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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away two games:

• Dying Light Enhanced Edition: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dying-light
• shapez: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/shapez

Next week, they'll give away MORDHAU and Second Extinction™

Steam has a new deal and a new sale:

• Poly Bridge 2 will be 70% off until April 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062160/Poly_Bridge_2/
• And the EA Awesome April Sale brings up to 75% discounts until the 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/EA/sale/awesomeaprilsale

Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is The Forgotten City, 56% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-forgotten-city
• The Batman: Arkham Collection bundle, with 3 games, will be 87% off during 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/batman-arkham-collection
• And the Platinum Collection BYOB for April has launched with 15 titles to choose from for your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Skyrim Special Edition gets 8K textures for landscapes
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/skyrim-special-edition-gets-8k-textures-for-landscapes/
Modder ‘XilaMonstrr’ has released a new 8K Texture Pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. This 8K pack enhances the textures of the Majestic Landscapes Mod.
For those unaware, Majestic Landscapes is a landscape texture pack that aims to reduce transition visibility. Its original version featured a mix of 2K and 4K in old BC3 compression. However, thanks to XilaMonstrr, gamers can now use an 8K version of it.
>> The article contains three before and after gifs.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind gets a 32GB 4K Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-gets-a-32gb-4k-texture-pack/
Modder ‘protoBelisarius’ has released a 32GB AI-enhanced 4K Texture Pack for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. This pack aims to overhaul the game’s textures and retain their original art style.
Now what’s interesting here is how protoBelisarius tried to avoid the artifacts that the AI techniques introduce. The modder used GAN-based upscalers as a starting point and then used a second pass of img2img to guide the upscaled texture.
>> There are three comparison screenshots.

GAMING NEWS

Forspoken Patch 1.12 released and here is its complete changelog
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/forspoken-patch-1-12-released-and-here-is-its-complete-changelog/
Square Enis has released Patch 1.12 for Forspoken. This update brings a number of Quality of Life improvements, and you can find its complete changelog below.

Atomic Heart Patch 1.4.0.0 released and here are all its changes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/atomic-heart-patch-1-4-0-0-released-and-here-are-all-its-changes/
Mundfish has released Patch 1.4.0.0 for Atomic Heart. This update comes with a number of QoL improvements, as well as some bug fixes.

Valheim Update 0.215.1 released and here are its full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/valheim-update-0-215-1-released-and-here-are-its-full-patch-notes/
Iron Gate has released Update 0.215.1 for its online survival game, Valheim. According to the release notes, Patch 0.215.1 brings a few QoL improvements.

Six Days in Fallujah gets new pre-alpha gameplay footage
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/six-days-in-fallujah-gets-new-pre-alpha-gameplay-footage/
Now here is something that came out of nowhere. A few days ago, Victura and Highwire Games released two new pre-alpha gameplay videos for Six Days in Fallujah.

The Last of Us Part I – PC vs PS5 vs PS3 Comparison Videos
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-last-of-us-part-i-pc-vs-ps5-vs-ps3-comparison-videos/
While we wait for the next major PC update for The Last of Us Part I, we’ve decided to share two interesting comparison videos. The first video compares the PS5 version with the PC version. As for the second video, we get to see how the PS3 version, running on the RPCS3 emulator, stacks up against the PC version.

Square Enix has removed Denuvo from TRIANGLE STRATEGY
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-has-removed-denuvo-from-triangle-strategy/
Following the removal of Denuvo from VALKYRIE ELYSIUM, Square Enix has also removed the anti-tamper tech from TRIANGLE STRATEGY.
>> S-E does a lot of things bad, but you have to give them some credit, they almost always remove Denuvo from their games after a few months. Others don't bother removing them.