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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store is giving away Cities: Skylines: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/cities-skylines
Next week, they'll give away In Sound Mind.

Steam has a new daily deal: Beyond Contact, still in Early Access, is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/877010/Beyond_Contact/.

There are two Humble deals:

• There's a new Humble Bundle: the Ultimate Racing Sim Bundle, featuring up to 10 items (including two coupon discounts for wheels) during the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ultimate-racing-sim-bundle
• The Humble Store has a new Daedalic Publisher Sale, with up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/daedalic-publisher-sale/

And Fanatical has three new flash deals:

• DEATHLOOP will be 45% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/deathloop
• The Jackbox Party Pack 7 gets a 55% discount for 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-jackbox-party-pack-7
• And Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Obsidian Edition will be 81% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-obsidian-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Only around 10% of Steam gaming sessions are played with a controller
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/only-around-10-of-steam-gaming-sessions-are-played-with-a-controller/
Valve has released a bunch of interesting info in its Steam Year in Review 2021, including controller usage statistics. According to Valve, there are currently 48 million controllers "registered by Steam users," and they're used in over 10% of all gaming sessions. I wonder how many of those are Steam controllers?
Back in February, a Steamworks update added a new controller usage stats page where developers can see a detailed breakdown of how often players are using controllers in their games, and what kinds of controllers they're using. The data includes gamepads, flight sticks, racing pedals, and even dance pads. Basically, anything that plugs into your PC and can be used to play a game (like a banana) but isn't a mouse and keyboard is counted as a controller.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Ghostwire: Tokyo gets a brand new in-engine trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ghostwire-tokyo-gets-a-brand-new-in-engine-trailer/
Bethesda has shared a brand new in-engine trailer for Ghostwire: Tokyo. The game releases on March 25th and this trailer will give you a glimpse at its visual style.

Two new gameplay trailers released for Forspoken
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/two-new-gameplay-trailers-released-for-forspoken/
GameInformer and Sony released two new gameplay trailers for Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG, Forspoken. Forspoken has been delayed until October 11th, and these new trailers will give you a glimpse at some of its gameplay mechanics.

Exoprimal is a brand-new team-based action game from Capcom
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/exoprimal-is-a-brand-new-team-based-action-game-from-capcom/
Capcom has just announced a brand-new team-based action game, called Exoprimal. In this game, players will be fighting dinosaurs and you can find its debut trailer below.
>> A new Dino Crisis game, or a remake of the first ones, is all we asked. And what does Capcom do? They give us... this.

Frontier announces F1 Manager 2022, coming to both Steam & Epic Games Store in Summer 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/frontier-announces-f1-manager-2022-as-an-epic-games-store-exclusive-title/
Frontier has unveiled F1 Manager 2022, its major new management simulation game coming this Summer on PC via Epic Games Store and Steam. The F1 Manager franchise will be Frontier’s first foray into an annual sports license, as part of a long-term, multi-title agreement with F1.

Tactical-RPG King Arthur: Knight’s Tale has been delayed until April 26th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/tactical-rpg-king-arthur-knights-tale-has-been-delayed-until-april-26th/
Neocore Games has announced that the full release date of its upcoming tactical-RPG, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, has been delayed by a month. The game was originally meant to come out on March 29th. However, Neocore Games will now release it on April 26th.

Evil Dead: The Game gets a brand new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/evil-dead-the-game-gets-a-brand-new-gameplay-trailer/
Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have released a new gameplay trailer for Evil Dead: The Game. This new trailer showcases the new Kandarian Demon, and is being narrated by Bruce Campbell himself.

Rebellion showcases a dinosaur tech demo in Unreal Engine 5, Project Dinosaur
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/rebellion-showcases-a-dinosaur-tech-demo-in-unreal-engine-5-project-dinosaur/
Last week, Rebellion shared a new Showreel, showcasing some of its latest projects. Among them was an interesting dinosaur tech demo in Unreal Engine 5, called Project Dinosaur.
Unfortunately, we don’t know much about this tech demo. From what we can see, this project shows off a T-Rex in a highly detailed forest. In order to create this demo, Rebellion used Unreal Engine 5.

Lost Ark March Update released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/lost-ark-march-update-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Smilegate has released the March 2022 Update for its free to play MMORPG, Lost Ark. This brand new update adds a new storyline, complete with its own quests, new islands, and cinematic moments. Moreover, it adds a new Raid Boss, and packs a number of bug fixes.

Here are 18 minutes of gameplay footage from Ghostwire: Tokyo
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-18-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-ghostwire-tokyo/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing 18 minutes of gameplay footage from Ghostwire: Tokyo. This new first-person action-adventure from Tango Gameworks will release on March 25th, and this video will give you a glimpse at what you can expect from it.