Leftover Humble Bundle Keys giveaway (kbin.social)
I have a ton of unclaimed games collecting dust in my Humble Bundle account, either games I already own or have no interest in. So instead, I'm giving them all away here....
Baldur's Gate 3 Megathread (kbin.social)
Rather than have multiple threads and review links I Figured Id start a megathread to pin to the top for the release of Baldur's Gate 3...
Describe a game without revealing its name! (kbin.social)
Let the people try to guess!...
The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages (www.pcgamer.com)
The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.
Creator of Cracked Paid Starfield DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod Will Place "Hidden Mines" in Future Mods (wccftech.com)
The creator of the paid Starfield DLSS 3 Frame Generation mod, PureDark, has said that he will be placing "hidden mines" in his future mods....
Madison on why she quit Linus Tech Tips. (Content Warning: Sexism, Self Harm , Sexual Assault & Harassment) (threadreaderapp.com)
For Reasons relating to LTT on its coverage of PCGaming and PC Hardware I thought it important to share this here....
AMD Says GPU Efficiency Doesn't Matter To Most PC Gamers, Will Do Better On Ray Tracing In Future Generations (wccftech.com)
AMD's Radeon boss has talked about the RDNA 3 GPU power efficiency, 12VHPWR on Radeon RX 7000 GPUs & ray tracing capabilities....
Cities Skylines II Releases To Mostly Negative Reviews About Performance (kbin.social)
I Downloaded it myself and have about 5-10fps in the main menu on a RTX3090 64GB , 3950X. Most of the reviews say the same. Colossal Order are suggesting you should play on very low detail. I was a massive fan of the original having played Sim City since 1993 but I cant even get into this. It shouldnt have been released so early...
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart peaks at less than 9k concurrent players on Steam, third worst PC launch for PlayStation game (gameworldobserver.com) Greek
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation game ported to PC. While it got attention thanks to the use of DirectStorage 1.2, its launch numbers are quite unimpressive compared to SIE’s other first-party titles on Steam.
Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Forspoken (www.dsogaming.com)
Skyrim's latest patch has pissed off players for two reasons: It broke old mods and added new paid ones (www.pcgamer.com)
Safe to say this isn't the most popular update.
What are folks playing this weekend? (Sept 15th, 2023) (kbin.social)
What's on your playlist this weekend? Starfield? Still BG3? Something new?
Blizzard notes Overwatch 2's review bombs but insists players say it's "in the best state it's ever been" (www.eurogamer.net)
Blizzard has opened up about the impact Overwatch 2 "review bombers" have had on the team, acknowledging that the "dissatisfaction" stems from "the cancellation of the much larger component of PvE that was announced in 2019 [...] that Blizzard ultimately couldn't deliver"....
A remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is in development at Virtuos Games - Xfire (www.xfire.com)
An unexpected leak from a verified and reliable source suggests Virtuos Games is reviving Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for modern consoles.
What are folks playing this weekend? (Sept 22nd) (kbin.social)
Happy Friday! What are folks going to be playing this weekend?
What are folks playing this weekend? (Sept 9th, 2023) (kbin.social)
Who is playing what this weekend? How're folks feeling about Starfield?
Baldur's Gate 3 Topped 5.2 Million Units Sold on Steam, Says Belgian Embassy (wccftech.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 has already sold over 5.2 million units on Steam alone, not counting GOG, according to the Belgian Embassy.
Critics are mostly positive on Starfield, but not unanimous: From 10/10s to 'cold, lifeless, and uninspired' (www.pcgamer.com)
Starfield is here, and after dozens of hours floating in space our reviewer Chris Livingston liked it—but didn't love it. "Starfield is Bethesda's biggest RPG ever, and it shares even more DNA with Skyrim and Fallout 4 than I expected—but it ultimately falls far short of the greatness of both of those games," he wrote in his...
Lenovo Reportedly Working on Its Own Steam Deck Rival (au.pcmag.com)
I can't believe 35% of Baldur's Gate 3 players already took the evil route (www.pcgamer.com)
Is it just me, or is that a lot of evil players?
Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 (www.polygon.com)
Players will still need a Battle.net account, however
Game prices are too low, says Capcom exec (www.eurogamer.net)
Capcom's president and chief operating officer has said he thinks game prices should go up.Haruhiro Tsujimoto made the …
Starfield FOV and Optimization Mods Are Already Out on Nexus (wccftech.com)
As most PC gamers will have noticed right away when launching the game, there is no Starfield FOV (Field of View) slider in the game's settings. This is unfortunate since the default setting appears to be 75, which is lower than preferable, especially for those who experience motion sickness when playing in first-person view....
Valve said Counter-Strike 2 would be out this summer, now says it 'launches soon' (www.pcgamer.com)
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What are you playing this weekend? Sept 1st 2023 (kbin.social)
A lot of cool releases and updates this week. What are folks playing? Starfield? Trine 5? Sea of Stars? Armoured Core 6? No Man's Sky