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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has a new hub for roguelikes, roguelites, soulslikes, and metroidvanias
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-has-a-new-hub-for-roguelikes-roguelites-soulslikes-and-metroidvanias/
Valve's latest experiment with Steam's hubs is Going Rogue: A Festival of Persistence, featuring sales and discounts aplenty on roguelikes and their many adjacent, well-blended genres. You know, roguelikes, roguelites, soulslikes, and metroidvanias. The event will last for a week, from May 2-9.
But of course, that's not the only deal at Steam:

• The first daily deal is Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041720/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_ReReckoning/
• The second daily deal is Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/
• The first Midweek Madness deal is Project Hospital, 60% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/868360/Project_Hospital/
• The Star Wars Sale features up to 80% discounts until May 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/starwarsday2022
• Warner Bros puts its Tolkien based games on sale, between 50 and 85% off until Thursday 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpringInTheShire
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is free to try during another 25 hours and 30% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203220/NARAKA_BLADEPOINT/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder, still in Early Access, gets a 20% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Army_Builder/
  • Tainted Grail: Conquest is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1199030/Tainted_Grail_Conquest/
  • Owlboy gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/115800/Owlboy/
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/692850/Bloodstained_Ritual_of_the_Night/
  • And Aggelos gets a 85% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/717310/Aggelos/

The Humble Store has a new sale starring Degica, that puts its games up to 90% off during 3 days. There are keys for Steam and 1 for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/degica-publisher-sale/.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Star Deal is Partisans 1941, 83% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/partisans-1941
• And the new Staff Picks BYOB features 20 games to choose your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

These Elden Ring double-bladed lightsaber mods are not canon
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/these-elden-ring-double-bladed-lightsaber-mods-are-not-canon/
Modders over on the Elden Ring Nexus are now chasing after the legendary absurdity of the Skyrim mod scene, with two ambitious ne'er do wells implementing double-bladed lightsabers in the game.
The Phantom Menace's reputation is mostly shot at this point, but Darth Maul's infamous saberstaff has proven a boon to roleplayers and cosplayers the world over. I challenge you to find a single "OC" who uses a plain jane regular lightsaber these days.
Elden Ring's analogue twinblades already owe a lot to that iconic piece of sci-fi cinema, given that there aren't really any historical examples of the form to draw on. The Double-Bladed Lightsaber Pack by Xelerate and Eleonara's Lightsaber by KeyGerstrike take things even further.

Titanfall 2's best mode comes to Northstar's fan-run servers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/titanfall-2s-best-mode-comes-to-northstars-fan-run-servers/
Listen—Titanfall 2: Northstar is phenomenal. A fan-run server browser built to revive a game long suffering under bot and DDoS attacks, it's single-handedly responsible for ensuring Titanfall 2 remains not just playable in 2022, but bigger, stranger and more creative than ever.
But for all its new modes and modded servers, Northstar's long been missing the beating heart of Titanfall multiplayer. Until this week, it was missing Attrition.

GAMING NEWS

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem Patch 1.03 released, adds Editor, Survival Mode & New Player Models
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/serious-sam-siberian-mayhem-patch-1-03-released-adds-editor-survival-mode-new-player-models/
Timelock Studio has released Patch 1.03 for Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem. According to its release notes, this brand new update adds the Serious Editor, a Survival Mode, and some new player models.

Ghostwire: Tokyo May 2nd Update improves performance & mouse/keyboard controls, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/ghostwire-tokyo-may-2nd-update-improves-performance-mouse-keyboard-controls-full-patch-notes/
Tango Gameworks has released a brand new update for Ghostwire: Tokyo. According to the release notes, the May 2nd Update improves the game’s performance. Moreover, it improves mouse/keyboard input when weaving, and adds a “Mouse Smoothing” setting.

Action RPG Thymesia releases on PC on August 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/action-rpg-thymesia-releases-on-pc-on-august-9th/
OverBorder Studio has announced that its upcoming action RPG, Thymesia, will release on August 9th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.

PC demo released for the Unreal Engine 4-powered 16-bit Zelda-inspired game, Airoheart
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demo-released-for-the-unreal-engine-4-powered-16-bit-zelda-inspired-game-airoheart/
In January, we informed you about a new 16-bit Zelda-inspired game that will be using Unreal Engine 4, Airoheart. And earlier this week, SOEDESCO released a free PC demo for it on Steam, allowing PC gamers to get a taste of it.