So, for this month, since giving my wallet a break don't cross the minds of the gaming gods, my PC controller broke (actually, it loses connection unless the cable is twisted in a very specific way, and opening it up revealed nothing). Now, apparently they don't make X360 controllers anymore, so I'm going with a very nice third party one, LEDs and everything. Hopefully, that'll be the last thing to go caput until I replace most of it in 18-20 months.

That sucks.

Can't you get an used from from a second hand store? I got the one I used for my PC this way, before my brother gifted me an XboxOne controller.

I... don't think we have this sort of thing around here? Sometimes our federal revenue agency does these sales of seized smuggled merchandise and you can get video game stuff etc. for real cheap but they're really unpredictable.

So yeah, not much to do. I could wait, but then I'd miss on this sale.

There are no business that buy and sell used goods? That's... kind of odd. But well, every country has its own peculiarities.

If the price is good and you like it, go for it!

I don't think I could find it easily nowadays except for online. Game rental shops almost certainly used to do it, they were a hub for all sorts of interesting stuff, whether used, imported etc... but they're all dead now.

^Well, that saddens me.

And in other news, but also a bit sad, JPR has published the Q4 2018 results for GPU sales, and they're not good

Due to the collapse of Crypto-mining Q4 2018 goes down as worst fourth quarter for add-in boards in over 10 years
https://www.jonpeddie.com/store/add-in-board-report
The add-in board market decreased in Q4'18 from last quarter, and Nvidia gained market share. Over $2.8 billion dollars of AIBs shipped in the quarter.

Quarter-to-quarter graphics board shipments decreased by 10.7% and decreased by 40.2% year-to-year.

“The fourth quarter is normally flat to up seasonally, “said Dr. John Peddie, President, and founder of Jon Peddie Research. “However, this quarter we found that AIB shipments decreased from the last quarter by 10.7%, which is which is below the ten-year average of a 2.3% decrease. This has largely been attributed to the hang-over of the crypto-mining gold rush.”

A new Monday has come and, with it, the news:

SALES & DEALS

Cities: Skylines has sold six million copies
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-has-sold-six-million-copies/
This weekend Cities: Skylines, the city-building sim from Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive, will celebrate its fourth birthday. To mark the event Paradox have shared some numbers. Most notable is the fact that Cities: Skylines has sold six million copies in that time, a thoroughly decent amount for a game of its type. But they also note that players have made 39,733,045 simulated cities with a total combined population of 2,185,317,000,000 people—a number so big it's hard to think about.

Devil May Cry 5 is Capcom's second biggest PC launch ever
https://www.pcgamer.com/devil-may-cry-5-is-capcoms-second-biggest-pc-launch-ever/
Capcom has entered a golden age. Its Resident Evil 2 remake was three times more popular on Steam than 2017's Resident Evil 7, and now its latest game, hack-and-slash Devil May Cry 5, has surpassed both of them, making it Capcom's second biggest PC launch ever.
As of writing, the game has a concurrent player peak of around 89,000, and is in the top 10 on Steam in terms of current players. That could improve over the weekend, too, but it's unlikely to catch up with Monster Hunter: World, Capcom's biggest-ever Steam launch, which reached a peak concurrent player count of more than 300,000 following its launch in August.
>> Good news for us, as that will encourage them to bring more games to PC.

GOG's new weekly sale, Stealth Mode On, brings up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190311_weekly_sale

Here are Steam's daily deals:

• The Early Access game SimAirport is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/598330/SimAirport/
• And publisher EXOR Studios has put its games on sale, up to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/ExorStudios/list/45161

And at Fanatical, there are 3 new deals to mention:

• The Star Deal is Yakuza 0, 43% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/yakuza-0
• There's a new Pick&Mix bundle that will last 14 days featuring 15 games to choose any 5, 10 or 15: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-retro-bundle
• And there's a Spring Sale, that will last two weeks, with over 1500 games up to 90% off. Plus, if you use the code FANATICAL10, you'll get an extra 10% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

SEGA has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Sonic Mania via the latest beta patch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sega-has-removed-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-from-sonic-mania-via-the-latest-beta-patch/
SEGA has released a new beta patch for Sonic Mania that, among other things, it removes the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. To be honest, this does not really surprise us as SEGA has been distancing itself from it. The Japanese company has already removed Denuvo from Yakuza 0 and has recently released Yakuza Kiwami without this anti-tamper tech.
This beta patch also fixes an issue where a controller didn’t always get detected, fixes an issue where the check for compatible shaders was not performed when the game starts and increases the amount of storage size a user could access for the replay data.

The Epic Games Launcher has a search function now
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-epic-games-launcher-has-a-search-function-now/
The Epic Games Launcher store has a search function now. This may seem like the kind of thing you'd expect it to have right from the start, but as Sergey Galyonkin explained on Twitter, "We launched with three games, there was no need to enable search". Now there are slightly more than three games on the Epic Launcher—though still not as many as its competitors, of course—and so it has a search function. Galyonkin adds that "Once we have more games, we'll add more features, including pages", as right now the store is set to infinite scroll.

MODS/EMULATORS

TimeSplitters Rewind is alive, new gameplay presentation released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/timesplitters-rewind-is-alive-new-gameplay-presentation-released/
Out last look on TimeSplitters Rewind was back in 2017 when we shared some screenshots from its WIP version. Since then, the team went silent and today, after almost one and a half years, Cinder Interactive Arts released a new gameplay presentation.
As the team noted, the gameplay footage featured in this video has been worked on from October last year and mainly from one person. Yeap, the team has scraped all previous work and has started from the beginning. Moreover, it features a lot of placeholders and it obviously does not represent the quality of the final product. Still, it’s better than nothing.
TimeSplitters Rewind is a standalone multiplayer game that is being developed by fans of the original Timesplitters series. The game will feature characters, maps, and weapons from all three games completely rebuilt.

New demo for Dragon Ball Unreal, DBZ fan game in Unreal Engine 4, is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-demo-for-dragon-ball-unreal-dbz-fan-game-in-unreal-engine-4-is-available-for-download/
Dragon ball fans, here is something for you today. Remember Dragon Ball Unreal? You know, the DBZ fan game that is being developed by a single person in Unreal Engine 4? Well good news as a brand new demo has been released to the public and is available for download.
This new demo features new 3D models, Son Goku can use Ultra Instinct, there are new special effects, new animations, refined collisions and a new environment that is inspired by the latest Dragon Ball Super movie, Dragon Ball Super Broly.
>> To get the demo, join the game's Discord channel and then go to the download section.

ESRGAN AI-enhanced HD Texture Packs released for Grand Theft Auto Vice City & Morrowind
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/esrgan-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-packs-released-for-grand-theft-auto-vice-city-morrowind/
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind fans, here is something for your today. Modders ‘Jamasen’ and ‘DassiD’ have released new ESRGAN AI-enhanced HD texture packs for these two games that improve the quality of their original, blurry and low-resolution textures.
DassiD and his team had already upscaled the textures in Morrowind to four times the vanilla resolution using ESRGAN, however they decided to go one step further. With version 2.0 the team has also trained custom models for different types of materials, which has increased detail considerably in many cases (and issues with alpha-textures and compression artifacts should be minimal).
On the other hand, the Texture Pack for GTA Vice City updates/enhances/improves around 1364 textures. According to the modder, some of these textures have been from the XBOX, PS2 and mobile versions, as these textures were of a higher quality than those found in the original PC version.
>> Check t he article for the links.

Third episode for The AMC TC, old-school stand-alone free game based on Duke Nukem 3D, available now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/third-episode-for-the-amc-tc-old-school-stand-alone-free-game-based-on-duke-nukem-3d-available-now/
Modder ‘Jblade35’ has released the third episode for The AMC TC. The AMC TC is described as an epic multi-character single player stand-alone game based on Duke Nukem 3D, utilising Eduke32 and the 2.5D BUILD engine.
The third episode offers 30+ hours of story-driven campaign, featuring original levels full of epic encounters and surprises. The artists that made the levels for the game’s third episode are James Stanfield, Michael Crisp, Sangluss, Cedric ‘Zaxtor Znort’ Lutes, Loke, and Snowfall (with certain maps using segments built by Highwire and Jenz/amaka).
>> Get it from ModDB.

Sonic Unleashed Temple of Gaia remake in Unreal Engine 4 is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sonic-unleashed-temple-of-gaia-remake-in-unreal-engine-4-is-available-for-download/
YouTube’s ‘Raphpower-S’ has released a remake of the Temple of Gaia map from Sonic Unleashed in Unreal Engine 4. This map recreates the area from the cut-scene when Sonic and Chip bring the Chaos emerald to the Gaia Temple to restore the planet.
Raphpower-S has used the original Sonic model from the game that was ripped from the Xbox 360 version from TheEpicOfGilgamesh, thus giving everyone a glimpse at what a new Sonic Unleashed game could have looked in Epic’s engine.
It’s a cool concept though you should not expect anything mind-blowing. Players can control Sonic and explore the temple and that’s it. From the looks of it, Raphpower-S does not plan to expand this project and create a fan-made game like CryZENx has done with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
>> Here's the download link.

This mod completely removes Mr. X from Resident Evil 2 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-completely-removes-mr-x-from-resident-evil-2-remake/
Resident Evil 2 Remake is one of the best remakes we’ve seen to date. However, and perhaps its only controversial feature, is the inclusion of Mr. X. While some players believed that its inclusion stayed true to the original game, some players felt those encounters to be boring, repetitive and tedious. If you were among them, you’ll find the following mod quite interesting.
As its title suggests, this mod for Resident Evil 2 Remake completely removes Mr. X from the game. What’s also cool here is that this mod does not break any scripted events evolving Mr. X as a friendly ghost has been used in his place.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

Here's how Breath of the Wild looks on PC without cel-shading
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-how-breath-of-the-wild-looks-on-pc-without-cel-shading/
Wii U emulator Cemu was able to run The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild shortly after the game's release, but just being able to run something isn't enough for modders. Now it's playable at 60 frames-per-second with a variety of graphical tweaks. A new version of Cemu just released, 1.15.3b, and so Arkh Longstride made the video above to show off what it's capable of with a variety of mods.
The most obvious difference is the removal of cel-shading, which is a divisive choice. I think it gives it more of a Twilight Princess look, but I did like the original style. The fog's also been taken away and a bunch of other changes have been made to increase how far you can see, and clarity filters alter the colors a little. The UI's stretched to fit widescreen, but apparently that's not a problem at most resolutions.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer has been recreated in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-episode-i-racer-has-been-recreated-in-unreal-engine-4/
Star Wars Episode I: Racer was probably the best thing to come out of The Phantom Menace, but at 20 years old, it could probably do with a fresh coat of paint. Thankfully, modder RobJin has come to the rescue of podracing fanatics everywhere, creating a demo version in Unreal Engine 4. There's a spiffy trailer that you can watch above.
The modder started the project to get the hang of the engine, but 10 months later it's become something a bit grander. They warn that there are optimisation and animation issues, but that it's still playable. Podracers can control Anakin and his swift junker on the Mos Espa map on Tatooine. Check out their Art Station page here.
>> And here's the download link.

GAMING NEWS

3D Realms’ WRATH: Aeon of Ruin will have official 3DFX support + 11 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/3d-realms-wrath-aeon-of-ruin-will-have-official-3dfx-support-11-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Now this is really cool and will definitely put a smile on your face. 3D Realms’ WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is an old-school first person shooter that is powered by the Quake Engine and the team has just announced that the game will have 3DFX support.

Anthem update 1.0.3 releases later today, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anthem-update-1-0-3-releases-later-today-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
Bioware has announced that its latest update for Anthem will go live later today. According to the team, this patch will update your game’s version to 1.0.3 and will go out between 7AM and 9AM Central Time.
>> That was Saturday.

Dangerous Driving, spiritual successor to Burnout 3: Takedown, will be exclusive on Epic’s digital store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dangerous-driving-spiritual-successor-to-burnout-3-takedown-will-be-exclusive-to-epics-digital-store/
Three Fields Entertainment has announced that its spiritual successor to Burnout 3: Takedown, Dangerous Driving, will not be coming out on Steam. Instead, this new racing game will be coming exclusively on Epic’s digital store on April 9th.

New Shenmue 3 gameplay trailer released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-shenmue-3-gameplay-trailer-released/
Ys Net has released a brand new gameplay trailer for Shenmue 3. According to the trailer, the gameplay footage showcased here is from a WIP version and does not represent the quality of the final game.

New gameplay video for Remedy’s Control showcases every supernatural ability
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-video-for-remedys-control-showcases-every-supernatural-ability/
GameInformer has shared a new video, showcasing every supernatural ability that will be available in Remedy’s upcoming action-adventure game, Control. The first supernatural ability that players will get in the game is a prototype weapon that can grow into different type of forms.

UBOAT is a new submarine sim that is coming to Steam Early Access in Q1 2019, official gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/uboat-is-a-new-submarine-sim-that-is-coming-to-steam-early-access-in-q1-2019-official-gameplay-trailer/
Deep Water Studio is currently working on a new submarine simulator, called UBOAT. According to its description, UBOAT is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German soldiers, and targets a Q1 2019 release on Steam Early Access.

Official Microsoft Store page lists the PC/Surface HUB for Halo: The Master Chief Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-microsoft-store-page-lists-the-pc-surface-hub-for-halo-the-master-chief-collection/
Last week, we informed you about the latest rumours surrounding a PC release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection and from the looks of it, Microsoft is gearing up for an official announcement soon. And if that wasn’t enough, the official Microsoft Store page currently lists Surface HUB for this title.

Ready or Not is a new realistic tactical shooter inspired by the SWAT series for the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ready-or-not-is-a-new-realistic-tactical-shooter-inspired-by-the-swat-series-for-the-pc/
VOID Interactive has released the first gameplay trailer for Ready or Not. Ready or Not is a realistic tactical first person shooter, set against a backdrop of political and eonomic instability in the US. Players will be placed in the boots of Judge, an elite SWAT commander being tasked with defusing tense, hostile situations in a morally bankrupt city.

Monday news, part two:

Vermintide 2 celebrates its first birthday with an in-game pub crawl
https://www.pcgamer.com/vermintide-2-anniversary-level-quiet-drink/
It’s Warhammer: Vermintide 2’s first birthday, and to mark the occasion, there’s a special Event Level that has the Ubersreik Five (or Four? Doesn’t matter) head out on the town on good, old fashioned bender.
The new Event Level, called A Quiet Drink, is available now in the Keep. It begins with our rat-smashing heroes on the prowl for some ale. There’s plenty of that scattered throughout the streets, but this being the End Times, there are also plenty of clanrats, zombies, and Chaos Warriors catching the evening air as well. As these things so often do, it culminates with an all-out tavern brawl at a charming little pub called the Obese Megalodon, followed by a mad dash out through some subterranean tunnels.

Phase 1 of Warframe’s melee overhaul has arrived
https://www.pcgamer.com/phase-1-of-warframes-melee-overhaul-has-arrived/
Being a space ninja just got cooler than it already was: Warframe has rolled out the first phase of its much-anticipated melee combat overhaul along with Operation: Buried Debts.
Buried Debts is Warframe’s first community event of the year, and it’s introducing the new chonky Hildryn warframe. She’s an interesting frame, using her shield pool rather than energy to perform her abilities while hefting a huge archwing firearm.

Subnautica: Below Zero update adds seatruck and cheeky monkeys
https://www.pcgamer.com/subnautica-below-zero-update-adds-seatruck-and-cheeky-monkeys/
The latest Early Access update for Subnautica's standalone expansion Below Zero is here. It's called the seatruck update because that's the main thing it adds: A new vehicle you can build by constructing a cab and then choosing modules to add to it. There's a storage container, a fabricator, and an aquarium that you can use to bring fish home or maybe take your pets out for an underwater road trip.

Path of Exile: Synthesis expansion is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/path-of-exile-synthesis-expansion-is-live/
Path of Exile: Synthesis adds a new Challenge League to the popular free action-RPG. Synthesis is all about exploring lost memories and its dungeons are made by players, assembled from fragments of the decaying memories of an NPC named Cavas. It's an intriguing high concept for a game that's often a bit generic in its theming.

Hitman 2's latest elusive target is a politician with a body double
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-2s-latest-elusive-target-is-a-politician-with-a-body-double/
From March 8 to March 18 an elusive target will be available in Hitman 2's Hawke's Bay level—that's the New Zealand beach house from the tutorial. Dame Barbra Elizabeth Keating is a corrupt politician who has dodged a scandal and is about to embark on a PR tour with a body double for safety. If you manage to complete the contract without killing the double, you'll get a higher rating. Which is nice.

Artifact designer Richard Garfield among those not working at Valve any more
https://www.pcgamer.com/richard-garfield-among-those-not-working-at-valve-any-more/
In February, Valve laid off 13 of its full-time employees and an unknown number of its contractors. "It’s an unfortunate part of business, but does not represent any major changes at the company," Valve said in a statement.
Artifact fan blog Artibuff reached out to Richard Garfield, who served as that game's designer under contract, to see if he was one of those terminated. Garfield replied, and explained that both members of the 3 Donkeys design team—himself and Skaff Elias, former vice president of Wizards of the Coast—were no longer under contract at Valve.

Dark Souls creator would 'love to' make a battle royale game
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-creator-would-love-to-make-a-battle-royale-game/
Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of Dark Souls and president of developer From Software, has said he would "love to take a crack at" making both a battle royale and a regularly-updated "live service" game, a la Destiny and Anthem.

Rainbow Six Siege's next operator will be invisible to cameras, leak suggests
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-next-operator-will-be-invisible-to-cameras-leak-suggests/
The next season of Rainbow Six Siege will add two new operators: one Danish, one from the United States Secret Service. We don't know much about them yet but a new leak, from a seemingly reputable source, might have revealed some of their abilities.

Grim Dawn's Forgotten Gods expansion now has a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/grim-dawns-forgotten-gods-expansion-gets-release-date/
Action-RPG Grim Dawn's long-awaited Forgotten Gods expansion—which will add a new story chapter, an endless game mode and hundreds of items—will be out on March 27, developer Crate Entertainment has revealed.

The Case of the Invisible Wizard is a forthcoming frog detective adventure
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-case-of-the-invisible-wizard-is-a-forthcoming-frog-detective-adventure/
The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Adventure was a short and adorable experience that made our list of underrated games from 2018. It was all about talking to animal people and solving simple puzzles while chilling to piano tunes and generally having a nice time. Now its creator, indie dev Grace Bruxner, has announced a sequel. Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard, will be out later this year.

Blade Symphony goes free-to-play, gets flooded with negative reviews
https://www.pcgamer.com/blade-symphony-goes-free-to-play-gets-flooded-with-negative-reviews/
Multiplayer swordfighting game Blade Symphony has gone free-to-play.
The move was announced in 2017 and follows the massive Harmonious Prelude update, which upgraded the game engine and added new modes on top of the standard 1v1 arena duels. Developer Puny Human said in a Steam post on Friday that the change was not a money grab, and that only four items would be for sale through an in-game store—all it wanted was to make the game "more accessible, and have a longer life", it said.

Improbable to open two game studios, one headed by former Bioware exec
https://www.pcgamer.com/improbable-to-open-two-game-studios-one-headed-by-former-bioware-exec/
Improbable, the creator of multiplayer-focused cloud platform SpatialOS, has opened two game studios to build its own online multiplayer games. One studio is based in London, UK and the other is in Edmonton, Canada.

Scum expands map with coal mine and 24 new islands
https://www.pcgamer.com/scum-patch-expands-map-with-coal-mine-and-24-new-islands/
The latest patch for open-world survival game Scum adds new areas to the world map, including an extensive underground coal mine and 24 islands off the coast of the main island.

Ashes of Creation MMO alpha delayed following battle royale test
https://www.pcgamer.com/ashes-of-creation-mmo-alpha-delayed-following-battle-royale-test/
The first alpha for ambitious MMO Ashes of Creation, which has plans for huge cities and a player-led government, has been delayed past this summer, developer Intrepid Studios has announced.

Nanotale is an RPG in which you kill enemies by typing, out later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/nanotale-is-an-rpg-in-which-you-kill-enemies-by-typing-out-later-this-year/
The developers of typing game/RPG hybrid Epistory have announced that the sequel, called Nanotale, will be out on PC in the second half of this year.
You'll take control of a novice archivist called Rosalind, who's collecting plant samples and cataloging mysterious goings-on to try and saving a dying planet. Everything is controlled via your keyboard, and most of the puzzles and combat will require you to type words as fast as you can: each on-screen enemy has a word assigned to them, and you have to type it to deal damage, for example.

Vignettes is a beautiful shape-shifting puzzler out now on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/vignettes-is-a-beautiful-shape-shifting-puzzler-out-now-on-pc/
Vignettes, one of my favorite mobile games, is now out on PC—and it's a "reworked" version of the original with "numerous improvements and previously unreleased content".

Fallout 76's first seasonal event will add spooky masks, burning effigies
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76s-first-seasonal-event-will-add-spooky-masks-burning-effigies/
Beginning on March 19 and lasting for a week, Fallout 76 players will get to experience its first seasonal event. Called Fasnacht, it's a parade held in the town of Helvetia, and a repeatable quest associated with it will involve helping the town's robot shopkeepers set up for the march. Enemies will need to be cleared from the route, decorations chosen, and music played.

Over 355,000 Apex Legends cheaters have been banned
https://www.pcgamer.com/over-355000-apex-legends-cheaters-have-been-banned/
Over on the Apex Legends subreddit, Respawn have posted their latest "check-in". It notes a few things they're looking at, but the most interesting is that using Easy-Anti-Cheat has led to over 355,000 cheaters being banned on PC. "The service works but the fight against cheaters is an ongoing war that we’ll need to continue to adapt to and be very vigilant about fighting", they write. "We take cheating very seriously and care deeply about the health of Apex Legends for all players."

Apex Legends datamines uncover wall running, NPCs and flamethrowers
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-datamines-uncover-wall-running-npcs-and-flamethrowers/
Last week's Apex Legends update has been keeping the game's diligent dataminers extremely busy. The fruits of their recent labours are numerous, from the possible addition of wall running to more evidence of NPCs.

Fortnite dance lawsuits have been dropped, but only for now
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-dance-lawsuits-have-been-dropped-but-only-for-now/
Several Fortnite lawsuits have been dropped, but seemingly only temporarily. The law firm representing 2 Milly, Backpack Kid and Orange Shirt Kid, among others, announced that their clients were dismissing their current lawsuits, but only so they can refile them.

Forward is an elegant, free roguelike where everything is cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/forward-is-an-elegant-free-roguelike-where-everything-is-cards/
This year's 7-Day Roguelike Challenge has just come to an end, meaning that 125 new, free roguelikes (and a few unfinished ones) have been suddenly dumped on our laps, like an unseasonal Christmas treat. I've had a nosey around on the submissions page, and I've already found a great freebie in Citron Curieux's Forward, which is a roguelike but where everything is made out of cards.

The Tuesday news, all in one post:

SALES & DEALS

Let's check Steam and its two daily deals and some of the weeklong deals:

• The first daily deal is Niffelheim, 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/351100/Niffelheim/
• The other one is Gremlins, Inc., 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/369990/Gremlins_Inc/
• Talking about the weeklong deals, one of these is the Early Access title Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, 10% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/699170/Fell_Seal_Arbiters_Mark/
• Dream Car Builder is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/488550/Dream_Car_Builder/
• Quest for Infamy is half its price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/264560/Quest_for_Infamy/
• A Bastard's Tale reaches a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/371550/A_Bastards_Tale/
• High Hell is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673000/High_Hell/
• And Miasmata gets a 85% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/223510/Miasmata/

On the Humble Store there are two THQ Nordic sales:

• The first one is a regular THQ Nordic Sale, with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/thq-nordic-sale/
• And there's also a Build Your Own THQ Nordic Bundle where the discounts will increase the more games you buy (80% buying 3 games and 85% if they're 5). This sale will also last 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/thq-nordic-byob/

And at Fanatical, there's a new bundle, the Heart of Crown PC Complete Set featuring the game and DLC with a 24% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/heart-of-crown-pc-complete-set

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

First nude mods for Nico, Lady and V released for Devil May Cry 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-nude-mods-for-nico-lady-and-v-released-for-devil-may-cry-5/
Well, I’m pretty sure that most of you saw this coming. Devil May Cry 5 is the latest triple-A game that has been released and the first nude mods for it are already available for download. These first mods will swaps out all of Nico’s, Lady’s and V’s character models with naked versions.

GAMING NEWS

Official launch trailer released for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-launch-trailer-released-for-sekiro-shadows-die-twice/
Activision has released the launch trailer for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the next adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series.

The Division 2 runs significantly faster in DX12, over 20fps increase in CPU/RAM-limited scenarios
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-runs-significantly-faster-in-dx12-over-20fps-increase-in-cpu-ram-limited-scenarios/
Back in January, Ubisoft’s Technical Director Calle Lejdfors claimedthat The Division 2 will be running faster in DX12 than in DX11. And since the French company has provided us with a review code for this new looter shooter, we’ve decided to test our NVIDIA RTX2080Ti and see whether those claims were true or not.

Another study finds no significant links between violence and gaming
https://www.pcgamer.com/another-study-finds-no-significant-links-between-violence-and-gaming/
A recent study into a hypothesised connection between violent video games and aggression has found no positive correlation between games and the behaviour of the 1,004 teen participants after multiple tests.
>> This is like the autism-vaccines bullsh!t. No matter how many studies show no relation, some people will always believe in it.

The rumoured Fallout 76 secret ending was just a pipe dream
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-fallout-76-player-thinks-theyve-uncovered-a-secret-ending/
A Fallout 76 player believes there's a secret ending to Bethesda's survival romp. They're setting out with some volunteers to see if they can bring it about with a calculated nuclear assault on post-apocalyptic West Virginia, specifically the fissures that spawn scorchbeasts.
Update: We knew the chances of an elaborate, secret ending hidden away inside Fallout 76 was unlikely, but Easter eggs and secrets have an almost mythical draw; just look at GTA 5's Mount Chiliad mystery. Unfortunately, some dreams may have been dashed.

World of Warcraft: Classic will be split into six phases
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-classic-will-be-split-into-six-phases/
Blizzard has tweaked its plans for World of Warcraft: Classic. The original plan was to give Classic four phases built around the MMO's early raids, but after some feedback from players and some internal discussion, that's been expanded to six. The team's goal is to recapture the the 'good old days', so the updates will largely follow the original patches, but paired up.

Battle 'tens of thousands' of enemies in Stardock's new tower defense game
https://www.pcgamer.com/battle-tens-of-thousands-of-enemies-in-stardocks-new-tower-defense-game/
Siege of Centauri is an upcoming tower defense game set in the Ashes of the Singularity universe in which humanity's colony on Proxima Centauri falls under attack by endless hordes of alien forces. The only thing standing in their way is the Carpathia, a ship dispatched from Earth that can drop defensive emplacements from orbit.

Anarchy Online's 'classic server' takes players back to the good old days of 2001
https://www.pcgamer.com/anarchy-onlines-classic-server-takes-players-back-to-the-good-old-days-of-2001/
World of Warcraft isn't the only long-running MMO that's going back to its roots with a "classic" server. Funcom has opened the doors on a new server for the even-older sci-fi MMO Anarchy Online that will return players to the early days of Rubi-Ka, with no expansions, a lowered level cap, and an "untouched economy" to get things rolling.

To the Moon studio's next game is a thriller about 'bloody murders'
https://www.pcgamer.com/to-the-moon-studios-next-game-is-a-thriller-about-bloody-murders/
Freebird Games, the indie studio behind the tear-jerker adventures To the Moon and Finding Paradise, has announced that its next project will be entitled Impostor Factory, and it will be all about, let's see here... uhh, murder.

This Ni No Kuni II DLC trailer is cute and charming until The Nightmares arrive
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-ni-no-kuni-ii-dlc-trailer-is-cute-and-charming-until-the-nightmares-arrive/
Ni No Kuni II is so cute and charming, that it's easy to forget that one spends at least 70 percent of the game's duration killing cute and charming creatures. But that's videogames for you. For those eager to get more mileage out of the game, new DLC releases next week (March 19). Dubbed The Tale of a Timeless Tome, it focuses on fighting the scourge of The Nightmares, who are very frightening indeed (but also kinda cute).

Rumor: Halo: The Master Chief Collection for PC seems almost certain following 343 Industries posts
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-for-pc-might-be-announced-next-week/
A Halo: The Master Chief Collection announcement for PC seems all but certain at this stage, following an exchange on reddit between a fan and a 343 Industries employee.
In a thread entitled "I will buy the first 343 employee that comments on this pizza if MCC for PC gets announced during the special announcement this month", a verified 343 Employee account operated by Community Director Brian Jarrard responded: "What kind of pizza are we talking about?"

Fallout 76 Wild Appalachia update has been delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-wild-appalachia-update-has-been-delayed/
The first update in Fallout 76's new season, Wild Appalachia, was due out today, but if you were planning a trip back to West Virginia to check out the changes, you'll need to reschedule. The update has been pushed back, but thankfully only by a single day.

Fortnite 8.10 adds giant hamster balls and free vending machines
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-810-adds-giant-hamster-balls-and-free-vending-machines/
Fortnite's latest patch finally lets players live out their dreams of becoming an agile hamster. The Baller is a new vehicle with a boost and grapple that will let you pull off "unbelievable feats", and it's accompanied by a bunch of one-time free vending machines and more markers.

The latest Anthem patch's nerfs were apparently bugs
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-latest-anthem-patchs-nerfs-were-apparently-bugs/
Anthem's 1.03 update, as well as removing a bug that made the game a lot more fun, also introduced some changes that weren't detailed in the patch notes. Players noticed a few additions that had gone unmentioned, like new components that can give Javelins an edge and several nerfs.
>> And some players are planning a boycott to protest for a fixed bug... You'll understand it if you read it,

Apex Legends datamine uncovers 8 new characters
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-apex-legend-characters-abilities/
The dataminers are still digging away at Apex Legends, and it looks like one may have struck gold. Seemingly eight new characters have been uncovered, along with icons, concept art and names. The whole list was posted on Reddit, along with the previously leaked Octane and Wattson.

Put Halo MCC on my wishlist. Let's all hope it's not somehow broken.