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Tuesday news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

World War Two RTS Divided We Fall launches on Steam, free to play until Thursday
http://www.pcgamer.com/world-war-two-rts-divided-we-fall-launches-on-steam-free-to-play-until-thursday/
Divided We Fall is a Second World War RTS—"a strategic close-combat multiplayer game that emphasizes the importance of building an effective cohesive squad and executing well thought-out tactics on the battlefield," is how the developers describe it on Steam—that launched on Steam Early Access in September 2016. Today it went into full release, and to celebrate the big moment developer Kava Game Studio is making it free to play until Thursday.

 

If that's not enough, there are 374 more deals at Steam this week. Among them:

• Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is 15% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/645630/Car_Mechanic_Simulator_2018/
• Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator is 25% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/552920/Sailaway__The_Sailing_Simulator/
• The "relaxing" (their tag) platformer Refunct can be your at half its price: http://store.steampowered.com/app/406150/Refunct/
• Submerged has an insane 90% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/301860/Submerged/

 

Also, there's a new sale at the Humble Store, the The Best for Less Sale, where you'll be able to find several big indie games like Wasteland 2 or Kerbal Space Program (which no longer qualifies as indie, but who cares) for up to 75% less.

 

SOFTWARE

Battle.net may soon support Discord-style groups and—hallelujah!—an 'appear offline' option
http://www.pcgamer.com/battlenet-may-soon-support-discord-style-groups-andhallelujahan-appear-offline-option/
Steam does all kinds of stuff—some of it is interesting, some of it is kind of useless, but altogether it adds up to a very full-featured, robust digital distribution platform and quasi social network. Battle.net, on the other hand, is mainly that thing you just have to fire up so you can play Overwatch. It's fine for what it is, it just never feels like it's bringing much to the party.
Blizzard may soon be aiming to change that, however, as MMO-Champion has published what it says is a series of "group strings," icons, and avatars that it discovered in a recent update of the Battle.net client.

 

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – New modding tutorial video shows how you can create your first level
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/divinity-original-sin-2-new-modding-tutorial-video-shows-how-you-can-create-your-first-level/
Larian Studios has shared a new modding tutorial video in which the developers show how you can create your first level and place it into your GM campaign or onto Steam Workshop. As you may have guessed, Divinity: Original Sin 2 fully supports mods and according to the team, there are currently over 500 mods for it on Steam Workshop.

 

The Witcher 3 – New mod overhauls its grass to look closer to the pre-downgraded E3 version
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-new-mod-overhauls-its-grass-to-look-closer-to-the-pre-downgraded-e3-version/
Modder ‘Boostin4kix’ has released a new mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that overhauls its grass. According to the modder, this mod changes the grass types for White Orchard, Velen, and Skellige, and shared some images to showcase the new grass textures.

>>You can download this mod from Nexus mods.

 

First HD Texture Pack for NieR: Automata is now available (alpha version)
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-hd-texture-pack-for-nier-automata-is-now-available-alpha-version/
As we’ve already claimed in our PC Performance Analysis, NieR: Automata suffers from a lot of low-resolution textures. Thankfully, this may change in the near future as Steam member ‘GPUnity’ is currently working on the first HD texture pack for it. And while this pack is still in alpha stage, GPUnity has released a version of it to the public.

>>To make this mod work, you'll need Fix Automata Resolution mod, and this is the download link to the mod.

 

SkyUI launched for Skyrim Special Edition
http://www.pcgamer.com/skyui-launched-for-skyrim-special-edition/
Since the launch of Skyrim Special Edition, thousands of user-made mod creators have updated their projects to handle the jump from the original game. The Skyrim Script Extender finally entered its alpha phase last month, and now SkyUI has launched an "unsupported alpha version for testing."

>>You can download this mod from here.

 

GAMING NEWS

Hawken’s Steam servers are being shut down, game to be removed from Steam on January 2nd
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/hawkens-steam-servers-are-being-shut-down-game-to-be-removed-from-steam-on-january-2nd/
Hawken Entertainment has announced that it is shutting down the Steam servers for Hawken in order to refocus its development efforts. The game’s DLCs will be removed today from Steam, and the game itself will be removed from Steam on January 2nd, 2018.

 

Star Wars Battlefront 2 gets an official trailer dedicated to its upcoming open beta phase
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/star-wars-battlefront-2-gets-an-official-trailer-dedicated-to-its-upcoming-open-beta-phase/
Electronic Arts and DICE have released a new trailer dedicated to Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s upcoming open beta phase. The open beta phase will begin on October 6th and will last until October 9th. As its name suggests, it will be open to everyone.

 

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2005 – Multiplayer functionalities restored, supports cross-play between Steam & GOG
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-2-2005-multiplayer-functionalities-restored-supports-cross-play-between-steam-gog/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. GOG has announced that the 2005 version of Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the critically acclaimed shooter of massively entertaining warfare, has received a critical update. This update restores multiplayer functionalities and allows cross-play between the GOG and the Steam versions.

 

WWE 2K18 won’t be plagued by paid micro-transactions
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/wwe-2k18-wont-be-plagued-by-micro-transactions/
In a day and age where every God damn full priced game features micro-transactions, it’s quite refreshing hearing that a new title won’t be using them. The team behind WWE 2K18 has announced that the game won’t be plagued by micro-transactions.

 

New anti-cheating tool coming to the PC version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 this Wednesday
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-anti-cheating-tool-coming-to-the-pc-version-of-dragon-ball-xenoverse-2-this-wednesday/
Bandai Namco has announced that it will release a new anti-cheating tool for the PC/Steam version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 this Wednesday. What’s really cool here is that despite Bandai Namco’s previous claims of supporting the game for six months, the game is still being supported (almost a year after release).

 

First PC patch for FIFA 18 is now available, improves goalkeepers & goal net animations
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-pc-patch-for-fifa-18-is-now-available-improves-goalkeepers-goal-net-animations/
EA Sports has released the first patch for the PC version of FIFA 18. According to the release notes, this patch tunes goalkeeper reactions in certain situations, tunes down the difficulty for Amateur and Semi-Pro difficulties, and reduces shot accuracy and slightly increased goalkeeper reaction times in certain in-game situations.