so even less then a subscription?

edit did they do a stealth edit to the old game, mine doesn't seem to work anymore

Well, you know it's Ubisoft, right?

Captain_Yuri said:

Now it just needs an actual 1tb SSD....

It's time for the Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

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

• The new daily deal is the Early Access game Gunsmith, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/620190/Gunsmith/
• Publisher 11-bit Studios has its games up to 85% off until June 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/11bitsale
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Ancient Enemy is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/993790/Ancient_Enemy/
  • Betrayal Collection gets a 35% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/559640/Betrayal_Collection/
  • Contraption Maker managed to get a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker/
  • Dragon Cliff ups the stakes and is 65% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/758190/Dragon_Cliff/
  • Survivalist gets an 80% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/340050/Survivalist/
  • And lastly Mysteries of the Undead is 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1036980/Mysteries_of_the_Undead/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• 1C Entertainment has its games on sale, up to 90% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/1c-entertainment-week/
• 505 Games brings up to 75% discounts during the next6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/505-games-week/
• And 505 Games also has a new Build Your Own Bundle, with 20 games to pick your bundle of up to 5 games and 85% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/505-games-byob/

Fanatical has two new deals, besides the BundleFest, of course:

• The new Star Deal is Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, 72% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-definitive-edition
• And publisher Kasedo Games has its games up to 65% off during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/kasedo-games

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

My.Games offers a 90/10 revenue split to developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/mygames-offers-a-9010-revenue-split-to-developers/
Warface publisher My.com is offering a rather generous revenue split for any developers interested in distributing their games via the My.Games platform. Developers will keep 90 percent of the revenue, with the rest going to My.Games— but this only applies to purchases made through the developer's own advertising campaigns.

MODS/EMULATORS

The Last of Us, Uncharted 2 & Uncharted 3 see huge performance improvements in RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-last-of-us-uncharted-2-uncharted-3-see-huge-performance-improvements-in-rpcs3/
The RPCS3 team has released a new video, highlighting some major performance improvements in three Naughty Dog games. These three ND games are: The Last of Us, Uncharted 2 and… wait for it… Uncharted 3.
RPCS3 is the best Playstation 3 emulator that is currently available for the PC. Its team has been constantly improving overall performance and game compatibility, and we may soon be able to play these three games on the PC.
Now do note that these major performance improvements come from new patches/hacks. Players will have to apply these patches in order to get the following performance boosts. Moreover, these patches disable some graphical effects, so that’s something that may disappoint some of you. And while these games can run with higher framerates than those of PS3, they are not fully playable. According to the RPCS3 team, there are still some unavoidable crashes.

GAMING NEWS

Here are twenty minutes of brand new gameplay footage from Diablo 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-twenty-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage-from-diablo-4/
YouTube’s ‘GAMEPLAY PS’ has shared a video, showing twenty minutes of brand new gameplay footage from Diablo 4. This new gameplay video showcases the “A Light in the Dark” quest. And, in case you’re wondering, this is the same quest that appeared on GameInformer’s gameplay video back in November 2019.

Here is a new teaser trailer for the next-gen action RPG, Godfall
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-a-new-teaser-trailer-for-the-next-gen-action-rpg-godfall/
Gearbox has released a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming next-gen action RPG, Godfall. This teaser trailer showcases one of the main characters that players will be able to choose from. So yeah, don’t expect a lot from this trailer. After all, there is a reason it’s called a teaser trailer.

Leaked gameplay footage emerges from THQ’s cancelled The Avengers game
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/leaked-gameplay-footage-emerges-from-thqs-cancelled-the-avengers-game/
Prior to Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers Game, THQ was working on an official The Avengers game. However, and after THQ went bankrupt, that game was cancelled. And today, it appears that some gameplay footage from this cancelled game has been leaked online.
>> Ew! It was in first person.

Square Enix and Deep Silver will announce new games on June 6th at Future Games Show 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-and-deep-silver-will-announce-new-games-on-june-6th-at-future-games-show-2020/
GamesRadar+ has announced a digital showcase of the most exciting games of 2020 and beyond. This show, called Future Games Show 2020, will host new announcements from Square Enix, Devolver and Deep Silver.

You can now download the source code of Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-download-the-source-code-of-command-conquer-remastered-collection/
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection releases in a few days, and EA has made its source code available for download. PC gamers and modders can now head over at GitHub and download its source code.

Tuesday news, the sequel

Outward's first DLC will corrupt you on June 16
https://www.pcgamer.com/outwards-first-dlc-will-corrupt-you-on-june-16/
Outward is an unusual juxtaposition. It's a challenging, obtuse survival RPG that will happily let you fail time and time again. But it's also an RPG where you don't die. Maybe you'll be knocked unconscious and left for a kindly stranger to rescue. Maybe you'll get locked up in a mine, forced to work for slavers. It's punishing, but those failures are part of the story.
With the launch of its first DLC, things are going to get even trickier.

Arnold Hendrick, creator of influential '90s RPG Darklands, has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/arnold-hendrick-creator-of-influential-90s-rpg-darklands-has-died/
Arnold Hendrick, the creator of the 1992 Microprose RPG Darklands, has died. A message posted in a Facebook group for former Microprose employees said that Hendrick's passing came after a battle with cancer.

Tim Sweeney says Epic Games Store giveaways help boost sales on other platforms
https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-says-epic-games-store-giveaways-help-boost-sales-on-other-platforms/
Epic Games Store giveaways are good for gamers because the games are, you know, free. Obviously they're good for the Epic Games Store, too: You may not like how it compares to Steam, but the odds are pretty good that you've put together a sizable EGS collection by now. But Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney told Gamespot that they're also good for the game companies who give them away, because they boost sales on other platforms and storefronts.

Destiny 2 'next chapter' teaser confirms a June 9 reveal
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-next-chapter-teaser-confirms-a-june-9-reveal/
The next big Destiny 2 update will be revealed on June 9, Bungie has confirmed on Instagram. In the short video embedded below, the studio provides a visual tease of the loot shooter's "next chapter," which features Eris Morn trudging through a frost bitten landscape that fans have speculated is Europa.

The next season for Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare has been delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-season-for-call-of-duty-warzone-and-modern-warfare-has-been-delayed/
The next season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its battle royale component, Warzone, has been delayed. The official Call of Duty Twitter account made the announcement today, writing that "now is not the time" ahead of the scheduled June 4 release.
>> I'm starting to wonder if publishers would act the same way if those riots were in Russia or in one of the big European countries (we already know that whatever happens in Hong Kong doesn't count for them). But who am I kidding, we all know the answer to that, right?

Valorant is out now, with a new Spike Rush mode, agent and map
https://www.pcgamer.com/valorant-is-out-now-with-a-new-spike-rush-mode-agent-and-map/
Following a beta that apparently saw an average of three million players a day diving in, Valorant is now live. It's free-to-play, so you can start getting put down by people who have been practising for months without shelling out.

A Total War Saga: Troy is coming to the Epic Games Store in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-total-war-saga-troy-is-coming-to-the-epic-games-store-in-august/
A Total War Saga: Troy, a blend of history and mythology that will pit the Trojans against the Greeks in sometimes unpredictable ways, will be out on August 13 on the Epic Games Store—and will be free to keep for anyone who downloads it within the first 24 hours of release.

Captain_Yuri said:

It's for business and they replaced the SSDs inside, but...

I have to say I did not expect Epic to keep up their free game output to such a degree. The features are still quite lacking, I wonder if they manage to finish the shopping cart this year. Still needs to be a lot done before they can even attempt to move Rocket League over.

I am assuming free games is where most of their money is going into while an underpaid intern is in charge of creating features for the store. Every store on PC needs to have something to stand out if they want to survive against steam's dominance so if free games is EGS's gimmick, I don't mind that their store is very lacking since even veterans can't keep up with steam's features. I still don't like their exclusivity nonsense so I have yet to buy a single game from EGS but it's hard to ignore free games.

It is a bit funny when you consider how much shit PC gets these days for free or very cheap...

Gamepass from Windows Store which can usually be found for $1 a month
Bundles from Humble Bundle and free games once in a while etc
Arguably much more notable free games from EGS
Occasional free games from steam
If you have amazon prime, 4-6 free games every month from twitch prime
And there's tons more other stores

As far as I'm concerned, nobody should be angry at completely optional stuff. But The Internet likes to get angry.

I paid 45 bucks 4-5 years ago which gets me one ship, access to the alphas, as well as the finished game and also a copy of Squadron 42 whenever it releases.  I've played enough of the alphas to know that if nothing ever happens with this, I'll have gotten my 45 dollars worth.  And honestly, I'm more excited about Squadron 42 than the main game.  If that releases, I'll be happy as a pig in shit.  The main Star Citizen game will just be a bonus.