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JEMC on 31 May 2021
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The Monday *Sigh* news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Humble Heal raises over a million dollars for Covid-19 charities
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/humble-heal-raises-over-a-million-dollars-for-covid-19-charities/
Humble Bundle’s recent “Humble Heal: COVID-19 Bundle” raised $1,170,824 (£825,000), it announced in a recent blog post.. While games were at the forefront of the bundle, including indie hits like Superhot and Undertale, books and other software were bundled in.
The Humble Heal bundle, which ran in early May, was unique in that a fixed 100% of the money raised will be going to the charities nominated by Humble. The traditional Humble model splits proceeds between the nominated charity, the publisher, and Humble, with buyers being able to choose how to divide their money. With this bundle however, all proceeds should be split equally between Direct Relief, Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corps, and GiveIndia.

GOG's Weekly Sale is full of games from publisher Headup Games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/headup_sale

Steam's new daily deal is Furi, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/423230/Furi/

Fanatical has several a new Star Deal, that will end soon, and new bundles added to its BundleFest:

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Here is a beautiful forest map in Unreal Engine 5 with Lumen and Nanite
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-a-beautiful-forest-map-in-unreal-engine-5-with-lumen-and-nanite/
Last week, Epic Games announced the public release of Unreal Engine 5’s Early Access version. And a couple of days ago, MAWI United has shared a video, showing its Birch Forest Map/Biome in Unreal Engine 5 with Nanite and Lumen.
MAWI United has managed to enable Nanite for every static mesh in this map. Moreover, this map has Lumen with hardware ray tracing enabled, so it can give you a glimpse at what you can expect from it. Not only that, but MAWI has enabled the new Virtual Shadow Maps so that every mesh can cast shadows.

Ubisoft reveals new chat system for Ubisoft Connect
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/chat-is-coming-back-to-ubisoft-connect/
After removing the chat service from its game launcher, so it could be reworked to "align with the rest of the Ubisoft Connect experience", Ubisoft has announced the feature's return. Starting today, you'll again be able to chat to folks over Ubisoft Connect (formerly known as Uplay and Ubisoft Club), at least in its desktop app. Meanwhile, chat will return to the Connect overlay in "the coming weeks".
Ubisoft reckons the new chat service will be faster, more stable and reliable, while providing players with a "safe and friendly environment." Should you find yourself conversing with a jerk, or worse, you can block them or file a report.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout Van buren Remake Mod in development for Fallout New Vegas
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/fallout-van-buren-remake-mod-in-development-for-fallout-new-vegas/
The United West Team has announced that it is currently working on a remake mod of Fallout Van buren for Fallout New Vegas. Fallout Van buren is the codename of the cancelled Fallout 3 game that Black Isle Studios was working on.
According to the team, this Fallout Van buren Remake will be called Fallout Revelation Blue. Revelation will be using the engine and assets of both Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3. The team also promises to add in and remake all the classic weapons of Fallout 2.
While this mod is in a really early stage, the team aims to release a demo in the future. This demo will feature the Tibbets Prison Facility, where the player will go through a demo-sized quest.

HD Texture Pack for Valheim, with 4K/8K textures, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/hd-texture-pack-for-valheim-with-4k-8k-textures-available-for-download/
Modder ‘Willybach’ has released a brand new version of his HD Texture Pack for Valheim. This latest version of this pack comes with some 4K and 8K textures. Additionally, the modder offers three other versions of his pack that can run on weaker PC systems.
In case you weren’t aware, this mod uses AI techniques in order to overhaul the vanilla textures. The mod currently covers most biomes and most Building and Crafting textures. Furthermore, it has textures for almost all weapons and tools, and half of the creatures. What’s still missing from this HD Pack are armors, some creatures and animals, and Ocean and Mountain biomes.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

Crysis Enhanced Edition Definitive Update is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/crysis-enhanced-edition-definitive-update-releases-on-may-29th/
Remaster Studio announced that the Definitive Update for Crysis Enhanced Edition is now available for download. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.
Crysis Enhanced Edition is currently the best graphics mod for the original Crysis game. In fact, this mod can make the game look just as good as its official remaster. Thus, and if you haven’t purchased Crysis Remastered, we strongly suggest downloading it. This mod introduces a lot of major features, such as 4K/8K textures, real-time ray tracing, and better Ambient Occlusion.
>> You can get it from ModDB.

The Witcher 3 gets Berserk Guts and Original Witcher Mods
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/the-witcher-3-gets-berserk-guts-and-original-witcher-mods/
Modder ‘user619’ released a Berserk Guts mod for The Witcher 3. This mod basically replaces Geralt’s 3D model with Guts, and it’s a tribute to Kentaro Miura, the creator of “Berserk” manga, who passed away on May 6th, 2021.
You can download this mod from here. You can play as Berserk Guts by selecting the Gryphon Armor Lv1. Do note, that you’ll also have to disable NVIDIA Hairworks (as the mod is not compatible with them).
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Speaking of character mods for The Witcher 3, PTRMO released one such mod that adds Geralt’s 3D model from the first The Witcher game. You can download this mod from here.

A modder is reviving the lost Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory singleplayer campaign
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-modder-is-reviving-the-lost-wolfenstein-enemy-territory-singleplayer-campaign/
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was one of the great multiplayer shooters of its day, delivering what was at the time uniquely class-based, objective-based gameplay. It came off the back of the success of singleplayer Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but it was multiplayer only—at least, it was at the time. It had an unfinished singleplayer campaign cut during development, long considered lost, but with the recent revival of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory by modders one man, William Faure, is bringing back that dream.
This follows on the heels of a major mod project, called RealRTCW, that remade Return to Castle Wolfenstein itself.
Faure is taking the six Enemy Territory maps and making them into both singleplayer and cooperative experiences. He's not a stranger to modding the game, either, because he's the person behind an extensive RealRTCW mod called The Dark Army: Uprising, an unofficial sequel to the RTCW story. Given the trailer above, which shows not just a slice of game from several maps but an extended look at gameplay on a D-Day level, it's coming along nicely.
You can read more about it on this Steam post by the RealRTCW team. You can track the mod's progress on its moddb page. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Singleplayer will release on November 19th 2021, and come to Steam on November 30th 2021.

Well, here's a nude Geralt Skyrim mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/well-heres-a-nude-geralt-skyrim-mod/
There are plenty of mods for bringing characters from The Witcher into Skyrim, and we've even tried playing as Geralt with Triss and Yennefer as companions. One frontier had yet to be crossed, however. Thanks to the Butcher of Blaviken's unique physique and scarring, none of the Geralt mods really looked like him with his clothes off. Until now.
Modder matthouss is responsible for Unique SOS body type and skin textures for Geralt follower, the mod that gives the White Wolf an appropriate nude mesh. To use it you'll also need Geralt of Rivia voiced follower and SOS: Schlongs of Skyrim, as well as whichever of Skyrim's adult mods you prefer. Some of those links are NSFW, in case you needed to be told. Time to update the list of Best Skyrim mods again.
It's only available for Skyrim Special Edition at the moment, but there is a vanilla Oldrim version of the Geralt of Rivia voiced follower mod if you just want to pal around with Geralt and aren't interested in his Valley of Plenty.

GAMING NEWS

Genshin Impact Patch 1.6 releases on June 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/genshin-impact-patch-1-6-releases-on-june-9th/
miHoYo has announced that Patch 1.6 for Genshin Impact will release on June 9th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.

Microsoft Flight Simulator Patch 1.16.2.0 reduces file size from +170GB to 83GB
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/microsoft-flight-simulator-patch-1-16-2-0-reduces-file-size-from-170gb-to-83gb/
Microsoft has released a brand new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator in which it performed some optimization for the initial full download of the title so the base game is only 83GB instead of +170GB.

Far Cry 6 releases on October 7th, gets brand new screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/far-cry-6-releases-on-october-7th-gets-brand-new-screenshots/
Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 6 will release on October 7th. In addition, the company has released a new set of screenshots that you can find below.



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