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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a surprise explained in more detail in the next section and four new sales:

• GOG celebrates its 16th anniversary with a sale featuring up to 95% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_16_gog_anniversary
• The Management Games Promo has games up to 90% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20241113_management_promo
• The Sci-Fi Promo has up to 95% discounts and will last 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_sci-fi_promo
• And the Anshar Publishing Publisher Sale brings games up to 70% off and will last 14 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20241113_anshar_publisher_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• Ultros, that has a demo, features a 50% discount until November 26: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2386310/Ultros/
• Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr is going to be 80% off until the same 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527430/Warhammer_40000_Inquisitor__Martyr/

Fanatical has new Flash Deals and a bundle:

• These are the three 24h Flash Deals:
  • INDIKA is 42% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/indika
  • Total War: WARHAMMER III gets a 65% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/total-war-warhammer-iii
  • And the Prey + RAGE 2 Pack has a 92% deal: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/prey-rage-2-pack
• The new Action Mystery Bundle has 3 unknown games to get: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/action-mystery-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.6297 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-32-0-101-6297
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:

• Farming Simulator 25
• Planet Coaster 2
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

GOG is gonna keep games like New Vegas running on modern systems by itself, using its own devs to keep oldies going 'for generations to come'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/gog-is-gonna-keep-games-like-new-vegas-running-on-modern-systems-by-itself-using-its-own-devs-to-keep-a-growing-set-of-oldies-going-for-generations-to-come/
Great news, everyone: GOG is going to make it easier than ever for me to not play anything that came out after the second George W. Bush administration. The company is launching a new GOG Preservation program, announced today, that promises to gather up over 100 games and keep them compatible from now until the end of time. Which could be a few years, the way things are going.
"We’re excited to launch the GOG Preservation Program," says GOG. "It’s a new initiative in which we commit our own resources to maintaining games’ compatibility with modern and future systems. Over 100 improved classics… will receive an official stamp starting November 13th, 3 PM CET." You can find the full list of games down below, and GOG says the list will expand as time goes by.
In other words, GOG is taking "a growing collection of hand-picked games" and running them through a barrage of tests to see if they work according to its own quality standards. "Every game in the program will receive ongoing updates and care from GOG, preserving the spirit of gaming for today’s players and generations to come." Plus, the ones brought up to snuff get a shiny silver "Good Old Game" badge.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Nintendo seems to have set up shop in the condemned home of Switch emulator Ryujinx, claiming its domain name for its own
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/nintendo-seems-to-have-set-up-shop-in-the-condemned-home-of-switch-emulator-ryujinx-claiming-its-domain-name-for-its-own/
Nintendo's been on a litigious roll this year—and by roll, I mean in the Katamari Damacy way, where eventually the thing's soaking up entire aeroplanes and grown large enough to blot out the sun as it hurtles towards your apartment in a screaming amalgam of metal and concrete. Where was I? Oh, right.
Going after Palworld, taking around 20 years of Garry's Mod items from the Steam Workshop, elbow-dropping Citra and Yuzu, grabbing a chair from the announcer's table and slamming it over the head of a Palworld-to-Pokémon mod, and seemingly being so scary that Valve preemptively snubbed a N64 Portal remake just in case the Disney of videogames tried anything expensive and legislatively exhausting: Everything I've just listed was in 2024, by the way, the list goes on.
Anyway, Switch emulator Ryujinx was the latest emulator told to muscle out or sleep with the fishes, a legal demand its creators very quickly complied with. As if to add insult to injury, though, it looks like Nintendo's now set up shop in Ryujinx's domain name (thanks, Gamesradar).

STALKER: Call of Pripyat Co-Op Mod Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/stalker-call-of-pripyat-co-op-mod-available-for-download/
STALKER fans, here is something cool for you today. The xrMPE team has released a new mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat that allows you to play with others in co-op.
In this co-op addon for the X-Ray Multiplayer Extension, all story and additional tasks are available. Moreover, almost all the mechanics of the original game are adapted for multiple players.
The mod currently supports up to four players. This will completely change the way you experience this STALKER game. As such, I highly suggest downloading it from this link. At the end of the article, you can also find a trailer for it.

Red Dead Redemption just got a must-have 3.4GB lore-friendly HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/red-dead-redemption-just-got-a-must-have-3-4gb-lore-friendly-hd-texture-pack/
One of my biggest gripes with Red Dead Redemption on PC was its low-quality textures. And, as we were expecting, a modder decided to do Rockstar’s job and upscale all of the game’s textures.
In order to upscale the game’s textures, DayL used AI tools. As such, the improved textures retain the art style of the original ones. Moreover, they look sharper and better than before. In other words, this is a must-have for pretty much everyone.
According to the modder, this isn’t just a quick AI upscale project. Instead, he edited some textures by hand to sharpen and improve every detail while keeping the game’s original look. The mod also includes new normal maps for each texture, matching the resolution of the main texture.
Players can expect 4K textures for all roads, trails, and cliffs. The pack also comes with 2K textures for terrain, ground vegetation, and rocks.
In future versions, the modder plans to improve textures for trees, bushes, cacti, and other plants. He also plans to improve textures for train tracks, Blackwater streets, pavement, and other outdoor terrain. So, this HD pack will get even better as time passes.
>> The article has a series of comparison screenshots.

GAMING NEWS

Here are the final PC requirements for STALKER 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-final-pc-requirements-for-stalker-2/
Earlier this month, some media outlets shared some outdated PC requirements for STALKER 2. Those PC specs were from 2021, and they gave PC gamers the wrong idea about how the game would perform. Thankfully, though. GSC GameWorld shared its final PC specs. So, let’s take a look at them.

Project TH seems to be the Splinter Cell game we’ve been waiting for
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/project-th-seems-to-be-the-splinter-cell-game-weve-been-waiting-for/
Back in February 2023, we informed you about Project TH. Developed by EVR Studio, this third-person action game appears to be the Splinter Cell game we all have been waiting for.
Based on the webtoon Moodang, Project TH takes place in the Unified Nation of Korea in the near future. The story follows different events around the main characters. The devs have been working on it for the past six years. Despite that, from what I see, it’s still in a very early development stage.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC Patch 2 Released & Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/dragon-age-the-veilguard-pc-patch-2-released-detailed/
BioWare has just released the second PC patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and shared its complete changelog. Title Update 2 is around 250MB in size, and it will address only two issues that plagued the game.