Yes, it was the first one.

Wow, that's an old game... specially given that HL 2 is more than 10 years old!

System Shock and Quake are older though

Don't remind me that >.<!

Indeed. Not many people online but at least I got a few games in to get to Champion.

Just letting know here that i'm not dead. I've been playing a lot of Doom mods collection with my friends in real every night like a lot.

Hi.

:relieved: I don't know what I'd do without you!!

@Quake: At least your excuse is good, playing games. But don't forget to come every now and then to say hi!

I downloaded a bunch of games yesterday. I checked out Hand of Fate 2. I have only heard good things and it's supposed to be better in all aspects than the first one. People say combat is the weakest point of the game but for me so far it seems to be the most engaging thing in the whole game. It's not very refined or interesting but the rest of the actual game just seems kind of lame.

You do nothing but read a bit, move across mildly interesting events and make some heavily RNG based decisions and pray for good luck. The fact that you can resolve most events with just combat and minimal drawback depending on your skill actually makes it even less interesting. I mean why make difficult decisions when you can just instantly go to the easy combat and get the best rewards? It feels like playing a tabletop DnD campaign with yourself and cheating yourself through.

I might even get myself a refund on this.

Monday news:

SALES & "SALES"/DEALS

Steam's top 10

1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Steam Link
4. Steam Controller
5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
6. NieR:Automata
7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
8. Assassin's Creed Origins
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
10. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Tomb Raider sold 11 million copies & almost half of them are coming from PC, ROTTR shifts 7 million units
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tomb-raider-sold-11-million-copies-almost-half-coming-pc-rottr-shifts-7-million-units/
In an interview with GamesIndustry, Square Enix revealed that Tomb Raider has sold 11 million copies worldwide so far. And while the publisher did not unveil any platform details, SteamSpy’s data reveals that almost half of them are coming from the PC.

Both GOG and Steam are still running their Black Friday / Autumn Sales, and until tomorrow evening (or Wednesday news), that's all we'll have.

SOFTWARE

Steam sets new record for concurrent users, over 17 million Steam users online simultaneously
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam-sets-new-record-concurrent-users-17-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/
Yesterday, Steam set a new record for concurrent users as there were 17,686,886 Steam users online at the same time. The previous 15 million milestone we reported was back in September (obviously we missed the 16 million record). Moreover, it appears that Steam is nearing the 18 million milestone.

MODS/EMULATORS

Black Mesa Xen Release delayed yet again, new screenshots released
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-mesa-xen-release-delayed-yet-new-screenshots-released/
The Black Mesa team has announced the Xen release has been delayed yet again. Although there is no new ETA on when it will hit Steam, the team released some new screenshots that you can view below.

PREY mod adds volumetric lights, sun shafts, missing shadows, particles effects, physics and more
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/prey-mod-adds-volumetric-lights-sun-shafts-missing-shadows-particles-effects-physics/
Our reader ‘jmx777’ has informed us about a new version of his Real Lights plus Ultra Graphics mod for PREY. This latest version of the mod adds volumetric effects to almost all lights. In addition, this new version adds volumetric shafts to sun, improves flare effects and improves the TOD at the beggining of the game.

>>You can get the mod from Nexus Mods.

GAMING NEWS

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War is a new 4X turn-based strategy game
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40000-gladius-relics-war-new-4x-turn-based-strategy-game/
Slitherine and Games Workshop have announced a new a new 4X turn-based strategy game, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius incorporates the dark, gothic, far future science-fantasy setting in ways never tried before.

Despite controversy, the PC F2P revenue has doubled since 2012
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/despite-controversy-pc-f2p-revenue-doubled-since-2012/
Superdata has shared some interesting stats about the the PC games revenue over the past few years. According to its data, the PC F2P revenue has doubled since 2012. On the other hand, the traditional PC and console retail revenue has only increased by 60%. As such, it’s no wonder that most publishers are focusing on the ‘games as services‘ model.

>>That proves that, in the end, we get what we deserve .

Bungie has removed the controversial XP scaling system from Destiny 2
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/bungie-removed-controversial-xp-scaling-system-destiny-2/
Bungie has announced that its has removed the XP scaling system from Destiny 2. According to the team, this system was not working ideally and it was not happy with the results. And after some backlash from its community, Bungie decided to completely remove it.

>>Ruler made a thread about the XP thing.

Flight Unlimited 2K16 is available for free for the next 5 days
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/flight-unlimited-2k16-available-free-next-5-days/
Flight sim fans, here is something for you today. Microsoft is currently offering Flight Unlimited 2K16 for free on the Windows Store. Flight Unlimited 2K16 comes with HD satellite imagery covering over 800 SQ Miles of the Bay Area, Switzerland, and Las Vegas. According to its description, the game features 4K HD cockpits for each aircraft modeled from the ground up and HD Volumetric 3D Clouds.

>>This offer is only available through the Microsoft Store.

Ubisoft has managed to protect Assassin’s Creed Origins from pirates for an entire month
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/ubisoft-managed-protect-assassins-creed-origins-pirates-entire-month/
Back in October, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed: Origins which uses the latest version of the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Not only that, but Ubisoft has protected Denuvo with VMProtect. The French company has put VMProtect on top of Denuvo. And while some may claim that this implementation is eating additional CPU cycles, Ubisoft has managed to protect its game from pirates for an entire month.

Team Ninja will add official key rebind & mouse support to Nioh on December 30th
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/team-ninja-will-add-official-key-rebind-mouse-support-nioh-december-30th/
Hell bloody yeah. Team Ninja has just announced that a new patch for Nioh: Complete Edition will be released on November 30th. This patch will add official support for mouse. Not only that, but this patch will offer an in-game option to rebind all of your keyboard keys.

Warhammer Vermintide 2 will support DX12, will take better advantage of modern-day CPUs and GPUs
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-vermintide-2-will-support-dx12-will-take-better-advantage-modern-day-cpus-gpus/
In an interview with WCCFTech, Fatshark revealed some new interesting tech information about Warhammer Vermintide 2. Warhammer Vermintide 2 will support both the DX11 and the DX12 APIs. Moreover, Fatshark claims that the game will better use CPUs and GPUs than its predecessor.

New gameplay features & lots of screenshots revealed for Attack on Titan 2
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-gameplay-features-screenshots-revealed-attack-titan-2/
KOEI Tecmo today released details about the new and improved gameplay features and playable Scouts for Attack on Titan 2. Among the new features are Attack On Titan 2’s Buddy Actions These are support options team members can offer to one another and include Rescue, Recovery, and Titan Transformation. The latter offers a team member the potential to unlock the power of Titans.