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The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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Steam has lots of new deals for us, including new weeklong deals:

• Like the one we find at GOG, there’s an Isometric Sale, with up to 90% discounts until, in theory, August 31: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IsometricRPGSale2024
• Beasts of Bermuda, in Early Access, wil be 35% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/719890/Beasts_of_Bermuda/
• Tripwire Interactive will have its games up to 90% off until next Monday, the 2nd of September: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TripwirePublisherSale2024
• Publisher Toplitz Productions puts its games on sale with up to 85% discounts. I’ve seen deals ending the 2nd of September and others lasting until the 5th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ToplitzPublisherSale
• Another Sale that can also be found on GOG is next: the Back to School Sale, with games up tp 95% off until September 2nd… but some will last longer than that: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BacktoSchoolSale2024
• The Anime Game Festival 2024 is here with up to 55% deals until the 3rd of September: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Neverland/sale/animegamefestival
• Chorus, that has a demo, features an 80% discount until the 9th of September: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153640/Chorus/
• The Frogwares Publisher Sale has up to 90% deals, but the date those deals will end isn’t stated. Steam’s main page says the 29th of August, but I don’t know if I believe it: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/frogwares_2024
• And here are some Weeklong Deals:
  • GUNFIELD, still in Early Access, will be 10% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2305900/GUNFIELD/
  • Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum has a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1899060/Pocket_Mirror__GoldenerTraum/
  • Go Mecha Ball is half its usual price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008510/Go_Mecha_Ball/
  • Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered gets a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/312840/Fahrenheit_Indigo_Prophecy_Remastered/
  • And Lost Words: Beyond the Page is going to be 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/599610/Lost_Words_Beyond_the_Page/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Capcom Fire Deals arrive to the store with up to 89% discounts during 12 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/capcom
• The BYO Summer Superstars Collection has 31 games to choose from for your 2+, 3+ or 4+ bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-summer-superstars-collection

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Starfield modders are already trading in Bethesda's new buggy for Halo's Warthog and Luke's landspeeder
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/starfield-modders-are-already-trading-in-bethesdas-new-buggy-for-halos-warthog-and-lukes-landspeeder/
Last week Bethesda finally gave Starfield players something they'd been asking for since the space RPG launched: a drivable land vehicle. Called the Rev-8, the new buggy can be added to your spaceship with a vehicle module so it'll appear right next to you wherever you land, meaning you don't have to run, jump, and jetpack to get where you need to go. Now you can drive.
Cool, thanks! Also, do you mind if modders immediately change everything about it?
You can probably guess at least one of the vehicles modders used to replace the vanilla Starfield buggy. Yep, it's the Warthog from Halo. Specifically, it's the M12B FAV (Force Application Vehicle), and although the mod looks pretty neat, I do notice one thing missing: a method for applying force. Doesn't the Warthog typically have a bigass chaingun or gauss cannon mounted on it? Ah, well. It's still a big improvement on the Rev-8.
The same modder, NotSiouxsie, has a few more vehicle mods, like the incredibly attractive Old Earth ATV mod that makes it look like you're driving a shiny blue Jeep with big chunky tires around on Starfield's planets. There's also this Crimson Gang van mod that may be even cooler, based on a 1992 Chevy van. You can also take the Saints Row's Stag N-Forcer for a spin, a vehicle I'm not personally familiar with but still think looks pretty cool. 
Far more exciting to me, this other mod turns the Rev-8 into the X-34 landspeeder, the dirty, clunky old hovering car Luke Skywalker used to get around on Tatooine in the original Star Wars. Though I see the modder has blasphemously put Han Solo and Chewbacca in the front seat instead of Luke and Ben Kenobi, it still looks dope, and it'll go great with any Star Wars-inspired ship builds you're playing with.
What, no Thomas the Tank Engine? Well, not quite yet. He's here, but at the moment he's untextured. I'm sure someone will give him a paint job soon. 
>> Sadly, there’s only one image of the landspeeder mod.

GAMING NEWS

The Smurfs – Dreams feels like Super Mario 3D World in its latest gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-smurfs-dreams-feels-like-super-mario-3d-world-in-its-latest-gameplay-trailer/
Microids has just released a new gameplay trailer for The Smurfs – Dreams. And, to my surprise, in this trailer, this new The Smurfs game feels like a Super Mario 3D World clone. Which is good.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Open Beta PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-open-beta-pc-requirements/
Activision, Treyarch and Beenox have revealed the official PC system requirements for the Open Beta phase of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. So, let’s see what you’ll need in order to play it.

Leaked gameplay footage from the canceled Crysis Next
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/leaked-gameplay-footage-from-the-canceled-crysis-next/
Before the announcement of Crysis 4, Crytek was working on a multiplayer game based on the Crysis franchise, called Crysis Next. And earlier today, a video was leaked, showcasing 13 minutes of gameplay footage from it.