Whenever new hardware releases, especially the latest PC graphics card, I tend to fight myself over it–adding it to my cart, removing it from my cart, adding it back again. Eventually, I lose (I always lose), but if you’re more sensible than me and have waited for the right deal, then this one from Best Buy is a good option.

GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2070

$680 ($800) | $480 ($600)

See the RTX 2080 at Best Buy See the RTX 2070 at Best Buy

The RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 Founders Editions are on sale for $120 off. This brings the RTX 2080 down to $680 and the RTX 2070 to $480. As part of Nvidia’s current game bundle promotion, you’ll also get the upcoming Control and the recently released Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

Nvidia has been touting Control as a showpiece for its ray-tracing technology. You shouldn’t expect the best performance with ray tracing turned on, but turned off, the RTX 2080 and 2070 will absolutely deliver an awesome experience. You can check out the two Founders Editions’ specs at the bottom of this article.

If you’re not quite sold on these two cards, then you should check out our recent review of the best graphics cards under $500. We cover the RTX 2070 Super, RTX 2060, the Radeon RX 5700 XT, and RX 5700.

GeForce RTX 2080

Founders Edition specs:

• Base Clock Speed: 1515 MHz
• Boost Clock Speed: 1800 MHz
• Memory Configuration: 8GB GDDR6
• Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 448 GB/s
• CUDA Cores: 2944
• RTX-OPS: 60T

GeForce RTX 2070

Founders Edition specs:

• Base Clock Speed: 1410 MHz
• Boost Clock Speed: 1710 MHz
• Memory Configuration: 8GB GDDR6
• Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 448 GB/s
• CUDA Cores: 2304
• RTX-OPS: 45T

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/get-a-great-pc-graphics-card-120-off-with-2-free-g/1100-6469221/

Sony has added another acclaimed studio to its development family. The company announced today that it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developer behind the Ratchet and Clank series and, most recently, PS4’s critically acclaimed Marvel’s Spider-Man.

“Big news: Insomniac Games is joining PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios!” the official PlayStation Twitter account announced. “We are honored and thrilled to join forces with this legendary developer.”

“Joining the WWS family gives Insomniac even greater opportunities to achieve our studio vision of making positive and lasting impressions on people’s lives,” Insomniac founder and CEO Ted Price said in a press release. “We’ve enjoyed a special relationship with PlayStation practically since our inception. Our partnership amplifies our potential, and Marvel’s Spider-Man was a testament to this.”

Insomniac is responsible for some of PlayStation’s most beloved titles. In addition to the aforementioned Ratchet and Clank series, the studio developed the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy, as well as the Resistance games. While most of Insomniac’s output has been exclusive to PlayStation consoles, it has occasionally branched out onto other platforms, notably with Sunset Overdrive on Xbox One and PC.

Insomniac’s latest effort, Marvel’s Spider-Man, launched exclusively on PS4 last September. GameSpot selected it as one of the best games of 2018. “Minor shortcomings don’t detract from Insomniac’s achievement in creating a game that feels like an authentic interpretation of a beloved creation,” critic Edmond Tran wrote in our Marvel’s Spider-Man review. “he feeling of embodying Spidey and using his abilities is astonishing, and the time spent on exploring its major characters help make its story feel heartfelt, despite superhero bombast.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-acquires-spider-man-ratchet-and-clank-dev-ins/1100-6469226/

Sega took the stage at Gamescom Opening Night Live to debut a new game from Amplitude Studios called Humankind. The strategy game has you building your civilization up from the Neolithic era to a modern age.

As your culture develops, you can combine different societies together for unique combinations. The game will launch with 60 historical cultures like Ancient Egyptians, Romans, Khmers, and Vikings, and you can mix them to more than a million combinations. The game will throw real historical events and figures at you to deal with, and you can make your own scientific discoveries and visit wonders of the world.

Combat will include tactical intricacies like terrain elevation. You can build your city on high ground to make it more difficult to siege, keep archers in the woods to serve as a line of defense. The game is slated for release on PC in 2020.

“Amplitude Studios was founded with the intention of creating this game, all the games we’ve created up until now have been leading up to this moment,” said Romain de Waubert in the announcement. “We are so excited to finally be able to share with the community what has been at the heart of Amplitude since day one.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-debuts-civilization-building-game-humankind/1100-6469223/

During the ONL stream for Gamescom 2019, the developers of Star Theory unveiled the follow-up to their wildly popular space-sim Kerbal Space Program. In Kerbal Space Program 2, the spacefaring Kerbals will once again venture out into the unknown with their cobbled-together space ships to reach new planets–or die trying. In the trailer, with M83’s popular hit ‘Outro’ setting the mood, we got to see brief glimpses of what the Kerbals are capable of, including building new civilizations on new planets. Kerbal Space Program 2 is set for a 202 release on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Developing…

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kerbal-space-program-2-announced-set-for-release-i/1100-6469219/

During Gamescom 2019, we finally got a look at Need for Speed Heat‘s gameplay. The gameplay trailer breaks down everything available in the new open-world of Palm City, including outracing the cops and customizing your car.

Need for Speed Heat will feature sanctioned races during the daytime, where you can use the rewards to tweak your car’s performance and outfit your ride with various visual enhancements. Cops roam the streams, though, so you’ll have to be careful as you drift around the city’s sharp corners. Things get a little more tense at night: Become too well-known and the cops will unleash helicopters and rhinos to put an end to your reign.

If you download Need for Speed Heat Studio, you can create your custom ride ahead of the game’s November 8 release on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Once done with your ride in Need for Speed Heat Studio–available now on Android and iOS–you can push it to EA’s servers, which will then become available in the full game.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamescom-2019-need-for-speed-heat-gameplay-trailer/1100-6469217/