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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Despite all the difficulty grousing, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has sold 5 million copies in less than a week
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/despite-all-the-difficulty-grousing-elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-has-sold-5-million-copies-in-less-than-a-week/
I don't want to sound hasty, but I'm starting to suspect that people are pretty into this Shadow of the Erdtree business. It's just a hunch I have, based largely on a tweet from the official Elden Ring Twitter account thanking Tarnished around the globe, who in less than a week since the DLC's release have purchased more than 5 million copies. I'm sure Miquella's flattered by all the attention. 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Steam numbers have dwindled into the low hundreds, placing it side-by-side with Gotham Knights
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-s-steam-numbers-have-dwindled-into-the-low-hundreds-placing-it-side-by-side-with-gotham-knights/
I confess, I have not set my eyes on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Steam numbers for a while. I've been predominantly busy with Shadow of the Erdtree and, today, Final Fantasy 14.
Rocksteady's ill-fated live service shooter had mostly slipped my mind and, with fellow PC Gamer writer Morgan Park's assertion that it was, against all odds, a harmless bit of middle-of-the-road fun, I'd at least assumed it would've garnered a modest but tidy audience. Too humble to make up for a $200 million loss, sure, but enough to keep its gears running.
Jeez, though. Things are a lot worse than I imagined.
Looking at the stats SteamDB over the past 3 months, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has endured a steady decline from a still-not-great 2,700 players in March. By the end of April, only 170 people were playing it on Steam. This rose to about 500 again in May with the advent of Season 1, Episode 2, but soon returned to numbers that're almost hamlet-sized. At the time of writing, its 24-hour peak is 210 players. That's around the same as Gotham Knights right now, a similar faux pa that came out two whole years beforehand.
>> I hope this game doesn’t kill Rocksteady.

The Humble Store has a new sale, with the Assetto Corsa franchise on sale with up to 75% discounts during 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/assetto-corsa-sale-2024/.

Fanatical has a charity bundle, the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) Charity Bundle has 16 games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/nspcc-charity-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 24.6.1 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-24-6-1

Highlights
New Game Support

• The First Descendant
• Once Human

Expanded HYPR-Tune Support

• HYPR-TUNE Profiles
  • Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth
  • Overwatch® 2
  • The First Descendent
  • F1® 24
  • Outpost: Infinity Siege
• Enable HYPR-RX and get an instant boost in performance of up to 149% on the Radeon™ RX 7800XT GPU across games like Baldur’s Gate 3, F1 23, Resident Evil 4 and more!

Expanded Operating System Support

• Support for Windows 11, version 24H2.

AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 Support for Counter-Strike 2
Takes responsive gaming to the next level by introducing an in-game option to optimally pace frames, further reducing input lag on AMD RDNA™ architecture-based discrete and integrated graphics products.

• Get a decrease in latency in Counter-Strike 2 of up to 40% with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 at 4K on the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE graphics card.
• Get a decrease in latency in Counter-Strike 2 of up to 27% with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 at 1080p on the AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700G processor with AMD Radeon™ 780M graphics.

AI on Radeon

• Performance improvements and memory footprint reduction for Large Language Models (LLMs) thanks to 4-bit quantization acceleration support for all RDNA™ series discrete graphics products and RDNA™ 3 series integrated graphics products running ONNXRuntime with DirectML.

AI Development on Radeon

• Technology Preview for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) enabling PyTorch users with supported hardware to develop with AMD ROCm™ software on a Windows system, eliminating the need for dual boot set ups.

Expanded Agility SDK Support
Introducing support for Agility SDK 1.613 and Microsoft’s Agility SDK 1.614.0 functionality:

• Microsoft DirectX 12 Work Graphs 1.0 API
  D3D12 Work Graphs support for AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series graphics cards, learn more HERE
• GPU Upload Heaps
  See the DirectX Blog HERE, or our GPUOpen Blog post on GPU Upload Heaps HERE.
• Shader Model 6.8 – Including Wave Size Range and Expanded Comparison Sampling
  See Shader Model 6.8 specification for more information.
• R9B9G9E5 Support for Render Targets and UAV
  See Microsoft’s Agility SDK 1.614.0 for more information.

Fixed Issues

• Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas may fail to launch.
• Improvement to intermittent driver timeout or application crash experienced while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2 on AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 series GPUs.
• AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Performance Metrics may intermittently fail to update while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2.
• Intermittent system freeze or low FPS on hybrid graphics notebooks pairing certain FreeSync enabled displays.

>> The driver could have launched earlier this week, but the guy that has to write the notes needed more time.

INTEL Arc Graphics 31.0.101.5593 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-31-0-101-5593

Highlights
Gaming Highlights:
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for:

• Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
• The First Descendant

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Ubisoft is working on multiple Assassin’s Creed Remakes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-is-working-on-multiple-assassins-creed-remakes/
Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, confirmed that its company is working on multiple remakes of older Assassin’s Creed games. Yep, Ubi will do its best to capitalize on this franchise so that it can boost its revenue. This, of course, shouldn’t surprise anyone as every company is remaking its older titles.
>> Wanna guess which ones? I’d say that Black Flag is a given.

Alkahest is another indie action adventure RPG that is heavily inspired by Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/alkahest-is-another-indie-action-adventure-rpg-that-is-heavily-inspired-by-dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic/
A couple of days ago, we informed you about an indie first-person action game that is heavily inspired by Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, called The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods. And today, we have another similar indie game, called Alkahest.
Developed by Push On, Alkahest is an action adventure RPG that is inspired by Dishonored, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a two-hour free trial on PC until July 18th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dragons-dogma-2-has-a-two-hour-free-trial-on-pc-until-july-18th/
Capcom is currently offering a free trial for Dragon’s Dogma 2 on PC for a limited time. Until July 18th, PC gamers can download and enjoy the game’s first two hours for free.

FromSoftware dev warns about mouse software potentially causing framerate stutters in Elden Ring
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fromsoftware-dev-warns-about-mouse-software-potentially-causing-framerate-stutters-in-elden-ring/
With the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion for Elden Ring, a lot of reports surfaced about the game’s performance. Numerous people have reported stuttering issues in it. According to the reports, these stutters can occur randomly. And from the looks of it, mouse control software can potentially harm the game’s performance. Or at least that’s what the official FromSoftware player support “X/Twitter” account claims.

Konami has showcased all the color filters of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, including its iconic Legacy Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/konami-has-showcased-all-the-color-filters-of-metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-including-its-iconic-legacy-mode/
Konami has just showcased all the available color filters that will be available in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Players will be able to use four color filters. These are Normal, Legacy, Retro and Sepia.