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SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

No Man’s Sky had its best month since launch, Fortnite revenue up 2% from June, Overwatch revenue declines
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-mans-sky-had-its-best-month-since-launch-fortnite-revenue-up-2-from-june-overwatch-revenue-declines/
SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, claiming that No Man’s Sky had its best month since launch in July 2018. According to the report, No Man’s Sky generated an estimated $24 million across all platforms in July after releasing its much anticipated NEXT DLC and launching on Xbox One. Furthermore, over two million players were active in July, a 10x increase from June.
On the other hand, the reports states that Fortnite revenue is up only 2% from June whereas Overwatch revenue continues to slide despite consistent playerbase.

 

Battle for Azeroth is the fastest-selling World of Warcraft expansion, has sold 3.4 million units
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battle-for-azeroth-is-the-fastest-selling-world-of-warcraft-expansion-has-sold-3-4-million-units/
Blizzard has announced that Battle for Azeroth has sold more than 3.4 million units since its first day of launch on August 14th. As such, Battle for Azeroth has set a new day-one sales record for the franchise and making it one of the fastest-selling PC games of all-time.

 

On the Humble Store, there's a new NIS America sale, up to 70% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/nis-america-sale/

 

At Fanatical, there are three offers to talk about:

• Slain: Back from Hell is 80% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/slain
• The publisher Beamdog is puttings its games on sale, up to 80% off with the SUMMER10 discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/beamdog
• There's a new Order of Battle bundle, including the game and its DLCs, 91% off for the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/order-of-battle-bundle

 

SOFTWARE

You can now run Windows 95 inside Windows (or Linux or macOS)
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-now-run-windows-95-inside-windows-or-linux-or-macos/
Remember when the start menu was novel? When BSODs were a recurring nightmare? When Space Cadet Pinball was all we needed in life? If you want to relive the good old days of Windows 95 without using a 20-year-old PC, well, now you can. Windows 95 is now available as an app on Github.
It was compiled and uploaded by Felix Rieseberg, a Slack developer who apparently had a nostalgic itch to scratch. It's available not just on Windows systems, but also for Linux and macOS. The downloads range in size from 94.8MB to 129MB, depending on the platform you want to run it on.
As noted by The Verge, which drew our attention to the app, it doesn't consume much RAM—only about 200MB.

>>I wonder if it could be used to run old games through it?

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a must-have collection of mods, available for download right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/silent-hill-2-enhanced-edition-is-a-must-have-collection-of-mods-available-for-download-right-now/
Silent Hill 2 is considered the best Silent Hill game to date. However, and since it was released back in 2001, it’s a bit pain in the ass to run and play it. Thankfully, a team of modders have released a collection of mods that enhances the game and makes it playable to all modern systems.
Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition introduces a widescreen camera, higher display resolutions, removes prominent audio bugs, adds PlayStation 2 quality audio and fog that were missing from the PC version, improves controller support and much more.

>>Get the mod from its website

 

Resident Evil 2 Source mod is now available, brings Resident Evil 2’s environments to the Source Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-2-source-mod-is-now-available-brings-resident-evil-2s-environments-to-the-source-engine/
Modder ‘Blood_Wraith’ has released the first version of his Resident Evil 2 Source mod for Half Life 2. As the title suggests, this mod brings the environments from Capcom’s classic horror game in Half Life 2, allowing players to explore, solve, and fight their way through Raccoon City and it’s police department.
Resident Evil 2 Source mod is basically a mix of Resident Evil 2 and Half Life 2. While the game has recreations of Resident Evil 2’s environments, it keeps the first-person perspective, the enemies and weapons from Half Life 2. The end result is kind of cool and before someone says it, no; it cannot come close to the quality of the upcoming official Resident Evil 2 Remake.

>>Available from ModDB.

 

Dark Souls 3 mod lets you storm Lothric as an OP Yhorm the Giant
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-3-mod-lets-you-storm-lothric-as-an-op-yhorm-the-giant/
Following its Dark Souls Age of Fire mod, the Datahacks team has released Forces of Annihilation—a similar hobbyist project for Dark Souls 3. Out now, FoA lets you storm Lothric as the game's enemies and bosses alike.
Naturally, that's best portrayed in the massive shoes of Yhorm the Giant.

>>The article features a link to see the videos (there's 3 of them) to install the mod.

 

GAMING NEWS

Here are 13 minutes of gameplay footage from the Gamescom 2018 build of Metro Exodus
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-13-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-gamescom-2018-build-of-metro-exodus/
Metro fans, here is something for you today. IGN has shared a video showing 13 minutes of gameplay footage from the Gamescom 2018 build of Metro Exodus. Unfortunately though, the quality of the video is not that great but hey, this is brand new footage from a highly anticipated game so we’re pretty sure you’ll be interested in it.

 

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 – Official PC Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-official-pc-trailer/
Activision and Treyarch have released a new trailer for Call of Duty Black Ops 4, dedicated to its PC version. According to the companies, the game will be fully optimized on the PC and will support ultra-wide screens and multi monitors, is designed for mouse and keyboard, and will support 4K resolutions and uncapped framerates.

 

F1 2018 4K Screenshots Gallery
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/f1-2018-4k-screenshots-gallery/
F1 2018 has just been released and below you can find some 4K PC screenshots on Ultra settings. In order to capture these screenshots, we used our NVIDIA GeForce GTX980Ti. As always, we’ve included MSI Afterburner so that you can get an idea of the game’s performance on NVIDIA’s GPU in 4K.

 

Here are 8 minutes of gameplay footage from One Piece World Seeker
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-8-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-one-piece-world-seeker/
Gamespot has shared a new video, showing 8 minutes of gameplay footage from the Gamescom 2018 build of One Piece World Seeker. In One Piece World Seeker, players will take an adventure freely to unlock the dark secret behind a mysterious island in a new world where various cultures and environments live together.

 

Here are 29 minutes of gameplay footage from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-29-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-dragon-quest-xi-echoes-of-an-elusive-age/
IGN has shared a new video, showing 29 minutes of gameplay footage from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. Now since the game releases on September 4th, we strongly suggest avoiding this video (in case you want to experience the part that it showcases yourselves).

 

Here are 12 minutes of gameplay footage from World War Z
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-12-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-world-war-z/
IGN has shared a video showing 12 minutes of gameplay footage from the Gamescom 2018 build of World War Z. World War Z promises to feature hordes of zombies and this video will give you an idea of what you can expect from it. And surprisingly enough, it looks kind of cool.

 

New Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner demo releases later today on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-zone-of-the-enders-the-2nd-runner-demo-release-later-today-on-steam/
Konami has announced that a new demo for Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner will be available on Steam later today. According to the company, the Orange Case is a brand new demo (supporting 4K and VR) in which the playable scenario has been expanded since TRIAL EDITION.

 

First official gameplay trailer released for RIDE 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-official-gameplay-trailer-released-for-ride-3/
Milestone has released the first official gameplay trailer for RIDE 3. RIDE 3 promises to be the definitive motorcycle experience on PC in which players will collect the most iconic motorbikes, customize them to their own style, and race in the most crazy and breathtaking tracks of the world.