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It’s time for the Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away Floppy Knights: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/floppy-knights-6a735a
Next week, the free game will be Arcade Paradise.

Now that the Summer Sale is over (or is it?), GOG has launched 5 new sales:

• The new Weekly Sale has up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240710_weekly_deals_1_july
• Fancy a French game? Well, you can get them up to 90% off at the Vive La France Sale during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_vive_la_france
• Did you really think thatt he Summer Sale was over? Well, you’re wrong, because here’s the Summer Sale Sunset, with up to 95% deals until July 19: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_summer_sale_sunset
• Are you cold at night? If so, the Hot Summer Nights Sale is your answer with NSFW games up to 90% off during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_nsfw_hot_summer_nights
• And the Forever Great Sale has classic games on sale with up to 90% discounts until the 22nd of July: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2024_forever_great_promo

There’s a new Humble Bundle: the Flashback Classics Bundle, featuring up to 8 games to get during 20 days (the fact that the game Flashback isn’t included, is such a missed opportunity): https://www.humblebundle.com/games/flashback-classics.

And Fanatical’s new Star Deal is the Star Wars Collection, 87% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/star-wars-collection.

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GAMING NEWS

NBA 2K25 New-Gen Version finally comes to PC, and here are its official PC system requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nba-2k25-new-gen-version-finally-comes-to-pc-and-here-are-its-official-pc-system-requirements/
2K Games has announced that the PC will finally get the New-Gen version of NBA 2K25. Moreover, the publisher shared the game’s official PC system requirements which you can find below.
>> It only took them 4 years.

Black State appears to be a “Metal Gear Solid meets The Matrix” third-person action adventure, powered by Unreal Engine 5
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/black-state-appears-to-be-a-metal-gear-solid-meets-the-matrix-third-person-action-adventure-powered-by-unreal-engine-5/
Now here is something that came out of nowhere. Developer Motion Blur has announced a new third-person action adventure game that appears to be heavily inspired by Meta Gear Solid and The Matrix. This new title is called Black State, and below you can find its debut in-engine gameplay trailer.

Here are ten minutes of gameplay from the “Blade Runner meets Observer meers Batman Arkham’s Detective Mode” cyber-noir first-person game, Nobody Wants to Die
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-ten-minutes-of-gameplay-from-the-blade-runner-meets-observer-meers-batman-arkhams-detective-mode-cyber-noir-first-person-game-nobody-wants-to-die/
IGN has shared a new video, showcasing ten minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming cyber-noir first-person adventure game, Nobody Wants to Die.

Arc System Works will revive the classic Double Dragon game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/arc-system-works-will-revive-the-classic-double-dragon-game/
Arc System Works has announced a 3D remake of the classic Double Dragon game. Double Dragon Revive will be coming to PC in 2025, and below you can find its debut trailer.

Here are 30 minutes of gameplay from Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-30-minutes-of-gameplay-from-dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake/
Famitsu has shared a video, showcasing 30 minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming HD-2D remake of Dargon Quest III. This video will give you a glimpse of the game’s art style, so be sure to watch it.

The First Descendant Patch 1.0.2 improves stability by reducing CPU load during shader generation, lowers GPU memory usage and brings some optimization improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-first-descendant-patch-1-0-2-improves-stability-by-reducing-cpu-load-during-shader-generation-lowers-gpu-memory-usage-and-brings-some-optimization-improvements/
NEXON has released Title Update 1.0.2 for The First Descendant. According to the release notes, this patch improves the stability of the shader preparation process, lowers GPU memory usage, and packs various optimizations.