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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10
 
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That game where you click a banana is now so popular it's poised to knock Baldur's Gate 3 off Steam's top 10 most-played games of all time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/that-game-where-you-click-a-banana-is-now-so-popular-its-poised-to-knock-baldurs-gate-3-off-steams-top-10-most-played-games-of-all-time/
Banana is a game where you repeatedly click on a banana, and that's about it. If that sounds dull, it is: I downloaded Banana and clicked the banana for a while, and that's pretty much all there is to do. 
But boy, is Banana popular. Since its launch in April, the free-to-play clicker has been steadily racking up massive player counts.
And I do mean massive. As of today, Banana has a peak concurrent player count of 858,915, which is up from 100,000 just over a week ago. Not only is that a huge explosion in players, that makes it the second most played game on Steam. No kidding. Only Counter-Strike 2 drew more Steam players than the game where you click a banana today.
That's not all. Banana is also threatening to usurp one of the most beloved and popular games of the past year: Baldur's Gate 3. Larian's D&D dating simulator has been camping in a cozy spot on Steam's list of the most played games of all time, with a peak concurrent player count of 875,343. That's only about 16,000 more players than Banana drew today.

GOG hasn’t launched a new Weekly Sale, or any other new sale. With Summer (or Winter for some of you) almost here, could that mean that the Summer Sale is close?

Steam has new offers and weeklong deals:

• The Police Smimulator franchise is on sale with up to 47% discounts until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/astragon/sale/policesimulator
• GROUND BRANCH, still in Early Access, will be 35% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/16900/GROUND_BRANCH/
• Publisher Untold Tales puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts until the 1st of July: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/untoldtales/sale/untoldtales2024
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is going to be 40% off until July 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2840770/Avatar_Frontiers_of_Pandora/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Planetiles is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2447030/Planetiles/
  • Right and Down gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008050/Right_and_Down/
  • Green Project has a 50% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274490/Green_Project/
  • Jenny LeClue – Detectivu gets a 60% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/319870/Jenny_LeClue__Detectivu/
  • LEGO Builder's Journey features a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1544360/LEGO_Builders_Journey/
  • And the last one BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, is 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/263300/BlazBlue_Calamity_Trigger/

Fanatical doesn’t have any new deal, but it has a giveaway for the World Music Day. Learn more here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/celebrating-world-music-day-with-fanatical.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout 4 just got an amazing Settler Built Settlements Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-just-got-an-amazing-settler-built-settlements-mod/
Modder ‘WhiskyTangoFox’ has released a pretty cool mod for Fallout 4. This mod, called Settler Built Settlements, will allow your settlers to build the settlements themselves. This is a godsend for those who don’t fancy investing time and effort into building a settlement.
So, thanks to this mod, you won’t have to build up every settlement piece by piece. Instead, you will only have to build the Settlement Building Supplies in the crafting menu. Then, you can leave (far enough away for the cell to unload), and the next time you return to the settlement your settlers will have built themselves some homes, crops, maybe even some defenses.
The modder also shared some additional details about how this mod works. It’s really simple if you think about it. Still, this is something that may interest some of you. So, here’s the “magic” behind it.
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GAMING NEWS

Epic Games will be the exclusive distributor for Lords of the Fallen 2 on PC, targeting a 2026 release date
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/epic-games-will-publish-lords-of-the-fallen-2-on-pc-targeting-a-2026-release-date/
CI Games signed up a publishing deal with Epic Games for the sequel to Lords of the Fallen, which targets a 2026 release date. According to the contract, Epic Games will be responsible for the release of Lords of the Fallen 2 for the “entire product life cycle.”

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to PC in 2024, gets official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-is-coming-to-pc-in-2024-gets-official-pc-system-requirements/
Saber Interactive officially revealed A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, coming later this year, to PC. Published by Saber and developed by Stormind Games, this first-person, single-player, horror adventure game, inspired by Paramount Pictures’ critically-acclaimed, blockbuster film franchise, takes players into the chilling world of A Quiet Place to experience an untold story of survival after humanity’s fall to deadly creatures that hunt by sound.

Black Myth: Wukong gets brand new beautiful 4K screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/black-myth-wukong-gets-brand-new-beautiful-4k-screenshots/
Game Science has released a new set of beautiful 4K screenshots for Black Myth: Wukong. These screenshots are from the game’s latest build and showcase its incredible visuals. So, go ahead and take a look at them.

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension is a new RPG from Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fantasian-neo-dimension-is-a-new-rpg-from-hironobu-sakaguchi-and-nobuo-uematsu/
Square Enix has just announced a new RPG, called FANTASIAN Neo Dimension. According to the publisher, the father of FINAL FANTASY, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu return to deliver an original story.

MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is officially coming to PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marvel-vs-capcom-fighting-collection-arcade-classics-is-officially-coming-to-pc/
Capcom has just launched the Steam store page for MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, confirming that this collection will be officially coming to PC.