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SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

This post will self-destruct in 5 seconds: Steam's first ever spy game festival is kicking off in May
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/this-post-will-self-destruct-in-5-seconds-steams-first-ever-spy-game-festival-is-kicking-off-in-may/
Not long after mentioning how much I needed more good spy games in my life, I was given a heads up (via a dead drop, naturally) about the Spy Video Game Rendezvous, a dev-organised Steam festival showcasing spy-themed games, kicking off on May 23.
Hosted by There's Always a Madman solo dev Sunny Demeanor Games, the Steam fest will feature more than 30 spy romps and will run until May 30, with the week appropriately coinciding with the arrival of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and the 117th anniversary of Ian Flemming's birth.

GOG has a new sale: the Luden.io Publisher Sale, with up to 30% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250226_ludenio_publisher_sale.

Steam has three new deals:

• Monstrum is going to be 80% off until the 4th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/296710/Monstrum/
• The Coma: Triple Threat Bundle, with three games, gets a 67% discount. The individual games are also on sale until the 11th, which I assume is when this deal will also end: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45978/The_Coma_Triple_Threat/
• And Publisher Cygames puts its titles up to 70% off until March 11: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43153491/sale/Cygames_Feb2025

Humble Bundle has the new Indie Allies 2025 Bundle, featuring 10 games during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-allies-2025.

And Fanatical has a new Star Deal: LEGO® Bricktales will have an 80% deal during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/lego-bricktales.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Excellent throwback mod Team Fortress 2 Classic is coming to Steam later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/excellent-throwback-mod-team-fortress-2-classic-is-coming-to-steam-later-this-year/
It's been a big week for Team Fortress 2's modding community (well, specifically a big eight days, but let's call it a week for convenience). Last Tuesday, Valve finally released The Team Fortress 2 SDK, updating the Source SDK with all the netcode gubbins from its 2007 shooter, thereby enabling players to "build completely new games based on TF2." Now, one of the best existing Team Fortress 2 mods is formally coming to Steam, making it easier to play than ever.
Team Fortress 2 Classic is a professional-grade mod that reimagines the shooter's early years, before the hats and the bots. Commencing in 2014, it initially released in 2020 in non-vapourous form, and has been consistently updated since. Developer Eminoma announced the move to Steam in a short, daft Steam update: "'Steam' is a mysterious resource created when coal is burned in certain situations — a harrowing thought to coal-lovers like the civilian, to whom burning coal is like setting one's own children on fire. But maybe a foray into the Steam industry is just what the company needs to capture new eyes."
The civilian is TF2's Classic's bespoke playable class, based on a character of the same name from the VIP mode of Team Fortress Classic. It's one of numerous features the mod adds to TF2's pre-2010 skeleton, alongside reverse-engineered versions of TF2 prerelease weapons like the Nailgun and Dynamite pack, and a chaotic "four-team" mode that adds green and yellow factions alongside red and blue.
As well as these "new-old" features—ideas inspired by or excavated from Team Fortress' past—TF2 Classic also adds "new-new" features, including weapons like flak cannons and "chains wrapped around your fists" as well as custom modes like VIP Race, where each team gets a civilian who must capture control points in enemy territory. It's basically an alternate history for Team Fortress 2, imagining a more traditional update path for Valve's shooter.
>> The article doesn’t have any media, but it has the link to the Steam page of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Fable delayed to 2026, gets first pre-alpha gameplay video
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fable-delayed-to-2026-gets-first-pre-alpha-gameplay-video/
Microsoft has announced that Fable has been officially delayed until 2026. Moreover, IGN has shared the first pre-alpha gameplay video from it. So, if you are remotely interested in this new action RPG, I recommend watching it.

Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Visions of Mana
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-has-removed-denuvo-from-visions-of-mana/
Square Enix has just removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from its JRPG, Visions of Mana. Visions of Mana came out on PC in August 2024, which means that it took around six months for SE to remove it.

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad is a new story-driven action-adventure RPG
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/game-of-thrones-kingsroad-is-a-new-story-driven-action-adventure-rpg/
Netmarble has released a demo for its upcoming Game of Thrones story-driven action-adventure RPG, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad. Game of Thrones: Kingsroad will come out in Q2 2025, and you can also find below its official PC system requirements.