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Friday news ^.^

SALES & DEALS

The Steam Lunar New Year Sale is returning in early February
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-steam-lunar-new-year-sale-is-returning-in-early-february/
The Steam Lunar New Year sale is returning soon, starting in early February. Valve sent out a reminder to developers this week, though we're still waiting on an official announcement and specific dates.
Last year, the Lunar New Year sale ran from February 15 to February 19, but since the Chinese New Year falls on February 5 this year, the sale may start earlier.

 

At Fanatical, we find these deals:

• The Star Deal is Mortal Kombat XL, available for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mortal-kombat-xl
• The Raining Bullets bundle brings 5 games at a 94% discount for the next 10 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/raining-bullets-bundle
• METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Definitive Experience is 75% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/metal-gear-solid-v-definitive-experience

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.2 is optimized for Resident Evil 2 Remake and Tropico 6
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2019-edition-19-1-2-is-optimized-for-resident-evil-2-remake-and-tropico-6/
AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.2 is optimized for Resident Evil 2 Remake and Tropico 6. Furthermore, this driver improves performance by up to 7% in Anthem Early Access on the Radeon RX 580 graphics card.
This driver also fixes a black screen issue that could occur on some monitor on reboot until the display was power cycled, the flickering or erratic refresh rates when Radeon FreeSync is enabled in Rocket League, as well as a bug that could prevent users from upgrading to an optional driver if the latest recommended driver was installed by AMD Link.
>> Available from here.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

Closed beta for Skyrim multiplayer mod, Skyrim Together, has been launched
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/closed-beta-for-skyrim-multiplayer-mod-skyrim-together-is-now-available/
The team behind the highly anticipated co-op mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim Together, has announced that its closed beta phase is a go. This Closed Beta is currently only available to all of the mod’s Patreon backers, however an open beta testing (allowing everyone to play the mod prior to its release) is also planned.
The team estimates that the Closed Beta phase for Skyrim Together will last around two weeks. Once the team feels comfortable, it will open it to everyone.

 

GAMING NEWS

New GOD EATER 3 trailer focuses on the game’s features, official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-god-eater-3-trailer-focuses-on-the-games-features-official-pc-system-requirements/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer for GOD EATER 3 that focuses on the game’s features. In GOD EATER 3, players will customize their hero, transform their weapon and assemble their team in order to take down the powerful Ash Aragami and save humanity.

WRC 8 has been officially announced, gets debut trailer, releases in September 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wrc-8-has-been-officially-announced-gets-debut-trailer-releases-in-september-2019/
Bigben Interactive has officially announced the latest part in the WRC series, WRC 8. WRC 8 will be developed, once again, by Kylotonn, will be released in September 2019, and below you can find its debut trailer.

Anno 1800 has been delayed until April 16th, closed beta begins on January 31st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anno-1800-has-been-delayed-until-april-16th-closed-beta-begins-on-january-31st/
Ubisoft has just announced that Anno 1800 has been delayed until April 16th. The publisher claimed that while it is very happy with where the game and its wide mix of new and classic features are today, it has decided to delay it in order to further polish it.
>> I'm going to take this as a sign that they want this game to be best in the series, toping 1404.

Here are ten minutes of new gameplay footage from Atomic Heart
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-ten-minutes-of-new-gameplay-footage-from-atomic-heart/
IGN has shared a new video, showing ten minutes of new gameplay footage from Atomic Heart. Atomic Heart is a first-person adventure shooter in which players assume the role of special agent P-3, who after an unsuccessful landing on enterprise “3826” is trying to figure out what went wrong and to clear up a factory from went mad robots.
>> God damn! I hope they scale back that motion blur, it's sickening.

Pillars of Eternity 2 patch 4.1.0 available, adds turn-based mode, optimizes performance and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pillars-of-eternity-2-patch-4-1-0-available-adds-turn-based-mode-optimizes-performance-and-more/
Obsidian Entertainment has released a brand new patch for Pillars of Eternity 2. According to the release notes, patch 4.1.0 adds Turn-Based mode; an alternate way to play and experience combat in the game that is currently in open beta phase.
>> Well, Bisa, the new mode is now live!

Bethesda details the new PVP experience coming to Fallout 76, called Survival Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bethesda-details-the-new-pvp-experience-coming-to-fallout-76-called-survival-mode/
Bethesda has detailed the new PVP mode that will be coming soon to Fallout 76, called Survival. The regular experience will be called Adventure Mode while the PVP experience will be called Survival Mode and both of them will be accessible from the main menu.

We Happy Few patch 1.6 reworks save system, brings performance improvements and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/we-happy-few-patch-1-6-reworks-save-system-brings-performance-improvements-and-more/
Compulsion Games has released a brand new update for We Happy Few that includes fixes for performance optimization, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay bugs, localization fixes, and a new save game system.

World of Tanks patch 1.4 adds full multi-core CPU support, improves performance by up to 45%
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-of-tanks-patch-1-4-adds-full-multi-core-cpu-support-improves-performance-by-up-to-45/
Wargaming has released a new major patch for World of Tanks. This patch brings wheeled French vehicles, improves characteristics for the Chimera and Object 279, reintroduces Ghost Town map, and increases performance on some PC configurations due to full support for multi-threading.
>> About time?

GDC 2019: PC remains the best platform as the majority of developers are interested/making games for it
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-remains-the-best-platform-as-more-developers-are-interested-making-games-for-it/
The Game Developers Conference has shared its latest 2019 survey, revealing some new interesting details about the state of our industry. According to the survey, the PC remains the leading platform as the majority of developers are making/releasing their games for it.