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SALES & DEALS

DSOGaming Giveaway – Win a free PC copy of Need for Speed: Heat (European Contest)
https://www.dsogaming.com/editorial/dsogaming-giveaway-win-a-free-pc-copy-of-need-for-speed-heat-european-contest/
EA has just provided us with a key for Need for Speed: Heat. Since we’ve already purchased the game twice (for both our upcoming review and our PC Performance Analysis), we’ve decided to give it away. So yeah, following our Red Dead Redemption 2 giveaway, here is another one.
As with our previous contest, you can participate in this giveaway by simply leaving a ‘Thank You’ comment below. We will delete both duplicate and off-topic comments. We will delete the comments from the accounts that were created for the previous giveaway (Disqus provides information on when you signed up). We will also delete any new accounts created for taking part in this giveaway (so don’t make new accounts, play fair and square).
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As a side note, we can only guarantee that this key works for European Origin accounts. There is a small chance that this key may not work in other regions, which is why we’ve marked this as a European contest. Our non-European readers are free to join the contest, however, you should know that the key may not work in your region.

GOG has two new sales:

• The first one is the Midweek Sale: "Long time, no see", with up to 90% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191113_midweek_sale,
• And publisher Raw Fury has put its games on sale, up to 80% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191113_raw_fury_sale

At Steam, there are two new sales as well as the Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/688130/Pogostuck_Rage_With_Your_Friends/
• Vaporum is 50% off for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/629690/Vaporum/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Slime Rancher is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/
  • The Sonic franchise is on sale, from 50 to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sonic/
  • And the Tales of franchise is on sale, between 50 to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sale_talesfranchise/

On the Humble Store, Tannenberg is 50% off for the next 2 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/tannenberg

And at Fanatical there are three new sales:

• The new Star Deal is Learn Japanese to Survive Complete Pack, 92% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/learn-japanese-to-survive-complete-pack
• The game Distant Worlds: Universe is 80% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/distant-worlds-universe
• And there's a new bundle, the Escape Room Bundle, with 6 games at a 94$ discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/escape-room-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 441.20 WHQL Driver released, optimized for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-441-20-whql-driver-released-optimized-for-star-wars-jedi-fallen-order/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 441.20 WHQL driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
In addition, this driver provides optimal support for the new VR title Stormland. Furthermore, adds G-Sync support to the Acer XB273U, Acer XV273U, and ASUS VG259Q monitors. As such, the list of G-SYNC Compatible displays increases to nearly 60 options.
This driver also packs some fixes for Red Dead Redemption 2, The Surge 2 and Quake 3 Arena.
>> Available from here.

Crytek releases free Ray Tracing benchmark “Neon Noir”, works on both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crytek-releases-free-ray-tracing-benchmark-neon-noir-works-on-both-amd-and-nvidia-gpus/
Crytek has just released a free ray tracing benchmark based on the ray tracing demo of the same name, which was made available as a video at GDC 2019. As you may have guessed, this tech demo is using CRYENGINE and works on both AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards.
PC gamers can download the benchmark from the CRYENGINE Marketplace. This demo will give a score to the user based on how their system performs rendering scenes produced by CRYENGINE’s new ray tracing feature in real-time. Needless to say that we highly recommend downloading this demo.

MODS/EMULATORS

OpenIV now supports Red Dead Redemption 2 PC, aims to bring modding support to Rockstar’s game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/openiv-now-supports-red-dead-redemption-2-pc-aims-to-bring-modding-support-to-rockstars-game/
The team behind OpenIV has announced that its tool currently supports the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2. Right now, OpenIV is able to open the new RPF8 archives from the RDR2. What this means is that by using this tool, PC gamers will be able to mod this latest open-world title.
As the team noted, it is now possible to harvest file names from the game itself. Just like GTA V, RDR 2 has many META, XML and PSO files that contain names of the files and archives. Furthermore, this first version most likely has a very limited database of the file names.
The OpenIV team is currently working on support for the most of the basic files. Moreover, there is no ETA on the when the next version of the OpenIV will come out.

GAMING NEWS

Red Dead Redemption 2 November 12th PC update detailed; no stability improvements, crashes still occur
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/red-dead-redemption-2-november-12th-pc-update-detailed-no-stability-improvements-crashes-still-occur/
Rockstar has released a brand new update for Red Dead Redemption 2. This patch adds new content to Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online. Unfortunately, though, it does not bring any stability improvements to the game. Therefore, expect to be still experiencing a lot of crashes to desktop.

The Sims 4 gets a huge November 12th update, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-sims-4-gets-a-huge-november-12th-update-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a huge new update for The Sims 4. The November 12th update brings a few new Holiday items available for you in Create A Sim. Moreover, it brings a new Multi Story Column feature to help you build tall columns for a grand entrance or interior.

PUBG Update 5.2 available for download, introduces Spike Trap & Way Point System, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pubg-update-5-2-available-for-download-introduces-spike-trap-way-point-system-full-patch-notes/
PUBG Corporation has released a brand new update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. According to the release notes, PUBG Update 5.2 introduces a new spike trap, a navigational Way Point system, some balancing updates on Vikendi, and new ways to test out content with PUBG Labs.

Bethesda opens up a new development studio, working on unannounced games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bethesda-opens-up-a-new-development-studio-for-an-unannounced-games/
Bethesda Softworks has opened a new development studio, Roundhouse Studios, in Madison, Wis. Roundhouse Studios is staffed by the team from the recently closed Human Head Studios. Therefore, the studio will immediately begin work on unannounced projects at Bethesda.