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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG sees the release of three nw games:

• The classic games Startopia and Urban Chaos launch on the store with a 25% discount until January 26: https://www.gog.com/news/startopia_and_urban_chaos_are_back
• And Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition lands on the store with a 50% discount until the 26th: https://www.gog.com/game/lichtspeer_double_speer_edition

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

• The daily deal is Tinkertown, still en Early Access, with a 25% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1276660/Tinkertown/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Zero Caliber VR, still in Early Access, gets a 20% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/877200/Zero_Caliber_VR/
  • Hidden Through Time is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/524910/Hidden_Through_Time/
  • Half Dead is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/434730/Half_Dead/
  • Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition is 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/712190/Genesis_Alpha_One_Deluxe_Edition/
  • And lastly there's also BlazBlue Centralfiction with an 80% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/586140/BlazBlue_Centralfiction/

And Fanatical has a new Mystery Menace Bundle, with up to 10 unknown games to grab: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-menace-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This procedurally-generated Counter-Strike map has 'tens of millions' of variations
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-procedurally-generated-counter-strike-map-has-tens-of-millions-of-variations/
A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive mapmaker has somehow crafted an aim map capable of procedurally generating roughly 30 million unique layouts.
Released on the Steam Workshop last week, each new round of modder Orel's "Rogue Inferno" aim map offers up a completely new arena to shoot it out in using Inferno's props and textures. A starting room lets you choose whether you want a map to be symmetrical, half-symmetrical or otherwise, while there's even a clunky seed picker for saving your favourite configurations.

GAMING NEWS

Lovecraftian horror game, The Shore, releases on February 19th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lovecraftian-horror-game-the-shore-releases-on-february-19th/
Ares Dragonis announced that his Lovecraftian horror game, The Shore, will release on February 19th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the developers released a new trailer for it that you can find below.

New patent filed by Rockstar may hint at significant GTA 6 NPC AI & traversal improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-patent-filed-by-rockstar-may-hint-at-significant-gta-6-npc-ai-traversal-improvements/
It appears that recently some Reddit users have discovered a new patent application filed by Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two, in October 2020. The patent application is titled as ‘System And Method For Virtual Navigation In A Gaming Environment’, which is most likely for the developer’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6.
Although there is no specific reference given to any particular game, it was developed by Rockstar’s lead AI programmer, Simon Parr, and David Hynd, Rockstar’s associate director of technology, which suggests that it could be related to the studio’s next game, GTA6.

Company of Heroes 2 receives a 64-bit patch, improving performance & stability
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/company-of-heroes-2-receives-a-64-bit-patch-improving-performance-stability/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Relic has just released a new patch for Company of Heroes 2 that adds support for 64-bit operating systems. As such, this classic strategy game will now have better performance and stability on most modern-day PC systems.

Horizon Zero Dawn Patch 1.10 addresses AMD GPU VRAM issue, fixes crashes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/horizon-zero-dawn-patch-1-10-addresses-amd-gpu-vram-issue-fixes-crashes/
Guerrilla Games has released a brand new update for Horizon Zero Dawn. According to the release notes, patch 1.10 addresses an issue that cost upwards of 250MB of VRAM on AMD GPUs. Moreover, it fixes a number of crashes and graphical issues.

Balan Wonderworld PC demo releases on January 28th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/balan-wonderworld-pc-demo-releases-on-january-28th/
Square Enix announced that a free demo for BALAN WONDERWORLD, an all-new action-platformer from the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, will release on January 28th. This demo will allow players to experience two hours from the game, ahead of its March 26th release date.

Here are 40 minutes of PC gameplay footage from Nioh 2 Complete Edition
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-40-minutes-of-pc-gameplay-footage-from-nioh-2-complete-edition/
Fextralife and Rob Cram have shared two videos, showcasing 40 minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of Nioh 2 Complete Edition. These videos will give you a glimpse at the PC version of Nio 2, so be sure to watch them.