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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Hades 2 hits 100K concurrent Steam players, crushing the original's record a day after its early access launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hades-2-hits-100k-concurrent-steam-players-crushing-the-originals-record-days-after-its-early-access-launch/
After a surprise early access release yesterday, Hades 2 has already hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, tripling the first game's record on the platform.
Hades 2 hit 103,567 concurrent players earlier today and is hovering around 100,000, according to SteamDB. Hades 1 only reached 37,749 concurrents in 2020, a few days after its full launch on Steam.

GOG has five new Deals of the Day and a new sale:

• These are the DotD, that will last 46 more hours:
  • Geneforge 2 – Infestation is 10% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/geneforge_2_infestation
  • Trepang2 gets a 33% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/trepang2
  • Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - Complete Edition is 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/kane_lynch_2_dog_days
  • Legend of Grimrock is also 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/legend_of_grimrock
  • The last one is Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, with a 82% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tomb_raider_the_angel_of_darkness
• The Mystery & Romance Sale brings up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240508_mystery_romance_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• Thief Simulator 2 will be 23% off until the 10th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332720/Thief_Simulator_2/
• Day of Dragons, still in Early Access, will feature a 44% discount until May 14: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088090/Day_of_Dragons/

Fanatical has three new 24h Flash Deals:

• King Arthur: Knight's Tale is 64% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/king-arthur-knights-tale
• Afterimage gets a 73% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/afterimage
• DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT Legendary Edition also has a 73% deal: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dragon-ball-z-kakarot-legendary-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Black Mesa: Military lets you experience the events of Half-Life from the perspective of a Hazardous Environments Combat Unit Marine
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/black-mesa-military-lets-you-experience-the-events-of-half-life-from-the-perspective-of-a-hazardous-environments-combat-unit-marine/
The Black Mesa: Military Development Group just dropped a new mod for Black Mesa called Black Mesa: Military. In this mod, you get to play as Steven Mills, a marine from the Hazardous Environments Combat Unit, and experience the events of Half-Life from his point of view.
In this game, you and your squad have to secure the Black Mesa Research Facility and eliminate any hostile forces. You’ll see the whole disaster from the villains’ side and even come face-to-face with Gordon Freeman himself.
In a way, this project is similar to Half-Life: Opposing Force. Opposing Force portrayed the events of Half-Life from the perspective of a U.S. Marine, one of the enemy characters in the original game. Of course, you don’t control the same marine. Still, both the mod and Opposing Force share the same concept.
The latest 2024 version of the mod includes all the chapters you could play before, but the modders have made them even better. They remastered and made them bigger. Plus, there are now fully captioned scenes. And guess what? There’s a brand-new soundtrack, a new voice actor, and new choreographed sequences for the Marines.
>> There’s a 2 minutes video of the mod.

My new favorite Elden Ring mod replaces Torrent, goats, deer, and boars with capybaras
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/my-new-favorite-elden-ring-mod-replaces-torrent-goats-deer-and-boars-with-capybaras/
If you're anything like me, you're eager for it to be June 21 already, when Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree drops. FromSoftware's largest expansion to date, it promises a slew of new horrific enemies to battle, creepy lands to explore, and weapons to collect. In the meantime, however, we can cruise around the Lands Between in style as we collect all the runes, smithing stones, and talismans our hearts desire on a brand new mount.
A giant capybara.
Delamain's "Capybara Island" mod, available here on Nexus Mods, turns our beloved Torrent into a gigantic fluffy capybara. Apparently it also changes all goats, deer, and wild boars as well, which begs the question of whether or not our intrepid mod author took the time to animate the capybaras rolling around like maniacs. Why do the goats in Elden Ring roll around like that, anyway? Someone ping the lore guys, we've got big questions here.
>> The article only has one screenshot.

GAMING NEWS

The next Battlefield is described as a “tremendous live service” game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-next-battlefield-is-described-as-a-tremendous-live-service-game/
Electronic Arts held today its Q4 2024 Earnings Call. In that call, its CEO, Andrew Wilson, said that the next Battlefield game will be a “tremendous live service” title.
This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Still, this is something that may disappoint a lot of BF fans. But hey, both COD and BF will do their best to offer a GaaS model so that they can keep pushing multiple Seasons.