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It's Wednesday and these are the news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam's June best sellers list includes a thirsty waifu sim and zombie hordes
https://www.pcgamer.com/steams-june-best-sellers-list-includes-a-thirsty-waifu-sim-and-zombie-hordes/
Valve has published the top Steam releases for June 2019, along with some insights, and as usual it's a diverse gaggle. There's gloomy shooters, cooking sims, thirsty dating games and boring old sports.
While it seems impossibly hard to get noticed on Steam, half of the games on the list come from teams releasing their first Steam game, either because they've previously only release on other platforms, or because they're new teams. These include Barotrauma, My Friend Pedro and Super Neptunia.
Quite a few of them have either just left or launched in Early Access, which Valve reckons is a testament to the interest in that kind of game development model. I reckon it's inevitable when so many games launch early, however, rather than evidence that people happily gobble up Early Access games.

GOG has a new sale starring Bethesda, with up to 75% discounts for the next almost 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/bethesda_week

Steam has two new daily deals, only one legit, a new set of Midweek Madness deals and a weekend deal (yes, already):

• The MX vs ATV franchise is on sale, between 20 and 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mx_vs_atv/
• The other "daily" deal is the Early Access title Skater XL, 20% off for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/962730/Skater_XL/
• The two Midweek Madness deals are:
  • Warhammer: Chaosbane is 30% off (and the DLCs 20%): https://store.steampowered.com/app/774241/Warhammer_Chaosbane/
  • And NieR:Automata is 33% off (the DLC, 50%): https://store.steampowered.com/app/524220/NieRAutomata/
• And the weekend deal is the QUAKECON Sale, with up to 80% discounts on Bethesda games until nest Tuesday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/quakeconsale/

There's a new Humble Bundle and a new sale on the Humble Store:

• The new Humble Bundle, Hooked on Multiplayer 2019, focuses on multiplayer games (as the name suggests): https://www.humblebundle.com/games/hooked-on-multiplayer-2019-bundle
• The new sale on the Humble Store is the QuakeCon sale, with up to 80% discounts ofr the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/quakecon-sale/

Lastly, there's Fanatical with another 4 deals:

• The Star Deal is Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition, 77% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/fallout-4-game-of-the-year-edition
• That's part of, I bet you've guessed it right, a bigger Bethesda sale with up to 81% discounts: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/bethesda-softworks
• 2K Games also has its games on sale, up to 90% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/2k-games
• And lastly, there's the new Empire Bundle, with 6 games at a 95% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/empire-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 431.60 WHQL driver optimized for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Metro Exodus First DLC & Madden NFL 20
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-431-60-whql-driver-optimized-for-wolfenstein-youngblood-metro-exodus-first-dlc-madden-nfl-20/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the green team, the NVIDIA GeForce 431.60 WHQL driver is optimized for Wolfenstein: Youngblood and adds support for the RTX2080 Super GPU, as well as for some new G-SYNC compatible monitors.
As NVIDIA noted, the newly-validated monitor models are the HP 24x, AOC AG272FCX6, and AOC AG272FG3R.
Furthermore, the NVIDIA GeForce 431.60 WHQL driver driver provides the optimal gaming experience for Cyberpilot, Madden NFL 20, and the first DLC for Metro Exodus.
It’s also worth noting that this new driver resolves various display flickers when using two GeForce GTX1080Ti in SLI on notebooks, resolves some terrain and icon flickers in World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth, and fixes the missing HDR option from the Windows Control Panel.
>> Available from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

WRC 7 receives a new mod, overhauling its physics, AI times, damage & collision systems, and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wrc-7-receives-a-new-mod-overhauling-its-physics-ai-times-damage-collision-systems-and-more/
Pepisoft has released a must-have mod for WRC 7. This mod, called WRC 7 EVOlution MOD, overhauls almost all aspects of Kylotonn’s rally racing game. WRC 7 EVOlution brings new physics, new damage and collision system, new system of particles and dirt, new sounds, new FFB settings, new cameras, new AI times and new graphics.
Going into more details, the modder has readjusted the parameters of the physics in order to get more realistic sensations. Weight, traction, suspensions, inertia, brakes, grip, power, differentials, speed and center of gravity have been adjusted.
Players can also play with the car setups that come by default in the game and adjust to their liking the hardness of the suspension, the power of the handbrake and the distribution of braking.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Former Wolfenstein and Doom developers create new studio, working on unannounced IP
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/former-wolfenstein-and-doom-developers-create-new-studio-working-on-unannounced-ip/
Former Machine Games developers Michael Paixao and Joel Jonsson today announced the formation of Bad Yolk, a brand new, forward-thinking video game studio. According to the press release, this studio aims to attract the best talent by offering a healthy and happy work-life balance, and thus, make the greatest, most creative and technically superior games possible.

Despite being an Epic Games Store exclusive, Tetris Effect VR requires Steam in order to run
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/despite-being-an-epic-games-store-exclusive-tetris-effect-requires-steam-in-order-to-run/
Now here is something hilarious. Earlier today, Enhance released Tetris Effect exclusively on the Epic Games Store. However, and due to SteamVR that the game uses, Tetris Effect VR requires Steam in order to launch.
>> F*cking ridiculous XD.

Madden NFL 20 gets an official gameplay launch trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/madden-nfl-20-gets-an-official-gameplay-launch-trailer/
While Madden NFL 20 releases next month, EA Sports released today its official gameplay launch trailer. This trailer will give you an idea of how the game looks and plays (spoiler: it looks like an enhanced version of Madden NFL 19).

Super Robot Wars V and Super Robot Wars X are officially coming to Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-robot-wars-v-and-super-robot-wars-x-are-officially-coming-to-steam/
The official Twitter account for Super Robot Wars has revealed that both Super Robot Wars V and Super Robot Wars X will be coming to the PC via Steam. Super Robot Wars is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by B.B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Patch 4.1 kicks off Season 4, full patch release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-patch-4-1-kicks-off-season-4-full-patch-release-notes-revealed/
PUBG Corporation has released a brand new update for its battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. According to the release notes, this patch brings some visual enhancements to Erangel with the goal of bringing this classic map in line with the game’s more recent offerings, all without losing the magic that made it a fan favorite in the first place.