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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has three new Deals of the Day and two new Sale:

• These are the three DotD, that will be available until Friday:
  • Bear and Breakfast, 15% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/bear_and_breakfast
  • Project Wingman gets a 40% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/project_wingman
  • And This War of Mine will be 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/this_war_of_mine
• The Crab Day Sale brings up to 85% discounts on games that feature that, crabs. The sale will last 2 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_crab_day
• And the Midweek Sale features up to 85% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230426_midweek_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• Mage and Monsters will be 25% off until the 2nd of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1950440/Mage_and_Monsters/
• Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim gets a 30% discount until next Tuesday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1768280/Ozymandias_Bronze_Age_Empire_Sim/

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is GreedFall, 71% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/greedfall.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4314
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4314
Highlights

• Vulkan Video Extension support for H.264/AVC and H/265/HEVC decode

Fixed Issues Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• Some USB audio devices may exhibit intermittent audio stuttering on certain system configurations

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Doom 3 Hi Def 4.0 Mod released, overhauling Imps, Cyberdemon, Pinky, Arch-vile and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/doom-3-hi-def-4-0-mod-overhauls-imps-cyberdemon-pinky-arch-vile/
Modder ‘y2keeth’ has informed us about a new version of the graphical mod for Doom 3, Hi-Def, that is currently available for download.
Although there isn’t any changelog, we can definitely see a huge improvement in the game’s Imps. For instance, their heads now have more polygons (they look way better than their vanilla version), and have more detailed textures. Furthermore, the modder has enhanced the Cyberdemon, the Arch-vile, and the Pinky, as well as numerous environments.
>> There are some screenshots.

This massive mod voice acts all of Hollow Knight, even the item descriptions
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-massive-mod-voice-acts-all-of-hollow-knight-even-the-item-descriptions/
A group of over a hundred dedicated fans has completed a project to add voice acting to the entirety of Hollow Knight, Team Cherry's beloved (and still sequel-less) Metroidvania whose NPCs have, up to now, been generally pretty quiet.
Spotted by TheGamer, Hallownest Vocalized has been in the works for a while now—its reveal trailer went up in August 2021—but it finally crossed the finish line last weekend. With the aid of a frankly unwieldy number of voice actors from the Hollow Knight fan community, it replaces the various warbles and meeps that constitute the sum total of standard Hollow Knight's voicework with actual, fully-voiced dialogue. You can get a taste of it in the launch trailer above.

GAMING NEWS

Microsoft Flight Simulator Update 13 released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/microsoft-flight-simulator-update-13-released-full-patch-notes/
Asobo has released the thirteenth major update for Microsoft Flight Simulator which includes Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Galapagos Islands. Moreover, this update brings key regions of Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula to the game.

Forza Horizon 5 High Performance Update released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/forza-horizon-5-high-performance-update-released-full-patch-notes/
Playground Games has just released the High Performance Update for Forza Horizon 5, and shared its complete changelog. According to the release notes, this update adds support for Intel’s XeSS AI upscaling tech on PC.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-jedi-survivor-is-using-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor releases in a couple of days and from the looks of it, this new Star Wars game is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

Street Fighter 6 Demo is now available for download on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/street-fighter-6-demo-is-now-available-for-download-on-pc/
Capcom has just released the demo of Street Fighter 6 on PC via Steam. According to the devs, this demo lets you play through the beginning of World Tour and select modes in Fighting Ground.

First gameplay trailer released for Flashback 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-flashback-2/
Microids has just released the first gameplay trailer for its upcoming sequel to a classic action platformer, Flashback. Developed by the game original creator Paul Cuisset, in collaboration with Microids Lyon/Paris studios, Flashback 2 promises to offer an experience faithful to the Flashback universe.