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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

(Impressive performance of Starfield given that those are all preorders. Anyway, click here for the top 100)

Steam has 6 new deals as well as new weeklong deals:

• The Tomb Raider fracnhise is on sale with up to 89% discounts until June, 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_tomb-raider
• GTFO will be 33% off until June, 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/493520/GTFO/
• NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE will be 50% off until, in theory, the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451940/NEEDY_GIRL_OVERDOSE/
• ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights also gets a 50% discount until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369630/ENDER_LILIES_Quietus_of_the_Knights/
• Black Desert is going to be 50% off as well, and also until the same Thursday, 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert/
• The Escapists Franchise Sale comes with 80% discounts until he 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/escapistsfranchisesale
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Witch Explorer is going to be 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1758920/Witch_Explorer/
  • Family curse gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166640/Family_curse/
  • Pocket Cars, still in Early Access, will be 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170720/Pocket_Cars/
  • Chroma Squad features a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/251130/Chroma_Squad/
  • The Count Lucanor is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/440880/The_Count_Lucanor/
  • And the last one is Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn, with a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/747340/Unforgiving__A_Northern_Hymn/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Fantastic Physiscs Sale comes with up to 85% discounts during 6 days. There are keys for Steam, EGS and the Rockstar thing: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/fantastic-physics-sale/
• The Bugs & Beasts Sale features up to 90% discounts during 6 days. All the keys are for Steam, except for DLC (but not the game) that's also available for GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/bugs-beasts-sale/
• And the Assetto Corsa Summer Sale will put the games and DLCs of the series up to 80% off during 13 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/assetto-summer-sale/

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is going to be 36% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/dlc/monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Resident Evil 4 Remake gets an incredible AI-powered Ada Wong Voice Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/resident-evil-4-remake-gets-an-incredible-ai-powered-ada-wong-voice-mod/
ProMontreal and Destructo have released an incredible AI-powered mod for Resident Evil 4 Remake that replaces Ada Wong’s voice. By using AI tools, the modders were able to come close to the voice of the original actress, and the results are truly mind-blowing.
What’s also incredible here is how “passionate” the new AI dialogue lines actually are. And believe me, I don’t want to criticize the voice actress of Ada Wong from RE4Remake. However, her voiceline delivery was flat and lifeless.
Seriously, just watch the following video. You’d expect the game to feature this voice-acting by default. Instead, here we are with modders using AI to even improve voice dialogues.
>> There's a roughly 9 minutes long video of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Here’s the real reason why Final Fantasy 16 is not on PC at launch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/heres-the-real-reason-why-final-fantasy-16-is-not-on-pc-at-launch/
Final Fantasy XVI will release in a couple of days, exclusively on PS5. However, the game’s producer Yoshi-P has shared some details about its PC version. And yes, Final Fantasy 16 will be officially coming to PC at a later date.
In a recent livestream, Yoshi-P claimed that the development team wanted to make a PC version, but couldn’t create an experience with seamless loading in time for launch.

This may be our first look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/this-may-be-our-first-look-at-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-2023/
It appears that the first screenshots from the new COD 2023 game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, have been leaked online. These screenshots are of low quality, and showcase remakes of the Terminal and Scrapyard multiplayer maps.

Unreal Engine 5-powered Jusant has a playable demo on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-5-powered-jusant-has-a-playable-demo-on-steam/
Last week, DON’T NOD revealed its upcoming action-puzzle climbing game, Jusant. Powered by Unreal Engine 5 and using both Nanite and Lumen, Jusant has a playable demo on Steam that you can download right now.

Star Wars Outlaws & Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be exclusive to Ubisoft Store, not coming to EGS or Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-outlaws-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora-will-be-exclusive-to-ubisoft-store-not-coming-to-egs-or-steam/
Ubisoft has revealed that Star Wars Outlaws & Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be exclusive to Ubisoft Store at launch. As such, these two highly anticipated games will not be available on Epic Games Store or Steam.
>> On one hand, you have to admire Ubisoft's commitment to make their store big and successful. On the other hand, those games will sell like crap on PC.

Cyberpunk 2077 Title Update 1.63 released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-title-update-1-63-released-full-patch-notes/
CD Projekt RED has just released Title Update 1.63 for Cyberpunk 2077, and shared its complete changelog. This patch resolves the DLSS 3 Frame Generation issue we reported in April 2023. As such, owners of the RTX 40 series GPUs will finally be able to enable and enjoy the game’s Path Tracing effects on AMD’s CPUs.

Star Wars Jedi Survivor Update 6 released, does not bring any performance improvements, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/star-wars-jedi-survivor-update-6-released-does-not-bring-any-performance-improvements-full-patch-notes/
Respawn has just released Title Update 6 for Star Wars Jedi Survivor. This new patch brings a number of bug fixes and tweaks. However, it does not pack any performance improvements or additional optimizations.