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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Sea of Thieves is now the top trending game on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sea-of-thieves-is-now-the-top-trending-game-on-steam/
It has been a couple of years since the initial release of the multiplayer pirate game, Sea of Thieves. The game is now available on Steam, and it’s already the top trending title.
Sea of Thieves has reached a 43,848 all-time player peak, which is quite impressive for such a title. Also, the game is not cheap. It costs 40 dollars, which is a bit much for a 2018 title. Even so, Steam users are quite pleased with the game, and that is probably why it has received a ‘very positive’ rating.

The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality now includes more than 1,000 games
https://www.pcgamer.com/donate-dollar5-or-more-for-742-games-in-the-bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality/
Hello! Would you like 742 games for $5? That's a rhetorical question because of course you do.
Update 2 (June 9): Just one day after breaking $2 million, Itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has now sailed well past the $3 million mark. The number of games on offer has also grown: A new round of additions has brought the total number of games in the bundle to more than 1,000. There's just under a week left to pick it up.

Summer of Pride 2020 Steam Sale features big deals on queer-positive games
https://www.pcgamer.com/summer-of-pride-2020-steam-sale-features-big-deals-on-queer-positive-games/
The " target="_blank">Summer of Pride 2020 Steam sale is now underway, with discounts of up to 80 percent on queer-positive games including " target="_blank">Outer Wilds (which will launch in the midst of the sale, on June 18), " target="_blank">Gone Home, " target="_blank">Tacoma, and more.
Unsurprisingly, the sale is indie-focused, but there's a lot of good stuff in here.
>> Of course, that's not the only sale at Steam right now:

• Florence is the new daily deal, with a 30% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1102130/Florence/
• Probably because of the recent expansion, Megaquarium is on sale, 50% off during the next 7, almost 8 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/600480/Megaquarium/
• And there are three new Midweek Madness deals:
  • The Enter x Exit the Gungeon pack with both games is 47% off until Friday (the individual games are 50 and 25% off respectively): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14087/Enter_x_Exit_the_Gungeon/
  • Europa Universalis IV is 80% off (the DLCs are up to 50% off) during the same period: https://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/Europa_Universalis_IV/
  • And Killing Floor 2 is free to try for 4 days and 67% off until June 25 (when the Summer Sale will should begin): https://store.steampowered.com/app/232090/Killing_Floor_2/

GOG has started a new contest with a special prize: a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk 2077 Edition! Learn more over here: https://www.gog.com/news/win_a_rare_geforce_rtx_2080_ti_cyberpunk_2077_edition_graphics_card

There's a new Humble Bundle with Plug in Digital & Dear Villagers, with up to 11 games. The bundle will last 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/plug-in-digital-and-dear-villagers-games

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal (I hope you took my advice and took advantage of the new Star Deal from yesterday) is UNO, 76% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/uno
• And Square Enix has its games on sale, up to 90% off during the next 11 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/square-enix

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here are some new screenshots from the Quake 2 Retexture and Relight Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-new-screenshots-for-the-quake-2-retexture-and-relight-mod/
Modder ‘diolator’ has released some new screenshots from the Quake 2 Retexture and Relight Mod. These screenshots showcase some of the new high quality textures and the new lighting system that this mod will feature.
In case you weren’t aware of, Quake 2 Retexture Project is a project that will feature more than 200 textures. These textures were created from scratch and aim to be aesthetically similar to the original ones. Moreover, these new textures will have PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials. Additionally, the shaders that have been used in this project support Albedo, Roughness, Specular, Parallax, Normal mapping, though there is currently no support for a “metallness” shader.

GAMING NEWS

Ikumi Nakamura plans to propose a new Okami to Capcom
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ikumi-nakamura-plans-to-propose-a-new-okami-to-capcom/
Ikumi Nakamura has recently given an interview to IGN Japan. According to the interview she is planning to visit Capcom after the pandemic is over, and propose a new Okami game. She also said that the only personal guideline she has is the return of Kamiya-san as a director.

Warframe The Deadlock Protocol is coming to the PC later this week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warframe-the-deadlock-protocol-is-coming-to-the-pc-later-this-week/
Digital Extremes has announced that the The Deadlock Protocol update for Warframe will release later this week on the PC. The Deadlock Protocol will introduce the Corpus Faction’s dramatic origin story through richly re-crafted environments that integrate iconic new visuals and gameplay elements to reinforce the money-worshipping cult’s rise to power.

Persona 4 Golden is definitely and unquestionably coming to the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/persona-4-golden-is-definitely-and-unquestionably-coming-to-the-pc/
It appears that two Persona games are finally coming to the PC. According to reports from industry insiders, both Persona 3 and Persona 4 Golden are coming to Steam.
Now while we are certain that Persona 4 Golden will be indeed coming to the PC, we are not so sure about Persona 3. Industry insider Sabi was the first one that revealed the existence of Persona 3 and Persona 4 on the PC. However, Sabi has deleted the tweet that mentioned Persona 3.
>> Persona 4 has a page on SteamDB.

Nemesis: Distress is a new first-person multiplayer horror game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nemesis-distress-is-a-new-first-person-multiplayer-horror-game/
Awaken Realms Digital and Ovid Works have announced a new first-person multiplayer horror game, Nemesis: Distress. In this game, players will play through 40-minute scenarios, trying to fulfill their secret objective and survive.

Rumor: Battlefield 6 will be set in modern-day
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rumor-battlefield-6-will-be-set-in-modern-day/
While Battlefield 6 is not coming out anytime soon, it appears that it will be set in modern-day. This will definitely put a smile on most BF fans’ face, as this is something they’ve wanted since Battlefield 4.

No Man’s Sky will support cross-play between PC, Xbox One and PS4 tomorrow, June 11th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/no-mans-sky-will-support-cross-play-between-pc-xbox-one-and-ps4-tomorrow-june-11th/
Hello Games has announced that No Man’s Sky will add support for cross-play between all platforms on June 11th. As such, PC gamers will be able to play with their PS4 and Xbox One friends. Players will be able to explore, journey, survive, build, and trade together.