So Hotwheels is out and they are asking for £40 for the base game and nearly £30 for the DLC and that's without the lootboxes...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271700/HOT_WHEELS_UNLEASHED/

"Very positive reviews"

Humanity is dead to me

According to Nikkei, Capcom COO says the company wants to set PC as main outlet for its game software.

From Nikkei: Capcom COO says the company wants to set PC as main outlet for its game software. By 2022 or 2023, Capcom hopes sales of games on consoles : PCs to be 50:50.https://t.co/IsSAu0m3Ml

— Takashi Mochizuki (@6d6f636869) September 30, 2021

Capcom game client incoming.

Honestly its all a bunch of tosh. Just reading those patch note feels like its written by an average Resetera poster. Sad how one of my favourite gaming companies goes to trash. Its like Konami, where they just pissed away all their good will and legacy.

The Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store's new free game is Europa Universalis IV: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/europa-universalis-iv
And next week, the free game will be "PC Building Simulator"

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Endless Franchise Sale features up to 75% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/endless-franchise-sale/
• And the Square-Enix Publisher Sale will bring up to 85% discounts during the next 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/square-enix-japan-sale/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask gets a must-have HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-gets-a-must-have-hd-texture-pack/
YouTube’s Nerrel has released a must-have HD Texture Pack for the Nintendo 64 classic Zelda game, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. PC gamers can download it and use it (provided they have a legitimate copy of the game) via a Nintendo 64 emulator.
Now the good news here is that there is an auto-installer. By using this, it will be much easier to mod and replace the vanilla textures. There is also a manual way via which you can install this HD Texture Pack. However, we don’t recommend that one.
Nerrel has also released a detailed video about how you can setup different emulators and patch the game. Thus, we highly recommend watching it. You can also find links about these Nintendo 64 emulators in its description.

GAMING NEWS

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy gets a PC Tech Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-gets-a-pc-tech-trailer/
Square Enix has released a PC tech trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. The game will support Ray Tracing reflections, as well as NVIDIA’s DLSS tech. Moreover, it will support diffuse illumination, HDR and wide color gamut.

First gameplay trailer released for Gungrave G.OR.E
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-gungrave-gore/
Prime Matter and Studio IGGYMOB have released a new trailer for Gungrave G.O.R.E. According to the teams, this trailer features the latest, blood spraying gore-tastic gameplay as the dual pistol wielding, coffin carrying, undead manifestation of retribution unleashes his vengeful fury on his hapless foes (with a few surprises to boot).

PC demo and new trailer released for sci-fi shooter ANVIL: Vault Breakers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demo-and-new-trailer-released-for-sci-fi-shooter-anvil-vault-breakers/
Action Square has announced the release of a PC demo for its upcoming sci-fi shooter, ANVIL: Vault Breakers. In addition, the team has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Official combat trailer released for Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-combat-trailer-released-for-sherlock-holmes-chapter-one/
Frogwares has released a new trailer for Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, showcasing its combat and how it’s been built into the game to suit the character of Sherlock.

Aeon Must Die! releases on October 14th, gets new extended gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/aeon-must-die-releases-on-october-14th-gets-new-extended-gameplay-trailer/
Focus Home Interactive has announced that Aeon Must Die! will release on October 14th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher shared an extended gameplay trailer that you can find below.

STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN releases on March 18th, gets new TGS2021 gameplay video
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-releases-on-march-18th-gets-new-tgs2021-gameplay-video/
Square Enix has announced that STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN will release on March 18th, 2022. According to the publisher, the game will launch on PC exclusively via the Epic Games Store.

Konami issues an official statement about eFootball 2022’s awful state
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/konami-issues-an-official-statement-about-efootball-2022s-awful-state/
Yesterday, Konami released eFootball 2022 on PC and consoles and the game immediately received Overwhelmingly Negative reviews on Steam. And today, Konami issued an official statement about the game’s launch issues.

Friday news, part two:

Genshin Impact developer responds to fan frustrations following review bombing
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/genshin-impact-developer-responds-to-fan-frustrations-following-review-bombing/
Genshin Impact developer miHoYo says it's "been paying close attention" to the recent backlash surrounding the game's anniversary event, with "more celebrations" planned.

Game Awards 2021 date announced, to be held in person in LA
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/game-awards-2021-date/
The Game Awards 2021, Geoff Keighley's annual videogames award show, will premiere this year on December 9. The event will be held in-person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and will be livestreamed across more than 40 different platforms.

New World has the silliest lore about why it doesn't have mounts
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-has-the-silliest-lore-about-why-it-doesnt-have-mounts/
Amazon Game Studios' New World has managed to launch successfully, though not without a few issues, but a perennial theme with New World even before release has been the absence of mounts.

New WoW Classic servers offer a fresh start with faster leveling, harder raids
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/wow-classic-season-of-mastery/
A major part of the appeal of World of Warcraft Classic was the ability to re-experience the launch of a landmark MMO as if it were a brand new game. But now that WoW Classic has moved onto the Burning Crusade expansion, that experience has largely faded as the community has matured and focused more on endgame content. For players still hungry for that "fresh start" feeling, Blizzard is about to roll out an entirely new set of WoW Classic servers that'll require making a brand new character. Even more interesting, though, is that these new servers will also feature faster leveling speeds and harder raid bosses that release more frequently.

You won't need a high-end PC to run Back 4 Blood
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/you-wont-need-a-high-end-pc-to-run-back-4-blood/
Left 4 Dead is back—Back 4 Blood, that is, the upcoming co-op zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios that is basically Left 4 Dead 3 in all but name. It's not the most original game concept ever, but if you've been hankering for a fresh round of that kind of zombie-slaughtering adventure, it could be exactly what you're looking for.

Starfield has twice as much dialog as Skyrim
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/starfield-has-twice-as-much-dialog-as-skyrim/
Bethesda's sci-fi RPG Starfield promises to be a big, sprawling sci-fi romp—"like Skyrim in space," creative director Todd Howard said earlier this year. But it definitely won't be all action. Howard told an audience at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today (via Nibellion on Twitter) that the game will contain more than 150,000 lines of dialog.

Rosario Dawson joins the cast of Dying Light 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dying-light-2-celebrity/
Actress Rosario Dawson is joining the cast of Dying Light 2. Dawson will play Lawan, a woman with a big kill list full of people who've wronged her. Check out the trailer above for a first look at Dawson's role in the game.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters looks like a grimdark XCOM in first gameplay footage
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warhammer-40000-chaos-gate-daemonhunters-looks-like-a-grimdark-xcom-in-first-gameplay-footage/
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is an extremely Warhammer-ass videogame title, and the majestically overwrought cinematic that rolled out in August absolutely matched that energy. Somehow, though, the gameplay reveal trailer that dropped today manages to surpass it all with a bombastic call to arms exhorting the Grey Knights to strike down the vile corruption of Chaos.

DICE says it will show no mercy to Battlefield 2042 cheaters
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dice-says-it-will-show-no-mercy-to-battlefield-2042-cheaters/
We're still a few months away from Battlefield 2042's release, but DICE is wasting no time discussing how the game will handle player toxicity and cheating. In a blog post published today, the developer laid out its player behavior policies, anti-cheat measures, and explained what tools players will have to combat toxicity when they see it.

Surprise Gungrave reboot looks bonkers, Ghostwire: Tokyo's Ikumi Nakamura joins the project
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gungrave-gore/
Almost 20 years after the series first launched, the new Gungrave game announced earlier this year has been properly revealed at Tokyo Game Show. The new trailer, which combines a previously released CG cinematic with new gameplay footage, shows off a modern take on Gungrave's third-person shooting. Watch the video above for a look.

Steam's 2021 Digital Tabletop Fest is all about RPGs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steams-2021-digital-tabletop-fest-is-all-about-rpgs/
The Steam Next Fest returns tomorrow, October 1, for another week of dev chats and demos for literally hundreds of games. But it's not the only big Steam event on the monthly calendar. Valve announced today that the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is coming back too, with a focus on RPGs.
The 2021 edition of the Digital Tabletop Fest will kick off with a sale beginning at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on October 21.

Bloober Team is teasing a new Layers of Fear
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bloober-team-is-teasing-a-new-layers-of-fear/
Horror developer Bloober Team is teasing a return to Layers of Fear, with a new trailer harkening back to the original 2016 game's tortured painter.
The new trailer, a short vignette rendered in Unreal Engine 5, briefly shows us an artist struggling to put brush to paper. As a creative, I can empathise with how scary a blank canvas can be, but it seems like there are more supernatural shenanigans afoot here. Between ghostly voices ushering you to go back and "finish what you started", it sounds like this will be a more direct sequel to the first Layers of Fear, which followed a once-famous artist struggling to complete their magnum opus.

Let's end the news checking the deals we'll find this weekend at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale is full of Metroidvania games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210927_weekly_sale
• Annapurna Interactive will offer its games with up to 75% discounts during another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210927_annapurna_sale
• The Microids Adventure Week features up to 90% discounts until October 4th: https://www.gog.com/partner/microids_adventure
• GOG's 13th anniversary brings up to 90% discounts during the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/gog_13th_birthday
• And there are selected collections recommended by some of the GOG Team member. You can check all 10 of them here: https://www.gog.com/news/discover_anniversary_collections_with_games_selected_by_our_team

+Steam

• The Tokyo Game Show Online events brings up to 70% discounts until Sunday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TGS2021
• Second Extinction is free to try during the next 2 days and 40% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024380/Second_Extinction/
• The Melbourne International Games Week Event also brings up to 60% discounts until October 4th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/migw2021
• The DJ Max Weekend Deal brings up to 65% discounts until Monday 4th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/NEOWIZ/sale/djmaxweekenddeal1
• Warner Bros puts its games up to 85% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/wbpublishersale2021
• The Playstation Publisher Event brings up to 50% discounts until October 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/playstationpublisherevent
• Blaston is free to try during the next 3 days and 30% off until October6: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1427890/Blaston/
• The Elder Scrolls Online will be 60% off until the 12th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Enough news! (except Yuri's, of course). Until next time, I hope you all have a happy and gaming weekend.

I hope not. After all, Sega relies on PC a lot more than Capcom and they haven't build their own store.

Intel Core i9-12900K samples are already available on the Chinese black market for 700 USD

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-12900k-samples-are-already-available-on-the-chinese-black-market-for-700-usd

Maybe we will get some early benchmarks!

Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i7/i5 Alder Lake series packaging has been leaked

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-12900k-and-core-i7-i5-alder-lake-series-packaging-has-been-leaked

I must say, that is a nice looking packaging. Both Rocket Lake i9 and Zen 3 had pretty terrible packaging but this looks quite good.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5000 “Chagall” now rumored to launch next year

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-threadripper-5000-chagall-now-rumored-to-launch-next-year

Not that Intel has anything care worthy in this segment anytime soon.

China is shutting down Aluminium, Textile and many more industries

https://tfiglobalnews.com/2021/09/27/china-is-shutting-down-aluminum-textile-and-many-more-industries/

"Why is China failing to produce electricity? China is the biggest coal consumer in the world. The Communist nation still consumes over 56 per cent coal as a part of its total energy consumption. The fossil fuel is the most vital part of China’s energy security.

Such a high concentration of thermal power in China means that any decline in coal supply hurts its ability to generate sufficient electricity. Presently, China is facing a serious shortfall of Australian coal. Last year, Beijing imposed an unofficial ban on Australian coal that immediately led to Southern provinces in the Communist country going dark.

Also, Chinese thermal power plants are accustomed to working on Australian coal and it is not possible for such power plants to replace all their equipment and start operating on non-Australian coal."

Oh boy, here comes more shortages!

If Capcom really wants PC gaming to be that prominent in their business, then they need to treat PC gaming better.

- No more stuttering nonsense like with RE Village that took 4 months to fix and they only really did it because of the backlash from gamers and Digital Foundry and their rant video.
- Devil May Cry 5 on PC still hasn't gotten the next gen upgrade with Ray Tracing and such.
- Monster Hunter needs to be simulations release instead of being delayed on PC

Capcom has gotten much better over the years when it comes to their PC releases but they still got ways to go

I can understand that coal from different places have different dross or unwanted minerals that can affect its combustion, but enough to shut down a plant? Unlikely.

What is more likely is that China hasn't found another source that sells them as much coal as Australia did, and that lack of coal is what makes China shut plants down.