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Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Bethesda is holding a 24-hour sale for Australian fire relief
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-is-holding-a-24-hour-sale-for-australian-fire-relief/
Bethesda Softworks is holding a 24-hour sale on Bethesda.net and the Humble Store to raise funds for bush fire relief efforts in Australia. From 10 am PT/1 pm ET on January 30 until the same time on January 31, Bethesda games on both sites will be offered at a 33 percent discount, with net proceeds going to the Australian Red Cross.
Separately, Bethesda is also offering a Fallout-themed Responders Australia Charity Tee for $25, with all profits raised going to the Australian Salvation Army. The shirt, featuring the Vault Boy holding (and not doing anything terrible to) a koala on the front, is up for preorder now and expect to ship in March.

Steam has two new deals:

• The new daily deal is Terraforming Mars, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/800270/Terraforming_Mars/
• And The Vagrant is 60% off for the next 11 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/598700/The_Vagrant/

On the Humble Store there are two new sales:

• The EA Super Bowl Sale brings up to 50% discounts for the next 7 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ea-super-bowl-sale/
• And Konami has its games up to 75% off for the next 10 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/konami-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Outward, 63% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/outward
• And there's also the All Stars 12 Bundle, with 8 games at a 98% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/all-stars-12-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Half Life 2 HD Remastered HD Texture Pack V2.1 released, featuring 3.56GB of 2K textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-2-hd-remastered-hd-texture-pack-v2-1-released-featuring-3-56gb-of-2k-textures/
Modder ‘johnyonghwang1’ has released a new version of his HD Texture Pack for Half-Life 2. Half Life 2 HD Remastered HD Texture Pack V2.1 is 3.56GB in size, features plenty of new 2K textures, and you can download it right now.
According to the modder, version 2.1 fixes the Highway 17 gravel and some road textures. Moreover, it introduces new Episode 2 bunker textures and new Yblood textures. It also fixes the impact holes bug, and adds smaller and unobtrusive lens flares. Not only that, but it adds new plaster textures, new brick textures, and fixes the grass blend textures. Also, and as the title suggests, it adds plenty of new 2K Textures.
>> Available from ModDB.

Putting Garfield in The Elder Scrolls: Arena was a mistake
https://www.pcgamer.com/putting-garfield-in-the-elder-scrolls-arena-was-a-mistake/
If you've played an Elder Scrolls game you probably know about the Khajiit. They're a cat-like people. Essentially large cats standing on two legs. Fur, tail, the lot. But in The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first game in the series, the Khajiit look like humans. Unless you install a certain mod.
If you wanted to make the Khajiit in The Elder Scrolls: Arena look more like cats, you have a huge selection to choose from. Cats are all over the internet because they're cute. But the maker of the mod All Khajits are 1978 Garfield chose not to go for one of the obvious images of a cat.
Instead, we get the lasagne-loving Garfield from the original comics. Specifically, his smug and fat-cheeked head, plopped on top of the game's original Khajiit model. That's already quite the sight, a cartoon cat's head on an athletic human-like body, but the modder went further. The finishing touch is making the Khajiit's skin colour the same carrot sick orange as Garfield's fur. There's something disturbing about seeing Garfield with pecs.

GAMING NEWS

DayZ Update 1.07 available for download, adds new content, fixes numerous bugs, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dayz-update-1-07-available-for-download-adds-new-content-fixes-numerous-bugs-full-patch-notes/
Bohemia has released a brand new update for the standalone version of DayZ on the Public Test Server. According to the release notes, patch 1.07 adds new content, fixes numerous bugs, and brings a number of tweaks.

Here are four new screenshots for the first-person dark fantasy shooter, Witchfire
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-four-new-screenshots-for-the-first-person-dark-fantasy-shooter-witchfire/
The Astronauts has released four new screenshots for its upcoming first-person dark fantasy shooter, Witchfire. These screenshots showcase some of the game’s locations, as well as some of its enemies.

Kojima Productions is planning to work on multiple projects
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kojima-productions-is-planning-to-work-on-multiple-projects/
Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa have recently given an interview to Famitsu magazine for the studios’ fourth year anniversary. They talked about several things, including Death Stranding’s development.

New trailer for the hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO, Starbase, showcases its key features
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-for-the-hybrid-voxel-vertex-based-space-mmo-starbase-showcases-its-key-features/
Frozenbyte has released a new trailer for its upcoming hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO, Starbase, that focuses on its key features. The game will feature a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations.