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Let's go with the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Humble Store brings the Assassin's Creed Weekend Sale, with up to 75% discounts during 3 days. All the keys are for UbiConnect: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/assassins-creed-weekend-sale/.

Fanatical... well, they're late again with their Flash Deals. So, I don't know, check it here by yourselves whenever they update it if you feel like it.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 537.09 fixes DirectStorage performance issues in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-hotfix-driver-537-09-fixes-directstorage-performance-issues-in-ratchet-clank-rift-apart/
NVIDIA has just released a new hotfix driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 537.09 fixes DirectStorage performance fluctuation issues in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
Alongside this fix, the NVIDIA hotfix driver 537.09 features all the tweaks, fixes and improvements of the WHQL 536.99 driver. Thus, we highly recommend downloading it, especially if you’re currently playing Baldur’s Gate 3.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Baldur's Gate 3 transmog mod won't make you choose between armor and drip
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-transmog-mod-wont-make-you-choose-between-armor-and-drip/
It is just me or do big RPGs often neglect to include the same handful of features that players always want? First, we always need a way to change our character's appearance after we create them at the start of the game—neither The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, or Baldur's Gate 3 included that at launch.
And we always want a transmog feature, but that seems to get left out of RPGs pretty often, too.
Transmog is a way to display the clothing or armor you like most without losing the superiors stats afforded by clothing or armor that's less aesthetically pleasing. In other words, if Baldur's Gate 3 had a transmog feature and you really liked Wyll's original padded armor, and later on you found armor with better stats but not as much style, you wouldn't have to compromise. A transmog feature would continue to show Wyll wearing his original togs while giving him the stats of the superior (but uglier) kit in his inventory.
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Well, now you can transmog in Baldur's Gate 3—not completely, but enough to make a big difference. The Baldur's Gate 3 Transmog mod makes use of the camp clothing slots to let you display your character's original starting armor even if you add superior armor later in the game. I really hated slapping new armor onto Astarion because his original look is so damn cool, and now you won't have to.
>> There are no screenshots nor videos about this mod.

Bionicle is so back, baby—this fan made game released a new trailer with its own banging soundtrack, and it's a complete nostalgia blast
https://www.pcgamer.com/bionicle-is-so-back-babythis-fan-made-game-released-a-new-trailer-with-its-own-banging-soundtrack-and-its-a-complete-nostalgia-blast/
I owned a lot of Bionicles as a kid. While I fell off after the Toa Nuva stuff, the movie tie-in Bionicle: Mask of Light was tiny Harvey's DVD go-to, and I have its corny "Unity, Duty, Destiny!" chant imprinted into my brain. Those neurons have been reactivated by the demo trailer for Team Kanohi's Bionicle: Masks of Power, which dropped on its Youtube channel yesterday.
Typically when you hear the words "fan made" and "Unreal Engine" next to each other, you imagine oversaturated, high-bloom Mario tech demos with ray tracing and zero actual appeal. This trailer, shock of shocks, freaking rips.
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The game has more info available on its official website. The full release—which will be available for free, considering it's subject to the LEGO group's fan content policies—plans to let you play as all six Toa on an island-spanning quest to collect the masks of power. We actually see Lewa the mask of speed up, using it to wavedash across a lake.

GAMING NEWS

Quake 2 Remastered released, includes Quake II 64 and a new expansion
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-2-remastered-released-includes-quake-ii-64-and-a-new-expansion/
Bethesda has just released the rumored remastered version of Quake 2. Simply titled Quake II 2023, this remaster features the base game as well as its Mission Packs, The Reckoning and Ground Zero. Moreover, it includes the Nintendo 64 version of Quake 2, a version that most PC gamers never experienced.

Valheim Patch 0.217.12 released and fully detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/valheim-patch-0-217-12-released-and-fully-detailed/
Iron Gate has just released Patch 0.217.12 for Valheim on its Public Test Server, and shared its complete changelog. According to the release notes, Update 0.217.12 brings a number of tweaks, fixes and improvements.

Remnant 2 Patch 08.10.23 brings further performance optimizations
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/remnant-2-patch-08-10-23-brings-further-performance-optimizations/
Gunfire Games has released Patch 08.10.23 for its third-person action-survival shooter, Remnant 2. According to the team, this latest update brings further performance optimizations, packs some Quality-of-Life improvements, and resolves a number of bugs.

The team behind GTA 5 FiveM and RDR 2 RedM is now part of Rockstar Games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-team-behind-gta-5-fivem-and-rdr-2-redm-is-now-part-of-rockstar-games/
Rockstar has just announced that Cfx.re, the group behind GTA 5 FiveM and RDR 2 RedM, is now officially a part of Rockstar Games. Rockstar claims that by partnering with the Cfx.re team, it will help them find new ways to support this incredible community and improve the services they provide to their developers and players.