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The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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Only a fool would pass on The Witcher 3 for 90% off during Steam's CD Projekt Red Sale
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/only-a-fool-would-pass-on-the-witcher-3-for-90-percent-off-during-steams-cd-projekt-red-sale/
Most modern RPGs still can't match what The Witcher 3 did 10 years ago. It's a huge game with almost no filler, cool monsters to fight, and sidequests that don't feel like sidequests. It's a tremendous achievement that a lot of us at PC Gamer remember fondly and will be reminiscing about this week for its anniversary. But if you've never touched it, Steam has it available for 90% off during this week's CD Projekt Red Sale.
>> It has also been 90% off at GOG since they launched the same sale last week, but it looks like that wasn’t news-worthy enough-

GOG has two new promos:

• The First Person Perspective Promo has games (not just FPSs) up to 90% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250520_first_person_perspective
• The Platformer Promo features up to 94% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250520_platformer_promo

Steam

• Zeno Clash will be 80% off until the 26th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22200/Zeno_Clash/
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game will have a 40% discount until the 2nd of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477340/Expeditions_A_MudRunner_Game/
• Youtubers Life 2 is going to be 70% off until June 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493760/Youtubers_Life_2/
• These are the other sales/events besides the CDPR one:
  • The Nordic Game Conference has a lot of upcoming games, some demos and three games on sale with up to 75% discounts,, but only one of them says when it will end. On the 26th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/NordicGameConference2025
  • The Otome Games Celebration has lots of upcoming games from this genre, a few demos and games up to 75% off until May 26: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/OtomeGamesCelebration
  • The Dreamscape #3 even of indie games has several upcoming games and only one game on sale, 75% off, until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45322610/sale/Dreamscape
  • There’s a Harry Potter Sale: the Ministry of Magic Sale, with up to 80% discounts until May 26: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34133273/sale/ministryofmagic25
  • The indie.io Demos To Check Out During June Next Fest 2025 has upcoming games, most of them with demos, and two games on sale, 10 and 20% off, that will end on the 27th and tomorrow, respectively: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38394018/sale/indie_io-nextfest-june2025
  • The last one is a sale that may start later today, because the Bytewerks Final Sale still has no discounts. It is final because the studio will close on the 5th of June, so it may be one of those “now or never” situations to get a game or DLC from them: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45005219/sale/BytewerkzFinalSale
• And of course, there are new weeklong deals

Fanatical has three new 24h Flash Deals:

• Dragon's Dogma 2 has a 52% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dragons-dogma-2
• High On Life is 60% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/high-on-life
• Ghostrunner 2 gets a 81% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/ghostrunner-2

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 576.52 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-576-52

HIGHLIGHTS

Game Ready for GeForce RTX 5060

• This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including F1 25 and Dune: Awakening, as well as the Full Ray Tracing update for NARAKA: BLADEPOINT.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for GeForce RTX 5060 desktop and laptop GPUs.

FIXED ISSUES

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• [F1 23/F1 24] Game crashes at the end of a race
• [Diablo II Resurrected] Game displays black screen corruption when using DLSS
• [SCUM] Game may crash after updating to R575 drivers
• Shader disk cache will not be created with certain games if OS username contains unicode characters

Fixed General Bugs

• [Lumion 12] Missing certain UI components
• [Varjo XR3] Varjo XR3 HMD is not working on RTX 50 series GPUs

>> I don’t know if the F1 24 crashes are solved or not, but in the PCGamer ongoing review, there’s a video with terrible stuttering.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Red Dead Redemption 2 just got a new mod to improve its graphics
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/red-dead-redemption-2-just-got-a-new-mod-to-improve-its-graphics/
Modder RichardHertz has released a cool new mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 that improves the game’s graphics. This mod makes the game look better by enhancing ambient occlusion (AO), boosting color vibrancy, and turning off the pedestrian light. It also makes textures look sharper and more detailed, along with other small graphic upgrades.
One of the best things about this mod is that it’s compatible with other visual mods. So if you’re already using a popular mod like the Visual Redemption Project, you should be able to use this one too without any problems. That means you can combine them for an even more beautiful Red Dead experience.
To show how much better the game looks with the mod, the creator shared comparison screenshots. These pictures make it easy to see the difference. Thanks to better shading and AO effects, the game environments look more natural and realistic. Shadows are softer and more detailed, making the lighting feel more true-to-life.
Turning off the pedestrian light is also a nice touch. Normally, this light makes characters look like they’re glowing a bit in some lighting. With it turned off, characters look more grounded and realistic, fitting better into the game world.
The best part? This mod is super small—just 2KB. It’s actually just a config file (XML), not a full mod with new assets. But even though it’s tiny, it can still make a difference in how the game looks.

GAMING NEWS

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Title Update 1.4 Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-last-of-us-part-2-remastered-title-update-1-4-released-full-patch-notes/
Nixxes has just released Title Update 1.4 for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

Doom: The Dark Ages Path Tracing Patch Coming This June
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-the-dark-ages-path-tracing-patch-coming-this-june/
NVIDIA has announced that the highly anticipated Path Tracing Patch for Doom: The Dark Ages will come out in June 2025. This patch will also add support for NVIDIA Ray Reconstruction.