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Thursday news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

RimWorld has now sold over one million copies
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rimworld-has-now-sold-over-one-million-copies/
Ludeon Studios has announced that its sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller, RimWorld, has sold over one million units worldwide. RimWorld is described as a story generator and it’s designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate colonists, starvation and survival.

 

Dragon Ball FighterZ has shipped two million copies, first minor patch now available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragon-ball-fighterz-has-shipped-two-million-copies-first-minor-patch-now-available/
Bandai Namco has revealed that Dragon Ball FighterZ has shipped two million copies worldwide. In addition, the company has released a minor patch for its PC version that weights around 2.8GB and fixes one particular issue.

 

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Steamed Hams but it's a Team Fortress 2 map
https://www.pcgamer.com/steamed-hams-tf2-map/
Well, you can add Team Fortress 2 to the growing list of entries into the Steamed Hams meme. A mapper called Whomobile has created a Steamed Hams map for TF2, in which players collect steamed hams and deliver them to Skinner's house, which intermittently catches fire. Players, upon dying, drop steamed hams. (That's what Skinner calls hamburgers. It's an Albany expression.)

 

GAMING NEWS

2D side-scrolling brawler, Wulverblade, is now available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/2d-side-scrolling-brawler-wulverblade-is-now-available/
Darkwind Media has announced that its barbaric 2D beat ‘em up Wulverblade is now available on Steam. History fiends and retrogaming fans alike can now purchase this immaculately designed side-scrolling brawler.

 

Bluehole will ban at least 100K PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds cheaters
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bluehole-will-ban-at-least-100k-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-cheaters/
Bluehole Studios has announced that it will launch a massive ban wave for PC servers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) after managing to crack down on at least 100,000 cheaters. The development team discovered a pattern the cheaters have been exploiting to cheat on the game.

 

Dragon Ball FighterZ online issues are caused by the massive fan support, dev team working on fixing them
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragon-ball-fighterz-online-issues-are-caused-by-the-massive-fan-support-dev-team-working-on-them/
As we claimed in our PC Performance Analysis, Dragon Ball FighterZ suffers from major online issues. Thankfully, Bandai Namco has acknowledged them, claiming that these issues are caused by the overwhelming support and that the development team is working on fixing them.

 

Gigantic to be shut down on July 31st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gigantic-to-be-shut-down-on-july-31st/
And another one bites the dust. Perfect World Entertainment and Motiga have announced that Gigantic will be shut down on July 31st. Gigantic was free to play and pits teams of five heroes—each with a massive guardian monster—against each other in explosive battles across a variety of fantasy battlefields.

 

First major update for Fade to Silence Early Access is now available, still suffers from performance issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-major-update-for-fade-to-silence-early-access-is-now-available-still-suffers-from-performance-issues/
Black Forest Games has released the first of four major patches for the Steam Early Access build of Fade to Silence that addresses the difficulty of the game. With today‘s “Hope“ update, the developers not only added a big overhaul to the weather effects, but also the first part of their so-called “catch-up mechanism“.

 

Attack on Titan 2 gets a Battle trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/attack-on-titan-2-gets-a-battle-trailer/
KOEI Tecmo has released a new Battle trailer for the sequel to the hugely successful ‘A.O.T. Wings of Freedom’, the titanic action game based on the worldwide anime series phenomenon, Attack on Titan. Attack on Titan 2 will release on March 20th and players will be able to create their own custom Scout.

 

Third episode of VAMPYR’s webseries features new gameplay footage and focuses on its NPCs
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/third-episode-of-vampyrs-webseries-features-new-gameplay-footage-and-focuses-on-its-npcs/
Focus Home Interactive has released the third episode of VAMPYR’s webseries in which we meet the citizens of Vampyr’s 1918 London, and learn how DONTNOD will make players feel the death of each one you decide to feed on. This video introduces more exclusive gameplay footage, while focusing on the citizens of London and how each individual has been hand-crafted to feel as human as possible.

 

A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia releases on April 19th, official PC requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-total-war-saga-thrones-of-britannia-releases-on-april-19th-official-pc-requirements-revealed/
SEGA has announced that A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia will release on April 19th. A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia focuses on Alfred the Great’s victory at the Battle of Edington, in which he stood fast against the Viking invaders and changed the future of the British Isles.
SEGA has also revealed the official PC requirements for A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia.

 

Battlezone: Combat Commander releases on March 1st, will support DX11, 4K & cross-play between Steam & GOG
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlezone-combat-commander-releases-on-march-1st-will-support-dx11-4k-cross-play-between-steam-gog/
Rebellion has announced that the remaster for Battlezone 2: Combat Commander will release on March 1st. This remaster will be titled Battlezone: Combat Commander, will be played from a first-person perspective and players will be able to pilot futuristic, customizable war machines.