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The second part of the gaming news:

Rejoice, Tank players: Marvel Rivals has nerfed Wolverine, a mere five days after buffing him because it brought 'a bit too much heat to Vanguards'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/rejoice-tank-players-marvel-rivals-has-nerfed-wolverine-a-mere-five-days-after-buffing-him-because-it-brought-a-bit-too-much-heat-to-vanguards/
NetEase has retracted some changes it made to Wolverine for Marvel Rivals season 3, changes that made him stronger both on his own and as part of a team-up with the new hero Phoenix. All of which, predictably, made life hell for Vanguard players.
"Time to temper Logan's rage and slightly reduce his survivability," a blog post says. "In the recently launched season 3, we observed that Wolverine's new Team-Up Ability with Phoenix has been bringing a bit too much heat to Vanguards.

I'm always on the lookout for a good tile-based roguelike, and this Finnish fever dream of imps and ice trolls seems like it could have the juice
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/im-always-on-the-lookout-for-a-good-tile-based-roguelike-and-this-finnish-fever-dream-of-imps-and-ice-trolls-seems-like-it-could-have-the-juice/
I like an impressive polygon count as much as the next guy, but for my money, fantasy worlds are best brought to life by top-down, 2D tile graphics. In the words of my colleague Josh Wolens, "We don't need graphics. The most powerful GPU of all is the mind."
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Given my proclivities, it's no surprise that Tuoni caught my attention. Announced by developer Old Dog on Reddit last month, Tuoni's a turn-based, tactical roguelike with an emphasis on buildcrafting, Finnish folklore, and—for bonus points—a delicious CRT filter.

Gabe Newell's daily routine is 'get up, work, go scuba diving,' says he's been 'retired for a long time' but works 7 days a week: 'The things I get to do every day are super-awesome'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newells-daily-routine-is-get-up-work-go-scuba-diving-says-hes-been-retired-for-a-long-time-but-works-7-days-a-week-the-things-i-get-to-do-every-day-are-super-awesome/
Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Valve Corporation and the driving force behind much of the company's unique philosophy, has had a much less public-facing role in recent years. Newell still turns up for things like the Steam Deck launch and official documentaries, but much of his time now is spent on one of his (several) superyachts, and on his other companies' projects: He co-founded Starfish Neuroscience, a company focused on neural interfaces (popularly known as "brain chips"), and Inkfish, a marine research operation.
Newell also remains magnificently quixotic, popping up every so often to talk about things like when a shark went for him, and now he's re-surfaced to do an interview with a YouTube channel that has 19 subscribers (Valve confirmed to PCG that the interview is legit). Zalkar Saliev "shares powerful interviews and lifestyle stories with successful men across the US," and his channel has previously played host to employees of Amazon and Microsoft. And now Gabe Newell's on there: well, some short clips are on there, with a full interview to follow later.
>> He also talked about the startups model (he’s not a fan).

Elden Ring Nightreign finds a new way to victimise players as Nightfarers accidentally fight 2 bosses at once: 'They were convinced I was just being dumb'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elden-ring-nightreign-finds-a-new-way-to-victimise-players-as-nightfarers-accidentally-fight-2-bosses-at-once-they-were-convinced-i-was-just-being-dumb/
Elden Ring Nightreign has been infested with a few bugs for some time, and I'm not talking about the Sentient Pest. I've encountered a couple of issues that prevented teammates from pulling off rezzes, and I've even seen one of the map bosses disappear from my sight, despite it clearly still being there and managing to hurt me. But now a new bug's popped up, but at least it looks pretty cool.
"Fought Gladius while my team fought Libra… wtf," lilfacetou says. "I disconnected like midway through the game, and when we hit day three, this happened. Has this happened to anyone else or..? They were convinced I was just being dumb." The video, which accompanies the post, clearly shows lilfacetou enter the boss arena and get attacked by Gladius, the three-headed dog, but while they are fighting for their life, and pulling off some impressive dodges, the rest of the team is just standing there.

All Genshin Impact 5.8 livestream codes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-codes-5-8-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 5.8 codes have arrived, providing some bonus Primogems for anyone wishing on the new or returning characters arriving in the next version update. For those who are new to miHoYo games, the developer hosts a livestream for each of its games every six weeks, running through all the new content, such as events, quests, and most importantly, characters.

Endless Legend 2 has been delayed until September, but at least you'll be able to play a demo in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/endless-legend-2-has-been-delayed-until-september-but-at-least-youll-be-able-to-play-a-demo-in-august/
If you were planning on conquering an alien world with a faction of weirdos in August, I've got some bad news: Endless Legend 2 has been delayed. Instead of appearing on August 7, Amplitude's early access 4X is now expected to launch on September 22.

And these are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• Only one at GOG: the new Weekly Deals, featuring up to 93% discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250717_weekly_deals_2_july

+Steam

• Card Shark is going to be 60% off until the 24th of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371720/Card_Shark/
• Journey to the Savage Planet gets a 75% discount until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/973810/Journey_To_The_Savage_Planet/
• The Destiny 2 Franchise gets up to 92% deals until July 24: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Destiny2FranchiseSale
• Gravity Circuit will be 50% off until the 30th of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/858710/Gravity_Circuit/
• Fort Solis will have a 55% discount until July 30: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931730/Fort_Solis/
• Viewfinder is going to be 65% off until the 31st of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/
• And these are the sales/events:
  • Publisher/Developer Motion Twin puts its games on sale with up to 60% discounts. There are bundles with games from other studios and the length of the deals vary from the 24th to the 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32971341/sale/MTJuly25
  • The Persona Franchise is on sale with the games being up to 70% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/PersonaFranchiseSale2025
  • The Dames 4 Games Slumber Party Showcase has demos and up to 50% deals that vary in length, between the 24th and the 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45664741/sale/Dames4GamesSlumberPartyShowcase
  • Pretty Soon Publisher Sale has games up to 90% off until the 31st of July: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43551761/sale/PrettySoonPublisherSale
  • Tacticon 2025 Event has up to 90% discounts. The page wll last until the 21st, but some of the deals will last a lot longer than that: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Tacticon2025
  • SimFest has games up to 80% off until the 28th of July: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SimFest2025
  • Daedalic Multiplayer Sale has up to 90% discounts. Once again, the lkength of the deals vary so be careful: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/1738300/sale/MultiplayerSale
  • Alberta & Beyond 2025 is a conference/showcase with some deals, some of which will be over by the time you’ll read this: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45501475/sale/GDX2025

And that’s it. Until the next time, I wish you all a happy and gaming weekend.