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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Total War sells over 36M copies, Creative Assembly now biggest UK developer
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-sells-over-36m-copies-creative-assembly-now-biggest-uk-developer/
The venerable Total War series of strategy games, which turns 21 this year, has sold over 36 million copies, Creative Assembly announced. Total War: Three Kingdoms accounts for a good portion of that—a smash hit in China, Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling game in the series when it moved a million copies in a single week. The Warhammer games have been massive as well, with preorders for Warhammer 3 topping the Steam charts. Creative Assembly says 1.5 million people play Total War every month.
The developer now has 800 permanent staff and has opened a third studio in West Sussex, which it says makes Creative Assembly "the largest UK games developer". Studio director Gareth Edmondson said, "This is an incredibly exciting time for Creative Assembly with the highly-anticipated Total War: Warhammer III on the horizon and our new sci-fi-shooter IP in development."

GOG has several new deals:

• The new Midweek Sale features games for every mood with up to 85% discounts until Saturday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210414_midweek_sale
• The Special Home Focus Interactive Sale features up to 80% discounts until April 21st: https://www.gog.com/promo/focus_home_interactive
• The game Ghostrunner gets an additional DLC, the Metal OX Pack, and that's a good excuse to put the game 50% off until April 20 (the DLCs are also on sale): https://www.gog.com/game/ghostrunner
• And The Medium is available with a 20% discount until April 16 (25% off if you get the Deluxe Edition): https://www.gog.com/game/the_medium

Steam has several new deals, including 5 new Midweek Madness deals:

• The new daily deal is the Early Access title HROT, 15% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/824600/HROT/
• The Medium is 20% off until the 16th (like at GOG): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293160/The_Medium/
• Satisfactory, still in Early Access, is 20% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
• Ghostrunner, that has a demo, is 50% off until Friday 16: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139900/Ghostrunner/
• The VR ONLY title Arizona Sunshine gets a 63% discount until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/342180/Arizona_Sunshine/
• The Sniper Ghost Warrior Franchise Sale brings up to 84% discounts until April 18: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SniperGhostWarriorFranchiseSale
• And the game Indivisible will be 60% off until April 20: https://store.steampowered.com/app/421170/Indivisible/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Unity Engine will add native support for NVIDIA’s DLSS tech in 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unity-engine-adds-native-support-for-nvidia-dlss-tech/
Unity Technologies and NVIDIA announced that Unity developers will soon be able to add NVIDIA DLSS to their creations. Before the end of 2021, NVIDIA DLSS will be natively supported for the High Definition Render Pipeline in Unity 2021.2.
At GTC 2021, Light Brick Studio demonstrated how Unity games can look with real-time ray tracing and DLSS. You can watch their full talk for free here. You can also check out a developer interview with Unity’s Mathieu Muller, senior product manager for high-end graphics.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Half Life Alyx No VR Mod looks better than ever in this latest update video
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/half-life-alyx-no-vr-mod-looks-better-than-ever-in-this-latest-update-video/
Modder ‘SoMNst’ has released a new update video for a new VR Mod for Half-Life Alyx. As the title suggests, this mod will let you experience Half-Life: Alyx on non-VR devices, featuring full support for keyboard and mouse.
In this latest video, the modder showcases a new Viewmodel and some new animations. Moreover, the game now features a Camera “viewpunch“. Player speed has been fixed when player is ducked, and the player now moves slower when using ADS. Additionally, the zombies are now running instead of walking. This adjustment aims to make the game a bit more challenging. Headcrabs are also more aggressive.
>> Still no download link.

GAMING NEWS

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Official Remastered Comparison Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/mass-effect-legendary-edition-official-remastered-comparison-trailer/
BioWare and Electronic Arts have released an official remastered comparison trailer for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This trailer showcases a side-by-side comparison of the stunning environmental, character, and visual effects improvements of the Remaster.

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… will get a NieR Automata free DLC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nier-replicant-ver-1-22474487139-will-get-a-nier-automata-free-dlc/
Microsoft’s Windows Store has leaked a NieR Automata free DLC that will be coming to NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… This free DLC will add 4 costumes and 4 weapons from NieR:Automata in NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139….

New Microsoft Flight Simulator Update improves France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/new-microsoft-flight-simulator-update-improves-france-belgium-netherlands-and-luxembourg/
Microsoft has released a brand new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator. According to MS, this update brings flight simmers to France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.21 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-update-1-21-full-patch-notes/
CD Projekt RED has released Update 1.21 for Cyberpunk 2077, and shared its complete changelog. According to the release notes, Patch 1.21 brings various memory management improvements (reducing the number of crashes). Moreover, it fixes numerous bugs and glitches.
>> And the CDP boss want to make it a game to be proud of.