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[JEMC]

It’s Tuesday and these are the gaming news. All in one post (as they always should aspire to be):

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10
 
(Click here for the Top 100 of, apparently, the first week of sales of 2026 XD)

Today, the Epic Store gives away Trine Classic Collection : https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/trine-classic-collection.
(The link gives me a Page Not Found error, but I hope they fix that soon). They've fixed it.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

-Nope-

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild VR Mod Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-vr-mod-released/
Zelda fans, get ready for a treat. Flat2VR has just released an amazing VR Mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that is exclusive to PC. By using it, you can experience and play the entire game in VR.
Going into more details, this VR Mod packs fully stereo-rendered with 6DOF. There is also full support for hands and arms. This means that you can deck yourself out in all the fanciest clothes.
Players can wield weapons, torches, and bokoblin arms in combat. They can also use gestures to equip and throw weapons. Plus, they can use motion controls to interact with the world to solve puzzles or start fires.
The app uses OpenXR, which works with all major VR headsets, like the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Meta Quest, and Windows Mixed Reality. However, right now it only has controller settings made for Oculus Touch controllers.
You can go ahead and download this VR Mod from this link. To use it, you’ll need the ROM file of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and a Nintendo Wii U emulator. (…)
Now, although we can’t share a link for the ROM file, we can share a link for the Nintendo Wii U emulator that is compatible with the VR Mod. According to Flat2VR, Cemu will work perfectly with it. You can download its latest build from here.
>> The article has a less than 3 minutes video of the mod.

Fallout 4 now has higher-quality voices with less audio compression
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-now-has-higher-quality-voices-with-less-audio-compression/
Modder “SkyBorik” has released a cool new mod for Fallout 4 that many audio fans will love. This mod adds higher-quality voices with less compression, so the characters sound clearer. It’s a great mod for anyone still playing Fallout 4.
Going into more details, the PS4 version of the game featured better sound quality as it used Sony’s proprietary audio format. So, this mod basically ports the PS4 audio to PC.
As the modder has showcased, the vanilla version has a lot of data missing. And any sound higher than 12kHz is completely cut off. Below, you can find two graphs that showcase how much better the mod is compared to the vanilla PC version. At the end of the article, you can find a comparison video between the vanilla and the modded voices.
From what I can see, this mod is 12GB in size. So, for some of you, these improvements may not be worth it. On the other hand, those who want a better audio experience should download it right now. You can get the mod from here.

The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Mod Aims to Restore the E3 2013 Lighting
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-witcher-3-next-gen-mod-aims-to-restore-the-e3-2013-lighting/
At E3 2013, CD Projekt RED showed a “gameplay” trailer for The Witcher 3 that looked much better than the final game. Now, more than ten years later, a modder has used REDkit to recreate lighting that comes very close to what we saw in that trailer.
Going into more details, the VGX Lighting Mod aims to modify The Witcher 3’s visual style to match how it looked when it was shown during the VGX 2013 trailer. The modder has used uncompressed screenshots as a reference when making this mod.
Some areas of the game have been reimagined to better match some areas from the trailers. The mod was also made from the ground up, using no other lighting mods as a base. Now, the good news is that VGX Lighting Mod Next Gen can be played with raster graphics (no RT), and on DX11 mode. So, those without a high-end GPU will be able to use it.
To showcase his results, -Crasher- recreated the iconic E3 2013 trailer. This video will give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect from it. So, be sure to watch it. I’ve also included the original E3 2013 trailer so that you can compare them.
From what I can see, the modder was able to come really close to it. There are some areas in which the E3 2013 trailer looks better. Not only that, but you will see that the E3 2013 had a lot more of particles effects that are not present in the final version of the game. That was one of the biggest downgrades we saw with the game when it came out. Still, compared to the vanilla launch version, this modded lighting looks way better.
>> The video is almost 2 minutes long.

GAMING NEWS

Rainbow Six Siege servers are back after hackers randomly doled out bans, unbans, rare skins and 'billions' in in-game currency
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/rainbow-six-siege-servers-are-back-after-hackers-randomly-doled-out-bans-unbans-rare-skins-and-billions-in-in-game-currency/
On December 27, the official Rainbow Six Siege account posted on X that it was "aware of an incident" affecting the game, but that sort of undersells it. Hackers went berserk in Siege over the weekend, and players reported a range of anomalies: receipt of billions of credits and ultra-rare or developer-only skins, and chaotic bans and unbans, including cheeky messages sent via the global ban ticker. (For instance, the lyrics to Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me.")
The bedlam carried on until Ubisoft brought the servers down entirely, as was confirmed on X. A follow-up shared that while no players would be punished for spending the random credits, all transactions from the time the incident started would be rolled back.

Fallen Aces's second episode won't be out this year, but it will feature a first-person car chase with a tommy gun in both hands and a foot-operated steering wheel
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/fallen-acess-second-episode-wont-be-out-this-year-but-it-will-feature-a-first-person-car-chase-with-a-tommy-gun-in-both-hands-and-a-foot-operated-steering-wheel/
If you haven't played Fallen Aces, I highly recommend it whether you're a dedicated immsim sicko or an FPS greenhorn. It's Dishonored by way of Dick Tracy: an immediate and stylish neo-noir FPS dripping with pulpy comic art and a tantalizingly interactive goon sandbox. And that's just the first episode, which launched into early access last year.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting the second episode since then, but a development update on Steam confirmed yesterday that it won't hit its old release window of "before the end of 2025." That said, it did share some exciting details, as well as a brief teaser.

Last edited by JEMC - on 30 December 2025