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The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

GOG has two new Deal of the Day and a new Weekly Sale:

• The first DotD is The Planet Crafter, still in development, 15% off until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_planet_crafter
• The second DotD is Starcom: Nexus, 50% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/starcomnexus
• And the Weekly Sale features up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220718_weekly_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• The daily deal is Little Witch in the Woods, still in Early Access, 10% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594940/Little_Witch_in_the_Woods/
• And The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia will be 88% off until July 24: https://store.steampowered.com/app/940680/The_Textorcist_The_Story_of_Ray_Bibbia/

We find several new deals at Humble:

• There's a new Humble Bundle: the Outright Games Summer Break, with up to 10 games to get during 11 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/outright-games-summer-break
• The Humble Store has three new sales:
  • The Age of Empires franchise Sale features up to 50% discounts during 4 days. The keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/age-of-empires-franchise-sale/
  • The 2K Classics Sale comes with up to 80% discounts during 4 days. There are keys for Steam and GOG (1): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/2k-classics-sale/
  • And the Big in Japan Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 7 days. You can check individual publishers (Komodo, Idea Factory, D3 Publisher, NIS America) or in total with extra publishers: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/big-in-japan-sale/

And Fanatical has three new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Tropico 6, 65% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/tropico-6
• WB puts its games up to 86% off during 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/warner-bros-games-inc
• And the Fanatical Favorites BYOB comes with 20 titles to choose your 2, 3 or 5 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/fanatical-favorites-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time PC Port, Ship of Harkinian, now supports framerates up to 250fps, features a Nintendo 64 Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-pc-port-ship-of-harkinian-now-supports-framerates-up-to-250fps-features-a-nintendo-64-mode/
The team behind Ship of Harkinian, one of the unofficial PC ports of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, has revealed some new features that it has added to its latest version.
Currently, there are two unofficial PC ports of The Legenda of Zelda Ocarina of Time. The first one is Ship of Harkinian and the other one is Open Ocarina. According to the team, Ship of Harkinian now supports framerates up to 250fps. Moreover, it comes with a Nintendo 64 mode for all those that want to re-live this game in its original form.
Additionally, the game is now compatible with WiiU and Mac OS.
And that’s not all. This latest version of Ship of Harkinian, called Rachael Alfa, includes a free camera mode, an item randomizer and numerous new cheat codes.

Battlefield 3: Reality Mod is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/battlefield-3-reality-mod-is-now-available-for-download/
As promised, the highly anticipated mod for Battlefield 3, Battlefield 3: Reality Mod, is now available for download. The team behind this ambitious mod has also released a Beginner’s Guide video that you can find below.
BF3: Reality Mod is a Battlefield 3 modification that focuses on communication and teamwork. It draws inspiration from the successful BF2 “Project Reality” mod. The mod aims to offer a complete gameplay and UI overhaul that creates a more tactical and meaningful experience.

A modder is bringing the Saturn version of Quake to the PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/a-modder-is-bringing-the-saturn-version-of-quake-to-the-pc/
Modder ‘JaycieErysdren’ is currently working on a project that aims to port the Saturn version of Quake to the PC. The modder has used a Blender plugin which can grab all textures and geometry, and assign materials to match it all together. As such, a downloadable version of this mod should appear online pretty soon.
In case you did not know, the Saturn version of Quake was a bit special. For starters, it used the Slavedriver Engine and not the original Quake Engine. Thus, Lobotomy Software (who was responsible for this port) had to reconstruct all of the game’s levels.
Quake Saturn also comes with some unique features. For instance, instead of 3D models, it uses sprites for its weapon viewmodels. Additionally, the liquids look different, and they now are animated. Not only that, but aquatic shadows within liquids are visible.

Someone remastered 1981's Ultima with the stellar graphics of 1985's Ultima 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/someone-remastered-1981s-ultima-with-the-stellar-graphics-of-1985s-ultima-4/
Have you ever wished that the clunky, outdated graphics of one of your favorite games would be given a real overhaul? A profound change which takes into account years of technological development?
Perhaps, even, if that technological development is also pretty old?
Well, wish no more, because modder Jeremy Abrahamson has released a complete visual overhaul of Ultima, first released in 1981, using the stellar tileset developed much later for Ultima 4—in 1985. Yes, if what you truly want in life is to play games from just before the era of Stranger Things with upgraded graphics from the year of the second season of Stranger Things, modders have you covered.

GAMING NEWS

MultiVersus Open Beta begins on July 26th, gets new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/multiversus-open-beta-begins-on-july-26th-gets-new-gameplay-trailer/
Warner Bros has announced that the MultiVersus Open Beta will begin on July 26th. This Open Beta will support cross-play between PC and consoles, and will have dedicated server-based rollback netcode.

Soulframe is a new free-to-play Action Hybrid-MMORPG from the developers of Warframe
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/soulframe-is-a-new-free-to-play-action-hybrid-mmorpg-from-the-developers-of-warframe/
At TennoCon 2022, Digital Extremes revealed a brand new game, called Soulframe. Soulframe will be a free-to-play Action Hybrid-MMORPG, and below you can find its debut in-engine cinematic trailer.