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Let's get the week started with the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Grounded
2. Valve Index VR Kit
3. Destroy All Humans!
4. Sea of Thieves
5. Microsoft Flight Simulator
6. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
7. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Satisfactory
10. DEATH STRANDING

Devolver’s Carrion has sold nearly 200K copies in its first week
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/devolvers-carrion-has-sold-nearly-200k-copies-in-its-first-week/
Phobia Game Studios and Devolver Digital have announced that their reverse-horror game, Carrion, has sold nearly 200K copies sold worldwide. Furthermore, hundreds of thousands of players were able to experience this game on Xbox Gamepass.

Over a million players have tried Grounded, and the first update is coming
https://www.pcgamer.com/over-a-million-players-have-tried-grounded-and-the-first-update-is-coming/
Obsidian Entertainment's just-released backyard survival sandbox Grounded racked up over a million players in its first 48 hours, according to game director Adam Brennecke. It's also the top-selling game on Steam in Early Access, despite being available on Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service. Brennecke made the announcement of Grounded's player milestone in an unlisted video on YouTube.

Resident Evil 3 Remake hasn't been nearly as popular as its predecessor
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-3-remake-hasnt-been-nearly-as-popular-as-its-predecessor/
Back in June, Capcom announced that Resident Evil had become its first series to surpass 100 million sales. Today's quarterly report has a less celebratory tone, with the publisher calling sales of Resident Evil 3 Remake "solid"—the cruellest compliment anyone can pay anything.
2.7 million sales in three months is still a respectable number, but quite far behind Resident Evil 2 Remake's sales across the same length of time. It boasted more than 4 million sales by this point and then went on to beat the lifetime sales of the original game. There's still a chance Resident Evil 3 Remake will do the same, but it's still got close to a million to go before it beats the original Resident Evil 3.

GOG's new weekly sale is full of Pixel Art games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200803_weekly_sale

Steam has two new sales:

• The new daily deal is Poly Bridge 2, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062160/Poly_Bridge_2/
• And Tricky Towers will be 60% off until the 10th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/437920/Tricky_Towers/

And Fanatical has two sales and a competition!

• The new Star Deal is DARK SOULS: REMASTERED, 58% off for the next 24 hopurs: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dark-souls-remastered-steam
• The Summer Sale is now live! Check it out here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale
• During the Summer Sale, you'll beable to choose a free game for every $10 spend. These are the free games available: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/what-free-games-can-you-get-in-fanatical-summer-sale
• And Fanatical has a new competition with several prizes. Check them out here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-pc-build-gaming-chair-games-with-fanatical

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First early gameplay footage for Star Wars Dark Forces Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-early-gameplay-footage-for-star-wars-dark-forces-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-4/
Shadow Art Games is currently working on a fan remake of Star Wars Dark Forces in Unreal Engine 4, and has released the first gameplay footage from it. In the two following videos, we get to see the player fighting some stormtroopers in one of the game’s environments.

The Witcher 3 Mod upscales face textures for all Kaer Morhen Witchers to 4K
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-mod-upscales-face-textures-for-all-kaer-morhen-witchers-to-4k/
WitcherSeb has released a new texture pack for The Witcher 3 that upscales the faces for all Kaer Morhen Witchers to 4K. In other words, this mod improves the faces of Eskel, Vesemir and Lambert.
Now the good news here is that you can use this mod with pretty much all the other graphical mods we’ve shared in the past.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

This mod lets you swap Geralt's other romance partners for Yennefer
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-mod-lets-you-swap-geralts-other-romance-partners-for-yennefer/
In The Witcher 3 and its expansions, Geralt has the option of dancing the horizontal tango with several different ladies. For readers of the original books, however, there's only one option for Geralt and that's his canonical love, Yennefer. Previously you could simply avoid getting medieval jiggy with other women by not choosing the flirty dialogue, but now there's a mod that will let you watch all those sex scenes—yes, even the one where you bang while flying in a cloud—but with Yennefer instead of Triss, Shani, Keira, Syanna, someone named Jutta I don't think I even met in my playthrough and a Sasha I definitely did not meet because that questline involves a Gwent tournament and to hell with that.
Dammit, Geralt, just keep it in your pants for five minutes.
This mod was originally created for a YouTube livestream, which is why Yennefer keeps her underwear on in all the scenes. As modder Julia Barcelos explains, "we all know how much YouTube hates nipples lol". You can download swap main romances to Yennefer from Nexus Mods.

Lots of free Sonic fan games showcased in the SAGE 20th Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/lots-of-sonic-fan-games-showcased-in-the-sage-20th-trailer/
SAGExpo has released a new trailer, showcasing some of the free Sonic fan games that are currently under development. SAGE, Sonic Amateur Games Expo, is an event dedicated to Sonic fan games, and will take place between September 5th and September 12th.
This trailer showcases a lot of Sonic fan games. The highlights – at least in my opinion – are the 2D games that are similar to the official 16-bit titles.
>> The video is almost 15 minutes long.

American McGee’s Alice gets a 2GB HD Fan Remaster Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/american-mcgees-alice-gets-a-2gb-hd-fan-remaster-mod/
Omri koresh has released a 2GB HD Fan Remaster Mod for American McGee’s Alice. This mod introduces high resolution textures, a new HUD, and revamped menus. Furthermore, this mod introduces an “Overkill” setting that places more models and enemies in game.
According to the modder, most of the textures are upscaled 4X, while others are upscaled 2X. This is mainly due to an engine issue. When the modder tried to upscale all textures by 4 times, the game crashed.
Do note that American McGee’s Alice is a really old game. Thus, and even with this new HD Texture Pack, the game may still feel a bit dated. After all, the modder was not able to enhance the game’s 3D models.
>> This mod is also available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

343 Industries confirms that Halo: Infinite Multiplayer will be free to play
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/343-industries-confirms-that-halo-infinite-multiplayer-will-be-free-to-play/
Earlier today, an image from Halo: Infinite’s Windows Store suggested that its multiplayer mode would be free to play. And just a few minutes ago, 343 Industries confirmed this rumor. Halo: Infinite’s multiplayer mode will be free to play, meaning that everyone will be able to play it.
>> LudicrousSpeed made a thread about this a couple days ago.

Battletoads releases on August 20th, PC system requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battletoads-releases-on-august-20th-pc-system-requirements-revealed/
Microsoft has announced that Battletoads will officially release on August 20th. The game will be available on both Windows Store and Steam, and you can find below a new trailer for it. Moreover, Microsoft has also revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes from the creators of Suikoden exceeds all initial Kickstarter goals
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/eiyuden-chronicle-hundred-heroes-exceeds-all-kickstarter-goals/
Last week we released an article on a Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming game Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes by the same creators of the widely-beloved JRPG Suikoden. The dormant fan base was clearly waiting for this moment because they have matched every one of the game’s opening Kickstarter goals.

New Marvel’s Avengers Details – Offline mode, Skills, AI companions, War Zones and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-marvels-avengers-details-offline-mode-skills-ai-companions-war-zones-and-more/
During a recent AMA, Crystal Dynamics revealed some new details about Marvel’s Avengers. According to the team, the game will offer both online and offline modes. However, a few select end game content types will be co-op/online only.

Warframe Heart of Deimos releases on August 25th, first gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warframe-heart-of-deimos-releases-on-august-25th-first-gameplay-footage/
Digital Extremes has announced that the Heart of Deimos expansion for Warframe will release on August 25th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released a new gameplay video, showcasing this expansion in action.

id Software’s classic FPS, Quake, will be free during QuakeCon 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/id-software-classic-quake-free-quakecon-2020/
Bethesda has announced that during QuakeCon 2020, id Software’s classic FPS, Quake, will be free to everyone. This basically means that the game will be free to own between August 7th and August 9th.
>> From Bethesda.net

Halo: The Master Chief Collection will get cross-play and mod support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/halo-the-master-chief-collection-will-get-cross-play-and-mod-support/
343 Industries has announced that a new patch will add cross-play support for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This basically means that PC gamers will be able to play with their Xbox One friends in multiplayer modes.

New gameplay trailer released for F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailer-fist-forged-in-shadow-torch/
TiGames and bilibili have released a new 4K gameplay trailer for the upcoming Metroidvania game, F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch. This trailer will give you a glimspe at the game’s combat mechanics, and its visual/art style.

New trailer for the dinosaur co-op shooter, Second Extinction, showcases the raptor
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-for-the-dinosaur-co-op-shooter-second-extinction-showcases-the-raptor/
Systemic Reaction has released a new trailer for its upcoming dinosaur co-op shooter, Second Extinction. This trailer gives us a closer look at the raptor. Now while the dinosaur does not have any feathers, it does have quills on the top of its head (similar to those of Jurassic Park 3’s raptors).

UnMetal is a top-down free parody game of Metal Gear Solid, demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/unmetal-free-parody-game-metal-gear-solid-demo-download/
Metal Gear Solid fans, here is something for you today. Indie developer ‘franfistro’ is currently working on a top-down parody game for the first Metal Gear Solid, called UnMetal. UnMetal is a 2D stealth/action game where the goal is to escape from an enemy military base, and you can download a free demo.

World of Tanks Update 1.10 detailed, will be the biggest update to date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-of-tanks-update-1-10-detailed-will-be-the-biggest-update-to-date/
Wargaming has detailed the August Update for World of Tanks, which will be its biggest update to date. According to the team, World of Tanks Update 1.10 will introduce a new system for equipment and 6 new Polish medium tanks Furthermore, it will bring back Pearl River.