Then what do you believe to be more worthwhile in the presence of GoG without those "wallet cards" ? 

GoG's EULA allowing you to stake personal ownership of your content or having wallet cards for easier transactions but no ownership of the said content ?

Why do I have to choose? They can do both things if they want.

Sure they can once they get bigger of course ... (steampowered Alexa's rank is rated 10x higher than GoG and will probably continue growing as the chinese audience keeps flowing in) 

However, if given the hypothetical choice I would rather make peace with the fact that I prefer to own my games over having prepaid cash cards over having an easier payment method ... 

And it's not like GoG doesn't have a prepaid payment system either ... (paysafecard is available in Spain for the same purpose)

Let's go with the news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Shovel Knight has sold two million copies, most sales coming from the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shovel-knight-has-sold-two-million-copies-most-sales-coming-from-the-pc/
Yacht Club Games has announced that Shovel Knight has sold two million copies worldwide on all platforms. According to the team, it took 18 months in order to hit the 1 million milestone and 26 months in order to surpass the 2 million sales.

>>Green098 has made a thread about it, focusing mostly on the Switch sales.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has sold one million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-vermintide-2-has-sold-one-million-copies-worldwide/
Fatshark today announced that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has surpassed one million units sold within five weeks after being released on PC.
Martin Wahlund, Fatshark’s CEO, said:
“We are genuinely humbled by the reception of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 from gamers all over the world. We reached half a million units within the first week, and one million within five weeks, which is far quicker than we ever expected.”

Let's check the daily deals of our favourite stores:

• At GOG, it's the game Tharsis, 75% off: https://www.gog.com/game/tharsis
• On Steam, the deal involves Galactic Civilizations III, 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/226860/Galactic_Civilizations_III/

SOFTWARE

Unity Engine ADAM: Episode 2 benchmark available for download, assets from Episode 2 & 3 also available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unity-engine-adam-episode-2-benchmark-available-for-download-assets-from-episode-2-3-also-available/
Last year Neill Blomkamp and OATS Studios debuted ADAM: Episode 2 and ADAM: Episode 3, two beautiful short-films created and rendered in real-time in Unity. These short films were incredible and showcased the capabilities of the Unity Engine, and we are happy to inform you that ADAM: Episode 2 is available right now as a downloadable executable.
This basically means that everyone can download and run the film in real-time, pause it at any point, move the camera around and examine the scenes from any angle. Furthermore, assets from these two episodes are now available on the Unity Asset Store so that all Unity creators can use them in their work.

MODS/EMULATORS

Here are console-exclusives Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned running on RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-console-exclusives-lollipop-chainsaw-and-shadows-of-the-damned-running-on-rpcs3/
Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned are two games that released exclusively on old-gen consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360). And while some of you may not be interested in them, some others will soon be able to play them on the PC thanks to the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.

Skyrim Landscape Overhaul HD replaces all landscape textures with new highly detailed 2K textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/skyrim-landscape-overhaul-hd-replaces-all-landscape-textures-with-new-highly-detailed-2k-textures/
Modder ‘luxor8071’ released a new texture pack for the Special Edition of Skyrim. According to its description, the Landscape Overhaul HD replaces all landscape textures with new highly detailed 2K textures.

>>It's available from Nexus Mods. And the article also mentions another mods from the same author.

Fallout 4 Sim Settlements mod add-on introduces disaster scenarios
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4-sim-settlements-mod-add-on-introduces-disaster-scenarios/
Kinggath's Sim Settlements mod changed the way I play Fallout 4 by simplifying its colony system. Mr Jose Cuervo's Sim Settlements City Plan Disaster Pack add-on mixes things up by introducing catastrophe scenarios.

>>This mod is also available from Nexus Mods.

This GTA 5 Kratos mod brings God of War to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-gta-5-kratos-mod-brings-god-of-war-to-pc/
Complete with his iconic Blades of Chaos, Lê Tuấn Khải's Kratos—God of War III Grand Theft Auto 5 mod lets the Ghost of Sparta pull planes from the sky, smash police vans to bits, and make a general nuisance of himself in San Andreas.

GAMING NEWS

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands’ Splinter Cell Mission features a lovely Metal Gear Solid easter egg
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-splinter-cell-mission-features-a-lovely-metal-gear-easter-egg/
Ubisoft has released a special Splinter Cell mission for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands which has a really lovely easter egg for the Metal Gear Solid series. And while we usually don’t share such stories, this is one that somehow touched us. After ‘acquiring’ the top-secret Intel from the rogue CIA agent, Sam tells Grim that there was another guy who could infiltrate bases and wore a bandana to which Grim responds by saying that he retired.

>>UltimateGamer1982 has made a thread about it.

Dynasty Warriors 9 Patch 1.05 is now available, fixes various bugs, does not improve performance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dynasty-warriors-9-patch-1-05-is-now-available-fixes-various-bugs-does-not-improve-performance/
KOEI Tecmo has released a brand new update for Dynasty Warriors 9. This patch fixes a number of bugs and issues, enables Steam Trading, and adds support for displaying Japanese and Chinese. Unfortunately, though, this update does not pack any performance optimizations, meaning that the game performs as horribly as it did at launch.

Sea of Thieves update 1.03 improves aim down sights sensitivity and mouse binds
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-update-1-03-improves-aim-down-sights-sensitivity-and-mouse-binds/
Rare has released a new patch for Sea of Thieves. This patch, weighting around 1.2GB, increases the default mouse sensitivity to allow for more efficient aiming and adds mouse scroll up and down to the list of controls players can use to rebind actions to.

Hunt: Showdown performance patch is now available, features CPU and memory optimizations
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hunt-showdown-performance-patch-is-now-available-features-cpu-and-memory-optimizations/
Crytek has released the promised performance update for the Early Access version of Hunt: Showdown. According to the release notes, this update addresses most of the severe performance issues that have been reported, with a specific focus on stalling and stuttering as well as optimizing heavy CPU and RAM usage.

SoulCalibur VI – Siegfried joins the roster
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/soulcalibur-vi-siegfried-joins-the-roster/
Bandai Namco has announced that Siegfried will be joining SoulCalibur VI’s roster. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Gun Rage is an old-school, fast-paced, side-scrolling, run and gun 16-bit game that releases this Summer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gun-rage-is-an-old-school-fast-paced-side-scrolling-run-and-gun-16-bit-game-that-releases-this-summer/
Denis Galewski has informed us about his indie game that has been in development for three years, Gun Rage. Gun Rage is an old-school, fast-paced, side-scrolling, run and gun with 16-bit era graphics, heavily inspired by such classic series as Contra and Metal Slug, and pays homage to the greatest games of the genre.

Part two of the news:

Battletech story trailer talks oppressive regimes, mercenary companies and civil war
https://www.pcgamer.com/battletech-story-trailer-talks-totalitarian-regimes-mercenary-companies-and-civil-war/
The game's latest trailer is story-focused. Here's franchise creator Jordan Weisman, studio manager Mitch Gitelman and game director Mike McCain on Battletech's civil war, totalitarian regimes, and how players are encouraged to craft their own tales in-game.

Solve lovely-looking puzzles as a pen-and-paper samurai in Inked
https://www.pcgamer.com/solve-lovely-looking-puzzles-as-a-pen-and-paper-samurai-in-inked/
Inked, an upcoming puzzle game from developer Somnium Games, has two protagonists. The obvious one is the Nameless Hero, a rogue samurai on a quest for his love Aiko. The other is Adam, the comic book artist who drew the Nameless Hero. "Together they will embark on a journey that will forever change them both," its Steam page reads. The pen-and-papers visuals aren't just for show, then. It sounds like the story is actively being drawn as you play it, which is pretty neat.

Monster breeding RPG Monster Crown looks like build-a-Pokémon
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-breeding-rpg-monster-crown-looks-like-build-a-pokemon/
Jason Walsh and Shad Shwarck, the two halves of Studio Aurum, grew up playing games like Pokémon and wishing that they had more involved, realistic taming and breeding systems. So, in February 2016, they decided to make their own breeding-centric monster game: Monster Crown. Two years and change later, the duo's now turned to Kickstarter to fund their expanded vision. And it looks like it'll work out: at the time of writing, Monster Crown's campaign has earned $4,294 of its $5,000 goal and will run for another 28 days.

Accidentally save the world in 'classical' adventure game Unforeseen Incidents
https://www.pcgamer.com/accidentally-save-the-world-in-classical-adventure-game-unforeseen-incidents/
The setup for Unforeseen Incidents contains the most capital-A Adventure Game line I've ever heard: "Before he knows it, he finds himself in a fight for the future of humankind armed only with his trusty multi-tool." Inadvertently saving the world using a bunch of random doodads: bam, every adventure game ever.

Fortnite's Port-a-Fort grenades and Replay system are now live
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-port-a-fort-grenades-and-replay-system-are-now-live/
Port-a-Forties and the Replay system revealed last month are now live in Epic's mega-hit battle royale Fortnite, courtesy of the recently-rolled-out 3.5 update. The latest patch also opens the door to a new 50v50 Limited Time Mode, four new "Cyberpunk Heroes" and a bunch of neon-infused weapons in Save the World, login queue improvements, and changes to V-Bucks that will make them shared between PC, Xbox One, and mobile platforms.

Warcraft 3 goes widescreen in a new update
https://www.pcgamer.com/warcraft-3-goes-widescreen-in-a-new-update/
The Warcraft 3 update that hit the PTR in February (and yes, there's a Warcraft 3 PTR) is now fully live. The patch brings widescreen support to the 16-year-old game, with "bookends" added to the interface and black pillars in menus, plus expanded game lobbies and more team colors, and an impressive selection of bug fixes and balace changes.

Destiny 2's next expansion, Warmind, is coming in May
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-next-expansion-warmind-is-coming-in-may/
The second expansion to Destiny 2 has been officially unveiled as Warmind, and it's scheduled to go live with new places, new heroes, and new enemies on May 8. There's no trailer yet, but Destiny 2 community manager David "Deej" Dague said that it's on the way. He even committed to a date.

Blizzard details how Hearthstone's updated Deathstalker Rexxar will work
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-confirms-how-deathstalker-rexxar-will-work-once-hearthstone-rotation-happens/
For those who haven't been following the saga, Deathstalker Rexxar is the Hunter hero card that lets you stitch two Beasts together to make a new Zombeast. Players had originally assumed that the selection of Beasts Deathstalker Rexxar picks from would always mirror those that were available as part of the eligible Standard card pool. That turned out not to be the case, with the trouble of translating combined Zombeast card text of wildly varying length being blamed by Blizzard. Cue community outrage.

PUBG's Savage map returns for second round of testing next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubgs-savage-map-returns-for-testing-next-week/
At one-quarter the size of Miramar and Erangel, PUBG's Savage map is its smallest battleground yet. Evan, Chris and Jody reckon this is a good thing—but you can decide for yourself when it returns to test servers next week.

EVE Online's spin-off FPS coming in 2018
https://www.pcgamer.com/eve-onlines-spin-off-fps-coming-in-2018/
Project Nova, the EVE Online spin-off FPS (a kind of spiritual successor to Playstation 3 exclusive Dust 514) was announced back in 2016 before disappearing behind the veil of development. With CCP laying off 100 people last year as it terminated VR development, the future of Project Nova seemed suspect. But during the opening ceremony of Fanfest 2018 in Iceland, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson announced that Project Nova is not only still in active development, it will be unveiled and "playable" in some form on PC later in 2018.

Thrones of Britannia lets you arrange divorce and murder untrustworthy allies
https://www.pcgamer.com/thrones-of-britannia-lets-you-arrange-divorce-and-murder-untrustworthy-allies/
Thrones of Britannia makes significant changes to the Total War formula, said Tom of the war series' first Saga spin-off earlier this year. As showcased in its latest feature spotlight, Thrones also lets you arrange the divorce of an untrustworthy ally before moving in for the kill. My goodness, wartime in 9th century Britain was dark.

Fortnite remains offline because of database trouble, no ETA on its return
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-remains-offline-because-of-database-trouble-no-eta-on-its-return/
Fortnite got Port-a-Fort grenades and a Replay system last night, but somewhere along the line it also suffered a database failure of some sort that caused problems for people trying to log into the game. Epic Games was forced to take it offline last night, and as of roughly 11 am ET today, there's still no ETA for its return.

It's been a while since we've had some rumors about AMD GPUs (besides the RX 500X one that was clearly a rebrand, soimething now confirmed), so let me post this one and tell me what do you think. By the way, it comes from Fudzilla, so take all the salt you can find:

AMD NAVI GPU TO OFFER GTX 1080 CLASS PERFORMANCE AT ~$250 REPORT CLAIMS, NEXTGEN ARCHITECTURE IS THE “ZEN” OF GPUS
https://wccftech.com/rumor-amd-navi-mainstream-gpu-to-have-gtx-1080-class-performance/

AMD’s next generation mainstream Navi GPU will reportedly offer GTX 1080 / RX Vega 64 class performance and replace the company’s current RX 580 cards as a mainstream class product in 2019.

Navi is Radeon’s last Graphics Core Next based architecture and is expected to be the world’s first high performance GPU built on 7nm process technology. Little is known about Navi in the techspere to date. One detail that we seldomly see reported is that AMD is working on two Navi GPUs (...). One is designed for the desktop market and the other for the mobile market.

According to this report from Fudzilla, Navi will not be a large high-end GPU. (...) The report further states that this Navi part will be a high performance, low power chip with the performance of today’s high-end GPUs and the positioning and power consumption of mainstream parts. An RX 580 successor in that ~$250 sweet spot in the market.

Over the past year we’ve been hearing whispers about a project at the company to bring horizontal die stacking technology and expertise over from the CPU department to the GPU department. With the intention of making high-end multi-die GPUs, akin to Ryzen Threadripper. We would have something like Navi 10 and Navi 20, with Navi 20 featuring two Navi 10 dies in the same package. This Navi 20 is what would theoretically go up against NVIDIA’s high-end parts, a la GTX 1180/Ti.

This die-stacking program we’re told is what the company meant by “scalability” in its Navi Roadmap. More recently we’ve been hearing that the future of this Navi die stacking project may be uncertain in 2019, as more die stacking engineering effort is poured into AMD’s entirely new 2020 post-GCN “Nextgen” architecture. A design that we’re told is as revolutionary as the company’s Zen CPU architecture.

If the Navi die stacking project has indeed been postponed then we will see AMD debut both its revolutionary new architecture, the Zen of GPUs if you will, and multi-die GPU stacking technology in 2020, after Navi. This would allow the company to address all segments of the market, from the entry level all the way to the ultra enthusiast segment just by employing a single GPU die that can be stacked to meet the needs of every market segment.

That next gen's mid-range cards can offer today's high end performance levels is kind of expected. After all, the RX 480/580 and GTX 1060 are close to GTX 980 levels of performance. But the rest of it... I would like to believe it, as it would bring competition again.

Yeah, and this was expected after 1.5 - 2 years, not after 3 years:

• GTX 780 + GTX 970 ($329) were 16 months apart
• GTX 980 + GTX 1060 ($299) were 22 months apart
• GTX 1080 + Navi/Turing mid-range (~$299) will be 30 - 36 months apart

True, but I think that has more to do with waiting for the new process node, and also the huge demand for cards because of the miners (that made the launch of newer products not a priority).

The current 1080Ti and Vega64 are almost 500mm² chips, so it's hard to best that with smaller chips without a node shrink. We faced a similar situation in the 28nm era.

It's finally Friday, and these are the news!

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has surpassed 30 million registered players
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege-has-surpassed-30-million-registered-players/
Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has surpassed 30 million registered players. Moreover, its first major tournament of the year, the 2018 Six Invitational, saw record numbers including 321,000 peak concurrent viewers and more than 6.2 million hours watched across all channels.

A Way Out has sold one million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-way-out-has-sold-one-million-copies-worldwide/
Hazelight has announced that its co-op adventure game, A Way Out, has sold one million copies worldwide. A Way Out came out on March 23rd and it took Hazelight 3 weeks in order to hit the one million milestone.

Final Fantasy XV gets its first big discount, 33% off on Steam right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-gets-its-first-big-discount-33-off-on-steam-right-now/
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition came out on the PC on March 6th and after one month, Square Enix is offering it at a nice discount. We don’t know how long this offer will last but right now, PC gamers can get it on Steam with a 33% discount. This basically means that it will cost you 33,49€.

>>Here, here.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is free to play this weekend on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition-is-free-to-play-this-weekend-on-steam/
Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is free to play this weekend on Steam. PC gamers can download right now the game and play it for the next two days.
Furthermore, Bethesda is offering the game with a 50% discount, meaning that you can buy it for 19,99€.

>>Again: here, here.

Star Citizen is also having a free fly this weekend, allowing players to play the alpha 3.1
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-is-also-having-a-free-fly-this-weekend-allowing-players-to-play-the-alpha-3-1/
Cloud Imperium has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55OAW0ont88&feature=youtu.be&t=35m35s" target="_blank">announced that Star Citizen will receive a free fly this weekend. From April 13rd to April 16th, players will be able to download Star Citizen Alpha 3.1 and fly some of the most popular ships for free.

On the Humble Store, there is a sale with the BAFTA award games: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/british-academy-games-awards/

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Here are PS3 exclusives Heavenly Sword, Journey & Shadow of the Colossus running on the PC via RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-ps3-exclusives-heavenly-sword-journey-shadow-of-the-colossus-running-on-the-pc-via-rpcs3/
YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ has shared three new videos, showing three PS3 exclusive games running on the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3. These three games are The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, Heavenly Sword and Journey.

This mod allows players to destroy the lights in Fallout 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-allows-players-to-destroy-the-lights-in-fallout-4/
I don’t know about you, but I’m someone that always tries to destroy the lights in video-games. For example, in the first Splinter Cell game, I was always destroying the lights in order to progress even when that was not necessary. Generally speaking, I like this feature, which is why I really enjoy the Real Lights plus Ultra Graphics mod for Prey. And I’m happy to report that there is a mod that allows players to, you guessed it, destroy the lights in Fallout 4.

>>Available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Banner Saga 3 releases on July 24th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/banner-saga-3-releases-on-july-24th/
Versus Evil and Stoic have announced that the third and final chapter in the award winning Viking RPG trilogy, Banner Saga 3 will launch on July 24th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher also released a brand new trailer that you can view below.

New gameplay trailer released for CODE VEIN
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailer-released-for-code-vein-2/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new gameplay trailer for CODE VEIN. Code Vein is a third-person action RPG that finds players assuming the role of a Revenant in which players must use special attacks in order to survive.

Conan Exiles leaves Steam Early Access and fully releases on May 8th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/conan-exiles-leaves-steam-early-access-and-fully-releases-on-may-8th/
Funcom has announced that after 14 months of Early Access, Conan Exiles finally receives its full launch on May 8th, becoming available all over the world digitally and in physical retail. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has released a new trailer that you can view below.

Underworld Ascendant gets a brand new gameplay teaser trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/underworld-ascendant-gets-a-brand-new-gameplay-teaser-trailer/
505 Games has released a brand new gameplay teaser trailer for Underworld Ascendant. The game is being created by the deeply experienced team at OtherSide studio, helmed by industry legends Paul Neurath (Ultima Underworld, Thief) and Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Epic Mickey).

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Night on Endor Update detailed, releases on April 18th, brings back micro-transactions
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-2-night-on-endor-update-detailed-releases-on-april-18th-brings-back-micro-transactions/
Electronic Arts and DICE have detailed the Night on Endor update for Star Wars Battlefront 2. This update will feature a new, limited-time mode, and will let players unlock special Appearances via Crystals and/or Credits.

Friday news, part two:

Fortnite is back but 50v50 is delayed, Epic says 'sorry' with some free stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-remains-offline-because-of-database-trouble-no-eta-on-its-return/
Epic has sounded the all-clear on Fortnite, but the 50v50 Limited Time mode that was meant to be live today has been pushed back to next week. As a way of apology for all the trouble, the studio will hand out some freebies to players: A free Troll Stash Llama in Save the World and a Back Bling gift in Battle Royale this weekend, and then next week, a pack of Battle Stars for Battle Royale players and Seasonal Gold for Save the World players. A detailed post-mortem of what went wrong, and how Epic will (hopefully) avoid this kind of gong show in the future, is also on the way.

>>And here's a video with the hidden Fortnite dance floors (?).

Hearthstone: The Witchwood is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-the-witchwood-is-live/
I hope you've got your "janky evens-only decks" ready for action, because the big moment has arrived: Hearthstone: The Witchwood is now live. Blizzard has rolled out the expansion worldwide, except for China, where it will arrive several hours later. Current estimates have it coming at around 6 pm ET.

Hearthstone's new expansion already has a game-breaking combo
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstones-new-expansion-already-has-a-game-breaking-combo/
The theme of Hearthstone’s latest expansion is a dank, haunted forest, lingering outside the walls of the cursed city of Gilneas. However, with The Witchwood only a couple of hours old, it already appears that something spookier is haunting the Hearthstone community: a new degenerate one-turn-kill combo. This spectacular combo is the talk of the pro player scene, and to be honest, they're right to be afraid.

Beautiful Ghibli-inspired adventure game Forgotton Anne out next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/beautiful-ghibli-inspired-adventure-game-forgotton-anne-comes-out-next-month/
Forgotton Anne is an indie game that looks like a Studio Ghibli movie, as we said last year when we spoke to the team at ThroughLine Games about its creation. More specifically, it's an offbeat 2D adventure game that mixes puzzles, platforming and impeccable hand-drawn art, and now it finally has a release date. Forgotton Anne will launch on Steam for $20 on May 15, as revealed in the latest trailer.

CCP Games CEO says he's a 'big believer' in VR despite halting VR development
https://www.pcgamer.com/ccp-games-vr-development/
During Fanfest 2018, CCP's massive fan-convention in its hometown of Reykjavik, Iceland, Pétursson took the stage to talk about the current state of CCP. Inevitably, that brought him to the elephant in the room of CCP's four available VR games, which Pétursson assured would see support for the time being. After the ceremony, I caught up with Pétursson to talk about the other elephant in the room: Was VR, in its current state, dying?

EVE Online's next expansion pits players against a deadly alien race
https://www.pcgamer.com/eve-online-into-the-abyss-triglavians/
EVE Online has no shortage of dangers and mysteries, but its new expansion will be adding more of both in the form of a deadly alien race, the Triglavians. Announced at Fanfest 2018, CCP Games' annual fan-convention that is actually just an excuse to drink very expensive Icelandic beer, Into the Abyss is a free expansion coming in May 29.

Galactic Civilizations 3 gets governments and crises in the new 'Intrigue' expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/galactic-civilization-3-gets-governments-and-crises-in-the-new-intrigue-expansion/
A new Galactic Civilizations 3 expansion called Intrigue brings what sounds like a touch of Civilization to the 4X interstellar empire-building game. It adds 20 styles of planetary government, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, new special events called Crises to deal with, a new "Commonwealth" status and options for your outer worlds, a Galactic Market, and a Galactic News Network that will deliver word of treaties, war, and other important current events.

Rockstar confirms that some Grand Theft Auto 4 music is being removed
https://www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-confirms-that-some-grand-theft-auto-4-music-is-being-removed/
Licensed music can be a fantastic tool for bringing game worlds to life. There's just one drawback to it: Licenses have a tendency to expire. And when they do, that great music goes away. Grand Theft Auto 4 will soon suffer those wounds of loss as well, as Rockstar has confirmed a Kotaku UK report that some of the radio station music we know and love will soon be removed from the game.

Tabletop-inspired RPG For The King launching from Early Access next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/tabletop-inspired-rpg-for-the-king-launching-from-early-access-next-week/
For The King was successfully Kickstarted in 2015 and entered Steam Early Access in February 2017 for a projected six month stay, "give or take a few months." Developer IronOak Games missed the mark on their prediction by more than just a few months, but For The King is finally preparing for launch: it will leave Early Access on Thursday, April 19, the studio announced.

The Eugen Systems strike is over, but the battle rages on
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-eugen-systems-strike-is-over-but-the-battle-rages-on/
In February, 21 developers at Steel Division: Normandy '44 developer Eugen Systems went on strike, alleging "serious violations" of their rights including delayed payments, denied overtime pay, and wages that were below the country's minimum wage. The strike came after 15 months of failed negotiations, and earlier this month several current and former employees announced that they were taking the matter to court.
Now the striking developers have released a statement announcing that the strike was brought to an end earlier this month. Not because they got what they wanted, though, because it sounds like they got nothing at all.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice wins big at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards
https://www.pcgamer.com/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-wins-big-at-the-2018-bafta-games-awards/
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was the big winner at tonight's British Academy Games Awards, the UK's annual BAFTA ceremony celebrating outstanding achievement in videogames. Hellblade claimed victory in five categories, including Artistic Achievement, Best Performer, and Best British Game—but the Best Game nod went to What Remains of Edith Finch.

>>Has any of you played What Remains of Edith Finch? I don't even own it.

This Is the Police 2 has an XCOM-style tactical mode that changes the game entirely
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-is-the-police-2-has-an-xcom-style-tactical-mode-that-changes-the-game-entirely/
Announced in January, crooked cop sim This Is the Police 2 is due later this year. When it lands, it'll build on its forerunner's narrative meets strategy roots and will "require the player's direct participation," so says developer Weappy. In doing so, it'll introduce an XCOM-style turn-based tactical mode.

PUBG gets respawns in point-accumulating deathmatch mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-gets-respawning-points-accumulating-war-mode/
Following its recent flares and shotgun/melee custom bouts, PUBG's latest limited-time mode is named War. Billed as its "most deadly Event Mode yet", the ten-person, squad-based deathmatch free-for-all is live now through Sunday, April 15 at 7pm PST/Monday, April 16 at 3am BST.

Time to check the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• Let's start with the daily deal, featuring Jalopy, 33% off: https://www.gog.com/game/jalopy
• Next comes the weekly sale, with games like Darkwood, Amnesia, SOMA, etc at up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180409_weekly_sale
• And the last one is the weekend sale, called Futuristic stratagems at up to 90% off. It doesn't take much to guess what this sale is about, right? https://www.gog.com/promo/20180413_weekend_sale

+Steam
Besides the Final Fantasy XV and Skyrim deals, there are other offers for us:

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is free to try this weekend, and 67% off if you're interested in keeping it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/460930/Tom_Clancys_Ghost_Recon_Wildlands/
• Steam also has a sale involving the Bafta nominated games but, oddly enough, only a handful of them are actually on sale. It ends today! http://store.steampowered.com/sale/bafta/
• Another strange sale that ends today is RE-PLAY 2018. I don't know what it is about but the deals are good, so check it out while you can: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/replay2018
• And of course, there are the weeklong deals.

And that's all. Have a happy and gaming weekend.