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Here come today’s gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

This week, the Epic Store gives away Bloons TD 6: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloons-td-6-bf95a0
There’s no word, at least yet, of the free games for next week. *Edit* They've now shared that they'll be Styx: Master of Shadows and Styx: Shards of Darkness

GOG has two promos to check:

• The first one is the Stealth Promo that may have gone unnoticed by me (get it?), but it will only last 2 more days and has up to 94% discounts: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260103-stealth-promoZZ
• The second one is the Sci-Fi Promo, that has games up to 97% off and will last 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260108-sci-fi-promo

Steam has four new deals, but no new sales:

• Hidden Through Time will have a 50% discount until the 14th of January: https://store.steampowered.com/app/524910/Hidden_Through_Time/
• Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 gets a 60% discount until the same 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/525510/Guns_Gore_and_Cannoli_2/
• House Builder has a demo and a 55% discount until January 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244630/House_Builder/
• And I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival: will be 50% off until the 21st of Januaryhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1658040/I_Am_Future_Cozy_Apocalypse_Survival/

Humble Bundle presents the Decked Out Collection: Great on Handheld, with up to 7 games to grab durng 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/decked-out-collection-great-on-handheld.

And Fanatical has the BYO Military Operations Bundle (January 2026), with 17 titles to choose from for your 2+, 5+ or 8+ game bundles during 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-military-operations-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

GTA 5 NaturalVision Enhanced December 2025 Update Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/gta-5-naturalvision-enhanced-december-2025-update-released/
A few days ago, Razed released new versions of both NaturalVision Evolved and NaturalVision Enhanced for Grand Theft Auto 5. So, let’s see what this latest versions bring to the table.
For those who don’t know, NaturalVision Evolved is the mod for Grand Theft Auto 5 Legacy. For those playing GTA 5 Enhanced, you can use the NaturalVision Enhanced Mod.
The NaturalVision Enhanced Mod is a complete visual upgrade mod that takes full advantage of the new ray tracing features. According to the modder, it reworks the game’s weather, lighting, ambient colors, world textures, models, and vegetation. What’s cool here is that Natural Vision Enhanced allows all light sources to cast shadows. This is something that the vanilla game did not feature. As such, it will further enhance the game’s ray-traced shadows. In other words, all objects will now cast RT shadows.
The NaturalVision Enhanced December 2025 Update will now work with game patch 1.0.1013.20. It also includes a new optional add-on called “Volumetric Clouds (Experimental)”, which adds realistic 3D clouds to Cloudy weather. The update improves Rain weather and rain effects, and it also gives brighter, better-looking lighting in Extrasunny, Clear, and Cloudy weather.
On the other hand, the NaturalVision Evolved December 2025 Update adds compatibility with game version 1.0.3725.0. It adds a special shader that gives puddles screen-space reflections, and another shader that makes raindrops appear on vehicles and weapons. There is also a new screen raindrop effect, where the drops slide across your screen depending on how fast your vehicle is moving. The modder also improved the Volumetric Fog shader and boosted overall performance. Lastly, Rain weather now has better lighting and color balance.
>> The article has an almost 2 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

PC demos for Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined & Parasite Mutant
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demos-for-dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-parasite-mutant/
Square Enix and IceSitruuna have released the PC demos for Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined and Parasite Mutant, respectively. These PC demos will let you try these two games before they officially come out.
>> It’s funny because despite launching an around 3 hours long demo, Square-Enix has asked those playing the game early, via the Digital Deluxe edition of the game, to not spoil anything (link).

Last edited by JEMC - on 08 January 2026