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Last round of news for this week

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Valve received almost 300K refund requests during the first day of its Steam Summer Sale
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/valve-received-almost-300k-refund-requests-during-the-first-day-of-its-steam-summer-sale/
Valve launch its 2017 Steam Summer Sale on June 26th and according to its official stats, the company received 300K refund requests. And to be honest, this was to be expected. After all, most games are not coming with a free demo and a lot of gamers are using Steam’s refund system in order to try them.

>>It's because the abuse of the refund system that Steam Sales are not what they used to be. Shame on them.

 

Get Mortal Kombat XL for 81 percent off right now
http://www.pcgamer.com/get-mortal-kombat-xl-for-81-percent-off-right-now/
There was a time when it seemed Mortal Kombat XL wasn't going to be coming to PC at all. We got it last year though, and it contains the base game plus the two Kombat Packs, which feature extra characters including Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, and The Predator. You can grab it for 81 percent off today on Bundle Stars.

 

SOFTWARE

NVIDIA GeForce 384.76 WHQL driver released, optimized for Lawbreakers Beta & Spider-man: Homecoming VR
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-384-76-whql-driver-optimized-lawbreakers-beta-spider-man-homecoming-vr/
NVIDIA has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 384.76 WHQL driver offers optimal performance for the beta phase of Lawbreakers and for Spider-man: Homecoming VR.

>>You can download them from here.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Here are the PC graphics settings that Star Wars: Battlefront 2 currently supports
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-graphics-settings-star-wars-battlefront-2/
The closed alpha phase of Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is currently underway and some streamers have leaked the game’s PC graphics settings. While these are the graphics settings for the closed alpha build, we are pretty sure that the final version will sport the same PC graphics settings.

 

StarCraft: Remastered releases on August 14th, first gameplay trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/starcraft-remastered-releases-on-august-14th/
Blizzard has just announced that the remastered version of StarCraft will be released on August 14th. In order to celebrate this announcement, Blizzard released a new live-action trailer and the first gameplay trailer for StarCraft: Remastered that can be viewed below.

>>As it's usually the case, Shikamo has a thread about it.

 

Micro Machines World Series releases today, gets launch trailer
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/micro-machines-world-series-releases-today-gets-launch-trailer/
Codemasters and Deep Silver have announced the release of Micro Machines World Series. To celebrate the launch and showcase the fun and carnage you’ll be experiencing in Micro Machines World Series, a new gameplay trailer has been unleashed, and can be viewed below.