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Let's go with the Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Get PC Building Simulator, Elite: Dangerous, and more in the new Humble Bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-pc-building-simulator-elite-dangerous-and-more-in-the-new-humble-bundle/
One of the interesting things about the "simulation" genre is the amount of ground it covers. Microsoft Flight Simulator is a sim, Surgeon Simulator 2 is a sim, PC Building Simulator is a sim, The Sims is a sim, Andy Kelly's Big-Riggin' Holiday Road Trip Extravaganza is a sim, the list goes on and on.
The new Humble Super Simulation Bundle is a good example of that breadth. For $1, you get Treasure Hunter Simulator and 911 Operator, games that don't appear to have a whole lot in common beyond that "sim" descriptor. Beat the average price and you'll also get the French Revolutionary tale We. The Revolution, the deep space exploration game Elite: Dangerous, the "ultimate hunting experience" theHunter: Call of the Wild, and Radio Commander, a Vietnam War strategy game in which you command your troops solely over the radio.
>> The bundle will last until September 17.

GOG starts the week with two sales:

• The new weekly sale is full of isometric games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200907_weekly_sale
• And the Akupara Sale that started last week will still last another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200903_launch_promo_spinch

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The first one is Neversong, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/733210/Neversong/
• The other one is Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/943260/Stranded_Sails__Explorers_of_the_Cursed_Islands/

And Fanatical has 4 new sales:

• The new Star Deal is DiRT Rally 2.0 Super Deluxe Edition, 80% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/di-rt-rally-2-0-super-deluxe-edition
• There's a VR Sale with up to 90% discounts that will last another 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/features/vr-support
• Thers's a new Bethesda VR Pack with 4 games at a 56% discount during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/bethesda-vr-pack
• And the VR Bundle brings 8 games with a 96% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/vr-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Doom Eternal Horde Mode Mod releases on September 13th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-eternal-horde-mode-mod-releases-on-september-13th/
Modder ‘proteh’ has been working on a Horde Mode for Doom Eternal. According to the modder, the gameplay will consist of a series of waves. Naturally, each wave will be more difficult than the previous one.
Players will start the first round with almost no equipment, just their shotgun and their jump boots. Eventually, and by clearing wave after wave, they will become a fully loaded Slayer. Moreover, the final wave will test your skills like no other arena in the game has done before.
Doom Eternal Horde Mode Mod will release on September 13th. Below you can find its key features, as well as two gameplay videos for it.

Here is an impressive Doom mod for Super Mario 64 PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/here-is-an-impressive-doom-mod-for-super-mario-64-pc/
As we reported back in May 2020, there is currently an unofficial DX12 version of Super Mario 64 for the PC. And, as you may have guessed, modders have decided to mod the sh*t out of this game. These past months, we’ve seen some interesting ones but, in my opinion, nothing can come close to this Doom mod for it.
This Doom mod for Super Mario 64 PC replaces all items and textures with those from id Software’s classic shooter. Moreover, it adds the iconic Doom Hud (instead of the Doomguy it features Mario) and introduces a 3D Doomguy costume for Mario.
It’s also worth noting that p3st has added the entire E1M1 from the first Doom game in Super Mario 64. Players can now fight some Super Mario 64 enemies and explore this level via a third-person perspective. This is a truly amazing mod that most Doom fans must experience, plain and simple.
>> You can download the mod from here (MEGA) . Where to find the game is up to you.

Fallout New Vegas gets a 16GB Upscaled 4X HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/fallout-new-vegas-gets-a-16gb-upscaled-4x-hd-texture-pack/
Modder ‘Kuzja80’ has released a 16GB AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Fallout New Vegas. This pack will increase/upscale the quality of almost all of the game’s original textures by four times. Furthermore, it does not contain any custom or new textures, something that most Fallout New Vegas fans will appreciate.
Similarly to the Oblivion AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack, this pack for Fallout New Vegas corrects upscaled alpha channels and upscaled normal maps. Moreover, this pack features seamless textures (after segmentation). The modder has implemented a full seamless texture segmentation technique to bypass any VRAM limitations.
In order to enhance the original textures, Kuzja80 used cuda, pytorch and his custom neural net model. Additionally, this pack does not contain textures that were below < 64×64. The modder also skipped textures from the “interface” folder.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Marvel’s Avengers September 4th Update adds Steam Cloud, fixes crashes, improves stability
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvels-avengers-september-4th-update-adds-steam-cloud-fixes-crashes-improves-stability/
Nixxes has released a brand new update for the PC version of Marvel’s Avengers. According to the release notes, the September 4th update finally enables Steam Cloud, allowing players to easily synchronize their save-games between multiple PCs.

Blizzard updates the PC system requirements for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/blizzard-updates-the-pc-system-requirements-for-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands/
Last month, Blizzard revealed the initial PC system requirements for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Those specs had an SSD for the game’s minimum PC storage requirements, something that – obviously – puzzled a lot of gamers. Thus, Blizzard has updated the PC requirements for Shadowlands, and you can find these new PC specs below.

GRAVEN is a spiritual successor to Hexen 2, first gameplay footage, coming to PC in 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/graven-is-a-spiritual-successor-to-hexen-2-first-gameplay-footage-coming-to-pc-in-2021/
1C Entertainment and 3D Realms have announced a spiritual successor to Hexen 2, GRAVEN. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publishers released two trailers, as well as a 30-minute gameplay walkthrough video.

Brutal Fate is a new retro first-person shooter from the creator of Brutal Doom
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/brutal-fate-is-a-new-retro-first-person-shooter-from-the-creator-of-brutal-doom/
Sergeant Mark IV, creator of Brutal Doom, has just announced a new retro fast-paced first-person shooter, Brutal Fate. Brutal Fate is heavily inspired by 80’s and 90’s sci-fi movies such as Aliens, Starship Troopers, Event Horizon, and Blade Runner, and will come out on Steam Early Access in early 2021.

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is coming to the PC in 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/postal-brain-damaged-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-2021/
Running with Scissors has announced a new POSTAL spin-off, POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Instead of an open-world environment, the game will feature old-school, stage-based FPS action with cheesy one-liners.

Horizon Zero Dawn Patch 1.04 released, fixes mouse movement, improves CPU performance and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/horizon-zero-dawn-patch-1-04-released-fixes-mouse-movement-improves-cpu-performance-and-more/
Guerrilla Games is slowly but steadily fixing the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn. Today, the team released a brand new patch that fixes a number of crashes, improves CPU performance, and addresses the game’s mouse movement issues.

New System Shock Remake gameplay video shows off Cyberspace
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-system-shock-remake-gameplay-video-shows-off-cyberspace/
Nightdive Studios has released a new gameplay video for System Shock Remake that shows off Cyberspace. Cyberspace is a surreal, 3-D world, featuring nodes and rivers of data that drag you along in digital currents.

New Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Cinematics Comparison Video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-blade-runner-enhanced-edition-cinematic-comparison-video/
Nightdive Studios has released a new video for Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition. This video compares some of the original cinematic sequences with the new enhanced ones, giving players an idea of some of their improvements.

Core Decay is a new retro Deus Ex-inspired game, coming to PC in 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/core-decay-is-a-new-retro-deus-ex-inspired-game-coming-to-pc-in-2021/
3D Realms has announced a first-person action-adventure game that is heavily inspired by the classic immersive sims of the ‘90s, Core Decay. Core Decay will explore the nature of consciousness and individuality, and will release on the PC in 2021.