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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has several new sales and also weeklong deals:

• Airborne Kingdom will be 40% off until Thursday; https://store.steampowered.com/app/982290/Airborne_Kingdom/
• Stellaris gets a 75% discount until the 22nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/
• The Kingdom Franchise Sale gets up to 90% discounts until September 25: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Kingdomfranchise2022
• The Steam Bash Bash Sale, featuring Hack and Slash and Fighting games, features up to 90% discounts and will last until September 26: https://store.steampowered.com/category/hack_and_slash/
• The Bloodbowl franchise goes on sale with up to 85% discounts until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BloodBowlFranchise2022
• Have a Nice Death, still in Early Access, will be 20% off until September 27: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740720/Have_a_Nice_Death/
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • PlateUp! , that has a demo, is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599600/PlateUp/
  • Twelve Minutes gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097200/Twelve_Minutes/
  • Neon Abyss is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/788100/Neon_Abyss/
  • Raji: An Ancient Epic gets a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/730390/Raji_An_Ancient_Epic/
  • Victor Vran ARPG is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/345180/Victor_Vran_ARPG/
  • And Mordheim: City of the Damned gets a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/276810/Mordheim_City_of_the_Damned/

The Humble Store has three sales:

• Publisher Techland puts its games up to 87% off during 6 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/techland-publisher-sale/
• The RPG Sale, with up to 90% discounts, wil also last 6 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG, https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/rpg-sale/EGS
• And the D3 Publisher Sale brings up to 90% discounts during 10 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/d3-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two new bundles:

• The Grey Alien Games Bundle comes with 10 games split into three tiers of 2, 6 and 10 games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/grey-alien-games-bundle
• And the Neon Mystery Bundle features up to 10 unknown games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/neon-mystery-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout 4 gets a new DLC-sized fan expansion, featuring 30 new quests
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-gets-a-new-dlc-sized-fan-expansion-featuring-30-new-quests/
Varangian Studio has released a new DLC-sized fan expansion for Fallout 4, called Galac-Tac Mercs and Music. This mod lets you continue the story of where Galac-Tac Retribution left off, and comes with new companions new armor, and new story.
Going into more details, Galac-Tac Mercs and Music is the second part of the Galac-Tac faction mod. Mercs and Music takes place right after the end of the main Fallout 4 quest line, and features two new companions.
Furthermore, this fan expansion packs 30 new quests and a light morality system. According to the team, this morality system has perks and penalties for your choices. The team also claims that your choices will also affect the world around you.
Varangian Studio has also added new voice lines, new armor pieces, a new weapon, and a custom Pip-Boy.

Legendary modder works to bring all Unreal Engine games to VR
https://www.pcgamer.com/legendary-modder-works-to-bring-all-unreal-engine-games-to-vr/
Virtual Reality is one of the coolest and most functional current next steps in gaming. Putting players into these virtual worlds, having them look around, move their arms, and sometimes even their whole bodies can really enhance the experience. Simple games can feel wondrous, Fast paced games are exhilarating, and scary games discover a whole new level of terrifying. But developing for VR is a tonne of work, and it's still kind of niche so there are far from as many games out on VR as there could be. Thankfully, once again, modders are working to help change all that.
Dedicated folks out there are working hard to bring us amazing VR experiences by way of older games. We've seen that epic Half-Life 2 VR mod,explored the high-fantasy land of Skyrim, and even games like Valheim are getting VR. Mixed News tells of a recent update to one VR mod project called the Universal Mod that could bring hundreds of games into this new perspective.
A universal mod is being worked on to bring Unreal Engine games into VR. That's not just one Unreal title being worked on, but a solution for the engine itself meaning we could see a burst of older games coming to VR. While the mod isn't done yet, a new video has been released showing off a few games running in VR. These include games like Life is Strange: True Colors, and everyone's favourite cat sim Stray, running in VR with 360 views and freedom of movement.

GAMING NEWS

Here are some brand new 4K screenshots for Stellar Blade
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-brand-new-4k-screenshots-for-stellar-blade/
Shift Up has released a new set of beautiful 4K screenshots for its upcoming action-adventure game, Stellar Blade. These screenshots showcase the main protagonist, as well as some of the game’s environments.

Diablo 4 Open Beta begins in early 2023, “End Game” Closed Beta begins soon
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/diablo-4-open-beta-begins-in-early-2023-end-game-closed-beta-begins-soon/
The “Family & Friends” closed beta testing for Diablo 4 is currently under way and 40 minutes of gameplay footage have been leaked from it. Moreover, Blizzard announced that it will soon launch an “End Game” Closed Beta. Not only that, but Blizzard confirmed that the first Open Beta testing will begin in early 2023.