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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away one game this week, Epistory - Typing Chronicles: https://store.epicgames.com/es-MX/p/epistory-typing-chronicles.
Next week, they'll give away Adios.

GOG has a Special RPG Sale, featuring up to 85% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_rpg_sale.

Steam has two new deals:

• Gladiator Guild Manager, still in Early Access, gets a 20% discount until the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043260/Gladiator_Guild_Manager/
• Nobody Saves the World will be 40% off until January 25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/
• And well, there's also the Lunar New Year Sale, but it's hard to guess when it will end (it depends on each game): https://store.steampowered.com/sale/chinesenewyear2023

There's a new Humble Bundle: the Fighting Farmers Bundle, featuring up to 7 games to get during the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fighting-farmers.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here are 4 hours of gameplay from the Oblivion Fan Remake in Skyrim, Skyblivion
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-4-hours-of-gameplay-from-the-oblivion-fan-remake-in-skyrim-skyblivion/
Earlier this week, the modding team behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake in Skyrim revealed its plans to release this mod in 2025. And yesterday, the team live-streamed the game, showcasing four whole hours of gameplay footage from it.

GAMING NEWS

Returnal releases on PC on February 15th, gets a PC features trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/returnal-releases-on-pc-on-february-15th-gets-a-pc-features-trailer/
Sony has announced that its third-person rogue-lite shooter, Returnal, will release on PC on February 15th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the company has also shared a new PC trailer, detailing all of its PC features.

A Plague Tale: Requiem looks WORSE with Ray Tracing, comparison screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/a-plague-tale-requiem-looks-worse-with-ray-tracing-comparison-screenshots/
Asobo has just released a new update for A Plague Tale: Requiem that adds support for Ray Tracing. Now while Asobo claims that it has used Ray Tracing in order to enhance both ambient occlusion and shadows, the game only offers an option for ray-traced shadows. Not only that but these ray-traced shadows completely break the in-game ambient occlusion, making the game look worse.
>> A warning for those of you that may jump to the article and check the pics without reading: the shadows are better, but the Ambient Occlusion is worse.

New gameplay trailers for Wanted: Dead, focusing on combat and finishing moves
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailers-for-wanted-dead-focusing-on-combat-and-finishing-moves/
110 Industries has released two new gameplay trailers for Wanted: Dead. The first trailer gives us an in-depth look into the game’s slick and stylish high-octane combat mechanics. The second trailer focuses on the game’s finishing moves, and explains their importance for gameplay.

New STALKER 2 screenshots released, showcasing Unreal Engine 5’s capabilities
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-stalker-2-screenshots-released-showcasing-unreal-engine-5-capabilities/
In an interview with WIRED, GSC GameWorld released two brand new screenshots for the Unreal Engine 5-powered shooter, STALKER 2. These new screenshots look great, and showcase what the devs have achieved with Unreal Engine 5.

The first hour from Square Enix’s Forspoken has been leaked online
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-first-hour-from-square-enixs-forspoken-has-been-leaked-online/
Forspoken releases next week and a gameplay video, showing off the first hour from it has been leaked online. This video contains some early spoilers about Frey, so consider this your spoiler warning.