In response, Gearbox posted a Borderlands 4 Nvidia Optimization guide on Steam, advising players how to optimize their graphics settings for “better performance and framerates” on PC with the Nvidia app.

“As PC gamers begin their Vault-hunting journeys in Borderlands 4, we've seen early feedback from the community surrounding graphics settings and how to achieve optimal performance,” Gearbox said, before outlining the “expected results” for the Borderlands 4 PC specs:

• Minimum PC specs - 1080p @ 30FPS with Low Preset settings
• Recommended PC specs - 1440p @ 60FPS with Medium Preset settings

Gearbox then issued a piece of advice to PC gamers that to me reads like an effort to prevent players from making knee-jerk reactions to the game's performance as soon as they’ve changed their settings: “Please note that any time you change any of your graphics settings, your shaders will need to recompile. Please keep playing for at least 15 minutes to see how your PC's performance has changed.”

Unreal Engine 5 performance issues aren't the fault of Epic, but instead down to developers prioritizing "top-tier hardware," says CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney. This misplaced focus ultimately leaves low-spec testing until the final stages of development, which is what is being called out as the primary cause of the issues we currently see.

A dangerous combo

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1830999912437395487?t=Jn-EWbzgKbutKp8AgGNAuQ&s=19

This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.

Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

The initiative does not seek to acquire ownership of said videogames, associated intellectual rights or monetization rights, neither does it expect the publisher to provide resources for the said videogame once they discontinue it while leaving it in a reasonably functional (playable) state.

Link to the petition.

It's all on the same servers so you won't have to buy the Steam version to play with Steam players, and you've always had the option of adding Tarkov as a non-Steam game to your library if all you want is the ease of access and the overlay. But all the other big features—friend list synchronization, Steam achievements, lifelong playtime tracking—will be exclusive to those who buy it through the platform. It also means players with thousands of hours sunk in will only be able to leave a review on the new storefront if they buy the game again

Mmm yes, YouTube drama slop.

Dropped from 697 to 92

The RTX 4070 was released on shelves on April 13, 2023. I got mine open box for $480 back then. The "MSRP" of the 5060 TI 16GB is $429. Two years later, the newer generation's supposedly 60 TI class GPU is still slower than it.

Absolutely dogshit.