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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store's new free game is Relicta: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/relicta
Next week, the free game will be "DAEMON X MACHINA".

GOG has a new Special Sale: True Classic Gems with up to 90% discounts until next Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/classics.

Steam has a new daily deal: Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1137300/Sherlock_Holmes_Chapter_One/.

There is a new Humble Bundle: the Brain Tickler Bundle, featuring up to 6 games to get during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/brain-tickler-bundle.

And Fanatical has two new sales:

• There are 7 new flash deals: https://www.fanatical.com/en/flash-game-sale
• The new Star Deal is Distant Worlds: Universe, 92% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/distant-worlds-universe

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Unreal Engine 5 Early Access Game Starter Kit available for free download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-5-early-access-game-starter-kit-available-for-free-download/
Epic Games has just released an Unreal Engine 5 Early Access Game Starter Kit for free, meaning that everyone can go ahead and download.
According to Epic Games, this kit is ideal for those picking up Unreal Engine 5 for the first time. Additionally, it’s a great tool for indie developers looking to try out all the new features in Unreal Engine 5.
>> You can get it from here (you have to register).

Google is testing a Windows app that lets you play Android mobile games on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/google-is-testing-a-windows-app-that-lets-you-play-android-mobile-games-on-pc/
Google Play apps are coming to PC this year courtesy of a standalone Windows app, Google Play Games. The company recently released the beta in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, and plans to follow up soon by extending access to other countries.
>> Cool for those who want to play Diablo Immortal on PC...

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

A quarter century later, Final Fantasy 7 is no longer locked to 15 fps on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-mere-25-years-later-final-fantasy-7-is-no-longer-locked-to-15fps-on-pc/
Originally released on PlayStation in 1997, Final Fantasy VII was within a year ported to Windows PCs and released in June 1998. It's a bit long-in-the-tooth, sure, but has always had a dedicated community of modders doing bits and bobs: one nut has proven especially tough to crack, however. The game is locked at 15 frames per second.
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Anyway: Speaking of which, move over Final Fantasy VII Remake! Thanks to the work of the FFNx modding project, the original Final Fantasy 7 has been modded to run at 60 fps.

GAMING NEWS

God of War PC Update 1.0.2 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/god-of-war-pc-patch-1-0-2-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Santa Monica and Jetpack Interactive have released the second PC patch for God of War. Update 1.0.2 is a small patch that fixes two bugs and adds two error messages. So yeah, don’t expect any major enhancements or improvements.

Here are the official PC requirements for Total War: Warhammer 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-official-pc-requirements-for-total-war-warhammer-3/
Creative Assembly has revealed the official PC system requirements for Total War: Warhammer 3. According to the team, the game will require 120GB of free hard-disk space. As such, make sure you have enough free hard-disk space in case you are planning to buy/play it.
PC gamers will at least need an Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 series CPU with 6GB of RAM. Creative Assembly has also listed the Nvidia GTX 900, AMD RX 400 series and Intel Iris Xe Graphics as the minimum required GPUs.
>> That's a lot of storage.

WWE 2K22 is officially coming to PC on March 11th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wwe-2k22-is-officially-coming-to-pc-on-march-11th/
2K Games today announced the full set of features for WWE 2K22 and released its official announcement trailer. In addition, the publisher confirmed that the game will be coming to the PC on March 11th, 2022.

LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga will release on April 5th, gets a gameplay overview trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-will-release-on-april-5th-gets-a-gameplay-overview-trailer/
Warner Bros, TT Games, the LEGO Group and Lucasfilm Games today revealed that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will release on April 5th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the teams released a new gameplay overview trailer that you can find below.