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SALES & DEALS

League of Legends draws 8 million concurrent players, making it the most popular game on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/8-million-people-play-league-of-legends-every-day-making-it-the-most-popular-game-on-pc/
League of Legends is turning 10 this fall, and to celebrate Riot Games has a special event planned on October 15 that will include a livestreamed look at the past, present, and future of LoL—including teases of 2020's preseason changes and Teamfight Tactics next big update.
Oh, and developer Riot Games also announced in a press release that League of Legends sees about 8 million peak concurrent players logging in everyday—which probably makes League the most popular game in the world (not like that should surprise anyone). But it is bigger than the top ten games on Steam put together.

GOG's Midweek Sale is all about Co-op and multiplayer games, with up to 85% discounts until Saturday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190918_midweek_sale

Steam has two new daily deals, one fake as usual during the week, as well as three Midweek Madness deals:

• The legit daily deal is Gato Roboto, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/916730/Gato_Roboto/
• The fake one is Out of Reach, 75% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/327090/Out_of_Reach/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Dead by Daylight is free to try for the next 5 days and 50% off until September 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/381210/Dead_by_Daylight/
  • Monster Hunter: World is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582010/MONSTER_HUNTER_WORLD/
  • And Europa Universalis IV is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/Europa_Universalis_IV/

On the Humble Store there are two new deals:

• Void Bastards is 20% off for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/void-bastards
• And there's a new Humble Bundle: the Humble Builder Bundle, with games like Concrete Jungle (1st tier), Bridge Constructor Portal (2nd tier) and Staxel (the 3rd tier) for the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/builder-bundle

And at Fanatical, there are three new sales and four new bundles added to Bundlefest:

• The new Star Deal is My Time At Portia, 40% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/my-time-at-portia
• That is part of a Team17 Digital sale with up to 90% discounts: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd
• And there's a new Staff Picks 2019 build your own bundle, with 24 games to choose how to make your bundle of 1, 3 & 5 games, available for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-2019
• And here are the new bundles of the Bundlefest:
  • The Worms Bundle features 9 games and 2 DLCs split in 3 tiers of 5, 9 and 11 products. It will last 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/worms-bundle
  • The Dollar Murder Bundle has 5 games at a 95% discounts for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dollar-murder-bundle
  • The Playway Mega Bundle brings 21 games and 3 DLCs at a 96% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/playway-mega-bundle
  • And the last one is the Dotemu Classics Bundle, with 9 games at a 97% discount also for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dotemu-classics-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Rockstar releases its own launcher, gives away for free Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rockstar-launches-its-own-launcher-gives-away-for-free-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/
Rockstar has launched its very own launcher via which PC gamers can enjoy the company’s games. In order to celebrate this launch, the team is currently offering Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for free to everyone that downloads the launcher.
Do note that this is a limited offer. Rockstar has not stated when this offer will end, so we suggest acquiring this GTA game while you still can. Well, that is obviously if a) you are fine with yet another launcher and b) you don’t already own San Andreas.
According to its description, Rockstar’s launcher supports all of Rockstar’s PC games. Moreover, it supports cloud saves and supports automatic updates.
>> Yes, yet another launcher. You can discuss about it at konnichiwa's thread on the matter. Personally, I'll pass from this one but, if you're ready to give it a go, you can download it from here.

Windows 10 now has another high CPU usage bug/issue due to Input Method Editor (IME)
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-now-has-another-high-cpu-usage-bug-issue-due-to-input-method-editor-ime/
Earlier this month, we reported about the KB4512941 update causing high CPU usage issues in Windows 10. And today, Microsoft has confirmed another bug/issue that may cause high CPU usage on particular systems.
According to the company, some Input Method Editor (IME) may become unresponsive or may have high CPU usage. This issue mainly affects systems with Chinese Simplified (ChsIME.EXE) and Chinese Traditional (ChtIME.EXE) with Changjie/Quick keyboard.
>> They can't fix something without breaking something else in the process.

The big Steam library update is now available to everyone
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-big-steam-library-update-is-now-available-to-everyone/
The Steam library update we learned about a couple of weeks ago is now in open beta, meaning that anyone can opt in to try the new look.
The updated library brings new filtering and organizational options and displays recent updates to games in your library. It also looks much better. Functionality should always come first, of course, but the old library layout looked, well, old, and the new styling is welcome.

MODS/EMULATORS

Here are Fifa Street 4 and Supremacy MMA running on the PC in 4K and 60fps via RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-fifa-street-4-and-supremacy-mma-running-on-the-pc-in-4k-and-60fps-via-rpcs3/
While Fifa Street 4 and Supremacy MMA never came out on the PC, PC gamers can finally enjoy these two titles in 4K and with 60fps. This is possible thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3, as its latest version runs these games smoothly.
YouTube’s ‘DrGameboy’ shared the following videos, showing both of these games running in 4K and 60fps on RPCS3. In order to run them DrGameboy used an i7 8700K (at 5Ghz) with 16GB of DDR4 4000Mhz RAM and an NVIDIA RTX2080Ti.

This mod allows you to play the Half-Life campaign in co-op mode, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-allows-you-to-play-the-half-life-campaign-in-co-op-mode-available-for-download/
Modder ‘Hiems’ has released a pretty cool mod for the first Half-Life game. As its title suggests, Half-Life: Coop allows you to play the campaign of Valve’s classic shooter in co-op mode.
Contrary to other co-op mods like Svencoop or DC coop, Half-Life: Coop does not change important aspects about the game. In other words, the objective of this mod is to be compatible with the servers of Half-Life 1 and keep it as vanilla as possible. As such, this is a must-have mod for all purists Half-Life fans out there.
>> You can download it from ModDB, but be aware that the mod is still unfinished and you can't fight the final boss.

Here are some gorgeous new screenshots from the Goldeneye 64 fan remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-gorgeous-new-screenshots-from-the-goldeneye-64-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
The team behind the Goldeneye 64 fan remake in Unreal Engine 4, Goldeneye 25, has released some new screenshots from it. These screenshots showcase some of the weapons, the environments, and the new guard 3D models that the game will feature.

You can pat the dogs in Fallout 4 now, thanks to this mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-pat-the-dogs-in-fallout-4-now-thanks-to-this-mod/
Everyone wants to pat dogs in videogames nowadays. You can show your affection to dogs in Enter the Gungeon, and there's a mod for making friends with dogs in Wolfenstein 3D. The world has gone dog crazy. You know patting dogs is "a big thing" because even flagrant meme bandwagon jumper Fortnite lets you do it.
Meanwhile, cats seem to have gone a bit out of fashion. Remember when everyone cared more about cats? The world seemed less complex, back then. But since we are firmly in the era of loving dogs more than cats (and who can complain about animals getting love), it's no surprise that you can now pat the dogs – any friendly dogs, not just Dogmeat – in Fallout 4. 'Pet Any Dog' is a mod created by Sagittarius22, and it pretty much does what you'd expect.

GAMING NEWS

World of Tanks will be using Ray Tracing via Intel’s oneAPI, will support DirectX 11 GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-of-tanks-will-be-using-ray-tracing-via-intels-oneapi-will-support-directx-11-gpus/
Wargaming has announced that World of Tanks will support Ray Tracing via Intel’s oneAPI. Wargaming will be using ray tracing for for shadows and lighting in direct sunlight, and will support both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 graphics cards.

Kine dev: “Valve wants developers that are releasing on other storefronts to have a Steam page”
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kine-dev-valve-wants-developers-that-are-releasing-on-other-storefronts-to-have-a-steam-page/
Kine is a new 3D puzzle game about music, machines, and dreams that will be coming exclusively on Epic Games Store. However, and similarly to all timed-exclusive EGS games, it already has a store page on Steam. The fact that there is already a Steam store page puzzled some gamers, and its developer has revealed why all EGS games have a Steam store page.
>> Well, at least that helps the ones with problems with said games, like Borderlands 3.

Gearbox is currently working on a performance & QoL patch for Borderlands 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gearbox-is-currently-working-on-a-performance-qol-patch-for-borderlands-3/
As we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis, Borderlands 3 currently suffers from some optimization issues. And today, Gearbox announced that it is currently working on a performance patch for it. According to the team, this patch will also feature some Quality of Life improvements.

Cyberpunk 2077’s level designer talks about levels, multiplayer, DLC and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077s-level-designer-talks-about-levels-multiplayer-dlc-and-more/
CD Project Red’s level designer, Max Pears, has recently given an interview, where he talked about the forthcoming RPG. Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most anticipated video games coming in 2020.
>> Read the full interview at VGC (no, it's not us).

Planet Zoo beta begins on September 24th, gets new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/planet-zoo-beta-begins-on-september-24th-gets-new-gameplay-trailer/
Frontier has announced that the beta phase for Planet Zoo will begin on September 24th. This beta will last until October 8th and in order to celebrate it, the team released a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.

New GRID 2019 in-engine trailer highlights player choice, showcases enemy AI and weather effects
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-grid-2019-in-engine-trailer-highlights-player-choice-showcases-enemy-ai-and-weather-effects/
Codemasters has released a new in-engine trailer for its upcoming racing game, GRID. This trailer highlights player choice, showcasing multiple car classes on some of the most challenging track and street circuits in various settings including night time and heavy rain race conditions.

No Man’s Sky Update 2.12 available on all platforms, brings PC optimisations, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-mans-sky-update-2-12-available-on-all-platforms-brings-pc-optimisations-full-patch-notes/
Hello Games has released a brand new update for No Man’s Sky. This patch adds new events to the Nexus, as well as new customisation items to the Quicksilver shop. Moreover, it fixes a number of mission flow issues and increases the reward from standard Nexus missions.