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Last round of news of the week!

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds surpasses 22 million sales on Steam
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-surpasses-22-million-sales-steam/
There is literally nothing stopping this train. Earlier this month, we reported about PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds surpassing 20 million sales. Fast forward a few weeks and here we are today with the game surpassing 22 million copies on Steam.

 

Sanctum 2 is free in the Humble Store
http://www.pcgamer.com/sanctum-2-is-free-in-the-humble-store/
Sanctum 2, the FPS-tower defense hybird that I think is actually quite good, is free for the next two days as part of the Humble Store Fall Sale. You know the drill by now, right? Go here, add to cart, check out, have a nice day.

 

The Flame in the Flood is free right now with Twitch Prime
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-flame-in-the-flood-is-free-with-twitch-prime/
If you're subscribed to Twitch Prime you snag a sweet bonus right now—The Flame in the Flood, which is a survival roguelike about river travel (and not a genre I type out every day), is available for free. Make sure you've got the Twitch desktop app installed, then head over to the game's Twitch page to grab it for zero dollars and the same amount of cents.

 

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

This classic Doom mod replaces weapon pickups with loot boxes
http://www.pcgamer.com/this-classic-doom-mod-replaces-weapon-pickups-with-loot-boxes/
Loot boxes have come on strong over the past year or so, and so has resistance against them. But what if loot boxes had gained prominence 25 years ago? What if the id Software guys, instead of embracing shareware, had embraced RNG microtransactions? You'd very likely have ended up with something close to the Doom Loot Box Mod, created by ZDoom user Rip and Tear, which brings the old-time FPS you love into the modern era, in the worst way possible.

 

GAMING NEWS

Here is one hour of gameplay footage from Star Citizen 3.0 in 4K
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/one-hour-gameplay-footage-star-citizen-3-0-in-4k/
YouTube’s ‘Xenthor Xi’ has shared a video, showing one hour of gameplay footage from Star Citizen 3.0 in 4K. According Cloud Imperium, Star Citizen 3.0 is available on the PTU and the first wave of testers got their hands on it.

 

First Sociable Soccer patch pokes fun at Electronic Arts, improves AI, goalkeepers and collisions
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-sociable-soccer-patch-improves-ai-goalkeepers-slide-tackles-headers-collisions/
Combo Breaker has released the first major patch for Sociable Soccer. According to the team, this patch improves the AI, goalkeepers, slide tackles, headers and the in-game HUD display. Furthermore, this patch improves collisions for ball, players and posts.

 

Open week announced for Total War: ARENA, begins today
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/open-week-announced-total-war-arena/
Wargaming has announced that Total War: ARENA will get an open week, granting players full access to all the epic-scale 10-vs-10 multiplayer action. Starting today, November 24th 12:00 UTC until December 4th 09.00 UTC, anyone can sign up to lead the Romans, Barbarians or Greeks into battle and provide valuable feedback.