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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

A Plague Tale: Innocence has sold one million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-plague-tale-innocence-has-sold-one-million-copies-worldwide/
Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive announced that A Plague Tale: Innocence has sold over one million copies worldwide. Unfortunately, though, the publisher did not reveal any platform-specific sales numbers.
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As part of the Steam Summer Sale, A Plague Tale: Innocence is now available for purchase with a 66% discount.

GOG's Midweek Sale brings games set in space up to 90% off until Saturday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200701_midweek_sale

The Humble Store has an EA Sports & Racing Sale that features 8 games up to 75% off during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ea-sports-racing-sale/

Fanatical has two new flash deals and a contest:

• The contest involves a Death Stranding bundle worth $100, including a Steam key of the game. There will be two winners: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-death-stranding-pc-bundle-worth-100-dollars-fanatical
• The first Flash deal is Control for the Epic Store, 42% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/control
• The other one is Life is Strange 2 Complete Season, 66% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/life-is-strange-2-complete-season

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Doom 3 will soon receive an HD AI-enhanced Texture Pack, comparison screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-3-will-soon-receive-a-hd-ai-enhanced-texture-pack-comparison-screenshots/
Modder ‘Rivarez’ is currently working on the next version of Doom 3 & RoE: Rivarez Edition. Doom 3 & RoE: Rivarez Edition is a global mod, aiming to improve and enhance Doom 3’s weapons, graphics and gameplay.
According to the modder, version 1.1 will feature new HD AI-enhanced textures. Rivarez has used Topaz A.I. Gigapixel / Topaz Sharpen AI neural network in order to upscale the game’s textures. Furthermore, the modder has created some brand new ones.

Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core receives Remaster treatment thanks to this AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-7-crisis-core-receives-remaster-treatment-thanks-to-this-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-pack/
Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core is a game that a lot of FF would like to see on modern platforms. And while Square Enix does not plan to release any remaster anytime soon, PC gamers can already enjoy such a remaster via emulators. Moreover, Reddit’s member hugeladyplzr has released an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for this game.
hugeladyplzr has used Topaz Gigapixel AI neural networks in order to enhance the quality of the game’s textures. The end result is great and thanks to higher internal resolutions, PC gamers can enjoy an unofficial Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core Remaster.
>> You can find the link to the mod (GitHub), the emulator needed and the instructions to install it.

GAMING NEWS

You can play Cyberpunk 2077 in “GTA Mode”, but CDPR wants you to try other options and dig deeper
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-play-cyberpunk-2077-in-gta-mode-but-cdpr-wants-you-to-try-other-options-and-dig-deeper/
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Yes, you can play Cyberpunk 2077 like it’s another GTA 5 game, but according to CD Projekt Red, this may not be a very good idea. The developers want you to try other options, and dig deeper into the Game.

Bless Unleashed is a new MMORPG, coming to PC in 2021, first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bless-unleashed-is-a-new-mmorpg-coming-to-pc-in-2021-first-screenshots/
NEOWIZ and Round8 Studio have announced a new MMORPG for the PC, Bless Unleashed. This new MMORPG will be coming to the PC in 2021, and below you can find its first screenshots, as well as its official PC requirements.

Fallout 76 Update 20 released, adds Public Teams, fixes crashes, improves stability & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-76-update-20-released-adds-public-teams-fixes-crashes-improves-stability-more/
Bethesda has released a brand new update for Fallout 76. Update 20 is 4GB in size on the PC, and adds Public Teams. Moreover, it fixes some crashes, improves stability, resolves bugs and improves Daily and Weekly Challenges.