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The Thursday Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has quite a few new deals:

• These are the new Limited Time Deals, that will last 46 hours:
  • The first one is 1000xRESIST, 10% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/1000xresist
  • Kenshi gets a 60% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/kenshi
  • Empire Earth 2 Gold Edition features a 67% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/empire_earth_2_gold
  • The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series is gong to be 75% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_walking_dead_the_telltale_definitive_series
• The new Strategy Promo features up to 90% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_strategy_promo
• The new Weekly Sale is live, with up to 95% off games during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240723_weekly_deals_3_july
• A Medieval Fantasy Sale called Of Legends & Tales Promo will feature up to 95% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_of_legends_fantasy
• And the last one from GOG, the All Your Favorite Heroes Promo, has games up to 90% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_all_your_fave_heroes_popculture

Steam has three new deals:

• Patron is going to be 80% off until July 30: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538570/Patron/
• Loop Hero gets a 75% discount until the 5th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282730/Loop_Hero/
• And Scars Above will be 80% off until the 6th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196090/Scars_Above/

And Fanatical’s new Star Deal is Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer, 50% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/slayers-x-terminal-aftermath-vengance-of-the-slayer.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Someone is working on a fan remake of the 1993 Star Wars: Rebel Assault in Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/someone-is-working-on-a-fan-remake-of-the-1993-star-wars-rebel-assault-in-unreal-engine-5/
YouTube’s ‘UnrealWars’ appears to be working on a fan remake of Star Wars: Rebel Assault in Unreal Engine 5. Although there is currently no ETA, you can find below the first trailer for it.
Star Wars: Rebel Assault was a 1993 rail shooter that came out on MS-DOS and old consoles. From what I remember, the game can be finished in an hour or so.
Unlike other fan remakes, this one will most likely see the light of day. After all, this is a rail shooter. So, in theory, UnrealWars should be able to finish it.
In Star Wars: Rebel Assault, players will join Rookie One as they pilot iconic starfighters, engage in intense dogfights, and embark on daring missions against the Empire.
>> The article has a short video.

GAMING NEWS

Former EA devs are making a 3v3 basketball game without all the 'GM modes and micromanagement and opening packs' of modern pro sports games
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/former-ea-devs-are-making-a-3v3-basketball-game-without-all-the-gm-modes-and-micromanagement-and-opening-packs-of-modern-pro-sports-games/
Each year's slate of new pro sports games comes with a goofy set of new proper nouns to describe their cutting-edge animation and physics systems: Madden introduced "FieldSENSE" a few years ago, for instance, and now Madden NFL 25 promises "FieldSENSE powered by BOOM Tech." You can't make this stuff up, unless you're EA of course, in which case you literally have.
A group of former EA developers have left that technical arms race behind to make a different kind of sports game, one they think has been missing from the scene. Announced today, The Run: Got Next is a 3v3 arcade basketball game with quick matches for our hopelessly corroded attention spans (and no BOOM Tech). And unlike certain other sports games—EA's new college football game comes to mind—it's getting a PC release as a priority.

'Our resolve is unwavering and should not be tested': Major union SAG-AFTRA breaks glass on big red strike button as negotiations continue on voice actor AI protections
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/our-resolve-is-unwavering-and-should-not-be-tested-major-union-sag-aftra-breaks-glass-on-big-red-strike-button-as-negotiations-continue-on-voice-actor-ai-protections/
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Aside from the fact we've now got to worry about Google's new features recommending we drink our own wee, generative AI has been a nightmare for voice actors, and videogame companies haven't been doing enough to protect performers according to SAG-AFTRA. As an announcement statement reads:
"Our resolve is unwavering and should not be tested. Our membership voted more than 98% yes to authorise a strike of this contract should the employers not come to the table with a deal that includes our critical provisions—especially in A.I."

Ubisoft's live-service pirate sim Skull and Bones pulls into port on Steam this August
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/ubisofts-live-service-pirate-sim-skull-and-bones-pulls-into-port-on-steam-this-august/
Skull and Bones! Ubisoft's pirate sim wasn't great when I tried it: A hodge-podge of not particularly thrilling systems that were anyway obscured by all sorts of live-service stuff. Our Shaun Prescott scored it 68% in his Skull and Bones review, while Tyler Wilde found that it just made him really want to see what was going on in Sea of Thieves. Not glowing recommendations, in general.
And yet, to its credit, Ubisoft keeps trying. In the wake of a free week and the game's second season, the company has announced that Skull and Bones will finally be making the long voyage over to Steam, where it'll launch on August 22. The Steam page is live now, in case you'd like to go and marvel at it. 

Last edited by JEMC - on 24 July 2024