Part two of the news:

Doorkickers 2 re-announced, taking the turn-based tactics to the Middle East
https://www.pcgamer.com/doorkickers-2-re-announced-taking-the-turn-based-tactics-to-the-middle-east/
Doorkickers 2: Task Force North has been re-announced with a new trailer, bringing its unique simultaneous turn-based take on close-quarters tactics to the Middle East.

Award-winning mobile game Florence is coming to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/award-winning-mobile-game-florence-is-coming-to-pc/
Florence, released in February 2018 for iOS devices and shortly thereafter for Android, is a 20-chapter story of Florence Yeoh, a young cellist living a routine life who meets and falls for a street performer named Krish. It wasn't a huge seller—director Ken Wong told Game Informer in 2019 that sales were "okay"—but it was a major critical hit, winning "best mobile game" titles at The Game Awards, DICE Awards, GDC Awards, and BAFTAs, among others.

Apex Legends Season 4 is live, new Battle Pass and Revenant abilities detailed
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-assimilation-patch-notes/
Apex Legends Season 4, Assimilation, is now live, and that means we can finally get a full look at what's cooking in the the new Battle Pass, which offers more than 100 in-game items to unlock, and the full bio of Revenant, the Synthetic Nightmare, whose humanity was slowly stripped away from him by his masters at Hammond Robotics.

A DDOS attack has kept many EVE Online players offline for 9 days, with no end in sight
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-ddos-attack-has-kept-many-eve-online-players-offline-for-9-days-with-no-end-in-sight/
EVE Online hasn't quite become EVE Offline, but for many players in US timezones it might as well be. For nine days and counting, the MMO's US servers have been choking under the onslaught of a DDOS attack, leaving the in-game chat service largely inoperable for players who manage to log in. Many can't even do that, hitting an "unable to login" screen. CCP Games reports both issues, as well as lag and disconnection errors for players who are able to connect, are ongoing, with no ETA for when they may be resolved.

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is leaving the company
https://www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-is-leaving-the-company/
Dan Houser, who founded Rockstar Games in 1998 with his brother Sam, is leaving the company. His upcoming departure was revealed in an SEC filing made today by parent company Take-Two Interactive.

Fable Fortune is shutting down in March
https://www.pcgamer.com/fable-fortune-is-shutting-down-in-march/
When Fable studio Lionhead closed in 2016, it seemed for a very brief moment that the Fable series was gone for good. But mere months later, Fable Fortune was announced, a card game based on the series that was in active development at the time of the studio's closure. Following that closure, a crew of former Lionhead talent formed Flaming Fowl Studios to keep it alive, and a year later, Fable Fortune launched into Early Access.
But the dream is over: in an update on the game's official website, Mediatonic and Flaming Fowl Studios confirm that the game's servers will close on March 4. In the meantime, the in-game store is disabled.

Escape from work with free, chilled-out adventure game Respite
https://www.pcgamer.com/escape-from-work-with-free-chilled-out-adventure-game-respite/
Respite is a game about not doing very much. Really, it's a game about quietly meditating after something mildly dramatic has happened, first by dragging yourself out of bed, and then by watering the plants. The exact nature of the incident is something you'll piece together as you explore your home, but the gist is that you're overworked and overstressed, and that you snapped.

Monster Hunter World's Resident Evil 2 crossover event is coming to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-worlds-resident-evil-2-crossover-event-is-coming-to-pc/
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne finally arrived on PC last month, but it's still got a bit of catching up to do with the console version. It's poised to get a bit closer this month thanks to the imminent arrival of a new monster, Rajang, and the Resident Evil 2 Remake crossover event.

A Space for the Unbound is a slice-of-life adventure in rural Indonesia
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-space-for-the-unbound-is-a-slice-of-life-adventure-in-rural-indonesia/
A Space for the Unbound is a slice-of-life pixel art adventure about two high school friends living in '90s rural Indonesia, but with a supernatural twist. Currently in development at Mojiken Studio and published by Toge Productions, A Space for the Unbound will tackle themes of anxiety, depression, and childhood friendship that will likely pull at your heartstrings.

Get your first look at Fortnite's Harley Quinn skin
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-item-shop-harley-quinn-skin/
Fortnite is continuing its tradition of movie crossovers with a Birds of Prey event soon, and thanks to a dataminer we can get a a sneak peek at the Harley Quinn skin that you'll be able to get in the Item Shop.

Grand Theft Auto meets Cthulhu in survival game Dead Static Drive
https://www.pcgamer.com/grand-theft-auto-meets-cthulhu-in-survival-game-dead-static-drive/
In Dead Static Drive, you play as a survivor travelling across the desolate highways of the U.S, a country that in this universe has been ravaged by Eldritch beings. Described by solo developer Mike Blackney as "Grand Theft Cthulhu," it's a road trip from Hell. The rules of survival are in full swing, you'll need to scavenge, fight, and sneak your way through Dead Static Drive's dangerous world.

The Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam has two new deals:

• Swords & Souls: Neverseen is the new daily deal, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/679900/Swords__Souls_Neverseen/
• And the Early Access title Blackwake is 90% off for the next 4 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/420290/Blackwake/

Fanatical has four new deals:

• The Star Deal is Human: Fall Flat, 67% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/human-fall-flat
• That is part of Curve Digital's new sale with up to 90% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/curve-digital
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker Imperial Edition is 65% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/pathfinder-kingmaker-imperial-edition
• And there's also a new Staff Picks build your own bundle, with 16 games to choose your 3, 5 and 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-build-your-own-bundle-february-2020

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam-has-broken-its-record-for-most-concurrently-online-users/
According to SteamDB, Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users. The last record was set on January 14th back in 2018. That record was 18.537.490 million users while the new record currently is 18.801.944 million users online.
While the number of online players is higher, the number of users in-game is lower. Back in January of 2018, more than seven million users were in-game. At the time of the new record only 5.956.968 users were playing.
The top games on Steam together account for around 2.5 million users. Starting from the top these game are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, Grand Theft Auto V and Monster Hunter: World.

Steam users played for nearly 21 billion (yes, billion) hours in 2019
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-users-played-for-nearly-21-billion-yes-billion-hours-in-2019/
With 2020 now well underway, Valve has shared a look back at the "major updates and new features" that were added to Steam throughout 2019. It was a big year: More new games "found success" on Steam in 2019 than in 2018, according to the Year in Review blog post, and median earnings among new releases went up too. Monthly active users grew to nearly 95 million, and despite the occasional perception that Steam sales aren't the big deal they used to be, "2019 finished strong with our most successful sale ever."
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There are some interesting bits of trivia, too. Nearly 21 billion hours of game time were played on Steam last year, 4.3 million items were uploaded to the Steam Workshop (including some "fake items" used to hijack accounts that forced the introduction of new verification steps), 44 review bombs were addressed, and over the final two months of the year, 3.7 million people used Remote Play, and 2.3 million used Remote Play Together.

Capcom has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Devil May Cry 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-has-removed-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-from-devil-may-cry-5/
Similarly to Resident Evil 2 Remake, Capcom has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Devil May Cry 5. As such, PC gamers who have boycotted the game – due to Denuvo – can go ahead and purchase it now.

MODS/EMULATORS

New video released for the Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth fan remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-video-released-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-battle-for-middle-earth-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
The BFME: Reforged Team has released a new video for its upcoming fan remake of Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth in Unreal Engine 4. This video showcases the Isengard Fortress.
According to the team, the Orthanc tower has influenced the fortress design.

GAMING NEWS

New official gameplay teaser trailer released for Atomic Heart
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-official-gameplay-teaser-trailer-released-for-atomic-heart/
Mundfish has released a new official gameplay teaser trailer for Atomic Heart. Atomic Heart is a game that is heavily inspired by Bioshock, Prey and Zeno Clash. This new teaser trailer features gameplay footage that was present in the previous video we shared a couple of days ago.

Someday You’ll Return is a new story-driven psychological horror game, coming to PC this April
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/someday-youll-return-is-a-new-story-driven-psychological-horror-game-coming-to-pc-this-april/
CBE Software has announced a new story-driven psychological horror game, Someday You’ll Return. This new horror game will be coming to the PC on April 14th, and below you can find its release date trailer.

New gameplay video released for post-apocalyptic adventure game, Beautiful Desolation
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-video-released-for-post-apocalyptic-adventure-game-beautiful-desolation/
The Brotherhood has released a new gameplay video for its upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure game, Beautiful Desolation. Beautiful Desolation is a point n click adventure game with African landscapes that were captured with photogrammetry. It looks cool, so be sure to watch this video.

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Update 2.0 released, adds crossplay between PC, Xbox One & PS4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/power-rangers-battle-for-the-grid-update-2-0-released-adds-crossplay-between-pc-xbox-one-ps4/
Hasbro and nWay have announced the availability of Update 2.0 for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid. According to the press release, this update gives players, for the first time, access to online lobbies and spectator mode. It also adds crossplay support between PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4.

FAIRY TAIL has been delayed, now releasing on June 25th on the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fairy-tail-has-been-delayed-now-releasing-on-june-25th-on-the-pc/
KOEI TECMO and developer GUST Studios announced today that their upcoming magical JRPG, FAIRY TAIL, will now come out on June 25th, 2020, for Windows PC via Steam. The change of date is due to the developer’s desire to further enhance the game for a more enriching FAIRY TAIL experience.

Monster Hunter World Update 11.50 released, is 3.8GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/monster-hunter-world-update-11-50-released-is-3-8gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Capcom has released a new major update for Monster Hunter World. Update 11.50.00 is 2GB in size (and goes up to 3.8GB when you enable its High Resolution Texture Pack), and comes with a lot of tweaks, changes and fixes.

The new Batman game is reportedly a ‘soft reboot’ of the series
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-new-batman-game-is-reportedly-a-soft-reboot-of-the-series/
According to GWW, the upcoming Batman game from Warner Bros Montreal will be a ‘soft reboot’ of the Batman: Arkham series. Unfortunately these news might disappoint some fans who were hoping for a continuation of the series.

Curse of the Dead Gods Early Access reveal trailer and gameplay
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/curse-of-the-dead-gods-early-access-reveal-trailer-and-gameplay/
Curse of the Dead Gods is an upcoming rogue-lite Early Access title from Passtech and Focus Home Interactive. The Early Access will be starting on March 3rd and the game will be available on Steam.

The Thursday news, part two:

Cliff Bleszinski says LawBreakers failed because he was too 'political'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cliff-bleszinski-says-lawbreakers-failed-because-he-was-too-political/
It's a sad reality of the videogame business that sometimes, for a variety of reasons, good games fail. Games like, say, Lawbreakers. Evan liked it an awful lot, calling it "a complex, physical, and deep competitive shooter" in his 84/100 review, but it nonetheless tanked badly. Its emergency-pivot battle royale followup, Radical Heights, held early promise, but it was a rush job and it showed.
The games failed for a number of different reasons, two of the most obvious being Overwatch and PUBG. (Fortnite actually showed up a little late to really take part in the beatdown.) But in an Instagram post that will surely prove unfortunate in short order, Boss Key Studios co-founder Cliff Bleszinski shared some other thoughts on where it all went wrong.
>> Sure, sure...

Ooblets developers tease a 2020 release and 'Sea Dangling'
https://www.pcgamer.com/ooblets-developers-tease-a-2020-release-and-sea-dangling/
"I don’t want to get you excited, but ¡GET EXCITED! because 2020 is the YEAR OF THE OOB," Glumberland wrote in its January development blog. "It’s been foretold in the prophecies/milestone calendar. That’s really all I can say about that right now so feel free to draw all sorts of wild conclusions."

Final Fantasy 7 Remake's timed exclusivity now ends in April 2021
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-7-remakes-timed-exclusivity-now-ends-in-april-2021/
Final Fantasy 7 Remake's timed exclusivity to the Playstation has a new deadline of April of 2021, according to updated box art published on the Square Enix website. That makes a certain amount of sense, though, considering Square Enix recently announced it needed more time to work on the game and wouldn't be hitting its original March 3, 2020 release date. The new date is now April 10, 2020—exactly one year before the timed exclusivity now ends.

Gears of War studio head is leaving to work on Diablo
https://www.pcgamer.com/gears-of-war-studio-head-is-leaving-to-work-on-diablo/
Gears of War veteran Rod Fergusson has announced he will leave his role as studio head at The Coalition in March. Come that time, he'll be in charge of overseeing the Diablo series at Blizzard, presumably with a focus on Diablo 4.
Fergusson made the announcement today on Twitter. It's a big move: Fergusson has worked on Gears of War since its inception in 2005, with the exception of a brief stint at Irrational Games during 2012 and 2013. When Microsoft announced it had purchased the Gears series from Epic Games in 2014, Fergusson returned to the series. Despite his short stint at Irrational, Fergusson has credits on every shipped Gears of War game.

Minecraft's 1.16 snapshot includes new biomes, blocks and 'ancient debris'
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-116-snapshot-includes-new-biomes-blocks-and-ancient-debris/
Mojang has rolled out a snapshot for Minecraft's forthcoming 1.16 Nether Update, and it provides a substantial taste of what's to come in the sizeable patch. Snapshots are basically test versions of forthcoming updates – to access them you'll need to enable snapshots in the Minecraft launcher menu.

Make a village in your browser in free building game Habitat
https://www.pcgamer.com/make-a-village-in-your-browser-in-free-building-game-habitat/
Building a village is the easy part. Keeping it alive is considerably harder, as you'll discover out when you play Habitat. It's a deceptively cute village building game where your entire village fits on one screen, with each of the little houses, the trees and crops, represented as tiles on a tiny grid. To chop down trees, you merely click on them. To plant crops, you merely click on them. To hunt those boars roaming around the place, you merely...well, you get the idea, I'm sure.

Northgard developer's new co-op survival game, Darksburg, is launching on Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/northgard-developers-new-co-op-survival-game-darksburg-is-launching-on-early-access/
Northgard developer Shiro Games is swapping vikings for zombies in its latest game, Darksburg, which you'll be able to drag out of its grave and play with soon. It's getting an Early Access launch on February 12, and in the meantime you can watch the new trailer.

Soldat is getting a sequel, and both are coming to Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/soldat-is-getting-a-sequel-and-both-are-coming-to-steam/
Classic multiplayer shooter Soldat is making an unexpected return, leaping out of the early 2000s and onto Steam, accompanied by and even bigger surprise: a proper sequel. Both are due out this year.

Play sneaky tactics game Alder's Blood's free prologue
https://www.pcgamer.com/play-sneaky-tactics-game-alders-bloods-free-prologue/
Things are looking a bit grim for the desperate humans of Alder's Blood. They killed god and now monsters are taking over. That's where the Hunters come in, with their snazzy hats and their penchant for stabbing werewolves and ghouls in turn-based battles. It's coming soon, but first you can play a brief prologue.

The beginning of the Friday news:

SALES & DEALS

Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be available for free on Epic Games Store next week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kingdom-come-deliverance-will-be-available-for-free-on-epic-games-store-next-week/
Now here is something that may give Epic Games’ store a big boost. The team has just announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be available for free next week on EGS. Similarly to all EGS free offerings, PC gamers will acquire a free copy of the game that they will keep forever.
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This week, Epic Games is giving away Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride.

World of Warcraft's subscriber base has more than doubled since the launch of Classic
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcrafts-subscriber-base-has-more-than-doubled-since-the-launch-of-classic/
When World of Warcraft Classic went live in August 2019, we pondered the question of its long-term viability. Some of us believed that it would have legs, at least as long as Blizzard continued to provide updates, while others expected it to be a flash in the nostalgia pan.
It's still early, but at this point it looks like those who bet on its durability are going to come out on top. Activision said during today's Q4 financial presentation that World of Warcraft's "active player community" at the end of 2019, defined as players with monthly or longer subscriptions, was more than double what it was at the end of the second quarter, less than two months prior to the launch of Classic.

Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 sales have hit more than 150 million
https://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-redemption-2-and-gta-5-sales-have-hit-more-than-150-million/
Rockstar has already done a bit of boasting about the ongoing success of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, especially their online components, and now Take-Two has provided some more numbers to put it into context.
In its recent quarterly earnings call, the publisher announced that GTA 5 sales exceeded expectations, despite it entering its seventh year, boasting more than 120 million lifetime sales. You'd think that everyone who wanted it would already have it, but no, another 20 million people picked it up last year.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 has a lot of catching up to do, but after its big PC launch it now boasts more than 29 million sales, nearly doubling the sales of its predecessor. While Red Dead Online had a bumpy start when it launched on consoles, Rockstar's managed to hammer it into something a lot more entertaining since then, with Take-Two saying it's "gaining momentum."

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Far Cry franchise is on sale, up to 80% off for the next 3 days. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/far-cry-franchise-sale/
• And publisher 11 bit Studios stars in a new week sale, with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/11-bit-publisher-sale/

Fanatical's new Star Deal is GUILTY GEAR Xrd -REVELATOR- (+DLC Characters) + REV 2 All-in-One (does not include optional DLCs), 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/guilty-gear-xrd-revelator-and-rev-2-all-in-one-and-dlc-characters

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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GAMING NEWS

Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge will not feature any micro-transactions
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ninja-theorys-bleeding-edge-will-not-feature-any-micro-transactions/
Ninja Theory has revealed that its upcoming 4v4 online melee game, Bleeding Edge, will not have any micro-transactions. According to the team, players will only spend money for buying the game itself and nothing more.

Ubisoft plans to release five triple-A games between April 2020 and March 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-plans-to-release-five-triple-a-games-between-april-2020-and-march-2021/
Ubisoft has announced that it plans to release five triple-A games between April 2020 and March 2021. Furthermore, three of these games will come out between October and December 2020.
According to the company, these three games are: Watch Dogs Legion, Gods and Monsters and Rainbow Six Quarantine. Moreover, and according to Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, the other two games will be a new Far Cry game and a new Assassin’s Creed game.

Warcraft 3 Reforged Patch 1.32.1 released, tweaks cutscenes, fixes bugs, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warcraft-3-reforged-patch-1-32-1-released-tweaks-cutscenes-fixes-bugs-full-patch-notes/
Blizzard has released the first patch for Warcraft 3 Reforged. According to the team, this patch will update your game’s version to 1.32.1. This patch adjusts the audio levels for some dialogue and tweaks the animations, triggers, and cameras for some cutscenes.

Activision reveals that a new Call of Duty will come out in 2020, remasters of older games also planned
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/activision-reveals-that-a-new-call-of-duty-will-come-out-in-2020-new-remasters-also-planned/
Activision has announced that a new Call of Duty game will come out in 2020. To be more precise, the new Call of Duty game will release at the end of this year and is generating high interest internally.
>> A new CoD? Shocking!

Rumor: New details for Tales from the Borderlands 2, Poker Night 3 and The Wolf Among Us 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rumor-new-details-for-tales-from-the-borderlands-2-poker-night-3-and-the-wolf-among-us-2/
According to a Reddit user Tales from the Borderlands will get a sequel. The original title is being considered as one of the best games from Telltale, along with The Wolf Among Us.

New lovely gameplay videos released for the fully destructible voxel game, Teardown
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-lovely-gameplay-videos-released-for-the-fully-destructible-voxel-game-teardown/
Dennis Gustafsson has shared some new gameplay videos for his upcoming fully destructible voxel game, Teardown. These videos showcase the game’s driveable vehicles, as well as its water and weather effects.

New Resident Evil 8 details leaked; zombies with knight armors, witches, medieval setting & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-resident-evil-8-leaks-surface-zombies-with-knight-armors-witches-medieval-setting-more/
Last month, we shared the first leaked details about Resident Evil 8. Resident Evil 8 will be a first-person horror game, and a continuation of Resident Evil 7. And yesterday, German gaming channel GAMEZ.de has shared some additional new info about it.

Metro Exodus is coming to Steam on February 15th but there are no plans for a GOG release
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metro-exodus-is-coming-to-steam-on-february-15th-but-there-are-no-plans-for-a-gog-release/
4A Games has re-confirmed that Metro Exodus will release on Steam on February 15th. This is one year after the game’s initial release on the Epic Games Store. However, the team does not currently plan to release the game on GOG.

Microsoft Flight Simulator truly feels like a next-gen game, 50 minutes of leaked gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/microsoft-flight-simulator-truly-feels-like-a-next-gen-game-50-minutes-of-leaked-gameplay-footage/
Jose Carlos has shared two videos from the tech alpha phase of Microsoft Flight Simulator. These videos showcase 50 minutes of brand new gameplay footage, and we strongly suggest watching them.

The end of the Friday news:

Overwatch League Stats Lab breaks down all the pro stats for you
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-league-stats-lab-breaks-down-all-the-pro-stats-for-you/
Overwatch League stats producer Ben Trautman has released a tool that will let you dig into the minutiae of Overwatch's pro players, finding out everything from their win rate in specific modes to how many critical hit kills they got last season. Basically, you're going to be drowning in stats.

EA has jacked up the prices of lots of old games on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-has-jacked-up-the-prices-of-lots-of-old-games-on-steam/
EA might be just returning to Steam after a long hiatus, but many of its older games have continued to be sold on the platform for years. Yesterday, Steam users started reporting that a significant number of them had jumped in price.

Cyberpunk RPG Gamedec reveals the first of its many virtual worlds
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-rpg-gamedec-reveals-the-first-of-its-many-virtual-worlds/
Gamedec is a cyberpunk RPG where you play as a private detective solving crimes in virtual reality. Unraveling mysteries will require you to commit to some tough interrogation, collect evidence and, of course, a whole bunch of hacking. In Gamedec's first dev diary, we got to learn more about Low City and its seedy underbelly. In this new one, Anshar Studio reveals one of the virtual reality worlds you get to explore—Harvest Time.

The high-flying roguelite Scourgebringer has a gourmet pizza recipe in its EULA
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-high-flying-roguelite-scourgebringer-has-a-gourmet-pizza-recipe-in-its-eula/
Scourgebringer was one of the games that fell victim to issues with a Steam update in 2019 that was intended to improve the platform's recommendations but, according to some developers, had the exact opposite effect. Thomas Altenburger of developer Flying Oak Games said at the time that the change was "a catastrophe," and that "our game literally disappeared from most sources of recommendations."
It was a very big bump in the road, but work continued, as it does, and the "fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer" is now out on Steam Early Access. The game tells the tale of a great, mysterious machine that's brought the Scourge to the world and has resisted all efforts to explore or communicate with it. So, as these things usually go, the job now falls to you, in the guise of Kyhra, the deadliest warrior of her clan, who enters the Scourgebringer with sword and gun to lay a beatdown on everything she sees.

Warcraft 3: Reforged launch was 'a hard week,' Blizzard president says
https://www.pcgamer.com/warcraft-3-reforged-launch-was-a-hard-week-blizzard-president-says/
The launch of Warcraft 3: Reforged in January was, and continues to be, a surprisingly ugly affair. It's one of the most beloved RTS games of all time, yet the release of its long-awaited remastered edition has inspired widespread outrage over everything from cut content to an EULA that lays exclusive claim to any and all mods and other content you may create for the game.

Broomstick League, the Qudditch take on Rocket League, releases next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/broomstick-league-the-qudditch-take-on-rocket-league-releases-next-month/
So, there's this game called Rocket League, which is all about futuristic cars playing soccer with an oversized futuristic ball. But what if, instead of futuristic cars, you had flying broomsticks? And what if, instead of an oversized futuristic ball, you had a large-ish fantastical orb? That's Broomstick League, which bears more than a passing resemblance to both Rocket League and Harry Potter's beloved Quidditch.

Fix a room, or ruin it, in charming freebie Trust Me, I Got This!
https://www.pcgamer.com/fix-a-room-or-ruin-it-in-charming-freebie-trust-me-i-got-this/
The funniest thing about this amusing, sweet, and handsome little browser game is the admission that it's "based on real-life events". I can picture the scene (mainly because I've just played it): a handyperson is asked to fix up a room full of damaged objects. But everything, oh god everything, just goes wrong.

Early Access RTS A Year of Rain has been put on hold
https://www.pcgamer.com/early-access-rts-a-year-of-rain-has-been-put-on-hold/
It's not a great time to be itching for a new real-time strategy diversion, unfortunately. There was the disappointing launch of Warcraft 3: Reforged last week, of course, and now intriguing co-op RTS A Year of Rain has been shelved, and the chances of it ever being returned to look slim.

Haunted PS1 Demo Disc is a free anthology of ominous oddities, out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/haunted-ps1-demo-disc-is-a-free-anthology-of-ominous-oddities-out-now/
Haunted PS1 Demo Disc isn't actually on a disc, nor does it contain any PS1 games. It's a collection of mostly—but not exclusively—horror games evocative of the '90s, complete with low-res textures, lots of fog and big ol' polygons. The collection can haunt your PC now, and it's free.

Time for the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first deal is the weekly sale with its post-apocalyptic games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200203_weekly_sale
• The midweek sale with its puzzle and mystery games up to 90% off will last another day: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200205_midweek_sale
• Obsidian has its games on sale, up to 65% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200207_weekend_made_by_obsidian
• And the weekend sale is full of timeless classics up to 86% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200207_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The first daily deal is the Early Access title Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/726110/Overcrowd_A_Commute_Em_Up/
• The other daily deal is a Plug in Digital and Dear Villagers publishers sale with up to 85% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/plug-in-digital/sale/2020
• The first weekend sale is Autonauts, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/979120/Autonauts/
• Children of Morta is also 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/330020/Children_of_Morta/
• GreedFall is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606880/GreedFall/
• And Road Redemption is the last weekend deal, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/300380/Road_Redemption/
• Last, but not least, there's also the weeklong deals.

And that's it. Have a happy and gaming weekend.

February's Humble Choice is here. 

A lot weaker than the past couple of months for me. Debating whether to pause my sub for a month or not.

I don't recognize most of those games. I'd probably get Frostpunk and Okami (since I never got to play it).

My excitement for Humble went way down when they started doing these monthly things at the expense of the game bundles.

Bundle Stars (now Fanatical) really took up their slack though.

Welcome to another edition of the news:

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.