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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Warframe: Fortuna hits 132,000 concurrent players
https://www.pcgamer.com/warframe-fortuna-hits-132000-concurrent-players/
The launch of the Fortuna update has seen players swarm Warframe. The free-to-play shooter was jam packed over the weekend as new and returning players headed to Venus, hitting a new peak concurrent player count of almost 132,000.
Githyp and Steamcharts both show that Warframe reached 131,722 concurrent players as the weekend kicked off, compared to Sacrifice’s 129,000 a few months ago. These are just the numbers for Steam and don't include players using the Warframe launcher or playing on consoles.

On Steam, we have to talk about two new sales::

• There's a strange Day of the Devs sale that has... no discounts at all? Strange indeed: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dayofthedevs/
• And of course, there are the weeklong deals, some of which are:
  • Wreckfest is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/228380/Wreckfest/
  • Jalopy is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/446020/Jalopy/
  • ARK: Survival Evolved is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/
  • Runner3 has a 67% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/516130/Runner3/
  • And lastly, there's Goat Simulator, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/265930/Goat_Simulator/

The Humble Store has a new Tycoon Sale with up to 75% discounts for the next 2 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/tycoon-sale/

And at Fanatical, 4 are the sales to discuss:

• The Star Deal is Styx: Shards of Darkness, roughly 70% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/styx-shards-of-darkness
• There's a Dying Light sale with up to 67% discounts that ends in 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/dying-light
• Bandai Namco also has its games up to 75% off on a sale that ends in 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/bandai-namco-entertainment
• And Focus Home Interactive is also on sale, up to 75% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/focus-home-interactive

SOFTWARE

AMD will not implement DirectX ray tracing until all of its models, from low-end to high-end, can support it
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-will-not-implement-directx-ray-tracing-until-all-of-its-models-from-low-end-to-high-end-are-able-to-support-it/
In an interview with 4Gamer, AMD’s Senior Vice President of Engineering for Radeon Technologies Group, David Wang, revealed that the red team will not implement DirectX ray tracing until all of its GPUs are capable of supporting it.
This basically means that, unlike NVIDIA, AMD will support DXR when this tech has been established and when more developers will be using it. Moreover, and again contrary to NVIDIA, AMD will add support for it in all of its generational models; from low-end to high-end.

Xbox boss admits Microsoft has 'a ton of work' to do on the Windows Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-boss-admits-microsoft-has-a-ton-of-work-to-do-on-the-windows-store/
The Windows Store was the one constant in our summertime chat about playing games that aren't available on Steam. Terms including "pain in the ass," "abomination," "terrible," and "a lone trash fire in this landscape of things which are broadly fine and broadly functional" were all used to describe the platform and the experience of using it. As reported by The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer acknowledged at the recent XO18 event that the storefront does still have a few issues, but said he's going to get more personally involved in making it better.
"I think we’ve got a ton of work to do on Windows," Spencer said. "Windows is something I’m very committed to, I’ve heard the feedback about our Store. I’m going to take a bigger leadership role on what’s going on with the Windows Store, make it really tailored to the gamers that we know want to see the best from what we have to offer."
It's good when high-placed executives recognize the shortcomings of their offerings instead of trying to sweep them under the rug, and pledge to address them in a meaningful way. The trouble with the Windows Store is that we've heard all of this before, and it never seems to go anywhere. Spencer said in 2017 that "we have work to go do" to make the Windows Store experience better. He said in early 2016 that Microsoft "plans to improve" the Windows Store. He admitted in 2015 that Microsoft "made commitments to developers and consumers that I don’t feel we lived up to."
>> Less talk, more work.

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GAMING NEWS

JUMP FORCE gets a new gameplay, showing Goku, Freeza and Vegeta
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/jump-force-gets-a-new-gameplay-showing-goku-freeza-and-vegeta/
Bandai Namco has released a new official gameplay trailer for JUMP FORCE, showing off Goku, Vegeta and Frieza’s ultimate transformations. the new gameplay trailer shows off Dragon Ball’s Goku and Vegeta reaching their ultimate forms – Super Saiyan Blue. Frieza, not one to be left behind by his long-time rivals, will also be able to transform into his ultimate form – Golden Frieza, bringing chaos and destruction to our world.

We Happy Few patch 1.5 improves framerate and memory usage, brings numerous fixes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/we-happy-few-patch-1-5-improves-framerate-and-memory-usage-brings-numerous-fixes/
Compulsion Games has released a brand new update for We Happy Few. According to the release notes, this patch will update your game’s version to 1.5 and comes with framerate and memory usage improvements across all platforms, fixes a number of rare and random crash issues, and brings some localization/subtitles improvements.

Sunset Overdrive releases on the PC on November 16th according to Amazon, will feature all DLCs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sunset-overdrive-releases-on-the-pc-on-november-16th-according-to-amazon-will-feature-all-dlcs/
Another week, another Sunset Overdrive rumour. Amazon has listed the PC version for a November 16th release. Moreover, and according to this listing, the PC version will feature the Mystery of Mooil Rig, Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines and the Weapons Pack.
>> That's in just 3 days. Shouldn't we have a confirmation of its release from MSoft by now? Unless, for some unknown reason, they don't want to give it publicity.

Here are 24 minutes of gameplay from the early beta and tech demo of Half Life 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-24-minutes-of-gameplay-from-the-early-beta-and-tech-demo-of-half-life-2/
I seriously love these videos that YouTube’s NeoGamer has been publishing lately. Following the video that showcased the early versions of the first Half-Life, NeoGamer has released another video showing the early beta versions and the tech demo – that amazed all gamers when it was originally showcased – from Half Life 2.

Ubisoft will show new gameplay footage for Beyond Good & Evil 2 on December 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-will-show-new-gameplay-footage-for-beyond-good-evil-2-on-december-10th/
In an interview with EveryEye, Guillaume Brunier, senior producer on Beyond Good & Evil 2, has revealed that Ubisoft will showcase new gameplay footage on December 10th. This will definitely please all fans of BG&E2 as they will get a new look at this highly anticipated title.