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It’s Thursday and these are the news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store, that celebrates its Epic Savings until November 18, gives away the following:

• Deceive Inc.: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/deceive-inc
• Apex Legends™: Ash Free Unlock Bundle: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/apex-legends-season-23-epic-content-offer-ecf761

Next week, they’ll give away Castlevania Anniversary Collection.

GOG has two new sales, sorry, promos:

• The Indie Games Promo comes with up to 90% discounts during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20241118_indie_promo
• Meanwhile, the Strategy Games Promo also has games up to 90% off and also for the next 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20241107_strategy_promo

We find two new deals at Steam:

• Age of Mythology: Retold is going to be 20% off until the 11th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/
• The Steam China Indie Games Week features up to 80% discounts. The sale says that it will last until the 12th, but there’s at least one deal that’s going to last until the 20th, so better check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/double11

Humble Bundle presents the Runescape: Devourer Bundle, with up to 9 items to get (one month membership and 8 other things) during 13 days… unless you’ve been playing the game for over two and a half years, in which case this is useless for you: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/runescape-devourer

And Fanatical has a Star Deal, two Flash Deals and a bundle:

• These are the 24h Flash Deals:
  • Hell Let Loose, with a 58% deal: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/hell-let-loose
  • Command: Modern Operations has a 70% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/command-modern-operations
• The Star Deal is The Forgotten City, 81% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-forgotten-city
• The BYO Platinum Collection - November 2024 features 16 games to choose for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ bundles: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Black Mesa: Blue Shift Remake Chapter 5 to be released on November 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-blue-shift-remake-chapter-5-to-be-released-on-november-17th/
HECU Collective has announced that the fifth chapter for their remake of Half-Life Blue Shift in Black Mesa will be released on November 17th. To celebrate this announcement, the team has shared a new teaser trailer which you can find below.
In Black Mesa: Blue Shift, players will relive the Black Mesa Incident as Gordon Freeman’s best friend, Barney Calhoun. This fan remake currently has the first four chapters of Blue Shift. These chapters are Living Quarters Outbound, Insecurity, Duty Calls and Captive Freight.
For those unaware, Blue Shift was an expansion of Half-Life that came out in 2001. Developed by Gearbox, this expansion allowed you to experience the events of Half-Life from the perspective of Barney Calhoun.
If you haven’t played Blue Shift, I highly recommend trying it. Well, that is when Chapter 5 becomes available. After all, you won’t have to wait for long.
>> There’s a less than 1 minute video.

Solitary Echoes is a new Aliens-based TC Mod for Half-Life
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/solitary-echoes-is-a-new-aliens-based-tc-mod-for-half-life/
Half-Life and Aliens fans, here is something special for you today. Team Lambda has released the first episode of Solitary Echoes. Solitary Echoes is an Aliens-based total conversion mod for Half Life. This mod has been in development for a while. And, from what I can see, it looks pretty cool. So, if you are a fan of the Aliens franchise, I highly recommend trying it.
In Solitary Echoes, you assume the role of a technical support engineer on a geoforming outpost on LV-513. Your task is to change a lightbulb when the outpost gets overrun by a hostile alien lifeform.
In this TC Mod, weapons, ammo and healthkids are very scarce and often well hidden. Players will have to constantly organize their few resources, and always evaluate if the fight is worth spending the precious ammo, or if there’s a way to avoid it.
From what I could see, the 3D models for the aliens are from the Aliens vs Predator 2 game. If they are not, they look too similar. The outdoor environment also reminded me of the one from AVP2.
Since we won’t get a new Aliens game anytime soon, I suggest downloading the mod from this link. This first release has the Training Course and the first Episode.
Sadly, there is no ETA on when the rest of the episodes will come out. Still, I hope the team will keep working on it as everyone wants to play a new Aliens game.
>> The article has a less than 3 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

New STALKER 2 gameplay trailer gives us a glimpse at the game’s weapons, gun attachments and upgrades
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-stalker-2-gameplay-trailer-gives-us-a-glimpse-at-the-games-weapons-gun-attachments-and-upgrades/
IGN has shared a new gameplay trailer for STALKER 2. This trailer will give you a glimpse at the game’s weapons and ammo types, as well as its gun attachments and upgrades. So, go ahead and take a look at it.

First Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PC Patch brings performance and stability improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-pc-patch-brings-performance-and-stability-improvements/
Nixxes has released the first PC update for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, and revealed its full patch notes. According to the changelog, this first patch packs some bug fixes, and brings some performance and stability improvements.