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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG goes back to its usual business and features a new Weekly Sale containing some titles from the Summer Sale with up to 90% discounts until the 4th of July: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220627_weekly_sale.

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Borderlands franchise is up to 78% off during the next 6 days. There are keys for Steam and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/borderlands-franchise-sale/
• Ubisoft puts its titles up to 80% off during the next 6 days. Most keys are for UPlay, but there are also some for GOG (3), Steam (2) and EGS (2): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ubisoft-publisher-sale/
• And the Koei Tecmo Publisher Sale features up to 75% discounts during 9 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/koei-tecmo-publisher-sale/

And Fanatical has twop ne wflash deals and a new bundle:

• The first flash deal is Days Gone, 59% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/days-gone
• The second flash deal is Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice, with a 75% discount during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun-aiko-s-choice
• The new Fully Loaded 6 Bundle comes with 7 games featuring a 94% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fully-loaded-6-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 516.59 WHQL
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-516-59-whql

• Game Ready for F1 22
• Support for GeForce GTX 1630 GPU
• Added support for Windows 11 22H2
• Added support for CUDA 11.7
• Fixed Issues
  • [Red Dead Redemption][Vulkan]: Some objects may flicker when player is indoors
  • [OpenGL] Minecraft Java Edition may display artifacts when using Optifine shaders
  • [OpenGL] Artifacts may appear in Second Life when connecting using third party viewers
  • [Neverwinter Nights] Light sources not rendering correctly
  • [Vulkan] Path of Exile displays flashing black textures
  • [G-SYNC] Games may stutter when bringing up the Xbox app overlay
  • [UE5] General UE5 stability improvements

Fall Guys pushes the Epic Games Store to a new record player count
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/fall-guys-pushes-the-epic-games-store-to-a-new-record-player-count/
Fall Guys went free to play last week, a change that also saw it leave Steam and become an Epic Games Store exclusive. Despite that change in storefronts, the Fall Guys player count on Steam saw a huge spike too—nearly five times as many concurrent players at its peak as in the previous month. Unsurprisingly, it's also doing pretty well on Epic, which set a new record for active players on June 21, the day Fall Guys went free.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Ludicrous Skyrim mod gives dragons 16K textures
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ludicrous-skyrim-mod-gives-dragons-16k-textures/
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is over a decade old, but remains by a distance the most popular title on mod database NexusMods. The fact it's been out so long also means that most of the things you could think of doing with it have already happened, and so you get some slightly unusual stuff in these twilight years. My eyebrows raised a little when I saw tens of thousands of people downloading a mod to upgrade its cage models to 4K.
4K? Lol, says the group of modders behind one of Skyrim's latest mods, and lmao. Creators wrig675, XilaMonstrr and I2edShift are behind the snappily named 'Bellyaches 16K-8K Dragon Replacer Pack', which retextures all dragons in vanilla Skyrim, "now cleaned of compression artifacts and upscaled to a maximum of 8K resolution. Original textures were BC3 compression and a ix of 1K, 2K and 4K resolution. Now they're in 4K, 8K and 16K resolution, with BC3 compression and full mipmaps."

GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update 1.5.3 releases tomorrow, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/assassins-creed-valhalla-update-1-5-3-releases-tomorrow-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft announced that Update 1.5.3 for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will release tomorrow. This update is 7.7GB in size on PC, and you can find its full patch notes below.
According to the changelog, Patch 1.5.3 addresses various incorrect AI behaviors. Moreover, it resolves instances of grass and/or foliage disappearing as players approach. It will also fix numerous clipping issues, as well as numerous graphics, texture, animation, or lighting issues.
>> That tomorrow is today, 28th.

Sniper Elite 5 Patch 1.06 adds FOV slider and numerous accessibility options
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/sniper-elite-5-patch-1-06-adds-fov-slider-and-numerous-accessibility-options/
Rebellion has released a brand new update for Sniper Elite 5. According to the release notes, patch 1.06 adds a FOV slider on the PC, and brings numerous accessibility options. Moreover, it fixes a lot of bugs and issues.

Demo released for the high-speed combat racing roguelite with PSX-era graphics, VergeWorld
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/demo-released-for-the-high-speed-combat-racing-roguelite-with-psx-era-graphics-vergeworld/
Retrovibe and Bad Bones have announced a new high-speed combat racing roguelite with PSX-era 3D graphics,called VergeWorld. In addition, the teams released a demo for it on Steam, and shared its announcement trailer.

First gameplay trailer released for Return to Monkey Island
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-trailer-released-for-return-to-monkey-island/
Devolver has released the first gameplay trailer for Return to Monkey Island. This trailer features some in-game scenes, and will give you an idea of the game’s art style and aesthetics.