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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has three new Deals of the Day, a new Midweek Sale and they're also giving away a "goodie pack":

• The first DotD is Decision: Red Daze, 35% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/decision_red_daze
• The second DotD is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, 82% off until Friday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sherlock_holmes_crimes_and_punishments
• And the last DotD is Homeworld Remastered Collection, 90% off until the 9th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/homeworld_remastered_collection
• The Midweek Sale features Indie Multiplayer games with up to 90% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221207_midweek_sale
• And, to celebrate the launch of the game Knights of Honor II (12% off during its launch week), GOG gives away a Digital Goodie Pack during the next 50 hours: https://www.gog.com/game/knights_of_honor_ii_sovereign_goodie_pack

Steam hs a new Sale and two new deals:

• The The Game Awards event comes with demos and up to 90% discounts (on games from previous years). The deals will last until Monday, the 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawards2022
• Session: Skate Sim features a 30% discount until Tuesday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/861650/Session_Skate_Sim/
• And Necromunda: Hired Gun will be 50% off until December 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222370/Necromunda_Hired_Gun/

The Humble Store has another Flash Deal from Ubisoft that I somehow missed yesterday. This new one is Riders Republic, with a 75% discount during another 17 hours. The keys is for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/riders-republic.

And Fanatical has a new bundle: the Diamond Collection BYOB Holiday Edition, with 17 titles to choose for your 3, 4 or 5 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/diamond-collection-build-your-own-bundle-holiday-edition.

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GAMING NEWS

Dead Island 2 gets a brand new 4K gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/dead-island-2-gets-a-brand-new-4k-gameplay-trailer/
Deep Silver has released a brand new 4K gameplay trailer for its upcoming first-person zombie action game, Dead Island 2. This trailer features new gameplay sequences from the game’s latest build, showcasing the game’s unique gore tech, upgradable weapon and combat system, and its gruesome zombies.

Primitive is a new open-world survival game using Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/primitive-is-a-new-open-world-survival-game-using-unreal-engine-5/
Games Box has announced a new open-world survival adventure game that will be using Unreal Engine 5, called Primitive. And, in order to celebrate this announcement, the company shared the game’s first gameplay trailer.

The Callisto Protocol gets a second PC performance patch, aiming to improve PSO caching and further reduce stutters
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-callisto-protocol-second-pc-performance-patch-pso-caching-stutters/
Striking Distance Studios has released the second PC performance patch for The Callisto Protocol which aims to improve PSO caching and further reduce stutters.
Do note that the main focus of this second patch is to resolve the game’s stutters. It will not improve CPU utilization, and will not optimize its Ray Tracing effects.

Battlefield 2042 Update 3.1 is now available for download, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/battlefield-2042-update-3-1-is-now-available-for-download-full-patch-notes/
DICE has just released a brand new patch for Battlefield 2042. Update 3.1 is now live on all platforms, and below you can find its full patch notes.
Going into more details, Patch 3.1 reworks the Manifest Map, and adds four new weapons. Moreover, this update addresses a CPU overload issue that could occur on PC.

Diablo 4 will release on June 5th, 2023, according to Microsoft Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/diablo-4-will-release-on-june-5th-2023-according-to-microsoft-store/
It appears that Microsoft Store has leaked the release date for Diablo 4. According to its page, this upcoming action RPG will release on June 5th, 2023.

Genshin Impact Update 3.3 is now available for download, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/genshin-impact-update-3-3-now-available-for-download-full-patch-notes/
miHoYo has just released Update 3.3 All Senses Clear, All Existence Void” for Genshin Impact, and below you can find its full patch notes. The game’s servers are currently down for maintenance and will be back online in around five hours from now.

Elden Ring Update 1.08 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/elden-ring-update-1-08-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
FromSoftware has just released Update 1.08 for Elden Ring which adds PVP Colosseum arenas, and below you can find its full patch notes.