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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a new sale:

• The Special Fresh Indie Games Sale features up to 90% discounts from today until January 25th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230110_fresh_indie_sale
• The Thunderful conglomerate takes part of the previous sale, but its titles will only be available during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230110_fresh_indie_thunderful

Steam weeklong deals

• Endzone - A World Apart is going to be 75% off until January 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/933820/Endzone__A_World_Apart/
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1927720/Monument_Valley_Panoramic_Edition/
  • Panzer Knights gets a 35% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1416230/Panzer_Knights/
  • Green Project is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274490/Green_Project/
  • Feel The Snow features a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/538100/Feel_The_Snow/
  • Dead Effect 2 VR is VR only and 70% off (the non-VR version is here and 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/646200/Dead_Effect_2_VR/
  • And Zombie Night Terror gets a massive 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/416680/Zombie_Night_Terror/

The Humble Store has a Twin Sails Publisher Sale, with up to 75% discounts during 6 days. The keys are all for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/twin-sails-publisher-sale/

And Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is SUPERHOT, 75% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/superhot
• And the new BYO Play on the Go Bundle, New Year Edition, features 19 titles to choose for your 3, 5 or 8 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-play-on-the-go-bundle-new-year-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

This new AI can mimic human voices with only 3 seconds of training
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-new-ai-can-mimic-human-voices-with-only-3-seconds-of-training/
Humanity has taken yet another step toward the inevitable war against the machines (which we will lose) with the creation of Vall-E, an AI developed by a team of researchers at Microsoft that can produce high quality human voice replications with only a few seconds of audio training.
Vall-E isn't the first AI-powered voice tool—xVASynth, for instance, has been kicking around for a couple years now—but it promises to exceed them all in terms of pure capability. In a paper available at Cornell University (via Windows Central), the Vall-E researchers say that most current text-to-speech systems are limited by their reliance on "high-quality clean data" in order to accurately synthesize high-quality speech.
>> War against machines aside, this could be used, and abused, in mods.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First-person Mod released for The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-person-mod-released-for-the-witcher-3-next-gen-update/
In February 2022, we informed you about a first-person mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Created by modder ‘crthdr’, that first-person mod supported exploration, combat, horse riding & sailing. And we are happy to report that a new version of it is available that is compatible with The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update.
Do note that this first-person mod still has some issues. For instance, Geralt’s FP shadows do not work correctly with Ray Tracing. Furthermore, and in rare cases, it is very hard to interact with some objects in FP. Thankfully, players can switch to third-person on the fly (for interacting with these objects). The mod also disables Lock On Target, and realistic foot placement. And lastly, the mod does not work with Ciri.
>> There's a 7 minutes video of it.

New Cyberpunk 2077 mods add more climbable objects & E3 2018 Smart Windows
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-cyberpunk-2077-mods-add-more-climbable-objects-e3-2018-smart-windows/
Modders ‘SOSUINEPSIXUYU’ and ‘keanuWheeze’ have released two cool gameplay mods for Cyberpunk 2077. The first mod adds more climbable objects to the game. On the other hand, the second mod adds the Smart Window similar to the one in the E3 2018 Demo.
>> There are no videos nor screenshots of these two mods.

New Elden Ring Mod adds 20+ weapons and 30+ armors
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-elden-ring-mod-adds-20-weapons-and-30-armors/
Garden of Eyes has released a new mod for Elden Ring that adds 20+ weapons and 30+ armors to it. According to its description, The Garden of Eyes Mod adds completely new custom-made weapons, brand new armors from previous games, new boss fights, horse mounts, talismans, gun parrying, and so much more.
The bad news here is that this mod is behind a Patreon wall. I get it that the modders want to make some money, especially since they provide new content to the game. However, we’ve seen similar mods that are completely free.
Regardless of this Patreon-wall thing, The Garden of Eyes looks kind of interesting. So, below you can find a video that showcases all of its weapons.

GAMING NEWS

Forspoken will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/forspoken-will-be-using-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
Square Enix has updated the Steam store page for Forspoken, revealing that the game will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. In addition, the publisher has released a new cinematic trailer that you can find below.