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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

PC has been the lead sales platform for Starfield so far
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-has-been-the-lead-sales-platform-for-starfield-so-far/
Mat Piscatella, Executive Director at Circana (NPD), shared some interesting sales figures about Starfield. Piscatella said that most people are buying Starfield on PC, which is currently the most profitable platform for Bethesda’s new RPG game. In September, Starfield was the most popular game and it quickly became the 7th best-selling game of the whole year 2023. Moreover, it was the top-selling game for both Xbox and PC in that month. Unfortunately, we don’t have any exact sales figures for Starfield. As such, we don’t know how many copies Bethesda’s RPG has sold so far. We also don’t know the ratio between the Xbox and the PC sales.
>> The article also has the list of the top 20 games in September.

The Epic Store gives away two games this week:

• Eternal Threads: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/eternal-threads-197169
• The Evil Within: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-evil-within

Next week, they'll give away Tandem: A Tale of Shadows and The Evil Within 2.

Besides launching new classic games, GOG has also launched the Adrenaline Rush Sale, with up to 90% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20231019_adrenaline_rush.

Steam has two new deals:

• Wales Interactive puts its games up to 90% off until the 1st of November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/walesinteractive
• The game Ib celebrates its latest update with a 30% discount until November, the 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1901370/Ib/

There's a new Humble Bundle: the Living in a Simulation Bundle, with up to 10 games to get during the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/living-in-simulation.

Fanatical has the Star Deal that I couldn't post yesterday and two bundles:

• The Star Deal is DREDGE, 35% off during another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dredge
• The STAR WARS Collection is back, with an 80% discount during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/star-wars-collection
• The BYO Play on the Go Bundle Premium Edition features 20 games to build your 3, 5 or 7 bundles: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/play-on-the-go-premium-edition-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Elden Ring Mod adds Sekiro-like deflection & dodge mechanics
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-elden-ring-mod-adds-sekiro-like-deflection-dodge-mechanics/
Modder ‘HumbleDuck’ just dropped a new cool mod for Elden Ring. As the title suggests, this mod adds to the game deflection and dodge mechanics that are heavily inspired by Sekiro.
Basically, this mod combines doujzc’s Sekiro-Like Deflect Mod for 2H & Dual Weapons with Anisol’s Sekiro Dash as Light and Medium Roll. So, if you already use them, you can skip this one. For those who want to give it a go, the mod also features a number of QoL improvements and tweaks.
With this mod, players can now block right before an enemy’s attack hits to deflect all the damage and avoid losing stamina. In a true Sekiro way, you can inflict stamina damage on the attacker while deflecting. And, if you deflect enough, your foe becomes vulnerable, making it easier to deliver a deadly blow.
What’s neat is that this mod includes most, if not all, of Sekiro’s cool direction-based deflection animations. So, if an attack comes from the left, your character will smoothly deflect it to the right, and the other way around.
>> Sadly, there are no screenshots nor videos of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Counter-Strike 2 October 17th Patch released and detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/counter-strike-2-october-17th-patch-released-and-detailed/
Valve just dropped a fresh update for Counter-Strike 2 on October 17th. In this update, it has added a new sound for the last 10 seconds of the bomb beeping. It has also made it possible for command aliases to be more precise by using subtick accuracy.

Unreal Engine 5-powered Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 looks amazing in these latest screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/unreal-engine-5-powered-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-looks-amazing-in-these-latest-screenshots/
Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room have released a bunch of new screenshots for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. These images give us a close-up look at the game’s super-detailed, neon-lit environments that will be powered by Unreal Engine 5.

Full walkthrough of Alan Wake: Flashback in Fortnite
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/full-walkthrough-of-alan-wake-flashback-in-fortnite/
Epic Games and Remedy just dropped a neat recap of the first Alan Wake game inside Fortnite, called Alan Wake: Flashback. Alan Wake: Flashback is like a mini-game split into three episodes. This will get you up to speed with all the spooky stuff that went down in Remedy’s horror game.
>> While I already posted an article about this yesterday, this one has an almost 24 minutes video with the whole things.

Two hours of leaked gameplay from METAL GEAR SOLID Master Collection Vol.1
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/two-hours-of-leaked-gameplay-from-metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-1/
“Irriducibile 86ss” has shared two videos on YouTube. These leaked videos show two hours of gameplay from METAL GEAR SOLID Master Collection Vol.1.
The leaked videos are from the first Metal Gear Solid game, from the European/Italian PS5 version. The downside is they have Italian voices, which some might not like. But, considering this collection isn’t packed with lots of extras, they can give you an idea of what you can expect from it. Spoiler alert, it looks exactly the same as the original PlayStation version. So no, I wouldn’t really call this a “remaster “. This is more like a mere re-release of MGS and nothing more. But hey, at least you can now pause the cut-scenes. Oh, what a glorious QoL improvement. This definitely justifies spending 59,99€ for it, no? Okay okay, at least we’ll get an official PC port of Metal Gear Solid 3.