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The Tuesday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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Fanatical’s Spring Sale has entered its Encore mode, signaling that it will end “soon”. Meanwhile, it has three new 24h Flash Deals:

• God of War Ragnarök will be 30% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/god-of-war-ragnarok
• Let's School - Super Headmaster Edition is half its price: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/lets-school-super-headmaster-edition
• And Sniper Elite 5 gets a 79% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sniper-elite-5

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

"Eager to get me on my knees, Raphael?" Baldur's Gate 3 mod lets you romance the silk-tongued cambion devil, although maybe you shouldn't, yeah?
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/eager-to-get-me-on-my-knees-raphael-baldurs-gate-3-mod-lets-you-romance-the-silk-tongued-cambion-devil-although-maybe-you-shouldnt-yeah/
There are plenty of potentially intense romances to get involved in with your Tav in Baldur's Gate 3, ranging from being pummeled by your new 'hot githyanki girlfriend' to getting fresh with a full-grown bear, but none are potentially as hot as the ability to romance Raphael, the silky-tongued proprietor of the House of Hope and heir apparent to the archdevil Mephistopheles.
What a shame, then, that a route to romancing Raphael was strictly off the cards in vanilla BG3. Clearly, this is something that upset modder foundatlantis, as they have moved to rectify Larian's obvious error with the release of Raphael Romance Route – Part 1, a mod that 'adds a new quest that allows the player to romance (or alternatively 'befriend') Raphael.'
Featuring a new dialogue and location, any Tav with a desire for some hot bad guy romancing can start the quest by speaking to Raphael in the Last Light Inn, which is encountered in Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3. Providing that you then help Mol win the game of Lanceboard she is playing with Raphael, a new quest will then begin, with 'a mysterious White Pawn Piece' added to Tav's inventory.
Speaking in the mod's notes, foundatlantis confirms that the mod's new dialog 'contains some class/origin/race unique options. I believe the ones with the most unique content are Wyll and Gale (followed by Karlach and Astarion). It's a pretty big dialog tree, so even though I've checked for unfinished routes, there might be one or two left. Let me know!' Included in the mod's images tab shows a picture of Raphael sitting at a Lanceboard table with a variety of Tav dialogue and action options, the top one reading 'Eager to get me on my knees, Raphael?', as well as the ability to say nothing, kneel, or leave.
The mod's creator also confirms that there are a bunch of easter eggs in the mod, too, with references to William Shakespeare, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hamilton, among others. Clearly, a good dose of thought and creative endeavor has been poured into this mod, and will continue to be according to the notes, as foundatlantis is also very clear that this is a work-in-progress project.
>> The mod is still in beta and with some nasty bugs.

The Half-Life 2 RTX demo is out now and well worth a go… if your graphics card can take it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/the-half-life-2-rtx-demo-is-out-now-and-well-worth-a-go-if-your-graphics-card-can-take-it/
Hey, you can finally try out Half-Life 2 RTX. It's been a long ol' wait for this one, the team of modders/developers at Orbifold Studios have spent a good few years on this already, but at least two levels are ready to play right now.
Head over to the Half-Life 2 RTX steam page and it's available to download. Once in, you can play through Ravenholm, and if it's the set-up the same as when I played through it last week, Nova Prospekt will unlock once you're done there.
If you want to hop ahead then the old HL2 commands still work. Hit ~ to bring up the console, type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheats, then type sv_unlockedchapters 15. That won't unlock all 15 chapters and bypass the confines of the demo, sadly (I had hoped it might at first), but you can play both levels.
One thing to note with this version is that it's much, much, much, much more demanding than the original Half-Life 2. Take a look at the minimum system requirements here and make your own mind up:
>> DSOG has run some bechmarks and… it will bring even your 4090 to their knees, at least at 4K.

GAMING NEWS

Burning Sword: Death Sun PC Demo is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/burning-sword-death-sun-pc-demo-is-available-for-download/
Nomadic Games has released a PC demo for its upcoming Wuxia hack n’ slash game, Burning Sword: Death Sun. In addition, the team has shared a new trailer, as well as the game’s official PC system requirements. So, let’s take a closer look at them.