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Tuesday news, part one:

SALES & DEALS

Steam has a new round of weeklong deals, and here are some examples:

• Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions is 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/694770/Vestaria_Saga_I_War_of_the_Scions/
• The Witch's House MV is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/885810/The_Witchs_House_MV/
• The Ballad Singer, that has a demo, sports a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/907380/The_Ballad_Singer/
• Cities in Motion is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/73010/Cities_in_Motion/
• And lastly there's BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition with a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/269670/BADLAND_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

The Humble Store has a new sale featuring Bandai Namco, with up to 75% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/bandai-namco-publisher-sale/

And now Fanatical... Before we start, let me say something. I don't know if it's a one-time thing or if they've changed the time when they refresh their deals, because the Star Deal won't end for another couple of hours and the front page hasn't changed much since yesterday. If it's a one-time thing nothing will happen but, it that's their new schedule there will be problems with their 24h Star Deals. Anyway, let's worry about that on another time because for today there are still two new sales to mention:

• The Easter Eggstravaganza 2020 sale is on! Check it out to see if you find something interesting or check the blog post to see the top deals of this sale (according to them).
• And there's the Mystery Egg Bundle 2, with up to 10 mysterious games to grab. And in case you want to play detective, here are some clues about the first 3 games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-egg-bundle-2

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Half-Life: Source – Portal Edition released, adds the Portal Gun to Half-Life: Source
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-source-portal-edition-released-adds-the-portal-gun-to-half-life-source/
Half-Life and Portal fans, here is something special for you today. Modder ‘NOAHakaVOSEN’ has finally released Version 1.0 for his Portal Mod for Half-Life Source. As its title suggests, Half-Life: Source -- Portal Edition adds the Portal gun to Half-Life: Source.
What this means is that you will be able to play the whole Half-Life: Source single-player campaign with the Portal Gun. Moreover, all of the features from Portal appear to be working great in Half-Life: Source.
In order to install this mod, you’ll need Half-Life 2 and Source SDK Base 2007. Once you have installed them, you’ll have to download the “hl1_portal.rar” archive from here. Then, you’ll have to open it and extract its folder to your “sourcemods” directory. Quit and restart Steam, and you should see “Half-Life: Source -- Portal Edition” in your Library.

This Dark Souls 3 Ring Fit mod looks like the ultimate workout
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-dark-souls-3-ring-fit-mod-looks-like-the-ultimate-workout/
There's a fine tradition of people playing tricky games with the worst possible controllers, which is how we know that Dark Souls can be completed with a guitar. Now we can add the Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit Adventure controller to the list, which one player has modded so he can keep fit while playing Dark Souls 3.
It remains to be seen if SuperLouis64 can finish Dark Souls 3 while jogging on the spot and squeezing a big ring, but it looks like he's got the hang of it. You can see some clips of his stream. If you weren't watching him doing a sweaty workout, you'd probably never know he was using something so ridiculous.

This essential Bannerlord mod lets you cheer with your soldiers after battles
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-essential-bannerlord-mod-lets-you-cheer-with-your-soldiers-after-battles/
Combat in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord can be overwhelming, exhilarating, and brutal. And when a long, hard-fought battle is over and your army stands victorious, it's immensely satisfying to see your loyal soldiers and companions raise their weapons, and their voices, to the heavens.
Hell, it's even satisfying to hear them cheer when it was a short, easy battle against a handful of scrubby looters. Raaaaaaah!
But here's the thing: you should really be able to whoop it up right alongside them! And now you can, thanks to what I consider to be the first absolutely essential Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord mod. The Cheer Mod lets you raise your weapon in the air and give a triumphant, throaty hoot alongside your clan. Cathartic as hell!

GAMING NEWS

Death Stranding’s PC photo mode showcased via a new trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/death-strandings-pc-photo-mode-showcase/
Death Stranding will be releasing on the PC in a couple of months on June 2nd. That is of course if 505 Games does not delay it. The publisher recently released a video showcasing the photo mode of the game. Players who like using photo mode will probably be as excited as Sam Porter in the video.

Techland talks a bit about Ray Tracing in Dying Light 2, will make Dark Zones more intense
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/techland-talks-a-bit-about-ray-tracing-in-dying-light-2-will-make-dark-zones-more-intense/
Dying Light 2 is a game we are really looking forward to. After all, Dying Light was one of the best zombie games to date. Dying Light 2 will be using C-Engine and will take advantage of real-time ray tracing. And, in an interview with OPM, Techland’s rendering director Tomasz Sza?kowski talked a bit about the game’s Ray Tracing effects.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps Patch 4.6 released, improves performance, loading times & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-patch-4-6-released-improves-performance-loading-times-more/
Moon Studios has released a new major patch for Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This patch will update your game’s version to 4.6 and brings improvements to performance, loading times and to scene and asset loading.

The Division 2 Update 8.5 released, fixes numerous bugs, brings balance tweaks, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-update-8-5-released-fixes-numerous-bugs-brings-balance-tweaks-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has released a brand new update for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. According to the release notes, Title Update 8.5 fixes numerous bugs and gameplay issues. Moreover, it brings some balance tweaks.

Company of Crime is a new strategy game, coming to the PC in Summer 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/company-of-crime-is-a-new-strategy-game-coming-to-the-pc-in-summer-2020/
1C Entertainment and Resistance Games today announced Company of Crime; a tactical turn-based criminal empire-builder strategy game that takes place in 1960s London. Alongside the first details, the publisher has also released the game’s debut screenshots and trailer.