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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has two deals:

• There's a new Deal of the Day: Succubus, 27% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/succubus
• The Nihon Falcon Sale brings up to 75% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20220927_nihon_falcom_sale

Steam has three new deals:

• Hokko Life will be 33% off until October 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/824000/Hokko_Life/
• Townscaper gets a 40% discount until October 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291340/Townscaper/
• And the Multiplayer & Fun Week features up to 70% discounts until the 10th of October. Keep in mind that the sale seems focused on the Chinese market, with some titles only available in that language: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/multiplayerweek

The Humble Store has the new Team 17 Publisher Sale, with up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. All the keys are for Steam, and some are available to download: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-publisher-sale/

And Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Partisans 1941, 88% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/partisans-1941
• The BundleFest has a new bundle: the Savior Bundle with 8 games with a 96% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/savior-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam is dropping Lunar New Year sales and adding a big new Spring Sale
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-is-dropping-lunar-new-year-sales-and-adding-a-big-new-spring-sale/
Valve is making some changes to its seasonal Steam sales that will see Lunar New Year sales dropped, and a new, major Spring Sale event added in its place.
Steam has traditionally had major sales in summer, fall (paired with Black Friday), and winter, but spring has always been a little different. Rather than a traditional sale, the passing of winter has brought us a "Spring Cleaning Event" over the past several years, which was more of a "let's do something about your ridiculous backlog before the Summer Sale kicks off" kind of thing than a regular, seasonal sale. There was actually no spring-specific event at all this year: Instead, we had the Going Rogue event in the first week of May, and the Racing Fest in the last week.
Under this new system, the second-best season of the year will finally take its proper place amongst the Steam sale big boys. Valve said the new Spring Sale will be similar to the other seasonal sales, and that developers can expect similar levels of support from Steam in making it happen.
>> I like this move. The Lunar New Year Sale was too close to the Winter one to make a lot of sense... tho the same can be said about the Autumn and Winter ones.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Skyrim mod gives the Dragonborn their greatest challenge: A desk job
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-skyrim-mod-gives-the-dragonborn-their-greatest-challenge-a-desk-job/
One of the nice things about a game like Skyrim is that you can safely ignore the main questline for, well, as long as you like. You're the Dragonborn, but you don't technically need to act like it. Some mods, like Alternate Start - Live Another Life, help out by letting you skip the original introductory sequence and begin the game as just another citizen of Skyrim instead of the fabled Dragonborn.
And here's yet another way to shirk your duties as a legendary dragonslayer and direct your efforts toward another equally noble pursuit: a desk job. The 9 to 5 Office Job Mod for Skyrim Special Edition lets you trade in your sword and shield for a pen and parchment. This may be a fantasy world, but that doesn't mean there isn't paperwork to be done.

GAMING NEWS

Here are 16 minutes of gameplay from the open-world action roguelite game, Ravenbound
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-16-minutes-of-gameplay-from-the-open-world-action-roguelite-game-ravenbound/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing 16 minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming open-world action roguelite game, Ravenbound. This video shows off some aerial and combat gameplay, a town, a dungeon, and much more.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the first game that supports Intel’s XeSS
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-is-the-first-game-that-supports-intels-xess/
Nixxes Software has released a new patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider that adds XeSS graphics support for DX12-compatible systems. As such, Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the first game that supports Intel’s upscaling tech.

Project GRAY is an impressive open-world action RPG, created by a single person
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/project-gray-is-an-impressive-open-world-action-rpg-created-by-a-single-person/
In-D has shared a prototype video of its upcoming open-world action RPG, Project GRAY, showcasing 16 minutes of gameplay footage. Now what’s really interesting here is that In-D is a one-man studio, meaning that everything you’ll see was created by a single person.

Overwatch 2 will require a phone number, has a ping system, will require level grinding
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/overwatch-2-will-require-a-phone-number-has-a-ping-system-will-require-level-grinding/
Overwatch 2 releases on October 4th and Blizzard revealed some new details about it. According to the team, all players across all platforms will be required to have a phone number attached to their battle.net account to launch Overwatch 2.
>> Any new details about this games makes it worse and worse.

Unreal Engine 4-powered Kena: Bridge of Spirits now supports NVIDIA DLSS 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-4-powered-kena-bridge-of-spirits-now-supports-nvidia-dlss-2/
Ember Lab has just released Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam. Kena: Bridge of Spirits uses Unreal Engine 4 and for its Steam release, Ember Lab implemented support for NVIDIA’s DLSS 2 AI-upscaling tech.

Death Stranding now supports Intel XeSS, AMD FSR 2.0 & NVIDIA DLSS 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/death-stranding-now-supports-intel-xess-amd-fsr-2-0-nvidia-dlss-2/
Kojima Productions has released a brand new update for Death Stranding that adds support for both Intel XeSS and AMD FSR 2.0. As such, Death Stranding is the first PC game that supports all the upscaling techniques that are currently available on PC.

Wild Hearts will release in February 2023, official gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wild-hearts-will-release-in-february-2023-official-gameplay-trailer/
EA and KOEI Tecmo have announced that their hunting game, Wild Hearts, will release on February 17th, 2023. This game will be only coming on current-gen platforms, and below you can find its official gameplay trailer.