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SALES & DEALS

There's a big sale on Sims expansion packs for its 20th anniversary
https://www.pcgamer.com/theres-a-big-sale-on-sims-expansion-packs-for-its-20th-anniversary/
If you haven't played The Sims in a while, or haven't upgraded to Sims 4, there's no better time to do that than right now. The Sims 20th birthday celebrations are still going strong, and you can pick up The Sims 4—and certain expansion, game, and stuff packs—for up to 85 percent off. You'll save the most on the base game, as it's currently $5.99, but you're getting the best deals on expansion packs. (...) Here's the sale, which ends on February 6.

GOG's Midweek Sale is full of puzzle and mystery games, up to 90% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200205_midweek_sale

Steam has five new deals, including the Midweek Madness deals:

• The new daily deal is the Early Access title The Universim, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/
• Neo Cab, that has a demo, is also 25% off, but for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/794540/Neo_Cab/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/573100/Battlefleet_Gothic_Armada_2/
  • The Mortal Kombat franchise is between 20 and 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mortal-kombat/
  • And the Spellforce franchise is also on sale, between 50 and 79% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/spellforcefranchise/

There's a new Humble Bundle with Train Simulator that will last the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/train-simulator

And Fanatical has four new sales:

• The new Star Deal is the METAL SLUG Pack, including 2, 3 & X, 90% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/metal-slug-pack
• The game The Blind Prophet is 20% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-blind-prophet
• The Kingdom Come: Deliverance games are 50% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/kingdom-come:-deliverance
• And publisher Slitherine has its games up to 75% off for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/slitherine-ltd.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD's latest GPU driver cleans up HDR games and is tuned for Zombie Army 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/amds-latest-gpu-driver-cleans-up-hdr-games-and-is-tuned-for-zombie-army-4/
Zombie Army 4: Dead War is out today, and right one cue, both AMD and Nvidia have released updated GPU drivers optimized for the game. I wrote about Nvidia's latest GPU driver yesterday; now I'll go over AMD's newest release.
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.2.1 driver package (just 20.2.1 from here on out) is mainly focused on bringing optimizations for Zombie Army 4 to AMD's legion of Radeon graphics cards. Beyond that, there's another round of bug fixes.
If you own a Radeon RX 5000 series graphics card (5500, 5600 XT, 5700, or 5700 XT), the 20.2.1 driver addresses an issue in "some DirectX 12 API games" that makes HDR content become overly dark or overly bright. AMD did not say which specific games this happens in, but if you're playing games in HDR, it'd be a good idea to jump on this driver to see if things look better.
>> Available from here.

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GAMING NEWS

Dark sci-fi action RPG, Hellpoint, releases on April 16th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dark-sci-fi-action-rpg-hellpoint-releases-on-april-16th/
Cradle Games and publisher tinyBuild have announced that the Kickstarter-backed RPG Hellpoint will release on April 16th. Hellpoint is a dark sci-fi action RPG that takes place on Irid Novo. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

New trailer for SUCCUBUS showcases the Amazon enemy
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-for-succubus-showcases-the-amazon-enemy/
Madmind Studio has released a new trailer for the Agony spin-off game, SUCCUBUS. This new trailer showcases a new enemy that players will encounter, Amazon.

DAEMON X MACHINA will support mouse and keyboard, 4K resolutions and 200fps
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/daemon-x-machina-will-support-mouse-and-keyboard-4k-resolutions-and-200fps/
DAEMON X MACHINA is a new mecha game that is coming to Steam on February 13th. The game originally released exclusively on Nintendo Switch, and XSEED Games has revealed some additional details about the PC version.

NASCENCE – ANNA’S SONGS is a new adventure game for next-gen systems, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nascence-annas-songs-is-a-new-adventure-game-for-next-gen-systems-first-screenshots/
Dreampainters has announced a new first-person, story-driven puzzle adventure game for the PC and next gen systems. This new title is called NASCENCE – ANNA’S SONGS, and below you can find its first screenshots.