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SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam has five new deals:

• The Feudal Festival brings up to 90% discounts until February, the 3rd, but some will last until at tlest the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45229319/sale/FeudalFestival
• Blood Bowl 3 will be 60% off until the 4th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016950/Blood_Bowl_3/
• The Game of Sisyphus has a 60% discount until the 11th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2904890/The_Game_of_Sisyphus/
• King Arthur: Legion IX will be 70% off until the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739830/King_Arthur_Legion_IX/

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

After resuming work following a 'hold' in 2024, Fallout: Nuevo Mexico is now officially cancelled: 'The costs ahead, both financial and personal, are too great'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/after-resuming-work-following-a-hold-in-2024-fallout-nuevo-mexico-is-now-officially-cancelled-the-costs-ahead-both-financial-and-personal-are-too-great/
After a rough 2024 that saw development briefly put "on hold" and then resumed a few months later, Fallout: Nuevo Mexico, an ambitious Fallout: New Vegas mod that promised to turn players loose amidst the irradiated wasteland of New Mexico just five years after the events of the original Fallout, has been cancelled.
"This project has been my passion, my obsession, and a huge part of my life for years," says a message posted on the Fallout: Nuevo Mexico Discord, attributed to project lead Zapshock. "I’ve poured thousands of hours into it, late nights, early mornings, and everything in between. I’ve met amazing people along the way, some who’ve become long term friends and helped me grow and evolve into a better person. Some of the best moments of my life have been spent bringing this world to life, and I’ll always be proud of the work we accomplished.
"But as much as I love this project, I need to prioritize my mental health and face reality. The team is small (less than four), the workload enormous, and the costs ahead, both financial and personal, are too great. Continuing forward simply isn’t sustainable for me and everyone involved, including voice actors."
Fallout: Nuevo Mexico was announced in 2021 and made quite an impression on PC Gamer's Rich Stanton when he eyeballed it in 2023, but the wheels seemed to come off in 2024 when the mod's YouTube channel was scrubbed of content and most of the channels on the Discord server were wiped. A couple months later, a message posted on Discord confirmed development had "been on hold for some time," and that "Zapshock has decided to step back from active participation in the community."
Unfortunate, but that sort of thing happens with big mods. But as noted by VG247, work resumed just a couple months later, and then a "reveal trailer" dropped in October 2024, showcasing a factional battle for dominance amidst the ruins of Mexico City, described as "the biggest hub in Fallout: Nuevo Mexico."
Now, though, the project has run aground again, and this time it seems permanent.

GAMING NEWS

Dino Crisis 1 & 2 are now available on GOG with 4K support, improved graphics and better DirectX game renderer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dino-crisis-1-2-are-now-available-on-gog-with-4k-support-improved-graphics-and-better-directx-game-renderer/
Now here is a pleasant surprise. Capcom and GOG have released DRM-free enhanced editions of the first two Dino Crisis games on PC. Yep, Dino Crisis is back and fully playable on modern-day PC systems.
The GOG versions come with compatibility with Windows 10 and Windows 11. They also have an improved DirectX game renderer. Not only that, but you can expect improved geometry calculation, alpha transparency, more stable transformation and texturing. Plus, there is native support for 4K resolutions.
>> GOG has a news post with a video about this surprise release, and also has another page where we can vote for the next candidates to be ported.

Rocksteady accidentally leaked a Denuvo-free version of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rocksteady-accidentally-leaked-a-denuvo-free-version-of-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league/
A couple of days ago, Rocksteady accidentally leaked a Denuvo-free executable file for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. And while the team has restored Denuvo to the Steam version, piracy groups were able to grab it and use it so they could crack the game.