Windows central did a preview video going through Windows 11 leak and how things work

And yes, you can set the task bar to the left pretty easily so if you don't like it centered, it doesn't have to be!

Overall, I like a lot of things about it. Visually, it looks way better than Windows 10 and the new animations look really good. Idk how to feel about the new start menu tho... I think this is the first desktop windows that might be tablet friendly without totally killing the desktop experience.

put shit left + darkmode = WIN

I'm not sold on that star menu, but at least I'll be able to put it where it belongs, the left.

We'll have to wait and see the inner changes that this one will bring and how they'll change the user experience and what we can or can not do with it.

Good thing is that you can make him look less shitty in the demo. Game still totally feels like a Nioh spinoff though, with recycled animations and all.

The demo is supposedly an alpha build so that could change. But yeah, the trailer did it no favours. The demo is actually quite fun and decent. The graphics and resolution are god awful though, especially the tutorial.. which was so low res it hurt my eyes hurt lol.

Wednesday news, part two:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

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Steam has four new deals:

• The new daily deal is Unity of Command II, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/809230/Unity_of_Command_II/
• Spellcaster University launches with a 20% off until June 22: https://store.steampowered.com/app/895620/Spellcaster_University/
• The first Midweek Madness deal is the Early Access title Night of the Dead, 33% off until June 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377380/Night_of_the_Dead/
• The other one is a publisher sale featuring SNK, with discounts that go from 46 to 80% until June 18: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SNKPublisherSale

At the Humble Store we have a new Dead by Daylight Sale, with the game and DLCs on sale with up to 40% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/dead-by-daylight-franchise-sale/

Fanatical has several new sales:

• The new Star Deal is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition, 85% off during the nexy 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-ultimate-edition
• Dead by Daylight is 47% off during the next 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dead-by-daylight
• Idea Factory puts its games up to 80% off during the next 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/idea-factory-international
• Bethesda has its games up to 70% off during the next 9 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/bethesda-softworks
• And the new Build Your Own Anime Bundle 2 comes with 22 games to choose your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-anime-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

E3's best announcement was really this Fallout: London mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/e3s-best-announcement-was-really-this-fallout-london-mod/
Fans of the post-apocalypse and Dick van Dyke: rejoice! If this had been an official game it would probably have dominated E3 coverage but nevertheless Fallout: London, a huge upcoming mod for Fallout 4, looks like the bees' knees sunshine.
Described by its creators as "a DLC-sized mod", Fallout London takes the series from its usual American wasteland to the big smoke of 2237. The trailer's opening, merrily flicking the Vs at copyright law, incorporates Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again'—a song that, for the Brits, is synonymous with World War 2 and later was seen by some as emblematic of the nation's decline (for example in the work of Pink Floyd). Long-time fans of the Fallout series may also note that it's something of a callback to the Fallout 3 reveal, which was structured around pulling out from a bus.
Fallout: London's trailer details several different factions, shows off locations including Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, and is packed with cockney rhyming slang. The most intriguing faction are probably the daft buggers who dress up as crusade-era knights and swing swords at radiation monsters, which does seem like a very British approach to the post-apocalypse.

GAMING NEWS

BloodRayne Betrayal Remaster coming to PC in Summer 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bloodrayne-betrayal-remaster-coming-to-pc-in-summer-2021/
Ziggurat Interactive announced a summer 2021 release for their remastered, high definition edition of BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites.

Forza Horizon 5 will only feature Ray Tracing in ForzaVista, will not support mods
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/forza-horizon-5-will-only-feature-ray-tracing-in-forzavista-will-not-support-mods/
During yesterday’s livestream, Playground Games revealed some additional details about the Ray Tracing effects of Forza Horizon 5. According to the team, and during gameplay sequences, the game won’t have any Ray Tracing effects.

Turn-based JRPG, Astria Ascending, releases on September 30th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/turn-based-jrpg-astria-ascending-releases-on-september-30th/
Artisan Studios unveiled that its upcoming turn-based JRPG, Astria Ascending, will release on September 30th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new character trailer that you can find below.

WRC 10 PC demo available until September 22nd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wrc-10-pc-demo-available-until-september-22nd/
NACON and KT Racing have announced their participation in Steam Next Fest. From June 16 to 22, a free demo version of WRC 10, the official game of the FIA World Rally Championship, will be playable exclusively on Steam.

Super Robot Wars 30 is officially coming to PC via Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-robot-wars-30-is-officially-coming-to-pc-via-steam/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. During Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct, Bandai Namco shared a new trailer for Super Robot Wars 30, confirming that this turn-based robot title will be coming to PC via Steam.

Part two of the news:

A Walk With Yiayia is a 'thoughtful, bite-sized adventure' about the importance of family
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-walk-with-yiayia-is-a-thoughtful-bite-sized-adventure-about-the-importance-of-family/
Revealed during the recent Wholesome Games Direct livestream, A Walk With Yiayia is a slow-paced "light adventure game/visual novel" in which you'll help your grandmother regain her confidence by taking her on a stroll around the neighborhood after she's had a scary fall.

11 years overdue, UFO2: Extraterrestrials is finally out on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/11-years-overdue-ufo2-extraterrestrials-is-finally-out-on-steam/
The year was 2010 when we wrote on Facebook that the sequel to the turn-based strategy game UFO: Extraterrestrials, which "came oh-so-close to reproducing the X-COM magic, falling short mostly due to what must've been a painfully small budget," was expected to be out by the end of the year. It missed that mark, badly, and was eventually bumped to early 2012. And then, nothing.
I think it's reasonable to say that once most games are overdue by a decade, there's a natural tendency to write them off, as Redditor Yonzy did. "I was looking forward to this game for months. The lack of updates made me think it was dead," they wrote in, uh, April 2012. In this case, though, it actually came to be: 11 years overdue, UFO2: Extraterrestrials is out today on Steam.

Townscaper's pleasant islands drift out of early access this August
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/townscapers-pleasant-islands-drift-out-of-early-access-this-august/
Delightfully toy-like island builder Townscaper is leaving early access this August, developer Oskar Stålberg revealed during GameSpot's Play For All E3 livestream this week.

PUBG's first full-sized map since Miramar is dropping next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/pubgs-first-full-sized-map-since-miramar-is-dropping-next-month/
Next month, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is getting its first full-sized map in almost three years with the addition of a new arena, Taego.
Announced as the first of two new maps last month, Taego (formerly Project Tiger) is the first 8x8km map to be added to PUBG since Miramar, the very first map to be added to the game post-release. Since then, PUBG has added a fair few arenas, but they've been smaller—forcing players into more compact 4x4 and 6x6 battlegrounds.

Dead By Daylight's Resident Evil crossover is here
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dead-by-daylights-resident-evil-crossover-is-here/
It's been two months since Resident Evil Village hit, and perhaps many of you are looking for a fresh fix of Capcom-flavoured horror. Thankfully, Dead By Daylight's tie-in Resident Evil Chapter kicked off this week, letting you skulk around as Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, or go off on a murderous rampage as Resi 3's Nemesis.

Yeah, the development of Stalker 2 has been anything but smooth.

Hopefully, you'll be able to get the hardware you want for your next build, not the crumbs left behind by miners. But well, we'll have to see if it launches in May or if it slips again.

[Rumour] AMD AM5 motherboards to arrive in Q2 2022, Raptor’s Lake Z790 series in Q3 2022

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-am5-motherboards-to-arrive-in-q2-2022-raptors-lake-z790-series-in-q3-2022


AMD launches Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Edition with 330W TBP and 18Gbps memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-radeon-rx-6900-xt-liquid-edition-with-330w-tbp-and-18gbps-memory




700,000 GPUs Shipped to Miners in the First Quarter of 2021

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/700000-gpus-shipped-to-miners-first-three-months-2021

25% estimated sold directly to miners. Expected more, but thats nuts. And sorta explains why AiB's continue price the way they do. Talk about making it rain.