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Let's go with the last round of news of the week:

SALES & DEALS

Here are Steam's best-selling new releases for April
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-reveals-the-top-20-new-releases-on-steam-for-april/
Are you curious about which games were the best-selling new releases on Steam for the month of April? So was Valve, so it decided to find out.
"We are continually fascinated by the number of amazing games coming out on Steam each month and how much variety there is in what becomes popular," Valve wrote in a new blog post. "In any given month, the most popular new releases represent a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes. They may be worldwide hits or they may have a stronger audience only in particular region."
The list is not a straight rundown of the top-20 moneymakers for the month—Vacation Simulator (probably) did not outsell Mortal Kombat 11. Instead, Valve looked at the revenue earned by every new game in April during the first two weeks of release to determine the top 20 sellers, and then sorted the list by release date.

Dauntless had 500K new players in its first day, surpassed 4 million total players
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dauntless-had-500k-new-players-in-its-first-day-surpassed-4-million-total-players/
Phoenix Labs announced that Dauntless, the recently released free-to-play co-op action RPG, welcomed over half a million players to the Shattered Isles in its first 24 hours, surpassing 4 million players total worldwide.

Epic Games Store is THQ Nordic’s leading digital platform for Metro Exodus
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/epic-games-store-is-thq-nordics-leading-digital-platform-for-metro-exodus/
THQ Nordic CEO Lars Wingefors has confirmed that the majority of the digital sales for Metro Exodus are coming from the Epic Games Store. This basically means that the Epic Games Store is the leading digital platform for Metro Exodus, something that re-affirms the successful PC launch of the game on Epic’s store.
>> Well, no shit, Sherlock! Only those that preorder could have bought it from another store, and they are a minority. It's the contrary that would be surprising.

Final Fantasy XIV Online has now more than 16 million registered players
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-xiv-online-has-now-more-than-16-million-registered-players/
Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XIV Online has now surpassed 16 million registered users worldwide during a Letter from the Producer LIVE segment streamed from San Francisco. The new figure marks a high-point for the MMORPG ahead of the release of its third major expansion, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers on July 2nd, 2019.
Additionally, the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers official benchmark software is now available for download. The benchmark software includes all-new Shadowbringers footage, as well as a character creator that allows players to view playable characters as they appear in-game—including the new Hrothgar and Viera races. Users who create characters using the benchmark will also be able to carry them into the full game as well. The official benchmark software can be downloaded from here.

RiME is available for free right now on the Epic Games Store until May 30th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rime-is-available-for-free-right-now-on-the-epic-games-store-until-may-30th/
Six Foot, Tequila Works and Epic Games are currently offering RiME for free on the Epic Games Store until May 30th. As with all the free Epic Games Store offerings, PC gamers will be able to acquire a free copy of the game and keep it theirs forever.
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Epic Games has also announced that its next free game will be City of Brass. City of Brass will be made available for free on May 30th and until June 6th.

Jalopy, the Eastern European road trip game, is free on the Humble Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/jalopy-the-eastern-european-road-trip-game-is-free-on-the-humble-store/
Jalopy, the "haunting piece of Eastern Bloc nostalgia" about a road trip from Berlin to Turkey in breakdown-prone Laika 601 Deluxe, is free for the taking for the next couple of days on the Humble Store. The latest Humble giveaway marks the beginning of the store's Spring Sale Encore, which features hundreds of games back on sale for the next four days.

>> The deals will last roughly 24 hours or until they run out of keys.

At Fanatical there are five new deals:

• Team Sonic Racing is 18% off for the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/team-sonic-racing
• Viscera Cleanup Detail - The Complete Bundle features the game plus three DLCs, 51% off for the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/viscera-cleanup-detail-the-complete-bundle
• And there's an Alpha Mystery Bundle, that consists of up to 3 unknown "blockbuster" games at a great price, plus the option to win $400 or new AAA releases during the next 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/alpha-mystery-bundle
• There's a Tabletop Bundle with 8 games to get in 3 tiers and that will last 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tabletop-bundle
• The Tycoon Sims Bundle features 5 games with an 91% discount during the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tycoon-sims-bundle
• Also Namco-Bandai and Warner Bros have their games on sale, but it happens so often that I no longer know if those deals are new or not.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD’s Radeon 19.5.2 driver is optimized for Total War: Three Kingdoms
https://www.pcgamer.com/amds-radeon-1952-driver-is-optimized-for-total-war-three-kingdoms/
Coinciding with today's launch of Total War: Three Kingdoms, AMD is pushing out a new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.2 GPU driver release that is optimized to wring the most performance from the game.
>> Available from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

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GAMING NEWS

Hunter’s Arena: Legends is a new mix of action RPG and Battle Royale, coming to PC in Q3 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hunters-arena-legends-is-a-new-mix-of-action-rpg-and-battle-royale-coming-to-pc-in-q3-2019/
Korean developer Matisco announced today Hunter’s Arena: Legends; a unique hybrid of Action RPG and Battle Royale genres that will be released in Early Access on PC in Q3 2019. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released the game’s first gameplay trailer that you can find below.

Yakuza Kiwami 2 – First beta patch allows to disable Depth of Field, adds more Anti-Aliasing options
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/yakuza-kiwami-2-first-beta-patch-allows-to-disable-depth-of-field-adds-more-anti-aliasing-options/
SEGA has released the first beta patch for Yakuza Kiwami 2. According to the team, this patch adds an option to completely disable the aggressive Depth of Field effect. This is something we’ve criticized in our PC Performance Analysis so we are really happy to see SEGA finally addressing it.

Dead Island 2 is still under development, more news/details coming soon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-island-2-is-still-under-development-more-news-details-coming-soon/
THQ Nordic has announced during its quarterly financial earnings report video presentation that Dead Island 2 is still under active development. The publisher claimed that the game is still worked on and that everyone should stay tuned for more details and news about it.

Real-time strategy game Conan Unconquered releases on May 29th + PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/real-time-strategy-game-conan-unconquered-releases-on-may-29th-pc-system-requirements/
Funcom announced today that the upcoming RTS game created by the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph, Conan Unconquered, is now due to release on May 29th. The game was originally meant to come out on May 30th, however Funcom decided to release it one day earlier than previously planned.

The new COD 2019 game will be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, will be a soft reboot
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-new-cod-2019-game-will-be-called-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-will-be-a-soft-reboot/
Kotaku’s ‘Jason Schreier’ has confirmed that the new COD 2019 game will be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This title sounds really ridiculous as it makes it sound similar to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, however it appears that this will be the game’s final title.