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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Itch's massive charity bundle raised over $6.3 million for Ukraine
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/itchs-massive-charity-bundle-raised-over-dollar63-million-for-ukraine/
Itch's Bundle for Ukraine, the latest in what's becoming an extremely welcome trend of massive charity bundles on the indie storefront, wrapped up today after raising over $6.3 million for charities supporting the people of Ukraine.
Organised by Necrosoft Games director Brandon Sheffield, the Bundle for Ukraine collected just shy of a thousand games (including, full disclosure, my own) for a tenner in support of two charities working in Ukraine during Russia's ongoing invasion: The International Medical Corps and Voices of Children.

The Humble Store features a... Humble Games Publisher Sale! It brings up to 75% discounts during the next 6 days and all the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/humble-games-publisher-sale/.

Fanatical has two new flash deals and a new bundle:

• The first flash deal is Resident Evil Village, 59% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-village
• Azur Lane: Crosswave - Complete Deluxe Edition Bundle gets a 70% deal during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/azur-lane-crosswave-complete-deluxe-edition-bundle
• And the new BYO Nitro Bundle 2 features 18 games to choose your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-nitro-bundle-2

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Thomas the Tank Engine is in Elden Ring now
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/thomas-the-tank-engine-is-in-elden-ring-now/
What is it with Thomas the Tank Engine? The grinning, googly-eyed locomotive is everywhere: Monster Hunter: World, Kingdom Hearts 3, Fallout 4, Resident Evil 2, hell, he's even in Valheim. And now, courtesy of the new Tree Sentinel Thomas Mod, he has taken his inevitable place in Elden Ring.
A Tree Sentinel is an optional boss in Elden Ring who appears very early in the game—you can see one almost as soon as you step out into the world. And they're hard to miss: They're large, armored humanoids riding large, armored steeds and packing shields and battleaxes that are disproportionately massive even compared to the Sentinels' outsized frames. Bluntly intimidating, in other words, at least when you first encounter them.

GAMING NEWS

Supermassive’s latest game, The Quarry, is coming to PC on June 10th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/supermassives-latest-game-the-quarry-is-coming-to-pc-on-june-10th/
2K Games has announced Supermassive’s new cinematic game, The Quarry. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has also shared its debut trailer that you can find below.
>> Ryuu96 made a thread about this announcement.

FromSoftware hasn’t fixed the “Dark Souls” security issues in Elden Ring [UPDATE]
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fromsoftware-hasnt-fixed-the-dark-souls-security-issues-in-elden-ring/
Back in February 2022, FromSoftware and Bandai Namco took the PVP servers of Dark Souls down due to some security/hack issues. The companies claimed that these RCE security issues would be fixed in Elden Ring. However, and as some players discovered, the security exploit issues are still present in Elden Ring.
UPDATE:
The tweet with the video demonstration has been deleted. On the other hand, Twitter user luke_yui claimed that FromSoftware has actually resolved the aforementioned security issues. As such, we are flagging this as false. That is until someone else verifies these security exploit claims.

Hogwarts Legacy releases in Holiday 2022, first gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-releases-in-holiday-2022-first-gameplay-trailer/
Warner Bros has released the first gameplay trailer for Hogwarts Legacy, detailing its gameplay mechanics. Hogwarts Legacy is a third-person immersive, open-world action RPG, developed by Avalanche.
>> And it won't have microtransactions nor online co-op.

Rooted is a new survival game, inspired by The Last of Us and using Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rooted-is-a-new-survival-game-insipired-by-the-last-of-us-and-using-unreal-engine-5/
An indie team is currently working on a brand new survival game that is inspired by The Last of Us using Unreal Engine 5, called Rooted. While this game is in a really early development stage, you can find below some prototype videos.

New short gameplay footage surfaces for action RPG, Thymesia
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-short-gameplay-footage-surfaces-for-action-rpg-thymesia/
OverBorder Studio has shared a new video, featuring one minute of gameplay footage from its upcoming action RPG, Thymesia. This short gameplay video showcases the game’s dodge mechanics.

Genshin Impact Update 2.6 releases on March 30th, adds new map expansion
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/genshin-impact-update-2-6-releases-on-march-30th-adds-new-map-expansion/
miHoYo has announced that Update 2.6 for Genshin Impact will release on March 30th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Here are 10 minutes of gameplay from Ghostwire: Tokyo PC with Ray Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-10-minutes-of-gameplay-from-ghostwire-tokyo-pc-with-ray-tracing/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing ten minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of Ghostwire: Tokyo. As we’ve already reported, the PC version will support ray-traced shadows and reflections, and both of these Ray Tracing effects are enabled in this video.