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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG is adding four classic games from Throwback Entertainment to its catalog, and they'll be up to 50% during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/throwback_thursday

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The first daily deal is Star Renegades, 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/Star_Renegades/
• And the second one is Football, Tactics & Glory, that has a demo and is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/375530/Football_Tactics__Glory/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• Warner Bros has put its games up to 81% off for the next 5 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/warner-bros.-games-inc.
• And the new Build Your Own Lockdown Bundle 5 features 22 games to choose for your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-lockdown-bundle-5

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 20.11.2 driver adds support for the RX 6800 series GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-20-11-2-driver-adds-support-for-the-rx-6800-series-gpus/
AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 20.11.2 driver adds official support for the RX 6800 series GPUs.
Furthermore, this driver fixes some corruption issues on some surfaces in Far Cry Primal on Radeon RX 5000 series GPUs. Additionally, it improves performance in Xuan-Yuan Sword VII for the Radeon RX 5700 series GPUs.
>> Available from here.

Steam improves support for the PS5 DualSense controller
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-improves-support-for-the-ps5-dualsense-controller/
The latest update to the Steam Client Beta, Valve's public test branch, adds additional support for the PlayStation 5's DualSense controller. The controller did already work with the Steam API, but without support for its bespoke features: here's how to get the DualSense set up on your PC.
Valve's update notes read: "Added additional support for the PS5 DualSense controller including LED, trackpad, rumble, and gyro functionality" and "Added a directional swipe mode for use with trackpads and gyro." That's more or less every DualSense feature bar the adaptive triggers.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Turn the world autumn with this fall colors mod for Microsoft Flight Simulator
https://www.pcgamer.com/turn-the-world-autumn-with-this-fall-colors-mod-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/
In Earth's northern hemisphere (leading globe scientists call it the planet's 'top part') we are now fully enmeshed in autumn. It's getting colder, it's getting darker, and we're barreling headlong into the festive twin nightmares of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
But there's one nice thing about the fall season—the leaves begin to turn lovely shades of yellow, orange, and red. Before those beautiful leaves all fall to the ground and the air fills with the sound of gas-powered leaf-blowers 24 hours a day, you can briefly enjoy the majesty of autumn.
That's now true of Microsoft Flight Simulator, too. The Fall Season for Microsoft Flight Simulator mod takes the trees of the simulated planet earth and paints them with beautiful amber hues and glorious crimson... um, hues. Look, I'm not a poet.
Sure, it's not accurate for the southern hemisphere (the planet's 'under part') and doesn't make sense for forests of pines and other trees whose leaves don't turn, but the bright splashes of color as you soar over the landscape still provide a cozy and immersive autumn feel. You can almost sense the crisp, cool autumn air as you tailstrike on takeoff, get nagged with "STALL, STALL, STALL" 40 times, and then fly wobbly toward your destination.

GAMING NEWS

Godfall supports Ray Tracing only on AMD GPUs, NVIDIA support coming in the future
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/godfall-supports-ray-tracing-only-on-amd-gpus-nvidia-support-coming-in-the-future/
Counterplay Games has just announced that a new PC patch is available for Godfall that adds support for Ray Tracing effects. However, and contrary to what Codemasters did with Dirt 5, Godfall will only support Ray Tracing on AMD GPUs right now. Counterplay will add support for NVIDIA GPUs in a future update.
>> Bad move.

Teaser trailer released for an unannounced Total War game [UPDATE]
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/teaser-trailer-released-for-an-unannounced-total-war-game/
SEGA and Creative Assembly have released a teaser trailer from an unannounced Total War game. This teaser shows an in-game environment, so we can assume that these are the graphics that PC gamers can expect from it.
UPDATE: Apparently, this is a teaser trailer for a new DLC for Total War: Warhammer 2. So yeah, that kind of sucks.

Microsoft Store hints at Far Cry 6 releasing on May 25th, 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/microsoft-store-hints-at-far-cry-6-releasing-on-may-25th/
It appears that Microsoft Store has leaked the release date for Far Cry 6. According to the store, this new Far Cry game will release on May 25th, 2021.

The Riftbreaker now supports Ray Tracing Shadows, Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion & Variable Rate Shading
https://www.dsogaming.com/editorial/the-riftbreaker-now-supports-ray-tracing-shadows-ray-tracing-ambient-occlusion-variable-rate-shading/
EXOR Studios has released a new update for The Riftbreaker that adds support for DirectX 12 Ultimate. As the press release reads, the Alpha 4 preview update introduces a number of the latest rendering techniques and a benchmark mode to test if your PC is ready for raytracing.

Capcom may be working on Dragon’s Dogma 2, a new Onimusha game and Street Fighter 6
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-may-be-working-on-dragons-dogma-2-a-new-onimusha-game-and-street-fighter-6/
Earlier this month, we informed you about some Capcom games that could be under development. And today, some new details about a number of unannounced games have surfaced online. The following release schedule comes from the massive Capcom leak that occurred in October 2020.
>> I'm all in for a new Onimusha... but I don't know if I trust Capcom enough to make a proper new game.