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Here come the Thursday news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1 in the fight for Steam's top selling games list
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/runescape-dragonwilds-has-dethroned-schedule-i-in-the-fight-for-steams-top-selling-games-list/
Since the dawn of time a battle has been raging between two equally powerful but opposing concepts. I am, of course, talking about dragons and drugs. And yes, I know all about how Puff the Magic Dragon allegedly tried to bring the two factions together, but it's all lies. There can be no lasting peace. Anyway! For now, at least, dragons are on top. Specifically the top of Steam's top selling games list, where RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1.
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I mostly play survival crafting diversions begrudgingly (though there are a few I genuinely like), but there's some stuff in here that actually sounds like my jam. And so far, the response on Steam has been pretty good, netting the early access game a Mostly Positive rating.
While the dragon cohort might be celebrating this victory over drugs, drugs still has the numbers on its side. Schedule 1 is currently sitting comfortably in the fourth spot in Steam's most played list, boasting a daily peak concurrent player count of 241,699. That's nearly 100k over Path of Exile 2, in the fifth spot, but quite a bit below stalwarts like PUBG, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike, which sit above it. Dragonwilds has a more humble position in this list, where it's only at 47. That's still a respectable debut, though, with a peak of 41,270 players today.

This week, the Epic Store gives away

• Botanicula: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/botanicula-50043d
• Firestone Online Idle RPG: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/firestone-online-idle-rpg-bfd04b

Next week, they’ll give away CHUCHEL and the Albion Online Free Welcome Gift.

GOG has new Weekly Deals, with games up to 95% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250417_weekly_deals_3_april.

Steam has four new deals and a sale:

• This Bundle Is Full Of Spiders has three games and a 59% discount until April 23 (the individual games are also on sale): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28109/This_Bundle_Is_Full_Of_Spiders/
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered will be 61% off until the 23rd of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449280/Ghostbusters_The_Video_Game_Remastered/
• Mad Smartphone Tycoon gets a 40% discount until the 30rd of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891120/Mad_Smartphone_Tycoon/
• Barn Finders, that has a demo, is going to be 75% off until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/991170/Barn_Finders/
• And there’s also the sale: the GrabTheGames Publisher Sale, involving up to 90% discounts until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33066823/sale/GrabTheGamesPublisherSale

Humble Bundle presents the Return to Metroidvania Bundle, with up to 8 games to get during 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/return-to-metroidvania.

And Fanatical has the new BYO Breakout Bundle (2025), featuring 19 titles to choose from for your bundles of 2+, 3+ or 6+ games during 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-breakout-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Dawn of Stealthtenza is a new DLC-sized expansion mod for Fallout: New Vegas, offering 3 hours of new content
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/dawn-of-stealthtenza-is-a-new-dlc-sized-expansion-mod-for-fallout-new-vegas-offering-3-hours-of-new-content/
Modder ‘VoidKing02’ has released a new DLC-sized expansion mod for Fallout: New Vegas, called Dawn of Stealthtenza. This fan expansion offers 3 hours of new free content to the game, so I highly recommend getting it.
Going into more details, Dawn of Stealthtenza is a fan-made expansion with a cool story about a secret plan from before the war and a special Chinese Stealth Armor. It includes new characters with voices, and there are around 470 lines of dialogue. Players can look forward to 7 boss fights, 7 unique armors, and 9 special weapons.
The expansion also adds cool new features like a new weapons seller, 2 new dungeons to explore, and 5 new types of creatures. You’ll also find a Wild Wasteland encounter and 6 fun challenges. On top of that, players will get to make choices and pick different ways to finish the story.
The ultimate reward for completing this mod is a new armor set. This armor set combines Cowboy’s vibes with the Chinese Stealth Armor. The Stealthtenza Armor comes with its own hat/helmet, and a cowl plus optics concealing mask.
>> The article has an over 2 minutes trailer of the mod.

Skyblivion fan project lead sends 'all love and no hate' to the official Oblivion remaster devs: 'This always was a passion project and still is until the end'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/skyblivion-fan-project-lead-sends-all-love-and-no-hate-to-the-official-oblivion-remaster-devs-this-always-was-a-passion-project-and-still-is-until-the-end/
Bethesda's long-rumored Oblivion remaster is now all but official, thanks to a leak from developer Virtuous Games that blabbed a bunch of screens and box art all over the internet yesterday. You might expect that development would take the wind out of the sails of Skyblivion, the fan-made Oblivion remake in the Skyrim engine, but that's apparently not the case—in fact, Skyblivion project lead Rebelzize says the upcoming official remaster "changes nothing."
"To be clear this changes nothing for me," Rebelzize wrote on X.
"This always was a passion project and still is until the end. For the community it's a win-win as you get twice the amount of Oblivion this year. All love and no hate towards the people who made the official remaster."

GAMING NEWS

Cronos: The New Dawn gets an official gameplay reveal trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-an-official-gameplay-reveal-trailer/
Bloober Team has released the official gameplay reveal trailer for its new third-person survival horror game, Cronos: The New Dawn. This 2-minute trailer gives us a glimpse at some of the game’s enemies, as well as its combat mechanics.

Square Enix removed Denuvo from Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-removed-denuvo-from-romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven/
Good news, JRPG fans. Square Enix has just removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven. Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven came out on PC in October 2024. This means that it took a little more than six months to remove it.

Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Title Update 1.0.3 Released, Is 9.69GB in Size, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/assassins-creed-shadows-title-update-1-0-3-released-is-9-69gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft has just released Title Update 1.0.3 for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, which is 9.69GB in size on PC, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new patch brings to the table.

Tekken 8 April Emergency Patch 2.00.02 Released & Fully Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/tekken-8-april-emergency-patch-2-00-02-released-fully-detailed/
Bandai Namco has just released the April Emergency Patch, also known as Patch 2.00.02, for Tekken 8, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this update brings to the table.