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Here come today’s gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

GOG has done what we all knew was coming:

• The Summer Sale is live with over 8000 titles on sale with up to 95% discounts until the 10th of July: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2025_summer_sale
• And another thing: new games have been added to GOG Preservation Program, including Devil May Cry. Check them out here, some are on sale: https://www.gog.com/en/news/devil_may_cry_titles_join_the_gog_preservation_program

Steam has a few new deals and sales:

• The VR Only Hard Bullet, still in Early Access, will be 30% off until the 24th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1294760/HARD_BULLET/
• DRIFT CE has a 70% discount until the 26th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/520950/DRIFT_CE/
• American Theft 80s is going to be 84% off until the same 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1321450/American_Theft_80s/
• The Shadow Warrior Trilogy Bundle, with 4 games, is 75% off. The individual games are also on sale until June 27, and the bundle should be the same: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24682/Shadow_Warrior_Trilogy/
• Styx: Shards of Darkness gets a 90% discount until the 1st of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/355790/Styx_Shards_of_Darkness/
• And these are the sales:
  • The Yes, Your Grace franchise (2 games) is on sale, up to 85% off until the 24th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/YesYourGraceFranchiseSale2025
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896 launches its new event, Judgement of the Fool, with a sale,featuring up to 50% discounts until the 26th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33141571/sale/huntshowdownjotf

Fanatical has a new Star Deal and a bundle:

• The new Star Deal is DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS, 33% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dynasty-warriors-origins
• The NSPCC Charity Bundle 2025 launches with 13 games to support the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the UK and Channel Islands. This charity bundle will end in 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/nspcc-charity-bundle-2025

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam turbo-charges its performance overlay, shows you how many real and framegen frames you're getting and, oh, Proton is enabled on Linux by default now
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-turbo-charges-its-performance-overlay-shows-you-how-many-real-and-framegen-frames-youre-getting-and-oh-proton-is-enabled-on-linux-by-default-now/
You know what gamers love? Information. Not me. Personally, I think whatever goes on in the black confines of my PC tower is none of my business—fans spin up, fans spin down, sometimes something beeps. It's a strange and arcane world I have no truck with, but I'm an outlier. Most folks out there want to know how many frames they're getting, what kind of load their GPU and CPU are under, and just what the hell is eating up all that RAM (it's Chrome).
But the one gaming tool 99% of us have installed—Steam—has been pretty naff at showing us all that stuff up to now: its in-game FPS overlay consisted of a teeny-tiny frame counter in the corner of your screen, often barely visible against the background of whatever you happen to be playing. But as of yesterday's Steam client beta update, that function has now been supercharged. Farewell, In-Game FPS Counter. Hello, In-Game Overlay Performance Monitor.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital: 'The new owners are here… not sitting in a distant tower, remotely directing us all towards some nefarious goals'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/nexus-mods-new-owners-promise-they-wont-monetise-the-site-to-death-as-users-panic-at-the-whiff-of-venture-capital-the-new-owners-are-here-not-sitting-in-a-distant-tower-remotely-directing-us-all-towards-some-nefarious-goals/
After 24 years in the modding biz, the founder of Nexus Mods—easily the biggest mod site on Earth—finally hung up the creation kit yesterday. Robin 'Dark0ne' Scott announced in a news post that he was leaving behind the daily running of the site, telling millions of users that "The strain of being responsible for the behemoth I created has taken its toll."
In Scott's place came new owners, and that's where things immediately got dicey. The people taking up the reins were only referred to in Scott's post by their first name and site username, but after a bit of digging by Nexus users, people quickly put together that the site had come under the umbrella of a company called Chosen, whose homepage declares "We partner. We amplify. We conquer."
Users also found the LinkedIn page of one of Chosen's founders, featuring content like a "Gaming Startup Monetisation Cheat Sheet" featuring entries on Play-to-Earn, Microtransactions, Pay-to-Play, Subscription Models, and (just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water) "Digital Goods and NFTs."
It all had the whiff of venture capital about it, which had a lot of people sucking in air through their teeth. Chosen's clear emphasis on growth and monetisation on its website had folks worried that Nexus Mods was headed for a rapid enshittification. The uproar was such that one of the new owners—Foledinho—has now taken to the site to try to calm everyone down with an announcement that Nexus Mods' "core model" is going to remain unchanged.
>> Time will tell.

GAMING NEWS

GTA 5 Enhanced Edition Title Update 1.71 Released, Adds Two New Ray Tracing Settings, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/gta-5-enhanced-edition-title-update-1-71-released-adds-two-new-ray-tracing-settings-full-patch-notes/
Rockstar has just released Title Update 1.71 for Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Edition and shared its full patch notes. This patch adds two new Ray Tracing settings on PC. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

First Patch for Stellar Blade Released & Fully Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-patch-for-stellar-blade-released-fully-detailed/
Shift Up has just released the first update for the PC version of Stellar Blade and shared its full patch notes. This patch is 2.6GB in size. So, let’s take a closer look and see what it brings to the table.

Second Performance Patch Released for MindsEye: Does It Work?
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/second-performance-patch-released-for-mindseye-does-it-work/
Build A Rocket Boy has released the second performance patch for its brand new action game, MindsEye. So, is this the patch that will magically improve the game’s awful performance? Let’s find out.

Elden Ring Nightreign Update 1.01.3 Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/elden-ring-nightreign-update-1-01-3-released-full-patch-notes/
FromSoftware has just released Title Update 1.01.3 for Elden Ring Nightreign and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.