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The Friday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has all these deals:

• The first new flash deal is Intravenous, 30% off during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/en/game/intravenous
• The second flash deal is WARTILE, 75% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wartile
• The Weekly Sale is filled with Point'n'Click games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220117_weekly_sale
• The new Midweek Sale brings up to 80% discounts for another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220119_midweek_sale
• The Weekend Sale features games picked by GOG's product team and brings up to 85% discounts until Monday: https://www.gog.com/partner/product_team_picks
• The Akupara Releases Sale, with up to 80% discounts, will last another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220117_akupara_releases
• The Special Sale: True Classic Gems with up to 90% discounts until next Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/classics
• And the Sekai Project Sale, with its up to 75% discounts, will last another 4 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/sekai_project

And Steam has these ones:

• The first daily deal is Kung Fury: Street Rage, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/373180/Kung_Fury_Street_Rage/
• The second daily deal is They Are Billions, 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/644930/They_Are_Billions/
• The first Weekend Deal is Dyson Sphere Program, still in Early Access, 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1366540/Dyson_Sphere_Program/
• Green Hell will be 30% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/815370/Green_Hell/
• The Yu-Gi-Oh! Fest 2022 Sale features up to 60% discounts on the games from this series until Monday 24: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Konami/sale/yugiohfest2022
• The Ghost Recon franchise is also on sale, up to 75% off until the 24th of January: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/ubisoft/sale/GhostReconFranchiseSale
• Sega presents the Amplified 2022 Sale, featuring up to 80% discounts on titles from this studio during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36333614-Sega-Promotions/sale/amplified
• The Festival of Rail Sale brings up to 80% discounts on your favorite Train Simulator games until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2022dovetailpubsale
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Meanwhile, Fanatical has 4 new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, 85% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/icewind-dale-enhanced-edition
• Sega also brings its Amplitude 2022 Sale here, but it features all the Sega games and it will last between 3 and 7 days, depending on the game: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/sega
• Kalypso puts its games on sale, up to 80% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/kalypso-media-digital
• And the new BYO Slayer Bundle 4, brings 18 games to choose for your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-slayer-bundle-4

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Adrenalin 22.1.2
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-adrenalin-22-1-2
Support For

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction

Fixed Issues

• While playing Borderlands 3™ using DirectX® 12 with Radeon™ Boost enabled, longer than expected load times may be observed on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 6800 XT Graphics.
  

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Grand Theft Auto Vanilla Vice Mod Version 1.1 available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/grand-theft-auto-vanilla-vice-mod-version-1-1-available-for-download/
Modder ‘yazlow’ has released a new version of the Grand Theft Auto Vanilla Vice Mod for Grand Theft Auto Vice City. In case you weren’t aware of, this mod packs numerous fixes and new features, though it tries to stay as close to the vanilla experience as possible.
For example, Grand Theft Auto Vanilla Vice adds mip-maps for all game textures. Moreover, it adds the ability to use the mouse to control the camera on vehicles. Furthermore, it introduces an autosave after completing each mission.
>> There's a video of the game with the mod (12 minutes long), and you can download it from ModDB.

This Cyberpunk 2077 mod turns it into a survival game
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/this-cyberpunk-2077-mod-turns-it-into-a-survival-game/
Live in Night City is a new Cyberpunk 2077 mod from FonWasH that adds a whole bunch of survival mechanics to CDPR's neon-drenched RPG. One of the slight oddities of Night City, although I suppose you could say this about tonnes of games, is there's food and drink all over the place, but it doesn't really do much: But now you choombas will find those microchipped stomachs grumbling.
The mod allows you to manage your character's hunger, thirst and fatigue, with appropriate penalties if you're not paying attention. The vanilla state of the mod won't kill you outright for completely neglecting these features, but basically make V a bit useless. Fairly obviously, you eat and drink to regenerate V's thirst and hunger, while fatigue is relieved by having a nap in his apartment (or on the sofa).
>> That's a really cool mod.

GAMING NEWS

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel is reportedly releasing in Q4 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-sequel-is-reportedly-releasing-in-q4-2022/
Industry insider Tom Henderson has reported that the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is planned to release in Q4 2022. While EA has not officially revealed this Star Wars game yet, numerous reports suggest that this will happen in the next few months. In fact, Henderson claims that a May 4th reveal is incredibly possible.

Witchfire is coming to Early Access in Q4 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/witchfire-is-coming-to-early-access-in-q4-2022/
The Astronauts has announced that its upcoming game, Witchfire, will be entering its Early Access phase in Q4 2022. Witchfire will be a dark fantasy roguelite shooter, and promises to feature fast-paced action.

Playstation-exclusive horror game, In Nightmare, has been rated for PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playstation-exclusive-horror-game-in-nightmare-has-been-rated-for-pc/
ESRB has rated the upcoming Playstation-exclusive game, In Nightmare, for the PC, hinting at a possible PC release. Maximum Games has officially announced the game will only release on PS4 and PS5 on March 29th, so it will be interesting to see when – and if – we’ll be getting it on PC.

Monster Hunter Rise PC patch addresses save/launch issue
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/monster-hunter-rise-pc-patch-addresses-save-launch-issue/
Capcom has just released a patch for the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise that resolves its save/launch issue. This issue prevented some players from playing/launching the game.

Here are the first ten minutes from Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-the-first-ten-minutes-from-serious-sam-siberian-mayhem/
Devolver Digital has released a new video, showcasing the first ten minutes from Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem. This video will give you an idea of what you can expect from this standalone expansion of Serious Sam.

Hearthstone's next big patch will add 75 'Buddies' to Battlegrounds and nerf a bunch of cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hearthstones-next-big-patch-will-add-75-buddies-to-battlegrounds-and-nerf-a-bunch-of-cards/
Like seemingly much of the Hearthstone playerbase, I consider myself a Battlegrounds main these days. So the big patch that follows a new card set has become the more exciting drop to me. Blizzard has even taken to giving Battlegrounds its own pre-release cycle with content creators doing exclusive reveals. The thrust of those this week has been the announcement of Battlegrounds "Buddies", which will go live with patch 22.2 on Tuesday, January 25.

Blizzard head outlines what 'we are doing to rebuild your trust in Blizzard'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/blizzard-head-outlines-what-we-are-doing-to-rebuild-your-trust-in-blizzard/
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Following announcement of the proposed Microsoft acquisition, Blizzard head Mike Ybarra has written a blogpost addressing the deal and the company's plans with regards to workplace culture.