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It's time for the Friday news:

SALES & DEALS

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has sold two million copies worldwide in just ten days
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-has-sold-two-million-copies-worldwide-in-just-ten-days/
Activision has announced that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has sold more than two million copies worldwide on all platforms in just ten days. According to the press release, and on launch day, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was the #1 viewed game on Twitch.

Origin's Spring Sale has steep discounts on The Sims 4, Battlefield 5, and more
https://www.pcgamer.com/origins-spring-sale-has-steep-discounts-on-the-sims-4-battlefield-5-and-more/
The dust has hardly settled from Origin's EA Publisher Sale last month, but if you missed out on that, you have another opportunity to get some cheap games. Origin's big Spring Sale is live, and there are discounts on dozens of games.
Those of you in the United States can get Battlefield 5 for $30, FIFA 19 for $20, The Sims 4 base game for $10, Madden NFL 19 for $15, Star Wars Battlefront 2 for $4.50, Titanfall 2 for $7.80, and more. Various DLCs and Deluxe Versions are also discounted, like Battlefield 5 Gold for $40 (50% off) and The Sims 4 Get Famous for $24 (40% off).
>> Here's the link to the new sale.

On the Humble Store there are two new deals:

• The game Staxel is 25% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/staxel
• And Capcom is the featured publisher on the weekly sale, with up to 80% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/capcom-week/

At Fanatical, there are four new deals:

• The new Star Deal is SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, 90% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sim-city-4-deluxe-edition
• Hitman Game of the Year Edition is 78% off for the next 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/hitman-game-of-the-year-edition
• GTA V is 54% off for the next 3 days. The code is for the Rockstar Social Club: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/grand-theft-auto-v
• And there's a new bundle, the Standoff bundle, featuring 10 games with a 94% off for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/standoff-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Star Wars, Atomic Heart and Justice ray tracing tech demos are now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-atomic-heart-and-justice-ray-tracing-tech-demos-are-now-available-for-download/
NVIDIA fans, we’ve got even greater news for you today. A couple of hours ago, we informed you about the new driver that allows NVIDIA’s Pascal GPUs to run real-time ray tracing effects via the DXR API. And while there are currently only three games featuring ray tracing effects, NVIDIA has released three tech demos for you to try.
These three demos are the Star Wars Unreal Engine 4 demo, the Atomic Heart demo and the Justice demo. From these demos, the most well known is the one for George Lucas’ space franchise and we are pretty sure that most of you will test that one first.

Tim Sweeney says Epic Games Store won't have internal forums or trading cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-says-epic-games-store-wont-have-internal-forums-or-trading-cards/
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has once again taken to Twitter to discuss the the current state and future of the Epic Games Store. Some of his responses to user questions have already been addressed in the development roadmap last month, but he also touched on a few new features that are, and a couple that aren't, coming to the store.
"We aren’t planning to develop a trading metagame (e.g. cards) around the Epic Games store. Gifting and achievements are on the roadmap. We’ve launched an online support ticketing service developers can choose to use for games across all stores and platforms," Sweeney tweeted.
"Epic doesn’t plan to host third party game forums but we encourage developers to link to independent forums (like Reddit) on their store pages. As with Fortnite, we encourage forums (like Reddit.con/r/FortniteBR) that are independent of stores and platforms."

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GAMING NEWS

Octopath Traveler is coming to the PC on June 7th, will be available on Steam and Square Enix’s Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/octopath-traveler-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-june-7th-will-be-available-on-steam-and-square-enixs-store/
Square Enix has officially announced that Octopath Traveler will be coming to the PC on June 7th. According to the publisher, this critically-acclaimed RPG has previously only been available on Nintendo Switch, so this will be the first time non-Nintendo owners can experience the game.

Kickstarter & story trailer for STALKER-inspired science-fiction survival horror game, Chernobylite
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kickstarter-story-trailer-for-stalker-inspired-science-fiction-survival-horror-game-chernobylite/
The Farm 51 has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming STALKER-inspired science-fiction survival horror game, Chernobylite. In addition, the team has also released the game’s story trailer that you can find below.

Blind Squirrel was indeed working on Mortal Kombat Remaster but it was cancelled, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blind-squirrel-was-indeed-working-on-mortal-kombat-remaster-but-it-was-cancelled-first-screenshots/
Back in December 2018, we informed you about the cancelled remakes of the first classic Mortal Kombat games. And while a lot of people believed that Blind Squirrel Games was working on new remasters for these fighting games, it appears that this remastered collection has also been cancelled.

Assetto Corsa Competizione leaves Steam Early Access and will be fully released on May 29th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assetto-corsa-competizione-leaves-steam-early-access-and-will-be-fully-released-on-may-29th/
505 Games and KUNOS Simulazioni have announced that Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official Blancpain GT Series game, will leave Steam Early Access on May 29th. According to the press release, Assetto Corsa Competizione will allow players to experience the real atmosphere of the FIA GT3 homologated championship, including official drivers, teams, cars and circuits, reproduced in-game with the highest level of accuracy.