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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has four new Deals of the Day and a new Weekly Sale:

• These are the four DotD, available until Wednesday:
  • Endling - Extinction is Forever will be 45% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/endling_extinction_is_forever
  • Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition gets a 60% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/yuppie_psycho_executive_edition
  • Artico is going to be 65% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/arctico
  • And Westerado: Double Barreled gets a 70% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/westerado_double_barreled
• The Weekly Sale brings up to 80% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230605_weekly_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• ONE PIECE ODYSSEY will be 35% off until June, 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/814000/ONE_PIECE_ODYSSEY/
• And Outward Definitive Edition will be 75% off until the same 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/794260/Outward_Definitive_Edition/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Idea Factory Sale brings up to 80% discounts during 4 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/idea-factory-publisher-sale/
• The Legends of the Old Sale brings up to 85% discounts during 4 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG(2), EGS and UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/legends-of-old-sale/

And Fanatical has a Star Deal and a Sale:

• The Star Deal is Golden Light, that started yesterday, will be 75% off for another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/golden-light
• And Disney Interactive puts its games on sale with up to 79% discounts during up to 12 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/disney-interactive

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Valve wouldn't host Dolphin on Steam because it 'can't sit in judgement' on Nintendo's fight against emulators
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-wouldnt-host-dolphin-on-steam-because-it-cant-sit-in-judgement-on-nintendos-fight-against-emulators/
Last week Nintendo managed to block the Steam release of the Gamecube and Wii emulator Dolphin. Initial reports had it that this was a DMCA takedown, but it soon emerged that—as Dolphin is not yet available for download on Steam—Valve had contacted Nintendo in advance, and been rewarded with a warning shot across the bows.
Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle subsequently confirmed to The Verge that this legal letter came about because Valve had contacted Nintendo. “Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we brought this to their attention proactively after the Dolphin team announced it was coming soon to Steam".

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Street Fighter 6 Mod lets you skip the grind and instantly get the classic costumes
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/street-fighter-6-mod-lets-you-skip-the-grind-and-instantly-get-the-classic-costumes/
A couple of days ago, Capcom revealed a Classic Outfit Pack for Street Fighter 6, covering all of the game’s 18 characters. These classic outfits can be earned while playing the World Tour mode, however, players need to grind in order to unlock all of them. Thankfully, though, there is a mod that lets you skip the grind and grants you immediately these classic costumes.
>> The article has the official trailer for the classic outfits.

Street Fighter 6 just got a VR Mod on PC that you can download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/street-fighter-6-just-got-a-vr-mod-on-pc-that-you-can-download/
Praydog has just released a new version of the RE Engine Framework Mod that adds VR support for Street Fighter 6. This is a truly amazing mod, and you can find below a video that showcases it in action.
What’s funny here is that the game does not officially support VR on any platform right now. And, ironically, this VR Mod looks so good that it could easily pass as an official VR implementation.
>> Just to be clear, you won't be playing in 1st person, it's just a different camera. The video showing the mod in action is a bit over 1 minute long.

This Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered Mod lets you play as Venom from PS5’s exclusive Spider-Man 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-marvels-spider-man-remastered-mod-lets-you-play-as-venom-from-ps5s-exclusive-spider-man-2/
As you may know, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be releasing exclusively, at least for now, on PS5 in Fall 2023. However, PC gamers can already get a taste of Venom thanks to this Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered Mod.
Created by AgroFro, this mod brings the iconic symbiote suit to the first Spider-Man game. What’s also cool here is that this mod adds the ability to glide, something that players will be able to do in Spider-Man 2. And, from the looks of it, web swinging appears to be faster.
Unfortunately, the modder was not able to add any new/custom combat moves. Thus, your combat skills and abilities will be exactly the same with the vanilla game. That’s a bummer, but hey… at least we got the gliding.
>> There's an almost 5 minutes video of the mod.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones gets an unofficial patch that completely fixes its mouse camera issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/prince-of-persia-the-two-thrones-gets-an-unofficial-patch-that-completely-fixes-its-mouse-camera-issues/
Modder ‘Dawid Freeman’ has released a must-have unofficial patch for Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. This patch completely fixes the broken mouse camera look, implements proper 4xMSAA support, and restores the game’s gore effects.
Going into more details, this unofficial patch removes the annoying auto-centering of the camera in static cameras and when you run. Moreover, it adds support for diagonal camera movement, and completely removes the mouse deadzones. As a result of these changes, the game now feels great when using a mouse.
It’s also worth noting that the game now supports DX11. As such, PC gamers can now use Reshade in order to further enhance the game’s graphics.
>> There's an over 10 minutes long video.

This Skyrim VR Mod turns Bethesda’s RPG into a Call of Duty game
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/skyrim-vr-mod-turns-bethesdas-rpg-into-a-call-of-duty-game/
Modder ‘MixedMartialArtist’ has released an amazing new mod for Skyrim VR that turns Bethesda’s RPG into a Call of Duty game. This mod will completely change the way you play Skyrim VR, and we highly recommend downloading it. Going into more details, this COD Mod adds to the game two semi-auto rifles, two bolt-action rifles, one assault rifle, two submachine guns, two light machine guns and one rocket launcher.
According to the modder, each of these weapons will have different reload rates, magazine sizes, rate of fire, damage, critical damage, recoil, mobility, and distance damage reduction.
In VR, you will also be able to aim down the sights of each weapon. In order for these iron sights to be aligned, though, you need to have VRIK installed with hand scale set to 1.0. Furthermore, you can turn off auto-aim to make your shots more consistent.
>> There's a less than 1 minute video showing how ridiculous this mod is.

Take over an annoying Skyrim shopkeeper's shop with this mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-over-an-annoying-skyrim-shopkeepers-shop-with-this-mod/
In a poll of Skyrim's most annoying NPCs I suspect Nazeem the walking meme would score pretty high ("Do you get to the Cloud District very often?"), along with Cicero the jester, Whiterun's shouty god-botherer Heimskr, and that one kid in Solitude who says, "I thought adventurers were supposed to look tough?" Spare a hateful thought for Belethor though, the sleazy owner of Belethor's General Goods in Whiterun, who condescendingly says, "Dooo come back," when you leave his store.
Belethor also says, "Everything's for sale my friend. Everything. If I had a sister I'd sell her in a second." That seems to have given prolific modder wSkeever an idea. Belethor's Sister is a quest mod for Skyrim Special Edition that reveals the pawnbroker really does have a sister, named Lelaegh, and he really did sell her. Your job is to track Lelaegh down, rescue her, and then help her take control of her deadbeat brother's shop.
Finding Lelaegh isn't easy. The trail of people who have bought and sold her leads through various existing merchant NPCs and dungeons until finally you have to travel to the Soul Cairn from the Dawnguard DLC, which means you'll need to do a chunk of that questline or be willing to use Skyrim's console commands ("coc DLC01SoulCairnOrigin" will teleport you there direct).
Finally, helping Lelaegh take over Belethor's General Goods requires dealing with Whiterun merchants who own shares in it like, yes, Nazeem. (If you've already killed him in your playthrough, that might be a problem.) Once you do, you'll be able to take joint ownership of the shop, which will result in weekly payouts as well as a series of radiant quests to help Lelaegh get the business booming.
>> There's a less than 4 minutes video of the mod.

New Elden Ring Mod adds new weapons with special movesets
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-elden-ring-mod-adds-new-weapons-with-special-movesets/
Modder ‘Hotbite’ has released a new weapons mod pack for Elden Ring. According to the modder, the Eternal Blades Mod adds new weapons with special movesets, as well as new custom sheaths and visual effects.
Going into more details, this pack adds the Sword saint Style, the Divine Blade and the Ashina Style. The modder also plans to add Isshin the sword sain and Demon Wolf in future versions.
>> There's an over 8 minutes long video of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Battlefield 2042 Update 5.0 releases on June 7th & here are its full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/battlefield-2042-update-5-0-releases-on-june-7th-here-are-its-full-patch-notes/
DICE has announced that Update 5.0 for Battlefield 2042 will release on June 7th, and shared its full patch notes. According to the changelog, this new patch will pack a number of QoL improvements, and will add a new map, weapons and gadgets.

Hogwarts Legacy June 2nd Update released, packs numerous performance optimizations, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/hogwarts-legacy-june-2nd-update-released-packs-numerous-performance-optimizations-full-patch-notes/
Avalanche Software has released the June 2nd Update for Hogwarts Legacy which packs numerous performance optimizations and improvements.

Here are some brand new beautiful 4K screenshots for STALKER 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-brand-new-beautiful-4k-screenshots-for-stalker-2/
It appears that a new set of beautiful 4K screenshots for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been leaked online. These screenshots are not from the recently leaked dev builds, and appear to be really polished.

Here are 25 minutes of leaked gameplay footage from The Crew Motorfest
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-25-minutes-of-leaked-gameplay-footage-from-the-crew-motorfest/
This weekend, Ubisoft held an Insider Program Testing for The Crew Motorfest. And, as you may have guessed, a video has been leaked, showcasing 25 minutes of gameplay footage from it.