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These are the Wednesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam celebrates all things boomer shooter with 'Boomstock 2025,' blasting up to 80% off the very best in retro-inspired FPS
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/steam-celebrates-all-things-boomer-shooter-with-boomstock-2025-blasting-up-to-80-percent-off-the-very-best-in-retro-inspired-fps/
Boomstock is here, baby, and if you are now wondering, "What is Boomstock?" I am happy to explain: It's "a celebration of booming and shooting," with new game announcements, updates, demos, and a very nice Steam sale on retro-inspired shooters.
Earlier this year we rang up a list of 10 essential boomer shooters that every FPS fan should play, and if you're a little behind on that particular homework you'll be thrilled to know that all but one of them—Quake, which feels a little ironic, somehow—is currently on sale.

Besides the Boomstock sale, Steam has these other deals and sales/events:

• Preserve will be 30% off until the 29th of September: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109270/Preserve
• Creatures of Ava gets a 45% discount until September 29: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2304440/Creatures_of_Ava
• TEKKEN 7 is going to be 75% off until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/389730/TEKKEN_7
• And these are the other sales/events:
  • Konami TGS Sale has games with up to 85% discounts until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39026134/sale/konamitgssale2025
  • Capcom TGS Sale has games up to 87% off until Monday, the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33273264/sale/tgs
  • HypeTrain Autumn Sale features up to 90% discounts until September 29: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26684285/sale/HypeTrain-Autumn2025
  • And the Top Hat Studios Fall Showcase has lots of upcoming titles and 1 game on sale, 20% off until the 7th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/12668505/sale/TopHatStudiosFallShowcase

Fanatical has the new BYO Capcom Ultimate Bundle has 10 games for your 2+ game bundles during 32 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-capcom-ultimate-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.8132 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-32-0-101-8132

HIGHLIGHTS
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ B-series, A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for:

• Silent Hill f

FIXED ISSUES
Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• NBA 2K26 (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Adobe Premiere Pro may experience an application crash while using audio enhancement features.
• PugetBench for Photoshop may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.
• PugetBench for Lightroom may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.
• Blender may experience an application hang while loading certain scenes for rendering.

Intel Graphics Software Fixed Issues:

• Enhanced Power Savings option may not be available on the Display page for certain systems with Built-in Intel Graphics.

Steam's new store look is out and is earning a mixed response: 'Thanks Valve I am a grandma using Steam on a giant old touchscreen Samsung tablet'
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steams-new-store-look-is-out-and-is-earning-a-mixed-response-thanks-valve-i-am-a-grandma-using-steam-on-a-giant-old-touchscreen-samsung-tablet/
I'm beginning to think I have far-too-strong feelings about changes to Steam minutiae. Why? Because when I heard that Valve had finally unleashed its updated storefront from beta, I fired up the site so quickly you'd have thought it was giving out candy. No one should care this much about website UI updates. I do. This is my cross to bear.
Anyway, Steam's storefront update is out of beta and the frontpage is a whole lot slicker now. Also, wider. Valve has merged the two constituent parts of its old UI—that big list of categories down the left-hand side and the blue bar up top—into a single easy-to-navigate bar.
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I like the look of it, though I suspect the most stalwart PC gamers among you might recoil a little at how clearly mobile-friendly the new layout is. Indeed, some of the community response on Reddit has been a little mixed. "Thanks Valve I am a grandma using Steam on a giant old touchscreen Samsung tablet," writes dogdillon, who may in fact be a grandma on a giant tablet but is more likely a sarky Steam user. "Yet another site update that gets worse on pc in favor of mobile. Bigger icons, less information, more clicks to navigate menus…" concurs hooliganmike.
Still, at least some people do like it. "Good lord, it's actually so, so much better," writes Xedronic, "and the categories tab is ACTUALLY COMPREHENSIBLE to look at!"
>> Another change is that Steam now lets you check if you have Secure Boot enabled.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fan Recreates Metal Gear Solid 3 in Red Dead Redemption 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/fan-recreates-metal-gear-solid-3-in-red-dead-redemption-2
Now here is something really cool. Modder ‘GranolaBarHD STB’ has released a new mod that lets you experience Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in Red Dead Redemption 2. This is perhaps one of the coolest mods for RDR2. As such, I highly recommend trying it.
Going into more details, this mod adds over an hour of gameplay. It has stealth gameplay mechanics similar to Metal Gear Solid 3. It recreates some cut-scenes and boss fights from the game, and it a playable story-line with objectives. And yes, its environments are similar to those of MGS3.
What’s cool about this recreation is that it perfectly blends together RDR2 and MGS3. For instance, instead of very small areas, you now get a big sandbox environment. And yes, you can also hunt some animals.
You can download the mod from this link. At the end of the article, you’ll also find a video showing a full playthrough of the mod. So, be sure to watch it if you don’t feel like downloading it yourself.

GAMING NEWS

GTA 5 NoPixel V announced in collaboration with Rockstar Games
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/gta-5-nopixel-v-announced-in-collaboration-with-rockstar-games
The team behind NoPixel, in collaboration with Rockstar Games, has announced a new version of it. NoPixel V will be coming soon to Rockstar Launcher and other PC platforms, and here is its announcement trailer.
NoPixel is one of the most popular roleplay (RP) servers for Grand Theft Auto 5. Unlike normal GTA Online, NoPixel is all about roleplay. Players create their own characters and live out their stories in the city of Los Santos.

ANANTA is an anime GTA 6-like game you should keep an eye on
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ananta-is-an-anime-gta-6-like-game-you-should-keep-an-eye-on
Naked Rain Studio has released an official gameplay trailer for its new game, Ananta. Ananta appears to be an anime GTA-like game that will be coming to PC. And, since GTA 6 won’t be released on PC in 2026, this could very well steal its lunch.
>> It’s a 7 minute video and it looks quite good. But being free to play raises some alarms, at least for me.

Pocketpair has just announced Palworld: Palfarm
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pocketpair-has-just-announced-palworld-palfarm
Pocketpair has just announced Palworld: Palfarm, a spin-off farming game in which you’ll get to use Pals. Players will move to an island where Pals live and have them help with farm work, cook alongside them, shop at stores they run, or gather materials to expand their farm.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties have been officially announced
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/yakuza-kiwami-3-dark-ties-has-been-officially-announced
SEGA has just announced Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. Yakuza Kiwami 3 is an official remake of Yakuza 3, which came out in February 2009 for PS3. On the other hand, Dark Ties is a brand new ale of Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3 in a separate game.
>> Shikamo has made a thread about this.