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Let's go with the Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

This week, the Epic Store gives away Godlike Burger (the link may not work): https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/godlike-burger-4150a0.
Next week, they'll give away Blazing Sails and Q.U.B.E. ULTIMATE BUNDLE.

Steam has two new sales:

• Croteam celebrates its 30th Anniversary putting its games up to 90% off until October, 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/croteam/sale/croteamanniversary
• And the Good Shepherd Publisher Sale features up to 90% discounts until the 18th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/good_shepherd/

The Humble Store has the Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Imperial Edition - 4 Pack 50% off during the next 6 days. It's far from cheap and also for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/warhammer-40000-darktide-imperial-edition-4pack.

Fanatical has two new bundles:

• The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete Bundle is back, with a 80% discount during 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/stalker-complete-bundle
• And the Platinum Collection BYOB for October features 16 titles to choose from for your 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4885
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4885
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Forza Motorsport

Game performance improvements versus Intel® 31.0.101.4826 software driver for
**list of 20 DX11 games that I won't quote**

Fixed Issues
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• EA Sports FC 24 (DX12) may experience application crash during gameplay.
• UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption on characters.
• Starfield (DX12) may experience sporadic instability in some areas of the game.
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human (DX12) may exhibit color corruption during gameplay.
• Fortnite (DX12) may experience application crash when Global Illumination setting is set to Lumen Epic.
• Adobe After Effects may experience an application crash during render operations.
• Some Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics notebooks may incorrectly report a higher value than expected for default clock frequency value

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Fallout 4 Mod adds real locational damage to all enemies
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/this-fallout-4-mod-adds-real-locational-damage-to-all-enemies/
Modder ‘Zzyxzz’ has released a mod that implemented DirectHit in Fallout 4, allowing you to deal real locational damage to your enemies. This mod will completely change the way you play Fallout 4, and we highly recommend trying it.
DirectHit Mod for Fallout 4 changes how damage is calculated on the engine level of Fallout 4. As its description reads.
“In the vanilla game, every hit is calculated against the combined armor you are wearing. It doesn’t matter, if you hit a body part with no armor or a body part which is covered by a big and heavy armor. It always deals the same amount of damage. DirectHit changes that. When you use DirectHit and shoot at a body part, the damage is only calculated against the “natural armor*” and the armor that is equipped on that body part. This mean, shooting at body parts with no armor, will deal more damage, than shooting at body parts covered by metal plates.”
What’s also cool here is that the mod takes into account the game’s Power Armor. As such, Power Armor will negate damage completely until its parts break. Furthermore, body parts that are no longer covered by Power Armor Parts are vulnerable to damage.
>> The article has no screenshots nor videos of this mod.

Cyberpunk 2077 mod means you never have to choose between bullet time and hacking again
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-mod-means-you-never-have-to-choose-between-bullet-time-and-hacking-again/
Early on in my Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 playthrough, I had to make a huge decision: should I install the brain implant that lets me trigger bullet time whenever I want if it means my hacking days are over?
It's the give-and-take of Cyberpunk's revamped cyberware system. While your arms, spine, and legs can hold multiple mods at once, you can only have one operating system, and by default, that OS is a cyberdeck that enables quickhacking on enemies and the environment. There are two similarly powerful alternatives to the cyberdeck that give you a huge edge in combat at the cost of hacking: the Sandevistan, which slows down time only for you, and Berserks, implants that makes you temporarily unkillable but limit you to melee weapons.
The problem is that they all rule.
I eventually settled on a Sandevistan and don't regret it, but I do feel left out when I see microwaves I can't explode and cars I can't send careening into a group of baddies. It would be nice to have a bit of both, which is why I'm glad the Cyberware-Ex mod exists. Created by Nexus Mods user psiberx, Cyberware-Ex creates a new operating system slot (or several, if you prefer) so you can finally be a gladiator-ninja-hacker all rolled into one.
>> There's only one screenshot.

Starfield mod lets you loot corpses down to their undies just like Skyrim and Fallout 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-mod-lets-you-loot-corpses-down-to-their-undies-just-like-skyrim-and-fallout-4/
Back in the good old days of Bethesda RPGs (and I'm talking about Oblivion, Skyrim, and the Fallout games) when you killed a fool you could loot them of all their stuff. And I mean everything! Not just weapons and cash, but outfits, pieces of armor, helmets, hats, and dignity. When you looted a dead enemy in those games, you left behind nothing but a corpse in its underwear.
To the disappointment of many, Starfield works a bit differently. You can sometimes get a helmet or spacesuit off a dead foe, but usually when you loot someone you just come away with their weapons, maybe some credits or aid items, and perhaps a few other odds and ends. That can be a bummer if you ice someone who's got some nice clothes or a spacesuit you'd really like to wear or sell.
Now there's a fix for that, courtesy of Modder jedijosh920. As you can see in the video above, the Classic NPC Loot System mod brings back that old timey goodness of taking absolutely everything from a corpse's inventory, including clothing, spacesuits, hats, and helmets. Finally, you can feel like you're the true hero of a Bethesda RPG by leaving a trail of nearly-naked bodies in your wake. The only real downside is you're gonna wind up overencumbered even more often than you already do.
>> There's a short video of this mod in action.

GAMING NEWS

Here are 10 minutes of raw gameplay footage from EA Sports WRC
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-10-minutes-of-raw-gameplay-footage-from-ea-sports-wrc/
Electronic Arts has released a new video for EA Sports WRC, showcasing 10 minutes of raw gameplay footage from it. In this video, rally driver and game designer Jon Armstrong grabs the wheel and tackles three of the game’s tracks.

RoboCop: Rogue City PC demo available for download on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/robocop-rogue-city-pc-demo-available-for-download-on-steam/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. NACON and Teyon have released a PC demo for RoboCop: Rogue City on Steam. For the next 13 days, PC gamers can download this demo, test their PC systems, and get to experience the first part of this new upcoming RoboCop game.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Day-1 Patch detailed, brings gameplay fixes and graphics improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/assassins-creed-mirage-day-1-patch-detailed-brings-gameplay-fixes-and-graphics-improvements/
Ubisoft has detailed the day-1 update for Assassin’s Creed Mirage that will be available today, and shared its full patch notes. This day-1 patch will update your game’s version to 1.0.2, and on PC it’s already included in the 41.6 GB game files. In other words, you won’t have to manually download it.
>> And Ubisoft has made a PR stunt for the launch of this game.

Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.01 released and here is its full changelog
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-patch-2-01-released-and-here-is-its-full-changelog/
CD Projekt RED has just released Patch 2.01 for Cyberpunk 2077, and shared its complete changelog. According to the team, Update 2.01 addresses the most common issues players have encountered and improves overall performance on all platforms, especially in Dogtown.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer footage leaks ahead of its official reveal
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-multiplayer-footage-leaks-ahead-of-its-official-reveal/
In a few hours, Activision will hold its CODNext event in which it will reveal some new gameplay footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. However, it appears that a couple of gameplay videos have been leaked online ahead of that event.