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The Monday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a new giveaway, new Deals of the Day and new games added to the Summer Sale:

• The new GIVEAWAY, Eschalon: Book II, will be free to get during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/eschalon_book_ii
• These are the six ne DotD, available until Wednesday:
  • Nebuchadnezzar gets a 50% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/nebuchadnezzar
  • Streets of Rage 4 is also 50% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/streets_of_rage_4
  • Re;Lord 2 ~The witch of Cologne and black cat~ features a 60% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/relord_2_the_witch_of_cologne_and_black_cat
  • Seed of the Dead will also be 60% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/seed_of_the_dead
  • Overload has a 83% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/overload
  • The Whale Rock All Games Bundle is 91% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/whale_rock_all_games_bundle
• And the Summer Sale now has added 7 Yakuza games, with discounts that range from 60 to 75%. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/yakuza_titles_are_here_7_entries_from_the_legendary_series_up_to_75_and_another_summer_sale_giveaway

Steam has two new deals:

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, that has a demo, will be 40% off until June, 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1372110/JoJos_Bizarre_Adventure_AllStar_Battle_R/
• My Lovely Wife gets a 45% discount until the same 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1251930/My_Lovely_Wife/

We find two new deals at Humble:

• At Humble Bundle there's the Payday 2: Return of the Ultimate Score Bundle, with up to 64 items to get between the game, DLCs and a coupon during the next 9 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/payday-2-return-of-the-ultimate-score-bundle
• Meanwhile, the Humble Store has the Valor & Victory Sale, with up to 90% discounts. There are keys for Steam, EGS, UPlay and 1 for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/valor-victory-sale/

And Fanatical has several new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Resident Evil Village Gold Edition, 49% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-village-gold-edition
• The former is part of a Capcom Sale, featuring up to 89% discounts during 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/capcom
• The Diamond Collection BYOB has 16 titles to choose from to build your 3, 4 or 5 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/diamond-collection-build-your-own-bundle
• And there's a chance to win AAA games with a new contest: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/rewards-week-contest

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Mass Effect Legendary Edition gets a cool first-person mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/mass-effect-legendary-edition-gets-a-cool-first-person-mod/
Mass Effect fans, here is something special for you today. Modder ‘Aphar’ has released a first-person mod for the first game of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition collection.
By using this mod, you can play the entire first game via a first-person perspective. This mod supports both combat and exploration, and we are pretty sure that most ME fans will appreciate it.
As the modder noted, cover and visibility are now an important part of gameplay, as all combat cameras have been adjusted for the new perspective. This includes multiple depths of corner peeking/shooting and a dynamic lean feature.
Additionally, the game’s movement in exploration mode has been modified to feel more responsive. The turn speed of sprinting has also been increased, and sprinting does not change the FOV.
For those wondering, yes. Even the elevator rides are now in first-person mode. However, conversions will be similar to those of the vanilla version.
The only downside is that Shepard’s hands and gun will also not appear when in first-person perspective. However, that’s a small price to pay for such an unofficial FPS Mode.
>> There's an almost 5 minutes video of the mod.

Metal Gear Online 2 will get back its Survival Mode on PC in 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metal-gear-online-2-will-get-back-its-survival-mode-on-pc-in-2023/
The team behind the Metal Gear Online 2 PC project has announced that it will bring back the Survival Mode in 2023. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also shared a new trailer that you can find below.
But what is Metal Gear Online 2 PC? Basically, it’s a project that attempts to restore the online functionalities of Metal Gear Online 2 via the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
In order to make the game’s Survival Mode to work, the team had to devise a way to implement dedicated server hosting for as cheap as possible. And they succeeded.
>> The trailer is less than 2 minutes long.

These Valheim mods add new free content to the game
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/these-valheim-mods-add-new-free-content-to-the-game/
Valheim fans, here is something for you today. Modder ‘Marlthon’ has released a few new mods for Iron Gate’s exploration and survival game, Vahelim, that add new free content to it.
Marlthon has shared four new content packs for Valheim. These packs add air animals, sea animals and… cats. Yes, we finally have cats in Valheim.
Going into more details, Air Animals pack adds the Harpy Eagle, Swan, 6 ButterFly types and 4 Beetle types. On the other hand, the Sea Animals pack adds Orca, Dolphins, Sharks, Crocodile, Turtles, Seal and Penguin. There is also a Fisher pack that adds 37 new fish species, 7 starfish and 1 crab to the fishing system.
>> There's no video nor screenshots.

Doom creator John Romero finally plays its most mind-blowing mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-creator-john-romero-finally-plays-its-most-mind-blowing-mod/
Newly famous among the Doom community for its mind-bending map (including a terrifying hallway that takes six-and-a-half-minutes to get through), the innocently-named MyHouse.wad is certainly the Doom mod of the year. It immediately earned itself a spot on the all-timer list back in March, in spite of the game's long modding history. MyHouse.wad is a surreal, enthralling narrative, and my first encounter with it took place via a feature-length long video essay that gnawed its way through my entire afternoon. I'd recommend you play it yourself, however, as it's far more fascinating to delve into firsthand. A close second would be watching the creator of Doom try it for himself. John Romero, co-founder of id Software, has finally given it a proper go, streaming his playthrough on Twitch. "Well here it is, my house," he begins, tucked away into a cosy corner screen after running through his microphone checks. "I don't know anything about it, other than people said it's really cool, and that I should [play it]."
>> If you're interested in watching it, the video is in the article, and it's over one hour long.

Skyrim mod gives you a fully voiced ex-Thalmor companion
https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-mod-gives-you-a-fully-voiced-ex-thalmor-companion/
I normally have a "kill on sight" policy when it comes to Skyrim's Thalmor, because to hell with fantasy Nazis. But I suspended that policy for a new mod called The Thalmor's Shadow – Taliesin, which lets you recruit an NPC companion after encountering him surrounded by dead followers of Talos and wearing those distinctive Thalmor shoulderpad robes.
Taliesin is an ex-member of the big elven bigot club, to be fair. As the mod's description says, "A former member of the Thalmor wants a clean start, and only you can save him from his past life." Taliesin is a fully voiced companion in the vein of Vilja or Inigo, one who has his own storyline and will comment on locations you visit and quests you're involved in to a degree that someone like Lydia usually won't. He's also a dab hand with an ice spike spell, and carries a named magical dagger. The way he cackles after killing a frost troll or faltmer is kind of unsettling.
>> There's a less than two minutes teaser of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Starfield 2022 vs 2023 Video Graphics Comparison shows noticeable downgrades
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/starfield-2022-vs-2023-video-graphics-comparison-shows-noticeable-downgrades/
YouTube’s ‘Cycu1’ has shared an early graphics video comparison between the 2022 and 2023 demos of Bethesda’s upcoming triple-A title, Starfield. And, as the title implies, there have been some noticeable downgrades.