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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Resident Evil 2 Remake has shipped 3 million units, 1-Shot Demo boosts 4.7 million downloads
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-2-remake-has-shipped-3-million-units-1-shot-demo-boosts-4-7-million-downloads/
Capcom today announced that Resident Evil 2 has shipped 3 million units globally. Unfortunately, though, the team did not reveal any specific numbers regarding its individual platform. Still, we do know that Resident Evil 2 Remake was the second most successful launch for Capcom on Steam.
>> KazumaKiryu has made a thread about this.

 

At Steam, let's check the new daily deal and some of the weeklong deals:

• The daily deal is Runner 3, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/516130/Runner3/
• Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/753220/Mhakna_Gramura_and_Fairy_Bell/
• Lords of Xulima has a 50% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/296570/Lords_of_Xulima/
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/259129/
• Anno 1404 GOLD (and the rest of the Anno franchise) is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/6849/
• And the MAFIA franchise is on sale, 33% off the first one and 75% the other two games: https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/mafia

On the Humble Store, now that the Winter Sale is over, there's a Devolver Digital sale, that will run for another 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/devolver-publisher-sale/

And at Fanatical, there are 3 new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, 60% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3
• Konami is doing a sale, with up to 81% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/konami-digital-entertainment
• And the Deluxe Mystery Game is back. During the next 13 days, you'll be able to get an unknown game for 4.25 €. Which one will it be? https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/deluxe-mystery-game

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Final Fantasy 7 HD remaster beta mod available for download, featuring AI-enhanced textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-7-hd-remaster-beta-mod-available-for-download-featuring-ai-enhanced-textures/
And the time has finally come Final Fantasy fans. Modder ‘CaptRobau’ has released the first beta version of his HD Texture Pack that aims to provide a HD remastered version of Final Fantasy 7. As you may have guessed, this mod uses AI neural networks in order to improve the game’s blurry backgrounds and the results are great.
According to the modder, these AI enhancements make the backgrounds look much higher resolution than before (400% larger than before), helping the game look good even in 2019. In other words, this is the remaster that most of you have been looking forward to as it retains the atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original game.
>> Get this mod from its official website.

 

GAMING NEWS

Overkill’s The Walking Dead was mostly developed with Unreal Engine 4 tutorials
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/overkills-the-walking-dead-was-mostly-developed-with-unreal-engine-4-tutorials/
There is no doubt that Overkill’s The Walkind Dead flopped last year. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, this team-based multiplayer game aimed to blend together Left 4 Dead and The Walking Dead. As we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis article, the game performed similarly to all current Unreal Engine 4 games and as it was revealed, the game was mostly developed with the Unreal Engine 4 tutorials that are available online.
>> It's worth linking the Eurogamer article from which all these news come from.

Battlefield 5 – Second January 2019 update releases tomorrow, full patch release notes unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-second-january-2019-update-releases-tomorrow-full-patch-release-notes-unveiled/
Electronic Arts and DICE have announced that the second major January 2019 update for Battlefield 5 will be released tomorrow, and they revealed its full release notes. According to the release notes, this patch introduces the Sturmgeschutz IV vehicle.

Official PC system requirements revealed for DiRT Rally 2.0
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-system-requirements-revealed-for-dirt-rally-2-0/
Codemasters has revealed the official PC system requirements for DiRT Rally 2.0 (via the game’s Steam store page). According to the team, PC gamers will at least need an AMD FX4300 or or an Intel Core i3 2130 CPU with 8GB of RAM and an AMD HD7750 or NVIDIA GTX650Ti graphics card.

THQ Nordic issues official statement about Metro Exodus releasing as timed-exclusive on Epic’s store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thq-nordic-issues-official-statement-about-metro-exodus-releasing-as-timed-exclusive-on-epic-store/
In a series of tweets, THQ Nordic stated its official stance regarding the timed-exclusive release of Metro Exodus on Epic’s digital store. According to THQ Nordic, the decision to release the game initially only on Epic’s store was made entirely by Koch Media who is responsible for Deep Silver’s games.
>> I guess THQ Nordic would have gone for a multi-store approach. We'll have to wait until Feb 2020 to buy the game on Steam.