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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has several new sales, including the new weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is Bad North: Jotunn Edition, that has a demo and it's 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/688420/Bad_North_Jotunn_Edition/
• The first Midweek Madness deal is Breathedge, 33% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/738520/Breathedge/
• Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr gets a 75% discount until Friday 8: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527430/Warhammer_40000_Inquisitor__Martyr/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • The Night Way Home | 帰り道 is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671550/The_Night_Way_Home/
  • Nowhere Prophet gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/681730/Nowhere_Prophet/
  • The VR Only Nevrosa: Escape is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/563550/Nevrosa_Escape/
  • Helheim Hassle, that has a demo, gets a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095120/Helheim_Hassle/
  • The Dwarves is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/403970/The_Dwarves/
  • And the last one is Legends of Eisenwald, that gets a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/246760/Legends_of_Eisenwald/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• Idea Factory puts its games up to 75% off during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/idea-factory-publisher-sale/
• Publisher Humble Games also puts its games up to 75% off during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/humble-games-sale/
• And the Classic Games Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/classic-games-sale/

And Fanatical has two new sales:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is 32% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/nickelodeon-all-star-brawl
• And Team 17 puts its games up to 90% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD's new GPU driver promises big gains in Far Cry 6
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amds-new-gpu-driver-promises-big-gains-in-far-cry-6/
This is a big week for software releases. Windows 11 is now officially out and available as a free upgrade to millions of PCs, and on Thursday, Ubisoft will release Far Cry 6 to both PC and console. Related, AMD says you'll get a sizable performance boost in Far Cry 6 by installing its new Adrenalin 21.10.1 driver, which is also tuned for Windows 11.
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In addition to being optimized for Far Cry 6, the 21.10.1 driver package is also tuned for Battlefield 2042 (open beta) and Naraka: Bladepoint. The same goes for PUBG, which has been out for what feels like forever—AMD is claiming up to an 11% increase in performance at 4K with ultra settings, on a Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card.
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The Epic Games Store finally gets achievements next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-epic-games-store-finally-gets-achievements-next-week/
Good news, achievement hunters. The Epic Games Store is finally getting cheevos, adding Epic Achievements to at least six games next week, with more to come in future.
Epic announced the new feature in a blog post earlier today, unveiling how its particular version of the popular feature will work. Epic Achievements will award varying amounts of XP, the amount depending on what tier: Bronze (5-45 XP), Silver (50-95 XP), Gold (100-200 XP) and Platinum (250XP), with Platinum itself is reserved as a once-per-game cheevo for earning 1000 XP in a single game. It's a similar scheme as Sony's Trophies system on PlayStation.

Windows 11 Killer networking bug may slow connection speeds in some games
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/windows-11-killer-nic-udp-bug/
A launch day bug in Windows 11 may cause issues with devices featuring Intel's Killer networking. Cited as a compatibility issue, some devices with Killer networking may drop User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets "under certain conditions", which may mean a loss of speed or failure to load on some websites, during streaming, or while playing games.

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GAMING NEWS

Official launch trailer released for Crysis Remastered Trilogy
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/official-launch-trailer-released-for-crysis-remastered-trilogy/
Crytek has released the official launch trailer for Crysis Remastered Trilogy. Crysis Remastered Trilogy will release on October 15th, exclusively on Epic Games Store.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update 1.3.2 is 20GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/assassins-creed-valhalla-update-1-3-2-is-20gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has revealed the full patch notes for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s upcoming update, Update 1.3.2. According to the team, this patch will release tomorrow and will be 20GB in size on the PC.

NVIDIA DLSS can improve performance by up to 3X in F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-dlss-can-improve-performance-by-up-to-3x-in-fist-forged-in-shadow-torch/
TiGames and bilibili have just released F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch on the PC. The PC version uses Ray Tracing in order to enhance the game’s reflections, global illumination and caustics. And it appears that NVIDIA DLSS is doing an excellent job here at increasing its overall performance.