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The Tuesday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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By the way, the data from last week was incorrect. They’ve have since fixed it and you can check the real results from the week ending Jan 21st, from here.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth debuts to the highest peak concurrent users of the series on Steam—except for the MMO, naturally
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-debuts-to-the-highest-peak-concurrent-users-of-the-series-on-steam-except-for-the-mmo-naturally/
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth has finally ambled its way over to PC, and it's landing with—hold your breath—moderate to solid success! Please imagine me firing some party poppers at your leisure. As seen on the game's SteamDB page, Rebirth has thus far enjoyed a peak concurrent player count of around 40,000, which is none too shabby.
While "big franchise does solid" is not super interesting in itself, it's a curiouser number when lined up against other entries in the franchise. It is (aside from Final Fantasy 14, which is an MMO and enjoyed an exodus of WoW players during Shadowlands) the highest-ranking peak concurrent player count in the series (via VGC).
That puts it a clean 13,056 hype measurements above Final Fantasy 16, the latest game in the series, that pulled in 27,508 players at its peak. It's an actually downright impressive leap when compared to the first FF7 remake, though—which you'd expect to be higher, given how pessimistic Square has been about Rebirth's comparative performance. But, no, that peaked at a considerably humble 13,803 players on Steam.

GOG has launched the Capcom Fire Deals, consisting of three games with 20, 66 and 84% discounts for the next 14 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250128_capcom_fire_deals.

Steam has these deals:

• Publisher Devolver Digital has launched its End of Winter Sale with up to 90% deals until the 3rd of February: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6638525/sale/endofwintersale2025
• Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 will be 90% off until the 5th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078760/Motorcycle_Mechanic_Simulator_2021/
• Sea of Stars has a 30% discount until February 10: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244090/Sea_of_Stars/
• For fans of trains and dioramas, Train Yard Builder is going to be 35% off until the 10th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1674900/Train_Yard_Builder/
• To prove once again that there’s a simulator game for everything, Hairdresser Simulator is here with a 50% discount until the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330560/Hairdresser_Simulator/
• To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Dying Light franchise is on sale with up to 75% deals until the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dyinglightanniversary
• And last, but not least, there are the weeklong deals.

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, with a 30% deal during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2.

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GAMING NEWS

STALKER 2 Update 1.1.4 Released, Is 13GB, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/stalker-2-update-1-1-4-released-is-13gb-full-patch-notes/
GSC GameWorld has just released the first title update of the year 2025 for STALKER 2, and shared its full patch notes. This update is 13GB in size, so let’s see what it brings to the table.

Doom: The Dark Ages will use the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-the-dark-ages-will-use-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech/
Doom: The Dark Ages is a game that a lot of PC gamers are looking forward to. However, it appears that the game will be using the controversial Denuvo anti-tamper tech.