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JEMC on 25 November 2019
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Monday news:

SALES & DEALS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare had best selling digital launch of 2019, APEX Legends had its best month since launch quarter
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-had-best-selling-digital-launch-of-2019-apex-legends-had-its-best-month-since-launch-quarter/
SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, stating that COD:MW had the best selling digital launch of 2019. Furthermore, APEX Legends had its best month in October since the title’s launch quarter.
Going into more details, Modern Warfare sold an estimated 4.75 million digital units across console and PC in October, down 11% from Black Ops 4 last year, although there were fewer days this year due to a later launch in the month. The average selling price of digital units also declined from last year due to the lack of a season pass bundle.
On the other hand, Apex Legends generated $45 million from in-game spending in October, up from $16 million in September. Respawn’s shooter has clearly grown into an important growth driver for EA since its launch in February. Still, Superdata notes that total lifetime revenue comes in slightly below 50% of FIFA Ultimate Team over that same period.
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Moreover, consumers spent $8.84 billion digitally across all games in October. Combined spending across console, PC and mobile was down 3% year-over-year.

The Epic Games Store's Black Friday sale is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-epic-games-stores-black-friday-sale-is-live/
This Friday is not Black Friday, which is next Friday, but apparently this Friday is close enough for the gang at the Epic Games Store, which kicked off its Black Friday Sale today with discounts of up to 75 percent, and decent deals on some big names including Red Dead Redemption, The Outer Worlds, Borderlands 3, and a pile of others.

>> This article came up last Friday, but after I made the news. The sale will last until December 2.

GOG starts the week with two weekly sales:

Steam has two daily deals:

The Humble Store and Fanatical are doing their Fall and Black Friday sales, respectively.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Heart’s Choice interactive romance novels coming to Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearts-choice-interactive-romance-novels-coming-to-steam/
A new line of interactive fiction is set to release soon on Steam: a whole bunch of romance novels from publisher Heart’s Choice, a new imprint of prolific interactive fiction publisher Choice of Games. The announcement of the Heart’s Choice imprint came a few years ago, but writing novel-length games takes time to write. You might remember Choice of Games from the first text-only game on Steam, or from seeing any of their releases over the years

MODS/EMULATORS

Modders offer the ultimate NieR Automata experience in Monster Hunter World by replacing voices, model and music
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/modders-offer-the-ultimate-nier-automata-experience-in-monster-hunter-world-by-replacing-voices-model-and-music/
Back in October 2018, we informed you about a mod for Monster Hunter World that allowed you to play as 2B from NieR Automata. And today, we are happy to present you the ultimate NieR Automata experience that you can get in Capcom’s monster hunting title.
Modder ‘BeesKneesMan’ has released a new mod that replaces the game’s music with the one from NieR Automata. This is a complete overhaul of ALL the music in MHW with music and menu sounds from the Nier series.
Furthermore, modder ‘ItsBurpee’ has released another mod that replaces the female voice 19 with 2B’s voice from Soul Calibur VI. In other words, the mod changes voices that are related to attacking, getting damaged, gestures and other various actions. Thus, players can hear 2B while fighting their enemies.
Naturally, gamers can also download the main NieR Automata mod for Monster Hunter World that brings its 3D model to it. This latest version of the mod includes male and female replacements. Thus, you can now replace Brigade, Drachen, Gala Suit, Harvest, Bushi Sabi, Butterfly, Blossom, Samurai layered armor and the Handler.

This Half-Life mod re-imagines and revamps its scrapped 1997 version, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-half-life-mod-re-imagines-and-revamps-its-scrapped-1997-version-available-for-download/
Half-Life fans, here is something for you today. Jackathan has released the first version of In Deep; a mod that re-imagines and revamps the scrapped 1997 version of Half-Life.
This first release features the entire “Office Warrens” chapter from the Half-Life 0.52 Alpha. Jackathan has remade this chapter from scratch, which also comes with improved puzzles and gameplay.
As Jackathan noted, this isn’t a 1-1 remake of the cancelled “Office Warrens” chapter. Still, it does not stray too far from the original’s designs and layouts.
>> Available from ModDB:

Here are Half-Life: Black Mesa and The Outer Worlds with Ray Tracing Reshade Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-half-life-black-mesa-and-the-outer-worlds-with-ray-tracing-reshade-mod/
YouTube’s ‘SliM420 GaMing’ has shared two videos, showing Half-Life: Black Mesa and The Outer Worlds with the Pascal Gilcher’s Ray Tracing Reshade Mod. As we’ve already reported, this Reshade Mod can improve a game’s Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusion effects.

This mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim overhauls its combat mechanics, making it more action oriented
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-overhauls-its-combat-mechanics-making-it-more-action-oriented/
Modder ‘tktk’ has released a brand new version of his Utimate Combat mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This mod is combat overhaul mod focusing on enhanced game enjoyment and ease of play. Its ultimate goal is to bring Skyrim closer to a neat action game than to increase difficulty and reality.
According to the modder, enemies can now use various attacks. As such, you can expect them to use dash attacks, a wide range of rotation attacks, or continuous attacks. They can also dodge, use spells, co-operate, get angry, and more.
Ultimate Combat Mod adds 19 new attacks to all Human enemies, as well as 6 new attacks to Draugr and skeleton. It also adds 3 new attacks to Falmer, 5 new attacks to Dragon Priest and Dwarf Centurion, and 4 new attacks to Giants.
Furthermore, the mod extends and improves the vanilla AI. NPCs will now have diverse behaviors (thanks to improved havok and scripted AI techniques). For instance, NPCs will now try to protect an wounded ally.
>> Here are the links for the Vanilla and Special Edition versions of this mod.

The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition V4.75 released, updates friendly HUD, fixes various issues and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-enhanced-edition-v4-75-released-updates-friendly-hud-fixes-various-issues-and-more/
The Dedicated W3EE Mod Team has released a brand new version of The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition. In case you weren’t aware of, this is a complete and comprehensive rework of The Witcher 3, offering a much higher quality experience than the original game ever could.
Version 4.75 updates the friendly HUD, makes toxicity fever blur deactivate in cutscenes and makes free Aard casts not drain NPC stamina.
This latest version also comes with a number of fixes. For instance, it fixes 3D marker toggle keybind not being in the input settings file. It also fixes alt yrden not working on flying creatures and the incorrect white raffard potion toxicity levels. Furthermore, it fixes the meteorite silver armor abilities.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods:

Tech-Com: 2029 is a new Terminator fan game in which you assume the role of Kyle Reese
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tech-com-2029-is-a-new-terminator-fan-game-in-which-you-assume-the-role-of-kyle-reese/
Terminator: Resistance was a love letter to all Terminator fans out there. However, it appears that another Terminator is currently under development. This Terminator game, called Tech-Com: 2029, is a fan project, will come out for free, and lets you assume the role of Kyle Reese.

Jedi: Fallen Order modders are aggressively tweaking the game’s look
https://www.pcgamer.com/jedi-fallen-order-modders-are-aggressively-tweaking-the-games-look/
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order might only have been out for a little over a week, but modders are already going to town on the game’s visuals. Visual, rendering, and display mods are usually the first to appear for games without extensive mod support, but the number of mods popping up addressing similar issues speak to a particularly pressing desire. There are plenty of modders focusing on reshades, FX, lighting, outfit visuals, and especially Cal’s appearance for the game. Nobody seems quite happy with how Cal looks. There’s one that tweaks his adult textures, one that makes him Ben Skywalker from the expanded universe, and one that makes him, uh, “less of a ginger.”
You can find most of what’s out there on Nexusmods. There’s also some work being done in Cheat Engine as well—like this neat double-colored double-ended lightsaber

Red Dead Redemption 2 modders are making their own Undead Nightmare 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-redemption-2-modders-are-making-their-own-undead-nightmare-2/
The dead have risen out of their graves to hound Arthur Morgan in a Red Dead Redemption 2 mod inspired by Undead Nightmare. Rockstar has shied away from singleplayer DLC and expansions with its last couple of games, so this might be the closest we get to the real thing.
The video, uploaded by jedijosh920, shows off 12 minutes of zombie murder, though technically the zombies are shrieking members of Red Dead Redemption 2's horrible Night Folk. Conveniently, they look a fair bit like zombies already, though they're smart enough to carry knives.
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The mod isn't finished or available yet, but you can join the Red Dead Redemption 2 modding Discord to keep an eye on it, or you can try to find collaborators for your own project.

GAMING NEWS

First-person dark-fantasy survival-horror game, Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris, gets a launch trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-person-dark-fantasy-survival-horror-game-kings-of-lorn-the-fall-of-ebris-gets-a-launch-trailer/
Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris is a first-person dark-fantasy survival-horror game developed and published by TeamKill Media. This is their first game, if I’m not mistaken and I’m getting Dark Messiah, Painkiller, Hexen and Blade of Darkness vibes. I will definitely give this game a go. I will let you know down in the comments if it’s actually worth forty bucks. I hope it does.

Here are the first 16 minutes for Darksiders: Genesis + PC Preliminary System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-the-first-16-minutes-for-darksiders-genesis-pc-preliminary-system-requirements/
IGN has shared a new video, showing the first 16 minutes from the new Darksiders game, Darksiders: Genesis. This video will give you a small idea of what you can expect from this top-down action/adventure game. Moreover, THQ Nordic has revealed the game’s preliminary system requirements.

VR game heavily inspired by Metal Gear Solid, Espire 1: VR Operative, has been released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/vr-game-heavily-inspired-by-metal-gear-solid-espire-1-vr-operative-has-been-released/
Tripwire Interactive and Digital Lode have announced that Espire 1: VR Operative is now available for all major VR platforms. The game supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift-S, HTC Vive, Valve Index and Windows Mixed Reality. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

3D Realms’ Quake Engine-powered WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is now available on Steam Early Access
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/3d-realms-quake-engine-powered-wrath-aeon-of-ruin-is-now-available-on-steam-early-access/
3D Realms and 1C Entertainment have announced that their dark fantasy horror FPS which is using the original Quake engine, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, is now available on Steam Early Access. In order to celebrate this announcement, 1C Entertainment released a new trailer that you can find below.

Demo released for Hellbound; new FPS inspired by classics like DOOM, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and Blood
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-released-for-hellbound-new-fps-inspired-by-classics-like-doom-quake-duke-nukem-3d-and-blood/
Saibot Studios and Nimble Giant have launched a brand new demo for Hellbound so you can get your frantic, blood-soaked first person shooter fix.
Created in homage to the 90s FPS classics such as Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and Blood (amongst others), Hellbound focuses on action, speed and gore as you fight against hordes of enemies who have taken over a distant planet.
>> It's on Steam:

Halo Reach PC will have unlocked framerates at launch, will have improved mouse input
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/halo-reach-pc-will-have-unlocked-framerates-will-have-improved-mouse-input/
A lot of PC gamers were concerned about the PC version of Halo: Reach. After all, 343 Industries was planning to lock its framerate at 60fps. According to the team, the unlocked framerate introduced some issues during the latest flighting, which is why it was planning to lock it. However, the team was able to sort these issues out, and the game will ship with support for variable framerates.

Here are the minimum PC requirements for running Half-Life: Alyx
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-minimum-pc-requirements-for-running-half-life-alyx/
Valve has revealed the official minimum PC requirements for its next Half-Life game, Half-Life: Alyx. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5-7500 or an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 with 12GB of RAM.
Valve also lists the NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 and the AMD Radeon RX580 as the game’s minimum GPU requirements. Unfortunately, there is no word on whether the game will support a low-level API like DirectX 12 or Vulkan.

Heretic-inspired retro FPS, AMID EVIL, will get Ray Tracing support, first RTX screenshot revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/heretic-inspired-retro-fps-amid-evil-will-get-ray-tracing-support-first-rtx-screenshot-revealed/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. New Blood Interactive has announced that it will add real-time ray tracing effects to its Heretic-inspired retro FPS, AMID EVIL. Moreover, the team released the game’s first RTX screenshot that you can find below.

Star Citizen Free Fly begins today, gets new gameplay videos and details from CitizenCon 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-free-fly-begins-today-gets-new-gameplay-videos-and-details-from-citizencon-2019/
Cloud Imperium held CitizenCon 2019 yesterday and revealed some new interesting details about Star Citizen. In addition, the team showcased some new gameplay videos from the game, and announced that a Free Fly period will begin later today. This Free Fly will last until December 5th, and players will have a chance to fly every single ship in Star Citizen, with more than 100 options to choose from.

Rebellion has acquired the Bitmap Brothers, new games coming based on its licenses
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rebellion-has-acquired-the-bitmap-brothers-new-games-coming-based-on-its-licenses/
Rebellion announced today its acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio. The Bitmap Brothers were responsible for what many regard as some of the stand-out games of the late 80s and early 90s, including titles such as Xenon, Z: Steel Soldiers, Speedball and Chaos Engine.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is coming to the PC on March 27th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/one-piece-pirate-warriors-4-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-march-27th/
Bandai Namco has announced that One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be coming to the PC on March 27th, 2020. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.



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