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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away LOVE: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/love-65c4d0
There's no mention on what they'll give away next week.

GOG hosts Toge Productions' 15th Anniversary Sale, featuring up to 80% discounts until January, the 24th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_toge_productions_publisher_sale.

Steam has two new deals:

• Darkwood will be 75% off until the 24th of January: https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/Darkwood/
• And we also find Toge Productions' 15th Anniversary Sale, bu this time with up to 90% discounts until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/togeproductions/sale/togesale2024

And Fanatical has launched the new BYO Shooter Bundle, featuring 19 titles to choose from for your 3, 5 or 8 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-shooter-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New RTX Remix Path Tracing Screenshots for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/new-rtx-remix-path-tracing-screenshots-for-dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic/
In August 2023, we informed you about an RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. And today, we have some new screenshots to share from it.
Created by wiltOS Technologies, this mod aims to implement full Ray Tracing/Path Tracing effects to this classic title. And, as with most of the RTX Remix Mods we’ve shared these past few days, the following screenshots are not based on the upcoming Open Beta build of RTX Remix. However, the modding team aims to properly use those tools once they come out. As such, this RTX Remix will keep getting better and better. So yeah, make sure to keep that in mind.
Now what’s interesting here is that in order to make Dark Messiah of Might and Magic compatible with RTX Remix, wiltOS Technologies had to make it work with the DX7 API. The modding team claimed that this API downgrade had a visual impact on the game’s reflections. However, thanks to RTX Remix, they have managed to add path-traced reflections which are better in every way than the DX9 shader-based reflections.
There is currently no ETA on when this RTX Remix Mod will come out. However, the modding team already got access to the Open Beta build of RTX Remix, and it has experimented with it. So, hopefully, we’ll see more screenshots and videos in the coming weeks.

You can now play as Halo’s Master Chief in Starfield
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/halo-master-chief-starfield-mod/
Halo and Starfield fans, here is something for you today. Modder ‘Bonepunk’ has just released a new mod for Starfield that allows you to play as Master Chief from the Halo games.
To be more precise, this mod adds different Spartan Cores and Attachments from Halo Infinite to Starfield. And yes, it also includes the classic Mark V and Mark VI armors that Master Chief uses. As such, you can use them and role-play as Master Chief in Bethesda’s RPG.
You can download the mod from this link. Make also sure to download the 4K Textures for it that are included on that page. At the end of the article, you can also find some screenshots from it.

Batman: Arkham Knight mod fills age-old plot hole about how the Dark Knight stays hydrated, blasts Dr Pepper toward thugs 'at a solid 112MPH'
https://www.pcgamer.com/batman-arkham-knight-mod-fills-age-old-plot-hole-about-how-the-dark-knight-stays-hydrated-blasts-dr-pepper-toward-thugs-at-a-solid-112mph/
Look, I'm not going to lie to you, this is very stupid. So stupid that it might be very important? No. But it has produced some truly spectacular screenshots, and I'll be good and goddamned if I don't gin up some excuse to show them to you.
I'm talking, of course, about The Dr Pepper, a mod for Batman: Arkham Knight that replaces the Dark Knight's Freeze Blast gadget with a, uh, can of Dr Pepper. Yes.
Created by a modder named MrBinks—who usually dabbled in suit mods before experiencing some kind of traumatic, soda-related life event—The Dr Pepper pledges to answer the age-old question "How in the hell does the so-called 'Dark Knight' stay hydrated?" A question that's animated forums and comment sections for years if not decades.
>> The article has some screenshots.

GAMING NEWS

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered vs Original Screenshots Comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-vs-original-screenshots-comparison/
Aspyr Media has shared some comparison screenshots between Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and the original versions of these classic TR games. These screenshots will give you a glimpse of the graphical improvements that these remasters bring to the table. So, go ahead and take a look at them.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 & Warzone 2 now support AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-warzone-2-amd-fsr-3-0-frame-generation/
Beenox has just released a new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone 2 that adds support for AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation. This will allow most PC gamers who use an Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPU to enable Frame Generation.

Take-Two has sued Remedy over its new studio logo [UPDATE: Remedy responds]
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/take-two-has-sued-remedy-over-its-studio-logo/
After chasing and suing modders, Take-Two went one step further. Yeap, as the title implies, Take-Two has sued Remedy Entertainment. The reason you may ask? The use of the letter “R” in its new logo. And no, that’s not an out-of-date April’s Fools joke.
UPDATE Remedy has responded, claiming that it has already resolved this situation with Take-Two.
>> They solved it last year...

Last edited by JEMC - on 18 January 2024