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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

This year, Call of Duty's secret weapon is Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-year-call-of-dutys-secret-weapon-is-steam/
Call of Duty is selling big on PC this year. Activision said in a Q3 financial report published today that Modern Warfare 2 has sold "approximately twice the level of recent strong titles in the series." That's a weirdly non-specific qualifier, though it's in contribution to what has become the fastest Call of Duty in history to reach $1 billion in sales.
What changed on PC this year? Surely some of the increase can be attributed to enthusiasm around the Modern Warfare series, but the true culprit is Steam.
Modern Warfare 2 is the first Call of Duty to launch on Steam in five years. Starting with Black Ops 4 in 2018, the last four Calls of Duty (including Warzone) have only existed in the Battle.net client on PC. Thankfully, Modern Warfare 2 isn't one of those "launches another launcher" deals either: hitting play on Steam gets right into the game.

GOG has a new sale and an updated one:

• The new sale comes from Idea Factory, that puts its games up to 70% off during the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_idea_factory_sale
• And the Triple Strategy Sale changes the theme and now offers Medieval Strategy games withup to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_triple_strategies

Steam has several new deals, including the weeklong deals:

• Honey, I Joined a Cult will be 33% off until the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/841190/Honey_I_Joined_a_Cult/
• Beacon Pines gets a 20% discount until the 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269640/Beacon_Pines/
• Way of the Hunter is going to be 25% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1288320/Way_of_the_Hunter/
• The Everyone is Here... Again bundle, featuring Dead Cells, Katana ZERO, Risk of Rain 2, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope and Slay the Spire, gets a 51% discount, but it doesn't know until when: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27977/Everyone_is_Here_Again_Bundle/
• Nacon Games presents the KT Racing Sale, with up to 90% discounts until Monday, 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Nacon/sale/Nacon_KTSale_2022
• CRIMESIGHT will be 20% off until November 15, but only the Standard Edition: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491710/CRIMESIGHT/
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Revita gets a 25% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1175460/Revita/
  • Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/500810/Arcanum_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura/
  • Space Engineers gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/244850/Space_Engineers/
  • Iconoclasts will be 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/393520/Iconoclasts/
  • For The King gets a 70% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/For_The_King/
  • GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst is 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/438490/GOD_EATER_2_Rage_Burst/
  • And the last one is Redeemer: Enhanced Edition, with a nice 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/447290/Redeemer_Enhanced_Edition/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Curve Games Publisher Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/curve-games-publisher-sale/
• The Fall VR Sale features up to 90% discounts during 6 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG (1) and UPlay (1): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/fall-vr-sale/

Fanatical has two new 24 hours flash deals:

• The first one is Core Keeper, 36% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/core-keeper
• The second one is Supraland, 80% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/supraland

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GAMING NEWS

First-person open world action adventure game, BLACKTAIL, gets a gameplay overview trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-person-open-world-action-adventure-game-blacktail-gets-a-gameplay-overview-trailer/
Focus Entertainment has released a gameplay overview trailer for its upcoming first-person open world action adventure game, BLACKTAIL. This trailer details the game’s gameplay mechanics, so be sure to watch it.

Gotham Knigths gets a new 9GB Update, full patch release notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/gotham-knigths-gets-a-new-9gb-update-full-patch-release-notes/
Warner Bros has released a brand new update for the PC version of Gotham Knights. The November 7th Update is 9GB in size, and below you can find its complete changelog.

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.61 released, is 11GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-update-1-61-released-is-11gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
CD Projekt RED has released a brand new update for Cyberpunk 2077. Update 1.61 is 11GB in size, adds support for AMD’s FSR 2.1 on PC, and below you can find its full patch notes.