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Another Monday has come and, while later than usual, here are the news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Valve Index VR Kit
2. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
5. OCTOPATH TRAVELER
6. Prey Digital Deluxe
7. Killsquad
8. Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
9. Gloomhaven
10. Valve Index Headset + Controllers

>> If the hardware outsold the software, it's quite easy to say that it was a very slow week for software.

GOG's new weekly sale is called "Add some classics to your life". Guess what you'll find inside (you'll be surprised, but I don't know if for good or for bad) with up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190722_weekly_sale

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The Early Access title Super Bunny Man is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673750/Super_Bunny_Man/
• And Out of the Park Baseball 20 is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/831980/Out_of_the_Park_Baseball_20/

At Fanatical there are three new deals:

• The Star Deal is Catherine Classic, 40% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/catherine-classic
• That's part of a bigger SEGA sale, with up to 78% discounts: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/sega
• And there's the PAYDAY 2 Ultimate Bundle, with the game and 36 DLCs at a 94% discount for the next 10 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/payday-2-ultimate-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA Apollo 11 Moon Landing Tech Demo now supports full real-time ray tracing and looks gorgeous
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-apollo-11-moon-landing-tech-demo-now-supports-full-real-time-ray-tracing-and-looks-gorgeous/
Last year, NVIDIA revealed an amazing version of Apollo 11 Moon Landing Tech Demo, showcasing some newly implemented ray tracing effects. However, the green team has decided to enhance that earlier moon-landing tech demo with new RTX real-time ray tracing technology, and shared some new screenshots from it.
According to NVIDIA, in the new tech demo – and thanks to the RTX tech – each pixel on the screen is generated by tracing, in real time, the path of a beam of light backwards into the camera (your viewing point), picking up details from the objects it interacts.
>> In time for the 50th anniversary.

Stadia director: We're going to 'feel great' about all our games moving to the cloud
https://www.pcgamer.com/stadia-director-were-going-to-feel-great-about-all-our-games-moving-to-the-cloud/
A Reddit AMA featuring Stadia director of product Andrey Doronichev that took place yesterday didn't serve up a lot of new information about what we can look forward to in Google's upcoming streaming games service. But it did offer a little bit of insight into what the service is (and is not), and what will happen to your games if Stadia goes the way of Google Plus.
>> Here's the link to the AMA, and he cleverly avoided to answer the question about what will happen to the games you've bought if the service fails. By the way, Ubisoft says that cost of porting games to Google Stadia is 'not that high'

MODS/EMULATORS

Fans are working on a Dino Crisis Remake in Unreal Engine 4 and here is the first footage from it
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fans-are-working-on-a-dino-crisis-remake-in-unreal-engine-4-and-here-is-the-first-footage-from-it/
Dino Crisis fans, here is something special for you today. Team Arklay is currently working on a fan remake of the first Dino Crisis game in Unreal Engine 4. As with all such fan remakes, this Dino Crisis Remake will be made available for free once – and if – it ever reaches a playable state.
Team Arklay has released the first alpha gameplay footage from it, showcasing some of the game’s environments in Unreal Engine 4. These environments have been re-designed in order to take advantage of Epic’s engine and look absolutely stunning (for a fan project that is).

Ten minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming multiplayer mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ten-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-the-upcoming-multiplayer-mod-for-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-call-of-pripyat/
Infinite Art has released a video, showing 10 minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming multiplayer mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat, Ray of Hope. Ray of Hope is a mod that aims to give you the possibility of surviving in the zone with your team-mates, with not only NPC, but also with other players. Basically, it’s STALKER Online.

Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Mass Effect Andromeda, Quake 4 & more with Ray Tracing Global Illumination
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/deus-ex-mankind-divided-mass-effect-andromeda-quake-4-more-with-ray-tracing-global-illumination/
Another week, another article about PC games running with Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade Ray Tracing Global Illumination solution. This Reshade works on both AMD’s and NVIDIA’s hardware, meaning that everyone can get a taste of Ray Tracing (though this implementation is more of a hack and not as great as RTX). Below you can find Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Mass Effect Andromeda and STALKER: Clear Sky running with it, as well as some extreme Ray Tracing examples for both Quake 4 and Crysis.

New beautiful screenshots from Star Wars 1995 “Dark Forces” Level 1 fan remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-beautiful-screenshots-from-star-wars-1995-dark-forces-level-1-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
Jason Lewis, senior environment artist at Obsidian Entertainment, has shared some new beautiful screenshots from his upcoming Star Wars 1995 “Dark Forces” Level 1 remake in Unreal Engine 4. These new screenshots show off the latest build of this fan game, showcasing its amazing visuals that are powered by Epic’s Engine.
Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter that came out in 1995, and used the Jedi Engine, which was developed specifically for the game. This engine added gameplay features to the first-person shooter genre which were uncommon at the time of release, including level designs with multiple floors and the ability to look up and down.

New patch for Mortal Kombat Project: Season 2 Final, best free MK Mugen game, adds story, character intros & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-patch-for-mortal-kombat-project-season-2-final-best-free-mk-mugen-game-adds-story-character-bios-more/
Borg117 has released a brand new patch for the best free Mortal Kombat Mugen game to date, Mortal Kombat Project: Season 2 Final. Patch 5 adds a story mode to the game by implementing a game intro similar to Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, but updated to post-MKT canon, also with new graphics for MKT text boxes.
Furthermore, this patch introduces character intros (before the arcade mode and on the menu screen delay), updates the character endings with more graphics, and updates the game credits with new look and code.
This patch also comes with some gameplay tweaks and fixes. For instance, AI reaction to jump punch/kick rate has been dropped a bit, AI rate at performing HaraKiri has also been lowered, the boss corner stumble has been fixed and you won’t face yourself in the arcade mode when you play as bosses or sub-bosses (except of Shao Kahn).
>> You can download it from here.

Volumetric Fog Shadows and Blood mods released for Kingdom Come: Deliverance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/volumetric-fog-shadows-and-blood-mods-released-for-kingdom-come-deliverance/
Jindra1403 and dDefinder have released two cool mods for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The first one enables Volumetric Fog Shadows, making the game look better and more realistic, whereas the second introduces blood decals that will spatter on walls and floors.
>> Check the article for the links to the mods (both are from Nexus Mods).

This Spider-Man mod for San Andreas almost looks like the PS4 exclusive
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-spider-man-mod-for-san-andreas-almost-looks-like-the-ps4-exclusive/
Swinging through New York as a friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is just about the most satisfying thing you can do in a videogame. When it's done well, like in Spider-Man 2 or the recent PS4 exclusive, it's a hypnotic acrobatic display that's graceful but still lets you go at buttock-clenching speeds. While the latest Spidey outing won't be gracing PCs, modder J16D has rather skilfully incorporated some of its best bits into a GTA: San Andreas mod.
J16D has been working on their Spider-Man mod since 2015, but the latest video shows that the new game has become a source of inspiration, with J16D mimicking some of the animations from Insomniac's game, along with costumes and even the UI.
>> It's still a work in progess mod and there's no link for it, yet.

GAMING NEWS

Western open-world PC game, This Land Is My Land, hits Steam Early Access in Fall 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/western-open-world-pc-game-this-land-is-my-land-hits-steam-early-access-in-fall-2019/
Game-Labs has announced that its Western open-world PC game, This Land Is My Land, will be coming to Steam Early Access in Fall 2019. This Land is My Land is a survival game in which players will experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.6 is now available to all backers, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-6-is-now-available-to-all-backers-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Cloud Imperium has released Star Citizen Alpha 3.6 to all of its backers, and has also revealed its full patch notes that you can find below. This new alpha version brings a new unified launcher, as well as additional crimestat hacking locations, terminals, as well as some new features.

The Surge 2 uses the Vulkan API on the PC, graphics settings, first 16 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-surge-2-uses-the-vulkan-api-on-the-pc-graphics-settings-first-16-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
The preview embargo for The Surge 2 has been lifted and some new details about its PC version have surfaced online. From the looks of it, The Surge 2 will be using the Vulkan API, something that will please a number of PC gamers.

Control Ray Tracing RTX Comparison Screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/control-ray-tracing-rtx-comparison-screenshots/
Remedy and NVIDIA have been doing their best to hype the real-time ray tracing effects that will be featured in Control. Two days ago, the green team released a trailer dedicated to RTX and a new set of screenshots surfaced yesterday, showcasing the visual difference between the game’s vanilla Very High/Ultra settings and RTX.

New Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot showcases the Yaiba Kusanagi bike
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-cyberpunk-2077-screenshot-showcases-the-yaiba-kusanagi-bike/
CD Projekt RED has released a brand new in-game screenshot for Cyberpunk 2077, showcasing the Yaiba Kusanagi bike that players will be able to ride. This bike is inspired by both Akira and Ghost in the Shell; two of the best sci-fi mangas of all time.

New Cyberpunk 2077 details from new demo; inventory, mini-games, interactive discussions & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-cyberpunk-2077-details-from-new-demo-inventory-mini-games-interactive-discussions-more/
It appears that the Polish press was presented a new gameplay demo for Cyberpunk 2077 last week. As such, a lot of new information about CD Projekt RED’s upcoming role-playing title have surfaced online.

New Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot screenshots show Piccolo, Vegeta, Yamcha and Chiaotzu
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-dragon-ball-z-kakarot-screenshots-show-piccolo-vegeta-yamcha-and-chiaotzu/
Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots for its upcoming Dragon Ball action RPG game, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. These new screenshots show off some of the game’s playable and support characters, like Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha and Chiaotzu.