Part two of today's news:

Pure Farming 2018 wants you to meet its 'Heroes of the Farm'
http://www.pcgamer.com/pure-farming-2018-wants-you-to-meet-its-heroes-of-the-farm/
Earlier this year, the artist formally known as Pure Farming 2017: The Simulator renamed and rebranded itself as Pure Farming 2018. Techland and Ice Flames' forthcoming farm 'em up now has a new trailer that showcases the machines you'll be touring around the long grass this March.

You can turn into a bush in Fortnite Battle Royale now, and it's as stupid as it is incredible
http://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-turn-into-a-bush-in-fortnite-battle-royale-now-and-its-as-stupid-as-it-is-incredible/
A recent update to Fornite Battle Royale introduces a new potion that turns the player into a bush, and it's completely uprooted the meta. Based on a short search for good bush clips, I fear Fortnite Battle Royale is going to pull me back in, morphing into some weird combination of PUBG with the goofy toolset of Team Fortress 2.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot crate prices revealed
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crate-prices-revealed/
Star Wars Battlefront 2 won't be out for another week—November 17—but the Play First trial on Origin Access is available right now. We're about to jump in, but thanks to the good people at Eurogamer, we can now see for certain how the game's loot box system works, and more to the point, what they cost.

Activision has been sued by the maker of the Humvee over the Call of Duty series
http://www.pcgamer.com/activision-has-been-sued-by-the-maker-of-the-humvee-over-the-call-of-duty-series/
You may not know AM General, but you know what it does: It makes the Humvee, the iconic vehicle that replaced US military jeeps back in the '80s. Everywhere the US Army goes, it rides in Humvees: In movies, on the television, and of course in videogames, including the Call of Duty series. According to a recently-filed lawsuit, however, Activision never actually had permission to use it.

>>It's surprising that they're doing it now, when CoD goes back to WWII, but how could Activision make such a "mistake"?

Have a look at four new PUBG desert map screenshots
http://www.pcgamer.com/have-a-look-at-four-new-pubg-desert-map-screenshots/
Brendan Greene, the "PlayerUnknown" who gives PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds its catchy, easy-off-the-tongue title, has shared a fresh batch of work-in-progress images of the new desert map revealed back in July.

Another Overwatch free weekend is on the way
http://www.pcgamer.com/another-overwatch-free-weekend-is-on-the-way/
Blizzard has good news for anyone who wants to play Overwatch for free next weekend: You can. From November 17-20 you'll be able to download the Overwatch client at no charge, and then dive in and play with the full roster of 26 heroes and 16 maps, in Quick Play, Custom Games, and the Arcade.

Obsidian appears to be teasing a new game on Twitter
http://www.pcgamer.com/obsidian-appears-to-be-teasing-a-new-game-on-twitter/
Obsidian Entertainment has made a lot of games since it was founded in 2003, Kotor 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Pillars of Eternity among them. In fact, thanks to a recent, helpful post from Obsidian itself, you can get the full list on Twitter.
There are some really good games on there, but the most interesting bit is down at the bottom: The "???"

Don't Starve Together's free limited-time events start today
http://www.pcgamer.com/dont-starve-togethers-free-limited-time-events-start-today/
Don't Starve Together, the co-op variant of developer Klei Entertainment's hit survival game, is getting some free additions starting with The Forge, a "six-player co-op challenge where the goal is try to and defeat the Grand Forge Boarrior in an arena." It's now available on Steam for all DST owners.

World of Tanks, Democracy, and Verdun return for War Child's Armistice 2017
http://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-tanks-democracy-and-verdun-return-for-war-childs-armistice-2017/
War Child's Armistice, a program that debuted last year to encourage "peaceful gameplay in support of children affected by conflict," has launched a new effort for the 2017 holiday season that includes sales, special events, and unique DLC on games including World of Tanks, Verdun, This War of Mine, and Styx: Shards of Darkness.

>>And there's also an Armistice Bundle at Steam, at 50% off.

Rainbow Six Siege: Operation White Noise trailer shows off forthcoming map
http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-operation-white-noise-trailer-shows-off-forthcoming-map/
Rainbow Six Siege's forthcoming expansion, Operation White Noise, is shaping up to be among the best. And why do I think that? Just check out the new Mok Myeok Tower in the video above. It's visually impressive, but just look at how open and vertical it is. And come to think of it, I've no idea how the attackers will actually penetrate the building. Will they enter via the roof?

Little Nightmares The Hideaway DLC out now, next chapter out February
http://www.pcgamer.com/little-nightmares-the-hideaway-dlc-out-now-next-chapter-out-february/
Little Nightmares' three-part DLC series Secrets of the Maw continues today with the launch of 'The Hideaway'. Again starring The Runaway Kid—main series protagonist Six's similarly pint-sized counterpart—this chapter has you locating and rescuing the mysterious Nomes, and striving to uncover their secrets along the way.

Skateboarding game Session gets a free PC demo
http://www.pcgamer.com/skateboarding-game-session-gets-a-free-pc-demo/
Developer Crea-ture Studios is prepping a crowdfunding campaign, due to launch November 21, however it has a PC demo right now. Here's a look at its Kickstarter Teaser trailer.

>>Imagine how good the game/demo must be, that trads has even made a thread about it!

Let's see now the rest of GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG 

There are two sales going on:

• There's the Made in Poland sale, with games reaching an up to 90% discount: https://www.gog.com/promo/20171109_special_sale_made_in_poland_sale
• And there's also the weekly sale, with games from Strategy First and 1C Publishing up to 85% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20171106_weekly_sale_1c_strategy_first

+Steam 

Besides the Klei Entertainment Sale, there are other deals on Steam:

• LawBreakers is having a free to try weekend again, with a 50% discount if you like it enough to keep it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/350280/LawBreakers/
• The game Squad, a multiplayer tactical game on Early Access is also free to try and 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/393380/Squad/
• Finally, Aspyr is the star of the Publisher Sale, and while you may not recognize the name, they have quite a few very known games like several CoDs, Civilizations, Borderlands or Bioshock Infinite, among others. Check them out here: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/aspyr/

And that's the end of this week of news. I hope you have a happy and gaming weekend.

RLCS has officially started! HYYYYYYYPE!

Nvidia news. Ampere (evolution of Volta) is coming Q1 2018. Exciting stuff.. maybe now 4k gaming with 100hz+ is doable.

According to Heise.de (Google tranlated)

From Pascal to Ampere

"At the end of the third quarter, Nvidia unveiled the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti , positioned between the GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 gaming graphics cards already available. The GTX-1000 graphics cards are all based on Pascal series GPUs. Information on upcoming GPU generation, which should appear under the name "ampere", there should be the GPU Technology Conference 2018."

ResetEra

^ For the enterprise/supercomputers market, maybe. I doubt they'll reach the consumer market before 2019 when Volta still hasn't done it.

It might be the other way round. Volta staying enterprise and Ampere for the consumer devices.

Ampere could be a stripped down Volta, designed for gaming/mining performance and Volta for big data crunching (servers, AI etc) with its tensor cores. 

We will see early next year.. Want to see how well the GTX 2070/2080 performs.

Possible but, imho, doubtful. Volta can be rolled into consumer products by stripping it from all those tensor blocks it has for compute tasks and pairing it with GDDR5X or 6.

After all, if they can't bring Volta down to the consumer level, they can simply launch a Pascal refresh on a smaller node with faster clocks and still reign over AMD... unless Navi proves to be a surprise hit. That's what they did with Kepler (even without a new node) and it worked really well for them.

Deadpool will be removed from Steam on 16 November. Again. So the game is discounted until then.

Read and cry:

Thermaltake Announces X Comfort Air Gaming Chair With Active Cooling
https://www.techpowerup.com/238717/thermaltake-announces-x-comfort-air-gaming-chair-with-active-cooling
So yes, Thermaltake is paying attention to consumers from tropical and desert climates all over the world with its latest gaming chair. The X Comfort Air is a new gaming chair that sports active cooling, whether your environment requires it, or you're just going through a really aberrant, hot day. The cooling system leverages four high-pressure fans, embedded in the base of the chair (perforated faux-leather that permits airflow from the three-speed fans.) Thermaltake claimed that the system can cool the seat by between 0.6ºC and 1.5ºC. The noise level of the fans is stated as 32 DB(A), but Thermaltake didn't specify the correlating fan speed for this.

The X Comfort Air gaming chair is available in red or black options, both going for $500.

There are so many things that I could say. Would you really pay $500 for having your ass 1.5ºC cooler? And more important, would you buy a chair that needs to be connected to your PC in order to make the fans work? (unless they're powered by a battery).

Let's go with Monday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Football Manager 2018 heads Steam Top Sellers chart
http://www.pcgamer.com/football-manager-2018-heads-steam-top-sellers-chart/
Football Manager 2018 arrived last week, bringing with it a number of new systems that make it the most ambitious entry in years. I like it, and it seems a lot of folk elsewhere feel the same—given the fact FM 2018 tops Steam's Top Sellers chart, at the time of writing.

>>And it no longer is, which shows how useless this article is. The list I've found tells a different story:

1. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
2. Call of Duty: WWII
3. Football Manager 2018
4. Borderlands 2: Game of the Year
5. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
6. Nioh: Complete Edition
7. Rocket League
8. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Complete
9. Deadpool
10. Counter Strike: Global Offensive

HITMAN has surpassed 7 million players
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/hitman-surpassed-7-million-players/
In an interview with GamesIndustry, IO Interactive’s CEO Hakan Abrak revealed that HITMAN has passed 7 million players. Not only that, but according to Hakan this number rises on a daily basis.

Now let's see what does GOG have for its weekly sale, and it's a bunch of Daedalic and Double Fine games with an up to 90% discount: https://www.gog.com/promo/20171113_weekly_sale_double_fine_daedalic

SOFTWARE

More than 6,000 games released on Steam this year, almost as many as in the 10 years to 2015
http://www.pcgamer.com/more-than-6000-games-released-on-steam-this-year-almost-as-many-in-the-10-years-to-2015/
The number of games released on Steam this year has topped 6,000, according to analyst Daniel Ahmad, of Niko Partners. That's the most ever on the platform—around 1,500 more than last year and almost as many as the total number of games released between 2005 and 2015.

MODS/EMULATORS

This mod allows you to play The Witcher 1’s prologue in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/mod-allows-play-witcher-1s-prologue-witcher-3-wild-hunt/
Modder ‘Erxv’ has informed us about this new mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. As its title suggests, this mod recreates the intro from the first The Witcher game in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It looks pretty cool and PC gamers can go ahead, download, and play this recreation right now.

>>You can get the mod from Nexus mods.

Crysis is now 10 years old and here are the best graphics mods you can install for it
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/crysis-now-10-years-old-best-graphics-mods-can-install/
Ah, Crysis. One of the most unique PC FPS experiences back in 2007. Crytek’s masterpiece was way ahead of its time visually, and came with some truly great gameplay mechanics. Its level design, its enemy AI, its nanosuit abilities; everything felt great. And since today it’s its 10th anniversary, we’ve decided to share with you the best graphics mods you can use for it.

>>But will you be able to run them? . Check the article to see them.

Assassin’s Creed is now 10 years old and here are the best mods you can install for it
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-now-10-years-old-mods-can-install/
Alongside Crysis, Assassin’s Creed has also turned 10 years old today. Assassin’s Creed offered an open-world area that players could explore, and I still consider it one of the best AC games. While it could become a bit boring, it had great gameplay mechanics and I liked Altair.

>>I can't believe AC is as old as Crysis. Anyway, check the mods at the link.

Dawn of the Tiberium Age, the mod that combines C&C and Red Alert, lines up big update
http://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-the-tiberium-age-the-mod-that-combines-cc-and-red-alert-lines-up-big-update/
Dawn of the Tiberium Age is a long-serving standalone mod that combines the original Command & Conquer and its Red Alert follow-up. First launched in 2008, it's since received a host of updates—the latest of which is packed with new stuff and is due December 1.

>>More info at its moddb page.

GAMING NEWS

Crytek’s free-to-play FPS, Warface, will get a Battle Royale mode
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/cryteks-free-play-fps-warface-will-get-battle-royale-mode/
My.com has announced that Crytek’s free to play first-person shooter, Warface, will receive a Battle Royale mode. This game mode will be available in the next update for a short period. The development team will then remove it, improve it based on its players’ feedback, and then re-implement it.

Electronic Arts responds to fan criticism regarding microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront 2
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-responds-fan-criticism-regarding-microtransactions-star-wars-battlefront-2/
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 releases in a few days and a lot of players have criticised EA’s decision to include microtransactions. As you’d expect, the publisher has responded to the criticism, however its answers may not please you. According to EA’s community team on Reddit, microtransactions have been included in order to create a compelling progression path for all of players.

Take Two will add microtransactions in all of its future titles
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/take-two-will-add-microtransactions-future-titles/
During its investors conference call last week, Take Two revealed that all of its future games will have microtransactions. Yeap, as we’ve already said, microtransactions – and loot boxes – are here to stay. According to Take Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick, the gaming industry is now all about recurrent consumer spending and not about game sales.

Part 2 of the news:

Decksplash, Bossa's multiplayer skateboarding sim, is cancelled
http://www.pcgamer.com/decksplash-bossas-multiplayer-skateboarding-sim-is-cancelled/
Bossa Studios announced Decksplash back near the start of the year, and it looked quite promising: "The Rocket League of skateboarding," we called it, following some hands-on time with an alpha build in May. But in October, the studio dropped an ultimatum: If it didn't attract at least 100,000 players during a free week set to begin on November 2, the whole thing would be cancelled.

Seven: The Days Long Gone explains how you'll traverse its multi-tiered world
http://www.pcgamer.com/seven-the-days-long-gone-explains-how-youll-traverse-its-multi-tiered-world/
Seven: The Days Long Gone is a gorgeous feat of world design, said Tyler after going hands-on with IMGN.PRO and Fool's Theory's isometric RPG last year. It's since teased a fair bit more of its stealthy murder—and now wants to showcase its traversal and movement mechanics.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 adds Finn, Phasma, and new single-player story missions in December
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-2-adds-finn-phasma-and-new-single-player-story-missions-in-december/
Star Wars Battlefront 2 won't arrive for another week, but Electronic Arts has already unveiled what players have to look forward to in a free update coming in December. Beginning on December 5, players will have the opportunity to sign up for either the First Order or the Resistance, which will lead into faction-based challenges with "special rewards."

Bungie says Destiny 2 clan chat is 'one of our highest priorities'
http://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-says-destiny-2-clan-chat-is-one-of-our-highest-priorities/
I've been sinking quite a bit of time into Destiny 2, as you do, and really enjoying it overall. But I find it endlessly annoying that it's so tremendously difficult to communicate with anyone. I am literally surrounded by other players, and all I can do is The Macarena. Even connecting with clanmates is an unnecessary hassle.

Injustice 2 DLC will add The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
http://www.pcgamer.com/injustice-2-dlc-adds-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
It's been a quick turnaround for superhero brawler Injustice 2: we found out that the previously console-only fighter was coming to PC last month, and following a short public beta its launch is only three days away. Ahead of that, developer NetherRealm Studios has revealed the fighters arriving in the game's third DLC pack, and they include The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Cowabunga!

Hunting system in battle royale game The Darwin Project lets you track enemy footprints
http://www.pcgamer.com/hunting-system-in-battle-royale-game-the-darwin-project-lets-you-track-enemy-footprints/
The developers of The Darwin Project, the upcoming battle royale game, want to make combat as frequent as possible. "In other games, the most fun part of the experience is when you're fighting other players, but this represents less than 10% of the match," they point out in the video above. To change that formula the game will have multiple features aimed at making it easier to spot and track other players, including footstep trails and fires that you can see for miles around.

Dev diary shows how Star Citizen's alpha 3.0 will make space travel more 'Hollywood'
http://www.pcgamer.com/dev-diary-shows-how-star-citizens-alpha-30-will-make-space-travel-more-hollywood/
Everyone remembers the moments in Star Wars where a ship shoots into a hyperspace tunnel and all the stars become a blur, and Star Citizen wants to add some of that Hollywood drama into its upcoming alpha 3.0, according to the latest development diary.

Train tycoon sim Railway Empire on track for January arrival
http://www.pcgamer.com/train-tycoon-sim-railway-empire-on-track-for-january-arrival/
Railway Empire is a tycoon sim about building up a rail network in the mid-19th century Unites States. You plonk down stations, micromanage routes, choose which staff to hire and fire, and upgrade your trains with on-board toilets and padded seats. Publisher Kalypso (of the more recent Tropico games) has announced that it's due to arrive on January 26.

CD Projekt Red has no plans for a fourth Witcher but will 'probably' return to the world someday
http://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-red-has-no-plans-for-a-fourth-witcher-but-will-probably-return-to-the-world-someday/
Dreams of The Witcher 4 will probably never become reality, judging by the words of CD Projekt chief executive Adam Kiciński.
He told Polish site Strefa Inwestorow that the developer has no plans for Geralt to make a comeback because The Witcher was envisaged as a trilogy, and the third game provided a definitive end to his story.

VR horror RPG Left-Hand Path screams out of Early Access
http://www.pcgamer.com/vr-horror-rpg-left-hand-path-screams-out-of-early-access/
The idea of a VR horror game terrifies me—I have enough trouble making it through a horror game in a well-lit room with my own music blaring. But as an example of the genre, Left-Hand Path seems a decent one, and has been getting good user reviews on Steam. It blends VR horror with RPG elements inspired by the Dark Souls series into a 15-hour story in which you cast spells by drawing runes in the air with your hands.

Dead Dozen is a multiplayer zombie game from the creators of The Wild Eight
http://www.pcgamer.com/dead-dozen-is-a-multiplayer-zombie-game-from-the-creators-of-the-wild-eight/
The creators of survival game The Wild Eight are working on a new project called the Dead Dozen, a multiplayer horror game in which a team of soldiers has to fight off player-controlled ghouls.

Final Fantasy 15's Noctis announced for Tekken 7 as DLC
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-15s-noctis-announced-for-tekken-7-as-dlc/
Tekken 7 marked the long-standing fight 'em up series' PC debut when it came to desktops in June this year. It performed well at launch, received warm reviews, and thereafter addressed some lingering issues. Now, it's announced another soon-to-be PC debutante will fight in the King of the Iron First Tournament next year: Final Fantasy 15's main protagonist Noctis.

COD: WW2 dev addresses online issues, wants to 'reinforce commitment to PC fans'
http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-ww2-dev-addresses-online-issues-wants-to-reinforce-commitment-to-pc-fans/
In his review, James reckoned Call of Duty: WW2's solo campaign failed to do history justice, but that its multiplayer "recalls the glory days of Modern Warfare." Server issues have however marred its social features—and developer Sledgehammer Games has now addressed how it plans to fix them, and when we might expect the forthcoming PC patch.

Going indie was a 'genuine watershed moment' for IO Interactive
http://www.pcgamer.com/going-indie-was-a-genuine-watershed-moment-for-io-interactive-hitman-has-shaped-creation-of-future-new-universes/
In conversation with gamesindustry.biz, IO CEO Hakan Abrak describes the decision to go it alone as "a genuine watershed moment" for he and his colleagues—one which will inform the developer's games into the future.

>>Yep, it's the same interview from the 7 million players article at the start of the news.