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SALES & DEALS

Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped 29 million copies, Borderlands 3 near 8 million, The Outer Worlds over 2 million and the new Bioshock is still years away
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/red-dead-redemption-2-shipped-29-million-copies-borderlands-3-near-8-million-the-outer-worlds-over-2-million-and-the-new-bioshock-is-still-years-away/
We recently informed you about Rockstar’s co-founder & vice president, Dan Houser leaving the studio. Now Take-Two announced that Red Dead Redemption 2 has shipped 29 million units worldwide.
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After five years Grand Theft Auto V is still selling surprisingly well, with the numbers now reaching over 120 million units worldwide. In the previous financial briefing in November of last year, the numbers were 26.5 million and 115 million respectively.
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Borderlands 3 has shipped near 8 million units and The Outer Worlds over 2 million units. Which is very impressive for such a title and probably shows how much people wanted a decent Fallout like title.
>> Last Friday PCGamer published the RDR2 and GTA V numbers, now we also know the figures for Borderlands 2 and The Outer Worlds.

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot has sold 1.5 million copies in its first week, Nioh has shipped 3 million copies
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragon-ball-z-kakarot-has-sold-1-5-million-copies-in-its-first-week-nioh-has-shipped-3-million-copies/
Bandai Namco has announced that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has sold 1.5 million copies in its first week. Moreover, Team Ninja has announced that Nioh has shipped more than 3 million copies on PC and PS4.
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It’s worth noting that Nioh had shipped 2 million copies in May 2019. As such, Team Ninja’s title was able to ship an additional one million copies in nine months.

GOG starts the week with two new sales:

• The new weekly sale is full of adventure games, up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200210_weekly_sale
• And there's a special sale with games picked up by GameStar. The salew ill last the whole week and offers up to 70% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200210_gamestars_collection

Steam has two new daily deals:

• Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/779290/Stygian_Reign_of_the_Old_Ones/
• And RAGE 2 is 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/548570/RAGE_2/

On the Humble Store, the Kerbal Space Program franchise is on sale, up to 75% off for the next 4 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/kerbal-space-program-franchise-sale/

And Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Far Cry 5, 80% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/far-cry-5
• The Age of Wonders franchise is up to 80% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/age-of-wonders
• And Paradox has its games on sale up to 80% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/paradox-interactive

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam and CS:GO break all-time concurrent user records just days after they were last set
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-and-csgo-break-all-time-concurrent-user-records-just-days-after-they-were-last-set/
Steam has managed to break its concurrent user record again after just one week.
On Sunday, February 9 at 14:10 GMT, a record 19,107,803 people were logged into Steam at the same time, blowing the previous record of 18,801,944 from February 2 out of the water. Steam user count records being broken so quickly is unheard of, as the record before February 2 was from all the way back in January 2018.
That surge of players has been good for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, as it too broke its own concurrent player record again after only two days. At around the same time as Steam broke its record on February 9, CS:GO saw an all-time high of 901,651 players.

MODS/EMULATORS

Vulkan API build for Yuzu the Nintendo Switch emulator is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/vulkan-api-build-for-yuzu-the-nintendo-switch-emulator-is-now-available-for-download/
In case you missed it, the team behind one of the best and fastest growing emulators for the Nintendo Switch has made a public release of a build that can utilise the Vulkan API. While this version was initially the privilege of only patreon backers, it has now been made available for everyone.
The integration of a Vulkan back-end renderer is a big deal for two primary reasons. Firstly, the GPU in the actual Nintendo Switch is based on Nvidia architecture. Thus, gamers who wanted to play their Nintendo Switch games on an AMD GPU’s (and Intel’s embedded GPU’s) had to make do with very poor performance until now.
Secondly, from its announcement, the Vulkan API has always been built to compete with OpenGL. The Vulkan version is more efficient with multiple computing cores, featuring a more intuitive code. Now this is something which could be extremely useful when trying to emulate complex 3D games.

Apotheosis is a DLC-sized fan expansion for Skyrim that will come out in 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/apotheosis-is-a-dlc-sized-fan-expansion-for-skyrim-that-will-come-out-in-2020/
Skyrim fans, here is a really interesting DLC-sized mod for you. Apotheosis is a massive upcoming DLC expansion that will come out later this year.
Apotheosis will feature a dark, epic story set across hand crafted worlds, sprawling dungeons and exotic locations. Players will scour the 16 Realms of Oblivion, Dreamsleeve, home of the forgotten dead, and Battlespire.
This mod will have unique setpiece boss encounters with challenging mechanics. It will also have fully voice-acted quests with memorable characters and personal stories.
Furthermore, players will be able to discover and assemble rare and powerful artifacts, armors, outfits, spells and weapons.

This 1GB mod brings over 100 high quality and balanced weapons to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-1gb-mod-brings-over-100-high-quality-and-balanced-weapons-to-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/
Modders Billyro, Drunkzealot and Zikoru have released a pretty cool mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. Skyrim Weapons Expansion adds over 100+ new weapons, mostly swords, to crafting and leveled lists.
According to the modders, every weapon has been re-balanced to the vanilla game. Moreover, players will be able to craft, temper or breakdown recipes. Also, all weapons are of high quality, and originate from the vanilla weapon types.
Furthermore, the traditional leveled list plugin adds the weapons directly to the leveled lists. This allows for simple compatibility with other mods via bash/smash.
>> You can get this mod from Nexus Mods.

New screenshots released for the Arx Fatalis Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-the-arx-fatalis-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
BlackcatGameStudio has released some new screenshots for its upcoming fan remake of Arx Fatalis in Unreal Engine 4. These new screenshots showcase the current state of this fan project, and we suggest checking them out.
Arx Fatalis Remake in Unreal Engine 4 will support both DirectX 12 and real-time ray tracing. Naturally, these latest screenshots showcase the Ray Tracing effects that the game will feature.
According to the team, there won’t be a demo for this fan remake. The reason behind this decision is quite simple. The team is currently trying to avoid any possible C&D letter.

Here's what Warcraft 3: Reforged looks like as a third-person RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-what-warcraft-3-reforged-looks-like-as-a-third-person-rpg/
Few are satisfied with Warcraft 3: Reforged at present, but despite some not-so business-as-usual fine print pertaining to mods and maps, people are modding and mapping anyway. Take modder Serj Vasylyshyn for example, who has built what may be the first publicly demo'ed RPG map with a third-person perspective.
Neither of those are new to Warcraft 3, of course - both RPG maps and third-person mods have existed for the original for ages, and in theory, most old mods should work with Reforged. But it's interesting nevertheless to see footage of Reforged running in third-person mode, as both videos below demonstrate.

GAMING NEWS

Cyberpunk 2077 will be more “breathtaking” due to its real-time global illumination, may not be downgraded
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-will-be-more-breathtaking-due-to-its-real-time-global-illumination-may-not-be-downgraded/
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that a lot of PC gamers are looking forward to. However, and after everything that has happened with The Witcher 3, a lot of people are anxious to see whether the team will downgrade it. And, according to John Mamais, the game looks more “breathtaking” than what CDPR has showcased so far.

Latest Mortal Kombat 11 patch adds beta support for DirectX 12
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/latest-mortal-kombat-11-patch-adds-beta-support-for-directx-12/
QLOC and NetherRealm Studios have released a new performance hotfix patch for Mortal Kombat 11. Furthermore, this patch adds beta support for the DirectX 12 API. As such, PC gamers can expect a better – overall – performance via this new API.

Tactical strategy game, CORRUPTION 2029, releases on February 17th, first screenshots, PC requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tactical-strategy-game-corruption-2029-releases-on-february-17th-first-screenshots-pc-requirements/
The Bearded Ladies, creators of 2018’s award-winning Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, has announced CORRUPTION 2029. CORRUPTION 2029 is a new tactical strategy IP that will come out on February 17th. The title will launch for Windows PC via the Epic Games Store, and below you can find its first screenshots.

The System Shock 3 team is no longer working on the project according to former developer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-system-shock-3-team-is-no-longer-working-on-the-project-according-to-former-developer/
Things are not looking good for System Shock 3. According to a former developer, the original team responsible for this third part is no longer working on it. Therefore, we can safely assume that we won’t be playing this immersive sim game anytime soon.

New official trailer released for Bandai Namco’s Unreal Engine 4-powered PC action RPG, Blue Protocol
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-official-trailer-released-for-bandai-namcos-unreal-engine-4-powered-pc-action-rpg-blue-protocol/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer for its upcoming PC action RPG, Blue Protocol. Blue Protocol will be using Unreal Engine 4, will feature a third-person perspective and anime-like visuals.

New Squadron 42 trailer compares its highly detailed real-time characters with the real actors
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-squadron-42-trailer-compares-its-highly-detailed-real-time-characters-with-the-real-actors/
Cloud Imperium has released a new official trailer for Star Citizen and Squadron 42. This new trailer compares its highly detailed real-time characters with the real-life actors. As such, this trailer will give you an idea of the game’s amazing graphics.