4090 Strix almost as tall as a PS5 lmao:

The fact that jay's face is cropped out is the chefs kiss lmao.

Ars Technica compared the 4090 FE to an Xbox Series S and found out that the 4090 id both thicker and longer than the console while being equally broad.

Edit: The article in question: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/ars-is-full-steam-ahead-on-an-nvidia-rtx-4090-gpu-review-so-were-unboxing-it/

Pure embarrassment

I really hope RDNA 3 gets it right with their RT cores. This should never happen lmao.

Look at Valve NGAF about openly advertising a Nintendo Switch emulator in their video they released yesterday BDE!

Why compete with Nintendo when you can use them?

Here come the Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Humble Store has a SEGA Megamix Sale, with up to 90% discounts during... I don't know. For some games it will last one extra hours and for others it will be 6 days. In any case, all the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/sega-megamix-sale/.

Fanatical has three deals and a mystery new Star Deal:

• The Star Deal is ... unknown. They'll refresh it in 1 hour Far Cry 6 Gold Edition, 65% off during 46 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/far-cry-6-gold-edition
• The Far Cry games will be up to 81% off during an undetermined period: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/far-cry
• SEGA's Megamix Sale features up to 90% discounts during 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/sega
• Focus Entertainment puts its games up to 91% off during 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/focus-entertainment

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Grand Theft Auto IV iCEnhancer 4.0 releases soon, new screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/grand-theft-auto-iv-icenhancer-4-0-releases-soon-new-screenshots/
Hayssam Keilany has announced that the next version of his iCEnhancer mod for Grand Theft Auto IV, iCEnhancer 4 & RevIVe Mod, will release soon. In order to celebrate this, the modder has also shared some new screenshots that you can find below.

Fallout 4 Obscurum IV – Statesec Mod released, DLC-sized mod with a new world, enemies, weapons, story & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-obscurum-iv-statesec-mod-released-dlc-sized-mod-with-a-new-world-enemies-weapons-story-more/
Modder ‘Thumblesteen’ has released a new DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4, called Obscurum IV – Statesec. Obscurum IV – Statesec is a total conversion mod, featuring a new story, new world, new weapons and new enemies.
Players will fight the bad guys, raid their bases and then recover tactical and strategic resources such as intel, officer’s berets (to collect bounties), hazmat materials, and even nuclear weapon cores. They will then bring these items to their base and use a special terminal to trade them in for resources that can be exchanged for useful things such as shipments, guns, uniforms.
It’s also worth noting that the modder has made some changes to the difficulty and combat mechanics for a more fast-paced and “realistic” experience. Thumblesteen has also added a lot more Minutemen content such as new divisions, uniforms, and loadouts.

Half-Life twin-stick shooter fan game gets blessing from Valve and a Steam release
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-twin-stick-shooter-fan-game-gets-blessing-from-valve-and-a-steam-release/
Over on ModDB, a creator by the name of PinkyDev has revealed that Codename: Loop, their project to create a top-down, twin-stick shooter spinoff of Half-Life, has gotten the go-ahead from Valve to be listed on Steam in the near future.
Probably the most impressive thing about Loop is its compatibility with the original Half-Life's BSP file format. This allows Loop to utilize GoldSrc engine assets, preserving the look and feel of Half-Life on the Unity Engine. Loop is also set to support an over-the-shoulder perspective, and even come full circle back to a first-person view for any mapmakers who want to create FPS levels within this new framework.
>> There's a 3 minutes video of the mod/game, and it looks quite good (for what it is).

GAMING NEWS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Campaign & PC Trailers
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-single-player-campaign-pc-trailers/
Activision has released the single-player campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In addition, the game’s PC trailer got leaked, and you can find a low-quality version of it below.

System Shock Remake is most likely delayed until March 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/system-shock-remake-is-most-likely-delayed-until-march-2023/
It appears that System Shock Remake will be most likely delayed to March 2023. This comes straight from its official Steam store page which now lists this new release date.

Gotham Knights gets an official gameplay launch trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/gotham-knights-gets-an-official-gameplay-launch-trailer/
Warner Bros has released the official gameplay launch trailer for Gotham Knights. Gotham Knights will release on October 21st and surprisingly enough, the publisher has not revealed yet the game’s PC system requirements.
>> They call it gameplay, but that could be debatable.

No Man’s Sky Waypoint Update 4.0 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/no-mans-sky-waypoint-update-4-0-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Hello Games has released the Waypoint Update 4.0 for No Man’s Sky, and revealed its full patch notes. Moreover, the team shared a video that highlights its key features.

Friday news, part two:

Brazil approves Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase, says it won't defend 'particular interests of specific competitors'
https://www.pcgamer.com/brazil-approves-microsofts-activision-blizzard-purchase-says-it-wont-defend-particular-interests-of-specific-competitors/
Brazil has become the second country after Saudi Arabia to wave through Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In a decision released yesterday, the country's Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) approved the merger "without restriction," clearing the way for the deal to proceed in Brazil.

Disco Elysium creators 'fired on false premises' claims Studio ZA/UM founding member
https://www.pcgamer.com/disco-elysium-creators-fired-on-false-premises-claims-studio-zaum-founding-member/
Last week came the news that several key figures behind Disco Elysium, arguably the best game you can play on PC, had left developer Studio ZA/UM. The news came via a blog post from Martin Luiga, a founding member of the studio, who said that Robert Kurvitz, Helen Hindpere, and Aleksandr Rostov had all left: Kurvitz and Hindpere being the driving forces of Disco Elysium's lauded script, with Rostov's impressionistic art style a defining feature.
Now Luiga's said a little more. "It happened late last year," he told Gamepressure in an interview. "They were fired on false premises and the entire ordeal has been very traumatizing for both them and people close to them."
>> Sad. One game and the studio is already falling apart.

Dead Space remake will be 'native' on Steam, no Origin client required
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-space-remake-will-be-native-on-steam-no-origin-client-required/
When EA started putting games on Steam again in 2019, I immediately forgot my Origin password as an act of rejoicement. That may have been premature, because the era of many PC gaming clients was not coming to an end: EA did stop cloistering its PC games on the Origin store, but the Steam versions still launched the Origin client when you started them.
That hasn't been true for every new EA-published game on Steam, though. I was surprised to find that F1 2021 doesn't require Origin, for instance. Another exception will be the Steam version of the Dead Space remake, which releases in January.

The Minecraft mob vote isn't even open yet and it feels like there's a winner
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-minecraft-mob-vote-isnt-even-open-yet-and-it-feels-like-theres-a-winner/
Debates over which new mob should be added to Minecraft have started earlier than usual this year, and will probably get just as bitter and bloody as ever. But after just a few hours this one is already starting to feel like a landslide because players (and I) have already fixated on the obvious winner.

Blizzard says it's making progress with Overwatch 2's server woes
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-says-its-making-progress-with-overwatch-2s-server-woes/
Blizzard is "working to improve stability" for Overwatch 2's servers, reducing queue times and disconnects for everyone trying to play the newly launched sequel.
Update: Blizzard will be taking the Overwatch 2 servers down at 3 pm PDT for one hour "to address some bugs related to account merge, login, and the First Time User Experience." And it will take them down again at 6 pm PDT for three hours to update its servers to reduce queue times.

Well, this is not what I expected a game called 'Priest Simulator' to look like
https://www.pcgamer.com/well-this-is-not-what-i-expected-a-game-called-priest-simulator-to-look-like/
I'm not sure what I really expected from a game called Priest Simulator. Maybe you'd listen to someone's confession and choose from a drop down list of penances to assign to the sinner? Or you'd officiate a wedding via a minigame where you have to pick the right verses and get the bride and groom's names right? Maybe rotating a thumbstick to swing that… that brass thing, whatever it is, on a chain, the thing that… like, smoke or steam or incense comes out of it?
Sorry, I was not raised with religion, haven't pursued it as an adult, and the last time I was inside a church it was with Father Grigori in Half-Life 2. But even as uninformed as I am, when I imagine a simulation game you play as a priest, it's not anything like what I see in the trailer for Priest Simulator. It begins with a scary voice loudly declaring "Hell is my playground!" before the priest, in first-person, begins wildly punching the air and sending fireballs into some sort of giant spider perched atop the ruins of a city.

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first Deal of the Day is The Wheel of Time, 30% off during 55 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time
• The other DotD is Project Zomboid, still in development, with a 40% discount until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/project_zomboid
• And the Movie Games Publisher Sale features up t 90% discounts during 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20221007_special_promo_movie_games

+Steam

• MORDHAU will be free to try and 50% off until October 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/629760/MORDHAU/
• Curve Digital puts Human: Fall Flat and lots of bundles on sale with up to 85% discounts until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/curvedigital/sale/humanfallflat
• Medieval Dynasty will be 30% off until October 13: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129580/Medieval_Dynasty/
• Publisher Stardock puts its games up to 70% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/stardock/sale/stardock
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom gets a 85% discount until Thursday 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/
• The SEGA Megamix Sale features up to 90% discounts until the 13th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/segamegamixsale
• The Fallout 25th Anniversary Sale puts Fallout_76_The_Pitt/Fallout 76: The Pitt free to try during 4 days and also up to 75% discounts until October 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/fallout25thanniversary
• And Barotrauma, still in Early Access, will be 75% off until October, 20th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/

And done. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

That's awesome the Dead Space remake won't require Origin! Idk why EA doesn't do that for every game they have on Steam. Apex Legends doesn't even need Origin. That requirement is what's stopping me from getting the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition still holding out hope that they'll eventually drop that requirement.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB 3DMark Benchmark Leaks Out, Up To 62% Faster Than RTX 3080

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-16-gb-3dmark-benchmark-leak-62-perecent-faster-than-rtx-3080/

As good of a gen on gen uplift that may be... The pricing still makes this terrible.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 spotted reaching 3.0 GHz and 616 Watts with GPU stress tool

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-spotted-reaching-3-0-ghz-and-616-watts-with-gpu-stress-tool

Now there's one key thing to remember. In a typical gaming workload, 3Ghz is pretty easy to achieve while running around 400-450 watts average with a 4090. But similar to CPUs, once you turn on a stress test that snaps all cores into high gear, that is no longer possible without ramping up the wattage.

AMD Hit With Weak PC Demand As Desktop, Notebook Sales Tank By 40%

https://wccftech.com/amd-hit-with-weak-pc-demand-as-desktop-notebook-sales-tank-by-40/

This isn't exclusive to AMD as Nvidia and Intel are all largely down in sales.

Apple reportedly agrees to TSMC chip price increase after saying it wouldn’t

https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/04/apple-agrees-tsmc-chip-price-increase/

You know things are fucked when Apple can't negotiate with TSMC

Probably the last week I'll show this but looks like Zen 4 sales are so low this week that they are now competing with Rocket Lake. Remember, Rocket Lake came out in 2021! While this just one retailer from Germany, it certainly doesn't look good for Zen 4. It does look like a lot of people are in the same mindset as I was thinking when it comes to buying these next gen products vs getting 5800X3D or a cheap Z690 + Alder Lake S. I think a lot of tech companies are in for a wake up call, especially Nvidia and AMD.

TSMC Might Face Revenue Shock As AMD’s PC Shipments Fall Says Analyst

https://wccftech.com/tsmc-might-face-revenue-shock-as-amds-pc-shipments-fall-says-analyst/

Certainly if there's one company that needs to get slapped, it's TSMC

Chaos;Head Noah Launching on PC via Steam today

https://noisypixel.net/chaos-head-noah-launching-on-pc-via-steam-tomorrow/

While this does have lewd scenes, the overall story is supposed to be top tier. It was quite insane that Valve did not allow this game while Sex with Hitler was perfectly fine on Steam. It's good that they reversed this decision after the fan outcry but not every lewd game with a good story can get this treatment. I do hope Steam works on their guidance but I get the feeling we will continue to run into this issue.

Valve did have this to say:

“Valve’s content review team, the group that made the original decision, has re-examined CHAOS;HEAD NOAH and decided to reverse course and allow the game to ship on Steam, as is. We’ve also examined the process that led to the previous decision about CHAOS;HEAD NOAH, and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.”