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Friday news:

SALES & DEALS

Thimbleweed Park is free on the Epic Games Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/thimbleweed-park-is-free-on-the-epic-games-store/
In case you missed the announcement a couple weeks ago, Thimbleweed Park, the goofy X-Files-esque point-and-click adventure from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, is now free on the Epic Games Store.
Thimbleweed Park tells the tale of Ray and Reyes, a Mulder-and-Scully-like duo investigating a murder in a very strange small town. As is so often the case in such locales, it features a cast of bizarre supporting characters including a foul-mouthed clown who's been cursed to wear his makeup forever, a game designer who returns home following the death of her uncle, and a pillow salesman who also happens to be a ghost.
>> And the next game will be Slime Rancher.

Square Enix Steam sale discounts almost everything by 50% or more
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-steam-sale-discounts-almost-everything-by-50-or-more/
Square Enix has is having a publisher sale on Steam this weekend. It's a big sale, too, with almost every game getting a 50 percent discount or more, including newer releases like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Just Cause 4 and Dragon Quest 11.
Thief's recent anniversary has got me thinking about that series a lot lately, and I'm close to committing to playing the every single one of them again. I've already got them, but if you don't, you can get all of them for less than a fiver. The last is the weakest of the bunch, but even that features some solid stealthy shenanigans.
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The sale will run from now until February 25, and you can check Square Enix's publisher weekend page for all the deals.

 

At Fanatical, there are 4 new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Redout Pack, with the game and 2 DLCs with a 84% discount for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/redout-pack:
• Dovetail Games (Train and Flight Simulators) stars the publisher sale, with up to 75% deals for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/dovetail-games
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition is 77% off for the next 3 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-definitive-edition
• And lastly, we have the new and also last of the BundleFest bundles, the Brawler Bundle, with 4 games plus 1 DLC with a 96% discount for the next 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/brawler-bundle

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

AMD states that all of its DX12 GPUs support real-time ray tracing via Microsoft’s DXR fallback layer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-states-that-all-of-its-dx12-gpus-support-real-time-ray-tracing-via-microsofts-dxr-fallback-layer/
“Real-time ray tracing” are the latest and hottest buzzwords on the PC. And while NVIDIA users have been enjoying these effects, AMD claimed that all of its current DX12 graphics cards support ray tracing via Microsoft’s DXR fallback layer.
Now as you may know, only the RTX series is currently capable of running the real-time ray tracing effects in the latest games and that’s because AMD has not added support for the fallback layer on its drivers.
>> Then they should enable it and prove it!

 

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs Remaster comes to Steam on March 15th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fenimore-fillmore-3-skulls-of-the-toltecs-remaster-comes-to-steam-on-march-15th/
Casual Brothers has announced the release date for the remastered version of the 1996 point n click adventure game, Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs. Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs is described as a cult title which received the highest praise from both the press and the great fans of the genre.

First Metro Exodus post-launch patch released, improves RTX, DLSS & performance on lower spec PCs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-metro-exodus-post-launch-patch-released-improves-rtx-dlss-performance-on-lower-spec-pcs/
4A Games has released the first post-launch update for Metro Exodus. According to the release notes, this patch brings general stability fixes, as well as DLSS fixes and improvements to sharpness and RTX fixes and optimizations.
>> And here you can find some before and after screenshots.

Playstation-exclusive GUNGRAVE VR is officially coming to the PC on March 6th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playstation-exclusive-gungrave-vr-is-officially-coming-to-the-pc-on-march-6th/
XSEED Games has announced that GUNGRAVE VR, the VR shooter featuring third- and first-person gameplay modes previously released on PlayStation VR on PlayStation 4, and GUNGRAVE VR U.N, the standalone episode 2 content that greatly expands the story and gameplay, will be coming to Windows PC via Steam. According to the team, the title will be releasing on PC with support for both the HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift VR headsets on March 6th.

New gameplay trailer released for first-person fixed-time investigative thriller, The Occupation
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailer-released-for-first-person-fixed-time-investigative-thriller-the-occupation/
White Paper Games has released a brand new trailer for its upcoming first-person fixed-time investigative thriller, The Occupation, showcasing 10 minutes of gameplay footage. The Occupation is a clock-watching narrative thriller with multiple outcomes with politically driven themes highlighting the shades of grey people believe to be hard facts.

Latest Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 trailer focuses on its Endgame
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/latest-tom-clancys-the-division-2-trailer-focuses-on-its-endgame/
Ubisoft has released a brand new trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, showcasing its Endgame. According to the publisher, the game was built with an “endgame-first” mentality, ensuring players always have access to fresh, unique, and diverse activities long after completing the main campaign.