The news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Hellblade developer 'surprised so many people played the game with mouse and keyboard'
https://www.pcgamer.com/hellblade-developer-surprised-so-many-people-played-the-game-with-mouse-and-keyboard/
After launching Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice in August last year, developer Ninja Theory reported "better than expected" sales by October. Six months after that, the dark fantasy action adventure triumphed in five categories at the British Academy Games Awards.
In conversation with Samuel at Rezzed, chief creative director Tameem Antoniades said that while he and his team expected Hellblade's sales to excel on console—the overall split was closer than anticipated.

Hitman, Limbo, Inside going cheap in Steam's 'Games From Denmark' sale
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-limbo-inside-going-cheap-in-steams-games-from-denmark-sale/
Reading from this post's headline alone, Steam's 'Games From Denmark' sale discounts some pretty impressive games. Reading from the full list of special offers running now through Friday at 10am PST/6pm BST unearths even more gems worth your time.
Check out Steam's Games From Denmark sale in full over here—which again runs now through Friday, April 27.

>>That's not the only new Steam sale. We have the daily and Midweek Madness sales:

• The daily deal is Age of Empires II HD, 80% off. And if you want to get the whole pack with the expansions, it's 76% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221380/Age_of_Empires_II_HD/
• The Midweek Madness deals are two:
  • theHunter: Call of the Wild is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/518790/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild/
  • Payday 2 is free to try until Sunday, and 50% off if you want to keep it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/PAYDAY_2/

GOG's daily deal is Nine Parchments at half its price: https://www.gog.com/game/nine_parchments

At Fanatical, there are two new sales:

• Today's 7 days 7 deals title is The Stronghold Collection, 80% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-stronghold-collection
• There's a new Bundle, the Must Play Bundle 3, where you can grab 10 titles at a massive 96% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/must-play-bundle-3

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Blood Weapons Mod 4.0 released, adds 22 new weapons to the classic first-person shooter
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blood-weapons-mod-4-0-released-adds-22-new-weapons-to-the-classic-first-person-shooter/
Modder ‘Dzierzan’ has released Weapons Mod 4.0 for the classic first-person shooter, Blood. This mod adds 22 new weapons to Blood and its latest version features 6 new weapons and tweaks/modifies some other weapons that were added in previous versions.

>>Available from ModDB.

Microsoft has initiated actions to protect its Halo intellectual property due to Halo Online ElDewrito 0.6
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/microsoft-has-initiated-actions-to-protect-its-halo-intellectual-property-due-to-halo-online-eldewrito-0-6/
343 Industries has issued an official statement about the release of Halo Online ElDewrito 0.6, stating that Microsoft has initiated actions to protect its Halo intellectual property. 343 Industries and Microsoft have clarified that while they do support mods and fan remakes, they will not allow copyrighted material to be distributed for free (as is the case with Halo Online ElDewrito).

GAMING NEWS

Launch trailers for Frostpunk and BattleTech [UPDATE: The Swords of Ditto]
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/launch-trailers-for-frostpunk-and-battletech/
11 bit studios and Harebrained Games have announced the release of Frostpunk and BattleTech, respectively. In order to celebrate these announcement, the teams have released the launch trailers of their games that you can watch below.
UPDATE: We’ve also added the launch trailer for The Swords of Ditto.

16-bit action platformer, FOX n FORESTS, releases on May 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/16-bit-action-platformer-fox-n-forests-releases-on-may-17th/
Bonus Level Entertainment and EuroVideo have announced that their 16-bit action platformer, FOX n FORESTS, will release on May 17th. This announcement comes with a brand-new gameplay video, showcasing one of the beautifully designed levels inspired by the classic SNES-era.

DICE will end monthly support for Battlefield 1 in June 2018
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dice-will-end-monthly-support-for-battlefield-1-in-june-2018/
DICE has announced that it will end its monthly support for Battlefield 1 in June 2018. During these last months, gamers can expect fresh content together with various tweaks and fixes for the player experience.

New ONRUSH trailer showcases the eight available vehicles
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-onrush-trailer-showcases-the-eight-available-vehicles/
Codemasters & Koch Media have released a trailer showcasing the eight unique vehicle classes in their upcoming arcade racer, ONRUSH. This new trailer illustrates the game’s unrelenting, hair-raising action and heart in the mouth close calls that come thick and fast in every round.

Shining Resonance Refrain is coming to the PC on July 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shining-resonance-refrain-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-july-10th/
SEGA has announced that Shining Resonance Refrain will be released on July 10th. In order to celebrate this announcement, SEGA has also released a new trailer that focuses on the game’s heroes.

Demo for adventure 3D RPG, EARTHLOCK, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-for-adventure-3d-rpg-earthlock-is-now-available-on-steam/
Snowcastle Games announced the release of a free EARTHLOCK Steam demo for PC and Mac players. The demo, available now through the EARTHLOCK Steam page, allows players to explore the beautiful surroundings of Umbra, a harsh planet that stopped spinning thousands of cycles ago.

Freejam removes all loot boxes from Robocraft
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/freejam-removes-all-loot-boxes-from-robocraft/
Freejam has announced that it will remove all loot boxes/crates from Robocraft. In addition, the team will remove all ways of buying parts with real money (aside from cosmetics). Robocraft will retain Premium as the only way to speed up progress, however – and in order to avoid any P2W criticism – the team will reduce this progress to +25%.

Bullet Witch Remaster releases later today on the PC, official PC requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bullet-witch-remaster-releases-later-today-on-the-pc-official-pc-requirements-revealed/
Marvelous Europe and XSEED Games announced that the remaster of the Xbox 360 cult favourite, Bullet Witch, will be available from 6pm BST / 10am PDT today on the PC and available digitally on Steam and the Humble Store by Humble Bundle. In addition, XSEED Games shared the game’s official PC requirements.

The news, part two:

Pillars of Eternity 2 expansions will feature a doomsday cult, wizards, and Eora's toughest guys
https://www.pcgamer.com/pillars-of-eternity-2-expansions-will-feature-a-doomsday-cult-wizards-and-eoras-toughest-guys/
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire will be supported by three post-release expansions, Obsidian announced today, with the first, a journey to the island home of a doomsday cult, set to arrive in July. Entitled Beast of Winter, the expansion will also open the doors to The Beyond, "a mysterious dimension populated by ancient souls and filled with devilish challenges."

A future Rainbow Six Siege update will nerf Lion, buff LMGs
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-future-rainbow-six-siege-update-will-nerf-lion-buff-lmgs/
A new batch of nerfs and buffs announced as part of Ubisoft’s new Designer Notes series could see a significant shift in the Rainbow Six Siege meta. The most notable is a hard nerf for Lion, who has seen a near-100 percent pick rate throughout the Pro League since his release. Other important changes include a mix-up with Hibana’s kit, Vigil’s gadget, and a universal damage buff for light machine guns.

Ubisoft admits Rainbow Six Siege's fastest characters are too strong
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-ama-2018/
During an AMA today on the game’s subreddit with members of the balancing team, Rainbow Six Siege developers hinted at changes to the speed and armor dynamic of the game coming soon. Currently the mobility and durability of Siege's 36 operators are rated between one and three. Bulkier operators like Rook move more slowly and have larger hitboxes, but in theory make up for their slowness with greater damage resistance. However, in practice, fast-movers with smaller hitboxes tend to win gunfights if they make small, quick peeks.

UFO shapes have appeared in Fortnite, sign says comet could hit tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/ufo-shapes-have-appeared-in-fortnite-sign-says-comet-could-hit-tomorrow/
Off the back of some theories about the incoming destruction of Titled Towers, more evidence has surfaced in Fortnite's latest 3.6 update. Players have noticed UFO-shaped stars (maybe just UFOs?) dotting the sky around the mysterious comet in the sky. Take a look at Reddit user Niels_Kooloos clips to see one of the celestial objects for yourself. Not everyone is convinced they're UFOs, saying they're just strange new stars, but I can't help it. I want to believe.

Destiny 2: Warmind stream reveals Ana Bray, new Hive horde mode, and season 3 changes
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-warmind-stream-reveals-ana-bray-new-hive-horde-mode-and-season-3-changes/
This morning Bungie rolled open the giant steel blast doors on the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion Warmind. As part of reveal stream on its Twitch channel, we got our first look at Hunter Gunslinger Ana Bray, scion of the Clovis Bray Corporation of the Golden Age, as well as the new Escalation Protocol horde mode, details of the Warmind campaign, weapons and armor, and big changes to Exotics coming in season 3.

See the new Exotics, armor, and enemies from the Destiny 2: Warmind DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/see-the-new-exotics-armor-and-enemies-from-the-destiny-2-warmind-dlc/
With the big Destiny 2: Warmind reveal out of the way, Bungie dropped a horde of images showing some of the new Exotics coming to the game, plus many that are returning from D1, as well as shots of the new Warmind-themed armor and Frozen Hive enemies.

To Leave is about a magic door and a boy's battle with himself
https://www.pcgamer.com/to-leave-is-about-a-magic-door-and-a-boys-battle-with-himself/
To Leave isn't shy about its themes. As Ecuadorian developer Freaky Creation puts it, it explores "manic-depressive illness, social alienation, and the burning desire to bring all inner and outer pain to an end." Its protagonist, Harm, is a young boy with bipolar disorder (the more modern term for manic-depression) who hopes to use his magic door to solve the world's problems and his own.

An upcoming Hearthstone patch will fix Shudderwock's absurd Battlecry
https://www.pcgamer.com/an-upcoming-hearthstone-patch-will-fix-shudderwocks-absurd-battlecry/
Shudderwock, the most talked about legendary card in Hearthstone's newly released The Witchwood expansion, is getting a soft nerf and a much-needed fix in an upcoming update, Blizzard announced today. The number of Battlecries he can repeat is being capped at 20, and more importantly, the speed of his animations is being doubled. Likewise, the speed of Lifedrinker's Battlecry, the linchpin in the Shudderwock burn combo, will also be sped up.

The Sims 4 'Insane' trait has been renamed to 'Erratic'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-insane-trait-has-been-renamed-to-erratic/
The "Insane" lifestyle trait in The Sims 4 causes the game's characters to "talk to themselves and have unpredictable emotions": They may also talk to random objects sometimes, or flirt with themselves in a mirror. Or at least, that's what it used to do. As Kotaku noticed and EA confirmed, the trait was recently renamed to "Erratic."

11-11: Memories Retold is a lovely-looking narrative adventure set during World War I
https://www.pcgamer.com/11-11-memories-retold-is-a-lovely-looking-narrative-adventure-set-during-world-war-i/
While most wargames portray blood, death and screaming skies, 11-11: Memories Retold takes a more pensive approach to its depiction of battle. Billed as an "artistic, story-driven narrative adventure", the project set during the First World War marks a collaboration between Bandai Namco, DigixArt and stop-motion clay animation specialists Aardman.

Nothing like a bit of Halo 3/Online on PC. :) Other than what feels like floaty controls... Which also existed on the console version anyway, It's actually pretty good.

Ironically, the multiplayer has more players than the Xbox 360 or Master Chief Collection versions right now.
Get on it boys.

Terrible news for AMD if the following gets confirmed:

AMD’s Zen & Athlon64 CPU Architect Jim Keller Joins Intel
https://wccftech.com/former-amd-zen-athlon64-cpu-architect-jim-keller-joins-intel/
AMD’s former superstar CPU architect and current head of AI hardware at Tesla is reportedly leaving the car maker to join Intel.

Keller was the mastermind behind the most successful and competitive CPU microarchitectures in AMD’s history. He played key roles in developing the K7 and K8 CPU cores. K7 was the original Athlon, the first CPU to hit 1GHz and the first CPU to really stick in Intel’s craw.

Keller spent a multi-year stint at Apple between his contributions to the K8 design and coming back to lead the engineering efforts on AMD’s latest CPU microarchitecture, Zen in 2012. At Apple he led the design team, to much success, to build the company’s class leading mobile processors. In 2015 he left AMD to join Tesla, where he’s been leading the company’s AI chip design teams to date.

If he managed to make Zen with AMD's budget, what can he accomplish with Intel's humongous resources? Oh, well, at least there are some good news for AMD: they made money!

AMD Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results, Revenue up 40%
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-reports-first-quarter-2018-financial-resultsrevenue-up-40.html
It's been a long time coming, but Ryzen and Epyc finally turnaround losses into profits, revenue has risen by 40% in turnover compared to 2017, and 23 percent up from Q4 2017. AMD has published its figures for the first quarter of 2018.

AMD was able to gain 1.65 billion dollars in revenue that leads towards $81 million profit, which is a very nice improvement compared to the $33 million loss the company had a year before. The biggest chunk of revenue was found at the Computing and Graphics segment. Turnover increased by 95 percent compared to the previous year to 1.12 billion dollars. The turnover of the Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment fell by 12 percent to 532 million.

AMD indicates that the good figures are related to the good sales of the Ryzen, Radeon and Epyc products. The company expects to generate a turnover of $ 1.725 billion in the next quarter.

Oh! And apparently, they already have 7nm GPUs in their labs...

I'm just sending out the feelers here, but does anyone here play Dreadnought? I've been thoroughly addicted but our playerbase suffers a lack of bodies. I don't get anything for this other than a more diverse match. It's free to play but a tad grindy (as one would suspect). We've got a tight knit community and would love to grow.

^Sorry, but I only play single-player games.

Thursday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

PC Building Simulator has sold 100K copies in its first month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-building-simulator-has-sold-100k-copies-in-its-first-month/
The Irregular Corporation has announced that its virtual PC building title, PC Building Simulator, has sold more than 100,000 copies in its first month on Steam Early Access. Moreover, its demo, originally created by Claudiu Kiss, enjoyed viral success in 2017 and was the 3rd most downloaded free Itchi.io title that that year.

Do you want to know what title is featured at GOG's daily deal? It's no other than To The Moon, with a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/game/to_the_moon

Meanwhile, Steam's daily deal is Mini Metro, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini_Metro/

Lastly, as part of the 7 days 7 deals sale at Fanatical, we have MegaTagmension Blanc Deluxe Edition, that includes MegaTagmension Blanc plus Neptune VS Zombies base game and the Deluxe Pack DLC, 80% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/megatagmension-blanc-deluxe-edition

SOFTWARE

NVIDIA GeForce 397.31 WHQL driver is available, adds support for RTX ray tracing tech and Vulkan 1.1
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-397-31-whql-driver-is-available-adds-support-for-rtx-ray-tracing-tech-and-vulkan-1-1/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 397.31 WHQL driver is the first driver offering a developer preview for NVIDIA RTX ray tracing technology for DirectX 12. And as we’ve already stated, the NVIDIA RTX supports the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API on NVIDIA Volta GPUs.

>>You can download them from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

CEMU 1.12.0 is now available, improves game list, adds friend list & native wiimote support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cemu-1-12-0-is-now-available-improves-game-list-adds-friend-list-native-wiimote-support/
The team behind the best emulator for Nintendo WiiU, CEMU, has released a brand new version. According to the developers, CEMU 1.12.0 adds native support for wiimote and friend list, improves game list, and comes with various bug fixes & smaller improvements.

Fallout Miami brings sun, sea and sand to the post-apocalypse
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-miami-brings-sun-sea-and-sand-to-the-post-apocalypse/
Miami, the city based on the classic Will Smith song, now has another claim to fame: it’s the latest city to be given a Fallout makeover. Fallout Miami is an in-development mod for Fallout 4, giving us a close look at what’s going on in post-apocalyptic Florida. It’s seen better days, but the beaches still look lovely and the art deco architecture is still standing. Mostly.

>>Learn more in its website.

GAMING NEWS

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Patch 1.4.3 is now available, full release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kingdom-come-deliverance-patch-1-4-3-is-now-available-full-release-notes-revealed/
Warhorse Studios has released a brand new update for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This update is 4.5GB in size and is mainly a stability patch as it fixes a number of crashes. It also fixes some bugs that have been reported by the game’s community.

New screenshots for New Gundam Breaker released
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-for-new-gundam-breaker-released/
Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots for New Gundam Breaker. These new screenshots showcase more mobile suits that players will be able to pilot and use as parts.

New God Eater 3 screenshots released, focusing on the game’s arsenal
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-god-eater-3-screenshots-released-focusing-on-the-games-arsenal/
Bandai Namco has released a new set of screenshots for God Eater 3, showing some of the weapons that players will be able to use. God Eater is a sci-fi action/adventure game series that is a bit similar to Monster Hunter.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – Data Pack 4 now available, features 100 new player face upgrades
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pro-evolution-soccer-2018-data-pack-4-now-available-features-100-new-player-face-upgrades/
Konami has released a new patch and Data Pack 4 for Pro Evolution Soccer 2018. This new data pack brings more realistic faces of over 90 players, adds new boots, updates uniforms and adds player portraits photos.

Thursday news, part two:

GTA Online's Vespucci Job is worth a spin this week with double GTA$ and experience
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-onlines-vespucci-job-is-worth-a-spin-this-week-with-double-gtadollar-and-experience/
As part of its ongoing Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series (try saying that after a few pints), GTA Online introduced The Vespucci Job last week—an Italian Job-inspired police chase 'em up, complete with knock-off Minis. For the second week running, the new mode is subject to double GTA$ and RP.

Terraria meets Diablo in David Brevik's new game It Lurks Below, now in Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/terraria-meets-diablo-in-david-breviks-new-game-it-lurks-below-now-in-early-access/
Diablo creator David Brevik announced his new passion project, a 2D sandbox RPG called It Lurks Below, earlier this year, citing games like Terraria, Minecraft and, yes, Diablo as major influences. Today, he—and by he, I mean Graybeard Games, the indie studio Brevik founded—announced It Lurks Below's Steam Early Access launch: it's now available on Steam for $20.

Here’s details on Magic: The Gathering Arena’s upcoming economy and drafts
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-details-on-magic-the-gathering-arenas-upcoming-economy-and-drafts/
After implementing a basic economy in its closed beta earlier this year, Wizards of the Coast has released details on how Magic: The Gathering Arena's free-to-play and paid structures, and its first game events, will work.

Rainbow Six Siege is getting a bulletproof camera gadget
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-bulletproof-camera-dropshotting/
This week has already produced a burst of small-but-significant developments for Rainbow Six Siege, and there's more. Today, we learned that deployable bulletproof cameras are coming to the game, along with a rework of the movement system and buffs to Echo—and they'll be available on the next test server, along with several other changes.

The Good Life, Swery's 'daily life RPG' murder mystery, gets a free demo
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-good-life-swerys-daily-life-rpg-murder-mystery-gets-a-free-demo/
With nine days left in The Good Life's second crowdfunding campaign, developer White Owls Inc, helmed by Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro, released a free demo earlier today, which you can download here. Just extract it to a folder and run the topmost application. You'll need a gamepad to play it—ideally an Xbox controller, because let me tell you it does not play nice with PS4 controllers.

Try the demo for ambitious top-down action RPG Last Epoch
https://www.pcgamer.com/try-the-demo-for-ambitious-top-down-action-rpg-last-epoch/
Last Epoch is a "loot-based action RPG" focused on crafting and character-building. At least, it might be: at the moment, it's an ambitious idea seeking Kickstarter backing, with developer Eleventh Hour Games asking for $210,000 to bring it to life. At the time of writing, its campaign has raised $77,988 and will run for another 21 days. Luckily, it's already got a free demo you can try for yourself (the download link is at the top of the page, or try this page).

Epic seeks default judgment in lawsuit against 14-year-old Fortnite cheater and his mom
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-seeks-default-judgment-in-lawsuit-against-14-year-old-fortnite-cheater-and-his-mom/
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against a couple of particularly determined Fortnite cheaters late last year, one of whom turned out to be a 14-year-old boy. That led to a scathing letter from the lad's mom, who said the studio "has no capability of proving" its claim, and even if it did, she hadn't given the boy consent to play the game, as required by Fortnite's terms and conditions. It was an epic response, you might say, which led to more legalistic maneuvering but no further response from the defendant or his mother.
As a result of that silence, Epic moved for a default judgment on February 13. But the court ruled that the letter sent by the mother in November should be construed as a motion to dismiss the case, which forced Epic to issue a response. It did so earlier this week, saying that "because Defendant has not carried his burden of proving Epic's Complaint fails to allege sufficient facts to state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face, his 'motion to dismiss' must be denied."

>>I wonder if they'll do the same with the possible Chinese cheaters...

WW2 FPS Day of Infamy is free to play this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/ww2-fps-day-of-infamy-is-free-to-play-this-weekend/
The Second World War multiplayer FPS Day of Infamy, a Red Orchestra-like "rework" of the modern combat shooter Insurgency, will be free to play this weekend on Steam—beginning tomorrow, actually (that's April 26) at 1 pm ET. Developer New World Interactive also has some weekend activities in store, including livestreams and giveaways, increased XP, and "guides and tips" for new players.

Sonic Mania Plus release date set
https://www.pcgamer.com/sonic-mania-plus-release-date-set/
To paraphrase Andy's review, Sonic Mania is the best Sonic game in decades. It's also responsible for one of the silliest features ever penned on PC Gamer dot com. Don't read too much into the latter (seriously, Phil, Chemical Plant Zone has the best music in the entire series), but know that the strength of the former has led to Sonic Mania Plus—a definitive version of the original that comes with new stuff. It's due on PC in July.

Valiant Hearts director reveals more about WWI narrative adventure 11-11: Memories Retold (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/11-11-memories-retold-is-a-lovely-looking-narrative-adventure-set-during-world-war-i/
Update: Following its announcement yesterday (reported below), a new dev-led video for Bandai Namco, DigixArt, and Aardman's collaborative project 11-11: Memories Retold offers more on what it's all about.
The following diary is hosted by Aardman's Ricky Martin and game director Yoan Fanise—who was also in charge of Ubisoft's 2015 war puzzler Valiant Hearts—and explores 11-11: Memories Retold's inspirations, direction and goals.

Flotilla 2 will fling you into tactical space battles in VR
https://www.pcgamer.com/flotilla-2-will-fling-you-into-tactical-space-battles-in-vr/
I know it launched eight years ago, but it’s strange that we don’t talk about Blendo Games’ Flotilla more. It’s a playful space romp full of turn-based tactical battles that evoke the real-time scraps of Homeworld. I frequently think about it, and wonder if Blendo will ever return to its distinctly orange universe and its aggressive space critters. Good news, then! Blendo is indeed returning to Flotilla.
Bad news: It’s exclusively for the HTC Vive.

Final Fantasy 15's Noctis and pals have come to Minecraft
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-15s-noctis-and-pals-have-come-to-minecraft/
It looks like Final Fantasy 15’s road-tripping boys have gotten a wee bit lost on their way to a wedding or a fight or a chocobo race. They’re so lost, in fact, that they’ve managed to drive right out of Eos and enter the considerably more blocky world of Minecraft. They’ve dragged some pals along, too, including those of the more monstrous persuasion.

They should have had 7nm designs a long time ago for testing.

Played the Beta a bunch, which was fun. But didn't bother afterwards.
To be honest... Forgot the game even existed, the advertising for this title has been terrible. Haha.
This is one of the sad aspects of online only games, populations tend to dwindle.

Friday news!

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Arma 3 has sold 4 million copies worldwide, gets a free to play Steam weekend
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/arma-3-has-sold-4-million-copies-worldwide-gets-a-free-to-play-steam-weekend/
Bohemia Interactive has announced that Arma 3 has sold four million copies worldwide and in order to celebrate it, it will host a free weekend for it on Steam. The Free Weekend starts on April 26 at 19:00 CEST (all time zones) and ends on April 30 at 19:00 CEST, and it will provide all Steam users with the opportunity to try out the complete Arma 3 base game.

Fortnite has generated $223 million in March, Far Cry 5 sold an estimated 2.5 million copies
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fortnite-has-generated-223-million-in-march-far-cry-5-sold-an-estimated-2-5-million-copies/
SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, claiming that Fortnite generated $223 million across all platforms (console, PC, Mobile) in March, up a whopping 73% from February. In addition, Superdata predicts that Far Cry 5 sold around 2.5 million digital units across console and PC.

Yooka Laylee is today's 7 days 7 deals deal at Fanatical, 70% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/yooka-laylee

SOFTWARE

Nvidia’s latest GPU driver is causing installation headaches for some GTX 1060 owners
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-latest-gpu-driver-is-causing-installation-headaches-for-some-gtx-1060-owners/
Nvidia released its 397.31 'Game Ready' driver package yesterday with optimizations for BattleTech and Frostpunk, but unfortunately it's not installing correctly for some users. Even worse, those affected by what appears to be a buggy driver release say they're getting caught in an installation loop whereby after restarting their PC, they're prompted to reinstall the driver, only to have it fail again.
Almost all of the complaints on Nvidia's community forum have come from GeForce GTX 1060 owners, though one of the users says he's running into an installation issue with this EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW graphics cards. It's not clear if his issue is the same or an unrelated one.

>>If you haven't installed them yet, it would be better wait for the hotfix.

Valve posts a notice about Australian consumer rights on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-posts-a-notice-about-australian-consumer-rights-on-steam/
With the final appeal of its loss in the lawsuit filed against it by Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission having come to naught, Valve has posted an Australian Consumer Rights Notice on Steam, acknowledging the error of its ways and informing gamers down under of their rights and responsibilities as determined by the laws of their homeland.

MODS/EMULATORS

New version of Super Mario 64: Ocarina of Time released, improves gameplay and fixes various bugs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-version-of-super-mario-64-ocarina-of-time-released-improves-gameplay-and-fixes-various-bugs/
Back in March, we informed you about an amazing mod for Super Mario 64 that brought together two Nintendo 64 games; Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Kaze Emanuar, the talented man behind some incredible projects such as Super Mario 64 Online, Sonic Adventure: Last Impact and Super Mario 64 First-Person, has released a brand new version of it that fixes various bugs, improves gameplay, and makes the game more accessible and more forgiving.

>>Download it from here. And remember that you need to enable 8MB ram in the emulators settings to avoid a black screen.

GAMING NEWS

Friday the 13th: The Game will get an engine upgrade, official comparison video
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/friday-the-13th-the-game-will-get-an-engine-upgrade-official-comparison-video/
IllFonic has announced that Friday the 13th: The Game will receive an engine upgrade that will be coming in the next game update. In order to showcase these upgrades, the team has released a comparison video between the new and the old engines powering the game.

Quake Champions April update is now available, features a new Champion, new map and new weapon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-champions-april-update-is-now-available-features-a-new-champion-new-map-and-new-weapon/
Bethesda and id Software have released a new patch for Quake Champions, bringing fresh features and content to the best FPS players in the world. Among the additions – Quake’s quintessential villain, the cybernetic war dog Strogg, joins the fray as a new Champion; a new Cthalha-themed map offers a fresh arena to master; and a blast from the past revives that fragging feeling as the Quake III Arena’s flesh-chewing Plasma Gun returns.

Wild West Online is coming to Steam on May 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wild-west-online-is-coming-to-steam-on-may-10th/
WWO Partners and 612 Games have announced that their Wild West-themed action MMO, Wild West Online, will come to Steam on May 10th. The Steam version will be based on the game’s version 0.8 and will allow players to build camps for their faction, will feature hundreds of character customization options, and will allow you to customize your horse.

New screenshots and trailer for Black Clover Quartet Knights
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-and-trailer-for-black-clover-quartet-knights/
Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots for Black Clover Quartet Knights, introducing a new character: Vanessa Enoteca. In addition, the publisher revealed that a new character named Karna will join the roster, and released a new trailer that focuses on Asta.

Nightdive Studios has trademarked Powerslave/Exhumed, hinting at a possible remaster
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nightdive-studios-has-trademarked-powerslave-exhumed-hinting-at-a-possible-remaster/
Back in May 2015, we informed you about a project that aimed to re-create the console versions of Powerslave (...), however it was shut down due to legal/copyright issues.
All is not lost, though, it appears that a new remaster for this classic game may be under its way. Nightdive Studios has just trademarked both Exhumed and Powerslave, hinting at a possible remaster, though we are not certain whether it will be similar to Powerslave EX.

First Shadow of the Tomb Raider screenshots leaked by Amazon
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-screenshots-leaked-by-amazon/
Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be officially revealed today, however Amazon has just leaked the first screenshots from it. These screenshots showcase some of the game’s environments, as well as the new 3D model for Lara Croft and some of her weapons.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Cinematic Trailer Leaked
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-cinematic-trailer-leaked/
And the leaks never stop. Earlier today, we shared the first screenshots for Shadow of the Tomb Raider that were leaked by Amazon. And it appears that Microsoft has also leaked its debut/first cinematic reveal trailer.

First Shadow of the Tomb Raider details leaked
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-details-leaked/
Man, everything about the new Tomb Raider game has been leaked prior to its official reveal. Earlier today we got the first screenshots and cinematic trailer, and below you can find the first details that were revealed by a Spanish magazine.
According to the article, Jonah will return in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and will try to lead Lara on the right path by advising Lara to save people. The game will feature numerous puzzles, however they will not be more complex than what was featured in the previous games. Instead, they are meant to be more epic, terrifying and deadly.

>>celador has made a thread with these Tomb Raider news.

Zero-K is a new free real-time strategy game heavily inspired by Total Annihilation & Supreme Commander
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/zero-k-is-a-new-free-real-time-strategy-game-heavily-inspired-by-total-annihilation-supreme-commander/
Zero-K Team has announced the release of its new free real-time strategy game that is heavily inspired by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander, Zero-K. Zero-K is an RTS set near the end of the universe in which players can manipulate the terrain, set things on fire, fight epic battles over land, air and sea.