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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

With 800,000 copies of Dwarf Fortress sold, the newly minted millionaire creators' most high-roller purchase has been a Honda Civic
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/with-800000-copies-of-dwarf-fortress-sold-the-newly-minted-millionaire-creators-most-ludicrous-largesse-has-been-a-honda-civic/
Dwarf Fortress has existed as a free game for near-enough two decades, but its 2022 premium version—now with graphics—has gone from strength to strength. It turned Tarn and Zach Adams (Dwarf Fortress' original creators) into millionaires, and had sold over half a million copies as of March last year.
But that's old news, because the brothers told PCG at this year's GDC that it's now sold 800,000 copies and taken root on over a million wishlists. At this point, it seems like a million sales for one of the most profoundly free games in existence is all but assured. Do the brothers have a plan to reward themselves when they hit the milestone? Ah, well, not really.

The Epic Store gives away two games:

• The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition
• Thief: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/thief-5bb95f

Next week, they’ll give away Ghostrunner.

Hold your wallets tight, because GOG has five new sales:

• The Weekly Sale features up to 90% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240403_weekly_deals_1_april
• The NSFW Sale also brings up to 90% deals during the same 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240403_nsfw_sale
• The What Do We Do In The Shadows Sale, based on stealth games, also has games up to 90% off during, once again, 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240403_stealth_sale
• The Freshen Up Sale has a bit of everything, with up to 95% deals for the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240403_freshen_up_sale
• And the last one, the Point, Think, Click! Sale, also has games up to 95% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240403_point_click_puzzle

Steam has three new deals:

• Doors: Paradox is going to be 40% off until April, 9th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622770/Doors_Paradox/
• Monument Valley: Panoramic Collection, a bundle with the two games, gets a 58% discount until the 17th of April (the individual games are 50% off): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25548/Monument_Valley_Panoramic_Collection/
• The third deal involves The Battle of Polytopia, with a 60% deal until the same 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/874390/The_Battle_of_Polytopia/

There’s a new Humble Bundle: the Train Sim World 4: Top Up Your Timetable Bundle, with up to 15 items to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/train-sim-world-4-top-up-your-timetable.

And Fanatical has a new Star Deal and a bundle:

• The Star Deal is Paleo Pines, 50% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/paleo-pines
• The BYO Platinum Collection for April is live, with 18 games to pick from for your bundle of 3, 5 or 7: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

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GAMING NEWS

Where Winds Meet PC Closed Beta begins on April 19th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/where-winds-meet-pc-closed-beta-begins-on-april-19th/
Everstone Games has announced that the first PC closed beta testing for Where Winds Meet will begin on April 19th. To celebrate this announcement, the team also shared a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.

Gameplay videos and screenshots surface for Monolith’s canceled Batman game
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/gameplay-videos-and-screenshots-surface-for-monoliths-canceled-batman-game/
A couple of videos and screenshots have surfaced for Monolith’s canceled Batman game. Codenamed Project Apollo, these screenshots and videos show a game that had a lot of potential. So, let’s take a look at them, shall we?

Palworld Title Update v0.2.0.6 Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/palworld-title-update-v0-2-0-6-released-full-patch-notes/
Pocketpair has released Title Update v0.2.0.6 for Palworld, and shared its full patch notes. According to the changelog, this latest update adds the first Raid Boss to the game, as well as some new items and a new passive ability.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 will run with 60fps only on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hellblade-2-60fps-only-pc/
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is one of the most anticipated games of 2024. And, from the looks of it, this new Unreal Engine 5-powered game will be able to run with 60fps only on PC.

Horizon Forbidden West PC Patch 1.1.47.0 Released, Bringing DLSS Frame Generation and Stability Improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/horizon-forbidden-west-pc-patch-1-1-47-0-released-bringing-dlss-frame-generation-and-stability-improvements/
Nixxes has released Title Update 1.1.47.0 for the PC version of Horizon: Forbidden West. According to the release notes, this patch brings DLSS Frame Generation and stability improvements, as well as various optimizations. So, let’s now take a closer look at it.