Impressive results, specially the ones regarding efficiency.

It will be interesting to see if someone does some retests once the 13900K launches, specially at 1080p, to see if the card is CPU limited in some way.

thats one beefy boi

Good god man, that GPU takes up so much damn space, it looks like a radiator on it's own lol.

Def gonna be staying the fuck away from the 4000 series if they are all going to end up chonkers to fuck.

Oh my lord, it got thicker everywhere lmao

Thats what she said xD.

Monday news, part one:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Despite the controversy, Overwatch 2 hits 25 million players in ten days
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/despite-the-controversy-overwatch-2-hits-25-million-players-in-ten-days/
A lot of player backlash surfaced online when Activision and Blizzard launched Overwatch 2. However, and despite the controversy, Overwatch 2 is a huge success for both companies. According to its official Twitter account, the game hit 25 million players in just ten days.

GOG welcomes the new week with three Deals of the Day, two sales and a contest. Not bad, right?

• The first DotD is Being a DIK - Season 1, 21% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/being_a_dik
• The second one is Gloomhaven, with a 25% discount until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gloomhaven
• And the last DotD is The Forgotten City, 40% off until the 19th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_forgotten_city
• The Weekly Sale is an Indie Multipublisher Sale, with up to 80% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221017_multipublisher_sale
• The Strategy Week features up to 90% discounts on strategy games during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221017_strategies
• The contest is revolves Scorn, and the prizes include the game, a branded Xbox controller and game art. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/gogs_scorn_contest_win_branded_xbox_controller_game_art_and_game_itself

Steam only has one new deal: Tetris Effect: Connected, compatible with VR, will be 50% off until the 23rd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003590/Tetris_Effect_Connected/.

We find several deals at Humble:

• At Humble Bundle we find the Day of the Devs 2022 Bundle, featuring up to 16 items during the next 18 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/day-devs-2022
• The Humble Store has
  • Paradox puts its titles up to 75% off during 4 days. All the games ae for Steam except one that's also for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-sale/
  • The Paradox BYOB allows you to make an up to 5 games bundle. The discounts go from 50% up until 65% off if you get 5 games: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-dlc-byob/
  • And the Warhammer Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 4 more days. All the games are for Steam, except for the Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector - Necrons DLC, that's also available for GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-week-sale/

And Fanatical has a new Star Deal, a new bundle and a contest:

• The new Star Deal is Anno 1800 Complete Edition Year 4, with a 57% discount during 48 hours. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/anno-1800-complete-edition-year-4
• The BYO Elite VR Bundle 3 features 20 titles to choose for your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-elite-vr-3
• And from now until October 31, there's a new contest with the chance to win games, an ebook bundle or a monitor. More info here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-an-msi-optix-gaming-monitor-pc-games-and-more

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA has released a fix for the “GeForce 522.25 driver map glitches” in Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-has-released-a-fix-for-the-driver-522-25-map-glitches-in-cyberpunk-2077/
Last week, NVIDIA released a new driver, NVIDIA GeForce 522.25 WHQL driver, for its graphics cards. However, it appears that this driver introduces some map glitches in Cyberpunk 2077. Thankfully, though, the green team released a hotfix to address it.
You can download this hotfix from here. The NVIDIA GeForce 522.25 WHQL driver introduced some DX12 performance improvements, so this hotfix is a must-have for those that want to replay this game.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout: Miami, DLC-sized fan expansion for Fallout 4, gets a new trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/fallout-miami-dlc-sized-fan-expansion-for-fallout-4-gets-a-new-trailer/
The team behind Fallout: Miami, an upcoming DLC-sized fan expansion for Fallout 4, has released a new trailer. This trailer features brand new WIP in-engine footage, showcasing some of its environments.

Half-Life: Reamped is a Doom 2016-inspired mod for Half-Life 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-reamped-is-a-doom-2016-inspired-mod-for-half-life-2/
Modder ‘Velocity Punch’ has released the debut trailer of a Doom 2016-inspired total conversion mod for Half-Life 2, Half-Life: Reamped. Half-Life: Reamped takes place after the events of the first Half-Life game, and features fast-paced gameplay similar to what we got in Doom 2016.

GAMING NEWS

New official Dead Space Remake video shows 9 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-official-dead-space-remake-video-shows-9-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Electronic Arts has released a new official video for Dead Space Remake, showcasing nine minutes of new gameplay footage. In this video, senior producer Philippe Ducharme gives us a more in-depth sneak peek at the reimagined USG Ishimura, showing off key improvements including updated visual fidelity, the interconnected ship, the intensity director, and more.

Leaked Gotham Knights video shows the first 30 minutes from PS5
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/leaked-gotham-knights-video-shows-the-first-30-minutes-from-ps5/
A new video for Gotham Knights has just been leaked on the Internet, showcasing the game’s first 30 minutes from the PS5 version.
>> The video has been removed, but I'm sure you'll be able to find it somewhere else.

Monday news, part two:

Blizzard isn't planning any immediate hero buffs or nerfs for Overwatch 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-isnt-planning-any-immediate-hero-buffs-or-nerfs-for-overwatch-2/
So Overwatch 2 is out and, sort of, running. The game has been plagued by a variety of launch issues from server queues to broken hero abilities, but for the most part players are now getting stuck into matches and experimenting with the new meta. And although there may be some that think one or two heroes are broken (overpowered) or broken (terrible) Blizzard hasn't got any plans to rework or rebalance any heroes just yet.

If you've been ranked too low in Overwatch 2, it might not be your fault
https://www.pcgamer.com/if-youve-been-ranked-too-low-in-overwatch-2-it-might-not-be-your-fault/
Blizzard has released a big ol' blog post to look back on the first week of Overwatch 2, along with addressing some feedback and issues. First of all, despite the calls for buffs and nerfs, Blizzard says none of the heroes are seriously out pacing the others, as they all have a pretty similar win rate. And rather hilariously, if you've been placed in competitive in a lower rank than you think you deserve, it might not be your fault.

This new Vampire Survivors mode is going to be the end of me
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-new-vampire-survivors-mode-is-going-to-be-the-end-of-me/
I've become besotted with Vampire Survivors since I bought it to play on my Steam Deck, but I'm now convinced developer Poncle wants to kill me. It's leaving early access next week, on October 20, and the launch version will include the previously announced Endless mode and the just unveiled Inverse mode. It's the latter that will surely spell my death.

Mount & Blade 2 finally gets Steam Workshop support ahead of full release
https://www.pcgamer.com/mount-and-blade-2-finally-gets-steam-workshop-support-ahead-of-full-release/
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will finally leave early access on October 25, but before it does, developer TaleWorlds Entertainment has been rolling out a few patches and hotfixes to prep for the big day. The latest adds Steam Workshop support to the sometimes-buggy, always-brilliant medieval mercenary simulator.

Build and defend a base on an alien world in this surprisingly deep survival sim
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-sci-fi-base-building-survival-game-is-perfect-for-extreme-micromanagers/
Is it weird to say I absolutely loved the tutorial for early access colony survival game Stranded: Alien Dawn? As in, I enjoyed the tutorial so much I might actually play it again from start to finish before starting a proper game? No joke. It's that good.

Guild Wars 2's next NPC is a real 10-year-old child
https://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2s-next-npc-is-a-real-10-year-old-child/
The ArenaNet MMO Guild Wars 2 is getting a new NPC in November drawn from the ranks of real life: April Arellano, a Children's Miracle Network Champion child, who's being added to the game as part of the studio's Extra Life Game Day event.

CD Projekt's big roadmap doesn't indicate an impending acquisition, says analyst
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekts-big-roadmap-doesnt-indicate-an-impending-acquisition-says-analyst/
Cyberpunk 2077 was no flop, but it certainly disrupted CD Projekt's forward momentum, causing it to postpone Cyberpunk DLC in favor of fixes, and hurting its share price. But the past year of Cyberpunk launch atonement is not part of a long-term scaling back, we learned last week. If anything, CD Projekt's ambition has multiplied: The company says it's going to make a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, release three new Witcher RPGs over the course of just six years, make a new game set in a new world, and more.
(...)
It feels like anything is possible with all the game studio shopping big companies like Microsoft have been doing, but industry analyst Rhys Elliott, who works for gaming research firm Newzoo, doesn't think CD Projekt's bold roadmap justifies any immediate conclusions about its current or future ownership.

Mojang announces Minecraft 1.20, with first beta coming 'a few days from now'
https://www.pcgamer.com/mojang-announces-minecraft-120-with-first-beta-coming-a-few-days-from-now/
At the 2022 Minecraft Live event, Mojang revealed some key details about the upcoming 1.20 update for the long-lived survival game, as well as its planned release window in the spring of 2023. Mojang also announced that the update's first playable features and snapshots would be accessible "a few days from now," and revealed the winner of its 2022 mob vote: The noble and honorable Sniffer.

Minecraft Legends shows off its 4 player co-op in new gameplay video
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-legends-shows-off-its-4-player-co-op-in-new-gameplay-video/
Today's Minecraft Live saw a lot of neat detail emerge around Minecraft Legends, the real time, third-person strategic spinoff of Mojang's ever-popular blocky world. We learned that Minecraft Legends will launch in the Spring of 2023, and got two cinematic trailers and a long string of four-person gameplay as a team attacks a piglin base.

Gotham Knights will get a cooperative mode for four players after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/gotham-knights-will-get-a-cooperative-mode-for-four-players-after-launch/
Though it's just one of many, many October releases, Gotham Knights holds a special place in our attention because it's not just a successor to the Batman Arkham series, but because it's a cooperative successor that plays with two. So... it's actually pretty exciting to hear that it'll get a free update with a four-player co-op mode at the end of November.

Bayonetta voice actress urges players to boycott next game, citing insulting treatment by developer Platinum
https://www.pcgamer.com/bayonetta-voice-actress-urges-players-to-boycott-next-game-citing-insulting-treatment-by-developer-platinum/
Hellena Taylor, the original voice actress of Bayonetta, released a sequence of videos on Twitter explaining why she did not return to the role. Taylor claims that she was offered a flat sum of $4,000 to voice the character in the upcoming Bayonetta 3, and on refusing this offer, was replaced by Jennifer Hale of Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic fame. Taylor urged players to boycott the game, compared her situation to that of other underpaid workers, and urged Bayonetta fans to donate money they would have spent on the game to charity.
(...)
Hideki Kamiya, one of the creators of Bayonetta and a founding member of Platinum Games, responded with the message, "Sad and deplorable about the attitude of untruth. That's all I can tell now." Kamiya went on to caution readers to beware his rules⁠—a reference to his combative social media presence and propensity to block people who argue with him. Since the original publication of this story, Hideki Kamiya seems to have deleted his Twitter account.
>> CaptainExplosion made a thread about it during the weekend.

Monday news, part three and last:

This tropical island farming sim has a remarkable array of NPCs
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-tropical-island-farming-sim-has-a-remarkable-array-of-npcs/
There are plenty of farming and life sim games out there these days, but the one that's most recently caught my eye released this past week. Coral Island is pretty standard genre fare where you farm, explore, catch fish, improve a town, and customize your house.

Obsidian CEO says he wants to make another Fallout
https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidian-ceo-says-he-wants-to-make-another-fallout/
Talking to Dualshockers for the 25th anniversary of Fallout, Feargus Urquhart, CEO and co-founder of Obsidian Entertainment, said that "if we ever got the opportunity to make another Fallout game, we'd make it. There's not even a question of whether or not we would do it, it's just 'Will the opportunity arise?'"

Open-world RPG Gedonia has a sprawling scope for a $15 game
https://www.pcgamer.com/open-world-rpg-gedonia-has-a-sprawling-scope-for-a-dollar15-game/
If you're hankering for that feeling of the open-world RPG days of yore: Morrowind, or Daggerfall, or even the early days of World of Warcraft, then let me serve up Gedonia for you. It's one of those "make a character, then get exploring" sandbox RPGs that were once dime-a-dozen, but these days happen less often.
The difference here is that it's an indie, the product of solo developer Kazakov Oleg, and that Gedonia is a mere $15 on Steam—or $12 at 20% off until October 21st.

Punch thieving children in this free game about making Indonesian meatballs
https://www.pcgamer.com/punch-thieving-children-in-this-free-game-about-making-indonesian-meatballs/
Who among us can resist the lure of delicious meatballs, simmered in a spicy broth, complete with chilies, veggies, and noodles? Because that is the allure of Bakso, a delicious traditional meatball served with noodles in Indonesia.
And that is the allure of Bakso Simulator, an addition to the long line of piss-take simulators, and one you can play for free on Steam. Well, that and punching thieves trying to make off with your expensive cooking equipment or pick your pocket or whatever, some of whom happen to be children.

Konami announces a Silent Hill 'Transmission' with the 'latest updates' for the series
https://www.pcgamer.com/konami-announces-a-silent-hill-transmission-with-the-latest-updates-for-the-series/
Following months of rumors and leaks, it seems like we might actually find out for sure what's happening with the Silent Hill series this week. Konami announced something it's calling the Silent Hill Transmission will be happening on October 19 in a tweet that opens by quoting Silent Hill 2's tagline, "In your restless dreams, do you see that town?"

Try the demo for delightful sandbox mystery The Case of the Golden Idol
https://www.pcgamer.com/try-the-demo-for-delightful-sandbox-mystery-the-case-of-the-golden-idol/
Ready to solve 12 gruesome, strange murders in one go? Hope you are, because The Case of the Golden Idol is out now. Color Gray Games' debut, published by Playstack, is an open-ended detective game where you have to investigate, think, and explore freely in order to solve several deaths. We first got a look at it earlier this year, and its appeal has only widened since then.
Your job is to closely explore, then reconstruct, the scene of each killing in order to deduce cause of death, murder weapon, and motive... when there was one at all. You can try that out for free in a nice little demo on its Steam page, and then buy it.

Dark Souls 2 fans are petitioning for the return of long-forgotten promo weapons
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-2-fans-are-petitioning-for-the-return-of-long-forgotten-promo-weapons/
This is a fraught world, but we can fight to change it for the better. We can petition FromSoftware to bring back the limited-time promo weapon reskins added to Dark Souls 2 in 2014 to hype up The Lost Crowns DLCs⁠—a shocking omission from the Scholar of the First Sin definitive edition of the game. Wait, what did you have in mind?

Danganronpa's creator has no plans for a sequel right now, but never say never
https://www.pcgamer.com/danganronpas-creator-has-no-plans-for-a-sequel-right-now-but-never-say-never/
Kazutaka Kodaka, creator of the murderous high-school visual novel series Danganronpa, has said he's not averse to the concept of bringing it back for another game.
In an interview with Twinfinite, Kodaka spoke about his upcoming game Rain Code and his decision to opt for an entirely new story rather than make yet another Danganronpa game. "It's not like I don't want to make another Danganronpa game, but I have a lot of ideas and want to create something new," he said. "Someday I may go back, maybe."

AMD Lowers Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPU Production Plan Due To PC Market Decline, Ryzen 9 7900X Best Selling AM5 Chip

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7000-zen-4-cpu-lower-production-capacity-due-to-pc-decline-ryzen-9-7900x-best-seller/

While the current economic climate does affect the market, people are clearly buying CPUs and GPUs in droves, just not Zen 4. You can see the big difference between 4090 launch and Zen 4 launch despite the 4090 costing $1600+. No Microcenter deals, Out of stock in many parts of the world, big lineups, etc. Raptor Lake won't be any better either.

Intel XeSS 1.0.1 Published With Several Bug Fixes

https://wccftech.com/intel-xess-1-0-1-published-with-several-bug-fixes/

Cuckegg (and other retailers) back to doing shitty combos with GPUs

Thank Fuck

Hopefully we get some big gains in CPUs when Zen 5/Meteor Lake