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It’s Monday and these are the gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Atomfall hits 2 million players and 500K cups of tea drunk
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/atomfall-hits-2-million-players-and-500k-cups-of-tea-drunk/
Survival-action shooter Atomfall has lured more than two million players into its post-nuclear-disaster Britain, and they've apparently drunk 500,000 cups of tea while there. Which is not enough. Those are rookie numbers in the British tea drinking game. We need those numbers up to like three per person just to make average. That's 6,000,000 cups of tea, people, get on it.
Developer Rebellion shared the latest Atomfall stats from its first two weeks after release, and I was happy to find that 60% of players helped a poor wounded scientist, and deeply disappointed not just with tea consumption, but with how the delicious pasty somehow came in third on the list of foods consumed. What is wrong with you people? You're eating tinned meat when the pasty is right there.
The nice part is that the cricket bat kill total is over 5.9 million, so we're right where we should be there. No, I do not have a statistic to base this one (unlike the tea one) but it just feels right. Drink a cuppa, kill a man with a wooden bat. Simple as.

Steam has new deals and sales:

• Fruitbus will be 40% off until the 20th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2484130/Fruitbus/
• Bendy and the Dark Revival gets a 67% discount until the 27th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063660/Bendy_and_the_Dark_Revival/
• And there are also these sales:
  • Publisher NEOWIZ puts its games up to 80% off until the 16th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36481934/sale/NEOWIZIndieSale2025
  • Another publisher sale: indie.io puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts until April, the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/indieiopublishersale
  • And the INDIE Live Expo 2025 focuses on upcoming games, some with demos, but there are also some games on sale: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38794803/sale/INDIELiveExpo2025

And Fanatical has these:

• The new Star Deal is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, with a 33% deal during 48 hours or until they run out of keys: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle
• The Level Up Sale is live with lots of discounts from many publishers. Go check it out: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale
• The NeuroVoider - Deluxe Edition is back with a 18% discount during 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/neurovoider-deluxe-edition
• Also back is the Batman: Arkham Collection, 88% off during 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/batman-arkham-collection

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

GTA 5 Natural Vision Enhanced looks mind-blowing in first screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/gta-5-natural-vision-enhanced-looks-mind-blowing-in-first-screenshots/
The team behind the Natural Vision Mod has released the first screenshots for its upcoming version for GTA 5 Enhanced Edition. These screenshots will blow you away as they make GTA 5 look like a next-gen title. Yep, they are THAT good. And yes, the header image is a screenshot from it.
Now the good news here is that Natural Vision Enhanced will be available for free to everyone. That’s what its modding team claimed on its Discord channel. As such, it will compete with both RealityV and ChromatiX Enhanced.
Moreover, Natural Vision Enhanced will allow all light sources to cast shadows. This will further enhance the game’s ray-traced shadows. Thus, all objects will now cast RT shadows. And, to give you an idea, the team shared these comparison screenshots.
From what I know, Razed plans to release Natural Vision Enhanced in Spring 2025. The team is also working on a trailer that will go live soon. Sadly, though, there is no ETA for when that will happen.
>> Besides the comparison screenshots linked in the article, that I haven’t checked, the article itself also has some screenshots.

GTA 5: Definitive Edition Improved RT Reflections Mod Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/gta-5-definitive-edition-improved-rt-reflections-mod-released/
Modder ‘BadassBaboon’, creator of the RealityV Mod, has released a new mod that improves the ray-traced reflections of GTA 5. This mod overhauls the game’s reflections so that they can look better and more realistic.
With this mod, buildings, houses, apartments, and shops now have windows and glass that reflect even more things. Also, puddles and water now show real reflections of the world around them.
And that’s not all. The mod fixes translucent surface reflections. It also adds proper shaders and textures to models such as underpasses to take advantage of RT reflections. Plus, the building LODs are also adjusted for smooth reflection transitions.
Right now, the majority of the city is updated to fully take advantage of the new RT technology. So, make sure to download it as it’s one of the must-have mods for this next-gen version of GTA 5. Well… that is if you want even better RT effects.
>> This article has a video of the mod.

This Tekken 8 Mod Removes Heat, Rage, Power Crush & Excess Tracking
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-tekken-8-mod-removes-heat-rage-power-crush-excess-tracking/
A lot of players have been disappointed by some of the new gameplay mechanics of Tekken 8. And, surprisingly enough, a modder was able to completely remove Heat, Rage, and Power Crush from the game.
Not only that, but the mod removes some of the ridiculous tracking for some moves. Plus, it’s fully compatible with online play. The catch here is that for it to work, both players (in online mode) will need to have the mod installed.
Right now, Bandai Namco will not ban you for using it. After all, the game does not have any anti-cheat system. Moreover, the Tekken 8 devs have allowed many players to cheat online using third-party tools. So yeah, it seems unlikely they will hunt and ban those that only use this mod.
Despite that, I don’t recommend the mod for online play. Still, if you and your friends want to experiment, it’s a decision you will have to take.
For those wondering, no. This mod will NOT address the gameplay issues of Season 2. It will not remove the new moves that the devs have added. However, it may reduce their tracking.
>> This article also has a video.

GAMING NEWS

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Patch 1.1 Released & Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-patch-1-1-released-detailed/
Nixxes has just released the first update for the PC version of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, and shared its patch notes. According to the team, this first patch comes with some performance improvements. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Marathon releases on September 23rd, gets first gameplay trailers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/marathon-releases-on-september-23rd-gets-first-gameplay-trailers/
Bungie has just announced that its first-person extraction shooter, Marathon, will be released on September 23rd. Moreover, the team shared its first gameplay trailers, which you can find below.
>> The game won’t have proximity chat, for obvious reasons.

Agni: Village of Calamity is a new Resident Evil-inspired Indonesian horror game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/agni-village-of-calamity-is-a-new-resident-evil-inspired-indonesian-horror-game/
Now here is something interesting. Separuh Interactive is currently working on a new Resident Evil-inspired Indonesian horror game, called Agni: Village of Calamity. Agni: Village of Calamity is a cinematic survival horror game that appears to be using Unreal Engine 5, and below you can find a 13-minute gameplay video for it.