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[JEMC]

Here come the Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has several new deals for us:

• The new Star Deal is Dead Island 2, that actually started some hours ago, with a 28% discount during 48 hours or until they run out of keys. Talking about keys, the key of the game is for the EGS: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dead-island-2
• There are also 4 "new" bundles: Star Wars Collection (79% off, 14 days), Rimworld with all expansions (12% off, 16 days), Miraculous Rise of the Sphinx Ultimate Edition (75% off, 16 days) and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete Bundle (82% off, 16 days)
• Fanatical has launched a new Red Hot Sale, with over 7000 items on sale. Check them out here
• There's a Scratchcard to win extra discounts or in-store money. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/bonus-scratchcard-how-it-works-what-you-can-find
• And there's a new contest with the chance to win a Set of DJ Decks. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/win-dj-decks-spending-spree

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Mass Effect Legendary Edition gets lore-friendly HD Texuture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/mass-effect-legendary-edition-gets-lore-friendly-hd-texuture-pack/
Modder ‘Catachrism’ has released an amazing lore-friendly HD Texture Pack for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This pack is 1.2GB in size and brings numerous tweaks, fixes and improvements.
According to the modder, the new textures contain many LE-specific bug fixes including resolving upscaling artifacts left over in vanilla LE textures, UV mapping issues, unaligned character teeth, specular channel miss-mapping, normal map miss-mapping, Asari color correction (removes the neon blue), environmental texture enhancements and more.
Do note that this isn’t a simple AI-upscaled project. Instead, the modder upscaled the original textures at stage 1 manually or via Cupscale to remove DXT artifacts. Then, Catachrism hand-crafted and painted them using promotional art references, their personal texture detail libraries, and manual touch-ups.
>> There are three comparison screenshots.

For Deus Ex's 23rd Anniversary, its most chaotic mod is literally flipping the script with a new mirror mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/for-deus-exs-23rd-anniversary-its-most-chaotic-mod-is-literally-flipping-the-script-with-a-new-mirror-mode/
It's been 23 years since Ion Storm released Deus Ex, to this day one of the best immersive sims, RPGs, or heck, videogames period. To celebrate, modder Die4Ever has dropped version 2.5 of the Deus Ex Randomizer, which introduces a new mirror mode as well as an easy-to-use installer.
The Deus Ex Randomizer already offers a lot more than its name might imply. In addition to shuffling codes, items, and enemies, it offers full compatibility with most of the mods in our guide to having the best Deus Ex experience on modern PCs. Revision, GMDX, and Lay D Denton are all good to go, with only the Community Update lacking full support at this time.
>> The article has a trailer for the mod.

Forget Diablo 4, the best way to play the original Diablo just got a meaty update
https://www.pcgamer.com/forget-diablo-4-the-best-way-to-play-the-original-diablo-just-got-a-meaty-update/
Anyone who's read me whinge about Diablo 4's open world will know that, earlier this year, I played Diablo 1 for the first time. The way I did that was via DevilutionX, a fan-made source port of the original Diablo and its Hellfire expansion that lets you play the trailblazing original on modern systems with all sorts of 21st-century creature comforts like gamepad support and high framerates. When I played, it was on version 1.4, but now its recent 1.5 update (spotted by GamingOnLinux) has made it better than ever.
You can get a full run-down of everything DevilutionX 1.5 brings over on its GitHub page, but here are some highlights. First and foremost, the game's multiplayer mode will now let you complete all of Diablo's quests, you can toggle on floating damage numbers, and you can toggle coloured inventory slots based on item quality (much like pretty much any modern loot-based game).

GAMING NEWS

Redfall Hotfix Update V1.11 released and here’re its full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/redfall-hotfix-update-v1-11-released-and-herere-its-full-patch-notes/
Arkane has just released a new hotfix patch for Redfall. According to the release notes, Update 1.11 provides bug fixes and minor improvements to the gameplay experience.

*Edited to add the Fanatical bundles that I forgot in my original post.

Last edited by JEMC - on 23 June 2023