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Friday news!

 

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam had 13.5 million 'new first-time purchasers' between January and May
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-had-135-million-new-first-time-purchasers-between-january-and-may/
Valve's business development head Jan-Peter Ewert says Steam had 13.5 million "new first-time purchasers" in the first few months of 2018.
Speaking at the Business Conference for Games Industry event in Russia this week, Ewert tied this figure—around 3.375 million new buyers per month between January 1 and April 30—to Steam's recent increase in supported currencies. Ewert suggested Steam's increase in supported payment methods is designed to benefit developers, and that this figure has risen from 40 in 2014 to over 80 methods this year.

 

Fanatical has three deals for us:

• The Star Deal is For The King, 45% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/for-the-king
• Conan Exiles is going to be 40% off (46% with the RED10 code) for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/conan-exiles
• The new bundle is the Dollar Command bundle, with 12 strategy games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dollar-command-bundle

 

SOFTWARE

Valve is developing tools designed to be 'more accurate and more useful' than Steam Spy
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-is-developing-tools-designed-to-be-more-accurate-and-more-useful-than-steam-spy/
Valve says it's "working on new tools" for data collection, following the privacy policy changes that affected Steam Spy earlier this year.
Speaking at the Business Conference for Games Industry event in Russia—part of St Petersburg's White Nights 18 festival—Valve business development head Jan-Peter Ewert addressed Steam Spy's shortcomings. He also vaguely outlined Valve's future plans.

 

Oculus tells Rift owners they should upgrade to Windows 10 or miss out on features
https://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-tells-rift-owners-they-should-upgrade-to-windows-10-or-miss-out-on-features/
Oculus is now recommending that Rift owners upgrade their PCs to Windows 10, if they haven't already, in order to enjoy the "full Rift experience." Otherwise, they may miss out on certain features when Rift Core 2.0 (and later versions) roll out.
"As of today, we’re updating our minimum and recommended spec OS to Windows 10 to power the full Rift experience. Windows 7 and 8.1 users are still supported for the Rift features they know and love today, but they may not be able to use many new and upcoming features and apps. We encourage everyone who isn’t already running Windows 10 to upgrade now to avoid missing out on what’s next," Oculus states in a blog post.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

New screenshots released for the Half Life 2 demake in the original Half-Life
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-the-half-life-2-demake-in-the-original-half-life/
Team Classic has released some new screenshots from its upcoming demake of Half Life 2 in Half-Life 1’s Goldsource Engine. This demake, called Half Life 2: Classic will bring everything you loved from Half-Life 2 to the original Half-Life. Why? Because demakes are a thing and some may be interested in them.

 

Skyrim 3D Landscapes mod features more than 90 high quality 3D models for trees, flowers and plants
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/skyrim-3d-landscapes-mod-features-more-than-90-high-quality-3d-models-for-trees-flowers-and-plants/
Modder ‘mathy79’ has released a brand new graphics mod for the Special Edition of Skyrim that aims to overhaul its flora. The Skyrim 3D Landscapes mod comes with more than 90 custom made vegetation models of all types planted by hand around the lands. What this ultimately means is that this pack features high quality 3D models for unique trees, unique plants, unique waterplants, unique flowers and Dirtcliff weeds. Unfortunately, though, this mod is incompatible with the Enhanced Landscapes mod we reported yesterday (as well as with the Waterplants mod). On the other hand, the mod is compatible with all tree and flora mods and it’s created to run alongside the Skyrim 3D Trees and Plants.

>>The mod is available from Nexus Mods.

 

Mario-themed mod Doom: The Golden Souls 2 is basically an entire game
https://www.pcgamer.com/mario-themed-mod-doom-the-golden-souls-2-is-basically-an-entire-game/
This is shaping up to be an unexpectedly cute day for PC games. On the heels of Overwatch's new hamster hero, and from the far, far end of the spectrum, comes Doom: The Golden Souls 2, a total conversion mod for Doom 2 based on SNES classic Super Mario World. I realize that's a bit of an odd pairing, but trust me when I say it's pretty convincing.
The sound and art are fantastic, but it's the sheer scale of Doom: The Golden Souls 2 that really impresses. The mammoth mod sports several dozen levels connected via a world map styled after Super Mario World's overworld. Levels generally follow the locales of Super Mario World, but there's still plenty of Doom flavor to them, to say nothing of a few awesome wildcards. You can select and replay any level from the world map by walking over that level's teleporter.

 

GAMING NEWS

Bullet-hell FPS hybrid, MOTHERGUNSHIP, releases on July 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bullet-hell-fps-hybrid-mothergunship-releases-on-july-17th/
Grip Digital and Terrible Posture Games have announced that FPS bullet-hell MOTHERGUNSHIP is releasing digitally on July 17th. MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, play together with your friends and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth.

 

Here is your first look at Pro Evolution Soccer 2019; two minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-your-first-look-at-pro-evolution-soccer-2019-two-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
YouTube’s ‘Weedens’ has shared a video, showing two minutes of gameplay footage from Pro Evolution Soccer 2019. PES 2019 aims to fulfil KONAMI’s ongoing commitment to increase the number of licenses confirming; more fully licensed leagues and stadiums, more club licensed partnerships, and a host of new Legends that will be announced in the weeks to come.

 

New gameplay footage released for Contra & Metal Slug-inspired platformer, Blazing Chrome
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-footage-released-for-contra-metal-slug-inspired-platformer-blazing-chrome/
Developer Joymasher has released today all-new gameplay footage of the upcoming Blazing Chrome, a classically inspired but supremely modern take on action platformers. This new gameplay footage presents the second level of the game, where heroes Mavra and Doyle take on a variety of unique and oppressive enemies like the hovering and damage-dealing Thunderbird and the dangerous bike-Reapers as the heroic duo whiz to glory in their war against militant AI supercomputers.

 

New details for OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead; PC requirements, game engine, loot boxes and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-details-for-overkills-the-walking-dead-pc-requirements-game-engine-loot-boxes-and-more/
In a recent Reddit AMA, OVERKILL revealed some new details about its upcoming The Walking Dead game. According to the developers, their main focus for the game’s E3 2018 build was its gameplay and how to make it fun.

 

New Squadron 42 video focuses on its core technology (animations, idle poses, destruction and more)
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-squadron-42-video-focuses-on-its-core-technology-animations-idle-poses-destruction-and-more/
Cloud Imperium has released a new Squadron 42 video that focuses on its core technology. In this video, we get to see some animation improvements, new idle poses techniques, weapon handling, as well as procedural soft body deformation to create destruction assets.