Yeah lol, me being dumb. And website giving wrong time. Thanks! Time to get in!

Good luck lol!

I am gonna try for the 512GB model

And you, good luck! Think 256 for me.. or just splash out a bit more for double the SSD (and faster) and antiglare.. hmmm 5 mins to decide xD

Ok, now that the site seems to work, let's go with the Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Offworld Trading Company and Obduction are free on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/offworld-trading-company-and-obduction-are-free-on-epic-games-store/
Epic Games has announced that Offworld Trading Company and Obduction are currently available for free on Epic Games Store. From today and until July 22nd, PC gamers can visit their EGS pages and acquire their free copies.
>> And next week, the free games will be "Defense Grid: The Awakening" and "Verdun".

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is the Far Cry 5 + Far Cry New Dawn Deluxe Edition Bundle, 85% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/far-cry-5-far-cry-new-dawn-deluxe-edition-bundle
• The new All Stars 14 Bundle comes with 7 games at a 98% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/all-stars-bundle-14
• Also, Fanatical is doing a user survey, and there are 100 $5 vouchers to win. If you're interested, head over here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/fanatical-user-survey-have-your-say-chance-win-spending-spree

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.7.1 improves performance in F1 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-21-7-1-improves-performance-in-f1-2021/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.7.1 driver adds support for Radeon RX 6600M and 6700M, and increases performance in F1 2021.
Going into slightly more details, this new driver increases performance by up to 6% in F1 2021 at 4K/Ultra High/Ray Tracing. Additionally, the driver improves performance by up to 26% at 1080p/Ultra/No-RT.
>> Available from here.

AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution world just got a whole lot bigger
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amd-fsr-resident-evil-village-unity-unreal-engine/
AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution is seriously expanding as of today. As well as being added into Resident Evil Village at some point next week, the source code for team Radeon's spatial upscaling technology has just been made available to everyone via the GPUOpen platform.
Maybe more importantly for broader future implementation of the upscaling tech, it has today been released, via a beta branch, for the Unity game engine, and as a patch for registered Unreal Engine developers, too. With effectively native support for FSR now baked into two of the biggest third-party game development engines around, there is almost no reason for any game built from them not to incorporate the performance bumping feature.
>> It's not just RE VIII, but also "Arcadegeddon", "Necromunda: Hired Gun" and "Edge Of Eternity".

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Chapter 2 for the Half-Life Blue Shift Remake in Black Mesa is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/chapter-2-for-the-half-life-blue-shift-remake-in-black-mesa-is-now-available-for-download/
In March 2021, we informed you about a Half-Life Blue Shift remake in the Black Mesa engine, Black Mesa: Blue Shift. And today, we are happy to report that HECU Collective has released its second chapter.
In Black Mesa: Blue Shift, players will relive the Black Mesa Incident as Gordon Freeman’s best friend, Barney Calhoun. This fan remake currently has the first two chapters of Blue Shift. These chapters are Living Quarters Outbound and Insecurity.
Additionally, HECU Collective added keyboard/mouse/xbox controller icons in the binding options in the new UI. The team also redid some dialogues in the first chapter, fixed some bugs and extended it’s ending for a few minutes.
>> You can find it at ModDB.

GAMING NEWS

Electronic Arts will not show any new Star Wars game at EA Play 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-will-not-show-any-new-star-wars-game-at-ea-play-2021/
Electronic Arts has just announced that it will be not showing any new Star Wars game at its upcoming gaming event, EA Play 2021. However, the company hinted that we’ll get more Star Wars news next year.

NieR Automata’s 14.3GB Steam Patch removes Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nier-automatas-14-3gb-steam-patch-removes-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
As promised, Square Enix has just released the first patch for the PC version of NieR Automata. And, alongside all the changes, improvements and tweaks, this patch also removes the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

Warhammer 40K: Darktide has been delayed until Spring 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40k-darktide-has-been-delayed-until-spring-2022/
Fatshark has announced that its 4-player co-op Warhammer game, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, has been delayed until Spring 2022. Fatshark plans to use the extra time to both focus on the level of quality at release, as well as invest in more systems to support Darktide for years to come.

Bless Unleashed releases on August 6th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bless-unleashed-releases-on-august-6th/
NEOWIZ and Round8 Studio have announced that their upcoming open-world online game, Blesh Unleashed, will release on August 6th. In addition, the teams released a new trailer that you can find below.

And the preorder website down kek

Friday news, part two:

Capcom promises patch for Resident Evil Village stuttering issue seemingly caused by DRM
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/capcom-admits-resident-evil-villages-drm-makes-it-stutter-promises-patch/
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Without directly saying that DRM is the cause (it's notable that this stuttering does not appear in the console versions, according to Digital Foundry), Capcom has acknowledged that there's a problem, and said a fix is on the way. It told us yesterday the company was "currently looking into the reported PC performance issues" before sending over a new statement this morning: "The team is working on a patch to address PC performance issues which will be available soon. We'll share more details as they’re available."

GTA Online's next big update brings the va-va-vroom to Los Santos
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gta-onlines-next-big-update-brings-the-va-va-vroom-to-los-santos/
Rockstar has released a new trailer and the details of GTA Online's next major update, Los Santos Tuners, which will arrive for all players on July 20. The main addition is a "gigantic" new social space called the LS Car Meet, where players can show-off their cars to one another, mod vehicles alongside each other, pick up missions from shady contacts, and of course get involved in a tonne of racing.

God of War actor Christopher Judge will voice Black Panther in Marvel's Avengers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/god-of-war-actor-christopher-judge-will-voice-black-panther-in-marvels-avengers/
Christopher Judge, best known to gamers for his portrayal of Kratos in God of War (although he'll always be First Prime of Apophis to me), is joining the Marvel's Avengers cast as the voice of Black Panther. The new character will be added as part of the War for Wakanda DLC that's set to arrive in August.
>> Indeed.

Hackers begin leaking stolen data after Vice refuses to help them blackmail EA
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hackers-begin-leaking-stolen-data-after-vice-refuses-to-help-them-blackmail-ea/
In June, hackers breached Electronic Arts data servers and reportedly made off with the full source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite Engine that's used in EA shooters including the upcoming Battlefield 2042. Shortly thereafter, according to a new Vice report, they attempted to extort the publisher, an effort that met with failure—so now, they're beginning to release the source code publicly.

Call of Duty: Warzone adds then immediately removes useful loadout feature
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-warzone-adds-then-immediately-removes-useful-loadout-feature/
Raven Software has pulled Call of Duty: Warzone's new handy loadout feature thanks to a few pesky bugs.
The pre-game lobby loadout option was added earlier this week, letting you sort out your custom weapon loadouts before jumping into a match. It meant when loadout crates dropped during a match, you'd automatically be fitted with the custom loadout you sorted in the pre-game lobby, saving yourself some precious time from faffing with it mid-game (thanks, Eurogamer).

Quakecon 2021 is virtual but still wants you to 'bring your own PC'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/quakecon-2021-is-virtual-but-still-wants-you-to-bring-your-own-pc/
QuakeCon was first held in 1996 and is thus one of the most venerable gaming celebrations around. These days it's obviously bankrolled by Zenimax and thus the slight counter-culture vibe it had in the '90s is long-gone: but hey, it's still got games. The pandemic forced QuakeCon 2020 to move online and, taking no chances, QuakeCon 2021 has now been announced as a digital-only event, to be held over August 19-21.

And here are the deals at GOG and Steam this weekend:

+GOG

• The first one is the Weekly Sale, full of Activision games up to 67%: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210712_activision_sale
• The French Touch Sale, featuring up to 90% discounts, will last another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210712_french_sale
• The Midweek Sale and its up to 90% discounts will last another 22 20 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210714_midweek_sale
• The Weekend Sale comes with games full of aliens up to 87% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210716_weekend_sale
• Guild of Darksteel releases with a 25% discount until the 22nd of July: https://www.gog.com/game/guild_of_darksteel
• Paper Beast - Folded Edition, from creator Eric Chahi, arrives with a 40% discount until July 23: https://www.gog.com/game/paper_beast_folded_edition

+Steam

• The new daily deal is Buddy Simulator 1984, that has a demo, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269950/Buddy_Simulator_1984/
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection is 50% off during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/
• The PAX Sale brings up to 80% discounts until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/paxonline
• There's a new War Child Sale, with up to 85% discounts until July 211: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/warchildsportingchampions
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Nothing else to add. Have a happy and gaming weekend.

It's Steam. Their store crashes every damn sale. What did you expect would happen?!

YES! IT WENT THROUGH!

Congratulations.