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The Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Humble Store has a new sale, the Two Point Hospital Sale with up to 66% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/two-point-hospital-sale/

Fanatical's new Star Deal is Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition, 70% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/frostpunk-game-of-the-year-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

A 17-year-old coder found a way to unlink your Facebook account from your Oculus Quest 2 headset
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-17-year-old-coder-found-a-way-to-unlink-your-facebook-account-from-your-oculus-quest-2-headset/
Earlier this week, a massive outage took down Facebook and related services for most of the day. During the outage, anyone who wanted to use their Oculus Quest 2 had to put their VR adventures on hold because you need to be logged into a Facebook account to use the headset or access the Oculus Store. If Facebook is down, the headset becomes a $300 sci-fi prop.
Some people (myself included) are always looking for ways around the Quest's Facebook requirement for occasions like this, or so we can delete our Facebook accounts and still use our headsets. Enter a 17-year-old coder who created an interesting way around the requirement.
Oculess is a sideloadable tool that unlinks your Facebook account from your Quest 2 VR headset (thanks UploadVR for finding this). To sideload anything on the Quest 2, you need to access Developer Mode on the device, which requires a phone number or payment details (you won't be charged) for verification by Facebook.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This 18GB Mod for Fallout 4 improves the faces of all NPCs
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-18gb-mod-for-fallout-4-improves-the-faces-of-all-npcs/
Fallout 4 fans, here is something for you today. Modder ‘ZPascalionZ’ released a must-have HD Texture Pack that improves the faces of all of the game’s NPCs.
According to the modder, this HD Texture Pack covers the NPCs from the base game, and its DLCs.In other words, this pack improves over 1400 characters. By using AI techniques, ZPascalionZ has upscaled the vanilla textures to 2K. As such, the improved textures retain the same art style with the original textures.
>> Available from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

First look at Crysis 3 Remastered with Ray Tracing on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-look-at-crysis-3-remastered-with-ray-tracing-on-pc/
Crysis Remastered Trilogy releases next week and Crytek has just released the first PC screenshot for Crysis 3 Remastered. This screenshot showcases the Ray Tracing Reflections that will be featured in the PC version.

Here is Far Cry 6’s secret/alternate ending
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-far-cry-6s-secret-alternate-ending/
As with Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5, Ubisoft has included an early secret/alternate ending in Far Cry 6. So, below you can find a video showing this ending.

First gameplay trailer released for Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-doctor-who-the-edge-of-reality/
Maze Theory has released the first gameplay trailer for Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality. This trailer showcases a first-person sci-fi adventure focused on story, puzzles and exploration.

Third major update for The Ascent fixes bugs & improves stability, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/third-major-update-for-the-ascent-fixes-bugs-improves-stability-full-patch-notes/
Neon Giant has released the third major update for The Ascent. According to the team, this new patch improves stability, fixes some crashes, and resolves a number of bugs and glitches.

Despite promises, Marvel’s Avengers now has gameplay-related microtransactions
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/despite-promises-marvels-avengers-now-has-gameplay-related-microtransactions/
Prior to the release of Marvel’s Avengers, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics were stating that the game would not feature lootboxes or pay-to-win mechanics. The teams were claiming that the game would only feature cosmetic microtransactions. However, the latest update for Marvel’s Avengers introduced paid XP boosters.

Battlefield 2042 Beta is one of the best looking games on PC at 4K/Ultra
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/battlefield-2042-beta-is-one-of-the-best-looking-games-on-pc-at-4k-ultra/
Electronic Arts and DICE have launched the Open Beta phase for Battlefield 2042. The game uses the latest version of Frostbite Engine and looks absolutely glorious on PC at 4K/Ultra.