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SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

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My favorite offbeat roguelike of the decade is free to keep on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/my-favorite-offbeat-roguelike-of-the-decade-is-free-to-keep-on-steam/
There are currently 3,946 games with the "roguelike" tag on Steam, but I don't think there's a single one quite like Dungeon of the Endless. If there is I certainly haven't played it, and that's pretty remarkable considering just how saturated this genre has become in just the last decade. Dungeon of the Endless's hook is that it's a little bit RPG, a little bit strategy game, and very much a tower defense game, with the randomization of a roguelike to keep it interesting.
I can't tell you how many Sunday mornings I've lost to co-op sessions of this game—for quite a few years it was a game that a friend and I would drop four hours into on a whim and I never regretted it once. It's been dirt cheap in plenty of Steam sales over the years, but if you've never bought it, you're in luck now, because it's free to keep on Steam until July 27th.
>> It's part of the Endless Summer Sale that features up to 80% discounts on other games in the Endless franchise until July 27th.

GOG has launched the POP! Culture Sale, with up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_popculture_sale.

Steam has new games on sale and also new weeklong deals:

• The Total War Historic Sale features between 25 and 75% discounts until the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TotalWarHistoricSale
• A Way Out is going to be 80% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222700/A_Way_Out/
• The Mini Franchise is on sale because of its 10th anniversary with up to 50% discounts until July, 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/minifranchise
• Among Us will be 30% off until the 2nd of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/945360/Among_Us/
• And these are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Wee Tanks! , that has a demo, is going to be 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1797680/Wee_Tanks/
  • Ravenous Devils, that also has a demo, gets a 30% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1615290/Ravenous_Devils/
  • 1000 days to escape is half its price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1103100/1000_days_to_escape/
  • Abandon Ship can be your with a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/551860/Abandon_Ship/
  • Fear the Dark Unknown is 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159540/Fear_the_Dark_Unknown/
  • And the last of this list, SOULCALIBUR VI, has a 90% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/544750/SOULCALIBUR_VI/

There are two new sales at the Humble Store:

• The You're in Charge Sale features up to 80% discounts during 6 days. There are keys for Steam and EGS, and also direct downloads: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/youre-in-charge-sale/
• On the other hand, the Trendy Indies Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 6 days. There are keys for Steam, one for EGS and also two direct downloads: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/trendy-indies-sale/

Fanatical's new Star Deal is Baldur's Gate I & II Pack, 90% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/baldurs-gate-i-and-ii-pack.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4576
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4576
Fixed Issues
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• Remnant 2 (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay.
• World War Z (DX11) may exhibit flickering textures during gameplay.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Voxel Doom 2 will release on August 1st
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/voxel-doom-2-will-release-on-august-1st/
In August 2022, we informed you about an amazing voxel mod for the first Doom game. This mod replaced all of the game’s 2D sprites with 3D voxels. And today, we are happy to report that a similar voxel mod for Doom 2 will release on August 1st.
Created by Cheello, Voxel Doom II will replace all monsters, weapons and items from the second Doom game with voxels. Thanks to this mod, this classic FPS will get an incredible 3D overhaul. And, similarly to its predecessor, Voxel Doom II will be using the GZDoom engine.
>> There's a short video of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Remnant 2 is the first game using UE5’s Nanite to eliminate geometry pop-ins
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/remnant-2-is-the-first-game-using-ue5-nanite-to-eliminate-geometry-pop-ins/
Remnant 2 releases later today and it will be the second game powered by Unreal Engine 5 (the first one was Layers of Fear). And, surprisingly enough, it’s also the first game that is using UE5’s Nanite in order to eliminate distant geometry/object pop-ins.
>> And the principal designer says that there are a lot of secret.

Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Forspoken
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-has-removed-denuvo-from-forspoken/
Well well well, look what we’ve got here. It appears that Square Enix has just removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Forspoken. As such, those that boycotted the game can now purchase it. That is of course if anyone is still interested in this title.
>> You'll see how the sales will skyrocket from now on.