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The Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has hit 4 million sales thanks to the PC launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-iceborne-has-hit-4-million-sales-thanks-to-the-pc-launch/
The folks at Capcom are no doubt feeling chuffed with the success of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, which launched on consoles last year and PC on January 9. Thanks to the recent PC launch, Capcom's shifted an impressive four million copies.
>> Train wreck made a thread about it a couple days ago.

GOG sees the release of The Surge 2 with a 45% discount until the 23rd (the discount goes up to 50% if you own the first game): https://www.gog.com/game/the_surge_2

Steam has two new daily deals:

• RDS - The Official Drift Videogame is 37% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/934930/RDS__The_Official_Drift_Videogame/
• And Castle Story is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/227860/Castle_Story/

Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising, 70% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/synthetik
• Team 17 Digital has its games on sale, up to 91% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd
• And there's a new Staff Picks Build Your Own Bundle, with 22 games to choose your 3, 5 or 7 unit bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.2 driver adds support for Vulkan 1.2 & Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-adrenalin-2020-edition-20-1-2-driver-adds-support-for-vulkan-1-2-dragon-ball-z-kakarot/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.2 driver adds support for Vulkan 1.2. This driver also provides the optimal performance in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.2 also fixes an issues that could cause some UE4 based titles to not launch with Adrenalin 2020 edition software. Some of these games are KovaaK 2.0: The Meta, Tetris Effect and Snooker 19. This driver also fixes some intermittent reboot issues when the system is idle on desktop on some single display Radeon RX 5700 series graphics product system configurations.
>> Available from here.

Developers can now port their games to the DX12 API more easily than before
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/developers-can-now-port-their-games-to-the-dx12-api-more-easily-than-before/
Microsoft has announced that that the D3D12 Translation Layer is now open source. As such, developers can now port their games to the DX12 API more easily than before.
According to Microsoft, the D3D12 Translation Layer is a helper library for translating graphics concepts and commands from a D3D11-style domain to a D3D12-style domain. Theoretically, this library can be enough for developers to port their games from DX11 to DX12.

MODS/EMULATORS

This GTA5 Vice City Remastered vs GTA: Vice City comparison shows how impressive the mod really is
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/this-gta5-vice-city-remastered-vs-gta-vice-city-comparison-shows-how-impressive-the-mod-really-is/
Earlier this month, we informed you about a mod that ported the GTA: Vice City map to Grand Theft Auto 5. And a couple of days ago, Candyland released a comparison video between the original game and the mod. This video shows how impressive and faithful the mod is, so be sure to watch it.

This mod for Skyrim adds a fully voiced Lovecraftian quest with new weapons, enemies, spells & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-mod-for-skyrim-adds-a-fully-voiced-lovecraftian-quest-with-new-weapons-enemies-spells-more/
Araanim has released a new version of his Lovecraftian mod for Skyrim, Here There Be Monsters – The Call Of Cthulhu. This mod is the sequel to Here There Be Monsters, allowing players to continue their hunt.
Here There Be Monsters – The Call Of Cthulhu adds a new Lovecraftian quest to the game, pitting you against giant monsters. Since this is the sequel to Here There Be Monsters mod, players will have to finish first its two missions.
Furthermore, this quest will assume you have completed both the main quest and Dragonborn, since it is a bit of a sequel to the Miraak story as well.
>> You can find the Here There Be Monsters mod from here (Nexus Mods), and this sequel mod from here (also Nexus Mods) .

GAMING NEWS

Sea of Thieves January 2020 Update, Legends of the Sea, released and detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-january-2020-update-legends-of-the-sea-released-and-detailed/
Microsoft and Rare announced today that the January Sea of Thieves content update is available. Similarly to pretty much all content updates, Legends of the Sea is available free to all players. Microsoft has also detailed this new monthly free update so continue reading to find out what it includes.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order January 15th Update available for download, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-january-15th-update-available-for-download-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Respawn has released a brand new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. According to the release notes, the January 15th patch fixes an issue where Bounty Hunters would sometimes get stuck in Zeffo.

PC gamers can sign up for the Closed Beta phase of Disintegration + PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-can-sign-up-for-the-open-beta-phase-of-disintegration-pc-requirements/
Private Division and V1 Interactive have announced that gamers can now sign-up for the Closed Beta phase of Disintegration. In addition, the teams revealed the official PC system requirements for this Beta phase.

Red Dead Redemption 2 January 14th Update improves overall stability, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/red-dead-redemption-2-january-14th-update-improves-overall-stability-full-patch-notes/
Over the past couple of weeks, Rockstar Games released some minor updates for Red Dead Redemption 2. Its latest update came out in January 14th and according to the team, it brings general stability fixes and improvements.

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Patch 1.02 improves loading times and adds 11 sub quests
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragon-ball-z-kakarot-patch-1-02-improves-loading-times-and-adds-11-sub-quests/
While Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is not out yet, Bandai Namco has made available to everyone that has access to it a new patch. This patch will update your game’s version to 1.02 and will be applied automatically to the retail version once it releases.

New screenshots for the Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-for-the-resident-evil-3-remake-resident-evil-3-nemesis/
Capcom recently released a trailer for Resident Evil 3 Remake focusing on Nemesis. Producer Peter Fabiano also shared several details regarding the upcoming survival horror shooter, and we also found out that the game is almost finished. Now Capcom released some new screenshots featuring several characters and places.