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Manor Lords shatters Steam city builder record with over 170,000 concurrent players
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/manor-lords-shatters-steam-city-builder-record-with-over-170000-concurrent-players/
How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? Did you watch any good movies? Did your videogame sell over a million copies and break the Steam record for a city builder with over 170,000 concurrent players within a single day of launching into early access?
Not a lot of people can answer yes to that last one, but developer Slavic Magic can. According to Hooded Horse, publisher of Manor Lords, the early access city builder had a record-breaking launch:
"Since yesterday's launch Manor Lords has already sold over 1 million copies & hit a peak Steam concurrent player count of 170k—highest ever for a city builder (or for other different genres like GSG/4x/colony sim)," the publisher said on Twitter.
>> Not only it’s a success in sales, but it also seems to be very stable.

Gray Zone Warfare tops Steam's best sellers partly thanks to disgruntled Tarkov players: 'at least it doesn't cost 250 dollars'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/gray-zone-warfare-tops-steams-best-sellers-partly-thanks-to-disgruntled-tarkov-players-at-least-it-doesnt-cost-250-dollars/
After a rather tumultuous week for the Escape From Tarkov community, where developers Battlestate Games managed to wipe out years of goodwill in one fell swoop, a new game has rocked up, and it's looking to swipe some angry fans. 
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In the wake of all of this a new contender entered the playing field: Gray Zone Warfare is a rival extraction shooter with a similar unforgiving nature contrasted with a tropical setting and a less specific military contractor vibe. It launched in early access today, and so far, it has seen some impressive numbers.  Gray Zone Warfare is currently sitting at the top of
Steam's best sellers, beating the newly released city builder Manor Lords and the ever present CS2. But unfortunately that hasn't translated to user reviews very well: It has a mostly negative review score on its Steam page, sitting at 33% at time of writing. While some of the top comments are slating Tarkov, many more explain some fundamental problems with this FPS. 

GOG has launched three new sales:

• The new Weekly Sale has up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240430_weekly_deals_1_may
• The Horror Sale has games up to 95% off for 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240429_horror_sale
• And the Tactical Sale has up to 95% deals during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240430_tactical_sale

Steam has three sales and new weeklong deals:

• Publisher CI Games puts its titles on sale with up to 90% discounts until the 6th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/cigames2024
• The Koei Tecmo Golden Week Sale has up to 77% deals until May, 9: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/KOEITECMO/sale/gw2024
• The Eastern Game Fest has games up to 73% off. Many games don’t list when the deal will end, but at least one says the 13th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/egf2024
• And here’s a sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Colossal Cave, that has a demo and is compatible with VR, is going to be 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2215540/Colossal_Cave/
  • Havendock, still in Early Access, features a 30% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/
  • Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2676000/Combat_Mission_Final_Blitzkrieg/
  • PAWARUMI has a 67% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/610410/PAWARUMI/
  • Chernobyl: Origins is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1948090/Chernobyl_Origins/
  • And Flashback has a massive 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/961620/Flashback/

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator will be 85% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/suchart-genius-artist-simulator
Tomorrow, Fanatical will start its May Madness Sale. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/2024-may-madness-gaming-deals-and-more.

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Manor Lords VR Mod is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/manor-lords-vr-mod-download/
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. This game came out on Steam Early Access last week, and it was a big hit. And, from the looks of it, there is already a VR Mod for it that you can download and use.
Manor Lords is powered by Unreal Engine 4. As such, the game already supports Praydog’s UEVR. For those unaware, UEVR is a project that allows PC gamers to experience over 11,000 UE games in 6DOF VR. Basically, this mod brings VR support to a lot of games using Unreal Engine.
So, Manor Lords is currently playable in 6DOF VR. Right now, the game is currently only playable with KB&M. However, modders should be able to add support for motion controls. Now that will be amazing. VR motion controls would elevate this game to new heights. It will be like playing a medieval “Minority Report” game.
>> There’s a roughly 4 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

Gray Zone Warfare hits Steam Early Access tomorrow
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gray-zone-warfare-hits-steam-early-access-tomorrow/
MADFINGER Games has announced that its tactical MMO open-world FPS, Gray Zone Warfare, will hit Steam Early Access tomorrow. To celebrate this announcement, the team has also shared a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.
>> That tomorrow is today.

F1 24 gets new video, featuring 13 minutes of raw gameplay
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/f1-24-gets-new-video-featuring-13-minutes-of-raw-gameplay/
Electronic Arts has released a new video for F1 24, featuring 13 minutes of raw gameplay footage. This video features a number of stages in various weather conditions, and it will give you an idea of the game’s graphics and driving mechanics.

Commandos: Origins gets a gameplay teaser trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/commandos-origins-gets-a-gameplay-teaser-trailer/
Kalypso Media has released a gameplay teaser trailer for its upcoming Commandos game, Commandos: Origins. This teaser trailer features a few gameplay sequences. As such, it can give you a glimpse at what you can expect from this new strategy game.
>> Yup. Looks like a Commandos game.

Dune Awakening Closed Beta In-Game Screenshots Leaked Online
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/dune-awakening-closed-beta-in-game-screenshots-leaked-online/
Dune Awakening will be powered by Unreal Engine 5, and it will take full advantage of both Nanite and Lumen. In March 2024, Funcom shared its first gameplay trailer which gave us a look at its art style and graphics. And, from the looks of it, some new in-game screenshots from its ongoing Closed Beta phase have been leaked online.

Unreal Engine 5-Powered Life Simulation Game, inZOI, Gets Official Roadmap Overview Gameplay Trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/unreal-engine-5-powered-life-simulation-game-inzoi-gets-official-roadmap-overview-gameplay-trailer/
Gamespot has shared the official roadmap overview gameplay trailer for KRAFTON’s answer to EA’s The Sims, inZOI. In this trailer, the game’s developers share some new details about their game. Moreover, we get to see some new gameplay footage from it. So, if you are a fan of the genre, I highly recommend checking it out.