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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

1. Monster Hunter Stories 2- Wings of Ruin
2. F1 2021
3. Steam Deck Reservations
4. F1 2021 Deluxe
5. Save 40% on She Will Punish Them
6. Valve Index VR Kit
7. Swords of Legends Online
8. Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury
9. Pre-purchase New World SKU 1
10. Pre-purchase New World SKU 2

GOG starts the week with two new releases and three week-long sales!

• Let's start with the classic Weekly Sale, with up to 95% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210719_weekly_sale
• Next is a Team17 Publisher Sale, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210719_team17_sale
• There's also a Team17 Bundle Sale with selected titles, with an extra 10% discount if you buy 3 and 15% if you get 5 or more: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210719_team17_essentials
• The last week-long sale is a Special Sale featuring Board and Card games with up to 85% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210719_board_and_card_games
• The game Phoenotopia: Awakening launches on the store with a 25% discount until July 26: https://www.gog.com/game/phoenotopia_awakening
• And 9th Dawn III arrives with a 50% deal until July 26: https://www.gog.com/game//9th_dawn_iii

Steam has two new deals:

• The new daily deal is DIRT 5, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1038250/DIRT_5/
• And 嗜血印 Bloody Spell, still in Early Access, will be 50% off until July 22: https://store.steampowered.com/app/992300/_Bloody_Spell/

There are two new deals at Humble:

• The new Humble Bundle, the Humble Sakura Series Bundle, comes with up to 16 titles to get during the next 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/sakura-series-bundle
• And at the Humble Store, the Racing Sale features up to 90% discounts during the next 4 days. The keys are for Steam, EGS and also there's one for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/racing-sale/

And at Fanatical, the new Star Deal is The Falconeer, 67% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-falconeer

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 5 available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/counter-strike-global-offensive-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-5-available-for-download/
Counter-Strike fans, here is something special for you today. Modder ‘Cloacked’ has recreated the Dust2 and Inferno maps from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in Unreal Engine 5. And, contrary to other fan remakes, you can go ahead and download this project.
Do note that you can only explore these maps. Right now, there aren’t any weapons, enemies or gameplay mechanics. And, to be honest, I don’t expect Cloacked to add such things.
>> You can download it from Discord.

Skyrim Special Edition Mod adds the Taarakian race from Heavy Metal
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/skyrim-special-edition-mod-adds-the-taarakian-race-from-heavy-metal/
Laerithryn has released a cool mod for Skyrim Special Edition that adds the Taarakian race from Heavy Metal. This mod features Taarna and 7 more optional hypothetical Taarakian followers. It also includes five RaceMenu presets for both males & females, as well as an opening quest.
In order to properly intergrade this race to Skyrim, the modder created nine cell locations with coc markers in each, and Ysgramor’s Journal, the Taarakian complex (which has it’s own crime faction with a Taarakian jail), and Taarakian Temple guards.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

Take-Two takes down GTA Underground and other GTA San Andreas & Vice City mods
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/take-two-takes-down-gta-underground-and-other-gta-san-andreas-vice-city-mods/
It appears that Take-Two is currently shutting down a lot of mods for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and San Andreas. Earlier today, the GTA: Underground development team got in touch with us and told us that it has received a DMCA notice from T2 through its ModDB page.
GTA Underground is a mod that combines the maps of GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, Manhunt & Bully. It’s a pretty cool concept and it’s unfortunate that Take-Two has decided to take it down.
However, Take-Two has not specifically targeted GTA Underground. As the team told us, VCS: PCE and the LCS PC port have also been taken down. Thus, Take-Two is currently shutting down multiple mods/projects for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
>> Could it be that Take2 is working on remakes of those GTA games and wants to get rid of "competition"?

Prey 2006 gets a 4.4GB HD Mod that overhauls all of its textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/prey-2006-gets-a-4-4gb-hd-mod-that-overhauls-all-of-its-textures/
Modder ‘merendas235′ has released a 4.4GB HD Texture Pack for the original Prey game. In other words, this HD Mod is for Human Head Studios’ Prey game that came out in 2006 and used id Tech 4, and not for Arkane’s Prey game.
This mod uses AI upscaling techniques in order to overhaul all of the game’s textures. The result is better and sharper textures that retain the art style of the original versions.
>> You can get it from Nexus Mods.

Fallout New Vegas Zombies Mod V2.0 adds new map & gameplay mechanics
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-new-vegas-zombies-mod-v2-0-adds-new-map-gameplay-mechanics/
In December 2020, we informed you about a Zombies Mod for Fallout New Vegas. And today, we are happy to report that a new major version of it is available for download.
Going into more details, Version 2.0 adds a new map (Sierra Madre) and new perks. It also brings some new zombie models and five new songs.
Additionally, Version 2.0 features some new mechanics. For instance, it packs a new death system, an explosive system, and box weapons. It also has a new teddy bear system, real-time dismemberment, and allows zombies to climb ladders.
>> You'll also find this one from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic delayed until January 2022 and October 2021, respectively
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rainbow-six-extraction-and-riders-republic-delayed-until-january-2022-and-october-2021-respectively/
Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic have been delayed until January 2022 and October 2021, respectively.

Marvel’s Avengers is the first game that supports both NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvels-avengers-is-the-first-game-that-supports-both-nvidia-dlss-and-amd-fsr/
Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics and EIDOS Montreal have released a new patch for Marvel’s Avengers that adds support for AMD’s FSR. As such, this game is the first that supports both NVIDIA’s DLSS and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution.