Tuesday news:

SALES & DEALS

There are still no signs of GOG's winter sale... *sigh*

Steam has a new daily deal as well as a new round of weeklong deals:

• The daily deal is the The Fullbright Collection, featuring Gone Home and Tacoma, 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/8700/The_Fullbright_Collection/
• The Early Access title Green Hell is 10% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/815370/Green_Hell/
• The Prey Digital Deluxe, including the game, Mooncrash DLC and Typhoon Hunter VR mode, is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/277639/
• Dying Light is 60% off, and the Enhanced Edition 67%: https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light/
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is 65% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/460930/Tom_Clancys_Ghost_Recon_Wildlands/
• And The New THQ Classics, with 9 great games, is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/123985/

On the Humble Store, there's a new Indie Mega Week sale, with up to 80% discounts: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/indie-mega-week/

And at Fanatical there's a new bundle, the Raw Fury Bundle, with two tiers with 5 or 6 games for the next six days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/raw-fury-bundle

SOFTWARE/DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

Quake Xmas Jam 2018 adds 21 new maps to id Software’s classic shooter, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-xmas-jam-2018-adds-21-new-maps-to-id-softwares-classic-shooter-available-for-download/
Christmas is almost upon us and a team of mappers has released a new pack that adds 21 new maps to id Software’s classic shooter, Quake. From the looks of it, this pack does not add any new weapons or monsters; it features everything that was present in the original Quake.
dumptruck_ds recommends using the Quakespasm or Mark V engines in order to play this pack (obviously you’ll also need the original Quake wad). Those interested in the classic, pixelated visuals can use the console command “gl_texturemode 3”.
>> Check the article for the download link as well as the instructions to install it.

Cacowards 25 celebrates 25 years of Doom mods
https://www.pcgamer.com/cacowards-25-celebrates-25-years-of-doom-mods/
If you’re looking to observe this special Doomversary—a whole 25 years—you should check out 2018’s Cacowards. Doomworld shines a spotlight on the best Doom maps and mods every year on the game's anniversary, and you’ll find plenty of great WADs in the list this year.
>> Check the article for specific mods and their respective links.

Fallout 76 mod adds proximity text chat
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-mod-adds-proximity-text-chat/
Fallout 76 shipped with a number of absent features, and one of the biggest misses Bethesda made was not including text chat. The lack of this extremely standard multiplayer feature means players can only communicate with mics and emotes, which is a major problem for players who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as for those who simply don't want to play with open mics. While Bethesda told me it is "looking into" adding text chat in the future, there has been no further mention of it in its roadmaps or future patch outlines.
One modder decided not to wait. The Proximity Text Chat mod, created by Liyalai, adds a local text chat feature to Fallout 76. The mod says it allows players to type and send messages to one another at a range of 100 in-game meters, slightly further than the distance at which you're able to read a player's nametag. Any player you wish to text chat with will also need to have the mod installed, and if they do, you will see their nametag in blue.

GAMING NEWS

Story trailer released for God Eater 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/story-trailer-released-for-god-eater-3/
Bandai Namco has released a story trailer for God Eater 3. According to the press release, the new story trailer sets the scene for our heroes and their battle against the monstrous Aragami that ravage the post-apocalyptic world.

Panzer Dragoon: Remake and Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake have been officially announced
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/panzer-dragoon-remake-and-panzer-dragoon-ii-zwei-remake-have-been-officially-announced/
Forever Entertainment and SEGA have announced that they will co-create and publish Panzer Dragoon: Remake and Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake. The premiere of the first part is planned before the end of 2019, and there is currently no ETA on when the second part will arrive or the platforms for which these remakes will come out.

New gameplay footage released for Beyond Good & Evil 2, showing Augments, Vehicles, Co-Op, Spyglass and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-footage-released-for-beyond-good-evil-2/
As promised, Ubisoft has revealed some new gameplay footage from Beyond Good & Evil 2. In case you weren’t aware of, Ubisoft held a Beyond Good and Evil 2 Space Monkeys stream that gave us a closer look at a whole bunch of new gameplay, featuring augments, ship-to-ship combat, combat skills, the scope of seamless co-op, how you can begin recruiting characters to your crew, and more.
>> Wyrdness has a thread about this.

World War Z Official PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/world-war-z-official-pc-system-requirements/
Saber Interactive has released the official PC system requirements for World War Z. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel i5-750 or an Intel i3-530 or an AMD Phenon II X4-810 with 8GB of RAM and an AMD R7 240 or an Nvidia GeForce GT 730.
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It’s also worth mentioning that Saber Interactive revealed that the game will be coming to Epic’s digital store. The team did not clarify whether the game will also come out on Steam or whether it will be exclusive to Epic’s store.
>> The article on PCGamer says that "The Steam logo has been removed from the WWZ website, which now just says that it's being released on PC." , meaning that this could be another case of a game ditching Steam for the Epic Store.

Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds will be using Unreal Engine 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/obsidians-the-outer-worlds-will-be-using-unreal-engine-4/
Obsidian Entertainment has confirmed that its upcoming sci-fi RPG, The Outer Worlds, will be using Unreal Engine 4. Other than that, the team did not reveal any new tech details but I’m pretty sure that gamers will be delighted that the team is using an engine that has been used by numerous games that do not have major performance issues.

Retro first person shooters, SUFFER and DUSK, are now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/retro-first-person-shooters-suffer-and-dusk-are-now-available-on-steam/
Retro FPS fans, here are two games for you today. Anarchy Softworks and New Blood Interactive have announced that SUFFER and DUSK have been released on Steam. Moreover, SUFFER comes with a 10% discount until December 17th whereas DUSK comes with a 16% discount until December 17th.

NieR:Automata Game of the YoHRa Edition releases on February 26th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nierautomata-game-of-the-yohra-edition-releases-on-february-26th/
Square Enix today announced that the NieR:Automata Game of the YoHRa Edition of the award winning and post-apocalyptic action-RPG will arrive to the PC via Steam on February 26th, 2019. Moreover, Square Enix revealed the contents of this GotY Edition.

Open-world online pirate sandbox game, ATLAS, has been delayed, hits Early Access on December 19th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/open-world-online-pirate-sandbox-game-atlas-has-been-delayed-hits-early-access-on-december-19th/
Studio Wildcard has announced that its upcoming Open-world online pirate sandbox game, ATLAS, has been slightly delayed. The game was meant to hit Steam Early Access on December 13th but has decided to delay it until December 19th to give the team more time to run through its massive extensive content.

Battlefield 5 December 11th update released, full release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-december-11th-update-released-full-release-notes-revealed/
DICE has released a new update for Battlefield 5. This patch is 650MB in size and fixes an issue where high-level Recon players lost access to the Throwing Knife and adjusts the initial respawn count on specific maps in Domination mode.

New screenshots released for the System Shock Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-screenshots-released-for-the-system-shock-remake/
Nightdive Studios has released three new screenshots for System Shock Remake. Unfortunately, these screenshots are low-res and it will be difficult to distinguish some of their details. Still, I believe that some System Shock fans will find them interesting.

Fallout 76 December 11th update adds FOV and 21:9 monitor support, full release notes unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fallout-76-december-11th-update-adds-fov-and-219-monitor-support-full-release-notes-unveiled/
Bethesda has revealed the full release notes for the December 11th update of Fallout 76. This patch is 3GB in size and adds Field of View and Depth of Field sliders so that you can further customize your view in-game, a push-to-talk hotkey for Voice Chat on PC and official support for 21:9 monitors/resolutions.

Tuesday news, part two:

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 DLC heads back in time today
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-vermintide-2-dlc-heads-back-in-time-today/
Warhammer: Vermintide 2—Back to Ubersreik crawled out of its warren today, expanding Fatshark’s gruesome first-person rat extermination game with three remastered levels from the first Vermintide, set in titular Ubersreik.

Rainbow Six Siege autobans are being replaced with manual moderation
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-autobans-are-being-replaced-with-manual-moderation/
Earlier this summer, Ubisoft implemented an autoban system in Rainbow Six Siege that hit players with an automatic timeout (or permanent ban for repeat offenders) for dropping racist or homophobic slurs in chat. Brand director Alexandre Remy said a couple of months later that Ubi had "no regrets" about banning toxic players, but added that the feature would "evolve … to be a little more flexible" in the future.
In a blog post released today, Ubisoft laid out the next step in that evolution: A chat filter that will flag potentially offending messages for review and prevent them from being broadcast, but will not automatically impose timeouts or permabans.

Junkrat Krampus is coming to the Overwatch Winter Wonderland
https://www.pcgamer.com/junkrat-krampus-is-coming-to-the-overwatch-winter-wonderland/
The Overwatch Winter Wonderland event comes down the chimney tomorrow, December 11, which means we've got just enough time left to squeeze in one final legendary skin tease before it happens. And for that very special, last-chance occasion, Blizzard has given us... Junkrat Krampus!

GTA Online's Arena War update brings stadium-based vehicle combat
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-onlines-arena-war-update-brings-stadium-based-vehicle-combat/
I feared GTA Online would die a slow death with the arrival of Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer mode on consoles, but it doesn't look like that's going to be the case just yet. Today, GTA gets the Arena War update, where players battle with custom vehicles inside the long-dormant Maze Bank Arena. Arena War will encompass seven new modes.

Fortnite's Infinity Blade is a mythical sword that kills in one blow
https://www.pcgamer.com/swords-are-coming-to-fortnite/
Update: The sword Epic teased last night is the Infinity Blade, the titular weapon from the developer's mobile game, and you'll be able to get your hands on it today. It's a mythic sword only found on Polar Peak and only one will appear per match.

The Forest's free update adds hang gliders, crossbows and more monsters
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-forests-free-update-adds-hang-gliders-crossbows-and-more-monsters/
I haven’t finished The Forest yet because, frankly, I’m too damn scared. I’m not particularly comfortable in regular forests at night, let alone ones containing mutated cannibals and labyrinthine cave networks full of mutilated corpses. And now, thanks to the 1.10 update, there are two new horrifying monsters presumably waiting to snack on me.

I didn't see that...
Oh well, at least Valve is going above and beyond.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

It's supposed to be Christmas, JEMC. Christmas.

There's still two weeks until Xmas. I can't pretend to be good for that long!

My reality, it hurts!
I'm used to this pain though.
It'll only make me stronger.

Well, with Valve it's easy to get used to these disappointments.

Sure is.
*sighs*

Ok, guys, here come more...

*** NEW CONTESTS***

+Guru3D 2018 December 12th contest - Win an ASUSTOR Gigabit NAS server https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/guru3d-2018-december-12th-contest-win-an-asustor-gigabit-nas-server.html (It's a dual bay NAS)

+HEXUS EPIC GIVEAWAY Day 3: Win an iiyama G-Master monitor https://hexus.net/tech/features/monitors/124784-day-3-win-iiyama-g-master-monitor/

*WARNING* This Hexus contest is also UK only.

*Updated with another contest!*

+TechPowerUp and Be Quiet! Present Upgrade Kit Giveaway https://www.techpowerup.com/250560/techpowerup-and-be-quiet-present-upgrade-kit-giveaway

The winner gets a Be Quiet! Silent Base 801 case, Straight Power 11 550W 80 Plus Gold power-supply, and a Dark Rock 4 CPU cooler. They'll also give another two Dark Rock 4 coolers to runners ups. It's open to anybody (being adult, of course) from anywhere.