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SALES & DEALS

Ubisoft's Black Friday sales cuts Assassin's Creed Odyssey almost in half
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisofts-black-friday-sales-cuts-assassins-creed-odyssey-almost-in-half/
It’s Black Friday in a few days, the wonderful time of the year when Rebecca Black comes out of her cocoon to sing about her favourite day and promote excellent deals. Black Friday can’t be contained to a single day, however, because capitalism isn’t just for November 23. That’s why Ubisoft’s got some frankly ridiculous deals on the go already, including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey at almost half price.
Judging by the extremely long list, it looks like almost everything is going cheap over at Ubisoft’s store. There’s the newer stuff, like Far Cry 5’s 50 percent discount, letting you snatch it for £25/$30, and Ghost Recon Wildlands, which is only £15/$20. If you fancy some older Assassin's Creed adventures, however, give Black Flag a try.

At GOG there's a special weekly sale that will last until the 22th. Why? Maybe Thanksgiving/Black Friday and the fact that Steam will have a special sale on the 22th have something to do with that.... In any case, this sale, named Lucky to have found you, brings lesser known games up to 75% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20181119_weekly_sale

At Fanatical, there's a few new deals:

• The Star Deal is Yakuza 0, 42% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/yakuza-0
• To celebrate Black Friday, there's a new code to save an extra 10% off from your purchases: BLACKFRIDAY10. Check out all the game on sale: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale
• Two Point Hospital is 21% off (29% with the code from above) for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/two-point-hospital
• Monster Hunter World is 26% off (33% with the extra discount) for the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/monster-hunter

SOFTWARE

Discord's version of Early Access now live, includes a few indie gems
https://www.pcgamer.com/discords-version-of-early-access-now-live-includes-descenders-and-kynseed/
A month after launching its own game store, Discord's version of Early Access has gone live with an impressive five-game lineup.
The "first wave" of Discord Early Access games includes whimsical RPG Kynseed, cute dino management game Parkasaurus and downhill biking game Descenders, which could well be the heir to Skate's throne.
The other two games are Mad Machines, which is basically Rocket League with robots, and PT-inspired horror game Visage. Yes, it's only five games, but I'm impressed with the quality that Discord have pulled on board.

MODS/EMULATORS

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a free Sonic racing game for the PC, available for download right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sonic-robo-blast-2-kart-is-a-free-sonic-racing-game-for-the-pc-available-for-download-right-now/
Sonic fans, here is something special for you today. VelocitOni has released a new free Sonic racing game for the PC, called Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart. Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a classic styled kart racer, complete with beautiful courses, and wacky items.
The game features 100 jam-packed maps for you to bump, explode, and sparkle your way through, from luscious beaches, to Eggman’s dance floor, to England on a good day.
SRB2K currently features two game modes: Race, and Battle. Race mode is the normal mode in which players race through the track to beat their opponents, and use their items and skill to beat their opponents. On the other hand, Battle mode asks players to violently throw spikeballs at their friends until they have no bumpers.
>> Download the game from vBulletin.

Half-Life Black Mesa: Azure Sheep demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-black-mesa-azure-sheep-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Half Life fans, here is something for you today. HECU Collective has released a demo for Half-Life Black Mesa: Azure Sheep; the unofficial remake of a single-player mod “Azure Sheep” for Half-Life 1.
In Azure Sheep, the player is one of the Barney guards that is on post in one of the entrances of the Black Mesa facility.
>> Available from ModDB.

This mod for Metal Gear Solid 5 allows you to play as Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-metal-gear-solid-5-allows-you-to-play-as-ocelot-from-metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater/
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is more than three years old and there are still mods coming out for it. In September, we informed you about a mod that let gamers play as naked Quiet and today, modder ‘JinMar’ released a mod that lets gamers play as Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
JinMar has vertex edited Ocelot’s head to match the one from the original Playstation 2 game, and used some pachislot screenshots and wallpapers to create his textures. In case you weren’t aware of, Metal Gear Solid 3 saw a port to the FOX Engine for pachinkos, and the modder used the upgraded 3D model of Ocelot as a reference in order to create the new textures.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

DooM: Revenge of Evil brings Doom 3 to GZDoom, demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-revenge-of-evil-brings-doom-3-to-gzdoom-demo-available-for-download/
Modder ‘DooMero’ has released a demo of his DooM: Revenge of Evil mod for GZDoom. This mod basically brings the aesthetics and visuals of Doom 3 into GZDoom and features new single-player levels.
Going into more details, Revenge of Evil takes place after the events of Doom 3 and features five, challenging, levels for the campaign of the first episode called “forces of evil”, as well as a sixth level that serves as the opening of the second episode called “requiem of evil.”
>> Check the article to know how to get it and make it run.

Alien Isolation VR mod adds motion controller support, making it one of the best VR games to date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/alien-isolation-vr-mod-adds-motion-controller-support-making-it-one-of-the-best-vr-games-to-date/
Back in 2014, we informed you about a mod for Alien: Isolation that re-enabled Oculus Rift Support. Since then, modder ‘Nibre’ has been working on this mod – obviously not on a daily basis – and released yesterday a new version that adds proper motion controller support. As such, Alien Isolation can now be fully played in VR – on both the Oculus Rift and Vive headsets – and appears to be one of the most immersive and amazing VR games to date.
Thanks to this newly introduced motion controller support, players can actually hold the tracker and guns in their hands and aim like in real life. Now this sounds amazing and is how a proper VR game should be playing (instead of using a controller or a K&M like with the older versions of this mod).
>> Get it from GitHub.

This prolific Fallout modder is building Fallout 4's missing photo mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-prolific-fallout-modder-is-building-fallout-4s-missing-photo-mode/
Prolific Fallout modder registrator2000—who this week released the first must-have Fallout 76 mod—is working on a fully-fledged photo mode for Fallout 4.
The work-in-progress mod will be accessible through both the pause menu and a hotkey, and it'll come with all the options you'd want in a photo mode: field of view, view roll, depth of field tweaks, saturation, contrast, colour tints, and more.
You'll be able to change everything in an easy-to-navigate pop up menu as you line up your shot, as seen in the image at the top of this post. You can see more images on the mod's Nexus page, but you'll need to sign in to your Nexus account first.

GAMING NEWS

Saber Interactive will collaborate with AMD for World War Z
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/saber-interactive-will-collaborate-with-amd-for-world-war-z/
Saber Interactive has announced a new partnership with AMD for the upcoming World War Z, the new four-player cooperative game inspired by Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster action film.
As the press release reads, through this partnership, Saber and AMD will collaborate on co-marketing activities and work to integrate support for the latest AMD gaming technologies in World War Z, providing gamers with an incredible experience when the game releases next year.

Sunset Overdrive Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sunset-overdrive-official-pc-system-requirements/
Microsoft and Insomniac Games have revealed the official PC system requirements for Sunset Overdrive via its Steam store page. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5 3470 or an AMD-FX-6300 with 8GB of RAM, an NVIDIA Geforce 750 Ti or an AMD Radeon R7 260X and 30GB of free hard-disk space.
>> And there's also official screenshots of the PC version.

First Call of Cthulhu patch adds options to modify FOV & Motion Blur, fixes display issues and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-call-of-cthulhu-patch-adds-options-to-modify-fov-motion-blur-fixes-display-issues-and-more/
Cyanide has released the first PC patch for Call of Cthulhu. According to its release notes, this update adds options to modify FOV & Motion Blur and adds a scroll bar in the graphics menu to include these new options.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Golden Joystick Awards Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ace-combat-7-skies-unknown-golden-joystick-awards-trailer/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is set to return to the Usean continent from ACE COMBAT 3 and ACE COMBAT 4, and its story revolves around the second Usean Continental War, following an attack by an army of unmanned jets.

Just Cause 4 gets another gameplay trailer, showcasing what players can expect from it
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/just-cause-4-gets-another-gameplay-trailer-showcasing-what-players-can-expect-from-it/
Square Enix has released yet another gameplay trailer for Just Cause 4, giving players an overview of everything they can expect from the most ambitious Just Cause game to date. This trailer is full of explosions and action, and showcases the game’s environments and its dynamic weather effects.

Upcoming Fallout 76 patches will add FOV slider and push to talk, will increase stash limit and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/upcoming-fallout-76-patches-will-add-fov-slider-and-push-to-talk-will-increase-stash-limit-and-more/
Bethesda has revealed the changes that will be coming via the first post-launch patches for Fallout 76. According to the developers, the first patch for Fallout 76 will be released this Monday and will focus primarily on game performance and stability on all platforms. Moreover, this patch will also come with a list of fixes to quests, UI, C.A.M.P.s, and more.

Black Mesa: Xen will release in Q2 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-xen-will-release-in-q2-2019/
The Black Mesa team has announced that Black Mesa: Xen will release in Q2 2019. In order to celebrate this announcement, as well as Half-Life’s 20th anniversary, the team has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

First Fallout 76 post-launch update released, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-fallout-76-post-launch-update-released-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
Bethesda has released the first post-launch update for Fallout 76. According to the release notes, this first patch addresses several performance issues and resolves hitches during gameplay. Moreover, the game client and servers have received additional stability improvements so theoretically the game should be more stable now.