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The more reasonable, but still not normal, Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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GOG has four new promos:

• Build & Manage Promo has games with up to 90% discounts and will last 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260609_build_manage_promo
• Fantasy & Medieval Promo has games up to 92% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260609_fantasy_medieval_promo
• Casual & Fun Promo features up to 94% discounts and will last 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260609_casual_fun_promo
• The last one is the Loot Drop Promo, with games up to 95% off during the same 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260609_loot_drop_promo

Steam has new deals and sales/events:

• Cuphead will be 40% off until the 15th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/268910/Cuphead/
• Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition gets a 50% discount until June 15: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244090/Sea_of_Stars_Sunset_Edition/
• Mouthwashing is going to be 40% off until the 22nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475490/Mouthwashing/
• DuneCrawl will have a 55% discount until the same 22nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1833200/DuneCrawl/
• These are the sales/events:
  • D3PUBLISHER Sale has games up to 90% off until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33518623/sale/D3P2026_3
  • Indie Festival Steam Sale comes with upcoming releases, demos and games on sale with up to 50% discounts. The length of the deals vary from game to game: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38784608/sale/IndieFestival2026
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896 Sale has the game and DLCs up to 65% off until the 22nd of June: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Crytek/sale/HuntRoadtoHellSale
  • Games from Croatia Sale 2026 shows upcoming titles and has games with up to 90% discounts. The length of the deals vary one again: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfromcroatia2026
• And like every Tuesday, there’s also new weeklong deals

There’s a new Humble Bundle, or at least I don’t remember this one: Frosty Games Fest: Showcase Bundle 2026: Made in ANZ, with up to 12 items to get (11 games + 1 DLC) during 17 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/frosty-games-fest-showcase-bundle-2026-made-in-anz

And Fanatical has these two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Dredge Complete Edition , with a 58% discount during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/dredge-complete-edition
• The VIP Mystery Bundle has three unknown games, one of them a Bethesda title. The duration of the bundle is also a mystery : https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/vip-mystery-bundle-bethesda-edition

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 610.52 brings fixes for Smooth Motion, G-SYNC and monitor sleep issues
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-hotfix-610-52-brings-fixes-for-smooth-motion-g-sync-and-monitor-sleep-issues
NVIDIA has released GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 610.52 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. This is not a new WHQL driver branch, but a targeted hotfix based on the Game Ready 610.47 release.
The driver fixes several display-related issues. NVIDIA says the update resolves a frame pacing problem on Ada GPUs when G-SYNC is enabled on certain monitors. It also fixes an EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) issue where some monitors could be detected as “NVIDIA NV-Failsafe.”
The hotfix also includes fixes for monitor wake issues. According to NVIDIA, some monitors would not wake from sleep mode before this update. Multi-monitor gaming stability with V-SYNC and DLSS Frame Generation has also been improved.
Smooth Motion receives two fixes in this release. NVIDIA says the driver resolves jittering or ghosting in some DirectX 11 games when Smooth Motion is enabled. It also fixes crashes in certain games launched with Smooth Motion enabled.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

There are already two mods to make Gothic Remake's lockpicking less painful
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/there-are-already-two-mods-to-make-gothic-remakes-lockpicking-less-painful/
I played the Gothic Remake hoping for an RPG with a bit more grit than usual, and what I got was almost pure sand. The progression system really does make you feel like you properly earn every inch of improvement, with more fluid combat animations as you learn to hold your weapons properly, but it's the lockpicking system is like math homework.
The issue's a dealbreaker for enough players that developer Alkimia Interactive says it's "monitoring the sentiment" and reminding everyone "We cannot stress enough how much easier this gets when you start adding skill points into it." But as someone who paid for mastery in lockpicking, just because you're allowed to make more errors doesn't make it any more fun. It's still boring either way.
Which is why it's no surprise that, as Nexus Mods opens its doors to mods for the Gothic 1 Remake, the number one most popular by both downloads and endorsements is Unlock All Chests and Doors. If that's too extreme a solution, Lockpick Settings simply adds hints, a connection viewer, and makes picks less fragile.
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GAMING NEWS

Official PC Requirements for Halo: Campaign Evolved Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-requirements-for-halo-campaign-evolved-released/
Microsoft has revealed the official PC system requirements for its upcoming remake of the first Halo game, Halo: Campaign Evolved. Halo: Campaign Evolved will be powered by Unreal Engine 5. So, let’s see what PC system you’ll need to run it.

Saber Has Announced HITMAN Classic Trilogy Remastered
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/saber-has-announced-hitman-classic-trilogy-remastered/
Saber Interactive has announced a remastered collection for the first three HITMAN games. In HITMAN Classic Trilogy Remastered, players will step into the origins of the world’s deadliest assassin, faithfully remastered for modern platforms.

Control Resonant Will Support Path Tracing on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/control-resonant-will-support-path-tracing-on-pc/
Remedy and NVIDIA have confirmed that Control Resonant will support Path Tracing on PC. This should come as a surprise, as Remedy’s previous game, Alan Wake 2, also supported Path Tracing on PC.