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The Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Pandemic will no longer be free on the Epic Games Store next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/pandemic-will-no-longer-be-free-on-the-epic-game-store-next-week/
Last week Asmodee Digital confirmed three of its digital board games would hit the Epic Games Store on February 20: Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne and Pandemic. In the lead up to that date—between February 6 and 13—all three of those would be available to download for free, in keeping with Epic's habit of giving stuff away.
But that's no longer the case with Pandemic. In a statement, Epic Games has confirmed that Pandemic will no longer be free during that period. "We've shifted the release of Pandemic as a free game in our store schedule to a later date," the statement reads. "Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne will still be available as the free games of the week from February 6 - February 13."
Meanwhile, the Pandemic game page on the Epic Games Store has either been removed or is down, while the pages for Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne remain intact. Pandemic remains available on Steam.

Steam has two new deals, as well as a new round of weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is Regions Of Ruin, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/680360/Regions_Of_Ruin/
• The Early Access title Foundation is 20% off for the next 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/690830/Foundation/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Pesterquest is 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144030/Pesterquest/
  • The Early Access title Breathedge is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/738520/Breathedge/
  • The FRAMED Collection, with both games, is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/322450/FRAMED_Collection/
  • Ride 2 gets a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/477770/Ride_2/
  • And the The Fidelio Incident is 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632070/The_Fidelio_Incident/

At the Humble Store there are two new sales:

• A new Simulator Sale brings up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/simulator-sale/
• And there's also the GTA Week Sale, up to 65% off for the next 7 days (all keys are for the Rockstar Games Social Club): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/gta-week/

Fanatical has three new sales:

• The new Star Deal is Overcooked! 2, 51% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/overcooked-2
• The SNK Corporation has its games on sale, up to 75% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/snk-corporation
• And there's a new bundle, the Hidden Gems 8 Bundle with 10 games at a 98% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/hidden-gems-8-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 442.19 WHQL driver released, optimized for Apex Legends Season 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-442-19-whql-driver-released-optimized-for-apex-legends-season-4/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 442.19 WHQL driver offers optimal performance in Apex Legends Season 4. This driver is also optimized for Zombie Army: Dead War 4 and the Metro Exodus: Sam’s Story DLC.
NVIDIA has also improved the Maximum Framerate setting. In case you weren’t aware of, this option allows you to set the max framerate a 3D application or game can render. With the latest Game Ready Driver, gamers can set the framerate limits as low as 20fps. They can also raise this setting as high as 1000fps.
It’s also worth noting that this driver improves overall support for Variable Rate Super Sampling (VRSS). VRSS improves image quality by applying super sampling selectively on the central region of a frame. With this new driver, gamers can enable the feature on the Global tab, automatically activating it in all supported games.
Furthermore, this driver adds support for three new G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors. These new G-SYNC compatible monitors are: ASUS VG259QM, Dell AW2521HF, and LG 34GN850.
Last but not least, this driver addresses some bugs/issues with The Witcher 3, Doom 2016 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
>> Available from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

Playstation 4 emulator for the PC, GPCS4, boots and runs a commercial game for the first time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playstation-4-emulator-for-the-pc-gpcs4-boots-and-runs-a-commercial-game-for-the-first-time/
Alongside Orbital, GPCS4 is another Playstation 4 emulator that is currently under development for the PC. And while both of them are at a really early stage, GPCS4 can finally boot a commercial game. However, and before getting too excited, this emulator is far from being able to run any game at acceptable framerates.
According to its creator, GPCS4 can finally render a 2D image demo. Moreover, GPCS4 can boot the twin-stick shooter for Playstation 4, We Are Doomed. Not only that, but the emulator can… wait for it… actually run the game.
Now while We Are Doomed is not a demanding game, it’s incredible that GPCS4 can even run it. However, do note that We Are Doomed is not playable. While the emulator can go in-game, it’s not capable of fully running this game.

You can now play as Heather Mason & Eileen Galvin from Silent Hill in Resident Evil 2 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-play-as-heather-mason-eileen-galvin-from-silent-hill-in-resident-evil-2-remake/
Silent Hill is a franchise that has a special place in a lot of gamers’ hearts. And while Konami does not have any plans for a new game, modder Darkness Valtier decided to port some of its characters to Resident Evil 2 Remake.
Thanks to the following mods, players can replace Claire Redfield with either Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3 or Eileen Galvin from Silent Hill 4. Both of these characters have full facial animations, and appear to be working flawlessly. Thus, these mods will give you an idea of what a new Silent Hill game could look like. And yes, these are just simple character replacement mods. Still, I’m pretty sure that most Silent Hill fans will appreciate them.
In order to install these mods, you’ll need Fluffyquack’s Mod Manager. Moreover, we suggest using one mod at a time. According to the modder, there might be some compatibility issues when using multiple character mods.
>> Both mods are available from Nexus Mods: here's the Silent Hills 3 one and here you'll find the Silent Hills 4 one.

Half-Life: Google Translate Edition is full of wonderful gibberish
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-google-translate-edition-is-full-of-wonderful-gibberish/
Google Translate is the greatest poet of our age, capable of turning the most mundane sentences into evocative prose. At least once you've run the text through different languages a few times before translating it back into English. That's what modder SausageEggs did for all the dialogue and text in Half-Life. The result is magical.
Pretty much everything has been warped by Google. Warning signs, dialogue and and even the UI now displays very confusing gibberish. For the dialogue, SausageEggs re-recorded the audio with some help, so security guards and scientists will now happily spout complete nonsense at you.
The dodgy translations still retain some of their original meaning, so dialogue can start off making sense before it veers into the surreal, like this gem from the security guard at reception.

GAMING NEWS

Battlefield 5 Update 6.0 releases tomorrow, brings new content, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-update-6-0-releases-tomorrow-brings-new-content-full-patch-notes-revealed/
DICE has announced that the first 2020 update for Battlefield 5 will come out tomorrow. According to the team, Update 6.0 adds new content to the game, and improves online server connectivity. Furthermore, DICE claimed that Update 6.2 will include a substantive revision on our current Weapon Balance.

DAEMON X MACHINA is coming to the PC on February 13th + PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/daemon-x-machina-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-february-13th-pc-system-requirements/
XSEED Games has announced that Marvelous’ mecha game, DAEMON X MACHINA, will be coming to the PC on February 13th. Moreover, the publisher has revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.
>> Leynos has made a thread about it.

Platinum Games launches Kickstarter for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, funded in just mere hours
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/platinum-games-launches-kickstarter-for-the-wonderful-101-remastered-funded-in-just-mere-hours/
Platinum Games has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered. The Wonderful 101 is a “Unite Action” action-adventure that was directed by action game luminary Hideki Kamiya.

Blizzard is now offering automatic refunds for Warcraft 3 Reforged
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-is-now-offering-automatic-refunds-for-warcraft-3-reforged/
(...) If you have purchased or pre-ordered the game, you can request a refund via this link. What’s really crucial to note here is that these are automatic, instant refunds. Now we are not saying that you should all refund the game. However, it’s at least great knowing that there is such an option. Furthermore, multiple users have already received a refund. So yeah, this is actually happening.

Here are the first ten minutes of gameplay from DOOM Eternal
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-the-first-ten-minutes-of-gameplay-from-doom-eternal/
IGN recently released a video showing the first ten minutes of the upcoming DOOM Eternal by id Software. The game has already been delayed once, because according to the developers they want to polish the game even more in order to deliver the best experience. We already informed you that DOOM Eternal with not have microtransactions. Also the game will not feature real-time ray tracing any time soon.

Atomic Heart is alive, new gameplay footage surfaces, is similar to Bioshock and Prey
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/atomic-heart-is-alive-new-gameplay-footage-surfaces-is-similar-to-bioshock-and-prey/
It’s been a while since we last heard from Mundfish and Atomic Heart, right? Well, good news everyone as Alexey Makarenko has visited Mundfish and has shared his opinion about the game itself, as well as its gameplay mechanics.