Flash Point: Fire Rescue kicks in the door on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/flash-point-fire-rescue-kicks-in-the-door-on-steam/
Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a fantastic co-op board game that just made its way onto Steam. Think about a tactical maneuvering game like XCOM, but with firefighters, who are probably braver than alien hunters anyways. In any given scenario your team's job is to save people from a burning building—not put out fires. You're the people who go inside.

Wow, never seen this coming - both me and my kids love this boardgame, base mechanism is based on highly acclaimed Pandemic, but it's somewhat easier and thematically more appealing for younger audience.

Yay! Let's go with the last round of news of the week:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Crusader Kings 2 is now available for free on Steam for a limited time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crusader-kings-2-is-now-available-for-free-on-steam/
Paradox Interactive is currently giving away free Steam copies of its strategy game, Crusader Kings 2. Those who acquire their free copies in the next 40 hours will keep this game forever in their library. In other words, this isn’t your usual free-to-play offer that most Steam games offer.

>>Check it out at the Steam page.

On the Humble Store, there's the Festival of Speed sale featuring, in case you didn't get it, racing games: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/festival-of-speed/

At Fanatical, there are two new sales:

• The first one, that ends in less than 24 hours, is the Anime Weekend, with anie games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/genres/anime
• The second one is the Starter Bundle, that will last well into May, It features games like Toren, Tropico 4 or Dungeons 2: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-starter-bundle

SOFTWARE

Razer is opening a digital game store today and we're gifting 1,000 $5 codes
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-is-opening-a-digital-game-store-today-and-were-gifting-1000-dollar5-codes/
Razer is throwing its hat into the digital distribution ring today with the opening of the Razer Game Store, which will feature games from some of the industry's biggest publishers and exclusive discounts. And to celebrate, we've teamed up with Razer to give away 1,000 in-store vouchers worth $5 each.
Before anyone scoffs at having to juggle another digital storefront, games that are purchased through Razer's Game Store are delivered in the form of Steam or Uplay product keys. So why bother? Gamers stand to benefit from exclusive offers and discounts, including store vouchers, along with discounts on Razer peripherals and other perks not yet outlined.
Finally, Razer is giving away 10,000 Steam keys for the indie game Furi, on a first-come, first-serve basis when signing up through this link.
For a chance to win one of the $5 Razer Game Store vouchers, enter your email address at this link. Codes will be distributed to the winners on April 9.

Here are the first screenshots from DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine using real-time ray tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-screenshots-from-dices-frostbite-3-engine-using-real-time-ray-tracing/
At GDC 2018, DICE showcased its Frostbite 3 Engine running real-time ray tracing via NVIDIA’s RTX and the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing API. And while they are not looking as impressive as Epic’s Star Wars demo, they may give us an idea of what we can expect from the first PC games that will be using it.

MODS/EMULATORS

Crysis HD Textures 2018 features 2.1GB of textures from CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crysis-hd-textures-2018-features-2-1gb-of-textures-from-cryengine-3-5-8-and-crysis-3-the-lost-island/
Modder ‘condros’ has released a brand new Texture Pack for the original Crysis game. This Texture Pack features 2.1GB of textures that were ripped from both CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island multiplayer DLC.

>>Hmm, I thought several times of replaying the first one now that I have a card powerful enough. I might give it a try. By the way, it's available from ModDB.

GAMING NEWS

State of Decay 2 – Official PAX-East 2018 Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/state-of-decay-2-official-pax-east-2018-trailer/
Microsoft and Undead Labs have released the official PAX East 2018 trailer for State of Decay 2. This in-depth gameplay trailer showcases the game’s character selection, base building and combat mechanics, as well as some of its environments.

First Far Cry 5 PC patch available, fixes crashes, stability, performance and low repro AI issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-far-cry-5-pc-patch-available-fixes-crashes-stability-performance-and-low-repro-ai-issues/
Ubisoft has just released the first PC patch for Far Cry 5. According to the release notes, this patch fixes low occurrence crashes and walkthrough breaks, low occurrence save corruption and low repro AI issues.

Boss Key Productions admits that LawBreakers has flopped, is working on a new game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/boss-key-productions-admits-that-lawbreakers-has-flopped-is-working-on-a-new-game/
Boss Key Productions has publicly admitted that LawBreakers has failed commercially. And while the team claimed that it is is determined to give this game the second life it deserves, it will now focus on new projects.

DayZ will get a new engine upgrade in a couple of weeks on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dayz-will-get-a-new-engine-upgrade-in-a-couple-of-weeks-on-the-pc/
It appears that the standalone version of DayZ will receive a major engine upgrade really soon. As Eugen Harton, lead producer at developers Bohemia, told PCGamesN, the team is currently working on upgrading DayZ’s game engine and will release this new version in a couple of weeks.

The Forest leaves Early Access and fully releases on April 30th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-forest-leaves-early-access-and-fully-releases-on-april-30th/
Endnight Games announced that its open-world survival horror game, The Forest, will leave Early Access and will be fully released on April 30th. Players will enter a living, breathing world, where every tree and plant can be chopped down.

Friday news, part two:

Surviving Mars adds free camera, birth control policy, tribute to Stephen Hawking
https://www.pcgamer.com/surviving-mars-adds-free-camera-birth-control-policy-tribute-to-stephen-hawking/
As outlined in this forum post, a huge number of tweaks, nips and tucks comprise the latest 'Spirit' update (I count ~100 or so)—including adjustments to mod implementation, UI and in-game mechanics.

Hearthstone: The Witchwood will launch next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-the-witchwood-release-date/
The time for brewing your janky evens-only deck is almost over. Next week you'll be watching it get stomped by Cubelocks on ladder because Blizzard has finally given The Witchwood a release date: April 12.

Apocalypse Cow is a 2D action game that plays like a blood-drunk cartoon
https://www.pcgamer.com/apocalypse-cow-is-a-2d-action-game-that-plays-like-a-blood-drunk-cartoon/
Its main villain is a cybernetic cow and its protagonist is a young girl with hair like blue taffy, yet Apocalypse Cow bills itself as a "cinematic" game. I can't say I got that impression when I played a bit of it at GDC, but I do agree with developer Monsters on one thing: it's a fun little 2D action game.

Retro platformer Timespinner looks ambitious and authentic
https://www.pcgamer.com/retro-platformer-timespinner-looks-ambitious-and-authentic/
Timespinner is a 2D Metroidvania-style platformer proudly inspired by the likes of Mega Man X, Star Ocean and of course Castlevania. It stars a young time-bender named Lunais seeking revenge against the evil empire that killed her family and banished her to a foreign world.

'Violence is your last resort' in stealth roguelike Basingstoke
https://www.pcgamer.com/violence-is-your-last-resort-in-stealth-roguelike-basingstoke/
"Basingstoke is a town in England, renowned for its charming mix of handcrafted and procedurally generated features," according to developer Puppygames. Now, I've been to the UK, and while Basingstoke is a real town located near London—a city whose twisting streets often feel procedurally generated—I'm not sure I believe the studio on this. That said, Basingstoke is also a top-down stealth roguelike set in an oddly adorable version of the town that happens to be overrun with aliens and monsters. Now you've got my attention, Puppygames.

See a mud crab waiting for the subway in this weird The Elder Scrolls: Legends - Morrowind launch trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/see-a-mud-crab-waiting-for-the-subway-in-this-weird-the-elder-scrolls-legends-morrowind-launch-trailer/
The Elder Scrolls Legends expansion Houses of Morrowind went live today after a slight delay (from March 29 to April 5), bringing the strange land of the Dunmer to Bethesda's fantasy CCG. The expansion is notable not only for its incorporation of the studio's best RPG setting, but for the underlying changes it makes to the mechanical side of the game, including the addition of three-attribute cards which necessitate the use expanded deck sizes.

Destiny 2 developer: "We are actively working on a new weapon system right now"
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-new-weapon-system/
I caught a little bit of yesterday's Bungie Bounty PC stream, in which players tried to queue into and beat the developers in order to earn an exclusive emblem. Far more interesting than the actual gameplay was the atmosphere—which today's 'This Week at Bungie' blog post describes as "supercharged" for the two-hour duration. The word I would use is "spicy", as fans in chat made the most of the chance to put their questions and concerns to sandbox design lead Josh Hamrick and senior crucible designer Kevin Yanes.

The Division studio Massive is reportedly working on a battle royale title
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-studio-massive-is-reportedly-working-on-a-battle-royale-title/
(...) Who wouldn't want part of that lucrative PUBG / Fortnite pie?
But according to Swedish games website Game Reactor, Ubisoft is already on the case. And sadly, it won't be a Rayman battle royale game. The studio at the helm is Massive Entertainment, they of The Division fame, and according to the report, Ubisoft tasked the studio with investigating potential battle royale games in January.

Sea of Thieves is getting invite-only crews because 'players are misusing the brig'
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-is-getting-invite-only-crews-because-players-are-misusing-the-brig/
"Players are misusing the brig for various reasons," says executive producer Joe Neate in this blog post. "The most common of these we have seen are to hold a slot, either because they want to play as a private crew or because they want to play with people with mics/people speaking the same language."
In order to fix this, Neate says he and his team are working to "allow players to select whether they want their ship to be open to others being matchmade with them, or closed so that it's invite-only."

Vermintide 2 dials back difficulty with latest update
https://www.pcgamer.com/vermintide-2-dials-back-difficulty-with-latest-update/
When we quizzed Fatshark CEO Martin Wahlund about Vermintide 2's punishing difficulty last month, he told us he and his team were working to "remove the extreme spikes". The first-person Skaven-slasher's latest update, patch 1.0.5, tackles this head-on. Expect buffs to all five playable classes and nerfs to its deadliest enemies, among other things.

Let's end with the usual recap of what do GOG and Steam have for us this weekend:

+GOG

• The first of the four deals is the daily deal, featuring the game Kim at 60% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180406_daily_deal_kim
• Next is the weekly sale, featuring games like La Mulana, A Hat in Time, Rime, Spelunky or Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180402_weekly_sale
• The Cook, Serve, Delicious games are still on sale, up to 25% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180420_cook_serve_delicious
• Lastly, there's a weekend sale, with games like Jotun, Giana Sisters, Broforce, Cuphead and more up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180406_weekend_sale

+Steam

Well, if a free game is not enough for you, you have:

• Forts is the game featured on the daily deal, 30% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/410900/Forts/
• The Long Dark is the other weekend deal at 75% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/305620/The_Long_Dark/
• And of course, there are the weeklong deals.

Until (hopefully) next week, I wish you have a happy and gaming weekend.

Remember Nvidia's GPP and how Gigabyte and MSI comply and stopped using their gaming brands for AMD GPU products? Well, now we have ASUS joining them:

NVIDIA GPP: Meet ASUS AREZ Radeon series
https://videocardz.com/75783/nvidia-gpp-meet-asus-arez-radeon-series
For now, this is just a rumor, but our information comes directly from ASUS. Apparently, ASUS will launch a new AREZ brand for Radeon series. These cards will not carry any ROG branding. In fact, they might even lose ASUS branding altogether.

The ROG series simply do not exist under AREZ brand. That said there are no AREZ ROG STRIX series, but AREZ STRIX. Same applies to other sub-series, such as Phoenix, Expedition and so on. These are called AREZ Phoenix or AREZ Expedition respectively.

This short chart illustrates the transformation from ASUS to AREZ for certain Radeon products. The codenames are real.

Here is a helpful guide I found: "How to send an 'E mail'"

View on YouTube

It also includes printing out a received E-Mail for Pro's!

Lol! His personal pasword is 1234 .

Thankfully, tech has advanced a lot since then and now it's really easy to connect to the net.

Monday news!

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2. Far Cry 5
3. Far Cry 5
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
5. Far Cry 5
6. PixARK
7. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
8. Warhammer: Vermintide 2
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. The Long Dark

>>How many Far Cry 5 editions are there?!

Resident Evil 7 has sold more than 5.1 million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-7-has-sold-more-than-5-1-million-copies-worldwide/
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 7 has sold more than 5.1 million units worldwide on all platforms. In addition, Capcom revealed that Resident Evil 7 won the award for Best VR Audio at the 2018 Game Audio Network Guild Awards.

GTA 5 estimated to be the most profitable entertainment product of all time
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-5-estimated-to-be-the-most-profitable-entertainment-product-of-all-time/
With an estimated 90 million copies sold across all platforms—PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC—GTA 5 is thought to have accrued somewhere in the vicinity of $6 billion since launch in 2013. As reported by MarketWatch (via RockstarIntel), this makes Take Two and Rockstar's open world crime sim more successful than both Star Wars and Gone With The Wind—which are said to have made upwards of $3 billion, adjusted for inflation.

>>Insane numbers.

The May Humble Monthly kicks off with Kerbal Space Program, Dead Rising 4, and Ruiner
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-may-humble-monthly-kicks-off-with-kerbal-space-program-dead-rising-4-and-ruiner/
The Humble Bundlers have unveiled the new Humble Monthly for May, which features Kerbal Space Program, Dead Rising 4, and Ruiner, plus more games to be revealed later, for $12.

Let's go to GOG and check the new deals:

• The daily deal is Vaporum. 40% off: https://www.gog.com/game/vaporum
• The weekly sale, named Something Wicked, features games like Outlast 1&2, Inside, Darkwood or Layers of Fear up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180409_weekly_sale

SOFTWARE

NVIDIA will stop releasing Game Ready drivers for its Fermi GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-will-stop-releasing-game-ready-drivers-for-its-fermi-gpus/
NVIDIA has announced that it will stop releasing Game Ready drivers for its Fermi graphics cards. This means that all of its future Game Ready drivers, starting from those that will be coming out later this month, will only be available on Kepler, Maxwell, and Pascal series GPUs.

>>There's a full list of the affected cards on the article, in case you want to check it.

MODS/EMULATORS

New screenshots for the Half Life fan remake in Unreal Engine 4, Project Lambda, released
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-for-the-half-life-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4-project-lambda-released/
SilverTM has released some new screenshots from its fan remake/project of Half Life/Black Mesa in Unreal Engine 4. As we’ve already reported, this project will feature only the first chapter from Valve’s classic FPS, and will be made available to the public once it’s finished.

This mod noticeably improves Fallout: New Vegas’ LOD (Level of Detail)
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-noticeably-improves-fallout-new-vegas-lod-level-of-detail/
One of the biggest issues of all Gamebryo and Creation Engine games (from Oblivion and Skyrim to Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4) is their mediocre LOD. Due to the way these engines work, the horizon in the aforementioned games is full of blurry textures and lacks many details/objects. Thankfully, modder ‘pilamin’ released a mod that noticeably improves it in Fallout New Vegas.

>>You can download it from Nexus Mods. Nut be careful, because the mod requires the FNVLODGen Utility to generate your landscape LOD.

New environmental screenshots released for Fallout 4 New Vegas mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-environmental-screenshots-released-for-fallout-4-new-vegas-mod/
The team behind the Fallout New Vegas mod for Fallout 4 has released some brand new screenshots, showcasing the Crescent Canyon. Crescent Canyon was reworked and redesigned by its Level Design Lead Spacetimebender and aside from being a beautiful and deadly region in Fallout: New Vegas, it also marks the southernmost point of the Mojave Wasteland that can be visited by the player.

You can already run mods in Skyrim VR
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-already-run-mods-in-skyrim-vr/
Skyrim VR launched earlier this week, giving Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners an excuse to jump back in and slay dragons for the umpteenth time. I'd love to play it, but I don't doubt that at some point the VR novelty will wear off and you'll be left playing the vanilla version of Skyrim, and all that entails. Eventually, you'll probably want to install mods—and you can already do just that through both Nexus Mod Manager and Vortex, the Skyrim Nexus's (relatively) new mod management tool.

Blood: Dead on Arrival is a total conversion for GZDoom that mashes up Doom with Blood
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blood-dead-on-arrival-is-a-total-conversion-for-gzdoom-that-mashes-up-doom-with-blood/
Modder ‘MrFroz’ has released a total conversion mod for GZDoom that brings together two classic first-person shooters; Doom and Blood. Blood: Dead on Arrival features eight levels and two secret levels, an arsenal of Blood’s weapons mixed in with some fun surprises like molotovs and an M60 and a combination of DOOM and Blood enemies.

>>Get this mod from ModDB.

The classic Doom is being faithfully recreated in the original Unreal, demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-classic-doom-is-being-recreated-in-the-original-unreal-demo-available-for-download/
Modder ‘OfficerD82’ is currently recreating the classic Doom game in the first Unreal game, and has released a demo for this remake. This remake will be as close to the original game as possible. However, it will allow players to use weapons from Unreal.

>>It's available to download the mod from ModDB.

This texture pack adds 2.2GB of 2K textures to the original/classic Doom games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-texture-pack-adds-2-2gb-of-2k-textures-to-the-original-classic-doom-games/
Modder ‘hoover1979’ has released a new version of his Texture Pack for the classic Doom games. This texture pack features 2.2GB of 2K textures and supports Doom, Doom II, Plutonia Experiment and Evilution.

>>Available from ModDB.

GAMING NEWS

Sam Fisher is coming to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sam-fisher-is-coming-to-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands/
Ubisoft has shared a teaser trailer for a new event that will be coming to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, featuring Sam Fisher. Our guess is that this event will be similar to the Predator event that occurred back in December 2017.

Final Fantasy XV – Modding tools coming this Spring, level editor coming in Fall 2018
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-modding-tools-coming-this-spring-level-editor-coming-in-fall-2018/
At PAX East 2018, Square Enix announced that it will release the highly anticipated modding tools for Final Fantasy XV this Spring. Moreover, the team will add official Steam Workshop support on the Steam version so that modders can upload and share their creations easier.

New screenshots released for System Shock Remake, source code of the original available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-screenshots-released-for-system-shock-remake-source-code-of-the-original-available-for-download/
Nightdive Studios has released some new screenshots for the upcoming remake of System Shock. After a small hiatus, the team resumed development and claimed that this remake will be a high quality game that adheres closely to the vision of the original System Shock rather than the reinterpretation that it was previously working toward.

>>You can get the source code of the original from here.

Disgaea 5 Complete is coming to the PC on May 7th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/disgaea-5-complete-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-may-7th/
NIS America has announced that Disgaea 5 Complete will be coming to the PC on May 7th. Disgaea 5 Complete is a strategy RPG that promises to offer hundreds of hours of over-the-top, award-winning gameplay.

New One Piece World Seeker screenshots focus on Germa 66 and the Vinsmoke Family
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-one-piece-world-seeker-screenshots-focus-on-germa-66-and-the-vinsmoke-family/
Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots for One Piece World Seeker, focusing on Germa 66 and the Vinsmoke Family. As the press release reads, Sanji’s brothers Ichiji, Niji and Yonji’s presence has been confirmed on the island on One Piece World Seeker.

Monday news, part two:

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will have upgradable castles
https://www.pcgamer.com/mount-and-blade-2-bannerlord-will-have-upgradable-castles/
Mount & Blade 2 is as yet without a release date. What it will have, however, is castles.
(...) I shudder to think how I'll handle Banderlords' promised upgradable castles—some of which cannot be breached by battering ram.

Conan Exiles prepares to leave Early Access with two new regions and massive NPC invasions
https://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-prepares-to-leave-early-access-with-two-new-regions-and-massive-npc-invasions/
Ahead of its launch from Early Access on May 8, I recently got to check out some of the new features coming to Conan Exiles, Funcom's multiplayer survival sandbox. Conan Exiles has changed a lot since I played it last: the map is much bigger, the combat has been overhauled, and it includes free-form climbing (inspired by Zelda: Breath of the Wild, according to game director Joel Bylos), with everything from cliffs to trees to castle walls now completely scalable.

Destiny 2's AFK timer for Strikes is being shortened, 6v6 Iron Banner delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-afk-timer-for-strikes-is-being-shortened-6v6-iron-banner-delayed/
There's good news and bad news in the world of Destiny 2 today, and since the weekend's just about upon us I will begin with the good: Bungie is reducing the amount of time a player can be inactive in a Strike to just three minutes, after which they'll be kicked to orbit.

'You play as the monsters' in Eldritch strategy game Sea Salt
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-play-as-the-monsters-in-eldritch-strategy-game-sea-salt/
Two-man Swedish developer YCJY describes Sea Salt as "a reversal action strategy game" where you lead a swarm of Eldritch monsters through inlet settlements, plundering coastal cities and expanding your army as you progress. It's now on Kickstarter and, at the time of writing, its campaign has raised $3,646 of its $5,930 goal and will run for another nine days. Its Kickstarter page also has a link to a free demo, which you can find on Itch.

A DayZ 'reboot' with major engine changes is coming soon, lead producer says (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-dayz-reboot-with-a-new-engine-is-coming-soon-lead-producer-says/
Bohemia Interactive dropped some unexpected news about DayZ at a recent ID@Xbox event, telling PCGamesN that the game is going to relaunch on a new engine in just a couple of weeks.
Update: Bohemia PR manager clarified the DayZ engine situation in an email, saying that the studio has been reworking the technology for the past four years. "It’s basically the reason why we are in Early Access for so long," he said. " Bohemia started a development of a new Enfusion Engine along with DayZ standalone—an engine that’s meant to empower our future games."

Deckard Cain puts enemies to sleep in Heroes of the Storm by reading them Diablo lore
https://www.pcgamer.com/deckard-cain-puts-enemies-to-sleep-in-heroes-of-the-storm-by-reading-them-diablo-lore/
Heroes of the Storm brings together the mightiest characters from across Blizzard's games, but the latest champion to enter the Nexus might be the best. Deckard Cain, Diablo's longwinded loremaster, is entering the fray.

PUBG's team deathmatch custom game mode will be rolled out to all players soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/everyone-will-be-able-to-play-team-deathmatch-in-pubg-soon/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer Bluehole added the team deathmatch-style War Mode to custom games this week, and it plans to roll the mode out to all players as a time-limited event at some point at the future.

Final Fantasy 15 to release four new DLC episodes next year, including an alternate ending
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-15-to-release-four-new-dlc-episodes-next-year-including-an-alternate-ending/
Square Enix will release four new episodes of DLC for Final Fantasy 15 next year, including an alternate ending, it announced at PAX East yesterday.
The four pieces of DLC, detailed in this Resetera thread, will include an episode centered on Ardyn, one focused on the fate of Luna, one smaller side-story about the Starscourge and, in Episode 4, Noctis's "final battle", which will contain the alternate ending to the game.

Rust's first player-controlled vehicle has arrived, and it's a boat
https://www.pcgamer.com/rusts-first-player-controlled-vehicle-has-arrived-and-its-a-boat/
Rust, the multiplayer survival game from Facepunch Studios, left Early Access back in February but is still receiving updates and additions (which makes sense since creator Garry Newman still considers Rust to be in alpha). Chugging into Rust in an update this week is its first player-controlled vehicle, a motorized rowboat. Boats are not craftable, so you'll have to go out and find one: they will spawn along the coastlines of the island map. The boat has room for a driver and up to three passengers.

Tail whip killer robots in 2D 'motorbike combat game' Steel Rats
https://www.pcgamer.com/tail-whip-killer-robots-in-2d-motorbike-combat-game-steel-rats/
Nearest I can tell, a very peculiar apocalypse has befallen the world of Steel Rats. I'm not sure what happened, but whatever it was, only bikers survived it, apparently along with legions of death machines. I'm assuming the death machines were in some way responsible for whatever happened to everyone else, because the bikers are fond of turning them into roadkill in all kinds of extravagant ways.

Jeff Kaplan: Queuing system for specific roles in Overwatch could 'hurt spirit of the game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/queuing-for-a-specific-role-in-overwatch-could-hurt-spirit-of-the-game-says-jeff-kaplan/
Putting together a balanced team in Overwatch has always been a problem. No matter how many times you plead for two supports, two tanks and two damage dealers, someone will always upset the apple cart by stubbornly picking their favourite hero no matter what. That's led some to propose a system whereby players pick a specific role—tank, healer or DPS—before queuing up for a game, guaranteeing a reasonable team composition. In an interview this week, game director Jeff Kaplan said that the idea is a "good starting point", but that he isn't keen on putting it into the game.

Hi-Rez shows off weapon crafting system and map for Paladins battle royale game as alpha tests begin
https://www.pcgamer.com/hi-rez-begins-testing-on-paladins-battle-royale-game-shows-off-weapon-crafting-system-and-map/
Hi-Rez gave us a peek at the game's weapon crafting system and its map in a forum post yesterday. Players will be looting weapons, armour and abilities across the map, and as they do so they'll have the option to break any item down into Shards. Collect 100 Shards and you'll be able to visit one of the forges dotted around the map to craft a random legendary weapon or ability.

Summer Games Done Quick announces speedrun lineup
https://www.pcgamer.com/summer-games-done-quick-announces-speedrun-lineup/
If you're a speedrunning fan then you should mark June 24 in your calendar, because that's when the annual Summer Games Done Quick charity event is due to kick off. The organisers have just released the full list of runners alongside the games they'll power through, which you can browse here. I'm particularly looking forward to watching Semanari complete massive RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2 in just 40 minutes (the world record, if you're interested, is a breezy 28 minutes).

Another Overwatch Retribution skin teased ahead of Tuesday's event
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-archives-skins/
Overwatch's Archives event returns next week, this year declassifying the PvE mission Retribution that will see Reaper, McCree, Genji, and Moira in their roles as Blackwatch agents fighting through waves of Talon enemies.
Update: Two more skins, Talon-era looks for Doomfist and Sombra, have been teased on Overwatch's social media accounts.
Update 2: Another skin has been teased, this one being Mei's pajama outfit from her Rise and Shine animated short.

Radical Heights is Boss Key's next game—a free-to-play battle royale set in a 'futuristic '80s world'
https://www.pcgamer.com/radical-heights-is-boss-keys-next-gamea-free-to-play-battle-royale-set-in-a-futuristic-80s-world/
After admitting LawBreakers' failure last week, developer Boss Key Productions has now unveiled its latest project: Radical Heights. Due on Steam's Early Access initiative tomorrow, April 10, the free-to-play battle royale-style shooter is set in within a futuristic game show-meets-survival scavenger hunt that's inspired by the '80s where "cash is king".

https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-disneys-star-wars-real-time-ray-tracing-flight-simulator-running-on-eight-nvidia-quadro-p6000/

Maybe someday?

"Radical Heights is Boss Key's next game—a free-to-play battle royale set in a 'futuristic '80s world'"

Ah: it looks like they budgeted this title appropriately.