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The Wednesday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Check the top 100 list here.

It took the original Resident Evil 4 a year to hit 3 million sales, but the remake has done it in 2 days
https://www.pcgamer.com/it-took-the-original-resident-evil-4-a-year-to-hit-3-million-sales-but-the-remake-has-done-it-in-2-days/
The latest nostalgic trip into the Resident Evil games of yore is off to a strong start. According to Capcom, the Resident Evil 4 remake hit 3 million sales in only two days—a fact the publisher is naturally quite chuffed about.
The original Resident Evil 4 is a much-loved part of the series, but it took nearly a year for it to hit this sales milestone. It's a strong sign that interest in Resident Evil is as strong as it's ever been, though there are plenty of other factors to consider, like the growing number of gamers and the larger number of platforms the remake launched on. The original only launched on Gamecube and PS2 initially, while the remake is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC.
>> Launching on the GameCube didn't help. Anyway, Zippy6 has made a thread about this milestone.

GOG has 9 new Deals of the Day, that will last until Friday:

• The House of Da Vinci 3 is 20% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_house_of_da_vinci_3
• Under The Moon gets a 29% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/under_the_moon
• Jack Move is 30% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jack_move
• Tempest 4000 gets a 42% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tempest_4000
• The Dragon's Lair Trilogy is half its price: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dragons_lair_trilogy
• Skeletal Avenger gets a 60% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/skeletal_avenger
• Tower of Guns is also 60% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tower_of_guns
• Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition sports an 80% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/crossroads_inn
• And GRIP is 86% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/grip

Steam has two new deals:

• Foxhole will be 30% off until March 31: https://store.steampowered.com/app/505460/Foxhole/
• And SkateBIRD will get a 76% discount until the 4th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD/

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Wasteland 3, 77% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/wasteland-3.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4257
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4257
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• Crime Boss

>> The new driver also talks about a lot of known issues, listed in the article.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First Ashley Nude Mod released for Resident Evil 4 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-ashley-nude-mod-released-for-resident-evil-4-remake/
We all knew this would happen. And to be honest, I was expecting the first nude mod for Ashley to release way sooner. But anyway, as the title suggests, the first nude mod for Resident Evil 4 Remake’s “ballistic girl“, Ashley, is available for download.
Now in case you did not catch it, the “ballistic girl” line is a reference to the original Resident Evil 4 game. In that version, Luis “compliments” Ashley when they first meet. And yes, Capcom removed that line from the remake. However, the company did keep Ashley’s boob physics (so that’s at least something).
>> As usual with this kind of mods, there are no pics or videos, but there's a link to the page (a russian one) that hosts the mods.

GAMING NEWS

The Last of Us Part I suffers from the same mouse camera panning stutters of UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-last-of-us-part-i-suffers-from-the-same-mouse-camera-panning-stutters-of-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collection/
One of our biggest gripes with UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection was its awful mouse issues. At launch, the game had major mouse movement issues. And although Iron Galaxy fixed them, it introduced some annoying mouse camera panning stutters. And surprise surprise, The Last of Us Part I suffers from the exact same issues.
>> And that's not even the worst problem with the port, but at least the bugs are funny.

Halo Infinite March 28th Update released & detailed, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/halo-infinite-march-28th-update-released-detailed-full-patch-notes/
343 Industries has released a new patch for Halo Infinite. According to the release notes, the March 28th Update contains various menu, stability, and Forge improvements.

20 minutes of leaked gameplay footage from Creative Assembly’s multiplayer sci-fi FPS, HYENAS
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/20-minutes-of-leaked-gameplay-footage-from-creative-assembly-multiplayer-sci-fi-fps-hyenas/
HYENAS is an upcoming multiplayer sci-fi FPS from Creative Assembly. And it appears that someone has broken the game’s alpha NDA, and has shared twenty minutes of gameplay footage from it.

How to play the original Fortnite map with Fortnite Creative 2.0
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-play-the-original-fortnite-map-with-fortnite-creative-20/
Fortnite Creative 2.0 is now live, granting players access to develop maps, gamemodes, animations, and more. While you can create anything in this shiny sandbox, players are flocking towards the familiar: the OG Fortnite map from Season 1.

Attention PC survival games: please steal all the cool ideas from the new Zelda
https://www.pcgamer.com/attention-pc-survival-games-please-steal-all-the-cool-ideas-from-the-new-zelda/
Nintendo has revealed 10 minutes of gameplay footage from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and we might be slightly jealous. In the video producer Eiji Aonuma directs Link to glide, climb, and fight monsters just like we saw in Breath of the Wild, but he also rewinds time to ride a fallen boulder up to the sky, fuses a stick and a pitchfork into a fancy new polearm (stickfork? I’ma go with stickfork), and utilizes his Ultrahand to freely craft some logs and a propeller into some kind of Hyrulian fanboat.
Nintendo being Nintendo, we may never get to play Tears on PC (except perhaps after some future emulation project), but it’s exciting to think about what kind of impact these sorts of gameplay systems might have on the genre. After all, we might not have had Genshin Impact’s free climbing and wind glider if it weren't for Link’s last adventure. After today's reaction to TotK's fusion system, some devs are already going out of their way to make sure that everyone knows they didn't copy it.

Last edited by JEMC - on 29 March 2023