
http://www.pcgamer.com/hand-of-the-gods-smite-tactics-is-out-now-on-steam-early-access/
Hi-Rez’s deck-building tactics game, Hand of the Gods: Smite Tactics, launched on Steam Early Access yesterday, after 3 months in open beta. It’s free-to-play, too, so you can take it for a spin right now if you fancy battering some deities.

Let's go with a piece of news, a leak and a rumor:

AMD Radeon Technologies Group Raja Koduri Goes on Sabbatical
https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-Technologies-Group-Raja-Koduri-Goes-Sabbatical
Radeon Technologies Group SVP and Chief Architect Raja Koduri is taking sabbatical from AMD as of today, with a target return date in December. As first reported by our friends at Fudzilla (and also Tweaktown), and that I was able to confirm through AMD this evening, one of our favorite people in the graphics industry will be stepping aside for the time being. AMD CEO Lisa Su will be taking over the Radeon Technologies Group in the interim.

>>Looks like Vega development and launch took the best of him.

Geekbench results for Raven Ridge 2500U
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/geekbench-results-for-raven-ridge-2500u.html
Probably the one entity where most results leak from Geekbench, and guess what. Raven Ridge Geekbench scores have just surfaced. It invokes the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Graphics @ 2.00 GHz 1 processor, 4 cores and 8 threads.

Earlier on Ryzen 7 2700U also already was spotted, but the more mainstream Ryzen 5 2500U APU certainly manages to impress. The Ryzen 5 2500U will make use of a AMD Radeon Vega 8 based mobile graphics architecture. The new APUs are expected to arrive late this year or more likely, in Q1 2018 with a CES announcement. This will be the AMD Ryzen 2000 series of APUs including Ryzen Mobile APUs.

>>To give it some comparison, here are the Geekbench scores for the 2500U and the A12-9800 APUs:

+2500U: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3989399 # Single-Core Score: 3561 # Multi-Core Score: 9421

+A12-9800: https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/1945 # Single-Core Score: 2607 # Multi-Core Score: 6329

RUMOR: NVIDIA preparing GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
https://videocardz.com/72531/rumor-nvidia-preparing-geforce-gtx-1070-ti
I will just say it once, I don’t know if this is true. No one seems to be able to confirm it (yet). The story is that NVIDIA is allegedly working on a new GTX 1070 Ti graphics card with few more cores. According to the rumor, the new card would have 2304 CUDA cores (which I find hard to believe because it would very close to 1080 and the gap is not really that big). So as much as I love making charts for specs comparison, I think it’s too early to make one here.

Partially the reason why I’m posting this rumor is this photograph, clearly showing ASUS GTX 1070 Ti STRIX O8G. It may just be a typo, which may just be adding unnecessary fuss to the story, or it may be a real thing. Whatever it is, it has been a while since we had a rumor about a new high-end card from NVIDIA, so have a look:

>>Do you believe it?

Why would they go for a 1070ti, that's slightly close to a 1080, but not really being like a more efficient 1080?. I feel like they will just price it up to a 1080's original price, when they should be pricing it below the 1080 itself (which I don't see them going that route).

^Yeah, it doesn't seem likely. If they really want to cokmpete with AMD and have an edge, it would be easierto lower a bit the prices of both the 1070 and the 1080, really hurting AMD's Vega products.

That said, if the picture is fake, it's very well made.

This has be misprinted spec, it happened like this in showroom year ago.

The Humble Store gives away Psychonauts for free!

You can find the link and more info at Xen's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=231615

Because I needed moar games.
Thanks for the heads up! That pushes my Steam Library to 622 games.

Looks to be a mobile part hence the "U" and low clock rate.
For a mobile part it looks okay.
For a desktop part it looks like crap.

This might be the budget friendly gaming notebook we have all been looking for though.
704 GCN cores, probably topping out at 1ghz should beat the base Xbox One, Hopefully she supports high-clocking DDR4 memory.

Looking at getting a notebook within the next 6 or so months, so if I can get a Ryzen notebook, I'll be tickled pink.

It's in the rumor basked for me at the moment, so pinches of salt and all that.

Although, it would give Vega a run for it's money, so it's not outside of the realm of impossibility.

It's Friday and these are the news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Fallout 4's Creation Club 'horse armor' and Prey space suit are free for a limited time
http://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4s-creation-club-horse-armor-and-prey-space-suit-are-free-for-a-limited-time/
Well, um, if you use the mod that removes Creation Club news from Fallout 4's main menu that I wrote about yesterday, you may have missed this Creation Club news: a few items from Bethesda's content shop are discounted or free for a limited time. Both the 'horse armor' and Morgan's space suit from Prey are free at the moment, and items like the modular military backpack and modern furniture workshop pack are 25% off.

SOFTWARE

505 Games has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from ADR1FT
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/505-games-has-removed-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-from-adr1ft/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Three One Zero and 505 Games have announced that they have removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from their Unreal Engine-powered first-person adventure game, ADR1FT.

MODS/EMULATORS

Project London is GTA 5's most ambitious overhaul mod yet
http://www.pcgamer.com/project-london-is-gta-5s-most-ambitious-overhaul-mod-yet/
Project London aims to build a London-like city in GTA 5. Can't be hard, right? "I got a message the other day," says modder Kieran. "from some guy asking if the roads could be done—if the cars could be swapped to the opposite side in the style of British road networks. I sat down and calculated the work for that. I'm looking at 210 hours just for the roads."

>>For more info about this massive mod, head over to the GTA5 Mods page.

GAMING NEWS

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is now available
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/divinity-original-sin-2-is-now-available/
Larian Studios has announced that the sequel to its award-winning and critically-acclaimed fantasy RPG, Divinity: Original, has today launched on Steam and GOG. Divinity: Original Sin 2 features deep, turn-based combat and an epic branching story, and gives players the freedom of a tabletop RPG, encouraging improvisation, and experimentation, and bending traditional video game rules.

MX vs ATV All Out announced, releases in early 2018, first details & screenshots
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/mx-vs-atv-all-out-announced-releases-in-early-2018-first-details-screenshots/
THQ Nordic and Rainbow Studios today announced a new off-road racing game, MX vs ATV All Out. This new racer is planned for an early 2018 released and the publisher has released its first details, alongside its first screenshots.

Call of Duty: WWII – Multiplayer Open Beta begins on September 29th
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-wwii-multiplayer-open-beta-begins-on-september-29th/
Activision and Sledgehammer Games announced that the PC multiplayer beta phase for Call of Duty: WWII will begin on September 29th. This beta will be open to all PC gamers, will be available via Steam, and will last until October 2nd.

Assassin’s Creed Origins: Order of the Ancients Trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-origins-order-of-the-ancients-trailer/
Today a new trailer for the upcoming Ubisoft instalment into the Assassin’s Creed series, this trailer showing off gameplay and gives players a chance to look at the enemy creeping in the shadows – Order of the Ancients.

Black Desert Online Earns $300m in Revenue – New IPO in the Pipeline
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-desert-online-earns-300m-in-revenue-new-ipo-in-the-pipeline/
Pearl Abyss released Black Desert Online three years ago and since it’s release the game has earned $300 million in revenue, with 7.65 million registered users Peal Abyss prepares for a new IPO.

Someone is making a new Bushido Blade in Unreal Engine 4 and it looks cool
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/someone-is-making-a-new-bushido-blade-in-unreal-engine-4-and-it-looks-cool/
Maxi Stone and his team are currently working on a realistic 3D fighting game that is inspired by the classic Bushido Blade game. This new game is called Hatashiai, is powered by Unreal Engine 4, and you can find below a video showcasing its latest build.

Friday news, part two:

SteamWorld Dig 2 is coming to PC on September 22
http://www.pcgamer.com/steamworld-dig-2-is-coming-to-pc-on-september-22/
It turns out that we won’t have to wait “a few days” after the launch of SteamWorld Dig 2 on Switch for it to come out on PC, as was originally announced. Image & Form Games have revealed the PC release date, and it’s only a day after it lands on Nintendo’s console: September 22.

Galactic Civilizations 3 update brings expansion improvements to the base game
http://www.pcgamer.com/galactic-civilizations-3-update-brings-expansion-improvements-to-the-base-game/
Galactic Civilizations 3, Stardock’s gargantuan space 4X game, got another update this week, bolstering the base game with some of the Crusade expansion’s UI and design changes, along with general performance and balance tweaks.

Killer Billie sows chaos in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider launch trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/killer-billie-sows-chaos-in-the-dishonored-death-of-the-outsider-launch-trailer/
Bethesda has released a new trailer to mark tomorrow's release of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider that features Billie Lurk, the one-time right-hand of the master assassin Daud, demonstrating her considerable talent for killing things.

The Thargoids will officially arrive in Elite Dangerous later this month
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-thargoids-will-officially-arrive-in-elite-dangerous-later-this-month/
Back in June, Frontier Developments announced that the Thargoids, Elite's infamous alien bad guys, would return to Elite: Dangerous in the 2.4 update, appropriately entitled The Return. The studio said at the time that it would be ready for release in the third quarter of this year, and so it will be, as the launch date has now been nailed down to September 26.

Hollow Knight will get its second expansion this Halloween
http://www.pcgamer.com/hollow-knight-will-get-its-second-expansion-this-halloween/
Hollow Knight is getting its second major expansion this Halloween, which is on October 31 if the annual tradition of looting neighbours isn't your thing. Dubbed The Grimm Troupe, it'll add a major new quest, new boss fights, new charms, enemies and "friends".

Hyakki Castle looks like Legend of Grimrock, but with samurai and ninjas
http://www.pcgamer.com/hyakki-castle-looks-like-legend-of-grimrock-but-with-samurai-and-ninjas/
Hyakki Castle sets classic party-based dungeon crawling in an Edo period castle, pitting character classes such as Samurai and Ninja against "vivid monsters and supernatural creatures from Japanese literature." Based on the trailer above, I think it's fair to identify it as something like a Japanese Legend of Grimrock—that being the best and most recent first-person dungeon crawling series I can think of.

You can now have an adorable fish pal in Subnautica who high-fives you
http://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-now-have-an-adorable-fish-pal-in-subnautica-who-high-fives-you/
Ever made friends with a fish? Didn't think so. They're generally not amenable to humans, and fair enough too: we eat them. But the good thing about video games is that we can do things otherwise impossible, and thanks to Unknown Worlds, we can now be friends with a "Cuddle Fish" in Subnautica.

Cliff Bleszinski thinks LawBreakers can still be a success
http://www.pcgamer.com/cliff-bleszinski-thinks-lawbreakers-can-still-be-a-success/
LawBreakers didn’t have a great launch, and its fortunes haven’t improved since then, with player numbers so low that they might as well be zero. Cliff Bleszinski isn’t ready to throw in the towel, however, and believes changes to the multiplayer shooter, its marketing and his own attitude could bring back the players.

>>I wish him good luck. He'll need lots of it.

Total War: Warhammer 2 trailer reveals the New World's gorgeous battle maps
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2-trailer-reveals-the-new-worlds-gorgeous-battle-maps/
With Total War: Warhammer 2 launching this month, Sega and Creative Assembly have put together another trailer, this time showing off the diverse locations you’ll be slaughtering your enemies in. Like the Old World, the New World isn’t a friendly place.

Final Fantasy XIV players raise over $21k for hurricane victims
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiv-players-raise-over-21k-for-hurricane-victims/
After hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the US, Final Fantasy XIV players mobilised to raise money for Direct Relief, a humanitarian charity focused on providing medical assistance to the vulnerable, including victims of natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes. The community managed to raise over $21,000.

Spintires: MudRunner gets a dramatic, muddy trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/spintires-mudrunner-gets-a-dramatic-muddy-trailer/
I love everything about Spintires. I love the mud and the trucks and the way that the game takes what is a slightly silly premise so seriously. The semi-sequel, updated version, Spintires: MudRunner is due out on October 31, but in the meantime, why not watch this needlessly dramatic trailer?

Everything is bigger in the new Dungeons 3 trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/everything-is-bigger-in-the-new-dungeons-3-trailer/
With the launch of Dungeons 3 less than a month away, the devilish imps at Realmforge Studios have put together a trailer breaking down exactly how it’s different from its predecessors (the theme seems to be ‘bigger’), while showing off plenty of evil-on-good violence and good ol’ fashioned dungeon-building. And the whole thing is narrated by The Stanley Parable’s Kevan Brighting, who also stars in the game.

Fantasy Strike is a fighting game with controls anyone can master
http://www.pcgamer.com/fantasy-strike-is-a-fighting-game-with-controls-anyone-can-master/
It’s hard to find a decent fighting game on PC, and harder still to find one that doesn’t require you to have preternatural dexterity and 60 fingers. Fantasy Strike, which launched on Steam Early Access yesterday, could be one solution.

An Overwatch free weekend is on the way
http://www.pcgamer.com/an-overwatch-free-weekend-is-on-the-way/
Blizzard, having apparently decided that there are not yet enough people playing Overwatch, is making the game free for everyone over the weekend of September 22-25. The freebie will include the full roster of 25 heroes, 16 maps, and access to modes including Quick Play, Custom Games, and the Arcade, and any progress earned will carry over to the full game if you decide to pick it up.

And now, let's take a quick look at GOG and Steam's offers:

+GOG

• GOG only has the weekly sale with its free games for us: https://www.gog.com/promo/20170911_weekly_sale

+Steam

There are four deals

• The Dishonored franchise is on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/dishonoredgames/
• The two Keen Software House titles Space Engineers and Medieval Engineers, both still on early access, are on sale with a 60% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/space-and-medieval-engineers/
• Tom Clancy The Division is free to play this weekend and, if you like it, it can be yours with a 60% off sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/365590/Tom_Clancys_The_Division/
• And the last one, the publisher weekend sale starring Bandai Namco. Dragon Ball, Naruto, Tekken, Dark Souls, Tales of, etc. are on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/bandainamcoweekend

And that's all folks! I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.