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The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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GOG has the New Blood Anniversary Sale, with games from this publisher being up to 77% off during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260223_new_blood_publisher_sale

Steam has new deals and sales:

• Star of Providence will have a 25% discount until this Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/603960/Star_of_Providence/
• Nightingale , still in Early Access, is going to be 80% off until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928980/Nightingale/
• Outer Wilds gets a 50% discount until the 7th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/
• Sword of the Sea will be 15% off until the 9th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453160/Sword_of_the_Sea/
• Sudden Strike 4 will have a 85% discount until the same 9th : https://store.steampowered.com/app/373930/Sudden_Strike_4/
• And these are the sales:
  • IGN Fan Fest 2026 has many upcoming titles but only one deal: PowerWash Simulator 2 (that has a demo) with a 15% discount until the 27th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IGNFanFest2026
  • Developer/Publisher Illfonic will have its games up to 85% off until the 2nd of March: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/2113939/sale/IllFonicPublisherSale
  • Deep Silver puts its games on sale, up to 90% off until March 2: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/DeepSilverPublisherSale2026
  • Jandusoft Publisher Sale features upcoming titles and up to 90% discounts. The deals will last until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33066328/sale/jandusoft2026
  • New Blood Interactive also puts its games on sale here, with games up to 92% off until Monday, March the second: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/NewBlood2026
• And, of course, there are new weeklong deals.

The Humble Store hosts the Plaion Publisher Sale, with 95% off during 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/plaion-publisher-sale/

Fanatical's new BYO Play on the Go Elite Collection (BundleFest Feb 2026) has 18 titles to choose from for your 2+, 3+ or 5+ game bundles during the next 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-play-on-the-go-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Need for Speed Carbon Just Got an RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/need-for-speed-carbon-just-got-an-rtx-remix-path-tracing-mod/
Modder ‘xoxor4d’, the man behind the amazing GTA 4 RTX Remix Mod, has released a Path Tracing Mod for Need for Speed: Carbon. This mod will overhaul this old NFS game. So, make sure to grab it if you are a die-hard NFS fan.
Need for Speed: Carbon launched in 2006 as the tenth installment in the Need for Speed series. Set after the events of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the game follows the player as they dive back into illegal street racing across the fictional Palmont City. The story centers on reclaiming control of the city from rival street-racing gangs, all while navigating intense races and territorial battles.
Going into more details, this RTX Remix Mod brings a custom car paint shader. There is a dynamic wetness code with puddles, raindrops, occlusion checking, and per drawcall tweaks. The mod comes with logic to aid with drawcall modifications, as well as Anti Culling code and per-mesh adjustable preculling (occlusion).
To showcase the new Path Tracing lighting, the modder shared the following video. This will give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect from it. So, be sure to check it out.
You can download the RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for Need for Speed: Carbon from this link. For the best results, the modder recommends using it alongside this mod. NFSC Remix adds to the game PBR materials and new light sources.

15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration project—like a Helldivers-style galactic civil war
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/15-years-after-it-was-shut-down-star-wars-galaxies-is-still-getting-massive-updates-thanks-to-this-restoration-project-like-a-helldivers-style-galactic-civil-war/
I'll always be both fascinated and appreciative of non-profit communities that keep old, shut-down MMOs—like my personal love, City of Heroes—up and running. As is the case for Star Wars Galaxies, which has had a private server in Restoration that's been delivering large-scale updates for years now.
And when I say large-scale, I mean it. This thing's got the feature heft of a major patch for any modern MMO. Shatterpoint throws the galaxy of SWG into civil war.
You can see the full patch notes here, but here's a brief rundown: The Civil War is a cyclical event that sees either the Empire or the Rebellion trying to claim a majority of seven planets, reached whenever a faction on said planet gets one million control points.
>> The article has the trailer of this new update.

GAMING NEWS

ARC Raiders Shrouded Sky Patch 1.17.0 Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/arc-raiders-shrouded-sky-patch-1-17-0-available-for-download/
Embark Studios has just released the Shrouded Sky Update, also known as Patch 1.17.0, for ARC Raiders and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.
>> The update includes two new robots (link) and gives players the option to have beard (link)

PC Demos for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, Ashes of the Singularity 2, Sudden Strike 5, Darkhaven, and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demos-for-john-carpenters-toxic-commando-ashes-of-the-singularity-2-sudden-strike-5-darkhaven-and-more/
Valve has launched Steam Next Fest 2026, and PC demos for numerous upcoming games have been released. Therefore, I’ve decided to share those I found interesting in one article. So, let’s dive in.
>> The “and more” are two games: REPLACED and Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss. You’ll find the links to their Steam pages and a video for each game.

DON’T NOD’s Aphelion Gets Five-Minute Gameplay Deep Dive & PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dont-nods-aphelion-gets-five-minute-gameplay-deep-dive-pc-requirements/
DON’T NOD has released a new five-minute gameplay video for its upcoming third-person action-adventure game, Aphelion. Moreover, we got the game’s official PC system requirements.

Here are the official PC requirements for Death Stranding 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are-the-official-pc-requirements-for-death-stranding-2/
Sony and Nixxes have revealed the official PC system requirements for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. So, let’s see what you will need in order to run it.