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The Tuesday gaming news, part one:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

GOG has launched three new sales/promos:

• The Anything You Want Promo has a bit of everything with games up to 92% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20251014_anything_you_want_promo
• The old one is still around, but we have new Weekly Deals featuring up to 95% discounts during 7 or 8 days (it’s listed both ways): https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20251014_weekly_deals_2_october
• And the Fellow Traveler Publisher Sale presents games up to 90% off during 9 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20251014_fellow_traveler_publisher_sale

Steam has new deals and sales/events:

• Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is still free to try until the 16th and now has a 45% discount until the same day: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2933620/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_6
• Gears of War: Reloaded is going to be 25% off until the 22nd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2523720/Gears_of_War_Reloaded
• These are the new sales/events:
  • IGN Fall FanFest has upcoming titles, some with demos, and, at least for now, three games on sale, 10% off, 35% off and 60% off, ending on the 18th, 20th and 27th, respectively: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IGNFallFanFest2025
  • Team17 Digital Hidden Treasure Sale has games up to 80% off. The deals will end between the 20th and the 27th of this month: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32941731/sale/T17HiddenTreasuresOct25
  • Publisher DONT NOD puts its game on sale with up to 80% discounts until October 27: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33977966/sale/publishersaleoctober2025
  • Daedalic Autumn Sale features demos, of course, and games with up to 90% discounts. The deals will end between the 21st and the 27th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/1738300/sale/DaedalicOctoberAutumn2025
  • The Games Under 5 Hours is a sale featuring short games that are going to be up to 90% off. The deals will end between the 20th and the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34635421/sale/gamesunder5hours
  • The Ada Lovelace Day Sale 2025 features games with up to 90% discounts. The length of the deals vary, between the 19th and the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42589128/sale/AdaLovelaceDay2025
• And there are also new weeklong deals

We find two new deals at Humble:

• Humble Bundle presents the IGN FanFest Fall Edition, with up to 12 items to get (games and DLCs) during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ign-fan-fest-2025-fall-edition
• Humble Store presents the Devolver Digital Autumn Sale with up to 90% discounts during 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/devolver-digital-autumn-sale

Fanatical has the Age of Empires Franchise Sale, with the games and DLCs being up to 79% off during 9 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/age-of-empires

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 581.57 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-581-57

HIGHLIGHTS
Game Ready for ARC Raiders
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including ARC Raiders, Pax Dei, The Outer Worlds, 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

FIXED ISSUES

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• Steam overlay may cause game stability issues [5521892]
• Hell is Us: Random red/green visual glitches during gameplay [5505371]
• Black Myth: Wukong: Minor graphical glitch may randomly appear during gameplay after updating to R580 drivers [5453535]
• Madden 26: Stability issues after updating to R580 drivers [5446236]
• Games may crash if the installed game directory contains Chinese characters while Smooth Motion is enabled [5537563]
• Total War: Warhammer III: Graphics corruption [5363634]
• Delta Force: game stability issues when Smooth Motion is enabled [5540567]
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Display artifacts and stability issues when starting a game after waking PC from sleep [5467318]

Fixed General Bugs

• Black screen on Alienware AW2524H monitor after changing display settings [5430236]
• DxO Photolab 9: Stability issues when using the AI masks [5475130]

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

You can already play Pokemon Legends Z-A on PC with 60FPS
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/you-can-already-play-pokemon-legend-z-a-on-pc-with-60fps
Nintendo will release Pokemon Legends Z-A on Nintendo Switch on October 16th. And, to the surprise of no one, the game has been leaked, and it’s already playable on PC.
From what I can see, the game is playable on both the EDEN and the Ryujinx. And, although the Nintendo Switch version is locked at 30FPS, there is already a 60FPS patch you can download.
>> The article has two videos.

GAMING NEWS

PC demos released for Painkiller Remake, REANIMAL, Beneath, Ronin Awakening, and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demos-released-for-painkiller-remake-reanimal-beneath-ronin-awakening-and-more
Steam’s Next Fest event is a go, and a number of PC demos have been released. As such, I’ve decided to share those I found interesting in one big article. So, let’s get started.
>> PCGamer has a similar article.

Star Citizen looks unbelievably beautiful in its latest in-engine trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/star-citizen-looks-unbelievably-beautiful-in-its-latest-in-engine-trailer
Cloud Imperium has released a new in-engine trailer for Star Citizen that highlights some of the key features of Alpha 4.4. And, although the game has been in development for a long time, it at least looks incredibly beautiful.

PUBG Battlegrounds Update 38.1 Releases Tomorrow – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/pubg-title-update-38-1-releases-tomorrow-gets-full-patch-notes
PUBG Corporation announced that Title Update 38.1 for PUBG: Battlegrounds will be released tomorrow and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new patch brings to the table.