So much weekend news! Jeeeez. Here’s everything from both today and the 2 days prior.

  • Dragonball FighterZ PC Specs Revealed
  • Epic Addresses Recent Fortnite Issues
  • Monster Hunter World Gets One Final Beta
  • Belgium Clarifies its Previous Lootbox Statement
  • Controversy with the GDQ Twitch Chat

Dragonball FighterZ Specs
Bandai Namco have announced the minimum and required specs for Dragonball FighterZ. They are as follows:
Minimum Requirements

  • Windows 7/8/10 (64bit OS)
  • AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz/Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • Radeon HD 6870, 1GB/GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 1 GB
  • DirectX11
  • DirectX Compatible Soundcard/chipset

Recommended Requirements

  • Windows 7/8/10 (64bit OS)
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400, 3.2GHz/Intel Core i7-3770, 3.40 GHz
  • 8 GB RAM
  • Radeon HD 7870, 2GB/GeForce GTX 660, 2GB
  • DirectX11
  • DirectX Compatible Soundcard/chipset

This is for PC, if you hadn’t guessed.

Epic Explains Fortnite Issues
Recently there has been a technical vulnerability called Meltdown. This bug allowed you to access CPU processes one would otherwise not be allowed to access. When Epic updated their cloud software to protect themselves from the bug, it caused a huge spike in CPU usage. This has resulted in gameplay issues and login issues. Epic apologizes for the problems, and is working towards fixing it as soon as they can.

Yet Another Monster Hunter Beta
That’s right, another one. This one will be from January 18 at 6:00 PM PST until January 21 at 6:00 PM PST. Only PlayStation members will be able to participate. This is only a few days before the game’s console release of January 26. There will be new monsters in this beta session, including the game’s flagship monster, the Nergigante. I’m sold on this game at this point, though some early game time is certainly fine by me.

Capcom has also announced that one of the returning beasts to Monster Hunter World will be the Deviljho, the powerful monster known for eating its own severed tail.

Belgium Clarifies They’re Plans
Last year we heard that Belgium’s gaming commission is looking to ban loot boxes in video games because they are gambling. Recently they have clarified that they have not made an official conclusion, but that they are beginning investigation towards that concept. They are also looking into eSports betting. There will be more to report on this once the gaming commission reaches a conclusion.

GDQ Chat Causes Controversy
At This year’s GDQ, the organizers decided to set the official Twitch stream into Sub Only mode in order to reduce spam and make it easier to moderate. They stated that all sub earnings would be donated to charity. Regardless, people were unhappy they had to pay to chat, so people flooded over to account channels made purely with the intent of hosting GDQ and allowing users to chat as they want. Funny enough, one major host account, GDQ_Poverty, was flooded with hateful comments and remarks, resulting in the channel being banned. Its a big mess, you can read more about it in the news post I wrote here.

So… Much.. News…
Today was a rough day. My day job ran 2 hours longer than normal, and as you can see, lots of weekends news. Forgive me if my writing isn’t its strongest. I finished a new longform article about mobile apps that are video game styled life organizers, you can read about it here. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the latest news. Otherwise I’m writing to a brick wall. Otherwise, have a great night!