PC Gaming

Despite being Bethesda biggest launch, interest in Starfield has tailed off somewhat now.

Alex Battaglia tests the new beta version of Starfield on PC, showing off improvements to HDR and CPU performance plus …

Good luck to anyone wanting a decent version of MGS1, though.

NES, SNES, Game Boy and Genesis games are all good, but when will Trespasser get the redemption it deserves?

The ambitious Fallout 4 mod shows off its gangs and factions in a new video.

Games, software, hardware, and events that changed everything.

Shooting short of the stars.

NVIDIA GeForce 546.17 WHQL Driver Release Notes

Game Ready for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Starfield.

Fixed Gaming Bugs

    [Alan Wake 2] Addressing gradual stability and performance degradation over extended periods of gameplay [4334633]
    [Counter Strike 2] Improved NVIDIA Reflex functionality and performance [4361128]
    [Starfield/Cyberpunk 2077] Stutter observed on some Advanced Optimus notebooks [4341762]
    [Control] Game stability issues over extended periods of gameplay [4313811]

Fixed General Bugs

    [OBS] Tearing issue when recording high resolution video [4359771]
    [Notebook] GPU can become frozen in maximum performance state [4364631]
    Windows 10 transparency effects are not displaying correctly after driver update [4335862]
    Random Bugcheck may be observed on certain systems [4343844]
    [Wallpaper Engine] Wallpaper shows tearing when cloned in multi-monitor configuration [4364562]
    [Firefox Beta] Increased page file memory use when enabling RTX Video Super Resolution [4359080]

Envision Entertainment is sending out emails for the closed beta even if you didnt get a key. I guess they're letting you know its started but at the same time its letting people know they also didnt get a key if they didnt get another email. Bit strange to make people feel excluded I must admit.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2155180/Pioneers_of_Pagonia/

Coral Island is a vibrant and laid-back reimagining of farm sim games. Be who you want and experience enchanting island living at your own pace—live off the land, nurture animals, build relationships with a diverse cast of townsfolk, and make the world around you a more vital and harmonious place.

SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku have revealed the official PC system requirements for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Official PC Requirements

MINIMUM:

    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)
    Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB
    DirectX: Version 12
    Storage: 82 GB available space
    Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
    Additional Notes: 1080p Low @ 30 FPS w/ Balanced FSR 1.0, requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set

RECOMMENDED:

    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)
    Processor: Intel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 GHz
    Memory: 16 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700, 8 GB or Intel Arc A750, 8 GB
    DirectX: Version 12
    Storage: 82 GB available space
    Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
    Additional Notes: 1080p High @ 60 FPS w/o FSR, requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set

Intel Core i9-14900KS pops up on Israeli rig builder's website.

Traffic delays.

In this video we explore the Irithyll of the Boreal Valley map from Dark Souls III, brought into Unreal Engine 5. I'm learning Unreal Engine at the moment and figured a good way to familiarize myself with the ins and outs of this game engine would be to start porting Dark Souls III to Unreal Engine 5.

GTAV has no motion vectors in the engine, so I patched hundreds of shaders to inject motion vectors, and it works.
DLAA is far superior to the built-in MSAA and TXAA, it provides the most stable image yet even when driving at high speed, there's absolutely no any jaggies nor flickering.
And since the game can easily run into CPU bottleneck, DLSS FG can double the FPS in most cases.
The mod will also work with FiveM.

This mod remakes/remasters the Nuevo Paraiso portion of the map from the first RDR game and brings it to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Leo Torres has released a mind-blowing new video, showcasing The Elder Scrolls V: Skrim's Winterhold in Unreal Engine 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpekak8QQpM

Here are new mods for GTA 4 that add an 8K map, improve the Euphoria ragdolls, and increase both the game's draw distance and population.

Starfield's latest beta patch brings from some truly game-breaking ghosting/stuttering issues with its HUD elements when traveling in space.

Fntastic has released the final PC system requirements for its post-apocalyptic open-world MMO game, The Day Before.

The Day Before Final PC Requirements

MINIMUM:

        OS: 64-bit Windows 10
        Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD equivalent
        Memory: 16 GB RAM
        Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD equivalent
        DirectX: Version 12
        Network: Broadband Internet connection
        Storage: 55 GB available space
        Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred), HDD (Supported), Low Quality Settings

RECOMMENDED:

        OS: 64-bit Windows 10
        Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD equivalent
        Memory: 16 GB RAM
        Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD equivalent
        DirectX: Version 12
        Network: Broadband Internet connection
        Storage: 55 GB available space
        Additional Notes: SSD, High Quality Settings

We're taking a look at some of the currently announced TRX50 & WRX90 motherboards as we await arrival of AMD's Threadripper 7000 CPUs, like the 7980X, 7970X, 7960X, and the Threadripper Pro line. The motherboards are largely workstation-focused (although we did see some LN2 mode switches and other enthusiast features), and that means a heavy emphasis on I/O. Given Threadripper's I/O capabilities, that makes sense.

This project is still in development, a release date for a Demo or Full Game is not yet expected in the coming months, be patient and support us to move forward. Thank you so much.

Cities Skylines Title Update 1.0.13 Release Notes

Balanced garbage production and accumulation calculations
Fixed garbage truck accidentally adding garbage load when calculating garbage amount estimate for the path
Fixed garbage resource “Trade value” showing negative value in statistics
Balanced Incinerator Plant electricity output
Fixed various character clothing issues
Balanced stray pets in the city
Increased pathfind penalty for unsafe u-turns on highway
Fixed incorrect traffic lane-changing behavior when one or more lanes are merged to one from the left side
Balanced Water Consumption of multiple City Service buildings
Fixed wrong zoning grid offset when opposite side of pedestrian street, alley or gravel road has retaining wall. (This can cause some zoning issues that cannot be automatically fixed if this type of location is already zoned in a save)
Fixed cars signaling wrong side when leaving roundabout with left-hand traffic (Takes effect on existing saves only after touching roads near the roundabout with road tool)
Also fixed parking fee policy available for subway stations even though they don’t have parking spaces
Fixed an issue with randomization of radio ads per brand influence in a city
Fixed faulty unicode and non-alphanumerical characters support to Microsoft cloud saves
Fixes various occurrences of randomly bright windows on vehicles
Matched Transportation infoview stop legend colors to stop icon colors
Performance optimization to polygon area triangulation and validation
Fix for potential error: Inspector failed to parse HTTP data on connection

Larian's going to run out of inventory space before the year's out.

And the new system is called Splat.