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SALES & DEALS

Code Vein’s concurrent players surpassed Dark Souls
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/code-veins-concurrent-players-surpassed-dark-souls/
It hasn’t been even a week since Code Vein released and it has already surpassed Dark Souls in terms of all-time peak players. Actually it tripled the players, Dark Souls had 11,248 players, while Code Vein has 33,804 players, at this moment. The remastered version is somewhere in the middle with 24,505 players. Do not forget the remastered was 50% off, for players who already owned the original version.
Impressive yet expected, since Souls like games are pretty popular these days. Of course the other Souls games had a much larger audience, with Dark Souls II having a 79,528 players all-time peek and Dark Souls III at 129,831 players.

Destiny 2 breaks 200,000 peak concurrent users on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-breaks-200000-peak-concurrent-users-on-steam-and-is-still-climbing/
Destiny 2 deployed on Steam today and while there were a few Beavers and Weasels spotted roaming around, for the most part it seems to have gone reasonably smoothly. I was able to get in quickly and painlessly (after an hour of "unpacking"), and the usual PC Gamer Destiny stalwarts have been unusually quiet for the last couple of hours. That said, at time of writing, there has been a wave of players getting booted...
Destiny 2 went back online at 10 am PT/1 pm ET today, and the full maintenance period wrapped up a couple hours later. Bungie warned that access might be a little spotty during those hours, but enough players were able to get in to push it to fourth place on the Steam Top 100 list: When noon PT rolled around, a peak of 211,161 concurrent players had been achieved, more than double the daily peak concurrent player count of the fifth-place game, Rainbow Six Siege.
Update: That "reasonably smooth" rollout has hit a bit of a snag. After moving a little past 214,000 peak concurrent users on Steam, Bungie was forced to pull the plug for reasons unknown. We'll be monitoring the situation and will post updates when they become available here.

GOG's Midweek Sale, "Games that make you smile", brings up to 78% discounts until Saturday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191002_midweek_sale

Steam has two new "daily" deals, only one legit, as well as three new Midweek Madness deals:

• The legit daily deal is the Early Access title Iratus: Lord of the Dead, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/807120/Iratus_Lord_of_the_Dead/
• Publisher Microids have its games on sale, up to 80% off for the next 6 days: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/microids
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Katana ZERO is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/460950/Katana_ZERO/
  • The Sniper Elite franchise is also on sale, up to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sniper-elite/
  • And the JUST CAUSE franchise has discounts that go from 33 to 90%: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/just-cause/

There are two new sales at Humble:

• On the Humble Store, the new Spotlight Deal is a Behold Studios sale, with up to 75% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/behold-studios-spotlight-deal/
• And there's a new Humble Bundle, the One Special Day 2019 Bundle, that will last 20 days. Note that most of the games are different from the Store sale with the same name (only Bomber Crew is in both): https://www.humblebundle.com/games/one-special-day-2019-bundle

Finally, there's Fanatical with three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is EVERSPACE, 83% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/everspace
• Daedalic Entertainment has its games up to 90% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/daedalic-entertainment
• And there's also the Livewire Bundle, with 12 games in two tiers of 4 and 12 for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/livewire-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

PC gamers can now enjoy Super Mario Odyssey with constant 60fps on the Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-can-now-enjoy-super-mario-odyssey-with-constant-60fps-on-the-nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu/
The team behind the open source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, has released a brand new version of it. This new version of Yuzu comes with some significant performance improvements in a number of games. As such, PC gamers can finally enjoy Super Mario Odyssey with constant 60fps.
These latest performance improvements are the result of a new asynchronous GPU emulation. As such, the latest version of Yuzu Canary can run faster pretty much all games. Not only that, but The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening can also boot now.

The Fallout 76 helmet recalled for mold risk has been modded into Fallout 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-fallout-76-helmet-recalled-for-mold-risk-has-been-modded-into-fallout-4/
The history of Fallout 76 collectibles has had almost as bumpy a road as the game itself, beginning with the whole canvas bag fiasco, continuing with a rather unattractive (and expensive) (and widely mocked) leather jacket, and culminating most recently with a T-51 power armor helmet that had to be recalled due to a mold risk.
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The Moldy T-51 Helmet mod adds a helmet that, when worn, will give your character constant radiation damage. Flavor text states the polyester/cotton blend fabric liner resulted in a recall of the power armor helmets during the war due to the adverse effect on the wearer's health.

GAMING NEWS

Second major update for FIFA 20 released, brings improvements to Volta, Career & FIFA Ultimate Team
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/second-major-update-for-fifa-20-released-brings-improvements-to-volta-career-fifa-ultimate-team/
EA Sports has released the second major update for FIFA 20. According to the release notes, this patch brings a number of gameplay improvements. Moreover, it brings improvements, fixes and tweaks to Volta, Career Mode and FIFA Ultimate Team.

New Cyberpunk 2077 4K screenshot released, showcasing big buildings
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-cyberpunk-2077-4k-screenshot-released-showcasing-big-buildings/
CD Projekt RED has released a brand new 4K screenshot for Cyberpunk 2077. This new screenshot showcases one of the game’s environments in daylight, as well as some big buildings. It also features some flying vehicles (though from what we know you won’t be able to drive them).
>> Yep, it's another single screenshot.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint looks absolutely gorgeous, runs way better than the beta
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-looks-absolutely-gorgeous-runs-way-better-than-the-beta/
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint releases in a few days, and Ubisoft has already provided us with a review code. As such, and prior to our PC Performance Analysis, we’ve decided to test the game in 4K on our NVIDIA RTX2080Ti. We’ve also captured some 4K screenshots on the new Ultimate settings, and have included below the built-in benchmark tool.

Trine 4 gets a new official gameplay overview trailer, showcasing each character’s abilities
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/trine-4-gets-a-new-official-gameplay-overview-trailer-showcasing-each-characters-abilities/
Modus Games has shared an in-depth look at next week’s Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince. This trailer details the expanded hero abilities, otherworldly baddies, and series firsts that players will discover when the adventure begins.

Official PC System Requirements for Terminator Resistance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-system-requirements-for-terminator-resistance/
Reef Entertainment revealed the official PC system requirements for Terminator Resistance. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i3 4160 or an AMD FX 8350 with 8GB of RAM.

First screenshots, details and trailer for The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, releases in January 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-screenshots-details-and-trailer-for-the-walking-dead-saints-sinners-releases-in-january-2020/
Skydance Interactive today unveiled the first official trailer and screenshots for The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. This trailer will give players a first look into the unforgiving wasteland they’ll face in the upcoming virtual reality title. Moreover, you can also find below the game’s debut screenshots.