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Let's go with the news. Today all the news will come from PCGamer as DSOGaming is unstable and I could check their articles:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

GOG's new daily deal is Lumino City with an 80% discount: https://www.gog.com/game/lumino_city

 

At Steam, we have the daily deal and three Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2, 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/525510/Guns_Gore_and_Cannoli_2/
• The Midweek Madness deals are:
  • Planet Coaster, 55% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/493340/Planet_Coaster/
  • The Naruto Shippuden games are on sale, from 50 to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/narutofranchise/
  • The developer Head Up games has a sale with discounts from 30 to 90%: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/headupgames/

 

Finally, at Fanatical we find 3 deals:

• The Star Deal is Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection, 91% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/aliens-colonial-marines-collection
• There's a strategy bundle with 8 games and DLCs for 98% less: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-strategy-bundle
• Besides the bundle, there is also a Strategy sale, with discounts up to 98%: https://www.fanatical.com/en/genres/strategy

 

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MODS/EMULATORS

Grow and sell weed with this Stardew Valley mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/grow-and-sell-weed-with-this-stardew-valley-mod/
Stardew Valley has an enormous variety of crops ranging from cranberries to kale to starfruit. But 'Smellyhippie_'s' Cannabis Mod adds six more—and I bet you could guess them just from their username alone. With decriminalization of marijuana becoming common across the States and Canada, it only makes sense that the citizens of Stardew Valley would want the freedom to smoke up as well. And, well, what kind of entrepreneur would you be if you weren't willing to meet that demand?

 

GTA 5 Warfare mod adds 20v20 military-themed showdowns
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-5-warfare-mod-adds-20v20-military-themed-showdowns/
As far as GTA 5 mods go, Warfare is pretty straightforward: it turns Los Santos into a militarised urban hellscape, where teams of 20 fight... just because. It does look pretty good though, and once you've installed it there's a fair bit of flexibility involved. You can pit your two teams (yourself and 39 NPCs, in case it isn't clear) against one another in a variety of pre-set Los Santos environments, or else create an arena yourself.

>>Available from gta5-mods.

 

GAMING NEWS

GTA Online gets Smuggler's Run-related bonuses, free $100,000 for Guest Listers
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-gets-smugglers-run-related-bonuses-free-dollar100000-for-guest-listers/
As it dances towards its strobe-strutting nightclub update, GTA Online's latest weekly showing is a shade underwhelming. Between now and July 16, claim double RP and GTA$ on Smuggler's Sell Missions, get 25 percent off Special Cargo Crates, and earn an extra 25 percent on Biker Business Sales. Those signed up for the complimentary Guest List can also claim $100,000 of free in-game cash and a Pink Wireframe Bodysuit from now through Monday.

 

Hearthstone's next expansion brings back Dr. Boom and adds Legendary spells
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-new-expansion-boomsday-project-release-date/
Those of you who have PTSD flashbacks at the sight of spawning boombots and maniacal, mechanical laughter might want to look away now. Blizzard has just announced that Hearthstone's next expansion will be The Boomsday Project, and it's due to launch on August 7.

 

Anthem executive producer Mark Darrah is answering questions on Twitter
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthem-executive-producer-mark-darrah-is-answering-questions-on-twitter/
Anthem executive producer Mark Darrah talked to us about BioWare's upcoming Destiny-like last month at E3. More recently, he's continued to answer questions about the game on Twitter, snapping off short answers to quick inquires across a wide range of Anthem-related topics.

 

Far Cry 5 goes offworld next week in the Lost on Mars expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/far-cry-5-goes-offworld-next-week-in-the-lost-on-mars-expansion/
Lost on Mars, the second of three expansions slated to come to Far Cry 5, will be out on July 17, Ubisoft announced today. The DLC will take players away from the friendly confines of Hope County—and the planet Earth—for a stand-up fight against the spiders from Mars, who are plotting to invade our world.

 

Dead Cells leaves Early Access on August 7, so let's have a look at the new trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-leaves-early-access-on-august-7-so-lets-have-a-look-at-the-new-trailer/
It's been a little over a year since Dead Cells, "the old school Castlevania gone roguelike" as Shaun described it, debuted on Steam Early Access. It's come a long way since then, with a new biome and monsters, daily challenges and abilities, and a new level and boss, and today developer Motion Twin announced that it will finally leave its pre-release state behind and go into full release on August 7.

 

Code Vein delayed to 2019
https://www.pcgamer.com/code-vein-delayed-to-2019/
Anime Dark Souls-a-like Code Vein revealed a September release date last month. Today, Bandai Namco has pushed the action role-player back to 2019.
The developer cites a desire to "further refine its gameplay" in order to "exceed the expectations" of would-be players as the reason for the delay.

 

PUBG dev prioritising 'performance, anti-cheat, and bugs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-dev-prioritising-performance-anti-cheat-and-bugs/
Yesterday, popular streamer Shroud got banned for playing PUBG with a hacker, and a cursory glance at the battle royale's Steam reviews suggest cheating is still prevalent. Furthering its recent anti-cheat drive, developer PUBG Corp says it's "prioritising" anti-cheat measures among other things.
As noted in this Steam Community update for PUBG's PC #17.1 update, anti-cheat measures are among the devs' main concerns—alongside performance and bugs.

 

Dark Souls Remastered patch improves 'security against cheating during online multiplayer'
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-remastered-patch-improves-security-against-cheating-during-online-multiplayer/
(...) I'm pleased to see Bandai Namco actively working to reduce cheaters with Dark Souls Remastered's latest patch.
"Improved the security against cheating during online multiplayer," reads one bullet point in update 1.03's patch notes. Likewise, a bug which let players become invisible during online multiplayer has been ironed out—as have a number of issues around messages not displaying in asynchronous online play, The Four Kings not appearing in The Abyss, and the end sequence playing before the player has toppled Gwyn.

 

Phantom Doctrine, the XCOM-like Cold War spy thriller, has a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/phantom-doctrine-the-xcom-like-cold-war-spy-thriller-has-a-release-date/
Phantom Doctrine, CreativeForge Games' strategic turn-based espionage thriller that feels a wee bit like XCOM, has a release date. Enter the Cold War on August 14, 2018.

 

CD Projekt Red CEO hints at potential return to The Witcher series
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-red-ceo-hints-at-potential-return-to-the-witcher-series/
CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kiciński has hinted at the possibility of another main series Witcher game.
In conversation with Polish finance website Bankier.pl (via VG24/7), Kiciński rules out 'The Witcher 4' as a title, but expresses interest in returning to its setting and world.

>>I fail to see what's new about this, given that they've said the same thing many times before.