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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Humble Store has a new flash deal: PlateUp will be between 20 and 45% off (depends on the edition), during another 26 hours: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/featured-deal-4-spring-sale-48-hour-featured-deals/.

Fanatical has five new 24 hours flash deals:

• Neon White is 39% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/neon-white
• Session: Skate Sim gets a 62% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/session-skate-sim
• Tales of Arise is 72% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tales-of-arise
• DOOM Eternal - Deluxe Edition gets a 79% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/doom-eternal-deluxe-edition
• And Learn Japanese to Survive Complete Pack has a 96% deal: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/learn-japanese-to-survive-complete-pack

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

New version of NVIDIA RTX Remix Runtime released, improves game compatibility
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-version-of-nvidia-rtx-remix-runtime-released-improves-game-compatibility/
NVIDIA has released a new version of the NVIDIA RTX Remix Runtime. According to its changelog, Version 0.2.0 improves overall game compatibility. As such, players will be able to implement RTX Remix Runtime in more games.
Going into more details, RTX Remix Runtime Version 0.2.0 brings improvements to culling issues. Furthermore, it improves detection of shadow volumes, and adds support for capturing normals in vertex capture path.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This scarily detailed Witcher 3 mod forces Geralt to fight a new foe: long Covid
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-scarily-detailed-witcher-3-mod-forces-geralt-to-fight-a-new-foe-long-covid/
In an incredibly niche bit of awareness-raising, a modder named Stellar7Project has put together a far-reaching mod for The Witcher 3 that, if nothing else, will definitely make your next playthrough a lot different than the ones before it. Long Covid Mode for The Witcher 3 gives Geralt, well, long Covid, turning "real Long Covid symptoms into in-game effects" and generally making the entire game into a big, long, arduous experience.
The mod is a "pro-bono piece of work for Long COVID Europe," says the creator in its description, "created to shed light on how an estimated 65+ million Long COVID patients worldwide are living life on a whole new level of difficulty".
It's a profoundly detailed bit of work, too, as unusual as it is. Geralt's long Covid symptoms (a sentence I can't say I ever imagined having to write) proceed through four stages as his "Exertion Level"—a new addition to his inventory screen—grows.

Here's the latest fan attempt to create Half-Life 2: Episode 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-the-latest-fan-attempt-to-create-half-life-2-episode-3/
Whether or not we see another Half-Life game after the excellent Half-Life: Alyx is entirely down to the capricious whims of Valve, but one thing we can be sure of is that it won't be in the form of Half-Life 2: Episode Three. For starters, simply too much time has passed for Valve to make another straightforward expansion to Half-Life 2. But there's also the fact Half-Life 2's writer, Marc Laidlaw, released his vision for the story of that elusive final episode.
That said, we might, just might, get to see Laidlaw's vision for Half-Life's concluding chapter in videogame form. Enter Infinite Finality, a new Half-Life 2 mod that is based upon the "Epistle 3" plot outline that Laidlaw released back in 2017.
>> There's a 1:35 minutes teaser of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Layers of Fear PC Demo releases this Monday, PC requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/layers-of-fear-pc-demo-releases-this-monday-pc-requirements-revealed/
Bloober Team has announced that a PC demo for its Unreal Engine 5-powered horror game, Layers of Fear, will release this Monday. In addition, the team has revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Sons Of The Forest Patch 05, and here are all its fixes, changes & improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/sons-of-the-forest-patch-05-and-here-are-all-its-fixes-changes-improvements/
Endnight Games has released the fifth major update for its open-world survival horror, Sons Of The Forest. This new patch introduces some new features to the game, and packs a number of bug fixes and improvements.

Lords of the Fallen rumored to be released on October 13th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lords-of-the-fallen-rumored-to-be-released-on-october-13th/
A new rumor surfaced earlier today, suggesting that CI Games’ Lords of the Fallen will release on October 13th. This rumor comes from “Aggiornamenti Lumia” who has a pretty solid record regarding leaks.

LEGO 2K Drive has Denuvo, PC system requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lego-2k-drive-has-denuvo-pc-system-requirements-revealed/
Visual Concepts Entertainment has shared the official PC system requirements for LEGO 2K Drive, and revealed that the game will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.