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Here's another round of news:

SALES & DEALS

Darksiders 3 has broken even and performed within expectations
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/darksiders-3-has-broken-even-and-performed-within-expectations/
THQ Nordic has announced that Darksiders 3 has broken even and will – from now on – be considered a profitable product. The game has performed within management’s range of expectations and has recouped all investments made in development and marketing during its latest quarter.
THQ Nordic claimed that it will release several DLC’s in 2019 that will give the game a further boost. As such, and since the game was not a flop, THQ Nordic considers Darksiders one of the Group’s key IP’s.
>> It's a pity that they haven't given numbers.

 

GOG's midweek sale, Runs on your platform, is full of platformer games up to 84% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190213_midweek_sale

At Steam, there's a new daily deal and three Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is Cold Waters, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/541210/Cold_Waters/
• Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, the first Midweek Madness deal, is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673880/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus/
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/640820/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/
• And Moonlighter is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606150/Moonlighter/

There's a new Humble Bundle, the Great GameMaker Games Bundle, available for the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/great-gamemaker-games-bundle

At Fanatical... well, there should be a new Star Deal, but the site isn't working right now, so I don't know what it is.

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

The Epic Store has an offline mode now, development roadmap coming soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-epic-store-has-an-offline-mode-now/
Two basic features were absent at the launch of the Epic Games Store: cloud saving, which is supposed to come soon, and the ability to play games offline. Good news: the latter of the two was quietly added last week.
I can't find a way to manually switch to offline mode, but try this: close the Epic launcher (it doesn't seem to matter if you're signed in or not), disconnect from the internet, and launch it again. It'll let you know that it can't connect, and will give you the option to skip sign-in. Do that, and you should still be able to launch installed games, so long as they don't require a connection to play. I was able to launch Hades and What Remains of Edith Finch.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

New 4K/2K high quality photogrammetry textures released for Skyrim Special Edition
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-4k-2k-high-quality-photogrammetry-textures-released-for-skyrim-special-edition/
Modder ‘Pfuscher’ has released a new HD Texture Pack for Skyrim Special Edition. This new fan pack features 4K/2K high quality photogrammetry textures for landscapes, and is compatible with both “Skyrim 2017 – Landscape, towns, big stuff” and “Skyrim 2018 – A lot of stuff of everything”.
If you are using the aforementioned texture packs, you should first load the 2017 pack, then the 2018 pack and lastly the latest 2019 pack. Naturally, this texture pack will be incompatible with other texture packs that improve/tweak similar textures.
>> Download it from Nexus Mods.

 

GAMING NEWS

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Open Beta announced, begins on March 1st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-the-division-2-open-beta-announced-begins-on-march-1st/
Ubisoft has announced that the open beta phase for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will begin on March 1st. This beta will be available to everyone and will allow gamers to experience The Division 2 prior to its release. The open beta will end on March 4th and even though Ubisoft has not stated anything additional yet, we are pretty sure that its build will be identical to the one used for the Private Beta.

Confirmed: Call of Duty 2019 will have an entirely new campaign mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/confirmed-call-of-duty-2019-will-have-an-entirely-new-campaign-mode/
During its quarter investor call, Activision’s president Rob Kostich confirmed that Call of Duty 2019 will feature an entirely new campaign mode. This basically confirms the rumours that surfaced when Black Ops 4 was originally announced, so we are pretty sure that some single-player fans will be happy after hearing this.

THQ Nordic acquires Warhorse Studios, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has sold 2 million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thq-nordic-acquires-warhorse-studios-kingdom-come-deliverance-sold-2-million-copies-worldwide/
THQ Nordic/Koch Media announced that it has acquired award-winning Warhorse Studios, the studio behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Warhorse and Koch Media have also announced that the title has sold over 2 million copies across all platforms by now.
>> It's been Koch Media the one that bought them, so they're under Koch's umbrella, not THQ Nordic.

Authentic WWI squad-based first-person shooter, Tannenberg, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/authentic-wwi-squad-based-first-person-shooter-tannenberg-is-now-available-on-steam/
Blackmill Games has announced that Tannenberg is currently available on Steam. Tannenberg aims to bring the massive battles of the Eastern Front in WW1 to life with 64 players fighting for control of key sectors of the battlefield, each one offering a distinct strategic advantage.