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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Knockout City dips, dives and dodges its way into 5 million players
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/knockout-city-dips-dives-and-dodges-its-way-into-5-million-players/
I'm not sure anyone was expecting dodgeball brawl 'em up Knockout City to be a hit. But here we are, 5 million players later, just days after hearing that EA plans to keep the ball rolling with a permanently expanded free trial.
EA broke the milestone news in a new blog post, sharing that Knockout City hit the 5 million milestone 2 weeks after release, and a mere 10 days after crossing the 2 million mark. While not detailing specifics, the post also notes that over half a billion knockouts have been scored, while the game has been streamed for "millions" of hours.

Frostpunk is now available for free on Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/frostpunk-is-now-available-for-free-on-epic-games-store/
11 bit studios and Epic Games announced that Frostpunk is available for free on Epic Games Store for a limited time. From today and until June 10th, PC gamers can visit its EGS page and acquire their free copy.
>> Claimed! And yeah, I also got a 10$ coupon with it.

GOG's Warhammer Skulls sale includes a free game and 'goodie pack' for everyone
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gogs-warhammer-skulls-sale-includes-a-free-game-and-goodie-pack-for-everyone/
Today's the day of the big Warhammer Skulls showcase, which among other things has given us a look at the final Total War: Warhammer 2 DLC, and a new tactical RPG coming in 2022 that has a title so long it literally takes up three lines of text on our front page. GOG is getting in on the action too, with a Warhammer Skulls sale featuring discounts of up to 80% on an impressively extensive selection of Warhammer games, and a Warhammer Skulls Digital Goodie Pack that's free for everyone.
The goodie pack will actually show up in your GOG library in two parts, the 1995 strategy game Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, and the Goodie Pack itself.
>> Well, that definitely shots down the chance of the Summer Sale starting this week. No explanation, then, on why there was no Midweek Sale.

Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Total War: WARHAMMER II, 72% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/total-war-warhammer-ii
• The former deal is part of the Warhammer Sale, with up to 85% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/collections/warhammer
• And Team 17 also puts its games on sale, up to 80% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Half-Life: Alyx multiplayer mod lets you join a friend as a useless floating robot
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/half-life-alyx-multiplayer-mod-lets-you-join-a-friend-as-a-useless-floating-robot/
An open-source Half-Life: Alyx mod will let you join a friend's VR journey through City 17. Just don't expect do be able to do much more than hang around and watch the fireworks.
As spotted by PCGamesN, alyx-multiplayer is a fairly simple mod that lets you invite a friend into Half-Life: Alyx in a very limited fashion—as the floating faceplate of a Combine scanner, drifting and jittering around Alyx as a kind of robot buddy.
>> You can download it from its official website.

GAMING NEWS

Warhammer 40K Shootas, Blood & Teef is a new 2D run & gun platformer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40k-shootas-blood-teef-is-a-new-2d-run-gun-platformer/
Rogueside has announced a new Warhammer game, Warhammer 40K Shootas, Blood & Teef. Warhammer 40K Shootas, Blood & Teef is a 2D run and gun platformer that will be coming soon on PC. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released its debut gameplay trailer.
>> It's... not like you'd expect.

Cyberpunk 2077’s next patch will come out in the next couple of weeks
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077s-next-patch-will-come-out-in-the-next-couple-of-weeks/
During its 2021Q1 investor call, CD Projekt RED revealed some new details about the upcoming patches for Cyberpunk 2077. According to the team, the next patch is almost ready and will release in the next couple of weeks.

The new Dead Island, Saints Row, Metro & TimeSplitters games won’t be shown at E3 2021
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-new-dead-island-saints-row-metro-timesplitters-games-wont-be-shown-at-e3-2021/
Deep Silver has just announced that its parent company, Koch Media, will make a new announcement at Summer Games Fest. However, and in order to keep expectations in check, the team confirmed that the new Dead Island, Saints Row, Metro & TimeSplitters games won’t be shown during that event (or in E3 2021).
>> Disappointing. I was hoping to see the new Saints Row.