https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0764NWFP8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (regularly goes on sale for under $100)

https://www.fedex.com/en-us/office.html

Wow, haven't seen a new monochrome printer in ages, not even in offices around here.

And I doublechecked, there are no copy shops in Luxembourg anymore since 2018 - and that one was the last one we still had after 2009.

No, black and white printers are not extinct. I use mine almost every day to print addresses to stick them on envelopes. My two stamp designers each have one and they use them many times a day to print stamp designs, they are our second most important devices after the stamp machine itself.

Certainly gonna try to snag a 3080ti. Even if it's like 1500€.

Yay! We've reached the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Mortal Shell has sold 500K copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-shell-has-sold-500k-copies-worldwide/
Playstack and Cold Symmetry have just announced that their Souls-like game, Mortal Shell, has sold 500K copies on all platforms worldwide.
Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that promises to test your sanity and resilience in a shattered world.

Wargame: Red Dragon is free to own on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wargamer-red-dragon-is-free-to-own-on-epic-games-store/
Eugen Systems and Epic Games have announced that Wargame: Red Dragon is free to own on Epic Games Store for a limited time. From today and until March 11th, PC gamers can visit its EGS page and acquire their free copy.
>> And next week, the free game will be "Surviving Mars".

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Raw Fury publisher Sale brings up to 80% discounts during the next 3 days. The keys are mostly for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/raw-fury-publisher-sale/
• The Age of Empires franchise Sale, featuring the three Definitive Edition games, comes with up to 50% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/age-of-empires-franchise-sale-/
• And Frontier has its games up to 75% off during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/frontier-publisher-sale/

Fanatical's Spring Sale is still going on, and these are today's Flash Deals:

• Distant Worlds: Universe is 90% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/distant-worlds-universe
• Project CARS - Game Of The Year Edition gets a 92% discount for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/project-cars-game-of-the-year-edition
• And The Jackbox Party Pack 4 is 66% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-jackbox-party-pack-4

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Nvidia releases a GPU hotfix to address screen flickering and Fortnite stuttering
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-releases-a-gpu-hotfix-to-address-screen-flickering-and-fortnite-stuttering/
Nvidia has released a GPU hotfix driver that you won't see in GeForce Experience, but is of interest to anyone affected by the handful of issues it addresses, such as intermittent stuttering in Fortnite and random screen flickering.
The hotfix driver (version 461.81) is based on the 461.72 'Game Ready' driver that came out last week, which itself was a launch driver for the newly minted GeForce RTX 3060. It is an optional release, meaning you have to hunt it down and manually apply it. Or you can sit back and wait—all seven fixes will be included in the next regular driver update, whenever that materializes.
>> Available from here.

48 million players use controllers on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/48-million-players-use-controllers-on-steam/
In a recent developer announcement about Steamworks tools, Valve gave some insight into the number of players using controllers on Steam, which is higher than ever and rising. "48 million players have used a controller in a game on Steam," writes Valve, with about 10 percent of daily game sessions being played with a controller."
Naturally these figures vary wildly across genre: for RTS games that figure is "frequently below 1 percent" whereas "many sports and fighting games see over 70 percent of sessions played with a controller, while racing and skating games can easily have over 90 percent of players using a controller." Third-person action games, your Assassin's Creeds and so on, fluctuate between 40-50 percent of players using controllers, while for FPSs it's "solidly in the range of 7-8 percent."

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Aliens: Fireteam
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-25-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-aliens-fireteam/
A couple of days ago, Cold Iron Studios revealed a new Aliens co-op third-person survival shooter, Aliens: Fireteam. And today, IGN has shared a video, showcasing 25 minutes of gameplay footage from it.

Valve has cancelled Artifact 2.0, Artifact Classic goes free to play
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/valve-has-cancelled-artifact-2-0-artifact-classic-goes-free-to-play/
Valve has announced the cancellation of Artifact 2.0. Moreover, the team has announced that Artifact Classic is now free to play, meaning that everyone will be able to play it.
>> First Anthem and now this. If they don't get the game right at launch, don't hope for a magical solution later on.

Turn-based strategy RPG, Black Legend, releases on March 25th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/turn-based-strategy-rpg-black-legend-releases-on-march-25th/
Warcave has announced that its turn-based strategy RPG, Black Legend, will release on Steam on March 25th. In addition, the team released a brand new trailer that you can find below.

EA states that it will never use Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in FIFA, Madden or NHL
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ea-states-that-it-will-never-use-dynamic-difficulty-adjustment-in-fifa-madden-or-nhl/
Electronic Arts has issued an official statement about its Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment. According to the publisher, while it does own a patent for DDA tech, it will never use it in FIFA, Madden or NHL.
>> Do we believe them?

Friday news, part two:

Dark Souls modder proves what every player knows: Bed of Chaos is outrageous BS
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-modder-proves-what-every-player-knows-bed-of-chaos-is-outrageous-bs/
I've been keeping an eye on a modder called King Bore, because they're working on a Dark Souls project called Shadow of the Eclipse that may turn out to be very cool, and recently they detailed some of their findings about the Bed of Chaos, and specifically the hitboxes.

Have you herd? Shelter 3 is out this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/have-you-herd-shelter-3-is-out-this-month/
An elephant never forgets its own release date. At least, I'm pretty sure that's how the saying goes. But in case your human brain forgets, a new trailer for Shelter 3 has scheduled the animal survival sequel's release for the end of the month—and this time, developer Might And Delight has gone big.

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey's alpha takes off later this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-odysseys-alpha-takes-off-later-this-month/
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is preparing to kick off its alpha testing on PC this month—and to get you prepared for footfall, Frontier has shown off extended gameplay footage of three pilots pulling off the (almost) perfect heist.

The Future Games Show is coming back this March with 40 new games
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-future-games-show-is-coming-back-this-march-with-40-new-games/
E3 was once able to contain an entire year's worth of major game announcements in a single week. But these days there are so many games, we get to feast on livestreams full of announcements year-round. In 2020 our sister site GamesRadar+ joined the E3 festivities by hosting the Future Games Show on June 13th, the same day as our own PC Gaming Show. This year, they're not waiting for summer—GamesRadar+ is bringing back the Future Games Show on March 25th (holy cow, that's soon) to feature more than 40 games.

Outriders demo patch will add a motion blur toggle and fix that annoying inventory crash bug
https://www.pcgamer.com/outriders-demo-patch-will-add-a-motion-blur-toggle-and-fix-that-annoying-inventory-crash-bug/
More than two million people have downloaded and played the demo for Outriders since its release a week ago, developer People Can Fly said in a post today, and so far it seems to have gone pretty well. The studio explained that the backend struggled to handle the load during the first few hours of release and some players were (and, as far as I know, still are) experiencing technical issues, but a patch is on the way that will hopefully address the worst of them, and tweaks and tuning to gameplay are also in the works.

Gorgeous anime fighter Guilty Gear Strive delayed due to reviled lobby system
https://www.pcgamer.com/gorgeous-anime-fighter-guilty-gear-strive-delayed-due-to-reviled-lobby-system/
Guilty Gear Strive is the next instalment in Arc System Works’ longrunning 2D fighter series, and it’s as pretty as usual—the studio did Dragon Ball FighterZ and Granblue Fantasy: Versus, after all. But a recent open beta test left a bad taste in some players’ mouths, with its online lobby system being the main point of criticism. As a result of player feedback, Arc System Works delayed Strive to June 11 from its planned April 9 launch.

I really want to play this city builder that gives you 30 minutes to escape the Earth
https://www.pcgamer.com/i-really-want-to-play-this-city-builder-that-gives-you-30-minutes-to-escape-the-earth/
I think of city builders as peaceful longform games—I could spend hours, even weeks, crafting my perfect little clockwork society, drawing roads and watching houses and shops pop up as it grows. They can be soothing, but there's also commitment there. Building a city is a slow process. That's why I'm so taken with the idea of indie city builder T-Minus 30, which completely upends the premise: You have 30 minutes to build a city and harvest enough resources to send your population into space before the dying Earth snuffs out whoever's left.

Blaster Master Zero 3 is the finale in the cult NES throwback trilogy
https://www.pcgamer.com/blaster-master-zero-3-is-the-finale-in-the-cult-nes-throwback-trilogy/
Blaster Master was a well-received oddity when it released for the NES back in 1988. It was a sidescrolling platformer starring a tank called SOPHIA, but you could also control its driver Jason, whose on-foot sections were played from a top down perspective. The series has so far spawned eight games across a bunch of platforms including Mega Drive/Genesis, PSX and Game Boy Colour, but Inti Creates’ 2017 reboot Blaster Master Zero is probably the jewel in the series’ crown, though its 2019 sequel was great too.
A third instalment in that modern series was announced overnight, in the form of Blaster Master Zero 3.

Producer on Hogwarts Legacy quits after history of anti-social justice videos exposed
https://www.pcgamer.com/producer-on-hogwarts-legacy-quits-after-history-of-anti-social-justice-videos-exposed/
Troy Leavitt has announced that he's resigned from his position at Avalanche Software. Leavitt was a producer on the forthcoming Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy, a game that has attracted controversy because of series creator J.K. Rowling's heel-turn into transphobia in recent years. The reputation of Hogwarts Legacy wasn't helped by the discovery Leavitt had been a reactionary YouTuber with a channel containing videos in defense of GamerGate, and critical of social justice and Anita Sarkeesian's Feminist Frequency series.
>> How ironic.

Before Your Eyes is an interactive afterlife you play by blinking
https://www.pcgamer.com/before-your-eyes-is-an-interactive-afterlife-you-play-by-blinking/
Is it a little cliché to say that life often passes by in the blink of an eye? Maybe, but I'll make an exception to talk about Before Your Eyes, a wildly novel narrative adventure game that only progresses when you shut your real, human eyelids.

Microsoft is aware of unresponsiveness issues on new Xbox controllers, fix in the works
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-xbox-controller-unresponsive-issue-fix/
Some people are having issues with the newest version of the Xbox Wireless Controller that launched alongside the Xbox Series X/S, whereby button taps sometimes go unregistered, even on PC. The good news is, Microsoft has acknowledged the problem, and is working on a fix of some sort.

Destiny 2's Trials have been disabled indefinitely over last week's match fixing exploits
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-trials-of-osiris-mode-has-been-disabled-because-of-a-match-fixing-ring/
Destiny 2's competitive PVP mode, Trials Of Osiris, has been put on hold once more, after a community effort found a way to farm free flawless cards—reaching seven wins without taking a loss—using a mix of character-switching, dice-rolls, and a good old fashioned secret code.
Update: Bungie has put an indefinite hold on Destiny 2's Trials Of Osiris while it investigates last weekend's issues, the developer explained in its latest blog post.
"Last weekend, Trials of Osiris was disabled due to unexpected issues. While these issues are being investigated, Trials of Osiris will be unavailable to players. We will have more information when it becomes available."

Destiny 2's 12-player fun can stay for now, but Bungie says it: "didn’t create activities expecting a clown car of Guardians"
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-players-are-glitching-into-raids-with-double-the-amount-of-players/
It's turning into quite the day for hilarious Destiny 2 matchmaking exploits. Hot on the heels of the Trials fixing emblem fiasco comes word of a somewhat more wholesome glitch. This one enables players to queue into certain PvE activities, including raids, with double the amount of players normally possible. In the case of raids, that means 12 guardians clapping alien cheeks simultaneously. As you can imagine, it makes encounters both much easier and hilariously chaotic.
Update: As of 4 March, Bungie says that the over-manned activities can stay for now. In the This Week at Bungie blog, it wrote: "The big buzz around the community this week has been players finding out a way to cram four fireteams in activities meant for one. We’ve been watching the 12-player raid hype and are glad you’re enjoying yourselves. We aren’t rushing out a fix for this and it’s totally fine if you want to try it out and have some fun. "

Apex Legends will soon let you solo queue, but don't expect a fair fight
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-will-soon-let-you-solo-queue-but-dont-expect-a-fair-fight/
We've all been there. You've just dropped into a match of Apex Legends, only to find one of your squadmates has sprinted off on their lonesome, ready to solo every other team on the battlefield—leaving the other two at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Apex will soon let these lone wolves queue up without hindering a team, but be warned—this isn't exactly a proper solos mode.

And these are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale, with its strategy games, offer up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210301_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale and its up to 90% discounts will last another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210303_midweek_sale
• The Weekend Sale is full of Raw Fury games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/raw_fury_weekend
• The 8 new classics from Ziggurat will be 33% off for another 4 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210302_retro_classix
• The Plug In Digital Sale with its up to 90% discounts will last another 5 days: https://www.gog.com/partner/plug_in_digital
• And the publisher Frozenbyte Sale comes with up to 75% discounts for the next 11 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/frozenbyte_sale
• There's also a new release, the game Loop Hero launches with a 15% discount until March 11: https://www.gog.com/game/loop_hero

+Steam

• The first of the two new daily deals is Abandon Ship, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/551860/Abandon_Ship/
• The second daily deal is Peekaboo: Hide and Seek, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1048100/Peekaboo_Hide_and_Seek/
• The first weekend deal is Hades, 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/
• Teardown, still in Early Access, is also 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167630/Teardown/
• The DiRT franchise is up to 75% off until the 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/DIRTFranchiseSale
• The New Game+ Expo Sale comes with up to 80% discounts until Monday 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/NGPX
• And last, but not least, there's also the weeklong deals.

Are you not entertained? Anyway, I hope you all have a happy and gaming weekend.

JPR: GPU shipments soar once more in Q4 2020

https://videocardz.com/press-release/jpr-gpu-shipments-soar-once-more-in-q4-2020

Of course, most of those gpus ended up in the hands of miners and scalpers.

ASUS confirms GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU with 4GB GDDR6 memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-confirms-geforce-rtx-3050-ti-laptop-gpu-with-4gb-gddr6-memory

AMD confirms Radeon RX 6000 laptop GPUs are coming soon

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-radeon-rx-6000-laptop-gpus-are-coming-soon

That is a bunch of absolute bullshit. I've played about 2000 hours of FIFA since 2015 and can confirm that this is nowhere near true. And it's so blatant and obvious that I don't understand why they're even bothering at this point.

AMD needs to get their shit together, they lost 1/3 of their marketshare in one year, and it won't be near as easy to get it back.

Well, they claim that they won't use the new DDA tech on those games, not that they're not using something else.

Also, you need to play better games .

The irony of RDNA 2 is the fact that being on 7nm did in fact not help with stock issues despite being on a mature process node due to consoles. If all of their gpu allocation went to PC RDNA 2, I suspect AMD would have a bigger market share than the results show as every gpu that's coming out is going out of stock instantly.

While I doubt most people would willingly choose RDNA 2 over Ampere, when neither is available, you choose which ever one you can get your hands on. Too bad cause AMD really could have gained a lot of market share if they played their cards right. Not that they are complaining with all the console money coming in!