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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Before posting the new free game from the Epic Store, I must apologize: Yesterday they launched a 24 hours free game and I missed it completely. Even worse, I don't know if there had been more 24 hour deals before that I also missed. So yeah, I've failed you. I'd love to say that it won't happen again, but I'll be honest, it likely will.
In any case, this is the new free game they're giving during the next 24 hours: Melvor Idle: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/melvor-idle-b6a9b3.

Steam has a new deal, but it will end once the Winter Sale begins, so it's not worth sharing.

There are a couple of things to say about Humble:

• Humble Bundle has launched the Happy Holidays with GOG RPGs, featuring up to 7 games to get during 20 days. Needless to say, the keys are for GOG as the name of the bundle implies: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/happy-holidays-with-gog-rpgs
• And may (or not) remember how Tuesday I posted a new sale from the Humble Store, with Merge Games putting its game on sale during 43 days and I said that this couldn't be right. Well, it wasn't. It has been corrected and the sale will last another 10 days. So check it out if you didn't do it before: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/merge-games-spotlight-sale/

Fanatical has a couple of new deals:

• The new Star Deal is ELDEN RING, 47% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/elden-ring
• There's a "new" bundle: the Star Wars Collection, with 14 games with an 80% discount during 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/star-wars-collection

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

The ESRB has started slapping blockchain games with Adults Only ratings, so Epic has changed its store policy to allow them
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-esrb-has-started-slapping-blockchain-games-with-adults-only-ratings-so-epic-has-changed-its-store-policy-to-allow-them/
Unlike Steam, the Epic Games Store has a hard-and-fast rule against adult content. Its content guidelines state very clearly that "products with Adults Only ratings cannot be distributed on the Epic Games Store." But it recently updated those guidelines to allow AO-rated games on the store for one specific reason: If they were given that rating because they involve blockchain trading.
>> Did anyone say hypocresy?

Oh thank God: I can finally hide all those weird sex games I've got piled up in my Steam library
https://www.pcgamer.com/oh-thank-god-i-can-finally-hide-all-those-weird-sex-games-ive-got-piled-up-in-my-steam-library/
We learned in November that Valve was working on a new feature that will enable Steam users to mark individual games in their games as "private," preventing everyone else in the world from knowing it's there. That feature has now gone live in the latest Steam client beta, which also includes changes to the Steam shopping cart that will make purchasing gifts for other people a whole lot easier.
>> It's kind of funny that these two articles have launched the same day. Who cares more about its users?

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Alan Wake 2, Metro: Exodus, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, The Witcher 3 & more running with AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-witcher-3-star-wars-jedi-survivor-metro-exodus-alan-wake-2-amd-fsr-3-0-frame-generation/
A few days ago, we informed you about a mod/tool that allows you to enable AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation in all the games that currently support DLSS 3. What’s also great is that the team behind it has been updating it on a daily basis. Not only that but modder LukeFZ is also working on a similar mod/project. As such, we’ve decided to share a few videos that showcase these FSR 3.0 Mods in action.
>> The article has seven videos.

GAMING NEWS

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 Patch 1.4.0 adds CRT scanlines & allows you to disable Smoothing
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-1-patch-1-4-0-crt-scanlines-smoothing/
Konami has just released Title Update 1.4.0 for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1. This patch adds a Pixel Perfect Screen setting and a CRT scanlines filter, and it will now allow you to disable the awful Smoothing effect.

Leaked gameplay footage from Marvel’s Wolverine PC Dev Build
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/leaked-gameplay-footage-from-marvels-wolverine-pc-dev-build/
A couple of days ago, we informed you about the massive Insomniac leak which, among other things, revealed the existence of a PC version of Marvel’s Wolverine. In fact, Insomniac Games had a PC Dev Build for this game which got leaked online. And below, you can find some gameplay footage from it.