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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Battlefield 5 is now available for free on Amazon Prime Gaming
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-is-now-available-for-free-on-amazon-prime-gaming/
Amazon Prime Gaming is currently offering Battlefield 5 for free. From today and until October 1st, Prime members can grab its Standard Edition. Once you grab the game, you’ll keep it yours forever, and can play it whenever you want.

GOG gets a new release: Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) arrives with a 25% discount until the 10th of August: https://www.gog.com/game/riddle_of_the_sphinx_the_awakening

Steam has several new deals and a new range of weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/633230/NARUTO_TO_BORUTO_SHINOBI_STRIKER/
• ELEX is 80% off during the next 50 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/411300/ELEX/
• We have an early Midweek Madness deal: Ghostrunner, that has a demo and it's free to try during the next 2 days, is 50% off until August 5: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139900/Ghostrunner/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Stigmatized Property | 事故物件 is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162680/Stigmatized_Property/
  • Love Esquire is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/849740/Love_Esquire__RPGDating_SimVisual_Novel/
  • Chronicle of Innsmouth gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/420180/Chronicle_of_Innsmouth/
  • DashBored gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/490860/DashBored/
  • Comedy Night gets a 65% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/
  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/34870/Sniper_Ghost_Warrior_2/
  • And Submerged is 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/301860/Submerged/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The TinyBuild Publisher July Sale (no, I don't know why it's called July when we're already in August, unless it started a while ago and I've forgotten about it) brings up to 75% discounts during the next 6 days. Most keys are for Steam, but there are 3 for GOG and one for EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/tinybuild-publisher-july-sale/
• The WB Games Sale comes with up to 85% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/wb-games-publisher-sale/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Star Wars Redemption Fan Demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-redemption-fan-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Back in 2017, we informed you about a Star Wars fan project, Star Wars Redemption. And today, we are happy to report that Etienne Beschet has released a playable demo for it.
Star Wars Redemption is using Unreal Engine 4 and is inspired mostly by the clone wars TV series. From the looks of it, this is a third-person game. (...)
As its creator claimed, this demo can be resource-heavy. Although it does not use any Ray Tracing effects, Beschet recommends using at least a GTX 1070.
You can download it from here. Do note that you’ll need an ArtStation account in order to download it.

Stardew Valley's biggest mod now lets you become friends with Shane's chicken
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stardew-valleys-biggest-mod-now-lets-you-become-friends-with-shanes-chicken/
Stardew Valley is a very good game that its creator is working tirelessly on, but so are the game's modders. The biggest fan-made mod, Stardew Valley Expanded, keeps growing, too. Patch 1.13.9 brings a lot of changes, but there's one I reckon anyone would be excited about. Charlie, Shane's prized chicken friend, is now an NPC, meaning that it will follow Marnie, Jas, and Shane around once you've cleared Shane's eight heart event. Another character has also been turned into a non-social NPC, but creator FlashShifter has kept that one a surprise. Who wouldn't want to see more of Stardew's knobbly animals on a day out in town?
>> You'll find it at Reddit.

GAMING NEWS

Take-Two’s CEO comments on the recent Grand Theft Auto Mod takedowns
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/take-twos-ceo-comments-on-the-recent-grand-theft-auto-mod-takedowns/
Last month, Take-Two took down numerous GTA mods, including GTA Underground and Kadakash’s AI-upscaled HD Mod for GTA: San Andreas. And during its recent investor call, Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick commented on those takedowns.
Zelnick claimed that while Take-Two is flexible, it will take down any mods that threaten its economy or when there is bad behavior.
>> I fail to see how mods for San Andreas can hurt their economy, unless they plan to launch remasters/remakes to fill the gap until GTA 6 launches.

Konami’s eFootball Autumn launch is basically a demo release
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/konamis-efootball-autumn-launch-is-basically-a-demo-release/
Last month, Konami announced that its Pro Evolution Series will be called eFootball and will be a free-to-play game. And while the company aims to release the game in early Autumn, this release will basically be a demo launch and nothing more.
>> Everything we know about this game makes it better and better. /sarcasm.