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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Activision Blizzard earned more on mobile games last quarter than PC and consoles combined
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-earned-more-on-mobile-games-last-quarter-than-pc-and-consoles-combined/
We don't often report on strictly business-related matters here at PC Gamer, but there's an interesting little tidbit stashed away in Activision Blizzard's recent Q2 2022 financial report: Over the three months ending June 30, more than half of the company's total revenues came from mobile games—more than PC and console games combined.
Activision Blizzard earned $332 million on the PC during the quarter, and $376 million on combined console sales. That's a lot of money! Under the "mobile and ancillary" category, however—which Activision Blizzard said "primarily include revenues from mobile devices"—the company pulled in a whopping $831 million for the quarter. It earned a further $105 million in revenues for the quarter in the "Other" category, which includes revenues from its distribution business and the Overwatch and Call of Duty Leagues, but even if you add that amount to PC and console revenues, it's still not enough to surpass the mobile revenue total.

GOG has a total of 6 new sales/deals:

• The first Deal of the Day is Lumencraft, still in development, 25% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/lumencraft
• The second DotD is Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition, 67% off until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dying_light_the_following_enhanced_edition
• And the third, and last, DotD is Dying Light: Definitive Edition, 75% off until August 10th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dying_light_definitive_edition
• The CDPR 20th Anniversary Sale comes will last 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220808_cdpr_anniversary
• That's not all, because to celebrate the anniversary, they are giving away a series of goodies during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/cdpr_goodies_collection
• Given the success of Stray, GOG has put together a Sale with games that feature cats with up to 75% discounts until August 15: https://www.gog.com/partner/cat_games
• The Weekly Sale comes with up to 90% discounts until next Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220808_weekly_sale

Steam has two new daily deals:

• The first one is Chorus, that has a demo, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153640/Chorus/
• The second one is NORCO, also 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/NORCO/

We find three sales at Humble:

• Humble Bundle has a Final Frontier Bundle, featuring up to 7 games during the next 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/final-frontier-bundle
• The Humble Store has two sales:
  • The Rockstar Publisher Sale brings up to 65% discounts during 4 days. There are keys for Steam, EGS and the Rockstar thing: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rockstar-publisher-sale/
  • The Indie Hits Sale features up to 90% discounts during 4 days. There are keys for Steam. GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/indie-hits-sale/

And Fanatical...

• The Summer Sale is on! Check it out here
• There are five "new" bundles: The Jackbox Quintpack, Rimworld with all expansions, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete Bundle, Batman: Arkham Collection and The Dark Pictures Anthology - Triple Pack
• And ,as with all big sales, there are rewards for spending. Check them out here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/summer-sale-free-games-spending-sprees-and-rewards

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam finally adds support for Nintendo Joy-Con controllers
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-finally-adds-support-for-nintendo-joy-con-controllers/
Good news for anyone who wants to use Nintendo Joy-Con controllers on their PC: The devices are now officially supported by Steam.
Joy-Cons have actually been functional on PCs for years now: French site Nintendo Actu first figured out how to make them work back in 2017. But that was a limited implementation, with only one of the two controllers usable at a time in singleplayer games. The official Steam support is much more robust, however, making them usable "both individually as a mini-gamepad and combined into pairs," and—according to user comments—with remappable buttons.
>> They only in the last Beta build.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Half-Life Source: Remastered V2 available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/half-life-source-remastered-v2-available-for-download/
Modder “Stane” has released a brand new version of the Half-Life Source: Remastered Collection Mod Pack. This pack features numerous mods that aim to improve the graphics of Half-Life Source.

Star Wars Jedi Knight Mysteries of the Sith Remastered 2.0 available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/star-wars-jedi-knight-mysteries-of-the-sith-remastered-2-0-available-for-download/
Back in May, we informed you about a must-have mod for Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight Remastered. And today, modder GeneralTantor released a new version that supports its expansion, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith.
Star Wars Jedi Knight Mysteries of the Sith Remastered 2.0 features JKGXMOD v0.3.0 beta, Mysteries of the Sith Neural Upscale Texture Pack, Jedi Knight Neural Upscale Texture Pack and Enhancement Mod for JkGfxMod (MotS Edition) 0.40.
JKGXMOD generally improves performance in certain scenarios and brings numerous quality of life improvements. For instance, it has HUD scaling and hardware-accelerated window mode. Additionally, the mod adds support for 32-bit color, Bloom, Ambient Occlusion and Parallax Mapping.

GAMING NEWS

Tower of Fantasy gets two new short gameplay trailers
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/tower-of-fantasy-gets-two-new-short-gameplay-trailers/
Level Infinite and Hotta Studio have released two new trailers for Tower of Fantasy, their upcoming free-to-play open-world MMORPG. These two trailers highlight the creative options open for players as well as showcasing multiplayer action in the game.

New Diablo 4 Alpha leaked screenshots show off character customization
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-diablo-4-alpha-leaked-screenshots-show-off-character-customization/
Diablo IV currently has a “Friends and Family” Alpha phase testing, and several screenshots have surfaced from it. These screenshots give us a glimpse at the game’s character customization, game creation, and difficulty selection.

The First Descendant is a new third-person co-op action RPG shooter, powered by Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-first-descendant-is-a-new-third-person-co-op-action-rpg-shooter-powered-by-unreal-engine-5/
Nexon has just announced a new third-person co-op action RPG shooter that will be using Unreal Engine 5, called The First Descendant. In order to celebrate this announcement, the company released the game’s first in-engine trailer that you can find below.

New FATAL FURY/GAROU and Tekken games revealed at EVO 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-fatal-fury-garou-and-tekken-games-revealed-at-evo-2022/
At EVO 2022, SNK and Bandai Namco revealed new entries to their FATAL FURY/GAROU and Tekken series, respectively. Unfortunately, though, and aside from a teaser trailer, these companies did not reveal much about them.

Call of Duty Moden Warfare 2 Open Beta phase begins on September 24th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-moden-warfare-2-open-beta-phase-begins-on-september-24th/
Activision and Infinity Ward have announced that the Open Beta phase for Call of Duty Moden Warfare 2 will begin on September 24th. This Open Beta will allow you to experience/test the game’s multiplayer, and will support crossplay between PC and consoles.

Last edited by JEMC - on 08 August 2022