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The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has six new Deals of the Day, that will be available until Friday, and a new Giveaway:

• Courtesy of Paradox comes the he GIVEAWAY: Crusader Kings II. There's no mention of how long will this giveaway last or if it's permanent: https://www.gog.com/game/crusader_kings_ii
• The first DotD is Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home, 40% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/seed_of_the_dead_sweet_home
• SCARF gets a 45% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/scarf
• Chicken Police is going to be 55% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/chicken_police
• BioShock™ Remastered has a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/bioshock_remastered
• Always Sometimes Monsters is 82% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/always_sometimes_monsters
• And Ethan: Meteor Hunter gets a 85% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ethan_meteor_hunter

Steam has two new deals:

• Everhood is 50% off until June, 20th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229380/Everhood/
• And the Cat Quest franchise goes on sale with up to 70% discounts until the same 20th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/kepler/sale/catquestfranchise2023

The Humble Bundle presents the new Upload VR Showcase Bundle, with up to 7 games to get during the next 19 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/upload-vr.

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION, 80% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-king-of-fighters-xiv-steam-edition.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 536.23 WHQL Driver available now for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-536-23-whql-driver-available-now-for-download/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 536.23 WHQL driver provides the best day-1 experience for F1 23. Additionally, this Game Ready Driver supports the launch of Aliens: Dark Descent.
The NVIDIA GeForce 536.23 WHQL driver also resolves some crashes in Microsoft Flight Simulator when playing in DX12 mode. Moreover, it addresses some stability issues in Red Dead Redemption 2.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Elden Ring’s The Garden of Eyes overhaul mod adds a class-based progression system
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/elden-rings-the-garden-of-eyes-overhaul-mod-adds-a-class-based-progression-system/
The team behind The Garden of Eyes overhaul mod for Elden Ring has released a new update that adds a class-based progression system to it.
As the team noted, this new concept takes the idea of starting classes a step further, allowing each class to start from a completely different region in the game.
>> The article has an almost 7 minutes long video.

GAMING NEWS

Need for Speed Unbound Patch 3.0 will improve CPU performance & reduce VRAM usage, full changelog revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/need-for-speed-unbound-patch-3-0-will-improve-cpu-performance-reduce-vram-usage-full-changelog-revealed/
Criterion Games will release a major update for Need for Speed Unbound next week. According to the developers, Update 3.0 will improve CPU performance, will reduce VRAM usage, will update DLSS and FSR to their latest versions, and will pack a number of QoL improvements.

Unreal Engine 5-powered third-person co-op action RPG shooter, The First Descendant, gets an extended gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/unreal-engine-5-powered-third-person-co-op-action-rpg-shooter-the-first-descendant-gets-an-extended-gameplay-trailer/
NEXON has released an extended gameplay trailer for its Unreal Engine 5-powered third-person co-op action RPG shooter, The First Descendant.

The Last of Us Part I Title Update 1.1.0 released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-last-of-us-part-i-title-update-1-1-0-released-full-patch-notes/
Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy have released Title Update 1.1.0 for The Last of Us Part I, and shared its complete changelog. According to the patch notes, Update 1.1.0 brings optimizations to improve global CPU and GPU performance throughout the game.
Moreover, Patch 1.1.0 promises to further improve the shader compilations times. Additionally, it packs overall improvements to texture and environment loading, brings a number of fixes, and resolves various crashes.

Here’re six minutes of gameplay footage from Forza Motorsport
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/herere-six-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-forza-motorsport/
A lot of racing fans were disappointed with the Xbox Showcase trailer of Forza Motorsport. This trailer did not feature any gameplay sequences at all, something that puzzled a lot of Forza fans. Thankfully, though, we now have a video that shows off six minutes of proper gameplay footage from it.

The Crew Motorfest will be exclusive to Ubisoft & Epic Games stores, not coming to Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-crew-motorfest-will-be-exclusive-to-ubisoft-epic-games-stores-not-coming-to-steam/
The Crew Motorfest is another game from Ubisoft that will be skipping Steam at launch and will release exclusively on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games Store.

Madden NFL 24 gets official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/madden-nfl-24-gets-official-pc-system-requirements/
EA Sports has revealed the official PC system requirements for Madden NFL 24. The PC version of this new Madden game will be based on the current-gen console version, and these PC specs will give you an idea of the PC system you’ll need to run it.