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Time for the Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Sea of Thieves has now more than 10 million players
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-has-now-more-than-10-million-players/
Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate revealed Sea of Thieves has been played by more than 10 million players across Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, reinforcing its status as the most successful new IP for Xbox Game Studios this generation.
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On January 15th, Rare will release the latest free Sea of Thieves monthly update, titled ‘Legends of the Seas.’ The update will feature a celebration of the game’s community, and players can log-in between January 15 and 22 to claim a limited-edition custom sail and emote for free in commemoration of the 10 million player milestone.

Steam has two new deals:

• The daily deal is Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/501590/Bulletstorm_Full_Clip_Edition/
• And Crypt of the NecroDancer is 80% off for the next 4 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online, 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/cyberdimension-neptunia-4-goddesses-online
• And Aspyr hs puts its games up to 90% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/aspyr

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam is making big changes to the way it handles game soundtracks
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-is-making-big-changes-to-the-way-it-handles-game-soundtracks/
One thing about Steam that's always been kind of a low-key pain in the ass is the way it handles game soundtracks. They're sold as DLC, which means you can only buy them if you own the base game, and if you want to download them to your PC you must have the game installed first. It's also a hassle to manage your music, because Steam has no built-in functionality to handle it: You either have to browse for it on your hard drive manually, or access it via the DLC tab in the game properties menu in your Steam library. It's not the worst thing ever, no, but it sure could be a lot better.
As of today, it will be—for new releases, at least. Valve has unveiled a new system for game soundtracks on Steam that will decouple them from their associated games and allow them to be sold standalone as a new "soundtrack" app type.

MODS/EMULATORS

Modder fixes major netcode lag issue in Street Fighter 5 in just two days
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/modder-fixes-major-netcode-lag-issue-in-street-fighter-5-in-just-two-days/
Since its release, Street Fighter 5 had some major netcode issues (that were also present in Street Fighter 4). This issue could cause one player’s game to lag behind the other’s online, thus introducing artificial lag. And in just two days, a modder was able to fix what Capcom has been unable to for the past 4 years.
Modder Altimor has shared some additional details about this netcode issue
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Altimor claimed that he was able to fix this netcode issue in just two days. Two days. According to the modder, most of that was reverse engineering. What’s funnier here is that this fix would take like 30 minutes with the source code.
>> Unvelievable. You can get this must have mod from here.

GAMING NEWS

Resident Evil 3 Remake is almost finished
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-3-remake-is-almost-finished/
Resident Evil 3 Remake producer Masao Kawada and Peter J. Fabiano recently spoke with Famitsu regarding their upcoming Resident Evil game. They talked about the main characters Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira and also about the main antagonist, which is none other than the Nemesis, also known as Pursuer. Why is he called the Pursuer you might ask. Well, it’s simple, all S.T.A.R.S. members must be pursued and killed.

Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok potentially leaked on Amazon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-ragnarok-potentially-leaked-on-amazon/
Recently the game has been listed on the Italian GameStop site and the Amazon in Germany. Of course the listing has already being taken down. Meaning that could very easily be fake, even if we already know that Ubisoft is working on the next Assassin’s Creed.

Here are the first 17 minutes of the Pokemon-inspired creature-collection MMO PC game, Temtem
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-the-first-17-minutes-of-the-pokemon-inspired-creature-collection-mmo-pc-game-temtem/
IGN has shared a video, showing the character creator and the opening gameplay moments of Temtem. In case you weren’t aware of, Temtem is a massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure inspired by Pokemon.

Lakshya Digital is looking forward to working on Shenmue IV
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lakshya-digital-is-looking-forward-to-working-on-shenmue-iv/
We already know that renowned Yu Suzuki, the creator of Shenmue, wants to continue the series. Though we have no solid information if Shenmue IV is in development or if it ever will be. Lakshya Digital, the studio who worked in collaboration with Ys Net on the character models from Shenmue III, made a post on Facebook.

Warner Bros Montreal releases a new teaser image for its upcoming Batman game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warner-bros-montreal-releases-another-teaser-image-for-its-upcoming-batman-game/
A lot of gamers were expecting Warner Bros to reveal its new Batman game at the VGA 2019. However, and as it was hinted by some insiders, this did not happen. And today, Warner Bros released a brand new teaser image for its upcoming Batman game. What’s cool here is that the logo/banner was in three different images that were released via its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.