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SALES & DEALS

World War Z has sold almost 2 million copies worldwide, Epic Games Store is its top/best digital platform
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-war-z-has-sold-almost-2-million-copies-worldwide-epic-games-store-is-its-top-best-digital-platform/
Saber Interactive has announced that World War Z has sold almost two million copies worldwide on all platforms since its launch, and that the Epic Games Store has exceeded its expectations. The game has sold nearly 700K copies on the Epic Games Store, making it the top/best digital platform for this zombie co-op shooter.
Matthew Karch, CEO of developer Saber Interactive, claimed that the studio always believed that there was a PC market for this game, and that the team was surprised by its PC sales.
>> I have a hard time believing that someone thought that there was no room for this game on PC.

There are two new deals at GOG:

• The Midweek Sale features adventure games up to 75% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190626_midweek_sale
• The game The World Next Door, in any of its editions (and soundtrack too) are 50% off for the next 13 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190626_special_promo_the_world_next_door

On the Humble Store, the new Spotlight deal involves three Shantae games, up to 50% off for the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/shantae-spotlight/

At Fanatical, there are two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Jackbox Hilarity Pack, 70% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/jackbox-hilarity-pack
• The new Pathfinder Bundle, with 8 games at an awesome 95% discount, will be available for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/pathfinder-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

3DMark now supports PCIe 4.0 bandwidth benchmark test, official video demonstration released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/3dmark-now-supports-pcie-4-0-bandwidth-benchmark-test-official-video-demonstration-released/
UL Benchmarks has announced that the PCIe 4.0 bandwidth benchmark test for 3DMark is now available. According to the team, the 3DMark PCI Express feature test is designed to measure the bandwidth available to your GPU over your computer’s PCI Express interface.

MODS/EMULATORS

Minecraft looks like a next-gen game thanks to Stratum 2K Texture Pack & Ray Tracing Shaders
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/minecraft-looks-like-a-next-gen-game-thanks-to-stratum-2k-texture-pack-ray-tracing-shaders/
YouTube’s member ‘hodilton’ has shared a video, showing off a realistic, high resolution and high quality resource/texture pack for Minecraft with some Ray Tracing effects. The results are mind-blowing and completely transform Minecraft into a current-gen title, full with highly detailed textures and lighting effects.
According to its official page, the Stratum Texture Pack is built with shader compatibility in mind and supports many of high end shader effects, including Parallax Occlusion Mapping, which provides a new layer of depth to surfaces in game, as well as high quality normal and specular maps. Stratum also uses fully Physically Based materials, just like many AAA titles do today.
>> It certainly doesn't look like Minecraft. At all.

First-person exploration mod released for Mass Effect 3, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-person-exploration-mod-released-for-mass-effect-3/
Last week, we informed you about a mod that enabled a first-person mode in Mass Effect 2. And today, modder ‘LordEmil1’ released a similar first-person exploration mod for the third part in the Mass Effect series, Mass Effect 3.
Similarly to the first-person mod in Mass Effect 2, this mod adds an Exploration first-person mode to Mass Effect 3 by changing the default camera position and FOV. The result is pretty cool and will let you explore the game’s environments via a completely different camera viewpoint.
Moreover, this mod does not alter the Combat viewpoint in any way, meaning that both combat and conversations work flawlessly with it. LordEmil1 has previously released an experimental first-person combat mode for Mass Effect 2, so here is hoping that we’ll also get one for Mass Effect 3.
>> Like the Mass Effect 2 mod, this one is also available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Official Extended Demo shows off 26 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-official-extended-demo-shows-off-26-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Electronic Arts and Respawn have just released an extended demo for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, showing 26 minutes of gameplay footage. This video shows more gameplay footage than the previous E3 2019 demo that EA showcased earlier this month, so we strongly suggest watching it.

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows has been officially announced for the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/one-punch-man-a-hero-nobody-knows-has-been-officially-announced-for-the-pc/
Bandai Namco has just announced the official One Punch Man for current-gen platforms, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a debut gameplay trailer that you can find below.

Visage, Silent Hills P.T.-inspired psychological horror game, Part 2 releases on July 3rd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/visage-silent-hills-p-t-inspired-psychological-horror-game-part-2-releases-on-july-3rd/
SadSquare Studio has announced that the second, and final, part of Visage will be released on July 3rd. Visage is a psychological horror game that was heavily inspired by Konami’s cancelled Silent Hills P.T., and we are happy to report that it will be fully released soon.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Where are those Droidekas? Update releases today, full patch release notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-2-where-are-those-droidekas-update-releases-today-full-patch-release-notes/
Electronic Arts and DICE have announced that the Where are those Droidekas? update will release on all platforms later today. Furthermore, the teams revealed the full release notes for this upcoming patch which highlights all the improvements, tweaks and fixes that will be coming with it.

Online top-down co-op action RPG, KILLSQUAD, enters Steam Early Access on July 16th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/online-top-down-co-op-action-rpg-killsquad-enters-steam-early-access-on-july-16th/
Novarama has announced that its top-down co-op action RPG, Killsquad, will be coming to Steam Early Access on July 16th. Killsquad is set within a futuristic world that combines a space western style with the top down look and feel of a traditional RPG with fast-paced action.

Black Mesa Xen technical beta phase has been launched, 4K/Ultra screenshots gallery
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/black-mesa-xen-technical-beta-phase-has-been-launched-4k-screenshots-gallery/
The Black Mesa team has just launched the technical beta phase for Black Mesa Xen. This beta features three of the six maps that are currently being created for Xen, continuing Gordon’s adventure from the cliffhanger ending of Lambda Core.

Anthem June 25th PTS Update released, adds new animations, improves Cataclysm, adds Seasonal store & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anthem-june-25th-pts-update-released-adds-new-animations-improves-cataclysm-adds-seasonal-store-more/
BioWare has released a brand new update for the PTS of Anthem on the PC. According to the developers, this update contains a number of fixes and changes based on player feedback, as well as a limited version of the Seasonal store and updates to Vara gameplay, VFX and cinematics.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – Rise of Azshara free content update available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-rise-of-azshara-free-content-update-available-for-download/
Blizzard has announced that Rise of Azshara, the next major free content update for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, is available for download. According to the team, this content update is packed with many new features, including the addition of Essences to the Heart of Azeroth system, two new zones to explore, Nazjatar and Mechagon, Heritage Armor for tauren and gnomes, new Benthic gear, a raid that takes players into the depths of Azshara’s Eternal Palace and much more.

Here is an hour of gameplay footage from the Resident Evil-inspired horror game, DAYMARE 1998
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-an-hour-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-resident-evil-inspired-horror-game-daymare-1998/
YouTube’s ‘Punish’ has shared a video, showing an hour of gameplay footage from its upcoming horror game, that is heavily inspired by the Resident Evil series, DAYMARE 1998. Daymare: 1998 is based on the cancelled Resident Evil 2 Reborn project, is built on the Unreal Engine 4, and will have the legendary Director of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and planner on the original 1996 Resident Evil, Kazuhiro Aoyama, as its Producer Associate.