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The Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has a new Star Deal and a sale:

• The Star Deal, that started yesterday after they run out of keys for the previous one, is DOOM Eternal - Deluxe Edition, that should last 48 hours, but there's only 33% of keys left so... https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/doom-eternal-deluxe-edition
• The former is part of a Bethesda Sale with up to 82% discounts during 12 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/bethesda-softworks

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3802
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/729157/intel-arc-graphics-windows-dch-driver-beta.html
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• Sonic Frontiers
• Marvels Spiderman: Miles Morales
• Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
• Dysterra

Game performance improvements versus the Intel® 31.0.101.3490 software driver on Intel® Arc™ A770 Graphics Products for

• Chorus
  • Up to 3% using 1440p with Epic settings
• Dirt 5
  • Up to 8% using 1440p with Ultra High settings.
• Far Cry 6
  • Up to 3% using 1080p with Ultra preset settings.
  • Up to 3% using 1440p with Ultra preset settings.
• Forza Horizon 5
  • Up to 3% using 1080p with Extreme settings.
  • Up to 3% using 1440p with High preset settings.
• Ghostwire Tokyo
  • Up to 7% using 1440p with Cinematic settings.
• Gotham Knights
  • Up to 5% using 1080p with Highest preset settings.
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Up to 3% using 1080p with Ultra preset settings.
  • Up to 3% using 1440p with High preset settings.
• Sniper Elite 5
  • Up to 3% using 1080p with Ultra settings

Fixed Issues

• Doom Eternal (Vulkan) may exhibit flickering corruption on certain textures in the “cultist base” map.
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (DX11) may experience lower than expected game performance.
• Death Stranding Director’s Cut (DX12) may exhibit lighting or flickering corruption.
• Forza Horizon 5 (DX12) may experience corruption lines when MSAA 2x is enabled

>> If you check the videocardz article, you'll also see the numerous fixes for Intel's Control software.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Unreal PSX Rework gets some new comparison screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/unreal-psx-rework-gets-some-new-comparison-screenshots/
Back in September 2017, we informed you about an unofficial remake of the canceled Playstation version of Epic’s classic Unreal game. And today, we are happy to present you some new comparison screenshots from it.
In case you weren’t aware, this canceled version of Unreal featured exclusive content, and about 75% of its content was recovered. Thus, Unreal PSX Rework will attempt to complete it, and retexture the maps, make them 100% co-op playable. It will also fix scripts, finish them up and fill up holes of “not salvaged content.”

GAMING NEWS

Ubisoft shares the first concept artwork for Splinter Cell Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/ubisoft-shares-the-first-concept-artwork-for-splinter-cell-remake/
Splinter Cell fans, here is something for you today. Ubisoft has revealed the first official concept artwork for Splinter Cell Remake. While these artworks do not show much in terms of real-time graphics, they can at least give you an idea of the game’s art style.
>> And, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, they're giving it away for free, but it doesn't mention until when.

Gotham Knights November 17th Update is 1.3GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/gotham-knights-november-17th-update-is-1-3gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Warner Bros has released a new update for the PC version of Gotham Knights. According to the team, this update is 1.3GB in size, packs a number of bug and stability fixes, and below you can find its complete changelog.
For those wondering, no. This patch does not address the game’s performance/optimization issues. So yeah, don’t expect to be playing the game smoothly after applying this new update.