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Time again for the news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam's top 10

1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. The Escapists 2
4. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
5. F1 2017
6. Quake Champions
7. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
8. Prey
9. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
10. Total War: WARHAMMER II

 

If we take a look at GOG, we can see that they only one have the weekly sale this week, but it's a special Square-Enix one. Don't count on Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest games, but there's plenty of old gems like Deus Ex, Hitman, Thief and more: https://www.gog.com/promo/20170828_weekly_sale_square_enix

 

SOFTWARE

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground Takes First Place on Steam for Concurrent Players
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battleground-takes-first-place-on-team-for-concurrent-players/
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been on the rise in concurrent players since it’s release in March, chasing massive titles such as DOTA 2 and Rocket League it has finally surpassed all other games taking first place.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

CEMU 1.9.1 adds separate window to display the GamePad screen, improves games compatibility
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/cemu-1-9-1-adds-separate-window-to-display-the-gamepad-screen-improves-games-compatibility/
The team behind the best WiiU emulator, CEMU, has released a brand new version of it (that is currently available to Patreon members). This version adds adds separate window to display the GamePad screen, sightly decreased RAM usage of recompiler by optimizing away unused lookup tables and improves detection of float denormal usage.

 

This mod for Star Wars: Battlefront 2 brings to it the content from the cancelled Battlefront 3 game
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-star-wars-battlefront-2-brings-to-it-the-content-from-the-cancelled-battlefront-3-game/
The Battlefront III Legacy Mod Team has released the latest open beta build for Star Wars Battlefront III Legacy. Star Wars Battlefront III Legacy is a large-scale conversion mod created for Battlefront II using as many assets from the cancelled Battlefront 3 game as possible; including both eras (Clone Wars and GCW), a brand-new HUD+Interface and a few converted maps such as Coruscant and Cato Neimoidia.

>>You can download the beta of this mod from here.

 

This mod for Half-Life 2 brings to it the content from the cancelled Half Life 2: Episode 3, available for download now
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-half-life-2-brings-to-it-the-content-from-the-cancelled-half-life-2-episode-3-available-for-download-now/
Lever Softworks has released a total conversion mod for Half Life 2 that brings the content from the cancelled Episode 3 to it.
This mod requires Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two to be installed and working. Moreover, the mod requires Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer, with the beta branch set to “upcoming”.

>>If you want to give it a try, you can download it from here.

 

GAMING NEWS

Divinity: Original Sin 2 will be voiced, will feature more than 1 million words & 74K lines of dialogue
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/divinity-original-sin-2-will-be-voiced-will-feature-1-million-words-74k-lines-of-dialogue/
Larian Studios has announced that Divinity: Original Sin 2, the highly anticipated RPG launching on Steam on September 14th, will feature a full roster of voice acting content and talent, with more than 1 million words and over 74,000 lines of voiced dialogue.

 

Total War: Warhammer 2 Dark Elves Battle Let’s Play
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/total-war-warhammer-2-dark-elves-battle-lets-play/
Total War has just released a video of Malekith the Witch King advancing with his army of Dark Elves at his back, preparing for a battle with the High Elve defences.

 

Star Citizen’s Faceware tech will let players stream facial movements onto their character’s face
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizens-faceware-tech-will-let-players-to-stream-facial-movements-onto-their-characters-face/
Cloud Imperium has announced that it has partnered with Faceware Technologies to offer players the ability to track their facial movement and stream it onto their character’s face. In order to showcase Faceware, Cloud Imperium released a new trailer dedicated to it that can be viewed below.

 

No Man’s Sky – Patch 1.34 is now available, corrects NPCs emotion animations & fixes various issues
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-mans-sky-patch-1-34-is-now-available-corrects-npcs-emotion-animations-fixes-various-issues/
It appears that with the release of the Atlas Rises update, Hello Games is really supporting its – previously thought dead – title. After all, No Man’s Sky has received four massive patches in just two weeks. Today, the team released a new patch for No Man’s Sky that updates its version to 1.34.

 

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – PC demo releases on August 30th [UPDATE: Perhaps not]
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pro-evolution-soccer-2018-pc-demo-releases-on-august-30th/
Konami has announced that a PC demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 will be released on August 30th. The demo version will include twelve teams (eight club and four national teams), two stadiums, as well as two game modes.
UPDATE: A closer look at Konami’s news reveals that this demo may not be released on the PC. While Konami does mention the PC for the game’s Co-Op mode, it looks like the company is hinting at the final version and not at the demo. If that’s the case, Konami should not include the PC platform as this news is for the demo and not for the full version. Moreover, the PC/Steam logo is missing from the demo image.

 

Egosoft announces X4: FOUNDATIONS
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/egosoft-announces-x4-foundations/
Egosoft has announced the sequel to its X series, X4: FOUNDATIONS. In X4: FOUNDATIONS, players will be able to manage an empire or explore space in first person. Players can fly every ship, trade and fight to build their empire with modular station construction and think carefully when embarking on an epic journey.

 

Two and Half Hours of Alpha 3.0 Star Citizen
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/two-and-half-hours-of-alpha-3-0-star-citizen/
At this years Gamescom we saw Cloud Imperium take the stage to show off their highly anticipated Star Citizen. For those who missed the live stream or are interested in watching A LOT of gameplay from the upcoming Alpha 3.0 a video can be found below.