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Let's go with th final news of the week!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Football Manager 2020 and Watch Dogs 2 are free to own on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/football-manager-2020-and-watch-dogs-2-are-free-to-own-on-epic-games-store/
Epic Games has announced that Football Manager 2020 and Watch Dogs 2 are free to own on the Epic Games Store. From today and until September 24th, PC gamers can visit their EGS pages and acquire their free copies. (...) Additionally, PC gamers can also acquire a free copy of Stick It To The Man!.
>> Next week the free game will be "RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition".

The Amazons are coming to A Total War Saga: Troy and you can enlist them for free
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-amazons-are-coming-to-a-total-war-saga-troy-and-you-can-enlist-them-for-free/
A Total War Saga: Troy was free during its first 24 hours of release on the Epic Games Store, and an awful lot of people took advantage of the deal. Next week, the Amazons Hero Pack DLC will go on sale, and it too will be free for the taking, but this time for two weeks.

Humble's 'You Can Pet The Dog' Bundle offers everything from wistful narrative adventures to chilling horror games
https://www.pcgamer.com/humbles-you-can-pet-the-dog-bundle-offers-everything-from-wistful-narrative-adventures-to-chilling-horror-games/
If you're an even moderately Online Person and a fan of video games, chances are you're aware of the Twitter account @CanYouPetTheDog. Its mission is simple: to create "a catalog of pettable and non-pettable dogs in video games," compiled from screenshots and video clips sent in by followers (or "manual input resulting in visual representation of petting", if you're fancy). It's sometimes hard to find truly wholesome content at the intersection of Twitter and gaming, but Can You Pet the Dog? is a stand-out example of people coming together to share their gaming knowledge just to bring a little extra joy to anyone else who sees it.
Now, Can You Pet the Dog? have teamed up with another force for good in the gaming world: the creators of Humble Bundle, a digital storefront known for its support of numerous charitable causes. The 'You Can Pet the Dog' Bundle is available for purchase between now and October 1st, and features games across numerous genres with one unifying feature: each game on offer features at least one cute dog and, yes, your character can pet them.
>> And at the Humble Store we have two new sales:

• The first one is a Sports Sale with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days. All the keys are for Steam, except for Steep that's for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/sports-sale/
• The other one is a PlayWay SA Publisher Sale with up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. Except for The Way, that's also for GOG, all the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/playway-sa-sale-/

Fanatical has added a new bundle: the Exodus Bundle, with 12 games in three tiers: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/exodus-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Microsoft Flight Simulator mod corrects the shocking omission of a giant Gundam statue
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-mod-corrects-the-shocking-omission-of-a-giant-gundam-statue/
The latest entry in Microsoft's Flight Simulator franchise launched last month to positive reviews—but the often hilarious failures of its AI generated landmarks have become something of a meme unto themselves. You see, Flight Simulator uses satellite images to generate its maps, which means it's sort of left guessing when it comes to fine details. British players in particular were quick to point out that Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle have both been re-imagined as brutalist post-war office blocks (a problem shared by a number of other castles around Europe, it seems). Meanwhile, anything that has the nerve not to be broadly rectangular in shape tends to get omitted altogether—the London Eye was one such victim, as are most egregiously humanoid statues.
Modder jlawrence124 spotted one such glaring oversight, and was moved to do something about it. The icon in question on this occasion was the Gundam statue—an 18-metre-tall robot statue that stands proudly alongside the Gundam Factory in Yokohama, Japan. Yes, this is a real thing—it's currently under construction and due for its official unveiling sometime in 2020; which may further account for its absence from Flight Simulator, as it's likely just too new to have been present on the satellite images used by the game. Oh, and did I mention it moves? Yeah, it moves. The robot statue moves.
Commenting on their work, jlawrence124 explained: "Japanese engineers have recently constructed a 1-to-1 scale, moving Gundam at the Gundam Factory in Yokohama. Because the mapping data was outdated, the factory in it's[sic] current state does not exist, but I just placed the model in the parking lot." They then admitted to taking some creative liberties with the statue while they were designing the mod: "I made the scale of the statue larger because why not :)", before adding, "I can do a more realistic scaled version in the future if someone wants it." Which is very generous of them to offer, but really, what better time to literally go big or go home? You're already in the plane.

GAMING NEWS

Empire of Sin, character-driven strategy game, releases on December 1st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/empire-of-sin-character-driven-strategy-game-releases-on-december-1st/
Paradox Interactive has announced that the character-driven strategy game, Empire of Sin, will release on December 1st. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

V1 Interactive shuts down the multiplayer mode for Disintegration
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/v1-interactive-shuts-down-the-multiplayer-mode-for-disintegration/
Private Division and V1 Interactive have announced that they will be shutting down the multiplayer mode of Disintegration. Disintegration is a first-person sci-fi shooter that came out on June 16th. However, it appears that the game flopped, something that forced V1 Interactive to shut down its MP mode.

Raji: An Ancient Epic is coming to the PC on October 15th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/raji-an-ancient-epic-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-october-15th/
Nodding Heads Games has announced that its upcoming action-adventure game, Raji: An Ancient Epic, will release on the PC on October 15th. In addition, the team revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Project CARS 3 Update 1.4 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/project-cars-3-update-1-4-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Slightly Mad Studios has released a brand new update for Project CARS 3. According to the release notes, Update 1.4 fixes a number of rendering issues. Moreover, it packs with a number of PC-only fixes and improvements.

Crysis Remastered is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crysis-remastered-is-using-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
Crysis Remastered is now available on the PC via Epic Games Store. As such, Crytek has updated its EGS page, revealing that the game will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
>> This could explain why the game runs so poorly (25-32 fps in 4K/max setting with an RTX 3080)... or maybe not.

Crysis Remastered suffers from single-thread CPU issues, just like the original game
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/crysis-remastered-suffers-from-single-threaded-cpu-issues-just-like-the-original-game/
One of the reasons most PC gamers wanted a new version – or remaster/remake if you will – of the first Crysis was due to the game’s inability to take advantage of more than one/two CPU cores. Back in 2007, Crytek assumed that future PC games would be focusing on single-thread CPU performance. As such, the original Crysis is heavily CPU bottlenecked, even on modern-day systems. And, unfortunately, Crysis Remastered suffers from the very same CPU optimization issues.
>> **facepalm**