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It’s time for the Friday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is out now and tearing up the Steam charts
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-is-out-now-and-tearing-up-the-steam-charts/
The moment it became available on Steam, the positive user reviews for Elden Ring's new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion started pouring in. The DLC has almost a thousand ratings as I write. None of these players have seen much of the Land of Shadow yet—the expansion is much larger than we were initially led to believe and has barely been out for an hour.
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More than 550,000 Steam players are currently online in Elden Ring, a pretty amazing draw for a DLC launch on a Thursday. Elden Ring's all-time concurrents peak, recorded just after it launched two years ago, was 953,426—we might see it beat that number this weekend.

The Humble Store has launched the School’s Out Sale, with up to 90% discounts during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/schools-out/.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, 90% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts
• The BYO Platinum Collection for June has launched, featuring 20 games to choose from: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/diamond-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang hints at the possibilities of DLSS 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-hints-at-the-possibilities-of-dlss-4/
A lot of people have been wondering about the future of DLSS. What new features will NVIDIA introduce? And we may now have an idea of what we can expect from it. During a Q&A session, NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang shared his thoughts about the future of DLSS. Huang hinted that future versions of DLSS, presumably DLSS 4, will be able to generate textures and objects.
As NVIDIA’s CEO specifically said:
“We already use AI for neural graphics, and we can generate pixels based off of few input pixels (Editor’s Note: that’s DLSS 2). We also generate frame between frames – not interpolation, but generation (Editor’s Note: that’s DLSS 3). In the future, we’ll even generate textures and objects, and the objects can be of lower quality and we can make them look better.”
>> And it will be obviously locked to the 5000 series or whatever the new cards are when it launches.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Resident Evil 5 now has HD Texture Packs for all enemies, main characters and weapons
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/resident-evil-5-now-has-hd-texture-packs-for-all-enemies-main-characters-and-weapons/
A lot of gamers have been asking for a remaster or a remake of Resident Evil 5. And until that happens, PC gamers can enjoy RE5 with mods, something that will give them a glimpse at what a remaster may look like.
YouTube’s ‘AwesomeMods’ has released new HD Texture Packs for this RE game. These packs cover all enemies, weapons and the main characters. As such, you can find HD textures for Chris, Jill, Wesker, Sheva and more.
Sadly, this pack does not overhaul any of the environmental textures. Not only that but the Ultimate HD Edition Mod is no longer available for download. That’s a bummer as that pack brought major improvements to the game’s environments. And that’s why we always recommend downloading the packs the moment we share them.
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To improve the textures, the modder used AI tools to upscale the original textures. As such, the new modded textures retain the art style of the vanilla ones. This is crucial as RE5 has a distinct look.
>> There’s an almost 11 minutes video.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's release has busted the Seamless Co-op mod, but its creator has a fix incoming 'as soon as possible'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtrees-release-has-busted-the-seamless-co-op-mod-but-its-creator-has-a-fix-incoming-as-soon-as-possible/
Ever since Elden Ring released on PC modders have been tinkering with FromSoftware's brilliant RPG, and by far the most popular out there is the Seamless Co-op mod, which has been downloaded 3.8 million times. FromSoftware's games have gravitated towards making co-op easier, but Elden Ring still imposes considerable restrictions on the length of time you can spend together. Seamless Co-op simply says "sod that", and lets you play through the entire game with a buddy.
The release of Elden Ring's major new expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, can be expected to cause some problems for mods, and Seamless Co-op is among them. Indeed, as soon as Erdtree was released, players noted that Seamless Co-op had stopped working. But the mod's creator, Luke Yui, is on the case and reckons he's already successfully rewritten it but has to do some testing before releasing it.
"The DLC has been out for half an hour," writes Yui in the mod's Discord. "The Seamless Coop rewrite has been patched to support it—however, it still needs to be tested. Also, some features and bugfixes from older versions are still missing from the rewrite, and they're big enough to hold off the release until they're implemented [...] I'm putting all the efforts I can manage to release the mod as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience."

GAMING NEWS

New trailers for Fear Effect, Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, Fighting Force Collection, GEX Trilogy and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailers-for-fear-effect-bubsy-in-the-purrfect-collection-fighting-force-collection-gex-trilogy-and-more/
Limited Run Games has released new trailers for Fear Effect, Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, Fighting Force Collection, GEX Trilogy and the Tomba! games. As such, I’ve decided to share all of them in one big article.

Jurassic Park and Crysis inspired FPS, Ferocious, gets new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/jurassic-park-and-crysis-inspired-fps-ferocious-gets-new-gameplay-trailer/
IGN has shared a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming action-packed first-person shooter, Ferocious. Ferocious is developed by a small team and promises to please a lot of old-school FPS fans.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 gets a 6-minute gameplay overview trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/warhammer-40k-space-marine-2-gets-a-6-minute-gameplay-overview-trailer/
Focus Entertainment has released a new 6-minute gameplay trailer for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. According to the publisher, the game’s Creative Director, Oliver Hollis-Leick, narrates the video. In it, he explains more about the main story, multiplayer modes, and how players can level up in the game.

Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition is coming to PC on June 25th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/beyond-good-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-is-coming-to-pc-on-june-25th/
Ubisoft has announced that Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition will be officially coming to PC on June 25th. To celebrate this announcement, the publisher shared a gameplay trailer that you can find below.
>> Oh, and Ubisoft has taken the opportunity to say once again (29 times already), that BG&E 2 is still alive.

STAR WARS Battlefront Classic Collection Update III Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-update-iii-released-full-patch-notes/
Aspyr has released the third major update for the STAR WARS Battlefront Classic Collection. According to the release notes, Title Update 3 brings further improvements to server stability. It also fixes various issues with the game crashing unexpectedly. As such, these two classic Battlefront games should run better now.

Two minutes of raw gameplay footage from the Unreal Engine 5-powered narrative FPS adventure game, INDUSTRIA 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/two-minutes-of-raw-gameplay-footage-from-the-unreal-engine-5-powered-narrative-fps-adventure-game-industria-2/
IGN has shared a new video, showcasing two minutes of raw gameplay footage from the Unreal Engine 5-powered narrative FPS adventure game, INDUSTRIA 2.