🔥 Starfield's new Creation Engine took 'so long to do,' Bethesda's Todd Howard happy with results - TweakTown Daily

Our content for yesterday, July 3 2023 [logo daily mail]() [ HOTTEST CONTENT: [Starfield's new Creation Engine took 'so long to do,' Bethesda's Todd Howard happy with results]( Bethesda's Todd Howard praises Starfield's tech team for the new Creation Engine 2 upgrade, promises consistency and says the game 'feels great' to play. [ [Intel working to make path tracing in Cyberpunk 2077's RT Overdrive possible on affordable GPUs]( Intel's new research is the first step to making real-time path-tracing possible on entry-level and even integrated graphics cards. [ [The new flagship ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 has been overclocked to a massive 3.94 GHz]( ASUS's new flagship GeForce RTX 4090 now has the world record for fastest GPU, recording an impressive 3.94 GHz with some help from LN2 cooling. [ [NVIDIA is changing the 12VHPWR connector for the GeForce RTX 40 Series for a new design]( The new 12V-2x6 power connector is expected to arrive sometime next year for GPUs, replacing the prone to melting 12VHPWR connector. [ [This prototype cooler for a GeForce RTX 4090 Ti could be yours for only $120,000 USD]( Massive cooler for a prototype NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Founders Edition card has made its way to the used marker in China if you've got 120K to spare. [ [Console gaming has highest play-to-pay conversion rate, analyst firm Newzoo says]( Console gamers are the most likely to convert from player to payer, and console has the 'highest share of users' willing to spend $25 or more on games. [ [Starfield allows players to sell planet survey data, set up interstellar economies]( Bethesda's executive director Todd Howard talks about how Starfield feeds into player motivations and rewards around discovering and exploring planets. [ [Xbox's support has allowed Bethesda to 'be this ambitious' with Starfield]( The support of the Xbox games business enabled Bethesda to amp up their ambitious ideas and plans with Starfield: 'Their support has been incredible' [ [Wait a minute: NVIDIA RTX 4000 GPU prices are being hiked now? They are in China]( There has already been a price rise for the freshly released RTX 4060, and more will follow across the entire range, right up to the RTX 4090 flagship. [ [Starfield's 2023 release may not have been possible without Xbox exclusivity]( Starfield may not be launching this year if it also had to release on PlayStation 5 and was not exclusive to Xbox consoles, ZeniMax's Pete Hines says. [ [South Africa approves the Microsoft-Activision merger]( South Africa is the latest country and region to offer unconditional approve of the Microsoft-Activision merger and becomes the 10th region to do so. [ [Microsoft exec tells us Windows 11 will get 'significantly' better security in future versions]( Security has been a key area for Windows 11 from the start, but Microsoft is going to continue to push for stronger defenses for the OS. [ [NASA's Mars rover photographs mysterious 'doughnut' on the planet's surface]( NASA's Perseverance rover spotted and photographed a mysterious doughnut-shaped object located approximately 330 feet away from the rover. [ [Windows 11 gets a couple of major bugs with File Explorer fixed]( One gremlin in the works tied up a significant amount of processor resources, and another bug caused File Explorer to stop working. [ [INNO3D GeForce RTX 4060 TWIN X2 Review]( INNO3D's GeForce RTX 4060 TWIN X2 is well-built with an MSRP model that delivers great 1080p performance with the bonus of DLSS3 support. [ [Elon Musk says how much freedom of speech is costing Twitter per year]( Twitter owner Elon Musk has sat down to discuss how much it costs Twitter to maintain its stance on freedom of speech, which has scared advertisers. [ [NASA is paying four people to be locked in a Mars simulator for just over a year]( NASA will be paying slightly over per hour minimum wage to the four individuals living in a simulation of the surface of Mars for 378 days. [ [All of Far Cry's source code has been leaked online and is available to download]( The entire source code for the first Far Cry game has been leaked on the site Internet Archive and has been shared around social media platforms. [ [Elon Musk drops update on when SpaceX is planning to launch Starship again]( SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has given an update on the timeline for the company's next-generation launch vehicle that's poised to take humans to Mars. [ [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the most popular GPU according to the latest Steam Hardware survey]( The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for June 2023 are in, so let's go through all the movers and shakers and see what GPUs are out there. [ [World's most powerful space telescope releases breathtaking pictures of Saturn's iconic rings]( The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its powerful instruments at Saturn for the first time, capturing the planet's iconic rings in impressive detail. [ [GIGABYTE announces three new SuperSpeed gaming monitors in various sizes]( GIGABYTE has announced three new curved gaming monitors that will be arriving in various sizes between 27 and 32 inches and includes FHD and QHD models. [ [MSI GeForce RTX 4090 AERO S appears in China and it features a blower-fan cooling design]( Another two-slot GeForce RTX 4090 with an old-school blower fan emerges, this time from MSI with the mysterious new MSI GeForce RTX 4090 AERO S. [ [Valve takes a stand on AI-generated art, rejecting game for featuring copyrighted material]( As the AI art debate continues, Valve says you'll need to prove AI models weren't trained with copyrighted material to get AI art on a Steam release. [Having trouble reading? View online!](   Subscription Reminder You're subscribed using the address: {EMAIL} [Manage Your Subscription]( [Unsubscribe Automatically]( [tracking]