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The Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

Steam has a new daily deal as well as an array of weeklong deals:

• The daily deal is the Early Access title Mist Survival, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/914620/Mist_Survival/
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Let's start with the Early Access title Between the Stars, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/727130/Between_the_Stars/
  • Sin Slayers is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/783190/Sin_Slayers/
  • SIMULACRA is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/712730/SIMULACRA/
  • PUSS! is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/719750/PUSS/
  • And finally there's CASE: Animatronics, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/489360/CASE_Animatronics/

On the Humble Store, the Winter Sale has ended, but now they have the Lunar New Year Sale! The sale will last 3 days and you can check out the deals here: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lunar-new-year-sale/

Fanatical haswo new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Supraland, 50% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/supraland
• And they have also launched the new Odyssey Bundle Reloaded, with 14 games split into two tiers of 3 and 14 products: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/odyssey-bundle-reloaded

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.4 driver released, optimized for Warcraft 3 Reforged
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-adrenalin-2020-edition-20-1-4-driver-released-optimized-for-warcraft-3-reforged/
AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.4 driver offers optimal performance in both Warcraft 3 Reforged and Journey to the Savage Planet.
Moreover, this driver fixes the square or blocky textures on some terrain during gameplay when using Vulkan API in RDR2. It also resolves a crash or application hang in some Vulkan games. Moreover, it makes the Integer Scaling option visible in all Windows 7 systems.
>> So much for my yesterday's post about upgrading to 20.1.1. Anyway, you can find it here.

AMD releases TressFX 4.1, featuring optimized physics simulation shaders & new rendering features
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-releases-tressfx-4-1-featuring-optimized-physics-simulation-shaders-new-rendering-features/
AMD has released a new version of its TressFX tech, TressFX 4.1. In case you were unaware of, the TressFX library is AMD’s hair/fur rendering and simulation technology. Therefore, TressFX is designed to use the GPU to simulate and render high quality realistic hair and fur.
According to the press release, TressFX 4.1 features further optimization of the physics simulation shaders. It also packs new rendering features, as well as documentation and tutorials. Not only that, but it comes with an updated TressFX Exporter for Autodesk Maya.
This release also demonstrates TressFX integration with Unreal Engine 4.22. According to AMD, this is a minimal integration to improve ease-of-use with multiple TressFX components, features, and rendering and simulation materials.

Unity Technologies releases Unity 2019.3, packing more than 260 improvements and features
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unity-technologies-releases-unity-2019-3-packing-more-than-260-improvements-and-features/
Unity Technologies today announced that the Unity 2019.3 Tech Stream is now available to download from the Unity Store. Unity 2019.3 arrives with more than 260 improvements and features. This includes the production-ready version of the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP), which unlocks beautiful graphics on high-end consoles and PCs.
Furthermore, Unity 2019.3 introduces a new User Interface with revamped icons, better usability, and faster performance that continues Unity’s evolution towards a leaner, more powerful, more optimized Editor experience.

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GAMING NEWS

Torchlight III is coming to the PC this Summer, closed alpha testing begins on January 29th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/torchlight-iii-is-coming-to-the-pc-this-summer-closed-alpha-testing-begins-on-january-29th/
Perfect World Entertainment and Echtra Games announced today that Torchlight Frontiers will launch as Torchlight III on Steam this Summer. Furthermore, its closed alpha testing will begin on January 29th. The game will also return to the premium model adapted by Torchlight I and II. Moreover, it will now focus on linear progression.

Dying Light: Bad Blood is now available for free to all owners of Dying Light
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dying-light-bad-blood-is-now-available-for-free-to-all-owners-of-dying-light/
Techland has announced that Dying Light: Bad Blood is now available for free to all owners of Dying Light. As such, and if you own a copy of Dying Light, a banner will inform you that you’re eligible for a free Dying Light: Bad Blood Steam code.

Rumor: A new Knights of the Old Republic game might be happening
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rumor-a-new-knights-of-the-old-republic-game-might-be-happening/
It looks like EA is going full on Star Wars after Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order being a success. According to a rumor, EA is working on several Star Wars games and one of them might be a new Knights of the Old Republic title.

Official PC system requirements for Warcraft 3 Reforged, requires 30GB of free hard-disk space
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-system-requirements-for-warcraft-3-reforged-requires-30gb-of-free-hard-disk-space/
Blizzard has revealed the official PC system requirements for Warcraft 3 Reforged. Warcraft III: Reforged is a remake of Warcraft 3 that features both the original Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its award-winning expansion, The Frozen Throne.

Ubisoft adds Vulkan support to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege to improve graphical performance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-adds-vulkan-support-to-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege-to-improve-graphical-performance/
Ubisoft has announced that patch 4.3 will add support for the Vulkan API in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. This new API promises to further improve graphical performance, and help to reduce CPU and GPU cost. As such, CPU-limited PC systems will most likely see a performance boost via this API.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Title Update 1.1.0 released, is 11GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-title-update-1-1-0-released-is-11gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has released a new major update for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. According to the release notes, Title Update 1.1.0 is 11GB in size, brings major changes and improvements.

First Resident Evil 8 rumours; first-person camera, Chris Redfield to re-appear, new enemies & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-resident-evil-8-rumours-first-person-camera-chris-redfield-to-re-appear-new-enemies-more/
It appears that the first details/rumours for Resident Evil 8 have surfaced online. Residence of Evil has leaked these first details and Nibel has acknowledged them, stating that this matches the stuff he’s been hearing.