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The Thursday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Resident Evil Requiem's 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom's all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/resident-evil-requiems-5-million-sales-have-made-it-one-of-capcoms-all-time-top-20-bestsellers-in-just-4-days/
It's not just PC Gamer's Elie Gould who loves the new Resident Evil. The ninth game in the series—not counting twice that number of spin-offs and remakes—has taken off like a rocket, selling more than five million copies since its release on February 27.
Resident Evil Requiem had the series' biggest-ever launch on Steam by far, beating out Resident Evil 4 Remake's launch numbers by some 100,000 concurrent players. That's quite a feat for a singleplayer game, and as of this writing the game remains firmly in place at the top of Steam's Global Top Sellers list. Well, okay, there are currently more people spending their entire paychecks on Counter-Strike 2 gun skins, but Requiem is the top paid game on the chart closing in on a week after launch.
While Resident Evil Requiem couldn't keep pace with Monster Hunter Wilds' astronomical launch sales of eight million copies in just three days, I have a feeling it may end up having the longer tail.
Regardless, it's already one for Capcom's history books. The publisher helpfully maintains a page of its all-time bestsellers, and Requiem's first week of sales alone have earned it a spot in the top 20 list. Current numbers would slot it in between the original 1998 Resident Evil 2 (#19) and the HD-ified update of Resident Evil Remake, released in 2014 (#18). That means RE9 has already passed the lifetime sales of 2024's Dragon's Dogma 2, as well as dozens of Capcom classics.

The Epic Store gives away these two titles this coming days:

• Turnip Boy Robs a Bank: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/turnip-boy-robs-a-bank-3fae0e
• Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms’ Dragonlace pack: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms

Next week, they’ll give away Cozy Grove and Isonzo .

GOG has four new promos:

• Weekly Deals has up to 91% discounts and will last 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260305_weekly_deals_2_march
• Renowned Series Promo will have games up to 90% off during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260305_renowned_series_promo
• Female Protagonist Promo has games with up to 95% discounts and will last 10 days : https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260305_female_protagonist_promo
• Make Your Choice Promo also has games up to 95% off during the same 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260305_make_your_choice_promo

Steam brings to the table four new deals and three new sales:

• Proving my point that there are simulators about everything, Car For Sale Simulator 2023 will be on sale with a 60% discount until the 18th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2248760/Car_For_Sale_Simulator_2023/
• Terra Memoria has a demo and will be 65% off until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1912750/Terra_Memoria/
• Nowhere Prophet gets a 75% discount until March 18: https://store.steampowered.com/app/681730/Nowhere_Prophet/
• The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos is going to be 80% off until the same 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/970830/The_Dungeon_Of_Naheulbeuk_The_Amulet_Of_Chaos/
• And these are the sales:
  • Everhood Fracnhise Sale features up to 60% discounts until the 11th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/EVERHOODFRANCHISE
  • Publisher/developer Chibig puts its games on sale with up to 90% discounts until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40081215/sale/ChibigUniverseofGamesSale2026
  • tinyBuild presents its Evergreen Hits Sale with games up to 80% off until March 11: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6858705/sale/evergreen

Humble Bundle presents the Best of Boomer Shooters 5: Penta Boom, with up to 7 games to grab during the next 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/best-boomer-shooters-5-penta-boom

And last, but not least, there’s Fanatical

• The new Star Deal is Cut That Wire 4-Pack, with a 35% discount during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/cut-that-wire-4-pack
• The Platinum Collection - Build your own Bundle (March 2026) has 18 titles for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ game bundles during the next 27 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA releases 595,76 hotfix driver addressing OC voltage issues on RTZ GPUs
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-releases-595-76-hotfix-driver-addressing-oc-voltage-issues-on-rtx-gpus
GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 595.76 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 595.71. This hotfix addresses the following:

• When the graphics card is overclocked, GPU voltage may become capped, preventing it from boosting to expected levels [5934973]
• [Resident Evil Requiem] White glowing light/dots may appear in game when Subsurface Scattering is enabled [5915673]
• Improved path tracing performance in Resident Evil Requiem [5938207]
• [Star Citizen] Game client crashes when launched [5935027]
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed when playing multi-key DRM content in a browser on HDCP 1.x monitors [5934450]

>> Third time’s the charm?

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Stop the clock: Resident Evil Requiem's first sexy Leon mod hit Nexus Mods just 4 days, 11 hours, and 23 minutes after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/stop-the-clock-resident-evil-requiems-first-sexy-leon-mod-hit-nexus-mods-just-4-days-11-hours-and-23-minutes-after-launch/
Few men, fictional or otherwise, have spinkicked their way into the hearts of as many thirsty internet admirers as Leon S. Kennedy. And given his recent upgrade to hot uncle status thanks to the devoted efforts of the women on the Resident Evil Requiem dev team, there has been an intense interest in how long it would take modders to let the Leon-crazed masses more fully appreciate the fruits of that labor.
That wait has ended. Today, a new page is added to the great chronicles of history. As of 11:23 am EDT on March 3, 2026, Nexus Mods now hosts its first sexy Leon mod for Resident Evil Requiem: Leon Shirtless RPD by modder SERGISHOLS, whose name will live forever.
Given Requiem's midnight EDT launch time, that means it clocked a TtLL (or 'Time to Lewd Leon') of just 4 days, 11 hours, and 23 minutes—or roughly 386,580 seconds, if you'd prefer. Frankly, after watching the RE4 remake's modders put Leon in a maid outfit and thong before the game even launched, I wondered whether it would even take a day before Leon's hot uncle era was intensified by third parties. Regardless, I think we can all agree that turning around a peeled Leon in under a week is an accomplishment by any metric.
Although, maybe I should say "half-peeled." It's pretty tame as far as horny mods go: Leon probably shows more skin at the beach. If you're hoping for mods more titillating than Leon's exposed uncle nipples, you're still in for a longer wait.
Leon's admirers on Nexus Mods certainly aren't content with the early offering: At time of writing, 14 separate commenters have said that this particular rendition of Leon's uncle bod is insufficiently muscular. Everyone's a critic. That said, they haven't had to yearn for other options for very long: Another shirtless Leon mod arrived just an hour before I wrote this sentence.
Whether or not these increasingly shredded shirtless Leons prove enough to satisfy, I'll confess, isn't my concern. I'm simply here to ensure that the earliest achievements in the field aren't entirely overshadowed by whatever great works follow as modders get acclimated. (And I'm sure there will be plenty.)
>> There are two screenshots in the article, but only the one used for the headline shows the results of one of the mods.

GAMING NEWS

First Resident Evil Requiem Update Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-resident-evil-requiem-update-released-full-patch-notes/
Capcom has just released the first Title Update for Resident Evil Requiem. This first patch is 1.4GB in size on PC. So, let’s see what it brings to the table.
This patch will update your game’s version to 1.110.000. From what I’ve seen, it also breaks mod compatibility. So, if you’ve been using mods, I suggest uninstalling or removing them. A lot of users have reported stability issues. So, if you are encountering crashes, you should remove all of your mods.
>> Will it break the semi-nude mods shared above? Don’t ask me. Here are two more articles: ; 1- Grace is a Redditor (link) ; 2- Leon’s voice actor wants a Code Veronica remake (link);