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Let’s check the Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

By the way, Steam published the best new releases of May a couple days ago, in case you want to check them.

Steam has all these deals:

• Neva will be 30% off until the 25th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420660/Neva/
• Snow Plowing Simulator gets a 25% discount until the 26th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096030/Snow_Plowing_Simulator/
• The Early Access title Heart Of The Machine is going to be 35% off until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/
• Moonstone Island has a demo and a 50% discount until June 26: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658150/Moonstone_Island/
• Port Royale 4 will be 85% off until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024650/Port_Royale_4/
• These are the Sales/events:
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is on sale with up to 35% discounts (a DLC, the game has a 20% deal) until the 23rd of June: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4283115/sale/KCD2midweek
  • The Railway Empire Franchise is on sale, up to 80% off until the 24th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/RailwayEmpireFranchiseSale2025
  • Publisher/Developer Monster Couch starts its Summer Sale with up to 60% discounts (there’s a soundtrack with a 70% deal, but that doesn’t count) until the 26th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35075530/sale/MonsterCouchSummer2025
• And of course, there’s the weeklong deals

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 576.80 WHQL Driver Is Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-576-80-whql-driver-is-available-for-download/

HIGHLIGHTS

Game Ready for FBC: Firebreak and DOOM: The Dark Ages Path Tracing Update
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including FBC: Firebreak and REMATCH, as well as the Path Tracing update for DOOM: The Dark Ages.

FIXED ISSUES

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• Dune: Awakening: stability issues [5273568]
• EA Sports FC 25: stability issues [5251937]
• Dragons Dogma 2: displays shadow flicker [5252205]
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: stability issues [5283401]
• Enshrouded: crashes after launching game [5279848]
• Monster Hunter World: stability issues when playing in DX12 mode [5305302]
• Gray Zone Warfare: stability issues [5284518]
• Marvel Rivals: stability issues [5273681]
• Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut: Flickering/corruption around light sources [5138067]
• GTA V Enhanced: stability issues [5302755]
• Honor of Kings: World: stability issues [5304344]
• Forza Horizon 5: stability issues [5131160]
• Indiana Jones and The Great Circle: Image corruption [5326122]

Fixed General Bugs

• GeForce RTX 5090 FE acoustic improvements for idle and low loads [5139629]
• Changing a setting in the "NVIDIA Control Panel" -> "Manage 3D Settings" may trigger shader disk cache rebuild [5282396]
• Twinmotion: Bugcheck when attempting to launch [5282285]
• Adobe Substance 3D Painter: showing viewport corruption after baking [5270020]
• BlackmagicDesign: UI overlay in Fusion page is not displayed correctly [5237584]
• Video playback in a web browser may show brief red/green flash corruption [5241341]
• Videos captured with NVIDIA App may appear washed out after editing with the Windows Photos app [5294224]
• Certain DisplayPort 1.4 monitors may display random black screen flicker when connected to DisplayPort 2.1 graphics card [5277453]

>> The link in the article doesn’t work so, click here to go to Nvidia’s page.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Nexus Mods founder steps back after 24 years and hands over ownership: 'The strain of being responsible for the behemoth I created has taken its toll'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/nexus-mods-founder-steps-back-after-24-years-and-hands-over-ownership-the-strain-of-being-responsible-for-the-behemoth-i-created-has-taken-its-toll/
The founder of Nexus Mods, Robin 'Dark0ne' Scott, has announced he's stepping back from the day-to-day running of the site, a full 24 years after founding it.
"I started this project back in 2001, in my bedroom, with a 56k modem, an excitement for the upcoming release of Morrowind and with no grand ambitions or intentions," writes Scott. "I didn't set out to build a business, I just wanted to make a place where modders could share their work without worrying it would vanish into the internet either the next time a fansite went offline or a publisher decided they were done with it."
Nexus Mods is the biggest mod site in the world, and last year popped the cork on over 10 billion downloads. It boasts millions of users, hosts mods for thousands of games, and as it's evolved has added excellent functionality and features like enabling creators to monetise their work. It's honestly quite hard to imagine the PC gaming experience without Nexus Mods: it's just such a useful, well-organised depository.
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Scott believes he's found "the exact right people for the task" and thus "the ownership of Nexus Mods has changed hands." But from the user side of things, nothing should change. Scott says changes to the site's structure are about long-term stability and the principles won't change: "Nexus Mods is community-first and mod-author focused, that's not up for negotiation."
He also takes the time to emphasise that this hasn't been a one-man show: "The Nexus Mods you see today has been created by a team of 40 incredibly dedicated people, some of whom have been here for over 9 years. They live and breathe modding, they care deeply, they're experienced, committed, and they're very much still here. None of that is changing."
>> We’ll see if things remain the same or change in the coming months.

Must-have Stellar Blade Mod fixes EVE’s walk foot sliding issues
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/must-have-stellar-blade-mod-fixes-eve-walk-foot-sliding-issues/
We all know that Stellar Blade has already gotten a nude mod (as well as some hot outfit mods). But you know what? It’s time to share a mod that will greatly improve your gaming experience, and it’s a must for everyone.
Created by modder ‘Bluality’, this mod aims to fix the game’s walk foot sliding issues. For those unaware, EVE will slightly slide whenever she stops moving. You can get used to it. However, some may find it frustrating as it does not feel realistic. And that’s where this mod comes in. By using it, you can mitigate these walk foot sliding issues.
>> There’s a short video with a before vs after comparison that clearly shows the change.

GAMING NEWS

Borderlands 4 is NOT an $80 game, PC requirements revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-4-is-not-an-80-game-pc-requirements-revealed/
2K Games has made Borderlands 4 available for pre-order on all platforms. And, as we can see, this won’t be a $80 game. Instead, the standard version will be priced at $69.99, like pretty much most games these days. The publisher has also shared the game’s PC requirements, so let’s take a look at them.
>> It demands an 8-core CPU and the GPU requirements are ok.

DOOM: The Dark Ages Path Tracing Patch Coming on June 18th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-the-dark-ages-path-tracing-patch-coming-on-june-18th/
NVIDIA has just announced that the Path Tracing Patch for DOOM: The Dark Ages will be released tomorrow, June 18th. This is the update that a lot of PC gamers have been waiting for. So, things will get really interesting tomorrow.