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SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-is-the-best-selling-game-in-the-history-of-pc-gaming/
For a long time, Minecraft was considered as the best selling PC game of all time. Well, not anymore as Bluehole’s battle royale game has managed to surpass Minecraft’s PC sales. Yeap, as of today, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming.
According to Steamspy’s data, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has sold more than 27.8 million copies worldwide.

 

GOG's New Year's Resolutions sale is live
http://www.pcgamer.com/gogs-new-years-resolutions-sale-is-live/
The holiday season is over, and you might think that means a break from the flurry of game sales, and more importantly, a respite for your long-suffering bank account. You would be wrong. With the new year comes new year's resolutions, and with those comes GOG's New Year's Resolutions Sale.

>>Yesterday, I said that it would last only one day, but I was wrong. The sale will last until next Monday. What lasted only one day were the displayed games up front, which have now been replaced with another batch.

 

Get Dark Souls 3, Little Nightmares, Tekken 7 for cheap in Fanatical's Bandai Namco sale
http://www.pcgamer.com/get-dark-souls-3-little-nightmares-tekken-7-for-cheap-in-fanaticals-bandai-namco-sale/
It's January. Which means it's dark and it's wet (unless you're one of our southern hemisphere-residing readers—in which case I naturally resent you). It's also a great time to save money on videogames, and to this end Fanatical's Bandai Namco sale offers up to 75 percent off a number of top games from the Japanese publisher.

 

Hotline Miami, The Talos Principle lead Devolver Digital Steam sale
http://www.pcgamer.com/hotline-miami-the-talos-principle-lead-devolver-digital-steam-sale/
Publisher Devolver Digital is running a quick Steam sale to ring in the new year. A handful of good indies are on sale through Monday, January 15, including gratuitous violence simulator Hotline Miami and contemplative puzzler The Talos Principle.
Update: In a tweet, Devolver Digital confirmed that this Steam sale is being held in conjunction with charitable speedrunning organization Games Done Quick. Devolver says they'll donate 10 percent of the sale's revenue to GDQ.

 

Their games are part of the 493 weeklong deals at Steam. Other games are:

• Caesar III is 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/517790/Caesar_3/
• AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity is 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/AaAaAA__A_Reckless_Disregard_for_Gravity/
• The Rayman games are on sale, 66% off each or 69% if you buy the bundle: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4823/Rayman_Bundle/
• The EARTH games (EARTH 2140, 2150 & 2160) are on sale, 70% each or 76% the bundle: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2668/Earth_Universe_Bundle/
• FlatOut. The five games are 75% off, or you can get them in the Anthology Pack for 80% less: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4289/The_FlatOut_Anthology_Pack/
• Postal 2 is 90% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/

 

SOFTWARE

Green Man Gaming announces new partnership with Ubisoft, introduces automatic game activation
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/green-man-gaming-announces-new-partnership-with-ubisoft/
Green Man Gaming has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft and introduced a new feature that allows customers to automatically redeem and add games to their Uplay library with one click. The new automatic game activation feature will give gamers a faster and more secure way to add Ubisoft games including upcoming titles Far Cry 5, Anno 1800 and Skull and Bones to their library on the Uplay platform.

 

That Steam UI update is still happening
http://www.pcgamer.com/that-steam-ui-update-is-still-happening/
Last year, a mock-up of a new Steam interface appeared in a client update and was quickly removed. We still don't know if the image represents anything real—it's just an image—but we did learn later from a Valve presentation that some kind of Steam UI refresh is in the works. And it's still in the works, says Valve's Alden Kroll.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Original SNES version is being recreated as mod, beta version 4.0 available
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/shadowrun-dragonfall-original-snes-version-is-being-recreated-as-mod-beta-version-4-0-available/
Back in 1993, Data East released a version of Shadowrun on Nintendo’s consoles, the Super Nintendo. As such, modder ‘Geeked’ decided to recreate this version in Shadowrun: Dragonfall in the form of a mod. The goal of this project is to remake (and improve) the SNES version for Shadowrun Returns. The first alpha version of this mod was released back in 2014 and today the modder released a new beta version of it.

>>You can check it out at Steam, but to run this mod you'll need to own Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Geeked’s “portraits and props” mod, and.

 

New version of Skyrim 3D Trees mod adds 35 new high quality replacer models for plants and trees
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-version-of-skyrim-3d-trees-mod-adds-35-new-high-quality-replacer-models-for-plants-and-trees/
Last month, we informed you about the Skyrim 3D Trees mod for Bethesda’s RPG. Created by modder ‘mathy79’, Skyrim 3D Trees mod aims to feature the most realistic forests simulation in gaming. Since that December release, mathy79 has been working hard on it and has just released a new version of the mod, increasing the total number of high-quality replacer models to 64.

>>Available from Nexus Mods.

 

Fight fascist felines in Doom mod Rise of the Wool Ball
http://www.pcgamer.com/fight-fascist-felines-in-doom-mod-rise-of-the-wool-ball/
If diligently cleaning the streets of Nazis in Wolfenstein 2 hasn’t quite sated your appetite, and you also think that cats are probably evil, then Rise of the Wool Ball and its predecessor, Shadow of the Wool Ball, might be just what you’re craving. The pair of Doom mods are filled with fascist felines and Doom, Wolfenstein and Rise of the Triad-inspired maps.

 

GTA 5 mod adds the Doomsday Heist's jetpack to single player
http://www.pcgamer.com/gta-5-mod-adds-the-doomsday-heists-jetpack-to-single-player/
Last month, GTA Online introduced its three-part Doomsday Heist sequence with new objectives, rewards and toys to muck around with. Sam and Tom have since discussed the merits of flying cars, while the update also brought with it the Mammoth Thruster jetpack.
The latter is now available in Grand Theft Auto 5's single player by way of jedijosh920's Jetpack SP mod.

 

GAMING NEWS

First-person sci-fi mystery game, The Station, releases on February 20th
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-person-sci-fi-mystery-game-the-station-releases-on-february-20th/
The Station has announced that its first-person sci-fi mystery game, The Station, will release on February 20th. Developed by a team of AAA veterans, including Dave Fracchia, former Studio Head at Activision subsidiary Radical Entertainment, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning designer Les Nelkin, and BioShock Infinite and League of Legends composer Duncan Watt, The Station promises to take players across the universe and aboard a spacecraft orbiting a vicious alien world.

 

New gameplay video for Milestone’s Gravel shows off snow weather and Wild Rush mode
http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-video-for-milestones-gravel-shows-off-snow-weather-and-wild-rush-mode/
Milestone has released a brand new gameplay video for its upcoming off-road racer, Gravel, showcasing its snow weather as well as its Wild Rush mode. The game will release on February 27th and this video will give you a slight idea of what you can expect from its Wild Rush mode.

 

Housemarque is the second developer experiencing major performance server issues due to Meltdown
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/housemarque-is-the-second-developer-experiencing-major-performance-server-issues-due-to-meltdown/
A few days ago, Epic Games’ servers took a big hit after patching them to prevent the Meltdown security issue that affected all Intel’s CPUs. And from the looks of it, Housemarque Games, the studio behind Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall and Nex Machina, is the second developer that has experienced major server issues after patching the Meltdown Intel security flaw.

 

AO Tennis is officially coming to the PC in the first half of 2018
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/ao-tennis-is-officially-coming-to-the-pc-in-the-first-half-of-2018/
Big Ant Studios has announced that AO Tennis will be coming to the PC in 2018. Although there isn’t any specific date for the PC version, the team claimed that the game will release on our platform in the first half of the year.

 

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Latest beta patch reduces view distance while parachuting down, improves report tool
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-latest-beta-patch-reduces-view-distance-while-parachuting-down-improves-report-tool/
Bluehole has released a brand new beta patch for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. According to the release notes, this patch reduces the visible distance when parachuting down in order to test the optimization of server and client performance. Furthermore, it adds more objects around La Bendita on Miramar to increase the amount of cover.

 

Electronic Arts is using dynamic difficulty adjustments in multiple games, wants to get rid of fair matchmaking
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-is-using-dynamic-difficulty-adjustments-in-multiple-games-proposes-to-get-rid-fair-matchmaking/
Back in October 2017, it was revealed that Activision is working on a new matchmaking system that would pair players together in order to encourage microtransactions. And while this system has not been implemented in any game as of yet, another publisher is searching into getting rid of fair matchmaking in multiplayer games. That publisher is no other than EA who has already implemented its dynamic difficulty adjustment in multiple games.

>>EA, making friends.