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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

GOG has three new flash deals and a new weeklong sale:

• The first flash deal is Breathedge, 40% off until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/breathedge
• XIII is going to be 75% off during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/xiii
• The last flash deal is Stellaris, 77% off until the 13th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/stellaris
• The Weekly Sale features games with great soundtracks up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220411_weekly_sale

There are new deals at Humble:

• There's a new Humble Bundle: the Game Night! by Asmodee bundle, featuring up to 19 to get during the next 10 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/game-night-asmodee
• The Humble Store has three new sales:
  • The Comic Games Sale features up to 90% discounts during the next 4 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/comic-games-sale/
  • The Indie Hits Sale also features up to 90% discounts for the next 4 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/indie-hits-sale/
  • And the WB Games Publisher Sale also brings up to 90% discounts for 4 days. The keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/wb-games-publisher-sale/

And Fanatical has new deals:

• The new Star Deal is MONSTER HUNTER RISE, 45% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/monster-hunter-rise
• The Easter Eggstravaganza Sale has begun. You'll find lots of deals from publishers like Capcom, Devolver Digital, THQ Nordic, etc.
• And there's a new bundle: the Mystery Egg Bundle, with up to 10 unknown games to get (here's a list of all the games that you could win): https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-egg-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Call of Juarez & Medal of Honor Allied Assault get AI-enhanced HD Texture Packs
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/call-of-juarez-medal-of-honor-allied-assault-get-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-packs/
Modder ‘Kuzja80’ has released an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Call of Juarez. Similarly, modder ‘Gabriel Lichacz’ released an HD Texture Pack for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
Since these packs use AI techniques, they manage to retain the art style of the original textures. As such, they are perfect for those that want to replay these classic games.

Here is how you can play Halo Infinite in third-person mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/here-is-how-you-can-play-halo-infinite-in-third-person-mode/
Now here is something that passed under our radar. Halo Infinite is the latest part in the Halo series and as you may already know, it uses a first-person perspective. However, it appears that you can experience this Halo game in third-person mode via this amazing mod.
What’s really great here is that the game looks amazing in third-person mode. This shouldn’t surprise us of course. After all, 343 Industries has created proper third-person moves for the game’s MP mode.

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time PC Port, Open Ocarina, now supports 60fps
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-pc-port-60fps/
Last month, we informed you about the first unofficial PC port of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, called Open Ocarina. And today, we are happy to report that this port has an experimental mode that allows the game to run at 60fps.
As Blake told us, the code for running the game at 60fps is available in the dev branch for anyone to compile and play with. This mode will remain in this experimental mode for 2-3 weeks, and then will be added to the main branch.

GAMING NEWS

Orcs Must Die 3: Tipping the Scales DLC slithers out today
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/orcs-must-die-3-tipping-the-scales-dlc-slithers-out-today/
Lay down your spike traps and prepare for a new type of horde, as Orcs Must Die 3's DLC Tipping the Scales pours angry lizard men all over your PC.
Tipping the Scales introduces a whole new race to the comical tower defence. The Tuatara are a colourful reptilian race whose hardened scales apparently limit the amount of damage they take. Within the Tuatara's cold-blooded throngs is a new enemy type, the Tuatara Assassin, who can sneakily avoid your traps.

Halo Infinite season 2 introduces another 'Battle Pass that never expires'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinite-season-2-introduces-the-battle-pass-that-never-expires/
There's been plenty of grumbling about Halo Infinite recently, with some of its biggest streamers turning to other games, and 343 is looking to regain some of the game's early momentum with a fan-pleasing season 2 refresh. The most eye-catching element of Halo's pass by far is the fact that it will never expire, an unusual tactic that was announced last year.

The Quarry has a 'movie mode' so you can watch it instead of playing it
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-quarry-has-a-movie-mode-so-you-can-watch-it-instead-of-playing-it/
The Quarry, announced in March by developer Supermassive, is essentially a teen slasher flick made into a narrative adventure: A group of counsellors decides to have a party on the last night of camp, and hoo boy do things go wrong. Classic teen behavior. The cliched horror flick vibe is further nailed down by some fun casting, including David Arquette (Scream), Lance Henriksen (Alien), Lin Shaye (A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Ted Raimi (Creepshow).
Each of the nine counsellors in the game is playable, and can be saved or killed off depending on the choices you make, how you develop their relationships with other characters in the game, and how you react when things go sideways. But if you're a horror fan who'd rather just kick back and enjoy the show, a new IGN preview reveals that The Quarry has a "movie mode" option that will let you do just that.

Old School Runescape mod fired in 2018 for stealing player gold wins unfair dismissal complaint
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/old-school-runescape-mod-fired-in-2018-for-stealing-player-gold-wins-unfair-dismissal-complaint/
In 2018, Jagex fired Old School Runescape moderator Jed Sanderson—known to the community as Mod Jed—for "gross misuse of moderator privileges": Specifically, that he was stealing huge amounts of in-game currency from other players. But the Cambridge Employment Tribunal in the UK has determined that Sanderson was unfairly terminated, and awarded him damages as a result.

This Unreal Engine 5 Superman flight demo blew up on Twitter, and now its creator wants to make it an actual game
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/unreal-engine-5-superman-flight-matrix-city/
Unreal Engine 5 left early access this week (opens in new tab), and while I was struggling to make an island with a cinderblock on it (the next Dear Esther?), game developer Volod was putting together something much more obviously fun—a little superhero experiment that was so well received, they now want to make it into an actual game.

Last edited by JEMC - on 11 April 2022