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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Borderlands 2 sold 22 million copies, NBA 2K19 nearly 12 million copies, Civilization VI 5.5 million copies
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-2-sold-22-million-copies-nba-2k19-nearly-12-million-copies-civilization-vi-5-5-million-copies/
Take-Two has announced its fiscal Q1 2020 earnings, revealing that NBA 2K19 has sold nearly 12 million copies. On the other hand, Civilization VI has sold 5.5 million copies. As such, Civ 6 is now considered the fastest-selling game in the series.
Take-Two has also unveiled that Borderlands 2 has sold 22 million copies worldwide on all platforms. In addition, the Borderlands franchise has sold more than 48 million units. However, it will be interesting to see how the next part in the franchise, Borderlands 3, will sell on the PC. After all, Borderlands 3 will be timed-exclusive on the Epic Games Store.

At Steam there are two new daily deals (only one is legit) as well as a new round of weeklong deals:

• Project Winter is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/774861/Project_Winter/
• Tricky Towers is 66% off for the next 3 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/437920/Tricky_Towers/
• And here are a few of the weeklong deals:
  • Yuppie Psycho is 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/597760/Yuppie_Psycho/
  • The Early Access title Furious Seas is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/875760/Furious_Seas/
  • Rakuen ups the discounts to 50%: https://store.steampowered.com/app/559210/Rakuen/
  • High Hell is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673000/High_Hell/
  • And the last one is Bloody Trapland, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/257750/Bloody_Trapland/

On the Humble Store there are 3 new sales:

• The Life is Strange franchise is on sale, up to 80% off for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/life-is-strange-franchise-sale/
• Publisher Curve Digital has put its games on sale, up to 90% off for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/curve-digital-publisher-sale/
• Lastly, there's Konami, that will have its game with up to 75% discounts for the next 26 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/konami-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is the "Ultimate FPS Pack", that includes Sniper: Ghost Warrior Trilogy, Enemy Front and Alien Rage - Unlimited with a 98% discount for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/ultimate-fps-pack
• And there's the Astro Saga Bundle that... I don't know anything about because the page isn't up yet. Try your luck in a while: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/astro-saga-anime-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Take a break from Steam's Interactive Recommender by sharing your favorite hidden gems
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-a-break-from-steams-interactive-recommender-by-sharing-your-favorite-hidden-gems/
It's been about a month since Steam introduced its new Interactive Recommender that uses machine learning to suggest new games based on the ones you've already played. There are plenty of feature requests being discussed in Steam's own discussions page for Steam Labs, but the Reddit community dedicated to Steam has started a thread that does the exact opposite.
One of the stickied posts in the Steam subreddit, posted four days ago, asks other Redditors to post games that they consider "hidden gems." Given that it's locked to the top of the page, it seems the moderators may plan to leave it running for a while to let the community call out some of its favorites. Getting crowd-sourced recommendations is no novelty, though it's interesting that users are making a concerted effort to push a human-curated list while Steam focuses on auto-generated lists.

MODS/EMULATORS

You can now play as The Witcher 3 Triss Merigold and Yennefer in Monster Hunter World
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-play-as-the-witcher-3-triss-merigold-and-yennefer-in-monster-hunter-world/
Modder ‘crimsonfaust’ has released two new cool mods for Monster Hunter World. As the title suggests, these mods let you play as Triss Merigold and Yennefer from The Witcher 3. To put it simply; these are just two 3D character swappers and nothing more.
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You can download the Triss Merigold mod from here and the Yennefer mod from here. Now while these 3D models were ripped from The Witcher 3, you can immediately notice the inferior lighting system that Monster Hunter World actually uses.

The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition version 4.61 brings numerous fixes, gameplay tweaks & improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-enhanced-edition-version-4-61-brings-numerous-fixes-gameplay-tweaks-improvements/
The Dedicated W3EE Mod Team has released a brand new version of The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition. In case you weren’t aware of, W3EE is a complete and comprehensive rework of The Witcher 3, offering a much higher quality experience than the original game ever could.
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Version 4.61 redesigns Toxicity, adds bandages that remove stacks of bleed and adds a new sound effect on being blinded. Moreover, it improves tooltips for potions that increase the stack timer for bleed and poison, and allows Witcher senses to work as a toggle.
This new version of The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition also buffs Full Moon and the stats of swords with the Dark Curse effect. Naturally, it also comes with a number of gameplay fixes.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

Watch CJ and Big Smoke from GTA: San Andreas duke it out in Sekiro
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-cj-and-big-smoke-from-gta-san-andreas-duke-it-out-in-sekiro/
Why would anyone watch a video featuring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas stars CJ and Big Smoke duking it out in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice? Well, I'm not sure many would. When I was sent the below video, featuring the above described scenario, I didn't think I'd bother watching it either. But then I did, and then I felt a great compulsion to share it, and so here we are.
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The video above belongs to YouTuber horheristo, and it uses two mods created by modder DropOff. The mod for replacing the player-character with CJ is here, while the mod for turning Genichiro Ashina into Big Smoke is here. See? Now you can do it yourself.

Plot out the rest of your summer with this Stardew Valley island farm mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/plot-out-the-rest-of-your-summer-with-this-stardew-valley-island-farm-mod/
Most modded Stardew Valley farms are all about increasing acreage and maximizing efficiency, but modder Exblaster has gone a totally different route with this island getaway farm map. If you need something new while we wait for more information on the next Stardew Valley update, this laid-back ocean-side property may help you relax. Rather than a countryside locale perfect for planting corn, this beach farm is covered in cliffs on the north and dotted with palm trees.
There are only a few places on the Hidden Spirit Cove map that look well-suited to rows of crops. But that's okay, because this island looks primed for relaxation. So you're better off planting some crops in your greenhouse rather than spending hours tilling the sand on the beach.

GAMING NEWS

F1 2019 Patch 1.07 adds support for NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FidelityFX
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/f1-2019-patch-1-07-adds-support-for-nvidia-dlss-and-amd-fidelityfx/
Codemasters has released a brand new update for its latest F1 racing game, F1 2019. According to the release notes, patch 1.07 adds official support for both NVIDIA’s DLSS and AMD’s FidelityFX tech.

Brand new beautiful 4K screenshot released for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/brand-new-beautiful-4k-screenshot-released-for-cyberpunk-2077/
Well, you gotta love CD Projekt RED. Last week, the team released an in-game screenshot for its upcoming RPG and yesterday, the team also released another one. CD Projekt RED is cleverly hyping its title by simply sharing screenshots on Twitter, and that’s a particularly clever move.

Remedy on the PC version of Control: “No, it’s not downgraded”
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/remedy-on-the-pc-version-of-control-no-its-not-downgraded/
Last month, Remedy revealed the official PC requirements for Control. However, last week the team lowered the game’s PC specs, something that puzzled a number of gamers. Due to these lower PC specs, some gamers began wondering whether the PC version was downgraded. Thankfully, Remedy states that the game has not been downgraded on our platform.