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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has a new daily deal and also a new range of weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is Pathologic 2, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/505230/Pathologic_2/
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Aka Manto | 赤マント is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1130620/Aka_Manto/
  • Dream Car Builder is 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/488550/Dream_Car_Builder/
  • Malus, still in Early Access, is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254400/Malus/
  • Effie gets a 65% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975950/Effie/
  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/21980/Call_of_Juarez_Bound_in_Blood/
  • And lastly, Figment is 88% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/493540/Figment/

At the Humble Store there's a Team 17 publisher Sale, with up to 85% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-sale/

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/battlestar-galactica-deadlock

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This 2.4GB mod for Minecraft adds high-quality 2K textures for free
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/this-2-4gb-mod-for-minecraft-adds-high-quality-2k-textures-for-free/
Modder ‘Survivalcrafter_official’ has shared a free 2.4GB HD Texture Pack for Minecraft. This pack contains high-quality textures, and it is an excellent alternative to all the paid HD Texture Packs that are currently available for Minecraft.
According to the modder, this pack uses high-quality images for the best possible texture quality. Moreover, it uses POM that gives a new layer of depth to the in-game textures. Additionally, it comes with high quality normal and specular maps.
PhotoCraft comes in two versions; the full HD 2K version and the 1024x version (which targets mid-tier systems). For the 2K version, the modder suggests using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or RTX 2080.
>> You can download the 2K textures mod from Nexus Mods and the 1024x version from here.

This Cyberpunk 2077 mod makes Night City's weather appropriately crap
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-cyberpunk-2077-mod-makes-night-citys-weather-appropriately-crap/
When Cyberpunk 2077's Night City was first shown off, a lot of people seemed to be surprised about just how sunny it was. Bright blue skies is not what the mind immediately conjures up when you think of dystopian cyberpunk cities, even if they are in the California desert. If you never quite got over this, there is of course a mod for what ails you.
I think there's room for more sunshine in cyberpunk, but I'm also Scottish, which means I just freak out at the sight of all that open space up there—where the heck are all the clouds? It's unnatural. Essenthy's Climate Change mod means I can escape the terror of the great blue void by replacing it with something a bit gloomier.

Return to Castle Monkey Ball is exactly what you think it is
https://www.pcgamer.com/return-to-castle-monkey-ball-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/
Ever sat there and thought "Man, Wolfenstein 3D is great but it really needs more Super Monkey Ball?" No? Well, maybe you should, because there's now a fangame which satisfies that exact need.
Thanks to creator Nickireda Return to Castle Monkey Ball combines all the chaotic physics-based fun of Super Monkey Ball with Wolfenstein 3D's Nazi fighting mayhem (thanks Kotaku). B.J. Bakowicz has traded in his arsenal of weapons in favour of rolling around in a plastic ball a lá AiAi. There are eight procedurally generated Nazi fortresses to roll through, with bananas to collect and enemies to bonk with your ball.

GAMING NEWS

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition may release on March 12th according to two retailers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mass-effect-legendary-edition-release-march-12th/
It appears that the release date for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has been leaked. According to both Shopitree and GSShop, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will release on March 12th.

Capcom’s Pragmata delayed to 2023, Project Athia coming in 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcoms-pragmata-delayed-to-2023-project-athia-coming-in-2022/
At CES 2021, Sony revealed some release windows for a number of games that will be coming on PS5 and the PC. According to Sony, Capcom’s Pragmata will now release in 2023. Additionally, Square Enix’s Project Athia now targets a 2022 release date.

King Arthur: Knight’s Tale is now coming to Steam Early Access on January 26th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/king-arthur-knights-tale-is-now-coming-to-steam-early-access-on-january-26th/
Neocore Games has announced that its upcoming turn-based role-playing game, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, will now hit Steam Early Access on January 26th. The game was originally meant to hit Steam Early Access on January 12th. However, the team needed a little more time in order to iron out some bugs.