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The news:

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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Activision claims that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is the fastest-selling PC game of all time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/activision-claims-that-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-is-the-fastest-selling-pc-game-of-all-time/
Activision has issued a new press release, claiming that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is the fastest-selling PC game of all time. As the press release reads, Shadowlands has sold more than 3.7 million units globally in its first day, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time industry-wide.
These results are coming from sales and/or downloads, based on internal company records and reports from key distributors. Or at least that’s what the official press release states.

Remedy’s Control has sold over two million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/remedy-control-has-sold-over-two-million-copies-worldwide/
Remedy’s Thomas Puha has announced that Control has sold over two million units worldwide on all platforms. Furthermore, November was Control’s best selling month, even though the game came out 15 months ago.

GOG has a two sales and also two new releases:

• The Midweek Sale brings up to 85% discounts on space games until Saturday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20201209_midweek_sale
• Klei Entertainment has its games up to 75% off for the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20201209_klei_entertainment_sale
• The first release is Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, 33% off until December 16: https://www.gog.com/game/rebel_galaxy_outlaw
• And Out There: Ω Edition launches with a massive 85% discount until the 16th of December: https://www.gog.com/game/out_there_o_edition

Steam has two new daily deals and four Midweek Madness deals:

• The first daily deal is The Solitaire Conspiracy, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1424980/The_Solitaire_Conspiracy/
• The other one is Comedy Night, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/
• And these are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Partisans 1941 is 20% off until December 10... so for 24 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227530/Partisans_1941/
  • The Survivalists is 25% off until December 10 as well: https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/
  • Amnesia: Rebirth is 20% off until December 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/999220/Amnesia_Rebirth/
  • And The Long Dark gets a 75% discount until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/305620/The_Long_Dark/

And Fanatical has a new daily deal: the Gal*Gun Pack is 75% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/gal-gun-pack

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.12.1 driver is optimized for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2020-edition-20-12-1-driver-is-optimized-for-cyberpunk-2077/
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.12.1 driver adds support for the Radeon RX 6900XT GPUs. It also offers optimal performance in Cyberpunk 2077.
Naturally, this driver also addresses some bugs and issues. For instance, it fixes some corruption issues in Hybrid Graphics scenarios when using the Vulkan API on an extended display in Rainbow Six Siege. It also resolves some issues when attempting to change the game’s resolution to a 16:9 ratio in Crossfire.
>> Available from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

If you love the SkyUI mod for Skyrim, you should check out FallUI for Fallout 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/if-you-love-the-skyui-mod-for-skyrim-you-should-check-out-fallui-for-fallout-4/
Of all the Skyrim mods ever made, and we're talking tens of thousands, SkyUI is one of the most popular of all time with millions of downloads. And it's easy to see why: Skyrim's vanilla UI was very clearly designed with consoles in mind, with oversized text for people sitting on couches and playing on their TVs, and menu options meant to be scrolled through via a controller.
On PC, where players have access to a mouse and are sitting much closer to our monitors, Skyrim's UI is not a great experience. Enter the SkyUI mod, which redesigned the UI to be far more PC friendly, visually pleasing, and heavily customizable, while adding lots of useful sorting and searching features.
If you use and enjoy SkyUI (and even if you don't), you should definitely take a look at FallUI, which is attempting to do the same thing for Fallout 4. It's not made by the creator of SkyUI but is clearly inspired by it, and it sure looks a lot nicer and far more useful than the vanilla system. FallUI has improved item lists and filtering, weapon sorting by attributes like damage and DPS, plus subcategories for items like food, drinks, and apparel that make it much easier to find what you're looking for quickly rather than having to wade through entire lists of items.

GAMING NEWS

Halo Infinite now targets Fall 2021, new multiplayer screenshots released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/halo-infinite-now-targets-fall-2021-new-multiplayer-screenshots-released/
In August 2020, Microsoft and 343 Industries announced that Halo Infinite has been delayed until 2021. And today, we finally have a release window. According to the teams, Halo Infinite now targets a Fall 2021 release date.

Destiny 2 will get official crossplay support in 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/destiny-2-will-get-official-crossplay-support-in-2021/
In 2019, we informed you about Bungie’s plans to add cross-play support to Destiny 2. And yesterday, the team officially announced that it will be adding this much-requested feature to Destiny 2 in 2021.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.12: Assault on Stanton will bring support for Tobii Head & Eye Tracking
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-12-assault-on-stanton-will-bring-support-for-tobii-head-eye-tracking/
Cloud Imperium Games today announced it has signed an exclusive partnership with Tobii to bring the next generation of eye tracking and head tracking technology to Star Citizen. The upcoming Star Citizen – Alpha 3.12: Assault on Stanton update will introduce official support for the Tobii technology for the first-time. As such, the game will deliver a more immersive way to explore and experience the universe of Star Citizen.

Forza Horizon 4 now allows you to create your own challenges
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/forza-horizon-4-now-allows-you-to-create-your-own-challenges/
Playground Games has released a brand new update for Forza Horizon 4, letting players create their own challenges. Additionally, this patch introduces an all-new game mode, Super7, featuring community-created challenges.