Yay. Halo 3. So 10+ years ago. Haha

I feel like Andromeda is getting massively hyped. Hoping for it to get smashed out of the park.

What Andromeda?

Guess what, it's time for the news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Checking out Steam, we see two new deals:

• The daily deal features the Early Access title Besiege, 30% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/346010/Besiege/
• This week's only Midweek Madness deal is Darkest Dungeon, 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/Darkest_Dungeon/

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

The Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu, is also able to run some games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-is-also-able-run-some-games/
A few days ago, we informed you about RyujiNX running some Nintendo Switch games. However, it appears that this isn’t the only Nintendo Switch emulator that can run games. The team behind yuzu has also announced that its emulator is also able to run the games that RyujiNX runs.

>>Competition drives innovation. Let's see how far can these two groups can go.

Fallout: New California mod shows off one last teaser trailer ahead of release date announcement
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-new-california-mod-shows-off-one-last-teaser-trailer-ahead-of-release-date-announcement/
New Vegas prequel mod Fallout: New California has released one last teaser trailer ahead of a release date announcement later this month. The hugely ambitious project has been in the works since 2013, and it's no wonder—it's creating a brand new story with 12 endings and more than 14,000 lines of voiced dialogue.

After 16 years of work, 'hardcore realism' mod Ghost Recon: Heroes Unleashed is finally finished
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-16-years-of-work-hardcore-realism-mod-ghost-recon-heroes-unleashed-is-finally-finished/
Heroes Unleashed is a mod for the original Ghost Recon that promises to turn it into "the most hardcore military shooter simulation ever made." Developer Apex Mods began working on it in 2002 and now, in 2018, version 1.0 is finally ready to go.

GAMING NEWS

Konami will end its partnership with UEFA
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/konami-will-end-its-partnership-with-uefa/
UEFA has announced that its ten year sponsorship partnership between Konami and UEFA will come to an end following the UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv.

LEGO The Incredibles gets first official gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/lego-the-incredibles-gets-first-official-gameplay-trailer/
Warner Bros today released a new LEGO The Incredibles trailer featuring the first look at stunning gameplay from the upcoming release, based on Pixar’s The Incredibles and Incredibles 2.

Escape from Tarkov – New gameplay trailer showcases the new features coming in version 0.8
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/escape-from-tarkov-new-gameplay-trailer-showcases-the-new-features-coming-in-version-0-8/
Battlestate Games has released a brand new gameplay trailer for Escape from Tarkov, showcasing the new features that will be coming to it such as the new map (Interchange), new weapons and equipment, and much more.

Sea of Thieves patch 1.0.4 is now available, packs performance and optimization improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-patch-1-0-4-is-now-available-packs-performance-and-optimization-improvements/
Rare has released a new patch for Sea of Thieves. According to the release notes, patch 1.0.4 fixes numerous issues, such as rain appearing inside the Legend Hideout Tunnel, text clipping in the Reputation menu UI, and ships spawning with damage.

The news, part two:

Mansions of Madness is getting a proper videogame adaptation
https://www.pcgamer.com/mansions-of-madness-is-getting-a-proper-videogame-adaptation/
Lovecraftian dungeon crawl might not sound like a typical genre to you, but board game Mansions of Madness is an entertaining and spooky romp in the shoes of a short-lived cosmic horror protagonist. A videogame adaptation called Mansions of Madness: Mother’s Embrace was announced today, and this hybrid of the tabletop rules with digital twists is scheduled to release on Steam early next year. Developers Luckyhammers and publisher Asmodee Digital seem quite excited about it, calling it “the next evolution of the iconic game.” The tabletop game is developed by Fantasy Flight Games, which is owned by Asmodee.

Overwatch gets a Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination season
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-gets-a-competitive-6v6-lockout-elimination-season/
Blizzard kicked off a surprise short season of Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination in Overwatch yesterday, bringing the Arcade favorite to the more serious milieu of competitive play for the first time.

Explore a dying PC in offbeat Metroidvania Visual Out
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-a-dying-pc-in-offbeat-metroidvania-visual-out/
Visual Out, a 2D Metroidvania-style platformer from solo developer MadameBerry Games, may have finally figured what happens when a computer inevitably, inexplicably slows down and dies: a little green man goes bebopping around cyberspace fighting programs.

'First draft' of Wasteland 3 will be complete next month, still on track for 2019 release
https://www.pcgamer.com/first-draft-of-wasteland-3-ready-next-month-still-on-track-for-2019-release/
For a game so ambitious, sprawling post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 did well to keep a tight leash on its release date. InXile's Kickstarted sequel to the classic 1988 game Wasteland was delayed once—but only by a few weeks, and even then it was only to ensure that physical copies of the game were ready for backers. Wasteland 3 has raised even more money from crowdfunding, this time https://www.fig.co/campaigns/wasteland-3" target="_blank">through Fig, and will therefore have even more eyes tracking its progress. If the latest developer update is anything to go by then it's all coming along nicely, and a "first draft" of the game will be ready next month.

Monster Hunter: World is getting a raid-style quest mode and a new Elder Dragon
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-is-getting-a-raid-style-quest-mode-and-a-new-elder-dragon/
Monster Hunter: World is getting a new limited-time quest called Siege of Kulve Taroth that will send all hunters in the same Gathering Hub—up to 16 in total—on a raid-flavored quest to track down a mighty new Elder Dragon named Kulve Taroth.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may have a battle royale mode instead of a campaign
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-may-have-a-battle-royale-mode-instead-of-a-campaign/
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was confirmed in early March, but isn't slated to be fully revealed until May. Today, however, Polygon dropped a big rumor bomb by citing multiple sources who say that the game will ship with no single-player campaign at all, on any platform.

>>poklane has a thread about this rumor, with people splitting in two groups: those that claim that won't buy the game, and others saying that no one plays single player and it doesn't matter.

Everything in side-scrolling shooter Heckpoint can be destroyed, especially you
https://www.pcgamer.com/everything-in-side-scrolling-shooter-heckpoint-can-be-destroyed-especially-you/
Heckpoint is a 2D side-scrolling shoot-'em-up about creating entire worlds just so you can destroy them. Its pretty pixels caught our eye last November so we featured it in our Indie GIF Showcase, and after a few months in Early Access, it recently launched on Steam for $10.

Fortnite's Guided Missile is going away for a while
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-guided-missile-is-going-away-for-a-while/
The Fortnite guided missile that promised pinpoint death-and-destruction but became far more famous for enabling Silver Surfer-style cruises across the battlefield has been removed from the game. Despite all the fun that people were having with it, Epic said on Reddit that there's concern about the "fairness and strength" of the weapon, and so it will go back to the drawing board until the developers can figure out what to do with it.

Insomnia: The Ark is a 'dieselpunk' RPG that echoes BioShock and Fallout
https://www.pcgamer.com/insomnia-the-ark-is-a-dieselpunk-rpg-that-echoes-bioshock-and-fallout/
Mono Studio's Insomnia: The Ark is a story-driven RPG, set within a "colossal space metropolis" that's "brimming with the secrets of a long-gone civilization." As you may already know, it's been in development for several years—but now targets a 2018 launch, with the backing of publisher HeroCraft.

Derp. Over tired. I meant Anthem of course.

I want to believe.

Ah! Ok.

Still, I don't really see much hype for Anthem. Then again, I'm not paying much attention these days .

Yep, saw that rumor yesterday but didn't feel like posting it, mostly because a lot of things can change.

I saw it here: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1180-specs-performance-price-release-date-prelimenary/

• Turing arch.
• GT104
• Around 400mm²
• 3584 CUDA cores
• 256-bit GDDR6 memory interface with either 8 or 16GB
• Expected clocks of ~1.6GHz core and ~1.8GHz boost
• 170-200W TPD

The Thursday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Peggle, PopCap's rage-inducing digital pachinko game, is free on Origin
https://www.pcgamer.com/peggle-popcaps-rage-inducing-digital-pachinko-game-is-free-on-origin/
If you're looking for (another) reason to get mad and scream at your computer about the inherent unfairness of the universe, PopCap's infuriating, pachinko-inspired Peggle is now free on Origin.

There are two new sales at Fanatical:

• The first one is a Pick & Mix sale. Pick either 1, 5 or 10 games out of a selection of 15 games at special prices: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/curve-pick-mix-bundle
• 2K is also having a sale, with up to 80% off on certain games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/2k-games

SOFTWARE

GOG is getting user profiles 'very soon'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gog-is-getting-user-profiles-very-soon/
GOG has revealed that user profiles are on the way to its digital storefront, and to prepare for it three new privacy options have been added to the existing GOG account settings. The new options, available from the Privacy tab, enable visibility settings for games, friends, and your profile summary, each of which can be set to "everyone," "friends only," or "me only."

MODS/EMULATORS

Skyrim VR Visual Noise Reduction is a must-have mod that increases immersion and fixes graphical issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/skyrim-vr-visual-noise-reduction-is-a-must-have-mod-that-increases-immersion-and-fixes-graphical-issues/
Modder ‘Seldwin’ has shared a must-have mod for Skyrim VR. This mod, called Skyrim VR Visual Noise Reduction, increases immersion by eliminating many sources of Zfighting, terrain flickering, mountain flickering, water flickering, and a strange triangle creep phenomena.

>>The mod is available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

The Station – sci-fi game from Destiny & Bioshock Infinite devs – comes to VR, gets Free Explore mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-station-sci-fi-game-from-destiny-bioshock-infinite-devs-comes-to-vr-gets-free-explore-mode/
The Station team has announced that its first-person sci-fi title, The Station, will come to VR in Q3 2018 and will support both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. In addition, the team released a new patch that adds a “Free Explore” mode to the game.

8-bit fast-paced action platformer, Ninja Striker!, is now available on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/8-bit-action-platformer-ninja-striker-is-now-available-on-the-pc/
Flyhigh Works has announced that Q-Cumber Factory’s Ninja Striker! is now available for PC gamers on Steam, priced at $3.99USD / €3.99 / £3.59. Ninja Striker! is described as a colourful action game with retro-styled visuals and ‘one more go’ gameplay.

First Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom patch improves mouse camera movement, fixes framerate drops
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-ni-no-kuni-2-revenant-kingdom-patch-improves-mouse-camera-movement-fixes-framerate-drops/
Bandai Namco and Level-5 have released the first patch for Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom. According to the release notes, this first patch improves mouse camera movement and fixes framerate drops when using two monitors.

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ PC exclusive Animus Control Panel releases tomorrow
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-origins-pc-exclusive-animus-control-panel-releases-tomorrow/
Ubisoft has announced that the Animus Control Panel will be released exclusively on the PC tomorrow. In order to celebrate this announcement, the French company released a new trailer for it that you can watch it below.

Here are twelve minutes of gameplay footage from The Crew 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-twelve-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-crew-2/
IGN has shared a video, showing twelve minutes of gameplay footage from The Crew 2’s Motornation as it drives, flies and sails around Miami, New York and Los Angeles. The Crew 2 will let players experience the thrill of American motorsports inside a fully redesigned USA. The game’s playground pushes physical boundaries to let driving and open world fans test their skills, solo or with friends, in nonstop competition and exploration.

For Honor is getting a free Training mode today
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/for-honor-is-getting-a-free-training-mode-today/
Ubisoft has announced that For Honor will be introducing an all-new training mode as part of a free update available on April 19th. The new training features will offer additional ways for new and veteran players alike to hone their skills and rise up the ranks from Apprentice to Master.

First patch for Radical Heights features major performance improvements, adds new weapon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-patch-for-radical-heights-features-major-performance-improvements-adds-new-weapon/
Boss Key Productions has released the first patch for its free to play battle-royale game, Radical Heights. According to the release notes, this first update adds a new weapon, overhauls the BMX Bikes, adds a quick melee option and sports major performance improvements. As such, players should see a good increase in FPS across a wide variety of PC configurations.

Without Escape is a new point-and-click horror game that is inspired by Myst and Night Trap
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/without-escape-is-a-new-point-and-click-horror-game-that-is-inspired-by-myst-and-night-trap/
Novy Unlimited has informed us about a new point-and-click horror game that is inspired by classic adventure games such as Myst, Night Trap, and The Adventures of Willy Beamish. This new adventure game is called Without Escape and is currently scehduled for an April 24th release. Bumpy Trail Games, the development team behind it, has also released the game’s launch trailer that you can find below.

First Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings patch is now available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-atelier-lydie-suelle-the-alchemists-and-the-mysterious-paintings-patch-is-now-available/
KOEI Tecmo has released the first update for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. According to the release notes, this patch raises the maximum character battle levels and the maximum levels for Palmyra and Termina.

New screenshot and teaser trailer revealed for Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-screenshot-and-teaser-trailer-revealed-for-serious-sam-4-planet-badass/
Croteam has just released a new screenshot and a teaser trailer for Serious Sam 4. This fourth part in the Serious Sam series will be called Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass and will be fully unveiled at E3 2018.

>>First thing to look forward at this year's E3.

Thursday news, part two:

Dark Souls 3 cut content suggests Pontiff Sulyvahn was once the final boss
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-3-cut-content-suggests-pontiff-sulyvahn-was-once-the-final-boss/
Lance McDonald is a Soulsborne sleuth. After several months uncovering cut content from From Software's PlayStation-exclusive Bloodborne, the indie dev-turned-hobbyist game engineer has now turned his creative hand to Dark Souls.
McDonald's latest discovery, revealed via a series of tweets, suggests Dark Souls 3 had players, at one stage in development, fighting Pontiff Sulyvahn and not Soul of Cinder in the game's final showdown. Moreover, the encounter was set in an unreleased version of Untended Graves, and not the Kiln of the First Flame.

Beware of malicious Minecraft skins that attempt to erase your hard drive
https://www.pcgamer.com/beware-of-malicious-minecraft-skins-that-attempt-to-erase-your-hard-drive/
Security firm Avast said it discovered malware lingering in several downloadable Minecraft skins, and that nearly 50,000 accounts have already been infected. While not particularly sophisticated in nature, the malware is designed to reformat hard drives, delete backup data, and remove system programs.

Hearthstone got its fatigue mechanic thanks to Jeff Kaplan
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-got-its-fatigue-mechanic-thanks-to-jeff-kaplan/
Hearthstone director Ben Brode shed some light on a few Hearthstone mysteries in a new video from Ars Technica. The whole video is a good watch if you're interested in Hearthstone's history and DNA, but the best bit is right at the end, where Brode explains how Hearthstone got its fatigue mechanic, which deals escalating damage to players each time they draw cards after their deck is empty. As Brode explains, fatigue damage didn't always exist, and they only came up with it after Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan played Hearthstone for himself.

A new MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries trailer teases extended 'destructibility'
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-mechwarrior-5-mercenaries-trailer-teases-extended-destructibility/
As you would expect from a game about giant fighting robots in the 31st century, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is all about destruction. Witness, for instance, last month's trailer, which was ostensibly intended to show off the game's biomes but was really just a bunch of stuff blowing up. Today's teaser is much the same, but more exuberantly musical, and without the pretense of being about anything but explosions.

Vampyr, Life is Strange developer reportedly working on multiple new games
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampyr-life-is-strange-developer-reportedly-working-on-multiple-new-games/
Dontnod, the French indie studio behind Life is Strange and upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr, is working on multiple unannounced games, according to a report from French site Le Figaro.

>>There's an Enlgish translation at ResetEra

Muffled Warfare is a multiplayer FPS where everyone is blind
https://www.pcgamer.com/muffled-warfare-is-a-multiplayer-fps-where-everyone-is-blind/
I can only assume Muffled Warfare is just developer Gattai Games challenging Samurai Punk, the makers of Screencheat, a multiplayer FPS where everyone is invisible and you have to discern enemy locations by looking at their screen. Because Muffled Warfare has taken it one step further: it's a multiplayer FPS where everyone is blind. Presumably the next game in this chain will come with an invisible monitor.

Battlefield studio DICE is reportedly working on a battle royale mode project
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-studio-dice-is-reportedly-working-on-a-battle-royale-mode-project/
In case it wasn't the most bleedingly obvious direction for the world's most popular large scale FPS studio, DICE is reportedly working on a battle royale project. Specifically, a battle royale mode for this year's Battlefield V.

>>poklane made a thread about this, yesterday.

Watch three of Destiny 2's revamped Exotic weapons in action
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-three-of-destiny-2s-revamped-exotic-weapons-in-action/
Bungie's weekly blog dropped a day early this afternoon, largely because the studio is busy playing host to a bunch of YouTubers and Twitch streamers over the next couple of days, but also because it's rightly excited to show off how tuning work is progressing on Destiny 2's arsenal of Exotic weapons. Though not always guaranteed to output the most DPS, Exotics are the highest tier of weaponry in the game, and come with unique perks and visual models.

Fortnite players believe a comet is set to destroy Tilted Towers
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-players-believe-a-comet-is-set-to-destroy-tilted-towers/
Fortnite battle royale players are predicting that a large comet will collide with the game world soon. Specifically, Tilted Towers. For a while now, a conspicuous blue glow has floated over the infamous skirmish spot, as pictured above. And the recent addition of telescopes in the area demonstrates that it's something that players have been quietly warned to keep an eye on.

Fortnite update brings Light Machine Guns, 50v50 Limited Time Mode mark two
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-update-v35-brings-light-machine-guns-and-50v50-limited-time-mode-mark-two/
There's a potentially life-threatening comet in the sky, and wake ceremonies on the ground. But even that can't stop Fortnite's steady stream of updates.
The latest, update v3.5, is live and brings with it the previously teased Light Machine Gun—a fast-firing shooter, equipped with a large magazine and long reload time. Likewise, the second iteration of Battle Royale's 50v50 Limited Time Mode is go—with "two teams, two buses, one Victory Royale"—as is a new questline for Save the World.

PUBG is 'working on an underground cave system' for its new Savage map
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-is-working-on-an-underground-cave-system-for-its-new-savage-map/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp plans to grow its in-testing 4x4 Savage Map over the coming months. Based on South East Asia, the new arena draws from real-world Thailand—and the battle royale 'em up's latest Steam Community Update post contains photos of Phraya Nakhon Cave following a recent studio visit to Thailand. In-game, part of this landmark will be reworked into an underground cave system.

PUBG is getting map selection
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-is-getting-map-selection/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will soon add map selection—four months after introducing its second playable arena, Miramar.
As detailed in this Steam Community update, developer PUBG Corp says it made the decision after "a lot of discussion and serious research", and a great deal of player feedback.

Cities: Skylines gets greener with next month's Parklife expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-gets-greener-with-next-months-parklife-expansion/
Cities: Skylines' next expansion is called Parklife, and is due next month.
Stick on some classic Blur in the background, and we'll sing through this news post.

"New screenshot and teaser trailer revealed for Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass"
I think it is time to finally see Vulkan in action.

Anthem sure does look pretty.
I am not sure if the gameplay will match the visuals, or my tastes.
It is nice to see EA throw their weight behind a 30FPS Fostbite title.
Dice has pulled some pretty impressive visuals out of the consoles at 60FPS.
It is quite exciting to imagine what they can achieve when they relax that restriction.


I'll wait, thanks.
It isn't that big of an upgrade from the 1080Ti, and if we are going for real-time ray tracing, high compute will likely help tons.
Navi, (assuming a multi die solution) sounds quite promising to me.