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Tuesday news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

GOG's daily deal is Quest for Infamy, 80% off: https://www.gog.com/game/quest_for_infamy

 

At Steam, we have the daily deal, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 50% off, and the weeklong deals, with discounts like these:

• The Shoot'Em up title Sky Force Reloaded is 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/667600/Sky_Force_Reloaded/
• The Point&Click game Rusty Lake Paradise is 33% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/744190/Rusty_Lake_Paradise/
• The strategy game Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology is 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/313500/Blitzkrieg_2_Anthology/
• The action game NieR:Automata is also 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/524220/NieRAutomata/
• Celebrating the launch of a new content update, Sudden Strike 4 is also half its usual price: http://store.steampowered.com/app/373930/Sudden_Strike_4/
• In case you still don't have Bastion, it can be yours thanks to a 75% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/Bastion/
• For racing fans, DiRT Rally is 80% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/310560/DiRT_Rally/
• If what you want is having sleep troubles, you can get SOMA with a 80% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/

 

On the Humble Store, they have a Degica Games sale, with discounts of up to 80%: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/degica-sale/

 

And at Fanatical, they have two sales:

• As part of its 7 days, 7 deals promo, DEX is 93% off for 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dex
• The weekly sale involves Ubisoft, with discounts up to 75% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ubisoft

 

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Blizzard brings paid premium mods/maps to StarCraft 2 Arcade
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-brings-paid-premium-mods-maps-to-starcraft-2-arcade/
Blizzard has announced that with the release of the StarCraft II patch 4.3.0, it will bring paid premium maps to StarCraft 2 Arcade. As the team noted, these two high-quality premium Arcade maps promise to offer different kinds of experiences and when you purchase them, a share of the sales will go directly to the developers who made them.

>>The question is, how big is that share that developers of the maps will recieve? Because that's an important part of it.

 

Brutal Duke Nukem 3D alpha version is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/brutal-duke-nukem-3d-alpha-version-is-now-available-for-download/
Created by Duke4’s member ‘RPD Guy ‘ – and obviously inspired by Sergeant_Mark_IV’s Brutal mod for Doom – this mod increases the blood effects. (Floor, wall and ceiling decals, bloodspray effects, jibs, shells, actors and some sound effects). As the modder noted, all the effects were created by himself and he re-used many sprites from the game and from other games.

>>This is the direct download link.

 

Help demons come to terms with their crappy jobs in the Doom mod 'Mr. Friendly'
https://www.pcgamer.com/help-demons-come-to-terms-with-their-crappy-jobs-in-the-doom-mod-mr-friendly/
One of my odd little videogame quirks is that I always try to wait for new enemies I encounter to take the first shot. As a child, I had this strange, faint idea that maybe if I didn't shoot, they wouldn't either—that maybe my restraint would lead me down some super-secret path to videogame glory that all the trigger-happy chumps out there (which is to say, everyone but me) were too dumb to figure out.
It never worked out that way, obviously, and 95 percent of my videogame problems continue to be solved at the end of a virtual gun. But a new Doom mod called Mr. Friendly, created by former 2K and Double Fine developer (and noted Doom fan) JP LeBreton, delivers that sort of fanciful outcome by converting one of the most notoriously violent FPSes in history into an opportunity to talk it out.

>>It can be downloaded from Itch.io, but it requires GZDoom 3.3 to work.

 

GAMING NEWS

New screenshots released for DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-dragon-quest-xi-echoes-of-an-elusive-age/
Square Enix has released three new screenshots for DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age tells a captivating tale of a hunted hero and is the long-awaited role-playing game from series creator Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and series composer Koichi Sugiyama.

 

Sea of Thieves Update 1.05 is now available, full release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-update-1-05-is-now-available-full-release-notes-revealed/
Microsoft and Rare have released a brand new update for Sea of Thieves. According to the release notes, this latest patch comes with various UI improvements, resolves issues where Skeleton Fort or Bounty Quest Skeletons failed to spawn correctly, as well as an issue that could cause ships to ping up into the sky when sinking.

 

First episode for Elea, dystopian first person sci-fi adventure, available on Steam Early Access
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-episode-for-elea-dystopian-first-person-sci-fi-adventure-available-on-steam-early-access/
SOEDESCO has announced that the first episode for its dystopian first person sci-fi adventure game, Elea, is now available on Steam Early Access. In order to celebrate this announcement, SOEDESCO released some new screenshots and a trailer that you can view below.

 

Rebellion’s new third-person 1930s adventure game, Strange Brigade, releases on August 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rebellions-new-third-person-1930s-adventure-game-strange-brigade-releases-on-august-28th/
Rebellion has announced that its new 1930s co-op adventure game, Strange Brigade, will be released on August 28th. In Strange Brigade, players will embark on an exotic safari into danger where few dare go and fewer return. According to its description, players will encounter fantastic and forgotten civilizations shrouded in mystery, and will uncover treacherous tombs and unfathomable evil.

 

Dark Souls Remastered will be discounted to all owners of Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition, first gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dark-souls-remastered-will-be-discounted-to-all-owners-of-dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition/
Back in January, Bandai Namco revealed that the PC version of Dark Souls Remastered would be discounted to all owners of Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition. However, PCGamer stated that there wouldn’t be any discount, despite Bandai Namco’s previous report. And today, we are happy to report that the publisher has officially revealed that there will be a discount.