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Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

The UK games market is now bigger than video and music combined
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-uk-games-market-is-now-bigger-than-video-and-music-combined/
Games accounted for more than half of the entertainment market in the UK, dwarfing video and music, according to a new report from the Entertainment Retailers Association. The report attributes much of the success of the industry to console downloads and mobile gaming.
This is despite the fact that the physical market is shrinking, while digital sales grew to a “modest” 12.5 percent. “[T]he sheer scale of the games market is such that it was enough to make it bigger than video and music combined,” reads the report.

CS:GO had one of its best ever months after going free to play
https://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-had-one-of-its-best-ever-months-after-going-free-to-play/
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, having opened the floodgates by shedding its price and introducing a battle royale mode at the end of last year, has seen quite the bump in players.
On Twitter, CS:GO sleuth Nors3 reports that 20,535,709 unique players duked it out in December, twice the number of players the game boasted in the previous month. Popping over to SteamCharts and SteamDB we can see the average and peak player numbers. On December 7, CS:GO shed its initial price and added the Danger Zone battle royale mode, causing a significant spike on the graphs.

 

At Fanatical, the Winter Sale has ended and there are five new deals:

• The Star Deal is Evoland 1 & 2 Pack, 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/evoland-1-and-2-pack
• Dying Light is 60% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dying-light
• There's a new Anthology Cryptic Bundle, with 10 games at a 97% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-cryptic-anthology
• There's a Staff Picks Pick & Mix, with three tiers of 1, 3 and 5 games. You have 5 days to check it out: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-2018
• The Plug-in Digital sale features more than 200 games up to 90% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/plug-in-digital

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

After two years, Dark Souls receives a mod overhaul; adds new enemies, characters, storylines & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/after-two-years-dark-souls-receives-a-mod-overhaul-adds-new-enemies-characters-storylines-more/
Modder ‘Grimrukh’ has released a massive new mod for Dark Souls, called Daughters of Ash. According to its description, Dark Souls: Daughters of Ash features new bosses and enemies, new characters, new storylines, new weapons and items, expanded lore, and plenty of new secrets.
This mod has been under development for two years and has approximately twice as much content as the original game, much of which cannot be seen in a single play-through due to the complex interactions between storylines. The mod does not contain any new game assets (e.g. character models, map assets, dialogue recordings, visual effects) but accomplishes a great deal through modifying the game’s event scripts, placement data, and entity logic.
>> This mod is designed for the original game, not the remaster, and you can download it from Nexus Mods.

This mod brings Kojima’s Metal Gear game to Doom, alpha demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-brings-kojimas-metal-gear-game-to-doom-alpha-demo-available-for-download/
Modder ‘AutumnAPM’ has released the first demo for Metal Gear: Doom. As the title suggests, Metal Gear: Doom is a stealth based shooter for the iD tech 1 (Doom) engine which will attempt to recreate the gameplay of the original Metal Gear games in a classic 8bit art style.
This first demo is an alpha/base version that works with Zandronum and will give you a very small idea of what AutumnAPM aims to accomplish. Basically, the modder will convert all Metal Gear MSX maps to Doom, will bring a new HUD, as well as some new sprites.
>> Get this mod from ModDB.

 

GAMING NEWS

New gameplay video released for the upcoming 16-bit platformer, Blazing Chrome
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-video-released-for-the-upcoming-16-bit-platformer-blazing-chrome/
Joymasher has released a new gameplay video for its upcoming 16-bit platformer, Blazing Chrome. Blazing Chrome is a modern take on action platformers that came out in arcades and 16-bit consoles in the 90s, and this latest trailer showcases the game’s environments.
>> It's like Contra.

Do not expect The Elder Scrolls 6 releasing in 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/do-not-expect-the-elder-scrolls-6-releasing-in-2019/
There were some rumours and speculations earlier today suggesting that The Elder Scrolls VI could come out in 2019. However, this is perhaps the most ridiculous prediction we’ve heard so far. And in case you believed it, well… you should not as The Elder Scrolls 6 is definitely not coming out this year.
>> Did someone really thought they would launch it this year?

Ghost Theory is going down as Crytek alters its Indie Dev Fund program, but developers are also to be blamed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ghost-theory-is-going-down-as-crytek-alters-its-indie-dev-fund-program-but-developers-are-also-to-be-blamed/
Ghost Theory is another kickstarted project that will most likely never see the light of day, even though it did meet its initial Kickstarter goal. The game was meant to be a first-person adventure horror game in which players would investigate real haunted places. However, Dreadlocks made a terrible decision to switch engines and that is basically the main reason why the game may be cancelled.