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Time again for the news!

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. No Man's Sky
2. Monster Hunter: World
3. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
6. Raft
7. Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale
8. Monster Hunter: World - Deluxe Kit
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
10. Jurassic World Evolution

 

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sold 4.7 million units on PC in June, The Crew 2 sells 700K digital units
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-sold-4-7-million-units-on-pc-in-june-the-crew-2-sells-700k-digital-units/
SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, claiming that thanks to a Steam sale, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sold 4.7 million units on PC in June, up significantly from May and only second to its peak month in October 2017.
Moreover, SuperData claimed that The Crew 2 sold 700,000 digital units across Console and PC at launch, and that over 800,000 PC players purchased the new “Seasons” expansion for The Sims 4 in June, making it the game’s second-most successful expansion after November’s “Cats and Dogs”.

 

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1 & 2 have surpassed 10 million sales on all platforms
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragon-ball-xenoverse-1-2-have-surpassed-10-million-sales-on-all-platforms/
Bandai Namco has announced that the Dragon Ball Xenoverse series, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1 and 2, have surpassed 10 million sales worldwide on all platforms. This figure includes both physical and digital copies.

 

Wizard of Legend has sold half a million copies, is on sale
https://www.pcgamer.com/wizard-of-legend-has-sold-half-a-million-copies-is-on-sale/
"Wizard of Legend is probably the closest we're ever going to get to a good Avatar: The Last Airbender game", Austin Wood wrote back in May when two-person indie studio Contingent99 released their RPG. He went on to sum it up as "an isometric dungeon crawler about clearing out procedurally generated labyrinths using elemental spells ranging from fists of flame and exploding boulders to ice spears and good old-fashioned lightning bolts."
It's now sold 500,000 copies cross-platform, so that's on Switch, PS4, and Xbox One as well as PC. Although given its 2,451 reviews and Very Positive rating on Steam it's obviously doing quite well there.
To celebrate, Wizard of Legend is on sale for 10% off, although only until Wednesday.

 

Football Manager 2018 Steam stats soar in wake of World Cup
https://www.pcgamer.com/football-manager-2018-steam-stats-soar-in-wake-of-world-cup/
Announced via Twitter, FM head honcho Miles Jacobson says Football Manager 2018 averages 500,000 hours per day on Steam, with 553,806 hours clocked yesterday alone. Jacobson says over 270 million hours have also been recorded since launch on Steam last year, and that its peak concurrent players yesterday was 67,524.
Steam Charts identifies the same—and suggests peak concurrent numbers have jumped following this summer's World Cup.

 

Let's check what's available at GOG:

• The daily deal is Memoranda, 80% off: https://www.gog.com/game/memoranda
• The new weekly sale, Summer in the City, is full of games to stay at home and away from the scorching Sun and heat, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180730_weekly_sale
• And just remember that the Japanese sale will still last another couple of days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180725_japanese_midweek

 

At Steam, the daily deal is Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/

 

At Fanatical, we have two things to talk about:

• There's a new "Grab the Games" sale, with up to 90% discounts for the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/grabthegames
• They're also celebrating the Best of Star Deals week, with new deals every 24 hours. The first one is Insurgency, 90% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/insurgency

 

SOFTWARE

Origin's free game program On the House has been 'retired'
https://www.pcgamer.com/origins-free-game-program-on-the-house-has-been-retired/
Electronic Arts said during a financial call yesterday that Origin Access Premier, an upgraded version of its subscription-based Origin Access service that will provide full, unlimited access to EA games, will go live next week. More quietly, it also pulled the plug on Origin's "On the House" program, which provided free games to everyone—including non-Access subscribers—on an intermittent, time-limited basis.
On the House debuted in 2014 with the most excellent survival-horror game Dead Space, and since then has made numerous other games, including Bejeweled, Battlefield 3, Theme Hospital, Syndicate, Peggle, and Dragon Age: Origins, free for the taking, without catches or take-backs. The games generally weren't EA's latest and greatest but free is free, and dated or not a lot of the games it offered were really quite good.

>>Nooooo! That's the only thing I used Origin for .

 

Twitch Prime subscribers can get two free loot boxes for Overwatch's newest hero, Wrecking Ball
https://www.pcgamer.com/twitch-prime-subscribers-can-get-two-free-loot-boxes-for-overwatchs-newest-hero-wrecking-ball/
Twitch Prime subscribers can now claim two free Overwatch loot boxes full of cosmetics specific to Wrecking Ball (or Hammond, if you prefer), the shooter's newest hero.
If you're signed up for Twitch Prime—which is included in an Amazon Prime subscription—all you have to do is go to this page to claim your goodies. You'll be wanting one of his high-tier skins: I'm a big fan of the wooden one, which is third from bottom on this list of all his outfits.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Fallout 4 gets a 111 Cloverfield Lane bunker, featuring custom meshes and textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-4-gets-a-111-cloverfield-lane-bunker-featuring-custom-meshes-and-textures/
Modder ‘Wandering Ranger’ has released a new mod for Fallout 4 that introduces to it a new bunker inspired by the 111 Cloverfield Lane movie. This bunker is located behind the Sole Survivor’s home in Sanctuary Hills and features workbenches, clutter, and plenty of storage.

>>It's available from Nexus Mods.

 

Super Street Fighter 2 Ultimate Ver. 3.0 is an awesome free MUGEN game, featuring a Tag Mode (2vs2)
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-street-fighter-2-ultimate-ver-3-0-is-an-awesome-free-mugen-game-featuring-tag-mode-2vs2/
Gui Santos, the man behind some amazing Mortal Kombat Mugen games, has released a new version of Super Street Fighter 2 Ultimate. As you may have guessed, Super Street Fighter 2 Ultimate is a free Mugen game based on Capcom’s classic fighting game and this latest version comes with a Tag mode/system.

>>Check the article for the download link.

 

Someone is remaking the classic Drakan game in Unity Engine and there is a tech demo for you to download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/someone-is-remaking-the-classic-drakan-game-in-unity-engine-and-there-is-a-tech-demo-for-you-to-download/
Remember Drakan? No? Shame on you then. Drakan was a third-person action-adventure game developed by Surreal Software that was set in a high fantasy world, in which players could ride a mighty dragon. It was a really cool game and YanGez93 has been working on a fan remake of it in Unity Engine.
Although we don’t know whether this fan remake will ever see the light of day – in its final form – YanGez93 released a tech demo that everyone can download and run. This will give you an idea of what you can expect from this fan project.

>>This is the download link.

 

New Level Editor released for the original System Shock game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-level-editor-released-for-the-original-system-shock-game/
Modder ‘dertseha’ has released a brand new level editor for the classic System Shock game. According to the modder, the previous “deck” Editor from InkyBlackness reached its limits, so it was necessary to think of a brand new editor. This new editor is called HackEd and its initial version is available for download.
The new editor, in its initial v1.0.0 release, essentially copies the structure of the previous “deck” package from InkyBlackness and it allows for basic fan-mission editing.

>>It's available from GitHub.

 

Half Life looks amazing in Unreal Engine 4, lots of new screenshots from Project Lambda fan project
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/half-life-looks-amazing-in-unreal-engine-4-lots-of-new-screenshots-from-project-lambda-fan-project/
It’s been a while since our last look on the Half Life in Unreal Engine 4 fan project, right? Well, good news everyone as Alex04se has released a new set of screenshots from the almost final version of this project that look stunning.
As we’ve already reported, Project Lambda will bring Half Life/Black Mesa to Unreal Engine 4, will feature the first chapter from Valve’s classic FPS, and will be made available to the public once it’s complete. The 3D artist stated that the levels and the lighting are complete by 95%, so we may soon be able to download and experience it.

 

Another Metroid 2 Remake patch 1.4.1 improves graphics, overhauls Fusion mode and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/another-metroid-2-remake-patch-1-4-1-improves-graphics-overhauls-fusion-mode-and-more/
Reddit’s lLoneWandererl has released a new update for the fan-made remake of Metroid 2 for the PC, Another Metroid 2 Remake (also known as AM2R). This update improves/updates graphics, overhauls the Fusion mode and adds French, Czech, and German localizations.
In addition, AM2R update 1.4.1 adds new sound effects, fixes D-pads not working on some controllers, allows directional buttons can now be rebound for some controllers, updates the Skreek sprite and adds unique, randomized heads to Zetas.

 

Someone is remaking the first Unreal in Unreal Engine 4, first comparison screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/someone-is-remaking-the-first-unreal-in-unreal-engine-4-first-comparison-screenshots/
Modder ‘DKG-Prog’ is currently working on a fan remake of the first Unreal game in Unreal Engine 4. Contrary to Unreal Redux though, which will stay as close the original material as possible, this fan remake will have custom assets and different weapons.
Now while this sounds cool, I have to say that there is something off with the following WIP screenshots. The spaceship for example is a complete mess and the remake loses all the lovely atmosphere of the original version. As said, these are WIP screenshots however they are not that impressive in my opinion. There is a lot of potential here so hopefully DKG-Prog will be able to address these issues.

 

Fallout: New York mod shares progress with lovely new screens
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-new-york-mod-shares-progress-with-lovely-new-screens/
Following the Great War of 2077, Fallout's lore tells us New York City, like Boston and Washington, is "gone". Roserosenbergfr's work-in-progress Fallout: New York mod imagines the damage. Its latest update, which landed earlier this month (I missed it at the time, sorry!), shares some new screens.
At present, Fallout New York is set exclusively in and around Manhattan's Central Park—which includes the exterior of the Natural History museum. Creator Roserosenbergfr plans to build outward from there, district by district, before then tweaking the state of the world to better reflect the nuclear apocalypse.

 

GAMING NEWS

New Shadow of the Tomb Raider gameplay trailer showcases Lara’s traversal techniques
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-gameplay-trailer-showcases-laras-traversal-techniques/
Square Enix has released a new short gameplay trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, showcasing a brand new set of traversal techniques. And when we say short, we mean really short as it’s not even a 1-minute trailer.

 

Capcom explains the reasons why Monster Hunter World is CPU heavy
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-explains-the-reasons-why-monster-hunter-world-is-cpu-heavy/
Monster Hunter World releases in a few days and Capcom’s WBacon has shared some details about the engine powering it, and explained why the game is CPU heavy. As WBacon said, Monster Hunter World is powered by the MT Framework Engine which was able in past titles to use multiple CPU cores/threads.

 

Digimon Survive is officially coming to the PC in 2019, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/digimon-survive-is-officially-coming-to-the-pc-in-2019-first-screenshots/
Bandai Namco has announced a brand-new adventure/tactical RPG based on Digimon, Digimon Survive. Digimon Survive presents a brand-new adventure set in a mysterious world with characters designed by Uichi Ukumo, and music by the much-acclaimed Tomoki Miyoshi.