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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Amnesia Rebirth has sold over 100,000 copies, but has proven divisive
https://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-rebirth-has-sold-over-100000-copies-but-has-proven-divisive/
Amnesia Rebirth released at the tail-end of 2020, in the thick of a holiday season crowded with new Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty games, not to mention Cyberpunk 2077. Despite all that, the psychological horror game has still managed to sell more than 100,000 copies according to Frictional Games, but in a post-mortem published today it reflected on some of the more controversial aspects of the game, writing that these proved more divisive than the studio had expected.

Teamfight Tactics hit 10 million daily players at a recent peak
https://www.pcgamer.com/teamfight-tactics-draws-10-million-daily-players-at-its-peaks/
For a few months in 2019, it seemed like autobattlers were all anyone could talk about, but the spotlight moved on pretty quickly. That doesn't mean no one is playing them: Riot says that League of Legends' Teamfight Tactics mode can draw 10 million players per day in the period following a big update. (For context, the entire Epic Game store averaged 31.3 million daily active players in 2020.)

GOG has a new sale and also see the release of a new game:

• The new Midweek Sale features cute games with up to 88% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210317_midweek_sale
• And the game Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited lands on the store with a 20% discount until the 23rd: https://www.gog.com/game/saviors_of_sapphire_wings_stranger_of_sword_city_revisited

Steam has seven new deals/sales, including five Midweek Madness deals:

• The new daily deal is X-Morph: Defense, that has a demo, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/408410/XMorph_Defense/
• Farming Simulator 19 is 33% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/787860/Farming_Simulator_19/
• The X franchise is between 40 and 80% off until Friday 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/egosoft/sale/x4midweekmadness
• Crusader Kings III is free to try and also 20% off until Sunday 21st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158310/Crusader_Kings_III/
• Heliborne Collection is going to be 55% off until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433530/Heliborne_Collection/
• The Ubisoft Celebration Sale comes with up to 80% discounts until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ubisoftmidweek
• And publisher Nacon has its games up to 90% off until the 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Nacon_PublisherSale_2021

The Humble Store has a new Rockstar Sale with up to 70% discounts during the next 5 days. The keys are for Steam and the Rockstar Social Club: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rockstar-week-sale/

Fanatical celebrates St. Patrick's Day with an extra 7% discount with the code LUCKY7.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 461.92 WHQL driver available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-461-92-whql-driver-available-for-download/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 461.92 WHQL driver is a Game Ready driver for Overwatch as it adds official support for NVIDIA Reflex (which is available on the PTS).
In addition, this driver fixes a number of bugs and issues. For instance, it fixes pixelated black dots or artifacts on characters’ skin in Red Dead Redemption 2. It also resolves some blue-screen crashes that could occur when connecting/disconnecting to/from the Samsung 8K TV. Additionally, it brings shader cache optimizations to reduce intermittent stutter on some PC configurations.
>> Available from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition adds support for dynamic resolution, restores specularity
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/silent-hill-2-enhanced-edition-adds-support-for-dynamic-resolution-restores-specularity/
The team behind the Enhanced Edition of Silent Hill 2 has released a new update that adds dynamic resolution support and restores specularity.
In case you weren’t aware of, Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a collection of mods that enhances the game and makes it playable to all modern systems. This is a must-have for all Silent Hill 2 fans, and we highly recommend downloading it.
With this update, items and enemies can now shine thanks to the newly added specularity. In addition, your flashlight (and environmental lights) will make shinny objects even more shinny.
This latest update for Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition also adds a new ScreenMode. Additionally, it introduces a new dynamic resolution option. As such, PC gamers can now adjust their resolution via the in-game settings.

Bannerlord mod turns Mount and Blade 2 into an 800-player MMO
https://www.pcgamer.com/bannerlord-mod-turns-mount-and-blade-2-into-an-800-player-mmo/
If you've been looking for a different way to play Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, they don't come much more different than this. Bannerlord Online is a mod that turns Mount and Blade 2 into an 800-player MMO.
Yeah. 800 players in the same world! It's really that big. Jump into the familiar world of Bannerlord, create a character, and explore the sandbox to complete quests and rise to power much like you would in singleplayer… but alongside hundreds of other players at the same time.

GAMING NEWS

Saints Row : The Third Remastered March 2021 Patch packs performance improvements, fixes bugs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/saints-row-the-third-remastered-march-2021-patch-packs-performance-improvements-fixes-bugs/
Sperasoft has released a brand new update for Saints Row : The Third Remastered. According to the release notes, this latest update packs various performance improvements, and fixes a number of bugs and issues.

Release date and PC requirements for Dungeons & Dragons co-op action RPG, Dark Alliance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/release-date-and-pc-requirements-for-dungeons-dragons-co-op-action-rpg-dark-alliance/
Wizards of the Coast has announced that Dark Alliance, a new co-op action roleplaying game that builds upon the rich lore of the Forgotten Realms in Dungeons & Dragons, will launch on June 22nd. In addition, the team revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Super Bomberman R Online is coming soon to PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-bomberman-r-online-is-coming-soon-to-pc/
Konami has announced that Super Bomberman R Online will be coming soon to PC. Moreover, the game will support cross-play between all platforms.

System Shock Remake and The Fabled Woods will support DLSS
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/system-shock-remake-and-the-fabled-woods-will-support-dlss/
NVIDIA has announced that both System Shock Remake and The Fabled Woods will officially support its DLSS tech. Moreover, the green team has shared some graphs that showcase the performance improvement that PC gamers can expect from DLSS in these games.

Ubisoft warns about phishing emails regarding Far Cry 6
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-warns-about-phishing-emails-regarding-far-cry-6/
Following Capcom’s example, Ubisoft has warned us about some phishing emails regarding Far Cry 6. According to the team, media and content creators have received fake emails from hackers using the Ubisoft domain.