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SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands surpassed 10 million players worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-surpassed-10-million-players-worldwide/
Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands has surpassed ten million players worldwide. As the press release reads, since the initial launch of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands in March 2017, Ubisoft Paris has released 13 updates, including the launch of Ghost War – the 4v4 PvP mode – as well as The Predator special event and numerous updates to the core gameplay.

 

Hitman has more than 12 million players worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hitman-has-more-than-12-million-players-worldwide/
IO Interactive has announced that Hitman now has more than 12 million players worldwide. That’s 5 million more players than what the game had back in November 2017. In other words, it took IO Interactive 5 months in order to increase the game’s playerbase to 12 million.

 

There's only one new deal at GOG, the daily deal featuring Aragami, 60% off: https://www.gog.com/game/aragami

 

At Steam, there are three midweek madness deals:

• This War of Mine is free to try until Sunday, and 70% off if you like it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
• ELEX is half its usual price: http://store.steampowered.com/app/411300/ELEX/
• The Metro franchise is on sale, 80% off the individual games and 85% for the bundle: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/metro/

 

SOFTWARE

Tales From the Borderlands and Tokyo 42 headline Twitch's Free Games With Prime for April
https://www.pcgamer.com/tales-from-the-borderlands-and-tokyo-42-headline-aprils-free-games-with-twitch/
The April line up of Free Games With Prime includes Tales From the Borderlands, DubWars, Steamworld Dig 2, Kingsway, and Tokyo 42. All the games are available now to Twitch Prime subscribers and are yours to keep, forever and ever, even if you cancel your subscription.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 5GB HD fan texture pack is now available
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-call-of-pripyat-5gb-hd-fan-texture-pack-is-now-available/
Modder ‘paranoiia8’ has released a brand new version of his amazing texture pack for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Stalker Two-K packs brand new textures and effects in high resolution for Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl and this latest version comes with a few brand new textures, few new bumpmaps, few smaller changes and few fixes.

You can download this mod from ModDB, and there are two versions, the regular one and a lighter version.

 

GAMING NEWS

Dark Devotion, 2D action RPG, is coming to Steam later this year
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dark-devotion-2d-action-rpg-is-coming-to-steam-later-this-year/
The Arcade Crew and Hibernian Workshop have announced that Dark Devotion will release later this year on the PC. Dark Devotion is a 2D action RPG that promises to feature a rich, detailed and immersive narrative that unfolds a sombre tale of your religion’s undeniable calling where every encounter is a challenge of suffering, piety and conviction – but most importantly, it’s a fight to the death.

 

Here are 17 minutes of gameplay footage from Downward Spiral: Horus Station
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-17-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-downward-spiral-horus-station/
3rd Eye Studios has released a new video, showing 17 minutes of gameplay footage from its upcoming sci-fi game, Downward Spiral: Horus Station. As the press release reads, the video is taken from the GDC demo – from the PC version – in which the mysteries of the eerie space station have yet to present themselves.

 

Dark Souls Remastered – First Official Screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/dark-souls-remastered-first-official-screenshots/
Bandai Namco has just released the first official screenshots for Dark Souls Remastered. These screenshots will give you an idea of what you can expect from the current-gen (PC, PS4, Xbox One) versions of this upcoming remaster.

 

Animus Control Panel is coming to the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Origins later this month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/animus-control-panel-is-coming-to-the-pc-version-of-assassins-creed-origins-later-this-month/
Ubisoft has announced that a new tool will be released for the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Origins, the Animus Control Panel. According to the French company, this tool will allow PC players to tweak some game parameters to create their own game experience.

 

Blizzard will end support for DX9 and 32-bit systems for Heroes of the Storm this Summer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-will-end-support-for-dx9-and-32-bit-systems-for-heroes-of-the-storm-this-summer/
Blizzard has announced that it will end support for DX9 and 32-bit systems for Heroes of the Storm in the next coming months. This basically means that the game will only have access to the 64-bit version of the game, along with DirectX 11 or higher.

 

Corpses ‘N Souls tech demo showcases real-time 2D per pixel destruction, liquid simulation and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/corpses-n-souls-tech-demo-showcases-real-time-2d-per-pixel-destruction-liquid-simulation-and-more/
Kai Kubicek has informed us about a tech demo video for his upcoming 2D Action-RPG that packs some Metroidvania elements, Corpses ‘N Souls. This tech video shows off some of the features that the game currently supports, such as real-time 2D per pixel destruction, liquid simulation, interactive blood and more.

 

Spintires: MudRunner now supports map mods, allowing players to create and share new custom maps
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/spintires-mudrunner-now-supports-map-mods-allowing-players-to-create-and-share-new-custom-maps/
Saber Interactive has released a new patch that adds Workshop Map Support to Spintires: MudRunner. This basically means that the game officially now supports map mods and PC gamers are able to upload and download their creations through the Steam Workshop.

 

Sea of Thieves patch 1.02 now available, adjusts ship respawn distance, packs performance improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-patch-1-02-now-available-adjusts-ship-respawn-distance-packs-performance-improvements/
Rare has released the second patch for its shared world action-adventure pirate game, Sea of Thieves. According to the release notes, this patch adjusts the ship respawn distance, fixes a bug that could accidentally teleport players to their ship from the mermaid whilst holding treasure items, and comes with some performance improvements.