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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away two gamese:

• Adios: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/adios
• Hell is Others: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hell-is-others

Next week, they'll give away City of Gangsters and Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™.

GOG has new Deals of the Day, that I forget to post yesterday, and some new deals:

• These are the Deal of the Day, that will last another 22 hours:
  • Death Trash, still in development, is 20% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/death_trash
  • Master of Magic - Caster of Magic for Windows gets a 50% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/master_of_magic_caster_of_magic_for_windows
  • Dungeons 3 Complete Collection is 52% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dungeons_3_complete_collection
  • Cossacks Anthology, with 3 games, sports a 77% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/cossacks_anthology
  • Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War is 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/red_faction_armageddon_path_to_war
  • And the last one is Styx: Master of Shadows, with a 90% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/styx_master_of_shadows
• The Fallout series go on sale, with up to 75% discounts until January 30. Check them out here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/fallout_series_up_to_75_off_revisit_the_most_cult_postapocalyptic_universe
• GOG has added more games to its NSFW Week. Check out which ones here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/nsfw_week_coming_in_hot_with_a_bunch_of_new_steamy_releases_with_special_discounts
• Also, it's not a sale, but GOG has releases some statistics about the site that you may find interesting. You can check them here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/how_many_games_we_released_which_were_your_favorites_how_long_you_spent_playing_and_more_check_out_gog_numbers_for_2022

Steam has two new sales:

• The Iceberg Publisher Sale features up to 90% discounts. Some of its deals will last until the 31st, but others will last one extra day, until February 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/iceberg/sale/iceberg2023sale
• Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2, still in Early Access, will be 40% off until February 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1136380/Ultimate_Fishing_Simulator_2/

Fanatical has a couple new deals for us:

• The new Star Deal is DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires, 47% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dynasty-warriors-9-empires
• The BYO Strategy Bundle January 2023 comes with 16 titles to choose from to make your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-strategy-bundle-january-2023

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This 4K Mod for Skyrim Special Edition overhauls all of its dungeons
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-4k-mod-for-skyrim-special-edition-overhauls-all-of-its-dungeons/
XilaMonstrr has released an enhanced version of T4GTR34UM3R’s “Underground – a dungeon texture overhaul” mod for Skyrim Special Edition.
For those unaware, “Underground – a dungeon texture overhaul” project is a complete retexturing of all dungeons except the ships and the clutter. The mod covers Caves, Ice Caves, Mines, Nordic Ruins, Dwemer Ruins, Imperial Forts, Riften and the Apocropha dungeons.
XilaMonstrr has cleaned the textures of compression artifacts and upscaled them using chaiNNer and ESRGAN models to a maximum of 4K. The end result is amazing, and we highly recommend downloading it.
>> There are half a dozen screenshots.

New Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 5.1 video showcases Lon Lon Ranch & Hyrule Market
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-zelda-ocarina-of-time-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-5-1-video-showcases-lon-lon-ranch-hyrule-market/
CryZENx has shared a new video for his fan remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5.1. This new video shows off updated versions of the Lon Lon Ranch and Hyrule Market maps.
Alongside some environmental improvements, the artist has also updated the character model of Malon. This is a really cool showpiece, so be sure to watch the video.
This fan remake looks great and from what we know, this UE5.1 version uses both Lumen and Nanite.
>> The mod is behind a Patreon wall, but there's an 11 minutes video of it in the article.

Justice for Miranda finally achieved, thanks to Mass Effect mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/justice-for-miranda-finally-achieved-thanks-to-mass-effect-mod/
Mass Effect 2's suicide mission—which you're about to read some spoilers for, by the way—is a much-loved finale to an excellent RPG. Forced to split your squad and assign appropriate specialists for a series of dangerous tasks, it's a test of how well you got to know your team over the course of the game. (And whether you completed all their loyalty missions.) Going in blind, it's entirely possible to make choices that result in some of your beloved squadmates dying, meaning they'll be absent in Mass Effect 3. Which is a pretty big consequence for failure.
If you're not following the suicide mission flowchart, you might think there's one choice that's a bit unfair. During a section called The Long Walk, where you have to choose a biotic specialist to maintain a force field bubble as you walk through a swarm of killer bugs, picking Miranda will get somebody killed. Unless you install the Miranda's Long Walk mod for Mass Effect Legendary Edition, that is.
>> There are neither screenshots nor a video of it.

Realism mod for Fallout 4 fixes its most unbelievable part: your ability to survive the intro
https://www.pcgamer.com/realism-mod-for-fallout-4-fixes-its-most-unbelievable-part-your-ability-to-survive-the-intro/
As a stubborn and insufferable Fallout: New Vegas fan, I actually liked Fallout 4 more than I thought I would, but I still think it has its problems. Chief among them has got to be that intro, which sees the nukes drop at the exact moment the Sole Survivor and their family begin descending into the vault, narrowly avoiding doom. It's totally unbelievable, but there's a mod to fix it. More Realistic Intro for Fallout 4 gives the game a much more plausible start, incinerating the protagonist and their family well in advance of their entry to Vault 111, and ending the game about five minutes in. Sorted.
The mod comes from a creator called UnrealSeptim, who describes the mod's "two major gameplay effects" like so: "one, it makes the intro sequence much more believable. Two, it effectively prevents your character from progressing beyond the intro sequence, making the game essentially unplayable". That second effect, says the creator, "makes the mod ideal for New Vegas fans".
>> There's a short video of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Redfall releases on May 2nd, gets a gameplay deep dive trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/redfall-releases-on-may-2nd-gets-a-gameplay-deep-dive-trailer/
Bethesda has announced that Arkane’s open-world, single-player and co-op FPS, Redfall, will release on May 2nd. Additionally, the publisher has shared an official gameplay deep dive trailer that you can find below.
>> The video is almost 12 minutes long.

Forza Motorsport will have over 500 cars, 20 environments, tens of thousands of fully animated 3D spectators
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/forza-motorsport-will-have-over-500-cars-20-environments-tens-of-thousands-of-fully-animated-3d-spectators/
Microsoft has shared some new tech details about the next Forza Motorsport game, and has released a new in-engine video. This video showcases some truly amazing visuals, so be sure to watch it if you are fans of the series.
>> All that talk about realism scares me a little because it can make it less fun to play. Anyway, the video is over 6 minutes long.

Hi-Fi RUSH is a new action game where the world syncs to the music from the creators of Evil Within & Ghostwire Tokyo
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hi-fi-rush-is-a-new-action-game-where-the-world-syncs-to-the-music-from-the-creators-of-evil-within-ghostwire-tokyo/
Bethesda has announced the latest game from Tango Gameworks, creators of Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo, called Hi-Fi RUSH. Hi-Fi RUSH is a new action game where the world syncs to the music, and below you can find its debut gameplay trailer.
>> It's very different from its previous games. The video is over 5 minutes long.