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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has one new sale and the new weeklong deals:

• Hearts of Iron IV is free to try and 75% off until September 29: https://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed, that has a demo, is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/523660/HYPERCHARGE_Unboxed/
  • King Arthur: Knight's Tale gets a 35% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157390/King_Arthur_Knights_Tale/
  • Transport Fever 2 is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1066780/Transport_Fever_2/
  • CryoFall, that also has a demo, gets a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/829590/CryoFall/
  • And Agent A: A puzzle in disguise, that also has a demo, is 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/801480/Agent_A_A_puzzle_in_disguise/

The Humble Store has four sales:

• The Capcom Publisher Sale features up to 80% discounts during 6 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/capcom-publisher-sale/
• The Build and Destroy Sale, with up to 85% discounts, will last 6 days. There are keys for Steam, EGS, and one to download: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/build-and-destroy-sale/
• The Daedalic Publisher Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 6 days. The keys are for Steam and/or download: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/daedalic-publisher-sale/
• And the Square Enix TGS Sale brings up to 85% discounts during 10 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/square-enix-tgs-sale/

And at Fanatical we find two deals and a new contest:

• The Star Deal, that started yesterday, is Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice, 80% off during another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun-aiko-s-choice
• A new BundleFest is here! Check out the bundles here
• And there's a new contest with several prizes, from games to store credit. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/bundlefest-win-500-dollars-store-spend-and-aaa-games

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3430 BETA
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/729157/intel-arc-graphics-windows-dch-driver-beta.html
Support

• The DioField Chronicle (DX12)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (DX12) Beta Early Access

Fixed Issues

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (DX12) may exhibit an application crash when loading into the game with Ray-Traced Reflections enabled.
• Total War: Warhammer III (DX11) may exhibit color corruption on certain regions of the overworld map.
• Call of Duty: Vanguard (DX12) may exhibit lower than expected performance in the main menu.
• Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy (DX12) may exhibit flickering texture corruption game certain areas
• Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12) may exhibit texture and color corruption on some terrain and skyboxes.
• Overwatch (DX11) may experience lower than expected performance may be observed within certain map environments
• Metro Exodus (DX11) may exhibit a CTD or application hang during gameplay.
• Conqueror’s Blade (DX11) may exhibit an application crash during game launch.
• League of Legends (DX11) may experience lower than expected performance when using the DX11 option in on some Intel® Arc™ A730M series graphics products.
• Movies and TV Application may experience a hang during HDR video playback and changing video to Fullscreen.
• Blender may exhibit OpenGL rendering errors with certain Intel® system configurations.
• Some Intel® Arc™ A380 series graphics cards may intermittently reboot the system when resuming from S3 sleep.

Epic Games Store adds a key feature at last
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-adds-a-key-feature-at-last/
The Epic Games Store turns four years old in December and has had its fair share of teething problems. Functionality has been particularly slow in arriving, with the store lacking things as essential as an 'add to cart' feature until last December. Epic's been slowly grinding away nevertheless, and is now finally adding another much-needed feature as our list of free games grows ever-longer: library collections.
Yep, you can finally create up to 11 folders to store your games in, as well as the option to now add games to a favourites list. The process is simple—either hover over a game and hit the heart icon in the top-right corner, or click the three dots underneath the game's thumbnail and select 'add to collection,' choosing an existing collection or making a new one.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here are 15 minutes of gameplay from Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered in first-person mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-15-minutes-of-gameplay-from-marvels-spider-man-remastered-in-first-person-mode/
Modder ‘jedijosh920’ has released three videos, showcasing 15 minutes of gameplay footage from Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered in first-person mode. These videos show off some city exploration and combat sequences, as well as some cut-scenes.
Now in case you weren’t aware, jedijosh920 is working on a first-person mod for this Spider-Man game. Although the game officially supports only a third-person viewpoint, the modder will add a functional first-person mode.

NVIDIA DLSS 2 is noticeably better than AMD FSR 2.1 in Lost Judgment
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-dlss-2-is-noticeably-better-than-amd-fsr-2-1-in-lost-judgment/
The modder behind the DLSS Mod for Judgment and Lost Judgment has released a new version that is compatible with AMD FSR 2.1. As such, we’ve decided to compare these two upscaling techniques in this game and although DLSS 2 is not officially supported by the game, it looks noticeably better than FSR 2.1.

Trombone Champ looks next level with this VR mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/trombone-champ-looks-next-level-with-this-vr-mod/
If you haven't noticed, all of our hearts over at PC Gamer have turned trombone shaped over Trombone Champ. This indie is just oozing charm with its trombone rhythm action, bum notes, and plenty of baboons. These oddities have delivered a fun tromboning experience with laugh out loud moments that skyrocketed the game to viral fame, and now it can be played in VR.

UK's former Labour leader snapped playing Thatcher-slaying Doom mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/uks-former-labour-leader-snapped-playing-thatcher-slaying-doom-mod/
Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the UK's Labour party and two-time candidate for Prime Minister, has been pictured enjoying a game of Thatcher's Techbase in Liverpool (thanks, Indy100). Thatcher's Techbase is a Doom II mod where the late Margaret Thatcher returns to the tenth circle of hell, i.e. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the player sets out to make sure that this time 'CyberThatcher' stays dead.
>> Hey, any excuse is good enough to show a new mod.

GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Title Update 1.6.1 releases tomorrow, is 9GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/assassins-creed-valhalla-title-update-1-6-1-releases-tomorrow-is-9gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has revealed the full patch notes for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Title Update 1.6.1. This patch will release tomorrow, and is 9GB in size on PC.

Battlefield 2042 Update 2.1 releases tomorrow and here are its full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/battlefield-2042-update-2-1-releases-tomorrow-full-patch-notes/
Electronic Arts and DICE announced that Update 2.1 for Battlefield 2042 will release tomorrow, September 27th at 08:00 UTC. In addition, the teams shared its full patch notes.

I.G.I. Origins gets an official gameplay reveal trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/i-g-i-origins-gets-an-official-gameplay-reveal-trailer/
In 2019, Toadman Interactive and Antimatter Games revealed the next part in the IGI video-game series. Since then, though, we haven’t heard anything about this game. Until today. Antimatter Games has just released an official gameplay reveal trailer for this title, featuring in-game footage.

Forza Horizon 5 may soon support NVIDIA’s DLSS tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/forza-horizon-5-may-soon-support-nvidias-dlss-tech/
According to an official NVIDIA graph, Forza Horizon 5 may soon support its DLSS tech. And, since this graph is for the upcoming RTX 4090, Playground Games may add support for the latest version of DLSS, DLSS 3.

Latest patch for Valheim adds crossplay support, packs minor network optimizations
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/latest-patch-for-valheim-adds-crossplay-support-packs-minor-network-optimizations/
Iron Gate has released a brand new update for Valheim that adds crossplay support. This basically means that when the game comes out on consoles, PC gamers will be able to play with them. Furthermore, Linux and Windows players can now play together.

A Plague Tale: Requiem gets official story trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/a-plague-tale-requiem-gets-official-story-trailer/
Focus Entertainment has released the official story trailer for A Plague Tale: Requiem. This trailer features in-engine footage, showcasing what Asobo has achieved with its in-house engine.