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Wednesday Thursday (I don't even know which day I'm living in...) news:

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

GOG's daily deal is Death Road to Canada, 40% off: https://www.gog.com/game/death_road_to_canada

 

Steam's daily deal is the Early Access title Staxel, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/405710/Staxel/

 

At Fanatical, there are two deals:

• The Star Deal, that will last 24h, is Wurm Unlimited, 75% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/wurm-unlimited
• Not included in the Bethesda sale that's going on, Dishonored 2 will be almost 60% off for the next 48h: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dishonored-2

 

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

The Nintendo Switch emulator, Ryujinx, runs Sonic Mania with more than 100fps
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-nintendo-switch-emulator-ryujinx-runs-sonic-mania-with-more-than-100fps/
The team behind one of the best Nintendo Switch emulators, Ryujinx, has released a new version that plays the recently released Sonic game, Sonic Mania. And while this is just a 2D Sonic game, it runs with more than 100fps in this open-source emulator.
In similar news, the team behind the other Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu, has also announced that its emulator can run Sonic Mania.

>>So both teams went for Sonic Mania and had success at (almost) the same time? What a strange coincidence, right? What were they doing, a competition?

 

You know you want this mod that lets you ride giant ducks and chickens in Skyrim
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-know-you-want-this-mod-that-lets-you-ride-giant-ducks-and-chickens-in-skyrim/
Breaking news! The moment you've been waiting for since 2011, when Skyrim was first released, is finally here, and even if you didn't know you were waiting for that moment I think deep down you probably were. Thanks to the Ducks and Co. Mounts and Followers mod, you can now ride enormous ducks, chickens, pheasants, pigeons, and other large birds around in Skyrim.

 

XCOM 2 mods bring The Phantom Pain to the turn-based alien invasion
https://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2-mods-bring-the-phantom-pain-to-the-turn-based-alien-invasion/
I inadvertently returned to XCOM 2 last week, after discovering this hilarious Red Dwarf voice pack mod. The work of prolific creator ∑3245 has since caught my eye—whose player-made Metal Gear-inspired additions to the turn-based alien invasion are great.
Over the last several weeks, ∑3245 has added Scout Uniforms, Enforcer and Battle Armours, a selection of Sneaking Suits, Snake's iconic bandana and eyepatch, and Haven Trooper armours—as first featured in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, and the PS3's MGS 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Online.

 

GAMING NEWS

Nordisk Film has acquired the developers of Just Cause and Mad Max, Avalanche Studios
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nordisk-film-has-acquired-the-developers-of-just-cause-and-mad-max-avalanche-studios/
Nordisk Film has announced the acquisition of Avalanche Studios, creators of Just Cause theHunter and Mad Max. According to the team, Nordisk will obtain all shares and full ownership of Avalanche, its three studios and over 320 developers in the €89 million ($103 million) acquisition.

>>I had to double check it wasn't a typo, and that it was Nordic who bought them, but no, it's actually Nordisk.

 

First screenshots released for post-apocalyptic Battle Royale FPS, Fear of the Wolves
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-screenshots-released-for-post-apocalyptic-battle-royale-fps-fear-of-the-wolves/
Focus Home Interactive has released the first screenshots for the upcoming competitive Battle Royale FPS by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R veterans, Vostok Games, called Fear of the Wolves. The game drops players, in squads or as lone wolves, into the oppressive environments of a radiation-ravaged Chernobyl.