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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Let's start with the Steam new daily deal and some of the weeklong deals:

• The daily deal is Valkyria Chronicles 4, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/790820/Valkyria_Chronicles_4/
• Mana Spark, the first of the five games I'll mention from the weekly sale is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/630720/Mana_Spark/
• Rise of Insanity is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/629220/Rise_of_Insanity/
• Chariot is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/319450/Chariot/
• Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/350640/Sherlock_Holmes_The_Devils_Daughter/
• And Shadow Warrior reaches a 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/233130/Shadow_Warrior/

On the Humble Store there are three new deals:

• The publisher Focus Home Interactive has its games up to 80% off for the next 2 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/focus-home-interactive-publisher-sale/
• Rebellion has also put its games on sale, up to 80% off for the next 6 days. And if you spend more than $10, you'll get a free copy of Sniper Elite: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rebellion-interactive-sale/
• And SEGA has also put its games on sale for the next 6 days, with up to 75% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/sega-week/

And at Fanatical, the new Star Deal is the Dollar Anomaly Complete Bundle, available for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dollar-anomaly-complete-bundle

 

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

GOG lays off 'around a dozen' employees amid report of financial struggles
https://www.pcgamer.com/gog-lays-off-around-a-dozen-employees-amid-report-of-financial-struggles/
Digital distribution platform GOG has confirmed with Kotaku that it laid off roughly a dozen people last week. A reason for the cuts wasn't provided, but one of the employees who was let go told Kotaku that staff were told it was "a financial decision."
"We have been rearranging certain teams since October 2018, effecting in closing around a dozen of positions last week," the company said in a statement. "At the same time, since the process started we have welcomed nearly twice as many new team members, and currently hold 20 open positions."
In contrast to that rosy framing, the former employee said that GOG is "dangerously close to being in the red," and suggested that the trend toward a greater revenue share for developers—the Epic Game Store offers 88 percent of revenues to developers, compared to the 70 percent offered by GOG and Steam—will soon put pressure on GOG's bottom line, or already has.
"I mean, it’s just an odd situation, like things got really desperate really fast. I know that February was a really bad month, but January on the other hand was excellent," the employee said. "We were in the middle of a general restructuring, moving some teams around, not unprecedented. But layoffs that big have never happened before."
>> I hope it's just an exaggeration.

 

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Bioware producer confident in studio’s future following Anthem’s critical reception
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bioware-producer-confident-in-studios-future-following-anthems-critical-reception/
After Twitter user by the name of HuskersEcho voiced concerns on Bioware’s future in lieu of the disappointing reception received by Anthem, lead producer from Bioware, Michael Gamble, personally addressed the user’s concerns. He responded with the message that his studio’s future is not a matter of concern just yet.

The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate has been released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-bards-tale-iii-thief-of-fate-has-been-released/
inXile Entertainment, in partnership with Krome Studios, has announced the release of The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate, which completes The Bard’s Tale Trilogy. The Bard’s Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the legendary series that helped define the RPG genre and features updated graphics and optional quality-of-life gameplay features.

X4: Foundations – Major Update 2.00 available for download, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/x4-foundations-major-update-2-00-available-for-download-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
Egosoft has released a new major update for X4: Foundations. According to the release notes, patch 2.00 allows players to build and operate their own shipyards, adds support for installing game mods via the Steam workshop and brings balance tweaks for the game’s fight and economy systems.

New screenshots from GTFO showcase environments inspired by Ridley Scott’s Alien movie
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-from-gtfo-showcase-environments-inspired-by-ridley-scotts-alien-movie/
10 Chambers Collective, a team that consists of former PAYDAY 2 developers, has released a new set of screenshots for its 4 player co-op action/horror FPS aimed at a hardcore gamers, GTFO. Moreover, the team revealed that the story will not unfold via the traditional story campaign mode, but will evolve through free continuous updates of the game.

Metro Exodus second update released, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metro-exodus-second-update-released-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
4A Games has released the second patch for Metro Exodus. This is a small patch that will update your Steam game version to 1.0.0.2 and your Epic store version to 1.0.1.2 (you can verify your game version by looking at the Main Menu Options or Pause menu).

Dead or Alive 6 Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-or-alive-6-official-pc-system-requirements/
KOEI Tecmo has revealed the official PC requirements for Dead or Alive 6 via its Steam store page. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5-4690 CPU with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 graphics card.