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Another day, another round of news:

SALES & DEALS

Total War: Three Kingdoms sold a million copies in a week
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-three-kingdoms-sold-a-million-copies-in-a-week/
Total War: Three Kingdoms is now the fastest-selling game in the series, shifting a million copies in its first week. This follows it knocking Rome 2 off the concurrent player top spot last week, when over 160,000 people were playing it. The peak player count is now over 190,000.
"We knew we had something special with Three Kingdoms but the response from players, old and new, has exceeded all expectations,” said Rob Bartholomew, chief product officer. “We’re seeing a lot of ‘best Total War ever’ comments out there. We’re very proud.”

Steam has one daily deal and three Midweek Madness deals:

• The "daily" deal is Ultimate Fishing Simulator, 45% off for the next 50 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/468920/Ultimate_Fishing_Simulator/
• The first of the Midweek sales is a Saints Row & Agents of Mayhem sale, with discounts that go from 50 to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/saints-row/
• The Hitman franchise is up to 80% off too: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hitman/
• And publisher Iceberg Interactive celebrates its 10th anniversary putting its games on sale, up to 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/iceberg

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

League of Legends players can claim four free Loot Capsules through Amazon Prime
https://www.pcgamer.com/league-of-legends-players-can-claim-four-free-loot-capsules-through-amazon-prime/
Amazon Prime subscribers on the League of Legends scene can snag four months of free in-game loot courtesy of a new deal between Twitch and Riot Games. Pop over to twitch.amazon.com and you can immediately claim a "Rift's Herald Capsule," which when opened will deliver unto you a pair of random Skin Shards, one random Legendary Skin Shard, and an exclusive emote.
Once that's done, three more capsules will be sent your way, one every three months. Second on the list will be a Red Buff's Capsule, followed a Blue Buff's Capsule 30 days after that, and then finally a Baron's Capsule. All told, the four capsules will contain three Legendary Shards, a full Legendary Skin, seven Skin Shards, and four exclusive emotes.

MODS/EMULATORS

FarOut Widescreen is a mod that adds proper ultra-widescreen support to the classic Far Cry
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/farout-widescreen-is-a-mod-that-adds-proper-ultra-widescreen-support-to-the-classic-far-cry/
As you may have noticed, we don’t usually share stories about ultra-wide monitors, however, this time we are making an exception as we are talking about the classic and beloved Far Cry; a game powered by CryEngine that put Crytek on the map.
Created by FarOutCry, FarOut Widescreen adds extreme and authentic widescreen support to the first Far Cry game. What this ultimately means is that the mod supports from 4:3 up to 48:9 aspect ratios, with weapon textures being scaled correctly rather than stretched like vanilla FarCry.
The mod also comes with advanced features such as floating the HUD to your main screen, or positioning it manually. Furthermore, FarOut Widescreen comes with an optional fix for the AI wallhack issue in FarCry 1.4, optional letterboxing support for play at extreme ratios, optional (and unaffiliated) SilentPatch as well as a binocular bug fix.
>> Get this mod from ModDB.

Total War: 1942 turns Rome into World War 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-1942-turns-rome-into-world-war-2/
Across the years, Total War has flung everything from packs of dogs to undead dragons into battle, but Creative Assembly has yet to dabble in an era that lets us finally field the humble tank. Total War: 1942, an overhaul for the original Rome, fixes this omission, adding not just tanks, but planes, battleships and little blokes with rocket launchers.
V1.0 launched earlier in the month, letting players start a campaign or historic battle as one of 18 playable factions. Not yet playable is the 19th faction, which is the United Nations, confusingly. It wasn't established until after the war, but in this parallel World War 2, it's what holds the Allies together.

GAMING NEWS

Spyro Reignited Trilogy rated for the PC by the Taiwanese Ratings Board
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/spyro-reignited-trilogy-rated-for-the-pc-by-the-taiwanese-ratings-board/
It appears that the remastered trilogy of the first Spyro games, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, will be indeed coming to the PC platform. The Taiwanese Ratings Board has just rated Spyro Reignited Trilogy for the PC, stating that it will be a download-only release and that the studio that will be responsible for it will be Iron Galaxy Studios.

Third-person exploration game, Sea of Solitude, releases on July 5th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/third-person-exploration-game-sea-of-solitude-releases-on-july-5th/
Electronic Arts and Jo-Mei Games have announced that the story-driven adventure game Sea of Solitude will be launching worldwide on July 5th. Sea of Solitude is described as an emotional experience that takes players on a personal journey to overcome a young woman’s inner loneliness.

Hitman 2 May 2019 Update 2.30 available for download, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hitman-2-may-2019-update-2-30-available-for-download-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
IO Interactive has released the May 2019 update for Hitman 2. According to the developers, patch 2.30 comes with some menu optimizations as the team has made some backend changes to the Destination Pages that should result in faster loading times.

World War Z June 3 Free DLC will add the new Tokyo mission, FOV slider, private lobbies & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-war-z-june-3-free-dlc-will-add-the-new-tokyo-mission-fov-slider-private-lobbies-more/
Saber Interactive has announced that a new free DLC will be coming out for World War Z on June 3rd. According to the team, this free DLC will add the new Tokyo mission, an FOV slider, private lobbies, a special new zombie and more.

Cyberpunk 2077 public E3 2019 demo presentation won’t be streamed or uploaded online
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-public-e3-2019-demo-presentation-wont-be-streamed-or-uploaded-online/
On https://discordapp.com/channels/428823240824061954/455537414069420034/582936031326634002" target="_blank">Cyberpunk 2077’s Discord channel, CD Projekt RED confirmed that the public E3 2019 demo presentation won’t be streamed or uploaded online. While every E3 attendee will be able to see the presentation, CDPR stated that recordings won’t be allowed.
>> Well, that sucks! Hopefully they'll do it themselves a few months later, like they did last year.

Halo Reach PC closed beta to be playable at Microsoft Store Fan Celebrations E3 2019 event, June 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/halo-reach-pc-closed-beta-to-be-playable-at-microsoft-store-fan-celebrations-e3-2019-event-june-9th/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Even though Microsoft and 343 Industries have not announced anything yet about the promised closed beta phase for Halo Reach PC, a new Microsoft Store event listing suggests that the beta will kick off next week during E3 2019.

Starbase is a new hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO from the creators of the Trine series
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/starbase-is-a-new-hybrid-voxel-vertex-based-space-mmo-from-the-creators-of-the-trine-series/
Frozenbyte, the team behind the Trine series, has announced a new game called Starbase. Starbase will be coming to Steam Early Access later this year and Frozenbyte has released a gameplay trailer that you can find below.
>> Cerebralbore101 has made a thread about it.

New Need for Speed game won’t be present at EA Play 2019, still planned for release this year
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-need-for-speed-game-wont-be-present-at-ea-play-2019-still-planned-for-release-this-year/
With E3 2019 – and EA Play 2019 – just around the corner, a lot of players were wondering whether Electronic Arts would unveil the next part in the Need for Speed series during its gaming event. However, it appears that this won’t be the case as the new Need for Speed game won’t be present at EA Play 2019.
>> That's odd, and doesn't inspire a lot of confidence for the game.