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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

This week, the Epic Store gives away two games:

• Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms
• theHunter: Call of the Wild: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thehunter-call-of-the-wild

Next week, they'll be giving away The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk

Steam has two new deals:

• Hokko Life will be 66% off until June, 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/824000/Hokko_Life/
• And the Styx Collection will be 83% off until the same 29th (the individual games/DLC are between 50 to 90% off); https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27635/Styx_Collection/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Escape the Backrooms, 40% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/escape-the-backrooms
• And the BYO Handheld Heroes Bundle has 16 titles for your 3, 5 or 8 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-handheld-heroes-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4502
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4502
Fixed Issues
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• iTunes may experience an application crash during launch
• A blank screen or error may be observed in certain applications when embedding content using WebView2

Unreal Engine 5.2 Tropical Rainforest Tech Demo Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unreal-engine-5-2-tropical-rainforest-tech-demo-released/
MAWI United has released an amazing next-gen tech demo for Unreal Engine 5.2 that you can download right now. According to the team, this demo features over 140 custom scanned trees and plants. All assets are highres Nanite meshes with 8K textures (though the demo has limited this to 4K).

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Assassin’s Creed Unity Mod fixes cloth physics, adds wind effects
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/assassins-creed-unity-mod-fixes-cloth-physics-adds-wind-effects/
Earlier this month, we shared a mod for Assassin’s Creed Unity that fixed some of its NPCs LOD issues. And today, we are presenting you with another mod that adds some cool wind effects and attempts to fix the cloth physics when gaming with framerates higher than 60fps.
In order to showcase these improved cloth physics, modder ‘Halzoid’ released the following comparison video. Pay close attention to the cloth physics as this is the only thing that this mod fixes.
>> The video is almost 4 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

Star Ocean: The Second Story gets a 2.5D Remake, coming to PC on November 2nd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-ocean-the-second-story-gets-a-2-5d-remake-coming-to-pc-on-november-2nd/
Square Enix has just announced a 2.5D remake for Star Ocean: The Second Story, called STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R. STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R will be released on PC on November 2nd, and below you can find its debut trailer.

PC requirements for Exoprimal and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-requirements-for-exoprimal-and-like-a-dragon-gaiden-the-man-who-erased-his-name/
Capcom and SEGA have revealed the PC system requirements for Exoprimal and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, respectively.
Now as with most of SEGA’s PC releases, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. However, Capcom’s Exoprimal will not be using it (or at least that’s what its Steam page hints at).

Fate/Samurai Remnant releases on PC on September 29th, gets official PC requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fate-samurai-remnant-releases-on-pc-on-september-29th-gets-official-pc-requirements/
KOEI Tecmo has announced that its stylized action RPG, Fate/Samurai Remnant, will release on PC on September 29th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the company has shared a gameplay trailer, and revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

METAL GEAR SOLID Master Collection Vol.1 won’t support keyboard & mouse on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-1-wont-support-keyboard-mouse-on-pc/
Yesterday, Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will release on PC on October 24th. However, it appears that this collection requires a controller, and it won’t officially support keyboard and mouse.