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SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Alan Wake is back on Steam and GOG, and it's on sale too
https://www.pcgamer.com/alan-wake-is-back-on-steam-and-its-on-sale-too/
Remedy's spooky shooter Alan Wake, which was removed from Steam in May 2017 because of "expiring music licenses," is now back on the platform.
"Big thanks to our partner and Alan Wake’s publishers @Microsoft who were able to renegotiate the rights to the licensed music in Alan Wake, so that the game can be sold again," Remedy said in a followup tweet. And yes, all the music from the original release is still in place.
Appropriately for the return and the season, Alan Wake is also on sale for 80 percent off—that's $3/£2/€3, or $1 more for the collector's edition—until November 1.
(Update: It's also back, and on sale, on GOG.)
>>It's great to have it back. Btw, it's also back, and on sale, on the Humble Store and Fanatical.

On the Humble Store the weekend sale revolves around the Total War franchise, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/total-war-franchise-weekend/

And at Fanatical, there's a new Omen Bundle, with 11 games 97% off for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/omen-bundle

SOFTWARE

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MODS/EMULATORS

Here is Quake 2 Path Tracing running on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti at 1920×1080
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-quake-2-path-tracing-running-on-the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080ti-at-1920x1080/
YouTube’s ‘Thavex’ has shared a video, showing Quake 2 Path Tracing running on the latest high-end GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti. In case you weren’t aware of, this real-time path tracing is possible thanks to Amietia; a from-scratch GPU-based pathtracer created specifically for Quake 2.
Amietia – which you can download from here – has several optimisations which are only viable due to the typical characteristics of Quake 2 such as support for parallogram-shaped lightsources, BSP ray traversal, and special handling of sky ‘surfaces’ (portals).
Now us you will notice, there is a lot of noise (which is a side-effect to the low samples that are used for the real-time path tracing). From what I know its developer has not used any de-noiser which is a shame. Not only that, but this GPU-based pathtracer does not take advantage of the RTX2080Ti tensor cores.

Team Fortress 2008 throwback mod Steam page removed (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/team-fortress-2-throwback-mod-reverts-game-back-to-2008-heading-to-steam/
Turn back time with XYK's Team Fortress 2008—a TF2 throwback mod that "reverts the game back to its 2008 version".
Due on Steam on January 11, 2019, its creator says the SourceMod is an alternative to Valve's esteemed Team Fortress 2 and is designed for "those who prefer the game before most of the later updates, and want the simpler old interface."
As reported by Eurogamer, Valve has given the TF-2008 team permission to list the mod on Steam—but did ask that the original idea be altered beforehand. It seems XYK et al happily complied.
Update: The Steam page for XYK's Team Fortress 2008 mod has been pulled. As reported by Eurogamer, a screenshot from the project's Discord (also now shuttered) suggests Valve could not be convinced at this stage that the TF-2008 team has created a mod for the original game, and is "not just repurposing leaked code".
As also reported by EG, it appears creator XYK left the project's Discord server with a distasteful parting comment.

Performance tech demo for the Half Life 3 unofficial game, Project Borealis, is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tech-demo-for-the-half-life-3-unofficial-game-project-borealis-is-now-available-for-download/
Back in August we informed you about a tech demo that was under development for the Half Life 3 unofficial game, Project Borealis. And today, we are happy to report that this tech demo is available for download.
According to the developers, the Project Borealis performance test is a comprehensive analysis of a system’s performance under its current working environment. This test shows the progress on performance so far and the team hopes to make more progress before releasing the Ravenholm tech demo.
>>The tech demo is available through its official website.

GAMING NEWS

Fallout 76 Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-76-official-pc-system-requirements/
Bethesda has just revealed the official PC system requirements for Fallout 76. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i7 4790 or an AMD Ryzen 3 1300X with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or an AMD Radeon R9 285.

New screenshots released for the upcoming Fear Effect remake, Fear Effect Reinvented
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-released-for-the-upcoming-fear-effect-remake-fear-effect-reinvented/
Square Enix has released a new set of screenshots for the upcoming remake of the first Fear Effect game, Fear Effect Reinvented. Fear Effect Reinvented will feature improved graphics and controls, and aims to stay as close to the original version as possible.
>>I had forgotten about this remake XD.

JUMP FORCE releases on February 15th, 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/jump-force-releases-on-february-15th-2019/
Bandai Namco has announced that JUMP FORCE will release on February 15th, 2019. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has released a new trailer, also revealing the new Paris stage, the latest addition to JUMP FORCE’s real-world anime crossover battlegrounds.

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland is coming to the PC in Spring 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/atelier-lulua-the-scion-of-arland-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-spring-2019/
KOEI Tecmo has announced that Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland will be coming to the PC in Spring 2019. As the press release reads, this latest entry to GUST’s popular Atelier franchise continues the fan-favorite Arland trilogy; set several years after Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland.

Open-world RPG, Outward, gets a new set of screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/open-world-rpg-outward-gets-a-new-set-of-screenshots/
Deep Silver and Nine Dots Studio have released a new set of screenshots for Outward. Outward is an open world RPG that you can play alone or with friends, either online or in split-screen, and it’s described as more than just an open world RPG you can play coop.