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Friday news! And it comes with several free games:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has passed 1 million concurrent players
http://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-has-passed-1-million-concurrent-players/
This week, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds surpassed ten million sales, a figure reached in just 165 days of Early Access release. And just under two weeks ago, the battle royale murder sandbox achieved the unthinkable by leapfrogging Dota 2's lofty concurrent player count.
Now Bluehole's runaway megahit has passed one million concurrent players.

>>Kerotan has made a thread about it.

 

Co-op heist game Monaco is free on Steam for 24 hours
http://www.pcgamer.com/co-op-heist-game-monaco-is-free-on-steam-for-24-hours/
For a 24-hour period earlier this week, anyone who grabbed Mirage: Arcane Warfare on Steam got it free, and got to keep it. Today, the free promotion torch has been passed on to Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, a 2013 game about committing heists with friends (and a really good one).

>>There's not many time left, so hurry up!

 

The Walking Dead season one is free on the Humble Store right now
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-walking-dead-season-one-is-free-on-the-humble-store-right-now/
I am loathe to acknowledge the looming end of summer, but the bad weather, pervasive cold, and wet misery does have one bright side: It's an excuse to have a videogame sale. This particular outbreak of markdown madness is the Humble Store's End of Summer Sale, which kicked off today with free copies of the full first season of Telltale's The Walking Dead for everyone.

>>Grab it from here.

 

Get 80 percent off Magicka 2 for the next 24 hours
http://www.pcgamer.com/get-80-percent-off-magicka-2-for-the-next-24-hours/
The Magicka series has a lot of die-hard fans, and 2015's sequel trimmed some of the fat and sped up the pace for a much better game. You can get Magicka 2 for a huge 80 percent off today on Bundle Stars.

 

SOFTWARE

AMD’s Crimson ReLive 17.9.1 is now available, improves stability and brings new game fixes
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/amds-crimson-relive-17-9-1-is-now-available-improves-stability-and-brings-new-game-fixes/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1 driver improves stability on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products after resuming from sleep and playing back video content, and addresses the mouse stuttering issues that could be observed on some Radeon RX graphics products when Radeon WattMan was open and running in the background or other third party GPU information polling apps were running in the background.

>>You can download them from here.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Grand Theft Auto Space mod launched with impressive trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/grand-theft-auto-space-mod-launched-with-impressive-trailer/
I hadn't heard of the Grand Theft Auto Space mod until Andy reported on it a few weeks back. First announced in January, it's July trailer (featured above) looks spectacular—which Andy rightly likened to the Mass Effect we've always wanted.
GTA Space has now released in full, and has marked the occasion with this equally impressive cinematic.

>>You can get it from here.

 

GAMING NEWS

Kyrie Irving in a Celtics Jersey Spotted on NBA 2K18 Cover
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/kyrie-irving-in-a-celtics-jersey-spotted-on-nba-2k18-cover/
Every year 2K Sports players wonder who will be featuring on this years release of their favourite sporting franchise, NBA 2K. This year we can see Kyrie Irving in a Boston Celtics jersey.

 

The first game powered by Amazon’s Lumberyard Engine is here, Breakaway free alpha phase is a go
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-first-game-powered-by-amazons-lumberyard-engine-is-here-breakaway-free-alpha-phase-is-a-go/
The first game powered by Amazon’s new Lumberyard Engine is finally here and PC gamers will be able to get a small idea of what this engine is all about. Breakaway is a team battle sport where two squads of four collide in intense competition and its alpha phase has started.

 

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds New Gun: Mini 14
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/player-unknowns-battlegrounds-new-gun-mini-14/
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds Twitter has released some vital information to their player-base, a new weapon will be joining the massive Battle Royal shooter, it’s called the Mini-14.

 

The Evil Within 2 – Brand new horrific screenshots released
http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/the-evil-within-2-brand-new-screenshots-released/
Bethesda has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming horror game, The Evil Within 2. These new screenshots show the game’s main protagonist, Sebastian, as well as some enemies and environments.

 

Okami HD may be coming to the PC according to the Korean GRB
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/okami-hd-may-be-coming-to-the-pc-according-to-the-korean-grb/
Now here is something really interesting. The Korean GRB may have leaked a re-released of Okami HD. Although we don’t have enough information, the Korean GRB rated Okami HD for current-gen consoles and PC.

>>LivingMetal has made a thread about it.

 

Final Fantasy XV will run with no problems on four-year old PC systems
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-will-run-with-no-problems-on-four-year-old-pc-systems/
In an interview with PCGamer, Hajime Tabata stated that the PC version of Final Fantasy XV will run with no problems on older PC systems. While Tabata did not reveal the settings with which owners of older systems will be able to play, he did say that a three or four-year old PC.