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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Sea of Thieves celebrates 25 million players by tossing money around
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sea-of-thieves-celebrates-25-million-players-by-tossing-money-around/
Sea of Thieves released three years ago and, despite a fairly lacklustre launch offering, has blossomed into an enjoyable cooperative seafaring game. Rare executive producer Joe Neate reports today that the game has hit the 25 million player milestone, and no doubt the near-constant flow of new updates has helped that number grow.
Neate lists 25 of the game's most recent additions in his blog post, but the more pertinent info is: free money. Specifically, if you log into Sea of Thieves between October 19 and October 26 you'll get 25,000 gold and 25 doubloons. That's for everyone, but one lucky player who logs in during that time will get 25 million gold, which will make you quite rich in Sea of Thieves terms. Maybe you can give up the pirating life?
>> Looks like Rare has finally redeemed itself after so many failed games (tho I liked the Viva Piñata series).

GOG has two new sales:

• The first one is the Midweek Sale, with up to 85% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211020_midweek_sale
• And, in partnership with the Jeux Made in France online event, there's a Special Sale featuring games made in France up to 90% off until October 25: https://www.gog.com/partner/Made_In_France

Steam has three new sales:

• The first daily deal is Dice Legacy, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229460/Dice_Legacy/
• The second daily deal is Everhood, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229380/Everhood/
• And there's a new Midweek Madness deal: Microsoft Flight Simulator can be found with a 20% discount until Sunday, October 24: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/

Fanatical has four new sales:

• The Star Deal is Tribes of Midgard, 26% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tribes-of-midgard
• The new Tower Defense Bundle Reloaded comes with 3 games and 2 DLCs during the next 4 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tower-defense-bundle-reloaded
• Everspace Ultimate Edition will be 85% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/everspace-ultimate-edition
• And publisher Versus Evil puts its games up to 90% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/versus-evil

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

If last week's surprise Fallout 3 update broke your mods, here's a fix
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/if-last-weeks-surprise-fallout-3-update-broke-your-mods-heres-a-fix/
Last week, Fallout 3 was finally freed from the scourge of Games for Windows Live. But as is so often the way of things, that freedom came at a price—specifically, that the Fallout Script Extender (FOSE) no longer works, and so all of the many mods that rely on it have also stopped working. Oops. That's a pretty big problem, made worse by the fact that the creators "do not have a timeframe for when FOSE can be updated to this new version" of the game.
Enter the Fallout Anniversary Patcher, by mod maker lStewieAl, which restores FOSE functionality by downgrading Fallout 3 to the pre-update version 1.7.0.3, while maintaining the removal of Games for Windows Live dependences. It also automatically loads FOSE when Fallout 3 is started (if it's installed) and enables the game to use 4GB of RAM: Some older Bethesda games, including Fallout 3, have a 2GB limit on RAM usage, and patching that up to 4GB can have a very positive impact on performance.
The patch will work with both the standard and Game of the Year editions of Fallout 3 on Steam or GOG.

GAMING NEWS

Bandai Namco has removed Denuvo from Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bandai-namco-has-removed-denuvo-from-ace-combat-7-skies-unknown/
Bandai Namco has released a brand new update for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown that removes this controversial anti-tamper tech. Bandai Namco has not revealed its complete changelog, so we don’t know whether it has any other changes or tweaks.
>> Yay! That'll probably be my first purchase during the Winter Sales.

Here are 30 minutes of gameplay footage from Resident Evil 4 VR
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-30-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-resident-evil-4-vr/
Resident Evil 4 VR is coming exclusively on Oculus Quest 2 on October 21st, and below you can find a video showing 30 minutes of gameplay footage from it.
>> Be careful, the video features a very excited Japanese dude.

New Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy RTX Gameplay Footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-rtx-gameplay-footage/
EIDOS Montreal has released a new video for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy that features some new RTX gameplay footage. EIDOS Montreal is using Ray Tracing in order to enhance the game’s reflections, and this footage can give you a glimpse at these ray-traced reflections.