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SALES & DEALS

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales has not met CD Projekt’s sales expectations
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thronebreaker-the-witcher-tales-has-not-met-cd-projekts-sales-expectations/
Last month, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, a brand new RPG adventure set in the universe of professional monster slayer Geralt of Rivia, came out on GOG. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a single player role-playing game set in the world of The Witcher that combines narrative-driven exploration with unique puzzles and card battle mechanics, and it appears that it has not met CD Projekt’s initial sales expectations.
As CEO Adam Kici?ski said in yesterday’s financial call:
“The game appealed to the community, which drove up our expectations regarding sales. Unfortunately, as yet, these expectations have not been fulfilled. Still, we remain optimistic … We expect to continue to sell Thronebreaker for many years to come, even though the initial period may not have lived up to our initial expectations.”

Steam's new "daily" deal is Black Desert Online, 50% off until the next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/

And at Fanatical, the new Star Deal is Surviving Mars - First Colony Edition, that includes the base game and the Season Pass, 50% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/surviving-mars-first-colony-edition

SOFTWARE

Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition benchmark tool officially supports DLSS, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-windows-edition-benchmark-tool-officially-supports-dlss-available-for-download/
When the GeForce RTX2080Ti came out two months ago, NVIDIA and Square Enix provided the media with a special version of the Final Fantasy XV benchmark tool that supported DLSS. And today, the green team has made this special version of the benchmark tool available to everyone.
According to the teams, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 2080 or 2080 Ti is required to run NVIDIA DLSS and in order to enable it you’ll need to set your display resolution to 4K. In other words, there is no DLSS support for 1440p or for other resolutions, something that may disappoint some gamers. Moreover, NVIDIA Ansel is disabled when NVIDIA DLSS is enabled.
>> It's kind of a pointless benchmark, with the S-E announcement that the game wouldn't be updated to support any of this.

MODS/EMULATORS

Better Inventory is the first must-have mod for Fallout 76
https://www.pcgamer.com/better-inventory-is-the-first-must-have-mod-for-fallout-76/
I love my Pip-Boy as much as any John Q. Vault Dweller, but it's not the most efficiently designed inventory management device. When I'm on the go, harried by missile-flinging mole miners, overburdened and dying of dehydration, I need to quickly assess the several hundred pounds of loot I've got loot stuffed in my pants. This isn't the old singleplayer days where looking at my screen pauses the world while I browse, so I need to do it quickly, too.
That's why this Better Inventory mod created by brilliant Fallout 4 modder registrator2000 is the upgrade I was looking for. It does a few important things, beginning with the Aid tab, which is a cluttered catch-all containing everything from chems like stimpacks and buffout, food (cooked, uncooked, and spoiled), drinks like water, soda, ale, and wine, and even buff-giving bobbleheads. As-is, it's like you've taken the contents of your refrigerator, pantry, medicine cabinet, and kitchen trash can, and dumped them all in the same sack.

GAMING NEWS

Ubisoft support: “if players didn’t buy loot boxes/crates, they would not be added into games”
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-supports-if-players-didnt-buy-loot-boxes-crates-they-would-not-be-added-into-games/
Earlier today, gamers noticed that Trials Rising will feature loot boxes that are called Gear Crates. Naturally, some gamers expressed their displeasure and disappointment on Steam’s forum however, Ubisoft responded claiming that these loot boxes are only cosmetic and that they wouldn’t be in its future titles if gamers didn’t buy them.
>> That's some brutally honest PR. And they're completely right.

EA officially announces Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn & Red Alert Remasters, first details
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ea-officially-announces-command-conquer-tiberian-dawn-red-alert-remasters-first-details/
Electronic Arts has officially announced that it will be partnering with Petroglyph in order to develop Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn Remaster. Not only that, but after the release of the Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn Remaster, EA will start working on a remake for Command & Conquer Red Alert.
>> Great news for C&C fans, as Petroglyph is full of former Westwood employees, including one of the creators of C&C, Joe Bostic.

Official PC requirements revealed for Onimusha Warlords Remaster
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-requirements-revealed-for-onimusha-warlords-remaster/
Capcom has revealed the official PC requirements for Onimusha Warlords Remaster via the game’s official Steam store page. This is a remaster of a really old game that originally came out in 2001 so the requirements for this upcoming remake should not be really high.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey patch 1.07 releases tomorrow, full release notes unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-patch-1-07-releases-tomorrow-full-release-notes-unveiled/
Ubisoft has announced that patch 1.07 for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will release tomorrow. According to the publisher, this new patch will add the new Visual Customization System, will increase the Level Cap from 50 to 70, will bring various Photo Mode improvements, and will improve the Smart Loot system.

New The Black Masses tech video shows 10K zombies, dismemberment & procedural wounding system
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-the-black-masses-tech-video-shows-10k-zombies-dismemberment-procedural-wounding-system/
Brilliant Game Studios has shared a new tech video showcasing the new dismemberment and procedural wounding system that will be featured in The Black Masses. According to the developers, limbs can be cut off on a massive scale and wound from getting hit appear as deep gouges which warp their mesh.

R-Type Dimensions EX is coming to the PC on November 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/r-type-dimensions-ex-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-november-28th/
Tozai Games has announced that R-Type Dimensions EX will be released on the PC, via Steam, on November 28th. R-Type Dimensions EX includes both acclaimed arcade classics initially published by Irem, R-Type (1987) and R-Type II (1989). Each title can be played in classic mode with the original 2D graphics and retro music, or with hi-res 3D graphics and remastered audio.

Another Sight – Hodge’s Journey is a cute platformer that is available for free on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/another-sight-hodges-journey-is-a-cute-platformer-that-is-available-for-free-on-steam/
Lunar Great Wall Studios has announced the release of Another Sight – Hodge’s Journey on Steam. Another Sight – Hodge’s Journey is a free prequel story of ANOTHER SIGHT, the first game developed by Lunar Great Wall Studios which tells the story of Hodge and Kit, a young girl who has lost her sight, in a surreal fantasy adventure into the unexpected; weaving a tale that brings together some of the world’s greatest minds in Monet, Tesla, Edison and other historical cultural icons.

Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play from November 15th to November 18th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rainbow-six-siege-will-be-free-to-play-from-november-15th-to-november-18th/
Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available to play for free from November 15th to November 18th. As the press release reads, interested players can join more than 40 million players in the Rainbow Six Siege community on all consoles and Windows PC.
>> From Uplay.