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JEMC on 27 November 2025
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These are the Thursday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Cronos: The New Dawn hits 500K sales, but it deserves more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cronos-the-new-dawn-hits-500k-sales-but-it-deserves-more/
Bloober Team has announced that Cronos: New Dawn has sold 500K units across all platforms. And, since I’ve finished it, I can wholeheartedly say that it deserves to sell even more. This is one of my GOTY contenders, and it’s a must-play for all horror fans.
Cronos: The New Dawn came out in September 2025. This means that it took two and a half months to hit its 500K goal. The game also has Very Positive reviews on Steam.

Cyberpunk 2077 is now CD Projekt's 'main source of income,' and sales are outpacing The Witcher 3: Its latest milestone is 'a better result than The Witcher 3 was able to achieve in the same post-release time frame'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/cyberpunk-2077-is-now-cd-projekts-main-source-of-income-and-sales-are-outpacing-the-witcher-3-its-latest-milestone-is-a-better-result-than-the-witcher-3-was-able-to-achieve-in-the-same-post-release-time-frame/
Remember when Cyberpunk 2077 launched in late 2020, and it was basically the worst videogame ever? That's obviously a gross overstatement made for comedic effect, but it was really bad—which is why the subsequent turnaround on it is so damn remarkable. We've said at least a couple times in the past that Cyberpunk's redemption arc is complete, but here I am to say it again, because yet another big milestone is now in the rear-view.
Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold more than 35 million copies, and that's a hell of an accomplishment for any videogame, but it's still way off the 60 million mark set by The Witcher 3 back in May. As CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz explained, however, Cyberpunk has actually surpassed The Witcher 3 in one important measure: It got there faster.
"Gamers have now purchased over 35 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077," Nielubowicz said in comments released as part of today's financial report. "That's a better result than The Witcher 3 was able to achieve in the same post-release time frame."
Nielubowicz added that Cyberpunk 2077 is now CD Projekt's "main source of income," having recently received a boost from releases on the Nintendo Switch 2, Macs, and PlayStation Plus, which helped juice sales of the very excellent Phantom Liberty expansion (and really, you should play it if you haven't, it's like a whole separate game) on PlayStation consoles.

This week, the Epic Store gives away Universe for Sale: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/universe-for-sale-05c53e.
Next week, the free games will be The Darkside Detective and The Jackbox Party Pack 4.

Steam ha stwo new sales/events:

Humble Bundle has launched the Black Friday Bundle, featuring 15 games during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/15-for-15-black-friday-bundle.

Once again, Fanatical has new Flash Deals and a bundle:

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Project Misriah, Halo 3 Mod for Counter-Strike 2, Available For Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/project-misriah-halo-3-mod-for-counter-strike-2-available-for-download/
Halo fans, here is something for you today. Modders ‘Froddoyo’ and ‘Lydran’ have released a mod that brings the Halo 3 multiplayer experience to Counter-Strike 2. This is a must-have for all Halo and CS fans. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
Project Misriah is a collection of Halo ported maps and assets that aims to bring a Halo 3 multiplayer-like experience to Counter-Strike 2. The mod has two modes. These are the Spartans and ODST modes.
In Spartans Mode, you can play on maps and use character models from Halo 3. All the weapons are swapped with weapons from different Halo games, and they come with their proper sounds and custom damage stats. There are no movement penalties and no aimpunch. Your health also regenerates, and the time-to-kill is slower, just like in the Halo series. Plus, the classic Halo announcer calls out objectives and kill awards.
In ODST Mode, we have the weapons from the Halo games mixed with the objectives and movement of the original Counter-Strike game. This mode aims to provide the perfect mix between these two games.
In future versions, the modders plan to bring the projectile weapons from Halo. These include the rocket launchers, plasma weapons, and the needler. They also plan to add more maps and Powerups (such as Overshield and Active Camouflage). Plus, there are plans to bring the Shield systems.
Since this is the first public release of the mod, you might encounter some bugs and glitches. These are to be expected from such a huge project. Still, I’m certain that a lot of Halo and CS fans will be more than happy with it.
>> The article has an over 1 minute long video.

The Sims' biggest sex mod creator says that around 300,000 people use it—that's more than some of Steam's top games: 'It doesn't make sense to me'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-biggest-sex-mod-creator-says-that-around-300-000-people-use-it-thats-more-than-some-of-steams-top-games-it-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/
Despite its tame rating, sex has always wormed its way into The Sims series—I fear it's a canon event to Google "how to make Sims naked" as a teenager. But it arguably didn't blow up into more mainstream simming until Turbodriver's WhickedWhims came along in 2016, offering a package of nudity, animated sex, birth control, menstrual cycles, and even STIs where that stuff had traditionally been scattered across various corners of the internet.
It's one of those mods that, despite its steamy themes, has become widely accepted among the community in the way that, for a while, your mum reading Fifty Shades of Grey in a café was all cool and dandy. Even though we all knew what those books were about.
WickedWhims is so popular, in fact, that its creator can't quite believe how many simmers are galavanting around their game with it. Turbodriver sat down with ROMchip last year to talk about his mod and just how many goddamn people are using it.
>> The biggest question I have from the article is: why are they posting it now if the interview happened one year ago?

GAMING NEWS

Dying Light: The Beast Patch 1.4 Finally Adds Ray Tracing Support
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/dying-light-the-beast-patch-1-4-finally-adds-ray-tracing-support/
Techland has just released Title Update 1.4 for Dying Light: The Beast, which finally adds support for the promised Ray Tracing effects. Moreover, this patch adds a New Game+ Mode, as well as Legend Levels for end-game progression.



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