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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

PUBG has sold more than 70 million units worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pubg-has-sold-more-than-70-million-units-worldwide/
PUBG Corporation announced that PlayerUnknown’s Battleground has sold over 70 million units to date. To commemorate this milestone, the latest update will return to the jungles of Sanhok with PUBG Season 8. The team has remastered this map to be leaner, meaner, and more deadly than ever before.

Dawn of War, Vermintide, Blood Bowl, and Space Marines are in the new Humble Bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-war-vermintide-blood-bowl-and-space-marines-are-in-the-new-humble-bundle/
Games Workshop has never been what you'd call stingy when it comes to licensing its stuff for videogames, which is why there are about a thousand different Warhammer games on the market at any given moment, and twice that number if you count Warhammer 40,000. That makes them a good candidate for bundles of the Humble sort, such as the Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 that went live today.
A $1 buy-in will get you Warhammer 40K: Kill Team, Warhammer 40: Dawn of War, Warhammer 40K: Legacy of Dorn – Herald of Oblivion, and—mixing things up a bit—Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide. Beat the average price and you'll also get Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Warhammer 40K: Sanctus Reach, and Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch Enhanced Edition. And at the $15 price point, you'll also take home Warhammer 40: Space Marine Collection, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3, and—another change of direction—Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition. Because yes, Blood Bowl is a Warhammer game, too.
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The Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 will be available until July 28. Picking it up at the top tier will also get you a free month on new signups to the Humble Choice subscription service.
>> That's Humble Bundle, but the Humble Store has two new sales:

• The first one also involves Warhammer, with up to 80% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-sale/
• And there's a The Sims 4 sale with up to 63% discounts during the next 13 days. The keys are for Origin: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/the-sims-summer-sale/

GOG has two new sales and two new releases with discounts:

• The two new sales are:
  • The Midweek Sale is full of strategy games up to 85% off during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200715_midweek_sale
  • And there's a special dungeon crawlers sale with up to 80% discounts during the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200715_dungeon_crawlers_sale
• And these are the new releases:
  • CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience releases with a 15% discount until July 22: https://www.gog.com/game/change_a_homeless_survival_experience
  • And The I of The Dragon launches with a big 75% discount until the 22th of July: https://www.gog.com/game/the_i_of_the_dragon

Steam has two new deals, one of them a new daily deal, and two new Midweek Madness:

• The daily deal is Main Assembly. still in Early Access, with a 25% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920/Main_Assembly/
• And Die Young is 50% off until July 20: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433170/Die_Young/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • The Banner Saga franchise brings between 60 and 90% discounts until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thebannersagafranchise/
  • And the Van Helsing franchise has its games 90% off until the same Friday 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/van-helsing/

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: Record of Agarest War Mariage - Deluxe Bundle, 85% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/record-of-agarest-war-marriage-deluxe-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD's latest GPU driver touts up to an 8% performance bump in Death Stranding
https://www.pcgamer.com/amds-latest-gpu-driver-touts-up-to-an-8-performance-bump-in-death-stranding/
Life comes at you fast, and sometimes so do graphics drivers. Case in point, AMD has released its second GPU driver update in less than a week. Whereas the previous release mostly focused on fixing various issues, the new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.2 driver package promises modest performance gains in Death Stranding and F1 2020.
According to the release notes, Radeon RX 5700 XT owners can expect up to 8 percent better performance in Death Stranding when playing at 2560x1440 on high settings, and up to a 5 percent improvement in F1 2020, also at 2560x1440 but on the ultra-high preset.
>> Available from here.

Death Stranding – Native 4K vs FidelityFX Upscaling vs DLSS 2.0
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/death-stranding-native-4k-vs-fidelityfx-upscaling-vs-dlss-2-0/
505 Games and Kojima Productions have just released Death Stranding on the PC. Death Stranding supports both DLSS 2.0 and FidelityFX Upscaling. As such, and instead of sharing our initial 4K performance impressions, we’ve decided to test these re-construction techniques. We’ve also included Native 4K screenshots in order to showcase the graphical differences between them.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

You can already play Paper Mario: The Origami King on PC thanks to Nintendo Switch Emulators
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/you-can-already-play-paper-mario-the-origami-king-on-pc-thanks-to-nintendo-switch-emulators/
Paper Mario: The Origami King is a new Nintendo Switch game that releases on July 17th. And, surprisingly enough, this new Mario game is already playable on the PC via the Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Ryujinx, prior to its official release.
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Below you can find two videos, showcasing Paper Mario: The Origami King running on both Yuzu and Ryujinx. For the time being, we suggest using Yuzu in order to play this game as performance appears to be better with it. This is mainly due to the multicore support that the team implemented a while back.

GAMING NEWS

Gears 5 Operation 4: Brothers In Arms Update released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-5-operation-4-brothers-in-arms-update-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Microsoft and The Coalition have released a new major update for Gears 5, Operation 4: Brothers in Arms. This update brings the largest one-time drop of characters since launch and completes the original Delta Squad with Dom Santiago. Moreover, the update streamlines progression and rewards and introduces a new ranking system.

The next-gen PES game will be using Unreal Engine instead of the FOX Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-next-gen-pes-game-will-be-using-unreal-engine-instead-of-the-fox-engine/
Konami has revealed the first details for its next-gen PES game. Moreover, the publisher has released a new in-engine video which shows us a glimpse at the graphics of this upcoming Pro Evolution Soccer game.

Serious Sam 4 gets another gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/serious-sam-4-gets-another-gameplay-trailer/
Devolver and Croteam have released a new gameplay trailer for Serious Sam 4. This gameplay trailer features an updated version of the Grand Cathedral OST from Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, so make sure to watch it if you are die-hard Serious Sam fans.