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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

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GOG has three Deals of the Day and three sales:

• Here are the three Deals of the Day, available for another 22 hours:
  • Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Adepta Sororitas, a DLC for Gladius - Relics of War, will be 9% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/warhammer_40000_gladius_adepta_sororitas
  • Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon is 50% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tex_murphy_under_a_killing_moon
  • The third one is Little Nightmares II - Deluxe Edition, 62% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/little_nightmares_ii_deluxe_edition
• The Your Turn for Conquest Sale features strategy titles with up to 90% discounts during three more days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_your_turn_for_conquest
• The Weekly Sale comes with up to 85% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230410_weekly_sale
• And Frogwares puts its titles on sale with up to 85% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_frogwares_sale

Steam has new sales and weeklong deals:

• Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition is going to be 70% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1238000/Mass_Effect_Andromeda_Deluxe_Edition/
• Let's Build a Zoo gets a 45% discount until April 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1547890/Lets_Build_a_Zoo/
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Becastled, still in Early Access, is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330460/Becastled/
  • Fly Corp, an Early Access game with a demo, gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1372530/Fly_Corp/
  • Them's Fightin' Herds is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/574980/Thems_Fightin_Herds/
  • Operation Warcade VR, and VR Only titles with a demo, gets a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/639270/Operation_Warcade_VR/
  • The Guild Collection, with 4 items, is 75% off. The individual games are also 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/50718/
  • And 2Dark gets a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/435100/2Dark/

The Humble Store has four new sales:

• The Paradox BYOB features hundreds of games and DLCs to build your bundle. The discounts go up to 50% off but if you get 5 or more, the discount goes up to 65%. The sale will last another three days and all the keys are for Steam, except for one that's also for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/paradox-dlc-build-your-own-bundle/
• The Games on the Go Sale features up to 90% discounts during 3 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG and 1 for EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/games-on-the-go-sale/
• The One Piece franchise is on sale with up to 90% discounts during another 3 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/one-piece-franchise-sale/
• And the Plat-Rogue-Vania-Like Sale puts games of those genres up to 90% off during 6 days. Again, there are keys for Steam, GOG and 1 for EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/platroguevanialike-sale/

Fanatical has a new Star Deal and bundle:

• The new Star Deal is Viscera Cleanup Detail, 55% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/viscera-cleanup-detail-game
• And the BYO Easter Bundle 2023 comes with 16 titles for yout 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-easter-bundle-2023

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Take a look at Bloodborne Kart’s Campaign Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/take-a-look-at-bloodborne-kart-campaign-mode/
In March 2022, we informed you about Bloodborne Kart; a free fan Kart game based on Bloodborne, featuring PSX-style graphics. And today, we are happy to share a new video, showcasing five minutes of gameplay footage from it.

Play as Joel Miller from The Last of Us in Red Dead Redemption 2 & Resident Evil 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/play-as-joel-miller-from-the-last-of-us-in-red-dead-redemption-2-resident-evil-4/
Modders ‘DMCS1917’ and ‘Darknessvaltier’ have released a The Last of Us Joel Miller Mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 and Resident Evil 4 Remake, respectively.
As you may have guessed, this is a character swap mod for these two games. So basically, Joel’s model will replace Arthur and Leon. Now the good news is that there are full facial animations for RE4Remake. And, to be honest, it seems kind of cool.
>> There's a 15 minutes video for the RE4 mod.

Japanese Voice Mods released for Resident Evil 4 Remake and Deus Ex: Human Revolution
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/japanese-voice-mods-released-for-resident-evil-4-remake-and-deus-ex-human-revolution/
In case you didn’t know, I’m a big anime fan. Not only that but in most Japanese RPGs, I always prefer the Japanese voices over the English ones. Thus, and since no one has really asked for this (you see what I did there?), today we’ve decided to share the Japanese Voice Mods for Resident Evil 4 Remake and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Now I know. Adam Jensen without Toufexis’ voice is blasphemy. However, I had a soft spot for the game’s official Japanese voices. After all, DE: HR is heavily inspired by Ghost In The Shell. So, in a way, it does make sense to have Jensen speaking Japanese.
Similarly, the Japanese Mod for Resident Evil 4 Remake is a great way to replay it. And yes, the Japanese actors appear to have done a terrific job here.
>> There are videos for both mods.

This mod aims to transform The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind into a space robot shooter RPG
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/this-mod-aims-to-transform-the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-into-a-space-robot-shooter-rpg/
Last week, ‘Modding and Development’ released a new trailer for its upcoming total conversion mod for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Robowind Construct.
Robowind Construct will be using brand new custom assets, and will attempt to transform Morrowind into a space robot shooter RPG. The mod will be based on OpenMW, so you won’t be able to run it on the original version of Morrowind.
For those unaware, OpenMW is a free, open-source, and modern engine which re-implements and extends the 2002 Gamebryo engine for The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind. OpenMW comes with its own editor, called OpenMW-CS, which allows the user to edit or create their own mods or original games. Both OpenMW and OpenMW-CS are written from scratch.
>> There's a roughly 3 minutes trailer of the mod.

Modder is working on a DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod for Elden Ring & Skyrim
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/modder-is-working-on-a-dlss-3-frame-generation-mod-for-elden-ring-skyrim/
Now here is something really interesting. PureDark, the creator behind the DLSS/XeSS/FSR Mods for Resident Evil 2 Remake, Skyrim and Fallout 4, is currently working on a DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod for Elden Ring.
Yeap, you read that right. A DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod appears to be possible in a game that never supported DLSS or FSR. And, from what we know, this will be the first DLSS 3 Mod for any game.
>> Big news if true.

Half-Life Alyx NoVR Mod finally allows you to play the entire campaign
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/half-life-alyx-novr-mod-finally-allows-you-to-play-the-entire-campaign/
And the time has finally come. The “GB_2 Development Team” has released a new update for Half-Life: Alyx NoVR Mod. And, according to the devs, gamers can now enjoy the entire campaign mode.
Furthermore, the team has made the Gravity Gloves fully functional in this NoVR Mod. Not only that, but players will find combine fabricators to upgrade their weapons.
Going into more details, players can now grab any object from a distance including ammo and other pick ups. Moreover, wooden planks can now be broken off doorways and doors. Players can also open cranks, doors, cabinets etc by pressing E once or twice for some.
>> There's a very, very long video of the mod in action.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is now completely playable in VR thanks to a mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-2-episode-two-gets-modded-vr-support-making-valves-sequel-completely-playable-in-virtual-reality/
Over the last seven months, the clever bods at Source VR Mod Team have been adding VR functionality into Half-Life 2. The base game got all goggle-eyed last September, while Episode 1 received the VR treatment only last month. Now, the team has added VR support to Episode 2, completing its goal of letting you experience Gordon Freeman's most expansive adventure in stereoscopic 3D.
>> There's a less than 2 minutes trailer of this mod.

This Assassin’s Creed Unity 4K Mod improves all main characters
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-assassins-creed-unity-4k-mod-improves-all-main-characters/
Modder ‘Instanity’ has released a 4K Texture Pack that improves all the main characters in Assassin’s Creed Unity. This is a must-have mod for all those that want to replay this AC game.
Going into more details, by main characters we refer to the characters that also appear in cut-scenes. So, you can expect 4K textures for Arno, Elise and Bellec. In fact, here are also the characters featured in this mod.
>> The article has some screenshots.

In 2021 a YouTuber offered $10K to whoever could make a Breath of the Wild multiplayer mod, and now you can play it
https://www.pcgamer.com/in-2021-a-youtuber-offered-dollar10k-to-whoever-could-make-a-breath-of-the-wild-multiplayer-mod-and-now-you-can-play-it/
After nearly a year and a half of work, a small team of modders released a multiplayer mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild this week, fulfilling a $10,000 challenge set out by YouTuber PointCrow in November 2021. The mod, which is now available via Discord, makes it possible for up to 32 players to galavant around Hyrule together, sharing progress and competing in some custom game modes added with the mod. Lead modder AlexMangue tells me PointCrow, who regularly speedruns and makes videos about Breath of the Wild, has been a big part of the mod's development.
"He didn't just put the 10K bounty. He has been supporting us monetarily throughout the project in addition to the 10K bounty," AlexMangue says. "Also, he was in some way the director of the project in the way of him doing the creative side of it, like bringing us ideas on what to work on next."
So far, the mod is able to sync an impressive number of things between players, including player location, weather and time of day, enemy health, and progress through discovered towers and shrines. It is still missing some key features to feel fully complete, though, like syncing enemy AI. In the mod's current form, other players will be able to tell when you've damaged an enemy, but it won't be doing the same thing on their screen as it is on yours. This discrepancy highlights the challenge of pulling off a mod like BotW Multiplayer when access to the game's code isn't really available.

GAMING NEWS

FEAR-inspired FPS, Trepang2, will release on June 21st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fear-inspired-fps-trepang2-will-release-on-june-21st/
Team17 and Trepang Studios have announced that their upcoming FPS which is heavily inspired by Monolith’s FEAR, Trepang2, will release on June 21st. In order to celebrate this announcement, the teams have also shared a new trailer that you can find below.

Here are 30 minutes of gameplay footage from Resident Evil 4 Remake’s Mercenaries Free Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/30-minutes-gameplay-footage-resident-evil-4-remake-mercenaries-free-mode/
Resident Evil 4 Remake will receive tomorrow its Mercenaries free mode. However, it appears that some users have already gotten access to it. Thus, you can find below over 30 minutes of gameplay footage from it.

Neo Berlin 2087 is a new first-person/third-person action RPG using Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/neo-berlin-2087-is-a-new-first-person-third-person-action-rpg-using-unreal-engine-5/
Elysium Game Studio has shared the first gameplay trailer for its upcoming first-person/third-person sci-fi action RPG, Neo Berlin 2087. Neo Berlin 2087 will be using Unreal Engine 5, and currently targets a 2024 release on PC and PS5.

The Last of Us Part I Update 1.0.2.0 released, promises to reduce CPU usage, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-last-of-us-part-i-update-1-0-2-0-released-promises-to-reduce-cpu-usage-full-patch-notes/
As promised, Naughty Dog released a new major update for the PC version of The Last of Us Part I. This latest update promises to reduce overall CPU usage. In order to achieve this, Naughty Dog has updated the game’s texture streaming procedure.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gets a Final Gameplay Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/star-wars-jedi-survivor-gets-a-final-gameplay-trailer/
Electronic Arts has released the final gameplay trailer for Respawn’s upcoming Star Wars game, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a third-person, narrative-driven action-adventure game that picks up five years after the events of STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order.

Capcom has removed Denuvo from Resident Evil Village
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-has-removed-denuvo-from-resident-evil-village/
Now here is something cool. Capcom has just issued a new update for Resident Evil Village that removes the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from it.
Capcom has also removed Denuvo from the game’s Steam store page. As such, we are certain that this removal was intentional, and not accidental.

Cyberpunk 2077 Path Tracing Overdrive Patch 1.62 is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-path-tracing-overdrive-patch-1-62-is-now-available-for-download/
CD Projekt RED has just released the highly anticipated Path Tracing Overdrive Patch 1.62 for Cyberpunk 2077. This update is 19GB in size, and below you can find its complete changelog.

Battlefield 2042 Update 4.1.1 available for download, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/battlefield-2042-update-4-1-1-available-for-download-full-patch-notes/
DICE has released Update 4.1.1 for Battlefield 2042. According to the developers, this latest patch introduces an All-Chat Functionality, as well as some additional Quality of Life improvements.