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The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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Steam has all these deals and sales:

• Lost Skies will be 30% off until the 1st of December: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931180/Lost_Skies
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will also have a 30% discount until the 1st of December: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1643320/STALKER_2_Heart_of_Chornobyl
• Forever Skies is going to be 45% off until December the 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies
• For The King II will be free to try until Monday and also gets a 60% discount until December 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1676840/For_The_King_II
• Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments will be 90% off until, again, December the 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/241260/Sherlock_Holmes_Crimes_and_Punishments
• These are the new sales/events:
  • The Game Awards 2025 has a page with all the nominees. There are 4 games with discounts that go from 15 to 60% and that will end between tomorrow and the 24th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawards2025nominees
  • Czech & Slovak Games Week has upcoming titles and games up to 91% off until the 24th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41475492/sale/CzechSlovakGamesWeek2025
  • Cozy Quest 2025 has upcoming titles of this new genre, some demos and lots of games on sale with up to 85% discounts. The deals will end between 22nd of November and the 1st of December (at least for the games I’ve checked): https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyQuest2025
  • Publisher Gameloft will have its games up to 60% off until the 1st of December: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gameloft25
  • Koei Tecmo celebrate its Black Friday Sale putting its games on sale with up to 85% discounts until December the 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33016879/sale/BLACKFRIDAY2025
  • Made in Turkye has lots of games on display, but only three appear to have a discount and, oddly enough, none of those three appear if you check the game’s page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33265723/sale/MadeinTurkiye
• And here are the new : weeklong deals.

Fanatical has three sales (I don’t know if all of them are new) and a new bundle:

• HypeTrain Digital Games puts its games up to 90% off during 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/hypetrain-digital
• KOEI TECMO puts its games on sale with up to 65% discounts during 13 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/koei-tecmo-games-co-ltd
• Annapurna Interactive has its games 23% off, but it doesn’t say when it will end: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/annapurna-interactive
• The BYO Tabletop and Deckbuilder Games Bundle has 17 titles for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ game bundles during 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-tabletop-and-deckbuilder-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

7 years after launch and 18 years after Steam, the Epic Games Store will now let you gift games directly to your friends
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/seven-years-after-launch-and-eighteen-years-after-steam-the-epic-games-store-will-now-let-you-gift-games-directly-to-your-friends/
Good news, everyone! A mere seven years since it launched, the Epic Games Store has gifting now! The Fortnite developer announced the new feature in a post on the store, stating that "players can now purchase and send games directly to friends on their Epic friends list."
Users who purchase gifts through Epic's payment system will earn Epic Rewards—which gives customers between 5% and 20% back on Epic purchases. The post also says that "recipients can use their Epic Rewards balance to redeem gifts"—an odd phrasing that makes it sound like you'll need to use Reward points to redeem a gift you've been given. However, in the longer Gift FAQ, Epic clarifies that "you can use your Epic Rewards balance toward a gift purchase" which makes a lot more sense.
As for what you can gift friends on Epic, the answer is most items on the store, but not everything. The exceptions are free games (for obvious reasons) pre-purchase offers, subscriptions, and in-game currency or other consumable items. Anyone who receives a gift on Epic has 14 days to claim it, somewhat shorter than the 30 days allowed by Steam.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Pokemon Lazarus Fan-Made Game Now Available to Play on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/pokemon-lazarus-fan-made-game-now-available-to-play-on-pc
Pokemon fans, here is something really cool for you. Nemo622 has released a new Pokemon game that you can play on PC right now, called Pokemon Lazarus. So, let’s take a closer look at it, shall we?
Pokemon Lazarus is basically a ROM Hack of Pokemon Emerald that takes place in the brand-new Ilios Region. Players will explore an exciting new region based on Greece, meeting new characters and catching over 400 Pokémon, all in the classic GBC style.
Since this is a ROM Hack, you’ll need the ROM file for Pokemon Emerald. Otherwise, you won’t be able to play it. Also, Nintendo won’t be able to take it down. Again, this is a ROM Hack that will change the entire Pokemon Emerald game. It does not contain any copyrighted material. As such, Nintendo cannot do anything about it.
The download includes the BPS patch file for Pokemon Lazarus, alongside a README and 3 Documentation PDFs. You can go ahead and download it from this link. At the end of the article, you can also find a video for it. This video will give you a glimpse at what you can expect from it.
What’s also cool is that you can play Pokemon Lazarus on real hardware. So, if you want to get that retro feeling, you can dust off your Game Boy Advance and play it.

GAMING NEWS

STALKER 2 Title Update 1.7 Released – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/stalker-2-title-update-1-7-released-full-patch-notes
GSC GameWorld has just released Title Update 1.7 for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

Battlefield 6 Title Update 1.1.2.0 Released – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/battlefield-6-title-update-1-1-2-0-released-full-patch-notes
DICE has just released Title Update 1.1.2.0 for Battlefield 6 and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.