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Monday has come, and with it, the news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Risk of Rain 2
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
3. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
4. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
5. Anno 1800
6. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
7. Anno 1800
8. Outward
9. Sekiro Preorder (Asia)
10. Grand Theft Auto V

Sea of Thieves is 50% off for the next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-is-50-off-for-the-next-week/
Sea of Thieves has never been in a better place. Samuel played its upcoming PvP Arena mode and story mode Tall Tales this week and was mightily impressed, saying that the anniversary update—which also includes smaller additions such as fishing—will "finally make the game reach its full potential". It seems like the perfect time to take the plunge, so it's a good thing it's 50% off for the next week.
It will cost you $30/£25 over at the Microsoft Store (yes, I know), and the offer runs for the next eight days. You can grab it here.

At GOG we find the Priviet Sale (it's the weekly sale), with more than 100 games from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190415_priviet_sale

At Steam, the daily deal is DESOLATE, 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/671510/DESOLATE/

And at Fanatical there are two new deals:

• The Star Deal is Dying Light - Enhanced Edition (plus free Vintage Gunslinger DLC), 70% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dying-light-enhanced-edition-plus-free-gunslinger-dlc
• There's a new bundle, the Excalibur Games Indie Bundle, featuring 5 games at a 92% off for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/excalibur-indie-games-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy – SerenityJediEngine2019 is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-jedi-knight-jedi-academy-serenityjediengine2019-is-now-available-for-download/
As we’ve already said, the next single-player Star Wars game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, will be revealed later today. Until then, though, Star Wars can go ahead and download this mod for Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy.
Originally created by modder Serenity and then further expanded by modder JaceSolaris, SerenityJediEngine2019 is a rebuild of the released 2015 SerenityJediEngine, featuring many code fixes and additional features, and supporting both single and multiplayer.
As JaceSolaris noted, this mod was primarily built with Saber and Gun combat in mind, and its code was built using aspects from the Open Jedi Project and Open Jedi Knight code base. The modder intends to keep the mod very small and will not be adding any extra models or maps, though it will have full support for Jedi Outcast and Academy.
>> You can get this mod from ModDB.

Sekiro costume pack mod lets you dress up as Emma, Genichiro or a giant lizard
https://www.pcgamer.com/sekiro-costume-pack-mod-lets-you-dress-up-as-emma-genichiro-or-a-giant-lizard/
Sekiro's modding scene is really taking off: more than 50 mods have made their way to the game's Nexus Mods page in the past week, with more coming on every day. One of the most popular at the moment is modder ZullieTheWitch's costume pack mod, which adds 25 reskins for Sekiro, transforming him into a samurai, Lady Emma, or a shrieking monkey.
The character models are all taken from NPCs and objects in the game. My favourite is the giant lizard with bulging eyes, which is presumably a stretched version of the poisonous geckos you occasionally come across. I also like the one described by ZullieTheWitch as "man with a basket on his head". It looks exactly as you'd expect—I reckon it should come with an added stealth bonus.
>> You can get it from here, but you'll need the Sekiro Mod Engine to use it.

GAMING NEWS

New The Surge 2 screenshots surface online
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-the-surge-2-screenshots-surface-online/
A new set of screenshots for Deck13’s The Surge 2 have surfaced online. These new screenshots showcase some characters and the visuals that the FLEDGE Engine will display on screen.

New Conan Unconquered official gameplay video released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-conan-unconquered-official-gameplay-video-released/
Funcom and Petroglyph have released a brand-new video that goes in-depth on the gameplay in Conan Unconquered, with key developers explaining how the game is played and just what it takes to withstand the invading hordes.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – First official in-engine trailer released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-first-official-in-engine-trailer-released/
Electronic Arts has released the first official in-engine trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. This new Star Wars game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4 and this trailer will give you an idea of what you can expect, visually, from it.
>> And will, allegedly, launch on November 15th.

Here are 20 minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of World War Z
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-20-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-world-war-z/
GamersPrey has shared a new video, showing 20 minutes of gameplay footage from World War Z. This video shows the first 20 minutes from the game’s campaign mode, and showcases its PC visuals. World War Z will be powered by Saber’s dynamic Swarm Engine and promises to unleash hundreds of fast-moving, bloodthirsty zombies – able to move as one collective horde as well as break off as individuals units – at a time on players.

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Patch 2.1 will be available next week, will address numerous issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-the-division-2-patch-2-1-will-be-available-next-week-will-address-numerous-issues/
Ubisoft has announced that a new patch for The Division 2 will be released next week. According to the release notes, patch 2.1 will have a fix for the bench not upgrading to World Tier 5, which will also fix the issue for players that have their crafting bench stuck in different World Tiers.
>> Guess what, it will happen this week.

Demo for isometric RPG, Sin Slayers, is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-for-isometric-rpg-sin-slayers-is-now-available-on-steam/
Black Tower Entertainment has released a demo for its upcoming isometric RPG, Sin Slayers. Sin Slayers an isometric RPG with roguelike elements, where your choices determine how challenging the fights and enemies will be, and its demo version contains 2-3 hours of gameplay, all major game elements, first story act and one procedurally generated map, that you can clear multiple times.
>> From here.

Here are 15 minutes of new gameplay footage from The Sinking City
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-15-minutes-of-new-gameplay-footage-from-the-sinking-city/
GameInformer has shared a video, showing 15 minutes of new gameplay footage from Frogwares’ upcoming Loftcraftian game, The Sinking City. Naturally, we strongly suggest avoiding this video in case you want to experience this game for yourselves as it most likely contains spoilers about certain things.

Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition has been rated by the ESRB
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/age-of-empires-2-definitive-edition-has-been-rated-by-the-esrb/
It appears that a Definitive Edition for Age of Empires 2 is currently under development as it has been rated by the ESRB. The ESRB has leaked in the past numerous PC games, such as Catherine, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Borderlands Game of the Year Edition, so it’s safe to say that this leak is legit.
>> An edition with all the DLCs included, maybe?

DX12 is noticeably faster in Anno 1800 than DX11 on older systems, 10fps performance improvement
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/dx12-is-noticeably-faster-in-anno-1800-than-dx11-on-older-systems-10fps-performance-improvement/
Anno 1800 release tomorrow and Ubisoft has provided us with a review code for our PC Performance Analysis purposes. This new strategy game comes with support for both DX11 and DX12, therefore we’ve decided to benchmark these two APIs in order to see whether there are any meaningful performance differences between them.