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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Dwarf Fortress releases sales figures since Steam release showing 46,000% increase in earnings
https://www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortress-releases-sales-figures-since-steam-release-showing-46000-increase-in-earnings/
Dwarf Fortress just can't stop winning. After blasting through its two-month sales estimate and hitting almost half a million copies sold in under a month, co-creator Tarn Adams came out yesterday and told players precisely how much money the game has earned since its December Steam release: $7,230,123, and 58 cents.
That's around £5.9 million or €6.6 million, and it's just slightly more than the $15,635 (£12.7k/€14.2k) that Dwarf Fortress earned in the month prior to its release on Steam. That's more than a 46,000% increase, by my reckoning (and by my reckoning I mean the reckoning of this online calculator I used to do the sum, so I'm blaming that if my figures are wrong). That's a life-changing shift, and not just because it's allowed Adams and his brother Zach to hire an unprecedented second programmer.

The Epic Store

• City of Gangsters: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/city-of-gangsters
• Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dishonored-death-of-the-outsider

Next week, they'll give away Recipe for Disaster.

GOG has two new sales:

• The Gore & Fast Paced Week brings us up to 90% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_gore_fastpaced_sale
• And Publisher 11 bit studios puts its games on sale with up to 85% discounts until February 10th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_11bit_studios_week

Steam has two new deals:

• Mars Horizon is going to be 67% off until February 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/
• And the Vampire: The Masquerade - The New York Bundle gets an 86% discount. It doesn't say when it will end, but the individual games will be on sale until the 8th, if that helps: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21188/Vampire_The_Masquerade__The_New_York_Bundle/

There's a new Humble Bundle: the Celebrating Black Creators and Characters Bundle, with 8 titles to get during the next 26 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/celebrating-black-creators-and-characters.

And Fanatical has a new bundle and two contests:

• The new bundle is the Platinum Collection BYOB for February, with 16 titles to choose from to build your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle
• The first contest's first prize is a Secretlab chair, with a Hogwarts Legacy gift box as the second prize and 25 in store credits for another 25 participants. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-a-secretlab-chair-with-our-hogwarts-legacy-contest
• The second contests is also Hogwarts Legacy related and will give its winner the chance to get a Hogwarts House Themed PC. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/do-you-want-a-hogwarts-house-inspired-pc

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

At long last, the Steam Deck UI has replaced Steam's Big Picture mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/at-long-last-the-steam-deck-ui-has-replaced-steams-big-picture-mode/
It's been a long time coming, but Valve has finally taken Steam's old Big Picture mode—with all its blurry visuals and tabs that straight-up don't work—and replaced it with a new, Steam Deck-inspired UI. It came as part of a hefty Steam client update released yesterday, and in my testing seems to work pretty well, but some users are reporting a few kinks that still need to be worked out.
I've put some pictures of the new UI below, and it'll be incredibly familiar to anyone who's futzed around with a Steam Deck. It's pretty much just the standard interface of Valve's handheld blown up to fit the dimensions of a proper TV. (...)

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Grand Theft Auto 5 gets a security-focused update on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/grand-theft-auto-5-gets-a-security-focused-update-on-pc/
Rockstar has released a brand new security-focused update for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5. In addition, the company revealed its complete changelog which you can find below.

Dead Space Remake gets a 25% free performance boost with Resizable BAR
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dead-space-remake-gets-a-25-free-performance-boost-with-resizable-bar/
Earlier today, reports surfaced suggesting that Dead Space Remake greatly benefits from Resizable BAR. From the looks of it, NVIDIA has disabled this feature by default for it. And we can now confirm that Resizable BAR can increase performance by up to 25% in this particular title.

Here is a brand new concept art for Alan Wake 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-is-a-brand-new-concept-art-for-alan-wake-2/
Alan Wake 2 is one of our most anticipated games of 2023. And earlier today, Remedy shared new concept art from it. I know I know, a mere image is not that exciting. Still, this is Alan Wake 2 we’re talking about so I had to share it with you.

Bandai Namco has removed Denuvo from NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bandai-namco-has-removed-denuvo-from-naruto-to-boruto-shinobi-striker/
Back in 2018, Bandai Namco and Soleil accidentally uploaded a Denuvo-free build of NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER. And now, after four years, the teams have officially removed the anti-tamper tech from the game.

The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update 4.01 released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-witcher-3-next-gen-update-4-01-released-full-patch-notes/
CD Projekt RED has just released a new update for The Witcher 3 Next-Gen. According to the changelog, Patch 4.01 adds a new performance mode for ray-traced global illumination. This mode will improve frame rate by prioritizing performance over range and precision.