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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away two games:

• Jitsu Squad: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/jitsu-squad-af3f2f
• Mighty Fight Federation: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/mighty-fight-federation

Next week, they'll give away GigaBash.

Steam has put the game Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, still in Early Access, on sale, up to 35% off until the 13th of December: https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/.

Humble Bundle has launched the Fight T1D With JRPGs! Bundle, with up to 8 items to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fight-t1d-with-jrpgs.

And Fanatical is going back to usual witha new Star Deal and a bundle:

• The Star Deal is Arena Renovation, 67% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/arena-renovation
• The Bandai Namco Collection BYOB features 13 titles for a 3, 4 or 5 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/bandai-namco-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD official beta GPU driver for “Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora” enables HAGS support on Radeon RX 7000 series
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-official-beta-gpu-driver-for-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora-enables-hags-support-on-radeon-rx-7000-series

Highlights

• New Game Support
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

>> The article spends a lot of time talking about HAGS, Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Forza Motorsport Mod enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation & GTAO
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/forza-motorsport-mod-enables-dlss-3-frame-generation-gtao/
Modder ‘other2w’ has released a pretty interesting mod for Forza Motorsport that enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation. Forza Motorsport launched with support for both DLSS 2 and FSR 2.0. Strangely enough though, there is an easy way to enable DLSS 3 Frame Generation.
The modder explains that if you swap out the original Streamline DLL files in Forza Motorsport with the newer ones, you can turn on DLSS 3 Frame Generation. And guess what? It actually seems to work – it’s not just a placebo effect. So, replacing those files can make a big difference in this game.
For those wondering, no. This workaround does not work in other games that solely support DLSS 2. In other words, you can’t use this method to enable DLSS 3 FG in games like Crysis Remastered or Assassin’s Creed Mirage or Baldur’s Gate 3. We don’t know what’s going on with Forza Motorsport and why it works.
To demonstrate how well the DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod works, the modder posted the following video. In the video, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, the game runs smoothly at 120fps and 1440p. I assume this is at Max Settings with Ray Tracing turned on. And the cool part is, the GPU usage is around 70-80%.
Alongside DLSS 3 Frame Generation, this new mod enables GTAO. GTAO is a new screen-space technique for ambient occlusion, called ground-truth ambient occlusion.
>> The video is less than 5 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

Tribes 3: Rivals gets a 7-minute gameplay video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/tribes-3-rivals-gets-a-7-minute-gameplay-video/
A few days ago, we shared some screenshots from a new Tribes game. And today, we are happy to present you with a video that packs 7 minutes of gameplay action from it.

Star Racer is an F-Zero meets Star Fox Retro Combat Racer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-racer-is-an-f-zero-meets-star-fox-retro-combat-racer/
Whatnot Games has just announced a new retro combat racer that is heavily inspired by F-Zero and Star Fox. Titled Star Racer, this futuristic combat racing game is a tribute to your favorite 16-bit SNES games.

Sons Of The Forest will leave Steam Early Access on February 22nd
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sons-of-the-forest-will-leave-steam-early-access-on-february-22nd/
Endnight Games has announced that its open-world survival horror simulator, Sons Of The Forest, will leave Steam Early Access on February 22nd, 2024.

Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis gets official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-7-ever-crisis-gets-official-pc-system-requirements/
Square Enix has revealed the official PC system requirements for Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis. Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis is a new free-to-play FF game that originally came out on mobile devices. As such, by today’s standards, its PC requirements are quite low.

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance has been delayed until February 21st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/terminator-dark-fate-defiance-has-been-delayed-until-february-21st/
Slitherine has announced that Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance has been delayed until February 21st, 2024. The game was originally meant to come out on December 7th. However, it appears that the developers need a bit more time to polish it.