Monday news, part two:

Cloudpunk looks amazing in first-person mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/cloudpunk-looks-amazing-in-first-person-mode/
Cloudpunk's aggressively neon city is one of the best-looking videogame locales I've hung around in this year. Developer Ion Lands works magic with voxels, creating a place that I'd hate to live in but love to gawk at. And thanks to the upcoming first-person camera, I'll be able to gawk a lot more effectively.

Summer Game Fest joins with Day of the Devs for two more events
https://www.pcgamer.com/summer-game-fest-joins-with-day-of-the-devs-for-two-more-events/
Day of the Devs is an annual festival hosted by Double Fine Studios and iam8bit, free and open to all, where fans can meet up with indie developers, hang out, and try their upcoming games. Obviously, that sort of thing isn't going to fly this year, and so it's being rolled into the Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley's multi-month online extravaganza of extrava-gaming.

Manchester United sues Football Manager over trademark infringement and mod support
https://www.pcgamer.com/manchester-united-sues-football-manager-over-trademark-infringement-and-mod-support/
Football Manager is, in North America at least, a relatively niche management simulation of the sport that likes to call itself The Beautiful Game. In much of the rest of the world it is one the most beloved consistently high scoring series on PC: Aside from a blip in 2015, you won't find a sub-80 review score through a decade's worth of games.
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Alas, that remarkable run of reviews was not enough to protect the game from the wrath of Manchester United, the giant English Premier League team (and brand licensing behemoth) that has filed a lawsuit against Sega and Sports Interactive for infringing on its trademark. As reported by The Guardian, the issue is that the game references Manchester United, but does so without using its official crest, "replacing the club crest with a simplified red and white striped logo" instead.

Wasteland 3 video showcases psychos, Gippers, and consequences of bad decisions
https://www.pcgamer.com/wasteland-3-video-showcases-psychos-gippers-and-consequences-of-bad-decisions/
I thought Wasteland 3 looked very promising when I checked out a preview build back in March, but it was a very small slice of the overall game. It revealed how and why I ended up in Colorado, and introduced the Patriarch and the basics of city politics, but the focus was primarily mechanical: combat, character creation, NPC interactions, and that sort of thing.
A new behind-the-scenes video released today digs deeper into what I think are the more important aspects of the game, which is to say the story and some of the characters you'll experience as you roam through the snowy mountains of the Centennial State.

Risk of Rain 2 is pushed back into August
https://www.pcgamer.com/risk-of-rain-2-is-pushed-back-into-august/
Risk of Rain 2, based on the development roadmap released in April 2019, was expected to go from Early Access to full release in the spring of this year. According to a quick Google search, spring 2020 is going to come to an end in just under a month—and today, developer Hopoo Games announced that the planned launch isn't going to happen on time.

Total War: Warhammer 2 now has a dabbing goblin named Niblet
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2-now-has-a-dabbing-goblin-named-niblet/
Step aside, Henry Cavill, Warhammer 2's latest DLC has a real star now: Niblet. Niblet is a goblin. He is not a goblin leader, he's more like the hype-man, standard-bearer, and charioteer for notably fat goblin Grom the Paunch. He's beloved by all right-thinking fans of Warhammer Fantasy, so much so that an entire color of Games Workshop's miniatures paint line is named after him. (Niblet's great feat, for the record, was getting sat on by Grom the Paunch and surviving.)

Assassin's Creed Valhalla will have Viking rap battles
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-will-have-viking-rap-battles/
The Vikings had all kinds of cool cultural traditions, from democratic councils and formal duelling rites to one of the earliest known forms of what we'd now call the rap battle: Flyting. See, the Vikings had rhyming insult-fights attested to in both historical record, myth, and semi-historical records like the Icelandic Sagas. There are flytings between the gods Odin and Thor, for example, or between Loki and literally every other god because nobody really likes Loki very much. (If you're like me, you know this practice from the old english word flite via Beowulf.)

Warframe: The Deadlock Protocol will soon revamp the game's oldest content
https://www.pcgamer.com/warframe-the-deadlock-protocol-will-soon-to-revamp-the-games-oldest-content/
Warframe's next update is The Deadlock Protocol, and is due to release in the next two weeks—most likely the week of June 5th. The developers' latest update also brings insight into Protea, the neato new flipping and spinning frame that'll release alongside The Deadlock Protocol.

Heartwarming adventure game Rakuen has an animated series DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/heartwarming-adventure-game-rakuen-has-an-animated-series-dlc/
Rakuen is an adventure game developed by Laura Shigihara, who composed music for Plants vs. Zombies, To the Moon, and other games. It's both adorable and creepy, with as many layers as one of its sassy talking onion people.
To celebrate the third anniversary of Rakuen, the animated series first announced in 2018 is finally arriving.

The Wholesome Direct stream will show off 50+ indie games
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-wholesome-direct-stream-will-show-off-50-indie-games-on-may-26th/
If you enjoy a warm and fuzzy gaming experience then folks, do I have a thing for you. Wholesome Direct will be a presentation from the collective that is Wholesome Games. It's coming this Tuesday, May 26th at 1PM ET. (That's perfect dinner viewing hours for you Brits, or a morning delight for the US West Coast.)

Drox Operative 2 trailer shows off the sci-fi action RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/drox-operative-2-trailer-shows-off-the-sci-fi-action-rpg/
I told you earlier this month that Drox Operative 2 was a thing, and now it's a thing with a pretty exciting trailer, full of lasers and exploding ships and rock music and galactic conquest, as you explore a region of space that's being 4X'd by competing alien empires.

Family Man, the Breaking Bad-like blocky RPG, is out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/family-man-the-breaking-bad-like-blocky-rpg-is-out-now/
Choices in RPGs tend to have far-reaching consequences, but what if your decisions hit a little closer to home? That's the premise of Family Man, a blocky RPG where your choices will affect your family and town, for good or ill, as you try to rustle up enough cash to pay back the mob.

Twin-stick roguelite I, Dracula: Genesis hits early access
https://www.pcgamer.com/twin-stick-roguelite-i-dracula-genesis-hits-early-access/
If the Bitmap Brothers had made Enter the Gungeon or Nuclear Throne, it would look something like I, Dracula: Genesis, an isometric, twin-stick, roguelite shooter that's just launched in Steam Early Access. There's a fun, tantalising demo on Game Jolt (though be warned that it's time-limited, and fairly brief).

Here's some AMD rumours

Seems that with the $100 discount to the 3900X as a response to the new Intel CPUs, AMD might be launching a new refresh of the 3000 series while we wait for Zen 3 with higher clock speeds. If true and seeing how closely the 3000 series already performs against Intel's cpus in gaming, it might bridge the gap even further.

Rumored clockspeeds leak for 4.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, 4.7 GHz Ryzen 7 3700XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT: Upclocked Matisse refresh takes on Comet Lake S i7-10700K and i9-10900K

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Rumored-clockspeeds-leak-for-4-8-GHz-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900XT-4-7-GHz-Ryzen-7-3700XT-and-Ryzen-5-3600XT-Upclocked-Matisse-refresh-takes-on-Comet-Lake-S-i7-10700K-and-i9-10900K.466481.0.html

It is pretty crazy how competitive AMD has become. I guess they believe in the whole, if you give them an inch, they will take a mile.

Also if someone wants a RGB enabled white sound card in an effort to make every component they have RGB, creative has you covered:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Creative-introduces-the-Sound-BlasterX-AE-5-Plus-Pure-Edition-in-a-white-finish-with-added-RGB-effects.466166.0.html

Interesting, but the article is wrong, it would be the 3800 the one that would get the refresh, not the 3700. The 3900XT and 3800XT would have a 300MHz higher base clock and a 200MHz higher boost clock, while the 3600XT would be the other way around, 200MHz base and 300MHz boost.

The best part is that they would lanuch at the same pricese as the older parts, while the older parts would get a price cut, which is great as you can get more for your money or the same for less money... if you don't want to wait to get Zen3, of course.

It is kinda funny to see the prices of older cpus going down cause when Intel was in the lead, they never really lowered their prices. Even more reasons why I am loving Ryzen right now.

Real competition is great, isn't it?

Ladies and gentlemen, the Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Coinciding with the launch of its latest DLC, Invasion, Age of Wonders: Planetfall is having a sale with up to 50% discounts until May 29: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200526_age_of_wonders_planetfall_sale

Steam brings a new set of weeklong deals:

• Mutazione is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1080750/Mutazione/
• Witch Hunt is 31% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/661790/Witch_Hunt/
• Police Stories gets a 40% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/539470/Police_Stories/
• Shortest Trip to Earth is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812040/Shortest_Trip_to_Earth/
• Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1093760/Shoguns_Empire_Hex_Commander/
• Obscure has a 75% discount (same as its sequel and the bundle with both of them): https://store.steampowered.com/app/254460/Obscure/
• Reverse Crawl is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400660/Reverse_Crawl/
• And Next Day: Survival gets a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/519190/Next_Day_Survival/

Now that the Spring Sale is over, the Humble Store has three new sales, two of them starring Devolver Digital:

• No Man's Sky is 50% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/no-mans-sky
• And these are the two sales with Devolver Digital:
  • The first is a publisher sale with up to 75% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/devolver-publisher-sale/
  • And there's also a Build Your Own Bundle with Devolver, with 46 games to choose your bundle of up to 5 games. And keep in mind that the more games you add, the bigger will be the discount: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/devolver-build-your-own-bundle/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Here is the final version of the Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo “Temple” recreation in Unreal Engine 4.25
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-the-final-version-of-the-unreal-engine-5-tech-demo-temple-recreation-in-unreal-engine-4-25/
Two days ago, we informed you about a recreation of the Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo in Unreal Engine 4.25. This “remake” attempted to recreate the Temple environment from the Unreal Engine 5 demo in Unreal Engine 4.25, with real-time ray tracing. And today, 3D Archviz Specialist, Pasquale Scionti, shared a video from the final version of this project.
Unfortunately, Scionti does not plan to release this map to the public. As the artist noted, he recreated this environment for portfolio purposes. As such, we won’t be able to run this custom level on our systems and compare its performance with the one for Unreal Engine 5.
Furthermore, this project does not aim to recreate the entire tech demo. Instead, the artist focused on the Temple area. As Scionti stated, Unreal Engine 4 cannot come close to what Unreal Engine 5 achieves.

Final Fantasy IX Remaster Moguri Mod 8.0.1 released, fixes almost all visual glitches
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-ix-remaster-moguri-mod-8-0-1-released-fixes-almost-all-visual-glitches/
Modder ‘snouz’ has released a brand new version of the Final Fantasy IX fan remaster project, Moguri. This latest version fixes almost all visual glitches and redraws of all layer edges (which are more than 11000).
Moreover, it packs ceaner and sharper graphics, as well as better and cleaner lighting. The modder has updated over 7000 assets, so that’s a huge update for this fan remaster mod.
Version 8.0.1 also features seamless scrolling skies & backgrounds, and removes the ‘staircase’ edges. The modder has also fixed several bugs from the Steam & PSX versions.
>> You can download it from here.

GAMING NEWS

Frogwares announces Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, first details and debut trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/frogwares-announces-sherlock-holmes-chapter-one-first-details-and-debut-trailer/
Frogwares has announced a new Sherlock Holmes games, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One will release in 2021, will be a cross-gen game, and below you can find its announcement trailer.
>> Looks like an horror game.

STALKER-inspired survival game, Chernobylite, now supports DirectX 12 and AMD FidelityFX
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/stalker-inspired-survival-game-chernobylite-now-supports-directx-12-and-amd-fidelityfx/
The Farm 51 has announced that a new content update is now available for Chernobylite. This content update adds 50% more content to the game. Moreover, it adds support for DirectX 12, as well as for AMD FidelityFX.

Inexistence Rebirth is a lovely 16-bit metroidvania game that is now available on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/inexistence-rebirth-is-a-lovely-16-bit-metroidvania-game-that-is-now-available-on-the-pc/
Jonathan Brassaud has announced the release of the lovely 16-bit metroidvania game, Inexistence Rebirth. In this game, players will run in a vast world full of mysteries and action. And, as you may have guessed, this game is inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 had a campaign mode and here is some leaked gameplay footage from it
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-had-a-campaign-mode-and-here-is-some-leaked-gameplay-footage-from-it/
As you may remember, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was the first COD that lacked a single-player campaign. However, it appears that Treyarch was working on such a campaign before cancelling it. Reddit’s member ForeverDexus has shared the following video which shows a mission from it.

Two Bit Hero is a classic retro metroidvania game that is also available on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/two-bit-hero-is-a-classic-retro-metroidvania-game-that-is-also-available-on-the-pc/
A couple of hours ago, we informed you about the release of Inexistence Rebirth. However, we have another cool game for all our Metroidvania fans. Two Bit Hero is a classic retro metroidvaniawith (mostly) black and white graphics that is now available on the PC.

MicroProse announces the next part in its The Mighty Eight video-game series, The Mighty Eighth
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/microprose-announces-the-next-part-in-its-the-mighty-eight-video-game-series/
MicroProse has just announced the next part in its The Mighty Eight video-game series, The Mighty Eighth. The Mighty Eighth will be a VR-first project that will be also playable without a VR headset.

World War Z May 26th Update released, fixes artifacts & critical memory leak, improves performance & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-war-z-may-26th-update-released-fixes-artifacts-critical-memory-leak-improves-performance-more/
Saber Interactive has released a brand new update for World War Z. According to the release notes, the May 26th update fixes some artifacts and a critical memory leak. Moreover, it packs some performance improvements and fixes some gameplay bugs.

One-hour documentary about Arkane shows gameplay from the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 4/Ravenholm
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/one-hour-documentary-about-arkane-shows-gameplay-from-the-cancelled-half-life-2-episode-4-ravenholm/
In my opinion, Arkane Studios is one of the most talented studios to date. From Dishonored to Prey, Arkane’s games always put emphasis on player freedom. And today, NoClip shared a one-hour documentary about Arkane Studios. This documentary tell the story of Arkane’s twenty year history.

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is coming to the PC on August 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/captain-tsubasa-rise-of-new-champions-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-august-28th/
Bandai Namco has announced that Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions will release on the PC on August 28th. Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is an arcade soccer game with anime-like graphics.

Remedy is working on a new unannounced game, codenamed “BigFish”, will be on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/remedy-is-working-on-a-new-unannounced-game-codenamed-bigfish-will-be-on-epic-games-store/
It appears that the codename for Remedy’s new game has been leaked online. Now while this does not tell us much, it’s something that may interest some of Remedy’s fans.
This information comes straight from Epic Games Store. Epicdata.info, a website that tracks newly added games and other metadata information on the Epic Game Store, has grabbed this information.

New Microsoft Flight Simulator alpha gameplay video shows incredible next-gen graphics
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-microsoft-flight-simulator-alpha-gameplay-video-shows-incredible-next-gen-graphics/
Now here is something that completely passed under our radar. We’ve already showcased how stunning Microsoft Flight Simulator looks via a number of screenshots. However, we are certain that most of you would like to see it in action. As such, below you can find a video from the game’s May build that looks gorgeous.

Here's part two of the Tuesday news:

MacVenture-style Spectacle is a free adventure game treat
https://www.pcgamer.com/macventure-style-spectacle-is-a-free-adventure-game-treat/
Following on from Infested—an impressive free adventure game made in the style of the NES ports of the old MacVenture adventure games⁠—comes GrahfMetal's Spectacle, which takes the format and runs with it. It's more attractive, and seems bigger and more ambitious, dropping you into a fantasy world full of puzzles, NPCs and, fairly frequently, your grisly demise.

Smite's next god is ol' squidface himself, Cthulhu
https://www.pcgamer.com/smites-next-god-is-ol-squidface-himself-cthulhu/
Smite has been steadily adding to its pantheon of battling MOBA gods, from a really big snake to the non-John-Wick version of Baba Yoga. But its latest addition is liable to muck about with your mental health, to make Euclid livid, and make Lovecraft nerds spray spit all over their keyboards as they try to pronounce passages from The Call of Cthulhu. That's right, the tentacley eldritch god Cthulhu is coming to Smite.

The Division 2 dataminer digs out upcoming story details and a possible new game mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2-dataminer-digs-out-upcoming-story-details-and-a-possible-new-game-mode/
Just ahead of the weekend, Ubisoft fired up a public test server for The Division 2 in order to check out some changes to the game in the next update. Player and redditor definitelyanalt16 decided to check out a little more than that, however: They dug into the PTS build and found audio files that may reveal Ubisoft's plans for The Division 2 season 2 and possibly beyond, including a new game mode and the return of a character from the first game.

Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human are now listed on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/heavy-rain-beyond-two-souls-and-detroit-become-human-are-now-listed-on-steam/
It's been almost a year since Quantic Dream got us weirdly excited by bringing the previously PlayStation-exclusive adventure Heavy Rain to the PC by way of the Epic Games Store. And in what is almost certainly not a coincidence, it, along with Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human, have now appeared on Steam.
>> And they have demos.

Amnesia: Rebirth promises a deeper kind of horror that 'grows over time'
https://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-rebirth-promises-a-deeper-kind-of-horror-that-grows-over-time/
One of the things that impressed me most about the 2015 horror game Soma is how it managed to be less in-your-face terrifying than its predecessor, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and yet more thematically horrific. It's tough to get into without spoilers, but it's a brilliant bit of bait-and-switch that really showcases how developer Frictional Games has evolved from one game to the other.
It sounds like the studio aims to deliver something similar with its next game, the recently-revealed Amnesia: Rebirth. Videos of players reacting to The Dark Descent's scares made it a YouTube sensation, but creative director Thomas Grip told Gamespot that for the new game, "That doesn't feel like what we wanted to do."

Outriders Broadcast will showcase People Can Fly's upcoming RPG-shooter later this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/outriders-broadcast-will-showcase-people-can-flys-upcoming-rpg-shooter-later-this-week/
Square Enix revealed Outriders, a sci-fi shooter-RPG from Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly, at E3 in 2019. Since there's not going to be an E3 in 2020, it will continue the process of showing off the game through a monthly series of livestreams called Outriders Broadcast that will kick off on May 28.

The International Battle Pass 2020 is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-international-battle-pass-2020-is-live/
Valve said a few weeks ago that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The International 10 probably isn't going to happen in 2020. Despite that, The International Battle Pass, granting access to exclusive content, features, and rewards, is once again available for purchase, with a percentage of sales helping to fund the next International prize pool.

Mafia 3: Definitive Edition seems to contain a map from a Cold War spy game
https://www.pcgamer.com/mafia-3-definitive-edition-seems-to-contain-a-map-from-a-cold-war-spy-game/
Mafia 3: Definitive Edition didn't sport any new additions like Mafia 2, but YouTuber Sliderv2 has been rooting around in the files and found a couple of interesting things, most notably a large but unfinished map of Berlin.

Problems of having so many games:

Unfortunately it doesn't work with the GamePass version: "Moguri requires the Steam version of the game".

Probably "No Man's Sky" on GamePass doesnt support the VR mode either.

Sure, the GfW situation is far from ideal, but the software still works on my computer (Windows 10) without problems.

GfW-connected games also still have no problems running and saving.

Today I even activated a "new" GfW-game (Battlestations Pacific), which was included in the huge Square-Enix-bundle on Steam a few weeks ago:

I had expected that the GfW-games would become totally unusable years ago or that the activation server gets turned off... still hasn't happened.

So Microsoft ain't that bad at keeping up support for failed/old online systems, while I can't reactivate or redownload my PS mobile games on Vita or log into the PSN with my PSP, redownload WiiWare games, or play Wii and DS games online since 2014.