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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

The Epic Store gives away two games:

• Football Manager 2024: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/football-manager-2024
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts-c772b9

Next week, the free games will be Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland and SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE.

Steam has three new deals:

• Backrooms: Escape Together, still in Early Access, will be 20% off until the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141730/Backrooms_Escape_Together/
• Katana ZERO features a 40% discount until the same September 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/460950/Katana_ZERO/
• And Northend Tower Defense gets a 30% discount until September 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1669170/Northend_Tower_Defense/

Humble Bundle presents the Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle, with up to 9 items to get (there are two coupons) during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/summer-narrative-celebration-bundle.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is The Legend of Tianding, 70% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-legend-of-tianding
• The BYO Platinum Collection - September 2024 is here with 18 games to choose for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ bundles: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First HD Texture Pack for Bloodborne on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-hd-texture-pack-for-bloodborne-on-pc/
Modder ‘fromsoftserve’ has released the first HD Texture Pack for Bloodborne that you can use on PC via the PlayStation 4 emulator, shadPS4. This is a WIP project, meaning that it does not cover all areas. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
As fromsoftserve noted, this pack covers five areas. These are Hunter’s Dream, Central Yharnam, Cathedral Ward, Upper Cathedral Ward and Old Yharnam. To overhaul the textures, the modder used AI tools. So basically, he upscaled the original textures by two times.
You can download this HD Texture Pack from this link. To install it, you’ll have to copy the map folder from this mod right into your Bloodborne game folder. And that’s it. When you load the game via shadPS4, you’ll instantly get the new textures.
>> The article has some screenshots and three videos.

Here’s Cyberpunk 2077 at 8K/Ultra+/Path Tracing with 300+ mods
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/heres-cyberpunk-2077-at-8k-ultra-path-tracing-with-300-mods/
YouTube’s ‘Digital Dreams’ has shared a video, showcasing Cyberpunk 2077 at 8K with over 300 mods and Ultra+ Path Tracing. This video will give you an idea of what a heavily modded version of CDPR’s title looks like in 2024.
To capture this gameplay footage, the YouTuber used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 32GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Sadly, though, he did not include any Performance Overlay. Thus, we don’t have any specific performance numbers.
From the footage, it appears that the game is way below 60fps. Moreover, it’s almost a given that Digital Dreams used DLSS 3 with Frame Generation. So, for all purists out there, this isn’t native 8K. Regardless of that, though, the game does look great.
It’s also worth noting that Digital Dreams shared the list of mods he has used. So, if you want to make the game look almost as good as this video, you can download the modlist from this link.
>> There’s no way he can natively run Cyberpunk 207 at 8K with path tracing, but it does great. The video is 8 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

Deliver At All Costs is a new cool isometric destruction-based action delivery driver game
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/deliver-at-all-costs-is-a-new-cool-isometric-destruction-based-action-delivery-driver-game/
Now here is something really cool. Konami has just announced Deliver At All Costs; a new isometric destruction-based action delivery driver game. This looks like a lot of fun, so make sure to at least watch its debut gameplay trailer.
>> Looks fun.

Here are 40 minutes of gameplay footage from Titan Quest 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-40-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-titan-quest-2/
THQ Nordic has just shared a video, showcasing 40 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from Titan Quest 2. Titan Quest 2 is an isometric action RPG that a lot of PC gamers are looking forward to. So, if you are one of them, make sure to watch the video.