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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has six new deals, and a new range of weeklong deals:

• The first daily deal is Paint the Town Red, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/337320/Paint_the_Town_Red/
• The second daily deal is Just Die Already, 55% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/979070/Just_Die_Already/
• The first of the Midweek Madness deals is Super Meat Boy Forever, 40% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/581660/Super_Meat_Boy_Forever/
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (pause to catch some breath), gets a 67% discount until Thursday, 13: https://store.steampowered.com/app/969990/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Battle_for_Bikini_Bottom__Rehydrated/
• The Serious Sam franchise is on sale to celebrate its 20th anniversary with up to 90% discounts until Friday, 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SeriousSam
• The last of the Midweek Madness deals is Railway Empire, 67% off until January 17: https://store.steampowered.com/app/503940/Railway_Empire/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Severed Steel gets a 25% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/
  • Greak: Memories of Azur is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311070/Greak_Memories_of_Azur/
  • Narita Boy, that has a demo, is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069530/Narita_Boy/
  • Bee Simulator gets a 65% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/914750/Bee_Simulator/
  • Sheltered is a 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/356040/Sheltered/
  • And the last one is CASE: Animatronics, with a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/489360/CASE_Animatronics/

The Humble Store has four new sales:

• Publisher Goblinz Studio puts its games up to 80% off during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/goblinz-studio-publisher-sale/
• Asmodee puts its games up to 80% off during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/asmodee-publisher-sale/
• Stardock also puts its games on sale with up to 80% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/stardock-publisher-sale/
• And Team 17 celebrates its own Winter Sale with up to 90% discounts during the next 22 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG and 1 for EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-winter-sale-2022/

Fanatical has the new Kings & Queens Bundle, featuring 17 games plit into three tiers of 5, 11 and 17 games and up to 75% discounts: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/kings-and-queens-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Grand Theft Auto 5: Definitive Edition Mod looks truly amazing
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/grand-theft-auto-5-definitive-edition-mod-looks-truly-amazing/
BadassBaboon has been working on a graphics overhaul mod for GTA V, Grand Theft Auto 5: Definitive Edition. This mod has been in development prior to the announcement of the GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (so no, the modder did not copy that title from this recent release).
GTA V: Definitive Edition is a total texture overhaul that aims to replace the textures of the game world with 2K and 4K PRB textures and parallax textures. The modder has manually upscaled and improved every single texture, specular and normal maps. Additionally, this project features L.A. Roads Remastered.
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Now the bad news is that Grand Theft Auto 5: Definitive Edition is in a beta state, and only available to BadassBaboon’s Patreon members.

GAMING NEWS

PUBG Battlegrounds has transitioned to a free to play model
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pubg-battlegrounds-has-transitioned-to-a-free-to-play-model/
PUBG Battlegrounds, also known as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, was one of the first battle royale games on PC. And today, PUBG Corporation has made this game free to play for everyone.

Two hours of PC gameplay footage from God of War with Mouse & Keyboard
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/two-hours-of-pc-gameplay-footage-from-god-of-war-in-4k-with-mouse-keyboard/
God of War releases on PC in three days, and you can find below a video showcasing two hours of PC gameplay footage. Sigma Hawk Gaming, the YT channel that captured this footage, also used the Mouse & Keyboard. As such, this video will give you an idea of how the game plays with this PC control scheme.