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SALES & DEALS

This War of Mine has sold 4.5 million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-war-of-mine-has-sold-4-5-million-copies-worldwide/
11 bit studios has announced that its hit game, This War of Mine, has recently hit the major milestone of 4.5 million units sold over its lifetime. Unfortunately the team did not reveal any sale number per platform so we don’t know how many of them were from its PC version.

Tekken 7, Project Cars, and more are cheap in the latest Humble Bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/tekken-7-project-cars-and-more-are-cheap-in-the-latest-humble-bundle/
The newest iteration of the Humble Bundle is a nice collection of games from Bandai Namco including Impact Winter, Little Nightmares, Project Cars, and Tekken 7, among others, with funds raised going to support Save the Children and Extra Life—or the charity of your choice, if you'd prefer to direct your cash elsewhere.

At GOG there's a new Midweek Sale, Thrills and Challenges, with up to 80% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190403_midweek_sale

Steam has a two new daily deals and 3 Midweek Madness deals:

• The first daily deal is Regions Of Ruin, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/680360/Regions_Of_Ruin/
• The other "daily" is the Early Access title Thea 2: The Shattering, 20% off for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606230/Thea_2_The_Shattering/
• When it comes to the Midweek Madness deals, the first one is BELOW, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/250680/BELOW/
• Crusader Kings II is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/Crusader_Kings_II/
• And the Shadows franchise is on sale, between 50 and 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/shadowsfranchise/

At Fanatical, there are 4 new deals:

• The Star Deal is Portal Knights, 65% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/portal-knights
• There's a new bundle, the All Stars XI Bundle, with 8 games at a 96% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/all-stars-xi-bundle
• CI Games has put its games on sale, up to 85% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ci-games
• And lastly, there's an Assassin's Creed franchise sale, with up to 70% discounts fot the next 6 days. The codes are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/assassin's-creed

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

CEMU 1.15.4 available for download to Patreon backers, packs minor optimizations and stability improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cemu-1-15-4-available-for-download-to-patreon-backers-packs-minor-optimizations-and-stability-improvements/
The team behind the best Nintendo WiiU emulator, CEMU, has released a brand new version of it. According to the release notes, CEMU 1.15.4 brings minor optimizations and adds h264 decoding support, as well as more SpotPass functionality.
Furthermore, this latest version of the Nintendo WiiU emulator adds support for hot plugging configured controllers while a game is running, adds support for texture formats X24_G8_UINT and D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT, fixes a bug when determining vertex winding order for primitive RECTS with non-standard vertex shader attribute mapping, and fixes a bug in texture copy operations with non-zero mip levels.
CEMU 1.15.4 is currently available to all Patreon backers and will be made available to the public on April 6th.

GAMING NEWS

New Team Sonic Racing gameplay trailer released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-team-sonic-racing-gameplay-trailer-released/
SEGA has released a new trailer, showing new gameplay footage for Team Sonic Racing, the highly anticipated team-based racing title that will be racing into stores on May 21st. Developed by award-winning studio Sumo Digital, Team Sonic Racing is described as the ultimate arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing experience.

Former Bioware devs: “a lot of E3 2017 demo stuff was fake”, Anthem wasn’t meant to be a looter shooter
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/former-bioware-devs-a-lot-of-e3-2017-demo-stuff-was-fake-anthem-wasnt-meant-to-be-a-looter-shooter/
Kotaku has https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964" target="_blank">published an amazing article about the development of Bioware’s latest title, Anthem. According to former Bioware developers, Anthem wasn’t meant to be a looter shooter in its early days, Frostbite has introduced a lot of problems during the game’s development and a lot of the stuff found in the E3 2017 demo was faked.

DONTNOD Entertainment is currently working on two unannounced games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dontnod-entertainment-is-currently-working-on-two-unannounced-games/
DONTNOD Entertainment, the team behind Life is Strange, Vampyr and Remember Me, is currently working on two unannounced games. This was revealed via a press release that the team issued in which it also announced its 2018 annual revenues.

New World War Z trailer showcases dynamic swarm of zombies
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-world-war-z-trailer-showcases-dynamic-swarm-of-zombies/
Focus Home Interactive has released a brand new trailer for World War Z, showcasing its dynamic swarm system. According to the publisher, the World War Z swarm is dynamic: it moves as one, then splits off as it acquires targets, and players will have to learn how they move in order to survive.

The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition is now available on GOG and Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-7th-guest-25th-anniversary-edition-is-now-available-on-gog-and-steam/
MojoTouch has released a new 25th Anniversary Edition of The 7th Guest on GOG and Steam. The 7th Quest is an adventure game from the 90s that features full-motion video and dialogue recorded by live actors, bizarre puzzles to solve and games to play, as well as 22 rendered 3D rooms in a fully explorable haunted mansion.

Leaked YouTube ad confirms Borderlands 3 releasing on September 13th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/leaked-youtube-ad-confirms-borderlands-3-releasing-on-september-13th/
A leaked YouTube ad for Borderlands 3 has surfaced earlier today, confirming the release date for this new looter shooter. According to the ad, Borderlands 3 will be released on September 13th (which is the date that was hinted via a deleted tweet on April 1st).
This ad also includes the Epic Games Store logo at the end so we can safely assume that the game will be released on Epic’s digital store.

Borderlands 3 – Microsoft Store page hints at cross-platform co-op between PC and Xbox One
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-3-microsoft-store-page-hints-at-cross-platform-co-op-between-pc-and-xbox-one/
Borderlands 3 has just been officially revealed and it appears that this new looter shooter will support cross-platform play between the Xbox One and the PC versions. This is hinted at the game’s Microsoft Store page which currently includes the “Cross-platform co-op” tag.
>> think-man has made a thread about this reveal.