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The much, much lighter than yesterday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

Steam has all these deals:

• Publisher Arbatskii Anatolii presents the Arbatskii Anatolii and friends Sale, with up to 50% discounts until February 10: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42784786/sale/ArbatskiiAndFriends
• Warner Bros presents the Hogwarts Anniversary Sale, with games up to 70% off until the 10th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/WBGames/sale/hogwartsanniversary
• The RPG Maker Festival 2025 is here, it’s giving away for free RPG Maker VX Ace (click here) and comes with up to 93% discounts until, in theory, the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/RPGMakerFestival2025
• Unrailed 2: Back on Track, still in Early Access, will be 20% off until the 17th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2211170/Unrailed_2_Back_on_Track/
• The Atari Publisher Sale lands with up to 75% discounts until the 17th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40527942/sale/AtariPublisherSale2025
• And of course, there’s also the weeklong deals.
• There is another deal, the Daedalic Multiplayer Sale but, as far as I can see, none of the games has seen any price cuts or deals.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 572.24 Released & Fully Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-hotfix-driver-572-24-released-fully-detailed/
NVIDIA has just released the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 572.24, and shared its full changelog. This brand new driver fixes a couple of issues, and it is recommended for those that play Valorant. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
The NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 572.24 fixes some crash issues that could occur in Valorant when running it on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Moreover, it fixes some freeze issues that could occur when exiting Final Fantasy XVI on Windows 11 23H2.
>> If you’re affected by the FF XVI issue (the other one only affects the handful of 5080 owners), you can download it from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New Version of Oblivion Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 5 Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-version-of-oblivion-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-5-released/
Remember the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Unreal Engine 5.3 Fan Remake we shared in December 2024? Well, get ready for a treat. Greg Coulthard has released a brand new version of it that you can download right now.
For those unaware, this project brings the entire map of Oblivion in Unreal Engine 5. So, this is what we’d get from a remaster of this classic TES game on a modern engine.
As I’ve already reported, apart from the foliage, all the assets and textures are from the original game. For the lighting, the artist also used Ultra Dynamic Sky. This sky system is designed to be more dynamic and natural than most sky solutions.
In short, you should temper your expectations. This isn’t a full-fledged remake. Still, for a one-man project, it is pretty impressive.
>> There’s an almost 10 minutes video in the article.

GAMING NEWS

Pre-Alpha Gameplay Footage for Battlefield 2025
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/pre-alpha-gameplay-footage-for-battlefield-2025/
EA and DICE announced today an ambitious community testing program, called Battlefield Labs. And at the end of that video, EA and DICE gave us a brief look at the pre-alpha version of the next Battlefield game.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 supports DLSS 4 at launch
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-supports-dlss-4-at-launch/
NVIDIA has announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, which comes out in a few hours, will support DLSS 4 at launch. KCD2 is a highly anticipated RPG, so it’s good to know that the game will have support for NVIDIA’s latest tech.