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The Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

It arrives a bit late, but the Humble Store has launched its Halloween Festival 2023, with a lot of games on sale during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/humble-halloween-festival-2023/.

Fanatical has three new 24 hours Flash Deals:

• Hell Let Loose gets a 47% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/hell-let-loose
• Far Cry® 6 Game of the Year Edition will be 74% off. The keys is for UbiConnect: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/far-cry-6-game-of-the-year-edition
• The third one is the Survivalist Double Pack, with a 94% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/survivalist-double-pack

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.11.1
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-23-11-1
Highlights

New Game Support

• Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
• The Invincible
• JX3 Ultimate

New Radeon™ Boost Support

• Alan Wake 2

AI and Machine Learning

• DirectML improvements and optimizations for Stable Diffusion, Adobe Lightroom, DaVinci Resolve, UL Procyon AI workloads on AMD Radeon RX 600M, 700M, 6000, and 7000 series graphics.

Fixed Issues

• Performance Metrics Overlay may report N/A for FPS on various games.
• Lower than expected performance in Counter Stike 2 on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7600.
• Intermittent flickering may be observed in Total War: Pharaoh’s menus after changing graphics settings.
• Intermittent flicker may be observed on some textures while playing Alan Wake 2.
• Rebuilding shader cache may be incorrectly required when relaunching Baldur’s Gate 3 using Vulkan® API.
• Rebuilding shader cache may be incorrectly required when relaunching Forza Motorsport.
• Intermittent driver crash while viewing the credits screen after finishing a race in Forza Motorsport.
• Intermittent black screen or code 31 error in device manager after reboot on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 546.08 fixes performance degradation issues in Alan Wake 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-hotfix-driver-546-08-fixes-performance-degradation-issues-in-alan-wake-2/
NVIDIA just put out a new driver for its graphics cards, the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 546.08. This driver is all about making Alan Wake 2 run better and smoother. It takes care of the problems that could slowly mess up its performance. So, if you’re currently playing Remedy’s horror game, we suggest downloading it.
The new driver does more than just help with Alan Wake 2. It also takes care of problems with the Windows 10 transparency effects, and it stops a random Bugcheck issue on some computers. So, if you’ve had these issues, it’s a good idea to update your driver.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New Dark Souls 2 Mod increases view distance and reduces/eliminates LOD texture pop-ins
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/new-dark-souls-2-mod-increases-view-distance-and-reduces-eliminates-lod-texture-pop-ins/
Modder ‘libretro’ has released an amazing new graphics mod for the second part of the Dark Souls series, Dark Souls 2. The Scholar Of The First Sin InfiniDetail aims to eliminate texture LOD pop-in and greatly increase draw distance.
According to the modder, the mod takes a conservative and disciplined approach. It does not seek to alter the game’s look, it does not add additional lighting, it does not remove spot lights or remove baked shadows. As such, it will be ideal for all Dark Souls 2 purists out there.
Right now, The First Sin InfiniDetail mod does two cool things. First, it gets rid of the distance texture changes, making everything look smooth. Second, it lets you see stuff from far away without it suddenly popping up. Plus, it shows some things you couldn’t see before in some of the game’s environments.
In future updates, the modder wants to make faraway enemies move at their normal speed. Right now, all distant enemies move at half rate. This is a feature I’m really looking forward to. Also, libretro is working on making light beams and shadows look even better from a distance.
The modder also plans to make similar mods for other games by FromSoftware. Right now, we can expect to see such mods for Sekiro and Dark Souls Remastered.
>> There are no screenshots nor videos about it.

Here's a new 25 minute Skyblivion video, including a walkthrough of one if its biggest quests
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-25-minute-skyblivion-video-shows-the-spooky-side-of-a-reimagined-cyrodiil/
Skyblivion, the ambitious mod recreating The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, has released a new video showing the dark and spooky side of Cyrodiil. Sure, the video was posted a day late for Halloween—or 364 days early for next Halloween—but who cares? I'm always excited to get another eyeful of the mod's progress.

New Starfield Mod brings photorealistic eyes to all characters
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/new-starfield-mod-brings-photorealistic-eyes-to-all-characters/
Modder UFR released a fantastic new mod for Bethesda’s latest space-themed RPG, Starfield. This mod gives all the in-game characters incredibly realistic and lifelike eyes. So, since you’ll be spending a lot of time interacting with these characters in the game, we strongly suggest giving this mod a try.
Going into more detail, the mod transforms the way eyes look in Starfield. It makes them look super realistic with beautiful textures and lifelike reflections. In simple terms, this means that characters in the game won’t have weird, watery, or strange-looking eyes anymore. Plus, UFR has hand-made pretty much all of them.
>> The article has some screenshots to show the new eyes.

GAMING NEWS

Lords of the Fallen Patch v1.1.282 released, featuring over 100 fixes, tweaks and enhancements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/lords-of-the-fallen-patch-v1-1-282-released-featuring-over-100-fixes-tweaks-and-enhancements/
Hexworks has released a new major update for its latest Souls-like game, Lords of the Fallen. According to the developers, Patch v1.1.282 packs over 100 fixes, tweaks, and enhancements. So, keep reading to find out what’s new.

Cities Skylines 2 just got its second performance update
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cities-skylines-2-just-got-its-second-performance-update/
Colossal Order has just launched the second performance update for its newest city-building game, Cities Skylines 2. This update is all about making the game run smoother by adding several improvements. So, let’s take a look at what’s changed and what’s better.

Genshin Impact Patch 4.2 releases on November 8th and here are its key features
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/genshin-impact-patch-4-2-releases-on-november-8th-and-here-are-its-key-features/
miHoYo has announced that Patch 4.2 for Genshin Impact will release on November 8th, and shared its key features. Additionally, the team released a new trailer which you can find below.
>> PCGamer has the codes from the livestream.