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Friday news with, again, lots of news from Gamescom:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

One of July's biggest Steam hits was a free chicken-stacking game you can finish in 5 minutes
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/one-of-julys-biggest-steam-hits-was-a-free-chicken-stacking-game-you-can-finish-in-5-minutes/
If you're curious about what new games are getting a lot of playtime on Steam, you probably won't be shocked to hear games like Final Fantasy, Tribes of Midgard, Chernoblyte, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles did very well in July.
But you might be surprised to learn that in the free games department, one of July's biggest Steam hits was a platformer where you're an alpaca collecting chickens on its back that you can play from start to finish in under five minutes.
That's short! But is it sweet? Frankly, yes. In Alpaca Stacka, you're the titular alpaca, who heads to a party being thrown by a hen. But a local squirrel, utterly enraged that he hadn't been invited to the barnyard shindig, has set all of the hen's baby chicks free. Mama Hen, distraught and having done nothing herself to locate her missing children, puts her alpaca friend Paz on the case, so you run around the island looking for the escaped chicks.
>> The fact that it's free probably helped a lot.

At the Epic Store, the new free game is Automachef: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/automachef
And next week, the free game will be "Yoku's Island Express".

The Humble Store has its Summer Sale with up to 90% discounts. It wouldn't be a bad idea to check it in case they've added some new deals.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, 83% off during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration
• The new Omega Bundle comes with 12 games plit into 3 tiers of 3, 6 and 12 games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/omega-bundle
• And from today until Monday 30th, you can save an additional 7% of your purchases with the code PAYDAYAUG21, that you can use on the Pay Day Sale.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

It's the second time in a row that neither DSOGaming nor PCGamer have an article about an AMD driver release. I let the first one pass because it was mostly to add support for the new 6600 XT cards, but for this one I'll post the article rom Guru3D:

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.8.2 drivers
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/download-amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-21-8-2.html
AMD just released AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.8.2 drivers. The game "Myst" has been optimized, and a performance improvement of up to 6 percent at 4K medium settings on a machine powered by a Radeon RX 6800 XT has been observed when compared to the previous version 21.8.1 drivers. The drivers also include optimizations for the video game "Aliens: Fireteam Elite."
A number of issues have also been resolved by the drivers (...)
>> Available from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

11 minutes of gameplay footage from dark psychological thriller, Martha Is Dead
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/11-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-dark-psychological-thriller-martha-is-dead/
IGN has shared a new video, showing 11 minutes of gameplay footage from the dark psychological thriller, Martha Is Dead. The game will release later this year on PC, and this gameplay video will give you a glimpse at how the game looks and plays.

Comanche has left Early Access and has been fully released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/comanche-has-left-early-access-and-has-been-fully-released/
THQ Nordic has announced that Comanche has left its Early Access phase and is now available on Steam. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher released a new trailer that you can find below.

EA’s skate. is officially coming to PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/eas-skate-is-officially-coming-to-pc/
Electronic Arts has just announced that skate. will be officially coming to PC. skate. is the next part in EA’s skateboarding video-game series that doesn’t currently have any ETA. In fact, EA hasn’t revealed any details at all for this game.

Battlefield 5 is free to play this weekend on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-is-free-to-play-this-weekend-on-steam/
Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 5 is currently free to play on Steam for this weekend. Moreover, the publisher is offering the game with a 90% discount, meaning that you can get it for only 5,99€.

FEAR-inspired FPS, Trepang2, releases in 2022, to be published by Team17
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fear-inspired-fps-trepang2-releases-in-2022-to-be-published-by-team17/
Team17 has announced that it will publish the FEAR-inspired first-person shooter, Trepang2, in 2022. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher released a new gameplay trailer that you can find below.
>> It has a demo at Steam, if you want to try it.

Gungrave G.O.R.E. is officially coming to PC in 2022, gets a new gamescom 2021 trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gungrave-g-o-r-e-is-officially-coming-to-pc-in-2022-gets-a-new-gamescom-2021-trailer/
At the Future Games Show 2021, Prime Matter announced that Gungrave G.O.R.E. will be officially coming to PC in 2022. Additionally, the publisher has released its gamescom 2021 cinematic trailer that you can watch below.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is coming to PC, gets new gamescom 2021 trailers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nickelodeon-all-star-brawl-is-coming-to-pc-gets-new-gamescom-2021-trailers/
GameMill Entertainment has announced that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl will be officially coming to PC. Moreover, the publisher has released two new gamescom 2021 trailers that you can find below.

Prehistoric Kingdom is a new dinosaur theme park for PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/prehistoric-kingdom-is-a-new-dinosaur-theme-park-for-pc/
Crytivo has released the gamescom 2021 trailer for its upcoming dinosaur theme park, Prehistoric Kingdom. Similarly to Jurassic World Evolution, in Prehistoric Kingdom players will be able to build their own dino park.

Dark Souls-inspired indie game, Project Relic, gets a gamescom 2021 trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/dark-souls-inspired-indie-game-project-relic-gets-a-gamescom-2021-trailer/
Last month, we informed you about a new Dark Souls-inspired indie game, Project Relic. And yesterday, Project Cloud Games released its gamescom 2021 gameplay trailer for it.

CROWZ is a new multiplayer tactical shooter with semi-destructible environments
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crowz-is-a-new-tactical-shooter-with-semi-destructible-environments/
ROYALCROW has announced a new multiplayer tactical shooter, CROWZ, and released its gamescom 2021 gameplay trailer. CROWZ is a multiplayer game where players engage in battles as a mercenary called CROW.

Nano Racing is a new racer using Unreal Engine 5 from a single person
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nano-racing-is-a-new-racer-using-unreal-engine-5-from-a-single-person/
Reddit’s WonderFactory is currently working on a new racing game in Unreal Engine 5, called Nano Racing. The game will be using the Chaos Physics System, and below you can find its debut in-game trailer.
>> Good graphics, but bad gameplay.