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In games, downsampling is the practice of rendering an image at a higher resolution than the display could normally show, then rescaling that image so it will actually fit the screen’s native resolution. This will tax your GPU harder, in the same way that rendering a native 4K image would take more horsepower than 1080p, but in exchange can make games look noticeably sharper. For years, DSR has been making it easy to enable downsampling at the driver level, and now DLDSR looks to take the next step: using the Tensor cores on RTX cards to provide the same fidelity enhancements, without losing as many frames per second....

In terms of specs, you’re looking at 12GB of GDDR6X memory, a boost clock speed of 2.61GHz, 7680 CUDA cores, as well as DLSS 3 support. Its power usage also sits at 285W, but Nvidia recommend you pair it with a 700W PSU. Of course, if you’ve been following the drama over Nvidia’s cancelled 12GB RTX 4080 graphics card, those specs will all look intimately familiar - and that’s because they are....

Junker Queen’s kit in Overwatch 2 Junker Queen is a Tank with a stocky 425 health points, and her kit is designed around close combat with enemies. While she is capable of mid-ranged attacks with her shotgun or throwing knife, she really shines when getting up close and personal, whether it be with an axe, a knife, or just that same trusty shotgun. Her initial base damage is pretty standard for a tank class character, but her ability to wound enemies and drain their health further over time is where she really stands out amongst her cohort....

The first video showing the bug seemed to emerge from YouTube channel “Jeff Why” over the weekend. In it, he shows the gorilla Winston doing some dances that he most definitely should not have been doing, as well as little tutorial on how to replicate it. Naturally, I had to give it a go. Most of the dance emotes I tried don’t seem too out of place. Zenyatta’s actually seemed like it could’ve been a real emote for Echo....

Did I say fun? I meant terrifying. Bastion is scary enough to go up against when he’s sitting in a corner somewhere on the ground, let alone when he’s mowing you down from above. Attack helicopter Bastion is a Workshop mod made by Reddit user “Rarithlynx”, which, as you’ve probably guessed by now, turns Bastion into a flying murder-bot. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Naturally, I had to have a go of this myself....

That IS nice. Well then, I’m glad it’s becoming available to the ungogged like myself. Paper Beast debuted on PlayStation VR debut in March, then spread to PC VR in July. The cracking Christian Donlan reviewed it on PSVR for Eurogamer, explaining how you need to understand the behaviour of the beasts, their ecosystems, and how they all interact with the world to get them to solve puzzles. “It’s transformative - a game for your inner Attenborough,” Donlan said....

Here’s a trailer, which shows a taste of the game’s second act and its combat. I’m no Path Of Exile expert, so the first thing that leaps out to me here is how much prettier is than the first game. Path Of Exile has had regular updates but remains an eight year-old game, at this point. It’s nice to watch swarms of things die against high resolution textures. The full twenty-minute walkthrough (embedded below) explains more about the structure of the game’s second act (of a planned seven), and shows its new spear and crossbow weapon classes....

On this page: What are BOND Points? Ways to get BOND Points How to gain BOND Points in Persona 5 Strikers BOND Points are essential for your progress in Persona 5 Strikers. You’ll need as many of them as possible to ensure your progression through the game is nice and smooth. There are different ones you should be looking to get upgraded quickly, so check out our page on the best BOND Skills for more info on that....

On this page: How to accept and complete the Trapped in a Frozen Hell request Where to find the forgotten desire How to accept and complete the Trapped in a Frozen Hell request When Mona sends you the request, make sure you go into the requests menu and accept it. According to the description, it’s in an area with ‘nice, clean air’, and somewhere with ‘a lot of trees around’....

Get the Intel Core i7 12700K for $340 with code SSBR2323 ($45 off) That’s a really good price for the level of performance you’re getting. This is a CPU I’ve had the pleasure of testing for RPS sister site Eurogamer, and over there I reckoned that the 12700K achieved 96% of the performance of the 12900K while costing 69% of the price - nice. (RPS hasn’t yet benchmarked the 12700K - although the 12400F, 12600K and 12900K are all covered....

We play as the puppet Pinocchio, a roboboy who awakes in the city of Krat where something has apparently gone mighty wrong. Off we go, trying to find out what happened, stabbing robots, crafting weapons including just straight-up Bloodborne’s Whirligig Saw, and playing with Sekiro-esque roboarms including a grappling hook and flamethrower. Also, because he’s Pinocchio, it has quests where you can lie, and a press release says: “The more you lie, the more human you become, with all the advantages and disadvantages that it entails....

We actually manage to talk quite sensibly about a lot of things! Nate is excited for Dwarfheim, Weird West and Baldur’s Gate III, Matthew mentions Persona 4 Golden and the Mafia remaster, and I talk about Among Trees, No Place For Bravery and, obviously, get a Bloodlines 2 mention in. This does not mean that the podcast is without tangents. For some reason this week Nate decided to be Gimli, son of Gloin, which meant we derailed before we left the station and started with a discussion about the Lord Of The Rings films and the prosthetics used on The Hobbit....

We’ve got some games about forts, some games about thinking too much, and a call to break out your craft supplies. Jam on. Froggy Family Fort from Marlowe Dobbe It is hard to quarantine when you are a frog stuck at home with your family – but you have got to make the most of it. Froggy Family Fort is about what it says right there on the tin. You are one of a family of froggies, and you have been tasked with setting up a blanket fort for movie night....

If you haven’t kept up, extraction shooters are a type of particularly deadly looter shooter, in which you’re tasked with defeating (computer or human) enemies, grabbing some resource, and then escaping the area before you’re wiped out yourself. Escape From Tarkov is one; the DMZ mode in Warzone 2 is another. Krafton’s take on the genre is codenamed Project BlackBudget and is Krafton “challenging ourselves to popularize the extraction shooter genre based on our PUBG production & service experience,” according to page 9 of the earnings report....

“Like you, we’re disappointed to not return to Dallas this year,” says the statement shared on Twitter. “An event of this size requires months of planning, and in this case, we had to make decisions when there was still too much uncertainty to commit to successfully executing an in-person QuakeCon.” As in the past two years, the online event will feature a mixture of streams, charity events, giveaways and a “virtual BYOC”....

It’s not long since we last saw Röki, making a brief cameo during The Escapist’s Indie Showcase this week. Today’s stream pinned down Röki’s final release date with another glimpse at Polygon Treehouse’s stunning wilderness adventure. We’ve seen Röki wandering the wilds a few times since its “lullaby” teaser last year, providing occasional companionship during my treks through Screenshot Saturday Sundays. Röki is a “dark contemporary fairy tale” concerning Tove (“too-vey”), a hat-wearing young lass who’s ventured into a world of frozen forests, contemporary monsters and magic in search of a way to save her family....

Ubisoft have reimagined the old Hereford map to create a mobster hideout for a brand new game mode, The Stolen Goods. In it, players will need to defend their fortunes against attackers who know exactly where to look to nab that loot. That’s not the only twist to this new mode. Operators won’t be going into these fights with their normal loadouts, instead they’ll have nowt but a trusty shotgun to get the job done....

Here’s the new launch trailer for Re:Verse: The early access begins on October 24th at 3am BST (7pm PDT Oct 23rd) and ends at 7am BST on October 26th (11pm PDT Oct 5th). You’ll need to own Resident Evil Village and have a Capcom ID, but otherwise it’s available from Steam and doesn’t cost any extra monies. Re:Verse is a multiplayer mode in which up to 6 players, each controlling an existing Resident Evil protagonist, battle one another with guns, drones, and powerups that turn them into Resident Evil monsters....

The ghastly collab was announced to celebrate Dead by Daylight’s fifth anniversary. The asymmetric multiplayer game, where teams of survivors try and outlast a singular enemy during a round, is packed with classic horror icons, and the Nemesis fits right in alongside Leatherface and Pyramid Head. A new stalking ground, based on the Raccoon City Police Department from the recent Resident 2 remake, rounds off the new add-on. You can see that below if you skip to “50:49 Resident Evil Chapter Reveal”....

Resident Evil Village: Can you go back to the Castle? The first portion of Resident Evil Village takes place at Castle Dimitrescu, where you’ll be winding through glistening corridors as the big lady attempts to shank you from behind. Despite the looming threat of death, it’s a beautiful place filled with secrets, puzzles, and valuables. As you get deeper into the game, you may want to return to ensure you picked everything up, or to see if anything’s changed....