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The Tuesday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has two new deals and the weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004750/WRC_8_FIA_World_Rally_Championship/
• Iratus: Lord of the Dead will be 40% off for the next 49 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/807120/Iratus_Lord_of_the_Dead/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • AccrO, still in Early Access, is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1366810/AccrO/
  • DayZ is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/DayZ/
  • Viking Saga: Epic Adventure gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/573720/Viking_Saga_Epic_Adventure/
  • MotoGP20 is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161490/MotoGP20/
  • And the last one is Arma 3, with a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/107410/Arma_3/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The SEGA 60th Anniversary brings up to 70% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/segas-60th-anniversary-sale-/
• The For Honor franchise is up to 75% off for the next 6 days. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/for-honor-franchise-sale/
• And Publisher Team17 has its games up to 90% off for the next 6 days. Most keys are for Steam, but there are some also available for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-sale/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Dying Light Enhanced Edition + FREE Godfather Bundle DLC, 70% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dying-light-enhanced-edition-plus-free-godfather-bundle-dlc
• And EA has its games for sale during the next 6 days. The keys are for Origin, of course: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ea

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free to play until November 1st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-vermintide-2-is-free-to-play-until-november-1st/
Fatshark has just announced that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently free to play on Steam. From today and until November 1st, PC gamers can download and play this first-person co-op melee Warhammer game for free.

1980s USA goes to war against alternate reality USA in a new Zachtronics game
https://www.pcgamer.com/1980s-usa-goes-to-war-against-alternate-reality-usa-in-a-new-zachtronics-game/
Indie studio Zachtronics, whose previous releases include three puzzle games—Infinifactory, Opus Magum, and Exapunks—and a graphic novel about AI therapy called Eliza, is doing something a little different for its next project. Mobius Front '83 is a turn-based strategy game set during the height of the Cold War that challenges players to defend America from attack by another America from an alternate universe.

Here's the Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War launch trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-the-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-launch-trailer/
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War is still a few weeks away, but the launch trailer is here today, setting up a guns-blazing tale of Frank, Al, Jay, and a global conspiracy that threatens to wipe out half of Europe.

Apex Legends' new character is a time-traveling mom with a grudge
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-new-character-is-a-time-traveling-mom-with-a-grudge/
Ahead of the launch of Apex Legends season 7 next week, Electronic Arts has rolled out a new trailer that introduces Dr. Mary Somers, also known as Horizon, who finds herself flung nearly 100 years into the future after her partner betrays her and leaves her to die at the edge of the known universe.

Fortnite's Nexus War season is the start of 'many years' of planned Marvel tie-ins
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-nexus-war-season-is-the-start-of-many-years-of-planned-marvel-tie-ins/
During a guest appearance on the This Week in Marvel podcast, Epic Games worldwide creative director Donald Mustard revealed that the game's Marvel crossover elements are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

Fortnite calls the Ghostbusters in for several new skins
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-ghostbusters-skins/
It doesn't matter that Fortnite's player base is largely young adults and kids. Ghostbusters nostalgia is forever, apparently. Epic knows this all too well and has updated the Fortnite item shop with 10—count 'em, 10—new skins and other cosmetics based on the supernatural comedy classic.

Baby Yoda is coming to Star Wars: Squadrons
https://www.pcgamer.com/baby-yoda-is-coming-to-star-wars-squadrons/
Despite reaffirming a couple of weeks ago it had no plans to "dribble out" new content for Star Wars: Squadrons through seasonal updates or DLC, Electronic Arts has announced a "surprise content update" for the game that will add new unlockable items based on the Disney+-exclusive series The Mandalorian.

Wasteland 3 was almost banned in Australia due to 'Rocky Mountain Moosegrass'
https://www.pcgamer.com/wasteland-3-was-almost-banned-in-australia-due-to-rocky-mountain-moosegrass/
Wasteland 3 is a game with swearing parrots, cyborg chickens, a goat cannon, and lots of other perfectly sensible post-apocalyptic phenomena. It was also going to be a game with 'Rocky Mountain Moosegrass' in it, which is exactly as suss as it sounds: it was basically marijuana. No big deal, you say, but it was a big deal for the Australian Classification Board, which initially banned the game due to its presence.

Killer koi and nightmare spiders in next Grounded update
https://www.pcgamer.com/killer-koi-and-nightmare-spiders-in-next-grounded-update/
Tiny human vs giant bug survival sim Grounded launched in Early Access in July, (much to the discomfort of many here at PC Gamer), and has been receiving a steady trickle of content updates ever since, with new critters and equipment arriving alongside smaller tweaks and more practical additions like language localisation. It's now been confirmed that the forthcoming November update will focus on a significant retool of the koi pond, making that previously inaccessible part of the landscape fully explorable—and suitably terrifying.

Elite Dangerous: Horizons is now free if you own the base game
https://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-horizons-is-now-free-if-you-own-the-base-game/
Today's the day when massive open-world space sim Elite Dangerous is making some pretty big changes. As we learned late last month, the first expansion, Horizons, is being rolled into the base game as a free add-on.

Phil Spencer confirms all first-party Xbox Series X games are 'coming to PC'
https://www.pcgamer.com/phil-spencer-confirms-all-first-party-xbox-series-x-games-are-coming-to-pc/
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been doing the rounds to promote Microsoft's latest console, and he's been talking a little more about the company's cross-platform approach. Essentially Xbox is making the 'box' part of the equation less central, and transitioning into more of a software platform.
Spencer was speaking to Gamereactor about consoles traditionally being closed platforms, before moving onto Xbox Series X games and PC.
"There is this expectation from customers like there is now on PC, where people don't really question—there might be some timing things, on when certain things happen—but if we are shipping a first-party game it's coming to PC. If we are shipping a first-party game on PC it's coming to Steam and our own store. Like we built an expectation from our customers.
>> I decided to post more of the than usual to show the exact quote. Because, let's be honest, the games could come to PC... via GamePass.

Destiny 2: Beyond Light trailer reveals Season of the Hunt, Bungie promises to reduce FOMO
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-beyond-light-trailer-reveals-season-of-the-hunt-promises-to-reduce-fomo/
It's Destiny 2 'vidoc' day, meaning Bungie has released a chunky video explainer rounding up upcoming expansion Beyond Light's main features and attractions. Much of it touches on things we've already seen: Europa and the tease of secrets hiding underneath the ice; new exotic weapons and armour pieces; the new Stasis subclass that will let you freeze and shatter your enemies; and the new antagonist, the Fallen leader Eramis, who wields Stasis powers along with her lieutenants. It also reveals a couple of things that we didn't, like that the sound of the ice we'll be slinging was sourced from, among other things, a rumbly tummy and a breast pump.