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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Tekken 7 has sold over 10 million copies
https://www.pcgamer.com/tekken-7-has-sold-over-10-million-copies/
As game director Katsuhiro Harada announced in a tweet, Tekken 7, the fighting game that combines anime with animal cruelty, has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. This brings the sales figure for the entire Tekken series to over 54 million.

Surprise Mother****ers! GOG has launched its Winter Sale featuring over 4500 games with up to 90% discounts! But that's not all they have:

• First of all, there's a GIVEAWAY: Ghost of a Tale will be free to get during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/game/ghost_of_a_tale
• The first of the three Deals of the Day is Chernobylite, 42% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/chernobylite
• The second one is GOG Kinky Bundle, with 3 games and a 57% discount. Be aware that there are only 2000 units, so be quick or they'll disappear: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gog_kinky_bundle
• And the last DotD is the GOG Strategy Bundle, also with 3 games and a 90% discount, this one only has 900 units: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gog_strategy_bundle

Steam has two new deals:

• Retreat To Enen will be 50% off until December 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556490/Retreat_To_Enen/
• And the The Coma: Back to School Bundle has a 76% discount. There's no mention of how long it will last, but the individual games are on sale until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15986/The_Coma_Back_to_School_Bundle/

There are a lot of new deals at Humble

• At Humble Bundle we find two new bundles:
  • The Runerscape: Paths to Adventure Bundle come with up to 8 items to get during 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/runescape-paths-to-adventure-bundle
  • The Tactician's Bundle features up to 8 different games to get during the same 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/tacticians-bundle
• The Humble Store has three new deals/sales:
  • The 48 hours Flash Sale features Far Cry 5, 85% off during 41 hours. The key is for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/far-cry-5
  • The Team17 Holiday Sale features up to 90% discounts during 7 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG (5): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-holiday-sale/
  • And Quantic Dream puts its games on sale, with up to 50% discounts during 11 days. The keys of the three games are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/quantic-dream-holiday-sale/

And Fanatical... has also launched its Winter Sale! But there are some others deals as well:

• The Star Deal is RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard Gold Edition, 78% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-7-gold-edition
• The The Jackbox Quintpack Bundle features 5 games with a 54% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/the-jackbox-quintpack
• Also, if you want to know what will be happening during the next 12 days of the Winter Sale, like contests and free stuff, check this out: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/12-days-of-festive-deals-on-cheap-pc-games-enter-contests-win-prizes-and-giveaways

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Unreal Engine 5.1 Nanite Redwood Forest Demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-5-1-nanite-redwood-forest-demo-available-for-download/
MAWI United GmbH has shared a new tech demo for Unreal Engine 5.1 which uses full Nanite for foliage and trees, Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps.
This tech demo showcases all of the new features that Unreal Engine 5.1 brings to the table. Moreover, it can give you a glimpse at what the forest areas in some upcoming games may look like.
According to MAWI United GmbH, the minimum required GPU for running this tech demo is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080. The team also recommends using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here are the mods that CDPR included in The Witcher 3 Next-Gen
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-mods-that-cdpr-included-in-the-witcher-3-next-gen/
Earlier this week, CD Projekt RED shared the list of the most popular mods that will be compatible with The Witcher 3 Next-Gen. And a couple of days ago, Marcin Momot revealed the mods that the team has added to this upcoming free next-gen update.
According to Momot, The Witcher 3 Next-Gen features The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project, HD Monsters Reworked, Immersive Real-time Cutscenes, Nitpicker’s Patch and World Map Fixes.
>> Why work to improve your game when you can grab the work that modders have done for you for free?

Chapter 4 released for the Half-Life Blue Shift Fan Remake in Black Mesa
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/chapter-4-released-for-the-half-life-blue-shift-fan-remake-in-black-mesa/
As promised, the team behind the Half-Life Blue Shift Fan Remake in Black Mesa has released its fourth chapter. In order to celebrate this release, HECU Collective has also shared the following trailer.
In Black Mesa: Blue Shift, players will relive the Black Mesa Incident as Gordon Freeman’s best friend, Barney Calhoun. This fan remake currently has the first three chapters of Blue Shift. These chapters are Living Quarters Outbound, Insecurity and Duty Calls.

Skyrim DLSS2/FSR2/XeSS Upscaler Mod is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/skyrim-dlss2-fsr2-xess-upscaler-mod-is-now-available-for-download/
Last month, we informed you about a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that would be adding support for DLSS 2, FSR 2 and XeSS. And today, we are happy to report that this Upscaler Mod is available for download.
For those wondering, this mod supports VR. However, there are currently very few performance gains with it due to the wasted performance for processing the whole VR texture when lots of the pixels are empty or unseen. The modder is working on a specific-VR version that has fixed foveated DLSS and other optimization specifically for VR.

Check out this ambitious Final Fantasy Tactics mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/check-out-this-ambitious-final-fantasy-tactics-mod/
A mod for Final Fantasy Tactics two years in the making looks like it'll launch in 2023, bringing a new campaign, story, and characters to the classic tactics RPG—it'll also have an aesthetically appropriate version of Triple Triad, the fan-favorite card game introduced in Final Fantasy 8 and reintroduced in MMO Final Fantasy 14.
The mod will have the expected new classes and abilities to go with its new characters and missions, but on top of that will have unique systems for its protagonist. Maine's unique "Hero" class will enable him to use up to three abilities in specific combo sequences over the course of a single turn—something that in the framework of a game like this must have required more than a bit of modding wizardry.

This Marathon mod 15 years in the making is practically an entirely new game
https://www.pcgamer.com/marathon-mod-apotheosis-x/
It feels like every other day there's some cool new Doom WAD that spits in the face of God and turns id's classic shooter into FEAR or Super Mario 64 or something, but how about some love for Marathon, Bungie's Mac-exclusive Doom clone and clear spiritual predecessor to Halo? On October 1, modder hypersleep released Apotheosis X, an ambitious total conversion of Marathon Infinity well worth the attention of retro FPS enthusiasts.
Its aesthetic appeal is immediately apparent: Apotheosis X is much more colorful than the original Marathon games, with redesigned weapon and enemy sprites, as well as high resolution textures and a custom soundtrack. The first few missions are set on a human cruiser, the amusingly named UESC Gingerbread Man, and they remind me most of the starting level of Halo 2. It looks like Apotheosis X's 23 levels eventually take players down to the surface of an alien world and its requisite eerie glowing ruins.

Unsurprisingly, there are already nude mods for Midnight Suns
https://www.pcgamer.com/unsurprisingly-there-are-already-nude-mods-for-midnight-suns/
Given how quickly nude mods for Spider-Man Remastered followed the wall-crawler's appearance on PC, it should be no surprise that modders have set to work removing the superhero underoos of Marvel's Midnight Suns as well. While mods for the XCOM games are traditionally a pretty big deal, the only mods I can find for Firaxis's latest are the horny ones. Its ModDB entry remains empty and there's no page for it at all on NexusMods yet.

GAMING NEWS

Dying Light 2 Update 1.8 brings graphical and Ray Tracing improvements, adds benchmark tool, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/dying-light-2-update-1-8-brings-graphical-and-ray-tracing-improvements-adds-benchmark-tool-full-patch-notes/
Techland has released a new major update for Dying Light 2. According to the release notes, Patch 1.8 brings numerous graphical and Ray Tracing improvements. Moreover, it adds an official benchmark tool, and optimizes memory usage in d3d12 mode in order to improve game stability.

Six minutes of gameplay & PC requirements for Crime Boss: Rockay City
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/six-minutes-of-gameplay-pc-requirements-for-crime-boss-rockay-city/
505 Games has shared a new video for its upcoming mafia game, Crime Boss: Rockay City, featuring six minutes of gameplay footage from it. In addition, the publisher has revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.