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Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Anno 1800 is the fastest-selling Anno game to date, sold four times more than Anno 2205 in its first week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anno-1800-is-the-fastest-selling-anno-game-to-date-sold-four-times-more-than-anno-2205-in-its-first-week/
Ubisoft has announced that Anno 1800, the latest installment from the successful city-building franchise, is the fastest-selling Anno game to date. In addition, Ubisoft revealed that, during its first week of launch, Anno 1800 sold four times more than the previous title Anno 2205 in its first week.
>> I'd love to see the split in sales between Epic, UPlay and Steam.

Steam has a daily deal, a fake daily deal, a special sale and over 3,000 weeklong deals:

• The true daily deal is Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA, 50% off for the next 24 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/712100/Total_War_Saga_THRONES_OF_BRITANNIA/
• The fake one is A Hat in Time, 50% off for the next 9 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/
• The special sale is a Golden Week sale, full of Japanese games until the next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gws2019/
• Among the weeklong deals (that also include the japanese ones), some of them are the Early Access title Dark and Light, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/529180/Dark_and_Light/
• There's also MXGP PRO, 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/798290/MXGP_PRO/
• SPORE gets a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17390/SPORE/
• The same discount applies to Aven Colony: https://store.steampowered.com/app/484900/Aven_Colony/
• And The Guild Collection, featuring 4 games, gets an 80% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/50718/

On the Humble Store there are three new sales:

• The Sonic Franchise is on sale, up to 75% off for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/sonic-franchise-sale/
• Koei Tecmo celebrates Golden Week with up to 50% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/koei-tecmo-golden-week-sale/
• And there's a Warhammer Week Sale, with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-week/

And at Fanatical there are at least 3 new deals:

• Iconoclasts is 40% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/iconoclasts
• Road Redemption is 55% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/road-redemption
• And there's a DotEmu Classics Bundle, featuring 9 games with a 97% discount for the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dotemu-classics-bundle
• And there should be a new Star Deal, but it's not showing up right now :-/.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

The latest GeForce 430.39 driver causes High CPU usage, NVIDIA confirms bug and is working on a fix [UPDATE]
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-latest-geforce-430-39-driver-causes-high-cpu-usage-nvidia-confirms-bug-and-is-working-on-a-fix/
A few days ago, NVIDIA released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. The GeForce 430.39 driver was optimized for Mortal Kombat 11, Anthem and Strange Brigade, however, it appears that it is also plagued by a really weird bug.
According to numerous reports, this latest driver caused high CPU usage on a variety of PC system configurations. However, and contrary to other similar reports, NVIDIA has acknowledged this issue and stated that it is currently working on a fix.
UPDATE: NVIDIA has released the hotfix that addresses the high CPU usage issues. Those interested can download the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 430.53 from here, and below you can find its complete list of fixes/changes.

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GAMING NEWS

First Borderlands 3 gameplay footage leaked online
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-borderlands-3-gameplay-footage-leaked-online/
2K Games and Gearbox will officially reveal the first gameplay footage for Borderlands 3 on May 1st, however it appears that a short gameplay clip has been leaked online. This brief clip will give you a small glimpse at this new Borderlands game, and I’m pretty sure that some of our readers will be interested in it.
>> It's very short and doesn't really show much. Btw, if you watch the reveal stream tomorrow, you'll have a chance to win in-game loot.

A Plague Tale: Innocence will support NVIDIA Ansel, new screenshots released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-plague-tale-innocence-will-support-nvidia-ansel-new-screenshots-released/
Focus Home Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for A Plague Tale: Innocence. According to the publisher, today’s screenshots show a glimpse of the game graphics, further enhanced by the power of high-end consoles and Nvidia’s Ansel tool on PC.