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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of “Thriller”, V Company conducted a major update to the game on November 18 and gave it away for free, giving this classic game from the 1990s a new lease of life. Not only did the number of people online on Steam set a new record (peak number 31,068 people), according to the Steam page, the number of positive reviews for “Thrilling Spacetime” has surged, with more than 2,300 new positive reviews added on the 18th alone.

Valve founder Gabe Newell also expressed his views on the delayed release of the game in very straightforward terms in the 25th anniversary documentary of “Thriller” released on YouTube.

Newell said: “Late is just for a little while, Suck is forever. We can really try to force out something half-baked, but that’s not the company we want to be. , that’s not who we want to be, that’s not the relationship we want to have with our customers.”

The documentary focuses primarily on the making of “Thriller,” but there are other notable aspects as well. Newell also shared his thoughts on “authenticity” in games, which he clearly isn’t too interested in.

“I never thought about authenticity being fun, I played games for fun,” Newell said.

Valve, the development studio of “Thriller”, has created many popular works, but it has never seen a third generation. Although the legend that Gabe Newell cannot count to three has become a meme in the gaming industry, ultimately, the reason for not releasing the third generation rashly comes from Valve’s rigorous and demanding attitude towards games.

“Thriller” was launched in 1998. At first, it was too ambitious and could not find a publisher. However, in addition to being a commercial success, this game won more than 50 annual game awards. More importantly, it influenced the production of FPS. With the thinking of games, “Thrilling Time and Space” creates a fascinating game world and a deeper and thicker game text.

▲ The most important character in the series is theoretical physicist Dr. Gordon Freeman. Many players are fascinated by the HEV protective suit he wears and the “Holy Sword of Physics” he holds in his hand. — The crowbar is very impressive.

According to Steamdb data, the new FPS game “The Finals” has once again set a new peak number of online users in less than 24 hours. As of press time, the increase is rapid. The highest number of online users exceeded 260,000.

Although “The Finals” is currently only in the beta stage, its high popularity has made it rise to the fifth position on the Steam hot list.

Extremely high heat also puts great pressure on the load capacity of game servers.

In a recent statement, the official said that due to the enthusiasm of players, the game server load has reached the upper limit. In order to ensure the game experience and load capacity of players, the official will introduce a temporary login queue and strive to expand the capacity of the public test. .

“THE FINALS” is the world’s top competitive show that is free to attend. Participants will enter a virtual arena set against the backdrop of famous cities around the world, and compete with their teammates in each round of elimination rounds that will continue to heat up.

Developed by Embark Studio, a studio led by former EA DICE CEO Patrick Söderlund, the game features fast-paced combat and destructible scenes.

As the game becomes more popular, developer Embark Studios said: “Millions of people have signed up to participate in game testing, and the system is gradually issuing testing permissions.”

This public beta is expected to end on Sunday, November 5, and the data is expected to reach new highs.

Previously, many “CS2” player accounts were blocked due to the AMD Anti-Lag+ function. Although the ban has just been lifted, another “CS2” player has encountered another problem of mistaken blocking.

Some players have discovered and confirmed that if your mouse moves too fast, your account will also be determined to be in violation by Valve’s anti-cheat system VAC, and your account will be banned. Moreover, this anti-cheating BUG will be triggered stably.

A player named Water CS2 uploaded a video to Youtube, showing that when the mouse DPI is adjusted to above 10,000 and the camera is rotated wildly, VAC will ban the account.

Many players have also reported the same problem. Some banned players were banned just for “turning around” during the warm-up phase. Some players triggered the anti-cheating system in the first game, and some players were banned after playing for more than an hour.

The only good news is that the probability of this VAC BUG appearing is not high, because most CS players are low-DPI players, and no one will actually play “CS2” with a DPI of more than 10,000. And for those players who want to try their luck, it’s best not to take the risk unless you try it with a backup account.

Valve has yet to respond to these mis-blocking issues. But considering that AMD’s previous anti-delay and error-blocking unblocking speed was quite fast, you shouldn’t need to wait too long.

“Alan Wake 2” will be released on October 27. The game uses scenery ray tracing graphics technology and supports the full set of NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 AI technology.

Alan Wake 2 is a horror action-adventure game. It tells the story of Bright Falls, a wilderness town located on the northwest Pacific coast. A series of religious ritual murders put everyone in the town at risk. Saga Anderson, who came here to investigate the murder case, is a shrewd and capable FBI agent who is famous for being able to solve major unsolved cases. However, the case Anderson was responsible for investigating gradually turned into a nightmare, and she discovered that the plot of a horror novel began to play out in her own life.

Alan Wake, on the other hand, is a writer who is helpless and trapped in a nightmare outside the human world. In order to shape the reality around him and escape from the shackles, he writes eerie and dark storylines. Under the dark fear that he could not get rid of, Wake tried his best to maintain his sanity and resist the evil forces in this battle that belonged to him.

Anderson and Wake were originally heroes embarking on their own treacherous journeys in two completely different realities, but somehow they were connected. They can reflect each other’s feelings, respond to each other’s thoughts, and even… can influence the world around each other. Supernatural dark forces, fueled by horror stories, not only swept through the town of Bright Falls, swallowing up the good sense of local residents, but also threatened the lives of Anderson and Wake’s loved ones. Light is not only their weapon to fight against the darkness, but also their refuge. They are trapped in a dangerous and unusual horror story, with victims and monsters everywhere they look. Can they break through the siege and become the heroes everyone expects?

NVIDIA has now announced the test data of “Alan Killer 2” on RTX 40 series graphics cards:

NVIDIA said that at 4K resolution, enabling the highest settings and panoramic ray tracing,After ray reconstruction and super-resolution, the frame rate will be doubled. On GeForce RTX 4090, performance will be increased by 4.1 times, allowing users to play “Alan Wake 2” at a frame rate of over 120 FPS at 4K resolution.

As shown in the figure above, after turning on DLSS 3.5 frame generation, light reconstruction and super-resolution, the RTX 4090 can achieve the highest 4K image quality of 134fps, the RTX 4080 can achieve 4K 103.9fps, and the RTX 4070 Ti can achieve 4K 82.2fps.

At 1440p resolution, the GeForce RTX 40 series can increase the frame rate to an average of 3 times when turning on panoramic ray tracing and all other highest settings, achieving a gaming experience of over 80 FPS on GeForce RTX 4070 and above graphics cards. .

At 1080p resolution (the most game resolution chosen by players), performance can be improved to an average of 2.7 times, allowing players with faster graphics cards to play games at frame rates up to 190 FPS.

“Alan Killer 2” will be launched on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC platforms on October 27.