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JEMC on 23 December 2019
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The Monday news!

SALES & DEALS

SuperData report: Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 408K units on Epic Games Store in its first month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/superdata-report-red-dead-redemption-2-sold-408k-units-on-epic-games-store-in-its-first-month/
SuperData has shared its monthly report, stating that Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC found meek interest on Epic Games Store. Red Dead Redemption 2 came out exclusively on Epic Games Store and Rockstar’s launcher in its first month.
According to the report, Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 408K units as a first-month exclusive on the Epic Games Store. SuperData noted that these figures pale in comparison to other exclusive launches like Borderlands 3. Speaking of Borderlands 3, Gearbox’s title sold 1.78 million units in its debut month.
Furthermore, and according to Steam Charts, the game has sold so far between 200K and 500K copies on Steam. Now there is a possibility that most PC gamers bought RDR2 on Rockstar Launcher instead of EGS or Steam. Still, it will be interesting to see whether its PC sales we’ll increase over time.
In other news, consumers spent $9.5 billion digitally across all games in November. Combined spending across console, PC and mobile was up 5% compared to the same month last year thanks to a 20% year-over-year increase in mobile spending.
>> And it's also entirely possible that, since the first game didn't get a PC release, it doesn't have a big fanbase on PC like other games do.

Rust has made more money than Garry’s Mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/rust-has-made-more-money-than-garrys-mod/
Facepunch studios programmer Garry Newman has posted a yearly review that contains a bit of interesting fact: Survival game Rust has now made more money than his eponymous Garry’s Mod, or Gmod. With Rust having grossed $142 million at 9 million copies sold, it has surpassed GMod at a humble $108 million. GMod has still outsold rust in terms of copies, however, with 16 million total sales. This might come as a surprise to some, because GMod is 15 years old this year, while Rust released in 2013. Doing the math, that means both games have sold over a million copies for each year of release, while Rust has sold 1.5 million for each year.

Save up to 50% on select PC games at the Microsoft Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/save-up-to-50-on-select-pc-games-at-the-microsoft-store/
Microsoft has discounted dozens of PC games at the Microsoft Store, with savings of up to 50 percent on select titles, such as Forza Motorsport 7 Ultimate Edition and Age of Empires: Definitive Edition. Combined with Steam's Winter Sale and discounts at GOG, disposable income doesn't stand a chance this time of year.
That's okay, because it's all about perspective—are you spending $24.99 on Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition, or saving $25? The answer is both, of course, but being able to flesh out your game libraries is one of the benefits of the digital distribution era.
There are 89 games in all that are on sale at the Microsoft Store right now. Most of them are up to 50 percent off, though there are a few that go even further (Goat Simulator is 75 percent off, for example).

Origin's Holiday Sale is now live, with games up to 85% off
https://www.pcgamer.com/origins-holiday-sale-is-now-live-with-games-up-to-85-off/
The holiday season is in full swing, and just about every major game store is taking part in the festivities. Steam's Winter Sale started yesterday, the Microsoft Store discounted a few games today, and now EA's Origin store is joining the party.
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You can check out all the discounts from the Origin Holiday Sale page. According to the store's official Twitter account, the sale ends on January 3rd, so you have plenty of time to decide what to buy.

Dig through a pile of indie deals in the Itch.io Holiday Sale
https://www.pcgamer.com/dig-through-a-pile-of-indie-deals-in-the-itchio-holiday-sale/
Holiday sales are now ticking away at all the usual places: Steam, Epic, Origin, Ubisoft, Microsoft. And also over at indie storefront Itch.io, which is offering an array of "Holiday Picks" for 2019, and also a bunch of games that just happen to be on sale now.
One thing about Itch.io sales is that they generally don't have the bells and whistles, or basic organization, of those on the bigger sites. It's kind of like the MySpace of digital storefronts: It works, it's fine, but that layout is from a whole different era. It makes the sale more difficult to browse than it should be, which is a shame because there's some good stuff here.
>> It will last until January 2nd.

At GOG, Bethesda has joined the Winter Sale with up to 70% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191221_winter_sale_bethesda

On the Humble Store there are three new sales:

Fanatical has three new sales:

And today's free game on the Epic Store is Ape Out: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/ape-out/home

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Get a new Apex Legends skin and ten free games with Twitch Prime this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-a-new-apex-legends-skin-and-ten-free-games-with-twitch-prime-this-month/
Twitch is wrapping up 2019 with a total of ten free games for Prime subscribers in December, plus bonus loot in games including Red Dead Online, GTA Online, Borderlands 3, and Apex Legends.
The Games With Prime lineup for December, available until January 2, includes Hue, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong, Hover, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, and Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove. On December 26, five more games will be added to the list, all from Devolver Digital: Enter the Gungeon, Ape Out, Witcheye, Heavy Ho, and Gato Roboto. There's a little bit of a tighter window on grabbing those, as they'll only be available until December 31.
Also available now, and possibly the highlight of the month (although I do really like me some Ape Out) is an exclusive Cyber Attack skin for Crypto, the latest legend to be added to EA's far-future battle royale Apex Legends. Twitch said the new skin is the first of 12 planned Apex Legends content drops that will only be available to Prime subscribers.

Popular 3DMark 11 benchmark heads to the chopping block alongside Windows 7
https://www.pcgamer.com/popular-3dmark-11-benchmark-heads-to-the-chopping-block-alongside-windows-7/
UL Benchmarks is getting ready to retire a few of its older benchmarking applications, including 3DMark 11, which some people still use to gauge their PC's graphics performance (and especially in the overclocking community, mostly in pursuit of world records). According to the developer, 3DMark 11 and a few others "no longer provide useful, comparable results on modern hardware."
Incidentally, UL Benchmarks has chosen January 14, 2020, as the day of forced retirement for the affected applications. That's the same day Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 7, a fact UL Benchmarks is keenly aware of.

MODS/EMULATORS

This mod will turn The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim into a real-time strategy game, demo released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-will-turn-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-into-a-real-time-strategy-game-in-2020-demo-released/
DisgruntledWombats is working on a pretty interesting mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Skyrim RTS Mod Revamped. As its title suggests, this mod aims to bring RTS elements into Skyrim with a Campaign – as well as separate battle ‘modes’/maps. The modder and his team aim to release this mod in 2020. Furthermore, there is a demo that you can download and test right now.
The demo comes with two maps. Map 1 is where you play as Imperials against Stormcloaks. It will allow you to build your bases buildings (via the activators next to the stone bases), and should have enemy units come towards your base (give it roughly 3-6 hours in game time + Ulfric (RTS Ulfric, not the original) needs to be alive.
On the other hand, Map 2 is where you play as Stormcloaks against Imperials. It has the recruitment office building activator, proper unit spawner images, should allow you to recruit units as followers.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

This mod brings Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra to The Witcher 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-brings-henry-cavill-and-anya-chalotra-to-the-witcher-3/
Netflix’s The Witcher live-action series is now available, starring Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra. As such, we are happy to present you today a mod from Adnan that is based on that series. This mod basically aims to bring these two actors to CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3.
According to the modder, Geralt’s mod includes head & body meshes, as well as body hair textures and face scars from the show. It also has different face textures for all in-game occasions, as well as the toxicity effects from the show. Furthermore, players will find a new hair colour for Hairworks.
On the other hand, Yennefer’s mod includes head meshes, face textures and re-coloured body, as well as eyes from the show.
>> Blasphemy! If you're up to this monstrosity, you, shameless being, can go to Nexus Mods.

You can now play the single-player campaign of Halo: Reach as an ODST soldier
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-play-single-player-campaign-of-halo-reach-as-an-odst-soldier/
Xulah has released a pretty cool new mod for Halo: Reach, called ODST campaign overhaul. As the title suggets, this mod will let you play the single-player campaign as an ODST soldier. This mod currently adds an ODST player model, as well as third-person camera viewpoint.
Furthermore, it brings some gameplay changes and tweaks. For instance, it sets damage reduction at 150%, adds 2X health regeneration rate, removes shields, and does not allow you to get headshot. Moreover, it sets move speed to 75% and jump height to 85%.
>> You can get this still in development mod from Nexus Mods.

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition's official Christmas mod might not be entirely historically accurate
https://www.pcgamer.com/age-of-empires-2-definitive-editions-official-christmas-mod-might-not-be-entirely-historically-accurate/
Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition is celebrating its first holiday season with an official Christmas mod, Winter Celebration 2019, that you can download for free until next year. The mod adds lots of cheery, festive touches that, I'm sorry to say, raise some questions about historical accuracy.
I won't dispute that it snowed at some point during the medieval era, possibly even multiple times, but I'm less certain about the use of icicles as projectile weapons. Did villagers venture outside to root around in naturally occurring piles of gift-wrapped presents so they could feed their family? We may never know for sure, but I have my doubts.

GAMING NEWS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare December 20th Update released, full patch notes unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-december-20th-update-released-full-patch-notes-unveiled/
Infinity Ward has released a minor patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the release notes, the December 20th Update brings a number of improvements to player collision near walls.

Free demo released for the Star Wars: Battlefront 3-inspired game, Galaxy in Turmoil
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/free-demo-released-for-the-star-wars-battlefront-3-inspired-game-galaxy-in-turmoil/
Frontwire Studios has released a free demo for its Star Wars: Battlefront 3-inspired indie game, Galaxy in Turmoil. In addition, the team has launched a Kickstarter campaign, aiming to raise $500K in the next 31 days.
>> You can try the demo from Steam.

Demo released for the CRYENGINE-powered Lovecraftian horror adventure game, The Alien Cube
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-released-for-the-cryengine-powered-lovecraftian-horror-adventure-game-the-alien-cube/
Alessandro Guzzo is currently working on a Lovecraftian horror adventure game, called The Alien Cube. The Alien Cube will be using CRYENGINE, and there is a free demo that you can download right now.
>> This demo is also at Steam.

New Halo: Reach update improves aiming precision for mouse & keyboard, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-halo-reach-update-improves-aiming-precision-for-mouse-keyboard-full-patch-notes/
343 Industries has released a brand new update for Halo: Reach. According to the release notes, the December 18th update addresses a mechanic for mouse + keyboard players which improves precision of aiming when taking damage.

F.I.S.T. is a new Unreal Engine-powered Metroidvania-style game that will support Ray Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/f-i-s-t-is-a-new-unreal-engine-powered-metroidvania-style-game-that-will-support-ray-tracing/
TiGames is currently working on a Metroidvania-style game that will be using Unreal Engine. This game is called F.I.S.T., and NVIDIA has announced that it will support real-time ray tracing on the PC. Thus, the green team released a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 is now available to all backers, key features and new trailer revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-8-is-now-available-to-all-backers-key-features-and-new-trailer-revealed/
Cloud Imperium has announced that Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 – New Frontiers is now available to all backers. According to the team, Alpha 3.8 is a massive update to the Star Citizen Universe with additions spanning technology, progression and content.

Here are twelve minutes of new gameplay footage from Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, featuring Future Trunks
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-twelve-minutes-of-new-gameplay-footage-from-dragon-ball-z-kakarot-featuring-future-trunks/
At Jump Festa 2020, Bandai Namco presented a new gameplay demo for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. This new demo featured the fight between Future Trunks and Metal Freeza, and below you can find a video from it.

Fallout 76 hackers can now steal all of your inventory items on public servers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-76-hackers-can-now-steal-all-of-your-inventory-items-on-public-servers/
It appears that a new hack has appeared for Fallout 76 that allows hackers to completely steal your inventory items on public servers. And since there is no fix for this hack yet, players should currently avoid playing the game on public servers.



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