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It's Wednesday and these are the news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Elden Ring has sold over 20 million in less than a year since release
https://www.pcgamer.com/elden-ring-has-sold-over-20-million-in-less-than-a-year-since-release/
Bandai Namco has announced that Elden Ring, FromSoftware's collaboration with George R. R. Martin and 2022's game of the year by a distance, has sold over 20 million copies in just under a year. The game was released on February 25, 2022, to near-universal praise and acclaim, a sentiment shared on Steam where just under half-a-million user reviews aggregate to 'very positive'.
>> Hiku has made a thread about this feat.

GOG has toned it down a bit and today there are "only" three new Deals of the Day and also two sales:

• The first DotD is Duel Princess, 32% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/duel_princess
• Starbound gets a 60% discount until Friday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/starbound
• And the third, and last, DotD is ART OF FIGHTING 2, 70% off until the 24th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/art_of_fighting_2
• The Midweek Sale features up to 80% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230222_midweek_sale
• And there's a Relieve the Stress sale/event with either relaxing or adrenaline relieving games to get, whatever suits you best. There's no mention of how long it will last: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_relieve_the_stress

And at Fanatical we find three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream, 46% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/atelier-sophie-2-the-alchemist-of-the-mysterious-dream
• Devolver Digital puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/devolver-digital
• And the The Jackbox Quintpack bundle is back, with a 40% discount during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/the-jackbox-quintpack

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Hogwarts Legacy Accio Masochism mod makes everything a chore
https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-accio-masochism-mod-makes-everything-a-chore/
Hogwarts Legacy isn't a hard game even on its hardest difficulty setting. As long as you learn how to block and parry with Protego, you're nearly untouchable in combat. And the rest of the game's puzzles and beast catching are just as simple, if a little grindy.
The Accio Masochism mod pack wants to make it all much, much worse.
Modder MBiggs2334 says Accio Masochism is aimed at making "the combat a little more Soulslike and the general pacing of the game a little slower." It includes 14 categories of mods, each tackling different parts of the game, including challenges, economy, creatures, enemies, experience, and spells. All of them make everything weaker and harder to obtain, which, if you ask me, isn't actually very Soulslike, but the creator encourages you to pick and choose which mods to enable.
>> No pics nor videos of the mod, for obvious reasons.

GAMING NEWS

First PC performance update released for WILD HEARTS, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-pc-performance-update-released-for-wild-hearts-full-patch-notes/
Omega Force has just released the first PC performance patch for WILD HEARTS. This patch is 840MB in size, and will improve overall performance on most high-end CPUs.
Going into more details, this first update fixes an issue where certain high-end CPUs were being unintentionally capped. Furthermore, it resolves an issue where some sounds were not playing or were being delayed, causing the audio to stack. This ‘audio stacking’ issue was also causing strain on players’ CPUs. Not only that, but the February 21st Update addresses a render issue (disco lights) when using an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

New Tekken 8 gameplay trailer focuses on Kazuya, featuring improved graphics
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-tekken-8-gameplay-trailer-focuses-on-kazuya-featuring-improved-graphics/
Bandai Namco has released a new gameplay trailer for Tekken 8 that focuses on Kazuya Mishima. Tekken 8 will be using Unreal Engine and compared to its previous Nina trailer, this new one features better graphics.

No Man’s Sky Fractal Update released and here are its full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/no-mans-sky-fractal-update-released-and-here-are-its-full-patch-notes/
Hello Games has released the Fractal Update for No Man’s Sky, and revealed its full patch notes. In addition, the team shared a new video that highlights the key features of this update.