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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Ubisoft is offering free copies of Anno 1602 until December 23rd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-is-offering-free-copies-of-anno-1602-until-december-23rd/
Ubisoft is currently offering free copies of Anno 1602 to everyone in order to celebrate its 20th anniversary (the game was released on September 24th, 1998, so technically it’s more than 20 years but still).
PC gamers can go ahead and claim their free copy from this link. Do note that you can claim you free key until December 23rd at 01:00 GMT + 2 (or December 22nd 23:00 GMT).
>> You can also get it from UPlay, skipping that site.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is available for free on Steam for the next 48 hours
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-is-available-for-free-on-steam-for-the-next-48-hours/
Man, lots of free stuff for us PC gamers today. Earlier today, we informed you about the prototype versions of Mortal Kombat HDthat are available for download, as well as the free giveaway for Anno 1602. And it appears that Stardock is also offering free copies of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion on Steam for the next 48 hours.
Rebellion is a stand-alone expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay. The game came out in 2012 and has Very Positive Reviews on Steam.
>> Here's the Steam page.

Geneshift, where battle royale rounds last only 2 minutes, is free to keep for the next 48 hours
https://www.pcgamer.com/geneshift-where-battle-royale-rounds-last-only-2-minutes-is-free-to-keep-for-the-next-48-hours/
Geneshift is a fast-paced game, a top-down GTA-inspired battle royale where the rounds only last for two minutes. Yup, that's quick, and if you're quick too you can grab the game for free. Geneshift is currently free on Steam, and if you download it in the next 48 hours, you can keep it forever.
The battle royale mode for Geneshift began as something as a joke, but since the community seemed to love the idea it grew into a full-fledged game mode. Despite the two-minute timer, it's still got everything you'd expect from a battle royale, complete with dropping into the map, hunting for gear, speeding around in vehicles, and shooting the hell out of each other. It all just happens really fast.

At Steam there's no weekly sale, mostly because the Winter Sale will start this Thursday 20th, but there is a new daily deal that will last another 50 hours or so, and it's the Cyan Collection (with games like Myst) 65% off: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/cyan/list/42016

On the Humble Store, there are three new sales:

• The new Assassin's Creed Week sale, that will last 3 days (weird, I know) offers up to 67% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/assassins-creed-week/
• The 1C Company publisher has put its games on sale, up to 80% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/1c-publisher-sale/
• 2K has also put its games on sale, 75% off for the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/2k-sale/

And at Fanatical, the new Star Deal is Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/superdimension-neptune-vs-sega-hard-girls

 

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MODS/EMULATORS

You can now download and play the prototype versions of the HD fan remake of Mortal Kombat
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-download-and-play-the-prototype-versions-of-the-hd-fan-remake-of-mortal-kombat/
Earlier this month, we informed you about the cancellation of the fan remakes for Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3. As we wrote, the team behind this Mortal Kombat HD fan project, known back then as Mortal Kombat HD Remix, was aiming to create proper HD versions of the first three classic 2D MK fighting games. And today, we are happy to report that you can download and play the prototype versions of this fan remake.
There are currently two versions of Mortal Kombat Returns, also known as Mortal Kombat HD Remix or Mortal Kombat HD Remake. The first one was developed in GameMaker, has both Scorpion and Sub-zero battling, and features the classic character select screen. The second was developed in the Unity Engine, only features Sub-Zero, and was the most recent version of Mortal Kombat HD. And in case you were wondering, yes; you can perform fatalities in both of these prototypes.
You can download the GameMaker version from here and the Unity Engine version from here.

Morrowind Enhanced Textures is a must-have mod that upscales textures by 4X with ESRGAN technique
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/morrowind-enhanced-textures-is-a-must-have-mod-that-upscales-texture-by-4x-with-esrgan-technique/
Modder ‘DassiD’ has released a must-have mod for all those that want to replay The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. As its title suggests, Morrowind Enhanced Textures is a HD Texture Pack for this classic Elder Scrolls games that upscales the original textures by 4X with the ESRGAN technique.
In case you weren’t aware of, Enhanced super resolution generative adverserial networks, or ESRGAN, is an upscaling method that takes an low-res image and adds realistic details to it. By doing it over several passes with the goal of fooling its adverserial part, it will usually produce an image with more fidelity and realism than past methods.
>> Download this mod from Nexus Mods.

How to play de_dust2 in Fortnite
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-play-de_dust2-in-fortnite/
The moment Fortnite Creative was revealed, it was only a matter of hours before someone recreated Counter-Strike's de_dust2. It is something of a rite of passage for any fledgling level editor, and Fortnite has passed the test.
Reddit user VariousPurple's rendition of the classic map got the greenlight from Epic, granting them a code that allows anyone to load into the level. To try it for yourself, just load up Fortnite's creative mode, head over to a featured map rift and hold the action button to change the code. Pop this number in to load "Dust II" then walk into the rift to teleport there: 1068-0274-9341.

 

GAMING NEWS

Edge of Chaos is a new next-generation civilization building real-time strategy game for PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/edge-of-chaos-is-a-new-next-generation-civilization-building-real-time-strategy-game-for-pc/
PURGATORY Studio has announced that it is working on a new RTS game for the PC. Edge of Chaos is described as a next-gen fantasy real-time strategy, featuring story and gameplay situated in a meaningful and rewritten world with a deeply moving and exciting campaign.

Battlefield 5 – DICE will return TTK (Time To Kill) to its original values after huge backlash from fans
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-dice-will-return-ttk-time-to-kill-to-its-original-values-after-huge-backlash-from-fans/
Last week, DICE rolled out a patch for Battlefield 5 that increased the TTK values. According to the developers, this was done in order to attract more gamers to it however the game’s die-hard community was not happy with that change. And after a huge backlash, DICE has decided to revert those changes to their original values.

Hitman 2 Update 2.12 available for download, comes with PC-specific tweaks & new graphics settings
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hitman-2-update-2-12-available-for-download-comes-with-pc-specific-tweaks-new-graphics-settings/
IO Interactive has released a new major update for Hitman 2. According to the release notes, this patch will update your game’s version to 2.12 and comes SLI performance improvements, splits Simulation Quality into two options (Graphical Simulation and Audio Simulation) and adds new graphics settings.

SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal is coming to the PC on January 22nd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/senran-kagura-burst-renewal-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-january-22nd/
Marvelous Europe today announced that SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal, the full, modern remake of the series’ first 3D busty-brawler entry in the west, will officially be released on January 22nd, 2019, for Windows PC on Steam. In order to celebrate this announcement, Marvelous released a new trailer that you can find below.

SpellForce 3: Soul Harvest is a standalone expansion, coming to the PC in Q2 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/spellforce-3-soul-harvest-is-a-standalone-expansion-coming-to-the-pc-in-q2-2019/
THQ Nordic has just announced that SpellForce 3: Soul Harvest will release in Q2 2019 on the PC. Soul Harvest is a stand-alone expansion to the RTS/RPG mix SpellForce 3 and will come with a story mode featuring a dark and enthralling story with a playtime of around 20 hours.

2D hack-and-slash platformer, Bladed Fury, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/2d-hack-and-slash-platformer-bladed-fury-is-now-available-on-steam/
Next Studios announced today that Bladed Fury, their 2D hack-and-slash game with a unique ancient Chinese art style, is now available on Steam for $9.99. To celebrate the launch of the game, a 30% off discount is offered for a limited time.

New Metro Exodus screenshots showcase some of the game’s environments
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-metro-exodus-screenshots-showcase-some-of-the-games-environments/
4A Games has released a new set of screenshots for Metro Exodus, showcasing some of the environments that players will explore in it. In addition, you can find below a screenshot from one of the game’s NPCs, as well as one for Lurkers (scavengers that feast on the fallen).