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Monday news, part one:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Despite the controversy, Overwatch 2 hits 25 million players in ten days
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/despite-the-controversy-overwatch-2-hits-25-million-players-in-ten-days/
A lot of player backlash surfaced online when Activision and Blizzard launched Overwatch 2. However, and despite the controversy, Overwatch 2 is a huge success for both companies. According to its official Twitter account, the game hit 25 million players in just ten days.

GOG welcomes the new week with three Deals of the Day, two sales and a contest. Not bad, right?

• The first DotD is Being a DIK - Season 1, 21% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/being_a_dik
• The second one is Gloomhaven, with a 25% discount until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gloomhaven
• And the last DotD is The Forgotten City, 40% off until the 19th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_forgotten_city
• The Weekly Sale is an Indie Multipublisher Sale, with up to 80% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221017_multipublisher_sale
• The Strategy Week features up to 90% discounts on strategy games during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221017_strategies
• The contest is revolves Scorn, and the prizes include the game, a branded Xbox controller and game art. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/gogs_scorn_contest_win_branded_xbox_controller_game_art_and_game_itself

Steam only has one new deal: Tetris Effect: Connected, compatible with VR, will be 50% off until the 23rd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003590/Tetris_Effect_Connected/.

We find several deals at Humble:

• At Humble Bundle we find the Day of the Devs 2022 Bundle, featuring up to 16 items during the next 18 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/day-devs-2022
• The Humble Store has
  • Paradox puts its titles up to 75% off during 4 days. All the games ae for Steam except one that's also for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-sale/
  • The Paradox BYOB allows you to make an up to 5 games bundle. The discounts go from 50% up until 65% off if you get 5 games: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-dlc-byob/
  • And the Warhammer Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 4 more days. All the games are for Steam, except for the Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector - Necrons DLC, that's also available for GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-week-sale/

And Fanatical has a new Star Deal, a new bundle and a contest:

• The new Star Deal is Anno 1800 Complete Edition Year 4, with a 57% discount during 48 hours. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/anno-1800-complete-edition-year-4
• The BYO Elite VR Bundle 3 features 20 titles to choose for your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-elite-vr-3
• And from now until October 31, there's a new contest with the chance to win games, an ebook bundle or a monitor. More info here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-an-msi-optix-gaming-monitor-pc-games-and-more

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA has released a fix for the “GeForce 522.25 driver map glitches” in Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-has-released-a-fix-for-the-driver-522-25-map-glitches-in-cyberpunk-2077/
Last week, NVIDIA released a new driver, NVIDIA GeForce 522.25 WHQL driver, for its graphics cards. However, it appears that this driver introduces some map glitches in Cyberpunk 2077. Thankfully, though, the green team released a hotfix to address it.
You can download this hotfix from here. The NVIDIA GeForce 522.25 WHQL driver introduced some DX12 performance improvements, so this hotfix is a must-have for those that want to replay this game.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout: Miami, DLC-sized fan expansion for Fallout 4, gets a new trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/fallout-miami-dlc-sized-fan-expansion-for-fallout-4-gets-a-new-trailer/
The team behind Fallout: Miami, an upcoming DLC-sized fan expansion for Fallout 4, has released a new trailer. This trailer features brand new WIP in-engine footage, showcasing some of its environments.

Half-Life: Reamped is a Doom 2016-inspired mod for Half-Life 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/half-life-reamped-is-a-doom-2016-inspired-mod-for-half-life-2/
Modder ‘Velocity Punch’ has released the debut trailer of a Doom 2016-inspired total conversion mod for Half-Life 2, Half-Life: Reamped. Half-Life: Reamped takes place after the events of the first Half-Life game, and features fast-paced gameplay similar to what we got in Doom 2016.

GAMING NEWS

New official Dead Space Remake video shows 9 minutes of gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-official-dead-space-remake-video-shows-9-minutes-of-gameplay-footage/
Electronic Arts has released a new official video for Dead Space Remake, showcasing nine minutes of new gameplay footage. In this video, senior producer Philippe Ducharme gives us a more in-depth sneak peek at the reimagined USG Ishimura, showing off key improvements including updated visual fidelity, the interconnected ship, the intensity director, and more.

Leaked Gotham Knights video shows the first 30 minutes from PS5
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/leaked-gotham-knights-video-shows-the-first-30-minutes-from-ps5/
A new video for Gotham Knights has just been leaked on the Internet, showcasing the game’s first 30 minutes from the PS5 version.
>> The video has been removed, but I'm sure you'll be able to find it somewhere else.