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Any gamer who played Battlegrounds in its first form will know how horribly unoptimized the game was, bringing even NVIDIA's flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to its knees at high resolutions.

Fortnite launched with impressive performance across mainstream PC components lkike the super-popular GeForce GTX 1060, consoles and even on the iPhone. PUBG has gotten better especially as it got closer and closer to the 1.0 update in December, but the developer has said that it has "fallen short", even in a post 1.0 world of PUBG.

PUBG Corp. would normally wait for a bunch of optimizations and new things for the big update itself, instead of rolling them out across smaller patches. This is going to change, with the developer noting that they will "announce each of these improvements in subsequent patch notes".

NIS Amnerica, publisher for killer7 has announced that the title will be coming to Steam in fall 2018.

killer7 was designed by SUDA51 (Goichi Suda) and very well known directors Hiroyuki Kobayashi and Shinji Mikami. The title was originally debuted to the Nintendo Gamecube in 2005 and brought players into the immersive dark world of a assassination ring.

According to the games description on its official Steam page players will "dive into a dark world of underground assassins in a tale of revenge as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities into the real-world, known as the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan, to stop his plan of world dominance, and end his organization of deadly suicide bombers known as "Heaven Smile."

At the start of the year we saw the Goku from the Dragon Ball series debut as a mod to GTA V, now 'JulioNIB' the very same modder is bringing Marvel's Thanos to GTA V with the full power of the infinity gauntlet.

The above video showcases some of Thanos' powers, starting the video with the space gem being used to teleport around the city with ease. In the other videos we get separate demonstrations of each of the available powers, Thanos can call down meteors to rain destruction on his enemies as well as shoot a ray of damage using the power gem.

This mod is currently a working progress as the full power of the infinity gauntlet is not 100% displayed in the given videos, no doubt the full power will be available for use when the mod is finished. At the moment there is no estimated time of completion for the mod but if you are interested in keeping up to date with its progress follow 'JulioNIB' on his Patreon.

After the recent release of State of Decay 2 on PC and Xbox One, the title has racked in over one million players in just the first two days of release.

The game is currently available to those who have the Xbox Games Pass, which means that this number doesn't necessarily account for the number of game sales. Microsoft and Undead Labs have also released more statistics from the time frame of May 18 to May 22nd, combining the hours of all the players, State of Decay 2 has been played for a collective of 6 million hours.

According to Undead Labs and Microsoft, 675 million zombies have been slain, 6 million firecrackers and fireworks have been thrown, 6 million bags of snacks have been eaten and on average players have survived for three in-game days.

Matthew Mellon was already wealthy before the super-powered rise of Bitcoin and all of the other cryptocurrencies, but did you know that he invested $2 million of his fortune into XRP? Mellon has just died unexpectedly, leaving all of his BTC, XRP, and other cryptocurrencies stranded with no way to access them without their respective wallet passwords.

Mellon spent $2 million buying XRP because he liked that the Ripple team was working within the banking system, where at the time he said: "Crypto is scary and dark. It's anti-America. I am pro-America, pro-business and pro-bank. That's why I went with Ripple".

At the peak of XRP, Mellon's bag of Ripple was worth $1 billion and his family cannot find the password to access the funds. Mellon, up until his death, was spending $7 million a month before he was found dead in his Mexico hotel room on April 16. Mellon made a name for himself in fashion, and then made his first billion with XRP, but struggled with drug addiction throughout his life.

AMD really raised the bar with multi-core processors with the successful launches of Ryzen and Threadripper, and while Intel sales are barely affected by it, it shouldn't stop AMD from continuing to push out new generations of these CPUs with many more cores.

The latest rumor is from WCCFTech so please take it with a grain of salt, that AMD will making the AM4 socket detect CPUs with greater than 8 cores, ushering in support for possibly 12- and 16-core CPUs. WCCFTech adds "according to private conversations we've had with incredibly knowledgeable people in the industry the actual core count figure might be closer to 12 cores" and not the 16C/32T that we're hearing with the latest rumors.

Ryzen 7 3700/X or Ryzen 7 3800/X with 12C/24T at over 4GHz would be quite the chip, quite the chip indeed. Having that type of power at the top of the Ryzen 7 mainstream lineup opens the flood gates to Threadripper ramping up to 20C/40T, 24C/48T, and even 32C/64T which will meet EPYC. EPYC can be opened up further with next-gen nodes and Zen architectures, where we will see beyond 32C/64T which will be very impressive, time will tell though.

Battlefield 1942 was one of my favorite games at the time, completely changing LAN games for me and millions of PC gamers at the time, seemingly forever.

With the tease of Battlefield V last week, the DICE team shared some of their close thoughts on the Battlefield V franchise, as well as some truly amazing concept art from the game. Lars Gustavsson, the Creative Director of DICE, posted on the Battlefield website with a new article 'Battlefield V - WW2 As You Have Never Seen It Before'.

Gustavsson himself talks about BF1942, where he says: "World War 2. Some say that it was mankind's greatest conflict. For me and the original team -- who back in 1999 shared a dream to expand the shooter genre by adding tanks, planes, and naval units into one large battlefield -- WW2 was always our first choice. The result was Battlefield 1942, and it kicked off a journey I've been a part of ever since".

We all know Battlefield V will feature real-world money microtransactions, a premium currency that will be used exclusively to buy cosmetic items in-game.

EA has confirmed that Battlefield V will feature a "grind currency" that can only be earned through playing the game. This is a nice touch to the game, as it means players that don't have heaps of money to pump into the game can still benefit, but so too can those who want the premium currency.

There are gamers who see the benefits of this, and those who aren't particularly happy about the idea. For me, I'm kind of on the fence. I get what EA is trying to do, especially after all their issues surrounding microtransactions, but at the same time it's not the best way of doing things.

If you have been apart of YouTube since the early days you have most likely heard the name "TotalBiscuit" thrown around once or twice, unfortunately the immensely popular YouTuber has died age 33.

John Bain or better known as TotalBiscuit, had an open relationship with his fans about his current health condition. Bain publicly announced to his audience that he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer back in October 2015 and since then has kept them constantly updated with his on-going progress and struggle. Bain attracted more than 2.2 million subscribers throughout his journey and has now left his channel to his wife Genna.

Here is a couple of quotes from Bain address his channel for after he passes "When I leave this world I want to leave something my family can use to help them earn." He also mentioned 'The Co-optional Podcast' and said that "I fully expect The Co-optional Podcast to go on and I love the thought that once I'm gone, the channels will go on in my absence, hosted by the person who knows me best and has been with me for the better part of my adult life."

God of War is Sony's fastest selling PS4 exclusive and has been deemed the best selling game of April 2018, now the title has reached a massive 5 million copies sold in just the first month of release.

Sony's CEO, John (Tsuyoshi) Kodera announced that God of Wars sales margin exceeded that of 5 million copies sold just within the first month of release, this news was announced during Sony's Investor Relations day 2018.

God of War has also taken first place in the fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive for the company, selling 3.1 million copies just within the first three days of release. During April, PlayStation 4's were selling like hotcakes as Sony's console was the best-selling console for the month. God of War was a massive contributer to this, as the title was also the best-selling game for April.

Telltale Games has announced that The Wolf Among Us sequel will unfortunately be delayed until 2019, even though the title was expected to be launched later this year.

Telltale Games has posted on their website that this delay is due to "fundamental changes" that have occurred at Telltale after the announcement of the sequel back in last years summer.

The developer has said that this extra time they are giving themselves to work on the title is so they can provide players with an experience that features Telltales "best work." Here is what they had to say "Ultimately our goal is to deliver an experience deserving of the passion you've consistently shown for The Wolf Among Us, and these extra months will give us the time we need to do our best work. We're extremely enthusiastic about how the game is progressing so far, and we can't wait to dig even deeper."

The original Resident Evil games were some of the best in the franchise, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a Resident Evil 2 remake could happen, but powered by the RE7 engine is a huge deal.

Capcom has been teasing us for a while now, but according to Rely on Horror, the RE2 Remake is now running on a modified version of the RE Engine, the same one that powered Resident Evil 7. The purported Resident Evil 2 remake would run at 1080p 30FPS on the original PS4, but is using magic to hit native 4K 60FPS on the PS4 Pro, which I kind of don't believe.

The RE2 remake will reportedly use dynamic scaling to hit up to 4K when it needs to, so it can stick to a fluid 60FPS. The remake would see the camera shift to over-the-shoulder in Resident Evil 2, with Capcom reportedly adding new scenes and scenarios into the RE2 remake that will make it more detailed, and longer.

Battle royale sensation Fortnite continues making huge monthly revenues.

According to SuperData's new games revenue report, Epic made a whopping $296 million in April via digital in-game purchases on all platforms. The free-to-play game's debut on mobile likely helped boost earnings due to its accessibility, and the game is set to arrive on Android this summer, which may cause another spike. Overall the shooter's earnings jumped a mighty 33% month-over-month.

Total digital video games spending grew to $9.09 billion in April, up 23% year-over-year, driven by console and mobile gaming. Console spending jumped a huge 44% thanks to Fortnite's continual success as well as Sony's latest God of War game, proving that engagement-driven live service games can co-exist with marquee singleplayer-only titles.

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has received a new free DLC titled Rum Runner's Pack. Obsidian Entertainment and Versus Evil, the developers and publisher behind the title have announced the debut of the free content update with many more in the pipeline.

According to the press release from Obsidian Entertainment and Versus Evil there is more than just one DLC in the works for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. The next free DLC titled Beard and Hair Pack will be featuring a new ability that allows players to change their characters appearance at any given moment.

For the DLC that was just released, The Rum Runner's DLC pack adds Mirke, a new female partner and also six new alcohol-themed items have been added to the merchant in Deadfire. If you are interested in downloading the new DLC visit the official Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Rum Runner's Pack Steam page here.

Stunlock Studios has released yet another batch of Battlerite Royale screenshots, this time they have revealed more gameplay as well as the new modes user interface (UI).

Stunlock Studios' Battlerite currently has over 4 million players and those players will be receiving a new battle royale mode that is planned for release July 2018. The first batch of screenshots that was released at the start of this month showcased some brief gameplay snippets, the second batch that has now been released reveals the games UI as well as shows some more gameplay.

Just like every other battle royale title, players will begin the game with nothing at all and in this case Battlerite Royale players will begin with no items or abilities. Players will be required to traverse the map and find their abilities, equipment and consumables. The fastest way to do this would be to kill other players, steal their loot/abilities from their dead bodies and power-up yourself so much that you are the last one standing on the battlefield. If you missed out on Battlerite Royale's map concept art that was released by Stunlock Studios definitely check it out.

Phoenix Labs has announced that their monster hunting title Dauntless will be debuting its open beta today. The developer has also released open beta trailer for everyone to enjoy.

Phoenix Labs is an independent developer that harbors former developers from massive studios such as Riot Games, BioWare and Capcom. Players that choose to participate in the open beta for Dauntless will be put into the role of the Slayer. The slayers sole role in the game is to defend humanity against the invading monsters known as the Behemoth's.

Jess Houston, CEO and Co-founder of Phoenix Labs has commented on the titles open-beta debut, here is what he had to say: "Open Beta is an exciting next step for us, but it is just the beginning for what we have planned for Dauntless. For the past four years we've been dedicated to creating the next, great online game for players to share together, and Open Beta is the next huge step in fulfilling our promise. We will be continually adding content and updates to Dauntless and incorporating feedback from our passionate community. We are committed to providing more and more reasons for players to come back to Dauntless for years to come."

FromSoftware, the developers behind the critically acclaimed franchise Dark Souls, have released Dark Souls Remastered a whole day early for Steam users.

For those that are not aware, Dark Souls Remastered does feature some slight changes even though it is mostly a graphical/performance improvement. Players will be glad to know that multiplayer now supports up to six participants as well as the title now runs at a smooth 60FPS instead of the measly 30FPS that it was originally running at.

Graphical wise, Dark Souls Remastered features improved lighting and texture work and for those that have already purchased the original and now de-listed Prepare to Die Edition on Steam, will receive a 50% discount on Dark Souls Remastered. Dark Souls Remastered launched a day early for Steam users, console fans will have to wait a whole day longer to get their hands-on the famously difficult title. Dark Souls Remastered is $39.99 USD on the Steam Store.

Amazon have their evil tentacles in as many places as you can imagine, including a huge $10 billion deal with The Pentagon, so the news of a 1984-style facial recognition technology system shouldn't surprise you, at all.

The new surveillance system is reportedly called "Rekognition", with Amazon having a huge library of "tens of millions of faces" that will see it track up to 100 individuals in a given image, and then analyze their identity. Don't worry about your privacy as this is all for security and your personal safety.

Don't think that Amazon's super-secret Rekognition system is just a pipe dream, it is already deployed in some US cities. Washington County Sheriff's Office is already using Rekognition to reduce the time suspect identification takes, down from multiple days to a few minutes.

Gamers all around the world were excited for the future of mobile gaming on their smartphones and tablets with Valve's touted Steam Link app, but Apple being the courageous company they are have rejected the app on iOS over "business conflicts".

Valve has since released a statement where the Half-Life developer said that Apple approved Steam Link for release on May 7, but in the end rejected the app because there were conflicts that the iPhone maker didn't see in their first review of Steam Link.

Valve said: "On Monday, May 7th, Apple approved the Steam Link app for release. On Weds, May 9th, Valve released news of the app. The following morning, Apple revoked its approval citing business conflicts with app guidelines that had allegedly not been realized by the original review team".

NVIDIA has just released a new set of Game Ready drivers, with the GeForce 397.93 WHQL drivers delivering optimizations for State of Decay 2 and The Crew 2 beta, and more.

The Crew 2 beta test will happen between May 31 and June 4, while the full game is released on June 29, so we get some time with our GeForce graphics cards before the full release in official driver support form. NVIDIA has also added or updated SLI profiles for both DRG Initiative and Star Wars: Battlefront II.

There are a bunch of fixes, which you can read in the full patch notes here. You can grab the new GeForce Game Ready 397.93 WHQL drivers here.