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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG's Game Festival will still run for another week, and there's a new flash deal: Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition will be 40% off during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/kentucky_route_zero.

Steam features the War Child Re-Play 2022 Sale, with up to 75% discounts during the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/WCUKGaming/sale/re-play2022.

The Humble Store has four new sales:

• The Monster Hunter franchise sale features up to 50% discounts for 4 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/monster-hunter-franchise-sale/
• The Private Division Publisher Sale features up to 67% discounts during the next 4 days. There are keys for Steam and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/private-division-publisher-sale/
• CD Projekt Red puts its games up to 85% off during 4 days. Obviously, the keys are for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/cd-projekt-red-publisher-sale/
• And Publisher Devolver puts its games up to 90% off during 4 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG and EGS (1): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/devolver-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two deals:

• The Star Deal, that started yesterday, is Barotraume, 84% off for another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/barotrauma
• And Paradox puts its games up to 81% off during the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/paradox-interactive

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Fallout New Vegas Mod introduces a playable Android race
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-fallout-new-vegas-mod-introduces-a-playable-android-race/
Allnarta and Tomminfinite have released a new mod for Fallout New Vegas that adds a new playable Android race. This is a really cool mod that will change the way you play Fallout New Vegas, so we suggest downloading if you have already finished the game.
Going into more details, this mod features a unique android model traits system. After choosing your race, you will be able to choose between eight developed models of Apollo androids line. Each of these androids has unique traits and unique upper plates color.
The mod also features a dynamic spine which indicates your current HP level. Not only that, but there is a dynamic visual body destruction that is dependant on your HP level.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake gets an 8GB AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/final-fantasy-7-remake-gets-an-8gb-ai-enhanced-hd-texture-pack/
Last month, we shared an HD Texture Pack for Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Created by modder ‘Alezein’, that pack overhauled the textures, inside and outside 7th Heaven. And last week, the modder released a new HD Texture Pack that improves all of the textures of the Sector 7 Slums section.
Needless to say that we highly recommend downloading this HD Texture Pack. After all, it will improve the game’s visuals. The modder will be now focusing on improving the textures of Sector 5 and 6. So yeah, expect the game to look even better in the future.

Elden Ring message system modded into Fallout: New Vegas
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/elden-ring-message-system-modded-into-fallout-new-vegas/
You can't walk more than a few feet in Elden Ring without tripping over messages from other players. These messages can be helpful, harmful, or silly, they can encourage players to leap off cliffs to their certain death or search for secret doors where there are none or alert them to a dog that is certainly not a dog. After 60 hours of playing, these messages can even get a bit exasperating, but they're a beloved tradition carried over from earlier Dark Souls games.
But now Elden Ring isn't the only open world RPG where you can find messages from other players that say "Try jumping," "Liar ahead," and "Try finger but hole." A modder has added an Elden Ring-like message system to Fallout: New Vegas so couriers can now communicate with each other.

Be the monsters in Slay the Spire fan expansion Downfall, out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/be-the-monsters-in-slay-the-spire-fan-expansion-downfall-out-now/
In the works for a few years now Slay the Spire mod-turned-fan-expansion Downfall is finally out—it even has one of those fancy full-on Steam pages like a proper game, but for a mod. I do love those.
Card game Slay the Spire is one of the absolute best games to come out in the past decade, an elegantly designed (our words) deckbuilder and roguelike that fuses the best of the genre's tabletop origins with the kind of surprise you can only get in a digital format.
And Downfall deserves it, a massive loving tribute to the base game that adds a nicely-balanced new character: The Hermit, whose clever gimmick is that the position of some of their cards in their hand matters. A card in the exact center is Dead On, so it gains a bonus effect.

Portal 2: Desolation is giving the classic puzzle game a huge graphics overhaul
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/portal-2-desolation-is-giving-the-classic-puzzle-game-a-huge-graphics-overhaul/
Portal 2: Desolation is a fan project that's currently in development, a whole new singleplayer campaign in the Portal setting. It's basically a community-made Portal 3, or at least Portal 2.5, being made "in tribute to Valve's Iconic series", as Emberspark Games puts it. The developers have spent the last year getting Desolation's graphics to look slick, which has meant totally replacing the Source Engine's rendering and lighting pipeline.

GAMING NEWS

Mirror Forge is a new Silent Hill-inspired game, PC demo available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mirror-forge-is-a-new-silent-hill-inspired-game-pc-demo-available-for-download/
MystiveDev has informed us about a new game that is inspired by Silent Hill and Parallel Dimensions, called Mirror Forge. Mirror Forge is coming to PC on September 30th, and there is a demo that you can download right now.

New gameplay trailers released for Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-gameplay-trailers-released-for-vampire-the-masquerade-swansong/
Last week, Nacon released two gameplay trailers for Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong. The first one is the official gameplay reveal trailer, whereas the second one is the one presented during the Future Games Show Spring Showcase event.

Project RYU is a new great looking Unreal Engine 5 indie game
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/project-ryu-is-a-new-great-looking-unreal-engine-5-indie-game/
RYU Production, a six-person indie team, is currently working on a brand new game using Unreal Engine 5, called Project RYU. Project RYU will be a single-player game that is set in Korea, and below you can find its debut in-engine trailer.

Extended gameplay trailer released for Forever Skies
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/extended-gameplay-trailer-released-for-forever-skies/
Far From Home has released an extended gameplay trailer for Forever Skies. Forever Skies is a post-apocalyptic action survival game that will support co-op with up to four players. This extended gameplay trailer shows a lone scientist on a mission to discover the location of a specific virus sample.

Bandai Namco announces One Piece Odyssey, coming to PC in 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bandai-namco-announces-one-piece-odyssey-coming-to-pc-in-2022/
Bandai Namco has just announced a new One Piece RPG, called One Piece Odyssey. One Piece Odyssey is coming to PC later this year, and below you can find its announcement trailer.