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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Mordhau has sold almost 500K copies in its first week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mordhau-has-sold-almost-500k-copies-in-its-first-week/
Triternion has announced that its first-person melee game, Mordhau, has sold almost 500K copies in its first week. In Mordhau, players enter a hectic battlefield of up to 64 players as a mercenary in a fictional, but realistic world, where they get to experience the brutal and satisfying melee combat.
According to the developers, the game’s launch wasn’t smooth as it was plagued with severe server performance issues. Thankfully, most of its reported issues have already been resolved and the team is currently addressing some of the more frequent and critical issues, like the “Ghost Bug” among others, as well as some map exploits.

Resident Evil 2 Remake exceeded Capcom’s expectations, Devil May Cry 5 also performed strongly
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-2-remake-exceeded-capcoms-expectations-devil-may-cry-5-also-performed-strongly/
Capcom has released the Fiscal Report for the Forth and Final Quarter of the Fiscal Year 2018/2019 that ended March 2019. During that final quarter, Resident Evil 2 Remake saw a great success and Devil May Cry 5 also performed well. Furthermore, Monster Hunter: World, which shook up the market last year, broke 12 million cumulative units shipped following the additional release of the PC version, marking a record high for any single title in the Company’s history.
As the press release reads, the popularity of major title Resident Evil 2 exceeded expectations, driving the Company’s business performance. Devil May Cry 5 targeted overseas markets and also performed strongly, backed by consistent demand. Additionally, the Monster Hunter series contributed significantly to improving profits: flagship title Monster Hunter: World, which was a phenomenal success in the previous fiscal year, maintained popularity through the expansion of its user base, while the Steam version for PC also performed solidly, boosting profits.
In addition, Mega Man 11 and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection performed well, and high-margin cataloge titles, including Resident Evil 7 biohazard, increased sales through their enduring popularity.

Point-and-click adventure Kathy Rain is free on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/point-and-click-adventure-kathy-rain-is-free-on-steam/
If point-and-click adventures are your thing, or even if you're not sure but think that maybe they might be when you're in the proper mood, then you should probably pop over to Steam and pick up Kathy Rain, from the makers of the recent Whispers of a Machine, for free.
Kathy Rain tells the story of a hard-living journalist in the 1990s whose investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding her grandfather's death forces her to come to terms with her own troubled past.

There's a new sale at GOG, with publisher Active Gaming Media / Playism celebrating its 8th anniversary with a sale that brings up to 75% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190506_agm_playism

At Steam, there's two fake daily deals as well as the weeklong deals:

• The first fake daily deal is My Time At Portia, 20% off for the next 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/666140/My_Time_At_Portia/
• The other fake one is Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, 67% off (33% for the DLCs) for the next 13 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/
• Dawn of Man is 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/858810/Dawn_of_Man/
• The Early Access and VR only title Karnage Chronicles is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/611160/Karnage_Chronicles/
• Curious Expedition is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/358130/Curious_Expedition/
• The Slater gets a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/881690/The_Slater/
• The game Aztaka has a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/37100/Aztaka/
• And the last one to be mentioned is Miasmata, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/223510/Miasmata/

At Fanatical, there are 4 new deals:

• The Star Deal is The Banner Saga 3, 44% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-banner-saga-3
• The Gold edition of Tyranny is 50% off for the next 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tyranny-gold-edition
• Dead Cells is 20% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dead-cells
• The Arc System Works Bundle features 5 games with a 95% discount for the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/arc-system-works-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

New Reshade mod aims to bring ray tracing Global Illumination to DX9, DX10 and DX11 games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-reshade-aims-to-bring-ray-tracing-global-illumination-to-dx9-dx10-and-dx11-games/
Pascal Gilcher is currently working on a ray traced Global Illumination method for ReShade. What this ultimately means is that PC gamers will be able to enable this ray tracing Global Illumination technique in all DX9, DX10 and DX11 (something that will obviously give a visual boost to a lot of older games).
This ray tracing Global Illumination method is currently in a beta phase and Gilcher aims to make it beta-worthy for its Patreon members soon, and release it afterwards to the general public.
According to Gilcher, the major constraint at this point is performance, meaning that this technique will increase the overall GPU requirements for older titles. Still, we believe that this is something that a lot of PC gamers will at least try once.

GAMING NEWS

New Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon game to be announced on May 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-tom-clancys-ghost-recon-game-to-be-announced-on-may-9th/
Ubisoft has announced that a new Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon project will be announced on May 9th. Ubisoft has also released a teaser trailer (which does not really show much about this new Ghost Recon game).

A playable demo for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will be available this October at PDXCON 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-playable-demo-for-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-will-be-available-this-october-at-pdxcon-2019/
Hardsuit Labs has confirmed that a playable demo for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will be available this October at PDXCON 2019. This demo will be available to the public, meaning that attendees will be able to get their hands on it and play it before everyone else.

Last edited by JEMC - on 07 May 2019