The Tuesday news, much, much more relaxed than yesterday's:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has two new deals as well as the weeklong deals:

• Turmoil is the new daily deal, 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/361280/Turmoil/
• Orcs Must Die! 2 is free to try during the next 5 days, and also 80% off until June 21: https://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/Orcs_Must_Die_2/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • The VR Only title Zero Caliber VR, still in Early Access, is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/877200/Zero_Caliber_VR/
  • The Cat Banny is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1460310/The_Cat_Banny/
  • Moorhuhn (Crazy Chicken) gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/340120/Moorhuhn_Crazy_Chicken/
  • Highway Blossoms is 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/451760/Highway_Blossoms/
  • MOMO.EXE awaits for you with a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/923470/MOMOEXE/
  • And Raiden III Digital Edition is 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/315670/Raiden_III_Digital_Edition/

The Humble Store has four new sales:

• Rockstar puts its games up to 70% off during the next 3 days. The keys are for their Social Club: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rockstar-publisher-sale/
• Paradox offers its games with up to 75% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-sale/
• SEGA puts its games up to 85% off during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/sega-publisher-sale/
• And the Indie Hits Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. Most keys are for Steam, but you'll be able to find some for GOG as well: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/indie-hits-sale/?hmb_source=store_home

And Fanatical has two new sales:

• The Anime Week brings lots of games with that graphical style on sale during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/genres/anime
• NIS America puts its games on sale... but the link currently doesn't work and I don't how big are the discounts or how much will the sale last: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/nis-america-inc.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Doom Eternal DLSS & Ray Tracing PC Patch releases on June 29th
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/doom-eternal-dlss-ray-tracing-pc-patch-releases-on-june-29th/
Bethesda has announced that the DLSS & Ray Tracing PC patch for Doom Eternal will release on June 29th. From what we know so far, this RTX patch adds support for ray-traced reflections. Unfortunately, it will not bring ray-traced ambient occlusion, global illumination or shadows.

E3 2021 in-engine trailer for the dinosaur game, Instinction
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/e3-2021-in-engine-trailer-for-the-dinosaur-game-instinction/
Hashbane has released the E3 2021 in-engine trailer for its upcoming dinosaur game, Instinction. Instinction will be using Unreal Engine 4, will take advantage of Ray Tracing, and will release in 2022.

Sonic Colors: Ultimate E3 2021 Gameplay Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/sonic-colors-ultimate-e3-2021-gameplay-trailer/
SEGA has released the E3 2021 gameplay trailer for Sonic Colors: Ultimate. As its title suggests, Sonic Colors: Ultimate is an adrenaline-pumping remaster of the beloved 2010 platformer, Sonic Colors. The game will release digitally on PC via the Epic Games Store on September 7th.

Succubus gets an E3 2021 Gameplay Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/succubus-gets-an-e3-2021-gameplay-trailer/
Madmind Studio has released the E3 2021 gameplay trailer for SUCCUBUS. SUCCUBUS is an Agony spin-off that will release on PC on July 21st.

Forza Horizon 5 PC Minimum Requirements + First Official Screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/forza-horizon-5-pc-minimum-requirements-first-official-screenshots/
Microsoft and Playground Games have revealed the minimum PC requirements for Forza Horizon 5. In addition, the teams released the first official screenshots for this upcoming open-world racing game.

Halo Infinite – New Multiplayer Gameplay Footage & Overview
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/halo-infinite-new-multiplayer-gameplay-footage-overview/
Following yesterday’s showing premiere of Halo Infinite Multiplayer at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, Microsoft shared a multiplayer overview video that dives deeper behind the scenes with 343 Industries developers as they’re creating the franchise’s first free-to-play multiplayer gameplay.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update 1.2.2 releases tomorrow, is 14GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/assassins-creed-valhalla-update-1-2-2-releases-tomorrow-is-14gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has announced that Update 1.2.2 for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will release tomorrow. This patch is 14GB in size on the PC, and below you can also find its complete changelog.

Days Gone Patch 1.04 released, allows you to turn off Data Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/days-gone-patch-1-04-released-allows-you-to-turn-off-data-collection/
Bend Studio has released a brand new update for the PC version of Days Gone. According to the team, patch 1.04 adds an option to turn off Data Collection. In order to do that, you’ll have to select “Limited Data”.
>> Good. Now we should wait for someone to check if this really turns it off or not.

Pixel-art boss-rush game, Eldest Souls, releases on July 29th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pixel-art-boss-rush-game-eldest-souls-releases-on-july-29th/
United Label has announced that its pixel-art boss-rush game, Eldest Souls, will release on July 29th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released an animated story trailer that you can find below.

First 4K screenshots for STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN show great 3D models but awful lighting and shading
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-4k-screenshots-for-stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-show-great-3d-models-but-awful-lighting-and-shading/
A lot of Final Fantasy fans were disappointed when Team Ninja and Square Enix announced STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN. This FF spin-off looked awful, and Square Enix has shared its first official 4K screenshots. Thus, we can finally see the game in all of its… chaotic glory.

Demo released for the stylish and visceral single-player FPS, Severed Steel
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-released-for-the-stylish-and-visceral-single-player-fps-severed-steel/
Digerati and Greylock Studio have announced that a demo for Severed Steel is available for download. Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist.

Don’t expect Elden Ring in today’s Bandai Namco E3 2021 presentation
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dont-expect-elden-ring-in-todays-bandai-namco-e3-2021-presentation/
Bandai Namco will hold an E3 2021 presentation later today. However, and before you start jumping like little rabbits, know that the publisher does not plan to show Elden Ring. Instead, this presentation will be solely focused on The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.

THQ Nordic announces ELEX II, first screenshots & details
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thq-nordic-announces-elex-ii-first-screenshots-details/
THQ Nordic has announced the sequel to Piranha Bytes’ ELEX, ELEX II. ELEX II will be an open-world RPG in which Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat, the Skyanides.
>> I know this announcement will please (at least) a couple of you.

Tuesday news, part two:

Hitman 3 is getting lazy with the newest deadly sin DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hitman-3-is-getting-lazy-with-the-newest-deadly-sin-dlc/
Agent 47 has been a naughty lad recently, diving into all sorts of greedy and prideful wrongdoings as part of Hitman 3's Seven Deadly Sins DLC. Now the third deadly sin is on the way, with the season of sloth dropping this week.

A huge Elden Ring infodump just dropped
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-huge-elden-ring-infodump-just-dropped/
Following Elden Ring's epic reveal trailer, the game's director and FromSoftware CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki has given his first detailed interview about the game. You can read the full thing on IGN here, but we've picked out some of the most interesting things Miyazaki said below, and what they might mean for the game.

Starfield is a 'bit more hardcore' than previous Bethesda RPGs, says Todd Howard
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/starfield-is-a-bit-more-hardcore-than-previous-bethesda-rpgs-says-todd-howard/
(...) in a new interview today with The Telegraph, Bethesda's executive producer Todd Howard revealed even more information about the space RPG.
"It's also a bit more hardcore of a roleplaying game than we've done," Howard said to The Telegraph. "It's got some really great character systems—choosing your background, things like that. We’re going back to some things that we used to do in games long ago that we felt have really let players express the character they want to be."

Take-Two's E3 livestream wasn't quite what viewers were expecting
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/take-two-e3-2021-livestream/
"Corporations really have to take accountability, and do what's right," said 2K director of diversity, inclusion, and equality Toni Ligons, PhD during Take-Two's E3 livestream today. It's the sort of thing you expect to hear during a 30-second segment about corporate responsibility that plays before loud E3 trailers about guns, but that wasn't the case for GTA publisher Take-Two. I jotted that line down about 30 minutes into a 45 minute panel about corporate responsibility and "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in the games industry, which was the entirety of Take-Two's E3 "keynote."
>> Why talk about games when you can put people to sleep with business crap?

Back 4 Blood DLC will be accessible to everyone in a party as long as one player owns it
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/back-4-blood-dlc-will-be-accessible-to-everyone-in-a-party-as-long-as-one-player-owns-it/
Back 4 Blood, in case the title isn't enough of a giveaway, is a Left 4 Dead-alike co-op zombie shooter that's now in development at Turtle Rock Studios. Over the weekend, Turtle Rock revealed how the game's PvP mode will work: As the survivors, one team of players will attempt to hold out against zombies (known as "Ridden" in the game, for some reason) controlled by another team.

BioWare's new general manager promises to rebuild its reputation
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/biowares-new-general-manager-promises-to-rebuild-its-reputation/
In December 2020, Casey Hudson announced his departure from BioWare. The move seemed to catch everyone by surprise, including parent company Electronic Arts, which announced the same day that a search for someone to fill the general manager role left vacant by Hudson was underway. (...)
Today, BioWare announced that it has found the person it's been looking for: Gary McKay, who joined the studio in January 2020 as head of development operations and has been serving as interim GM since December, has been given the job permanently.
>> I wish him good luck. He'll need it.

Resident Evil Village DLC is in development 'by popular demand'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/resident-evil-village-dlc-is-in-development-by-popular-demand/
We liked Resident Evil Village a whole lot, scoring it an 85% in our review. And obviously it's sold well, because Capcom announced in its E3 2021 presentation that DLC is on the way.
Well, "announced" is a strong word for how Capcom broke the news, which was with this plain text above on a black screen. Exciting stuff.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 will have a demo on June 25 and progress will carry to the full game
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/monster-hunter-stories-2-will-have-a-demo-on-june-25-and-progress-will-carry-to-the-full-game/
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin isn't out until July 9, but players will be able to jump in early with the trial version that is coming on June 25. Even better, the progress you make in this demo will carry over to the full game—though we don't know how big the demo will be.

Half-Life: Alyx's lights flicker just like they did in Quake, almost 25 years later
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/half-life-alyxs-lights-flicker-just-like-they-did-in-quake-almost-25-years-later/
In game development, it's important to recognise when not to reinvent the wheel. And so, 25 years after Id first lit Quake's grimy hallways with blinking lights, we end up with the fluorescent lamps of Half-Life Alyx's City 17 flickering in exactly the same way.
>> This is a perfect example of a filler article. Why use it during a busy week like E3? I have no f*cking idea.

Seasons return in Forza Horizon 5, with one important twist
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/seasons-return-in-forza-horizon-5-with-one-important-twist/
Forza Horizon 5's "truly next-gen" world will once again feature rotating seasons—but don't expect Mexico's sunny beaches to be buried in snow when winter rolls around.
Speaking to IGN, creative director Mike Brown confirmed that seasons (in the natural meaning of the term, not the videogame one) would be back in FH5. Introduced in FH4, this saw the entire map shift into a new season every week, changing depending on whether it was spring, summer, autumn or winter.

Noctua launches its NH-P1 passive CPU cooler for 110 USD

It can cool up to an i9 11900k or 5800x at around baseclock speeds or you can do a slight over clock if you add a fan.

IKEA Tradfri smart lamp with 108kb RAM can sort of run Doom

https://www.slashgear.com/ikea-tradfri-smart-lamp-can-sort-of-run-doom-14678171/

Days Gone - Patch 1.04 (Option to Turn Off Data Collection has been added)

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1259420/announcements/detail/3052857833136672602

Although the correct term is "Limited Data"

Microsoft reveals Windows 10 will ‘retire’ in 2025 - The company will also reportedly unveil a new OS on June 24th at 11 AM ET

https://mobilesyrup.com/2021/06/14/microsoft-reveals-windows-10-will-retire-in-2025/

AMD Rumored To Offer Up To 128 Zen 4 Cores & 12-Channel DDR5-5200 Memory Support In Next-Gen EPYC & Threadripper CPUs

https://wccftech.com/amd-rumored-to-offer-up-to-128-zen-4-cores-12-channel-ddr5-5200-memory-support-next-gen-epyc-threadripper-cpus/

So next week will probably be a more interesting week for PC gaming.

We will get a look into FSR and we will get a look into the next version of Windows. If we go by Microsoft's pattern, hopefully Windows 11 should be much better than Windows 10...

FSR is something I'm somewhat excited for. Win 11 should be interesting too, been a long time since 10 released.

I still use the same retail copy of 7 (now 10 ofc) lol, hopefully we can all upgrade to that xP

Not really. Remember that MSoft skipped Windows 9, meaning that 10 was the good one and 11 will be the crappy one.

By the way, first news of it have leaked and it seems that MSoft wants people to hate it from the start: the taskbar icons are now in the center:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535123/microsoft-windows-11-leak-screenshots-start-menu

Not really the best start, is it?

Looks like they're trying to imitate MacOS. I don't actually mind centered icons on task bar, having an UW monitor. But it probably something to get used to.

Yes but that's because 7 8 9 :P

But yea, we will see how it ends up on their press event and final release cause Windows 10 felt more buggy than anything else. Least with Direct X 12 Agility, we won't need to upgrade to get the latest gaming features if it turns out to be bad.

that better be changable with one click

Nude mods here we come!