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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG features 6 new Deals of the Day and 3 new sales:

• These are all the DotD, available until Friday:
  • Re-Volt gets a measly 12% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/revolt
  • Strange Horticulture is 35% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/strange_horticulture
  • Alan Wake gets a 74% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alan_wake
  • Jagged Alliance 2 is 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jagged_alliance_2
  • The Testament of Sherlock Holmes features a 82% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/testament_of_sherlock_holmes_the
  • And FlatOut 2 is 85% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/flatout_2
• The Midweek Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230118_midweek_sale
• And Old World and its DLCs go on Sale with up to 27% discounts during 5 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230116_old_world
• Toge Productions joins the Indie Sale and puts its games on sale with up to 70% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230118_fresh_indie_toge_productions

Steam has two new deals:

• Cursed to Golf, that has a demo, will be 25% off until next Tuesday; https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/
• And Toge Productions also put its games on sale here, with up to 90% discounts until January 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/togeproductions/sale/togesale2023

Fanatical ha a new Star Deal and a new bundle:

• The new Star Deal is Resident Evil Village, 58% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-village
• The new Mystery Star Bundle features up to 10 unknown titles to get: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-star-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New Fallout 4 HD Texture Pack overhauls all of the game’s Feral Ghouls
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-fallout-4-hd-texture-pack-overhauls-all-of-the-game-feral-ghouls/
Modder ‘Blackwolf24’ has released a new HD Texture Pack for Fallout 4, overhauling the textures of all Feral Ghouls. This HD Texture Pack covers the main game, as well as its two DLCs (Far Harbor and Nuka World).
>> There are some screenshots.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fan Remake – Unreal Engine 4 vs Unreal Engine 5 Video Graphics Comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-fan-remake-unreal-engine-4-vs-unreal-engine-5-video-graphics-comparison/
As we’ve already informed you, CryZENx is currently working on an Unreal Engine 5 version of his The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fan Remake. This version supports Lumen which by default overhauls the game’s lighting system. And thankfully, we finally have a video graphics comparison between its Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5 versions.

This modder won't stop adding Wallace from Wallace & Gromit into random games
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-modder-wont-stop-adding-wallace-from-wallace-and-gromit-into-random-games/
The stop-motion duo Wallace and Gromit are one of the UK's finest exports and, even if it's been 15 years since A Matter of Loaf and Death, remain as beloved as ever. Wallace is a semi-bumbling inventor who loves cheese, while Gromit is his dog and the real brains of the operation. And now, for reasons known only to the mod's creator, Wallace is in Sonic Adventure 2 (among others).
>> There's an almost 4 minutes video of the mod.

Elden Ring Mod attempts to fix the stuttering issues on Intel’s latest CPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/elden-ring-mod-attempts-to-fix-the-stuttering-issues-on-intel-latest-cpus/
Modder ‘DevourerPi’ has released a new mod for Elden Ring that attempts to fix the game’s stuttering issues. This mod basically resets CPU affinity each and every time you run it, and is based on a solution discovered by YouTube’s ‘thsea4021’.
Now as I’ve said numerous times, I never experienced any stuttering issues in Elden Ring. And the reason why I haven’t experienced such issues is because the Intel Core i9 9900K only has performance-cores.
As ‘thsea4021’ claimed in an update, disabling the e-cores on the latest Intel CPUs can completely eliminate the stuttering issues. Thus, and if you don’t have the e-cores enabled, you won’t need this mod. Similarly, you won’t experience any stutters if your CPU only has performance-cores. In other words, older Intel CPUs and all AMD CPUs do not suffer from this issue.
>> I thought Intel fixed those problems after the launch of the 12th Gen CPUs, but I guess there are still games affected by this problem. Anyway, there's a 3 minutes video showing the stutter and the fix.

GAMING NEWS

Hogwarts Legacy gets an official in-engine cinematic 4K trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/hogwarts-legacy-gets-an-official-in-engine-cinematic-4k-trailer/
Warner Bros has released an official cinematic 4K trailer for Hogwarts Legacy. This in-engine trailer follows an owl, and showcases some of the game’s environments, enemies and characters.