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The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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GOG has a new GIVEAWAY: Silence will be free to get during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence

Fanatical’s new Star Deal is ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN , 33% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/elden-ring-nightreign

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 610.74 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-610-74

HIGHLIGHTS

Game Ready for DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS and RTX technologies including

• DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

FIXED ISSUES

• Tencent Meeting: Flickering may be observed when Smooth Motion is enabled globally [6329207]

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

How do you reconcile your lore-heavy, dark sci-fi MMO with mod tools that might let people get way too goofy? 'Everything's canon,' say the developers of EVE Frontier
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/how-do-you-reconcile-your-lore-heavy-dark-sci-fi-mmo-with-mod-tools-that-might-let-people-get-way-too-goofy-everythings-canon-say-the-developers-of-eve-frontier/
Two of the most interesting aspects of early access space survival MMO EVE Frontier always seemed to exist in opposition to me: Its striking, deliberately crafted vision of a dark future, and its uniquely freeform modding ecosystem. How are you supposed to get in the mood of the former if you're at risk of stumbling across somebody's particularly anarchic or memey mod?
When I spoke to some of Frontier's dev team at this year's EVE Fanfest, they had a surprising answer: It's no big thing, that's just what the inhabitants of Frontier's galaxy are getting up to, god help them.
"I don't want to say this is a problem, but this is an evergreen challenge, an evergreen balance to maintain," said Frontier creative director Pavlo Savchuk. "We're really careful about balancing how much we're revealing to them, so that they have enough for role playing, for third party development, and so that they have strong anchors to art direct themselves, which is working surprisingly well."
According to Savchuk, many modders have already gravitated toward Frontier's design language of their own accord, picking fonts, colors, and UI elements that compliment the ones already in the game. And when push comes to shove, the team's priority is making sure Frontier's fiction encourages player expression, rather than disciplining that player base to fall in line with a set tone or aesthetic.

Skyrim Gets a Gothic-Inspired Quest Mod and a Major Thieves Guild Overhaul
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/skyrim-gets-a-gothic-inspired-quest-mod-and-a-major-thieves-guild-overhaul/
Two new quest mods have been released for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition. The first mod brings a Gothic-inspired quest mod. The second one overhauls the Thieves Guild questline. So, let’s take a closer look at them.
Let’s start with The Truth of the Old Cathedral. This is a short adventure that will see the player visit and explore the grounds surrounding a Gothic Cathedral.
Its gameplay is a mixture of combat and puzzle solving. When in combat, players will have to keep moving and not let themselves be surrounded. For puzzles, you can take your time and pay attention to the clues given. You’ll have to keep your eyes open for readable plaques and tablets.
As the modder noted, the area is not designed to be a player home. As such, you should not store any of your items in any of the containers.
You can go ahead and download the mod from this link.
The second mod is a complete overhaul of the Thieves Guild questline. It brings new dialogue lines voiced with spliced vanilla lines, as well as new and alternate scenes to account for your choices.
It is also worth noting that the mod makes all main and side characters fully killable at any point. This includes Mercer, Brynjolf, Karliah, Brand-Shei, Madesi, Keerava, Bersi, Haelga, Sabjorn, Mallus Maccius, Gulum-Ei, and many others.
Most quest items can now be found from the start of the game and can be misplaced. This has direct consequences on the quest where these items are involved. Not only that, but there are now brand new choices throughout most of the quests to truly role-play.
All in all, this is a cool mod that will alter the Thieves Guild questline. Those who have experienced it will now have another reason to complete it in their second or third playthrough. You can download it from this link.
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GAMING NEWS

Since DSOGaming doesn't have any articls for this section, I'll share here the short for mat articlsfrem PCGamer:

Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/xboxs-ceo-wants-its-games-to-cater-to-more-than-a-billion-people-each-day-or-24-times-more-than-the-peak-population-of-steam-which-is-delusional/
>> Delusional seems like quite fitting. “Out of touch with reality” was too long.

Legendary former Tekken boss says people don't 'properly evaluate' Hidetaka Miyazaki's 'remarkable' FromSoft career
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-former-tekken-boss-says-people-dont-properly-evaluate-hidetaka-miyazakis-remarkable-fromsoft-career/

The games industry reacts to Xbox layoffs: 'We are clearly at a turning point'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-games-industry-reacts-to-xbox-layoffs-we-are-clearly-at-a-turning-point/

Kingdom Come: Deliverance star says it didn't lead to work in other games: 'The industry at large has never really given a f***'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-star-says-it-didnt-lead-to-work-in-other-games-the-industry-at-large-has-never-really-given-a-f/

John Romero commiserates with ousted id devs as around half the studio reported axed, says he hopes someone is preserving its work like he did before he left
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/john-romero-commiserates-with-ousted-id-devs-as-around-half-the-company-reported-axed-says-he-hopes-someone-is-preserving-its-work-like-he-did-before-he-left/