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It's time for the Friday news!

SALES & DEALS

Here are some games that are (or will be in a couple hours) free:

• The Deed will be free until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/420740/The_Deed/?curator_clanid=9753302
• Developer Orange_Juice has put three of its games free until March 30:
  • Acceleration of SUGURI 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/390710/Acceleration_of_SUGURI_2/
  • 100% Orange Juice: https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/
  • And 200% Mixed Juice! https://store.steampowered.com/app/335190/200_Mixed_Juice/
• UNI will be available until March 31: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1011300/UNI/

Humble has three new sales:

• There's a new Humble Bundle: the Humble Award Winners Bundle, with up to 7 games to get during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/award-winners
• Warner Bros has its games up to 75% off for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/wb-games-publisher-sale/
• And the Mount & Blade franchise is also up to 75% off for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/mount-blade-sale/

Fanatical has two new sales (and they've changed the gifted game again, now it's Pony Island):

• The new Star Deal is RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack, 90% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/rollercoaster-tycoon-2-triple-thrill
• There's a new Shadows Bundle with 2 games and 4 DLCs, 84% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/shadows-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Nvidia graphics card not loading DirectX 11 games? Try this hotfix driver
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-driver-hotfix-445-75-dx11/
This one isn't going to show up in your GeForce Experience utility, but Nvidia has made available a 'hotfix' for an issue preventing some DirectX 11 games from launching properly after the most recent GPU driver update.
Nvidia says this happens when Image Sharpening is enabled from within its Control Panel. The option is found under the Manage 3D Settings heading, and you may or may not have had cause to enable it. For those who have, the 445.75 driver update made available earlier this week apparently threw a minor wrench into the operation.
If you have not downloaded the 445.75 driver and/or aren't experiencing this specific issue, you can go ahead and safely skip the hotfix—it will be rolled into the next driver release anyway. Otherwise, you can grab the 445.78 hotfix from Nvidia.

MODS/EMULATORS

PC gamers can now play Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix via MUGEN or RPCS3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-can-now-play-super-street-fighter-ii-turbo-hd-remix-via-mugen-or-rpcs3/
While Capcom has supported the PC platform with its fighting games, there is one particular SF game that never came out on the PC. That SF game is obviously Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. As its title suggests, the HD Remix version is a remaster/remake of that classic fighting game. Thankfully, though, PC gamers can finally play it thanks to MUGEN and the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Let’s start with the MUGEN version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Maxi Bosch has released a new beta version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix MUGEN 2020. This MUGEN remake aims to come close to the original version. Unfortunately, though, the game is still a bit rough around the edges. Here is hoping that its creator will continue working on it.
On the other hand, the best way that you can currently play Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on the PC is via RPCS3. Since last year, this Playstation 3 emulator has been able to run the game with 60fps. Furthermore, and from what we can see, there aren’t any visual glitches. Of course you’ll need the PS3 version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, otherwise you won’t be able to play it.

NieR Automata 2B Mod released for Resident Evil 3 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nier-automata-2b-mod-released-for-resident-evil-3-remake/
Vyaomo has released a NieR Automata mod for Resident Evil 3 Remake. As the title suggests, this mod replaces Jill Valentine with 2B. Moreover, this mod has full facial animations, something that some of you will appreciate.
Naturally, this mod works with the PC demo version of Resident Evil 3 Remake. After all, the full game is not out yet. Still, I’m pretty sure that this mod will work out of the gate with the final/retail version too.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

If you miss the pistol in Doom Eternal, there's an unofficial way to access it
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-eternal-pistol/
Honestly, I was a little relieved that Doom Eternal did away with the classic Doom starter pistol. While its 2016 iteration was pretty useful, what with its infinite supply of ammo, going straight to the shotgun felt right, and besides, you don't need infinite ammo when you've got a chainsaw and an abundance of ammo-spewing imps.
But for those who still miss it, it turns out the weapon does actually exist in Doom Eternal's code. New Blood founder Dave Oshry posted footage of it on Twitter
Unfortunately, Doom Eternal doesn't provide out-of-the-box access to its command console like classic id Software games of yore, but there is a way to access it if you use a Cheat Engine. I haven't used it myself, but that's how the pistol was accessed in the Twitter video above.

GAMING NEWS

Cities: Skylines is free to play this weekend on Steam, and you can download it right now
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cities-skylines-is-free-to-play-this-weekend-on-steam-and-you-can-download-it-right-now/
Paradox Interactive has announced that Cities: Skylines will be free to play this weekend on Steam. From today and until March 29th, PC gamers can visit its Steam store page, download and play it.
>> And it's also 80% off (and up to 75% off the DLCs)

New gorgeous screenshots and multiplayer video released for Microsoft Flight Simulator
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-gorgeous-screenshots-and-multiplayer-video-released-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/
Microsoft has released a new set of alpha screenshots for Microsoft Flight Simulator. As always, these beautiful screenshots showcase some of the environments and the planes that players will find in the game. Oh, there is also a goose so there you have it.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare March 26th Update has fixes & tweaks for Battle Royale, full release notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-march-26th-update-has-fixes-tweaks-to-battle-royale-full-release-notes/
Infinity Ward has released a new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty Warzone. Do note that this is a pretty big patch as it’s around 18.6GB in size. In addition, the team has revealed the full release notes for this March 26th update.

Doom Eternal does not have a main or render thread, Anti-Aliasing uses up to 32 temporal subsamples
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-eternal-does-not-have-a-main-or-render-thread-anti-aliasing-uses-up-to-32-temporal-subsamples/
id Software’s Tiago Sousa and Axel Gneiting have shared some new tech details about Doom Eternal. According to Gneiting, Doom Eternal does not have a main or render thread. Instead, the game has jobs with one worker thread per core.

Resident Evil 3 Remake gets a new official trailer, focusing on Jill Valentine
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/resident-evil-3-remake-gets-a-new-official-trailer-focusing-on-jill-valentine/
Capcom has released a brand new official trailer for Resident Evil 3 Remake that focuses on Jill Valentine. Jill Valentine’s escape from Raccoon City is fraught with danger, but she still has some dependable allies to rely on.

Latest COD: MW patch adds an artwork for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/latest-cod-mw-patch-adds-an-artwork-for-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-remastered/
A few days ago, we informed you about the Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee rating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered. And it appears that this was a legit leak. Earlier today, Infinity Ward released a new patch for COD: MW and may have leaked this upcoming remaster itself.