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Here are the Thursday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

This week, the Epic Store gives away Rustler (Grand Theft Horse): https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rustler-grand-theft-horse-21a7ca
Next week, the free game(s) will be Definitely Not Fried Chicken

Steam has three new deals:

• Kabuto Park ,with a demo, is going to be 30% off until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/Kabuto_Park/
• Songs of Silence will have a 50% discount until the January, the 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195410/Songs_of_Silence/
• And Brain Show: Party Game , that also has a demo, will be 25% off until the 4th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2235150/Brain_Show_Party_Game/

Humble Bundle presents the Just Cause Complete Collection 2026, with up to 38 items to get (the 4 games and lots of DLCs) during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/just-cause-complete-collection-2026

And Fanatical has the BYO Resident Evil Bundle: Demonic Edition, with 14 games to choose from (including Devil May Cry and Dead Rising titles for some odd reason), in bundles of 2+, 3+ or 4+ during 20 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-resident-evil-bundle-demonic-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

New Update for CryZENx’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time Unreal Engine 5.7 Remake Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-update-for-cryzenxs-zelda-ocarina-of-time-unreal-engine-5-7-remake-released/
CryZENx has released a new update for his fan remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5.7. This new update adds a new area to the remake, allowing you to explore Inside Jabu-Jabu.
This free demo version is locked at 30FPS. Moreover, it only lets you play the Inside Jabu-Jabu area. Those interested in trying other areas can download their own demos of them. You can find most of them in our previous articles. CryZENx has also shared a 60FPS version of his mod. However, that version is behind a paywall. My guess is that the paid version will also have all of the other chapters that the modder has recreated.
CryZENx has also added some nice gameplay improvements. For example, controlling Princess Ruto (or the character that replaces her) is now much easier and less annoying. If you stand close to her and hold the Navi Button, you can guide her around. The “fleshy” visuals have also been cleaned up so everything looks clearer. On top of that, the modder fixed enemy hitboxes and changed enemy spawn rates to make the game feel smoother and better paced. You can go ahead and download this new version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fan Remake from this link. At the end of the article, you can also find a video for it. This is a 32-minute video that goes into more detail about how CryZENx has recreated this area.

Anthem subreddit gets a new lease on life as modder shows the game running without EA's servers: 'We didn't realize how much demand there'd still be for this forum to keep discussions going'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/anthem-subreddit-gets-a-new-lease-on-life-as-modder-shows-the-game-running-without-eas-servers-we-didnt-realize-how-much-demand-thered-still-be-for-this-forum-to-keep-discussions-going/
Well, Anthem is dead, and let's be honest with ourselves: It's fine. Most of us forgot Anthem even existed long before the final call, and we were genuinely surprised to discover last summer that the servers were still running. Which isn't so much an indictment of the game but of the system that produced it. Who tells BioWare to make a live service shooter?
Anyway, what's done is done—or maybe not. As the curtain fell, a small group of diehards expressed hope that it might somehow be brought back without a reliance on EA's servers—hope that was given, well, hope when former executive producer Mark Darrah said Anthem did actually have local server code "right up until a few months before launch," and more importantly, "the code is there to be salvaged and recovered."
That's a far cry from actually making it happen, but some people do seem to at least be making progress in that direction. Youtuber And799 (via Kotaku) has posted a video showing Anthem alive and kicking, and—big points here—with two players (actually two accounts) logged in simultaneously.
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It's very preliminary stuff, a proof-of-concept rather than anything like a playable game, and a redditor who says And799 is working with the Fort's Forge restoration project described it as "a really hacky thing" and advised that everyone temper their expectations accordingly.
>> The article has an almost 6 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

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