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Friday news. Yay!

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

PUBG is the third highest earning game ever on Steam, according to Gabe Newell
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-is-the-third-highest-earning-game-ever-on-steam-according-to-gabe-newell/
Valve's hardware and technology research has been an "investment in the future," said Newell, one which he connects to the incredible success of PUBG. "[That investment] does help do good things for the gaming industry. So you can have a relatively new game like PUBG, and because they can capitalize on all the other multiplayer games, the technology, the fact that China is now a huge market for anybody who does PC game development—So PUBG can come out of pretty much nowhere and become the third largest selling game in Steam's history. Their gross revenue over all time is already number three in fairly short order."

 

SOFTWARE

Gabe Newell: 'Hooray! Valve's going to start shipping games again'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gabe-newell-hooray-valves-going-to-start-shipping-games-again/
At a presentation for upcoming Dota 2-themed card game Artifact at Valve's offices in Bellevue, Washington today, Gabe Newell reiterated that Valve is getting back into developing new games beyond its current roster of multiplayer titles. After talking about Valve's focus on Steam and hardware during the past several years, which he described as "an investment in the future", Newell said "Artifact is the first of several games that are going to be coming from us. So that's sort of good news. Hooray! Valve's going to start shipping games again."

>>About time! Now we may have a game with a 3 on it.

 

Batman joins Origin Access as EA opens the doors to other publishers
https://www.pcgamer.com/batman-joins-origin-access-as-ea-opens-the-doors-to-other-publishers/
EA has opened its subscription service, Origin Access, to other publishers, significantly expanding its library of games. Take a gander now and you’ll see a bunch of Warner Bros. games rubbing elbows with the likes of Mass Effect and Battlefield. Other publishers will also be joining Origin Access soon, adding The Witness, Bulletstorm and Wasteland 2.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

First Metal Gear Survive mods enable minimap everywhere, disable the annoying Radio warnings
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-metal-gear-survive-mods-enable-minimap-everywhere-disable-radio-warnings/
Konami has been criticized by a lot of players and critics for its gameplay decisions in Metal Gear Survive. One of them that annoyed players was the removal of the in-game minimap in areas that were covered by fog. And as you may have guessed, a mod was released to enable the minimap in those areas.
Created by modder ‘Rubim’, the Minimap mod for Metal Gear Survive enables minimap everywhere. Furthermore, Rubim has also released another mod that completely disables the annoying radio warnings.

>>Both mods are available from Nexus Mods: Minimap and disable radio warnings.

 

GAMING NEWS

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has been officially confirmed, full reveal coming on May 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-has-been-officially-confirmed-full-reveal-coming-on-may-17th/
Activision has confirmed that Treyarch is working on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (or Call of Duty Black Ops IIII) will be released on October 12th and the publisher will fully reveal this new Call of Duty title on May 17th.

 

It’s official, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to the PC on July 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/its-official-crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-july-10th/
And it’s official. Activision has confirmed that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to the PC on July 10th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has released a new trailer that you can view below.

 

First screenshots for Dark Souls Remastered unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-screenshots-for-dark-souls-remastered-unveiled/
Bandai Namco has revealed the first screenshots for Dark Souls Remastered. Dark Souls Remastered will allow players to re-experience the genre-defining title that kicked off a worldwide gaming phenomena in stunning high-definition detail, with support for 4K resolutions and 60fps.

>>They should leave the fps uncapped, for those with high refresh monitors.

 

First major update released for Forged Battalion, Petroglyph’s real-time strategy game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-major-update-released-for-forged-battalion-petroglyphs-real-time-strategy-game/
Team17 and Petroglyph have announced that Forged Battalion, the innovative and dynamic new take on the real-time strategy genre, has had its first major update since launching into Steam early access on 16th January 2018. The update includes major content as well as plenty of balancing tweaks and general fixes.

 

Quake Champions March update brings Instagib, 2v2 ranked play and ‘No Abilities’ mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-champions-march-update-brings-instagib-2v2-ranked-play-and-no-abilities-mode/
id Software has announced that it will release a major new free update for Quake Champions next Thursday, March 15th, delvering new ways to play and fun new looks. This will include the return of Instagib – the first new game mode added since closed beta – the introduction of ‘No Abilities Mode’ in custom games; a new 2v2 version of Ranked Play for competitive players and a variety of fresh seasonal cosmetics to commemorate the coming of Spring.

 

Sea of Thieves Open Beta phase begins on March 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-open-beta-phase-begins-on-march-9th/
Rare has announced that the final – and open – beta phase for Sea of Thieves will begin on March 9th. As its title suggests, this beta will be available to everyone and will last until March 11th at 10am GMT.

 

First Insurgency: Sandstorm alpha screenshots released
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-insurgency-sandstorm-alpha-screenshots-released/
Focus Home Interactive and New World Interactive have released the first alpha gameplay screenshots for Insurgency: Sandstorm. Insurgency: Sandstorm is built in Unreal Engine 4 with upgraded graphics, promising to take the series into a new era.

 

Focus Home Interactive releases first in-game screenshot for Farming Simulator 19
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/focus-home-interactive-releases-first-screenshot-for-farming-simulator-19/
Focus Home Interactive has released the first in-game screenshot for GIANTS Software’s upcoming farming simulator game, Farming Simulator 19. As the publisher noted, the game will benefit this year from a complete overhaul and a total revision of its graphics engine.

 

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Patch 1.3 is now available, adds Save & Exit option, improves overall performance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kingdom-come-deliverance-patch-1-3-is-now-available-adds-save-exit-option-improves-overall-performance/
Warhorse Studios has released the highly anticipated patch 1.3 for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. According to the release notes, this new update adds a Save & Exit option, improves saving functionalities, improves lockpicking, improves pickpocketing, and improves overall performance.