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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's latest breakout indie hit is a fantasy autobattler about how many magic items you can fit in your backpack
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/steams-latest-breakout-indie-hit-is-a-fantasy-autobattler-about-how-many-magic-items-you-can-fit-in-your-backpack/
I've been wondering when a game might finally tear me away from last month's indie Steam hit, poker roguelike Balatro. Turns out it's Backpack Battles, a PvP-ish (I'll explain that in a second) autobattler about playing inventory tetris with a bunch of magic items. It arrived in early access on March 8, and within two days it sold over 100,000 copies, according to its developer, Furcifer.
After playing a few rounds today, I'm not surprised about that huge sales total, or about the "Overwhelmingly Positive" scores on Steam, or its peak concurrents: over 35,000 players today. Backpack Battles is a ton of fun, so easy to get into that it doesn't need a tutorial, and has such lightning fast gameplay you can blast through a dozen matches on a work break.

Resident Evil achieves complete global saturation, sells enough copies to make it the 8th biggest country on Earth
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/resident-evil-achieves-complete-global-saturation-sells-enough-copies-to-make-it-the-8th-biggest-country-on-earth/
I admit it: I kind of thought, given that the original Resident Evil 4 has been reissued more times than the Bible and the Little Red Book combined, that enthusiasm for its full-blown remake might have been at a low ebb. Well, shows what I know. Capcom just announced that the RE4 remake has topped 7 million sales a little under a year post-release.
Not only that, but the Resident Evil series as a whole has sold over 154 million games since it first emerged from a gross flesh chrysalis back in 1996, which means you could give a copy to the entire population of Russia and still have almost eight million left in reserve. Congratulations to Resident Evil on becoming the eighth largest nation on Earth.

GOG has gour new Deals of the Day and a new Sale:

• These are the DotD, that will last 46 hours:
  • REPLIKATOR is 60% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/replikator
  • The Messenger has a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_messenger
  • Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection gets a 79% deal: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jazz_jackrabbit_2_collection
  • The fourth one is Dex, that has a demo, 90% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dex
• And the Platformers Sale features up to 92% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240312_platformers_sale

Steam has three new deals:

• The first Daily Deal is Starfield, 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716740/Starfield/
• The second Daily Deal is Untitled Goose Game, with a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/837470/Untitled_Goose_Game/
• And Tails of Iron is going to be 80% off until the 26th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1283410/Tails_of_Iron/

Fanatical has launched the BYO Expeditions Bundle, featuring 20 games to choose from to make a 3, 5 or 7 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-expeditions-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

You Can Now Play Resident Evil 2 Remake With Classic Fixed Camera Angles Thanks to This Amazing Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/resident-evil-2-remake-fixed-camera-mod/
Resident Evil fans, here is something special for you today. Modder ‘alphaZomega’ released a mod for Resident Evil 2 Remake that allows you to play it with classic fixed camera angles. So, waste no time and download it.
The modder has placed 1700 fixed camera angles in the game. These camera angles were all carefully placed. And yes, you can play the entire game, from start to finish, with this mod.
>> The article has a 15 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

Nobody Wants to Die is a new detective noir adventure game in Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nobody-wants-to-die-is-a-new-detective-noir-adventure-game-in-unreal-engine-5/
PLAION and Critical Hit Games have announced a new detective noir adventure game that will be powered by Unreal Engine 5, Nobody Wants to Die. This new title will be coming to PC in 2024, and below you can find its debut in-engine trailer.