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Time for the Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

GOG has a few new deals:

• To celebrate the launch of the game Close Combat: The Bloody First and, if you purchase it, you'll get a free copy of Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far . The rest of the games in the franchise are 75% off.
• This weekend it will be the 11th anniversary of GOG, and they're celebrating it with the release of new games and a new Staff picks sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191003_11th_anniversary_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• The daily deal is Cultist Simulator, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/718670/Cultist_Simulator/
• The other, wrongly labeled, deal is the One Gamer Fund sale. On Steam that means a sale with discounts that go from 20 to 80% for the next 3 days: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/onegamerfund/

On the Humble Store, there's a Magika Sale with up to 75% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/magicka-sale/

And at Fanatical, Team17 has its games on sale for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Get Origin Access Basic free for a month by enabling two-factor authentication
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-origin-access-basic-free-for-a-month-by-enabling-two-factor-authentication/
Two-factor authentication, also known as 2FA, adds a secondary layer of security to your important online accounts by demanding a separate, unique code whenever relevant activities, like a password change, take place. Codes are typically sent via text message or email, although some games use standalone "authenticators," but regardless of the specific method, it ensures that even if someone gains access to your password, they won't be able to do much with it.
It's a hassle sometimes (I get tired of having to use my Steam authenticator whenever I need to log back into my account), but 2FA works, and numerous publishers and developers have been encouraging (or even requiring) that their users enable it. Electronic Arts is now nudging Origin users in that direction with an offer of a free month of Origin Access Basic, the subscription-based service that offers unlimited access to games for $5 per month, to everyone who turns it on before the end of October.

MODS/EMULATORS

This mod allows you to play the entire main quest of Daggerfall in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-allows-you-to-play-the-entire-main-quest-of-daggerfall-in-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/
Modder ‘oracus0’ has released a pretty cool mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. As its title suggests, Skygerfall allows you to play the entire main quest of Daggerfall in Skyrim.
What’s really cool here is that at the end of it you can choose to continue your adventures in Skyrim. As such, you can take all your loot, experience and new spells with you as you start playing Skyrim.
>> The mod is available at Nexus Mods- Here's the version for the regular edition and here's the one for the Special Edition.

GAMING NEWS

Gears 5 October 1st update released, adds Async Compute to NVIDIA GPUs, adds new Skill Cards
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-5-october-1st-update-released-adds-async-compute-to-nvidia-gpus-adds-new-skill-cards/
The Coalition has released a brand new update for Gears 5. According to the release notes, the October 1st update adds some new Skill Cards. These Skill Cards provide strong new bonuses when playing in the Venom for Keegan and Lahni, plus an additional Venom-based option for Mac. Moreover, this patch enables Async Compute to NVIDIA GPUs.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is packed with microtransactions
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-is-packed-with-microtransactions/
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be released at the end of this week. Many players already had the opportunity to try the game’s demo..I am terribly sorry, I meant beta. So far the game looks..well it looks like an Ubisoft game. You know, the usual Ubisoft open-world busy work without any soul. “It just works”, as my beloved Todd would probably say. Well it looks like it does not, since I also had the opportunity to play the demo.

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory has been delayed until November 14th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-has-been-delayed-until-november-14th/
Bigben Interactive has announced that Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory has been delayed until November 14th. Paranoia is a CRPG that takes place in humanity’s last idyllic refuge, Alpha Complex, which is controlled by Friend Computer.

Kickstarter campaign launched for EVERSPACE 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kickstarter-campaign-launched-for-everspace-2/
Rockfish has launched the Kickstarter campaign for EVERSPACE 2. The Kickstarter campaign for this new open-world space shooter started today with a base funding goal of 450,000 EUR (493,000 USD). Moreover, the campaign will end on November 4th.

How ESRB actually rates video games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/how-esrb-actually-rates-video-games/
Have you even wondered how ESRB rates video games? First of all, they do not play the games. Why bother right? They just watch a two minute video of the game. It could easily be just one person in a room. The video is being send by the game studio and the video should represent the worst in the game. The studios are only volunteer to do so. Honestly this rating system sounds horrible.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Day-1 Update detailed, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-day-1-update-detailed-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Ubisoft has revealed the release notes for the Day-1 update for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. According to the changelog, this patch improves gun sounds and brings improvements to some menus for better understanding.

First major update released for Greedfall; rectifies camera bobbing, brings quest fixes and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-major-update-released-for-greedfall-rectifies-camera-bobbing-brings-quest-fixes-and-more/
Spiders has released the first major update for Greedfall. According to the release notes, this first patch rectifies camera bobbing, giving players more control over the camera. Moreover, it improves some aggro areas and brings a number of quest fixes.