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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

MultiVersus has surpassed 20 million players in less than a month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/multiversus-has-surpassed-20-million-players-in-less-than-a-month/
Warner Bros today announced that MultiVersus, the all-new free-to-play platform fighter, has now surpassed over 20 million players since the Open Beta started on July 26th. The milestone follows the kickoff of MultiVersus Season 1, which began on August 15th.

Prepare for Dragonflight with a free copy of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
https://www.pcgamer.com/prepare-for-dragonflight-with-a-free-copy-of-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands/
If you don't own World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion, you can get it free for the next few weeks—as well as a level 50 character boost—though you'll need to claim it by September 5.
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Naturally, there are a couple of stipulations. The first one might seem obvious but you can't already own Shadowlands—that applies to any WoW accounts linked to your Battle.net. So if you have, say, a second account for auctioning or crafting, you can't claim a free Shadowlands upgrade if you already have the current expansion on your main WoW account. You'll also need to have any previous expansion license attached to the account you want to upgrade.

Despite having none yesterday, today GOG has two Deals of the Day that will last 25(?) more hours:

• Hero's Hour gets a 30% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/heros_hour
• And Mortal Shell is 60% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/mortal_shell

Steam has four deals and new weeklong deals:

• Ultimate Fishing Simulator gets an 85% discount until Thursday 25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/468920/Ultimate_Fishing_Simulator/
• Publisher Kalypso puts its games up to 80% off until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/KalypsoMediaPublisherSale2022
• The Sherlock Holmes franchise is on sale, with up to 80% discounts until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sherlockholmes/
• The Homeworld Franchise Sale features up to 90% discounts until Monday 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/homeworldfranchise
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Farm Together is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673950/Farm_Together/
  • City Game Studio: a tycoon about game dev gets a 35% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/726840/City_Game_Studio_a_tycoon_about_game_dev/
  • Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042380/Hundred_Days__Winemaking_Simulator/
  • The House of Da Vinci gets a 65% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/522470/The_House_of_Da_Vinci/
  • Chroma Squad is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/251130/Chroma_Squad/
  • And the last one is Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders, with a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/374900/Agatha_Christie__The_ABC_Murders/

Fanatical's Summer Sale Encore still goes on with four new flash deals and a new bundle:

• The Flash Deals are: Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Deluxe + Bungie 30th Anniversary Bundle (42% off), Orcs Must Die! 3 (60% off), Zombie Army 4: Dead War (70% off) and NASCAR Heat 4 - Gold Edition (81% off).
• The new bundle is the Best of VR BYOB, with 25 titles to choose for your 3, 4, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/best-of-vr-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.8.2
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-8-2
Highlights

• Support for:
  • Saints Row with DirectX 12
  • The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation

Fixed Issues

• VCE presets may be in mixing in VEGAS Pro with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6600 Graphics.
• DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 may crash using AMD encoder on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics.
• While playing Lost Ark, flickering may be intermittently experienced after changing displaying settings or checking character info with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6800 Graphics.
• FINAL FANTASY® VIII - REMASTERED fails to launch.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Battlefield 4’s iconic Operation Metro map recreated in Halo Infinite Forge
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/battlefield-4s-iconic-operation-metro-map-recreated-in-halo-infinite-forge/
Death Templer has shared a video, showcasing Battlefield 4’s iconic Operation Metro map being recreated in Halo Infinite Forge. Death Templer is also the mapper behind another cool Halo Infinite Forge map, in which he attempted to recreate Silent Hills P.T.
What’s really cool here is that the mapper may release these maps during the Open Beta phase of Halo Infinite Forge. From what we know so far, 343 Industries will officially release Forge to the public in November 2022. However, its Open Beta phase will begin next month.

GAMING NEWS

Wanted: Dead, Devil May Cry/Bayonetta-inspired game, will release in February 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wanted-dead-devil-may-cry-bayonetta-inspired-game-will-release-in-february-2023/
110 Industries and Soleil have announced that their Devil May Cry/Bayonetta-inspired game, Wanted: Dead, will release on February 14th, 2023. In order to celebrate this announcement, the teams have also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Gamescom 2022 gameplay trailer for the Unreal Engine 5-powered third-person co-op action RPG shooter, The First Descendant
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/gamescom-2022-gameplay-trailer-for-the-unreal-engine-5-powered-third-person-co-op-action-rpg-shooter-the-first-descendant/
Earlier this month, we informed you about a new third-person co-op action RPG shooter that will be using Unreal Engine 5, called The First Descendant. And today, Nexon revealed its Gamescom 2022 gameplay trailer.