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The Thursday news:

SALES & DEALS

Halo and a Nancy Drew game were among the most popular Steam games in December
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-and-a-nancy-drew-game-were-among-the-most-popular-steam-games-in-december/
Valve has posted a list of the most successful Steam releases in December, and as usual, it's a mix of the expected (Halo, Red Dead Redemption 2) and the surprising (Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem, VR Paradise: Gentlemen's Club). The list isn't ordered - so we don't know which among these sold best - but it's testament to the wide range of games available on the platform.
The list is determined by the amount of revenue generated during the first fortnight of each game's launch.

At Fanatical there's a new Mystery Vault Bundle with 10 unknown games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-vault-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Unity releases the full length version of its The Heretic tech demo, showing what is possible in Unity Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/unity-releases-the-full-length-version-of-its-the-heretic-showing-what-is-possible-in-unity-engine/
Back in March, we shared a video from a new tech demo for Unity Engine. And today, Unity Technologies released its full length version, showing what game developers can currently achieve in Unity Engine.
The Heretic uses Unity 2019.3 and pushed Unity’s graphics features to the limit. This demo includes every possible aspect of the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) with the integrated Post-Processing stack, and the Visual Effect Graph.
The Heretic Tech Demo also takes advantage of motion blur, bloom, depth of field, film grain, color grading, and Panini projection. Furthermore, it packs real-time lights and uses a probe-based lighting solution.
>> It looks good, very good, and despite being almost 8 minutes long, I wanted more.

MODS/EMULATORS

Here is your first look at the T-Rex model for the Jurassic Park mod for Half-Life 2, Jurassic Life
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-is-your-first-look-at-the-t-rex-model-for-the-jurassic-park-mod-for-half-life-2-jurassic-life/
The team behind Jurassic Life has released a new set of screenshots for this upcoming total conversion mod for Valve’s Half-Life 2. These new screenshots showcase one of the most dangerous dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
According to the team, the T-Rex was done by taurus, with reference material provided by Lord Krit. Moreover, animator Zull will be responsible for the T-Rex’s animations.
As said, Jurassic Life is a total conversion mod for Half-Life 2 in which you play as warden Robert Muldoon. The game’s story will not be strictly based on the movies or novels. Instead, this is a new tale that takes inspiration from the world of Jurassic Park. To be more precise, the team describes it as a side story which includes several scenes from the original film. As such, the story plays out at the timeframe seen in the first movie.

GAMING NEWS

Ninja Theory announces a real-world and grounded representation of mental terror, Project: MARA
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ninja-theory-announces-a-real-world-and-grounded-representation-of-mental-terror-project-mara/
Ninja Theory has just announced an an in-development experimental title that explores new ways of storytelling. According to the team, Project: MARA will be a real-world and grounded representation of mental terror.
>> jason1637 made a thread about it.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare January 22nd Update released, is 45GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-january-22nd-update-released-is-45gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Activision has released a brand new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This latest update is 45GB in size and adds Capure the Flag and Shoot the Ship playlists. The January 22nd patch also adds 5 additional loadout slots, as well as the Crossbow as a new weapon.
>> In which surreal world does a 45GB update makes sense?

Dying Light Update 1.23 released, improves performance & stability, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/7gb-update-released-for-dying-light-improves-performance-stability-full-patch-notes/
Techland has released a new update for the first Dying Light game. According to the release notes, this patch will update your game’s version to 1.23. Moreover, it adds performance and stability improvements, and improves framerate drop issues.

Ghost Recon Wildlands Title Update 21 released, adds new content, is 21GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ghost-recon-wildlands-title-update-21-released-adds-new-content-is-21gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has released a massive new update for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. Title Update 21 is 21GB in size, adds new content, fixes a number of bugs and crashes, as well as other minor world issues like invisible walls or collisions.
>> Another game with insane update sizes.