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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GTA5 has sold 135 million units, The Outer Worlds 3 million, Red Dead Redemption 2 35 million
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gta5-has-sold-135-million-units-the-outer-worlds-3-million-red-dead-redemption-2-35-million/
During its latest conference call, Take-Two announced new sales figures for some of its games. According to the company, Grand Theft Auto 5 has now surpassed 135 million sales on all platforms worldwide.
Moreover, Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold 35 million units. NBA 2K21, the latest NBA game that was criticized by a lot of gamers for its micro-transactions, has already sold 5 million copies. So yeah, expect even more MTX in Take-Two/2K Games in the future.
The Outer Worlds has now surpassed 3 million copies. PGA Tour 2K21 has sold 1 million units, and the Mafia Trilogy has sold 2 million copies. Mafia Trilogy includes all the Definitive Editions of the first three Mafia games.

Dungeons 3 is now free on the Epic Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/dungeons-3-is-now-free-on-the-epic-store/
Welcome to Thursday! Unfortunately, if you were expecting to sweep in and snag your free copy of the military RTS Wargame: Red Dragon, I have bad news—you can't. But I also have good news: You can have Dungeons 3 instead.
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As for Wargame: Red Dragon, it's still slated to go free at some point in the future, but for now remains listed as "coming soon" on the Epic Store. Thus, next week's free game will be The Textorcist, a bullet hell game where typing is your only weapon.

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The first one is a Warhammer Franchise Sale, with up to 75% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-sale/
• The Speedrunners Delight Sale offers up to 85% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/speedrunners-delight-sale-/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Standard Edition, 80% off for the next 48 hours. The key is for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tom-clancy-s-ghost-recon-breakpoint-standard-edition
• And there's a new 25th Anniversary BYOB, with 25 games to make your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/25th-anniversary-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Hug it out with this cuddly Skyrim mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/hug-it-out-with-this-cuddly-skyrim-mod/
Rough day? I hear ya. Stressed out? Me too.
Need a hug? Bring it in.
Hugs are nice, and according to a scientific study someone once paraphrased to me while I half-listened, they're even beneficial to your health, probably. You should get a hug right now if you can from a friend, loved one, pet, stuffed animal, or agreeable fellow public transit passenger.
And your videogame characters should get some hugs too. Thanks to a nice little mod made by WhiteWolf424242 called "I'm Glad You're Here," you can now give hugs to your followers, your spouse, and any adopted kids you might have in Skyrim.
>> You'll be able to do in the game what you can't do in real life.

GAMING NEWS

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered Day-1 Patch Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remastered-day-1-patch-detailed/
Electronic Arts will release tomorrow Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered. Naturally, and as with most games, this new NFS game will come with a day-1 update, and below you can see its changes, improvements and enhancements.

Dirt 5 Day-1 Patch addresses low GPU utilization and fixes crashes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dirt-5-day-1-patch-addresses-low-gpu-utilization-and-fixes-crashes/
Codemasters has released the day-1 patch for Dirt 5. This patch will be applied automatically on the game (unless you already have access to its Early version), and comes with some important fixes and improvements.

Here are the PC requirements for Immortals Fenyx Rising
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-pc-requirements-for-immortals-fenyx-rising/
Ubisoft has revealed the official PC system requirements for Immortals: Fenyx Rising. The game promises to run on a wide range of PC configurations, something that will please a lot of PC gamers. Furthermore, Ubisoft has also shared some of the tech features that the PC version will support.

EA confirms that the next-gen Battlefield game will release in holiday 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ea-confirms-that-the-next-gen-battlefield-game-will-release-in-holiday-2021/
During its recent conference call, Electronic Arts has confirmed that the next-gen Battlefield game will release in holiday 2021. According to the publisher, DICE is working on it and we can safely assume that it will be using the Frostbite Engine.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint – Ghost Experience Update releases on November 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ghost-recon-breakpoint-ghost-experience-update-releases-on-november-9th/
Ubisoft has announced that the Ghost Experience Update for Ghost Recon Breakpoint will release on November 9th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer for this update that you can find below.

Amnesia Rebirth Patch 1.2 released, adds mod support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amnesia-rebirth-patch-1-2-released-adds-mod-support/
Frictional Games has released patch 1.2 for Amnesia Rebirth that adds support for mods. Thanks to this latest update, the game now offers Custom Stories, as well as official modding tools. These will allow players to create everything from slightly modified versions of the base game to full conversions with all new assets.

Open Beta phase for Worms Rumble has been launched
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/open-beta-phase-for-worms-rumble-has-been-launched/
Team17 has kicked off an explosive weekend with a cross-play beta for Worms Rumble on PlayStation 4 and Steam. This Open Beta will run until Monday, 9th November at 8:00am GMT (3:00am EDT / 12:00am PDT). According to the press release, the open beta includes a previously unseen map, Transforming Towers, which sees part of the Tower transform into a giant robot worm, as well as Battle Royale modes Last Worm Standing and Last Squad Standing, joining Deathmatch.

NVIDIA confirms that Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing will work on any DXR-compatible GPU
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/nvidia-confirms-that-cyberpunk-2077-ray-tracing-will-work-on-any-dxr-compatible-gpu/
A few weeks ago, CD Projekt RED announced that only NVIDIA GPUs would be able to run Cyberpunk 2077’s Ray Tracing effects at launch. Of course, that was before announcing the latest delay for this highly anticipated title. Therefore, and since AMD has released its new RX 6000 GPUs, we are happy to report that those GPUs will be also able to run them.