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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Valheim has now more than 4 million players in less than a month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/valheim-has-now-more-than-4-million-players-in-less-than-a-month/
Last week, Chris informed you about Valheim passing 3 million players since its launch. And yesterday, Iron Gate revealed that the game has reached its next milestone. Yeap, in less than a month, Valheim has passed over 4 million players.

Steam has two new deals:

• The new daily deal is Samorost 3, 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/421120/Samorost_3/
• And the Early Access title Foxhole is 45% off until the 1st of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/505460/Foxhole/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Square Enix Sale features up to 91% discounts during the next 10 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/square-enix
• The new Guardian Bundle comes with 11 games split into three tiers of 3, 9 and 11 games with an up to 99% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/guardian-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 461.72 WHQL driver adds support for RTX3060, fixes G-Synch issues with LG CX OLED TVs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-461-72-whql-driver-adds-support-for-rtx3060-fixes-g-synch-issues-with-lg-cx-oled-tvs/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 461.72 WHQL driver adds support for its latest NVIDIA GeForce GPU, the RTX3060. Moreover, it adds support for the Outriders demo, NVIDIA DLSS in Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, and NVIDIA Reflex in Rainbow Six Siege.
As always, this new driver also comes with a number of fixes. For instance, it fixes some stuttering and low FPS issues in Edge of Eternity and Hitman 2 on G-Synch monitors. It also resolves an issue that could prevent the LG CX OLED TVs to be recognized as G-Synch compatible displays.
>> Available from here.

Give this optional Windows 10 update a whirl if your games don’t look right
https://www.pcgamer.com/give-this-optional-windows-10-update-a-whirl-if-your-games-dont-look-right/
While we wait for Microsoft to go big with its chunky Sun Valley Windows 10 Update later this year, it's once more serving up an optional 'preview' of its next cumulative update. That's the one that will arrive on the second Tuesday of next month (otherwise known as Patch Tuesday). The preview release (KB4601382) chases away over 40 bugs, including an "issue with screen rendering after opening games with certain hardware configurations."
Microsoft does not go into further detail on that specific bug fix, but if you are having any kind of rendering issues at all when firing up a game—colors that are off, screen flickering, slower than expected performance—it is worth giving this optional update a shot.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Witcher 3 gets a new 4K HD Texture Pack, overhauling the textures in White Orchard
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-gets-a-new-4k-hd-texture-pack-overhauling-the-textures-in-white-orchard/
Modder ‘Gorgulla’ has released a new HD Texture Pack for The Witcher 3. According to the modder, this pack overhauls the terrain/landscape textures in the White Orchard area. Moreover, it features baked ambient occlusion, baked normalmaps, normalized colorization.
As Gorgulla noted, this pack features 4K textures that were made with Photogrammetry. Thus, the modder is aiming to provide the most realistic textures for the game. Furthermore, this pack will be compatible with the upcoming ray-traced version of The Witcher 3.
>> You'll find it at Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Anthem Next, or Anthem 2.0, has been officially cancelled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anthem-next-or-anthem-2-0-has-been-officially-cancelled/
In February 2020, EA and BioWare announced Anthem Next (also known as Anthem 2.0). This new version of Anthem was meant to overhaul its gameplay mechanics. However, BioWare has officially announced its cancellation.

Paradise Lost gets a new story trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/paradise-lost-gets-a-new-story-trailer/
All in! Games has released a new trailer for Paradise Lost, an upcoming game by PolyAmorous. The trailer transports you to the year 1980 in a world where WWII never ended and the heart of Europe is hidden behind a veil of radiation, transformed into a nuclear wasteland by the Nazis.

SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 coming to PC on July 27th, first details unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/samurai-warriors-5-coming-to-pc-on-july-27th-first-details-unveiled/
KOEI Tecmo and Omega Force have announced that SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 is coming to PC via Steam on July 27th. SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 introduces a re-imagined experience – from the visuals to the storyline – to open the curtain on an all-new SAMURAI WARRIORS series.