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SALES & DEALS

Black Ops 4's lack of campaign didn't hurt sales 'in the slightest'
https://www.pcgamer.com/black-ops-4s-lack-of-campaign-didnt-hurt-sales-in-the-slightest/
Treyarch and Activision took a risk by omitting a traditional single-player campaign from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, although Andy K. predicted a few months before its release that most fans of the series wouldn't care. It looks like he was spot on: Launch-day sales on the PC set "a new franchise high" and more than doubled those of last year's Call of Duty: WWII, and as reported by VentureBeat, the NPD Group has declared it the best-selling game of the month, the year, and one of its best-sellers of all time.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launch month dollar sales represent the eighth highest in videogame history since The NPD Group began tracking in 1995," the NPD said. "Black Ops 4 instantly becomes the best-selling game of the year, and the second best-selling game across the past twelve month period, trailing only Call of Duty: WWII."

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MODS/EMULATORS

This Dying Light mod brings back cut features, improves/tweaks gameplay mechanics
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-dying-light-mod-brings-back-cut-features-improves-tweaks-gameplay-mechanics/
Dying Light is a game that I wholeheartedly enjoyed, even though I didn’t really like Dead Island. The game’s parkour and movement system made it play like a dream and modder ‘Ethical Lune’ has released a new mod for it that adds some cut features back in, fixes some problems and improves a couple of mechanics.
According to the modder, the Harran Uncut and Extended Mod makes fall heights more realistic (they are more akin to Mirror’s Edge rather than Spiderman) and players will need to perform a parkour roll for any big jump to avoid getting hurt.
Furthermore, Parkour rolling/Soft Landing skills are available for free from the start, Freerunning Expert will unlock a cut wallrunning feature, takedowns will use a slower unused choke-out animation instead of the rather silly neck snap animation, running will grant you a tiny amount of XP and boken weapons will deal 35% damage instead of 10% damage.
>> Get the mod from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

New DayZ beta patch reworks vehicle physics, improves heavy hit animations and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-dayz-beta-patch-reworks-vehicle-physics-improves-heavy-hit-animations-and-more/
Bohemia Interactive has released a new beta patch for DayZ. According to the release notes, this patch will update your game’s version to 0.63.149525 and comes with reworked vehicle physics, improvements to vehicles simulation, minor improvement to IK poses, minor improvements to heavy hit animations and animations for drop item in different stances.

First Sunset Overdrive beta patch completely fixes the awful mouse acceleration issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-sunset-overdrive-beta-patch-completely-fixes-the-awful-mouse-acceleration-issues/
Blind Squirrel Games has released the first beta patch for the PC version of Sunset Overdrive. The developers claimed that they have made some updates to how the mouse controls work to address the feedback players have been giving them and we can confirm that the awful mouse acceleration issues have been fixed.

Star Citizen is free to play for a week and you can start downloading right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-is-free-to-play-for-a-week-and-you-can-start-downloading-right-now/
Cloud Imperium has announced that Star Citizen will be free to play for a week; from November 23rd to November 30th and PC gamers can start downloading and playing the game right now. During this Free Fly period, anyone can join Star Citizen’s Persistent Universe for free.
>> Check the article for the links to create an account (necessary to play the game) as well as the download link.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood to be published by Bigben, targets a 2020 release date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/werewolf-the-apocalypse-earthblood-to-be-published-by-bigben-targets-a-2020-release-date/
Bigben has announced that it has reached an agreement with Focus Home Interactive to publish and distribute Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood. Cyanide Studio, who joined the Bigben group in 2018 and who has been working on developing the game for nearly two years, remains in charge of adapting the title which comes from the World of Darkness universe.

New screenshots and trailer for Darksiders 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-screenshots-and-trailer-for-darksiders-3/
THQ Nordic has released some new screenshots and a trailer for its upcoming a hack-n-slash action-adventure, Darksiders 3. In Darksiders 3, players will return to an apocalyptic planet Earth where they will take on the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins.

First Anno 1800 Technical Test begins at the end of November, official PC requirements for beta
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-anno-1800-technical-test-begins-at-the-end-of-november-official-pc-requirements-for-beta/
Ubisoft has just announced that the first technical test for Anno 1800 will begin at the end of this month. According to the team, this test is intended to give us valuable insights into topics like balance and game performance, and it won’t be representative of the final polished game.