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Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Mortal Kombat 11 sold 1.8 million digital units, Apex Legends generated $24 million in April
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-11-sold-1-8-million-digital-units-apex-legends-generated-24-million-in-april/
SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, stating that Mortal Kombat 11 has sold 1.8 million digital units on all platforms, thus making it the best digital launch in franchise history. On the other hand, Apex Legends fell out of the top rankings on console and PC and both Overwatch and Hearthstone still face declines.
Going into slightly more details, Mortal Kombat 11 sold 1.8 million digital units across console and PC in May, up from 400,000 units for Mortal Kombat X in 2015, largely due to rising digital download rates on console.
Apex Legends generated $24 million in April and monthly revenue now sits at over one-quarter of the launch-month sales from February. As for Overwatch and Hearthstone, both saw a sequential bump in total digital revenue following new content releases but still declined 15% and 37% year-over-year, respectively. On a combined basis, Overwatch and Hearthstone digital revenue across all platforms is down 39% year-to-date compared to the same time period in 2018.

Total War: Three Kingdoms sets a series record for concurrent players
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-three-kingdoms-sets-a-series-record-for-concurrent-players/
Total War: Three Kingdoms launched today and quickly set the series record for concurrent players. Over 160,000 people are fighting over ancient China at the time of publication, making it the fourth busiest game on Steam.
Three Kingdoms has a pretty solid lead over Warframe, but above it is the triumvirate of CS:GO, PUBG and Dota 2, all with over 500,000 concurrent players. It's a significant jump from the last Total War, Thrones of Britannia, which peaked at 22,787. The record was previously held by Rome 2 with 119,240 players.

Steam's daily deal is Bus Simulator 18, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/515180/Bus_Simulator_18/

At Fanatical there are three (actually two) new deals:

• The new Star Deal is The Jackbox Party Trilogy, 63% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/the-jackbox-party-trilogy.
• Stellaris is 75% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/stellaris
• The new Uprising Bundle features 10 games with a 97% discount for the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/uprising-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Final Fantasy VII Remako HD Graphics Mod, AI Gigapixel-enhanced Texture Pack, has been fully released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-vii-remako-hd-graphics-mod-esrgan-ai-enhanced-texture-pack-has-been-fully-released/
Back in January 2019, we informed you about an AI Gigapixel-enhanced Texture Pack for Final Fantasy 7. Titled Final Fantasy VII Remako HD Graphics Mod, this pack was under a beta stage until today. Modder ‘CaptRobau’ has informed us about the release of version 1.0, something that will please a lot of FF7 fans.
As the modder noted, the mod improves the quality of among other things the pre-rendered backgrounds, battle, world textures, as well as the game’s full-motion videos (FMVs). Final Fantasy VII Remako HD Graphics Mod is also compatible with many other mods, such as The Reunion (R03C) or 3D model mods, for the ultimate Final Fantasy 7 experience.
>> Download it from its official website.

The Witcher 3 looks gorgeous in 4K with Reshade Ray Tracing/Path Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-witcher-3-looks-gorgeous-in-4k-with-reshade-ray-tracing-path-tracing/
YouTube’s ‘hodilton’ has shared a video, showing The Witcher 3 with Pascal Gilcher’s new alpha Reshade mod that adds path tracing/ray tracing GIobal Illumination effects to every DX9, DX10 and DX11 game.
Contrary to other videos we shared, The Witcher 3 is a newer title and we are really impressed by the visual improvement that this Reshade brings to it. As we’ve already said, there are some graphical glithes/issues with this alpha version of Reshade, however the visual improvement can be easily noticed.

GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey update 1.3.0 releases tomorrow, full patch release notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-update-1-3-0-releases-tomorrow-full-patch-release-notes/
Ubisoft has announced that a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be released tomorrow. Update 1.3.0 will be 6GB in size for the PC and will add in-game support for Torments of Hades as well as for the upcoming Lost Tales of Greece.
>> See that tomorrow? Well, it's today.

First gameplay trailer released for Nioh 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-nioh-2/
Sony has released the first gameplay trailer for Nioh 2. Nioh 2 is being developed by Team Ninja and will be published by KOEI Tecmo, and from the looks of it a closed beta phase is currently planned for PS4. KOEI Tecmo has not confirmed the platforms for which Nioh 2 will release, so we might see it hitting the PC (like its predecessor did).
>> Hiku has made a thread about it.

Cyberpunk 2077 won’t have a public playable demo at E3 2019 but it will have gameplay presentations
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-wont-have-a-public-playable-demo-at-e3-2019-but-it-will-have-gameplay-presentations/
E3 2019 is almost upon us and CD Projekt RED has confirmed that it will be present at both the public and business areas, showcasing Cyberpunk 2077. Unfortunately there won’t be any public playable demo for the game, though CD Projekt RED stated that it will hold gameplay presentations.