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The second, and final, part of the Friday gaming news:

Palworld won't raise its price for 1.0 as 'a small way of saying thank you'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/palworld-wont-raise-its-price-for-1-0-as-a-small-way-of-saying-thank-you/
We're just a day away from Palworld's much anticipated 1.0 release, and to celebrate Pocketpair both released all 27 pages of patch notes and confirmed that there'll be no price hike when the survival and crafting game exits from early access. Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

Destiny 2 players get a final farewell gift from Bungie
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/destiny-2-players-get-a-final-farewell-gift-from-bungie/
Destiny 2 is done: The final patch is out, Bungie is decimated, and the game will remain playable but the story of one of the biggest, best and most influential online shooters ever is over. To memorialize the moment, Bungie has rolled out one last gift for players: A new emblem, free for everyone, called Gloriabundus.

Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-has-targeted-yet-another-duplication-exploit-just-a-couple-of-days-after-celebrating-a-drop-in-suspicious-player-accounts/
The first hotfix since Arc Raiders' 1.36 update has rocked up, and while it may be small it does tackle some important issues, namely a new duplication exploit which has popped up recently and saw mountains of explosives spawn even faster than the throwables glitch.

Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/indie-developer-says-steam-did-them-a-solid-by-fixing-their-unbootable-game-to-beat-the-next-fest-deadline/
Making a game is hard, or so I've been told by those brave enough to give it a go. Mistakes happen, and sometimes your game just doesn't work. That's what happened to the developer behind Red Flag, a social deduction game about convincing your friends you're fit to survive the apocalypse in a bunker with limited resources.
In a Reddit post last week (spotted by Automaton), the small, first-time team explains that it had unknowingly submitted a broken build of the game to Steam on the day of the deadline to get into June's Next Fest. The review and approval process typically takes five to seven days, the developer explains, so it really was cutting it close.
>> The demo of the game is still available, in case you want to check it out (link).

And here are the Steam weekend deals, sicne GOG launched theirs yesterday:

+Steam

• Digimon Story Time Stranger has a demo and a 43% discount that will last until the 16th of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1984270/Digimon_Story_Time_Stranger/
• Planet Zoo is going to be 95% off until the same 16th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/703080/Planet_Zoo/
• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden also has a demo and will feature a 70% discount until the 23rd of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493640/Banishers_Ghosts_of_New_Eden/
• Against the Storm will be free to try during the weekend and also 70% off until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
• Cryptmaster is another game with a demo, and will have a 35% discount until July 23: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/Cryptmaster/
• Bendy and the Ink Machine will be 90% off until the same 23rd : https://store.steampowered.com/app/622650/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine/
• And these are the sales/events that have launched sine yesterday (there are others that launched during the Summer Sale that I didn’t share and you can check here):
  • The Tacticon 2026 has upcoming titles, demos and games on sale with up to 94% discounts. The deals will end between the 13th and the 23rd of July: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tacticon2026
  • Alice in Wonderland Sale has games influenced by that story. There are upcoming titles, some with demos, and games up to 90% off until July the 16th : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45178211/sale/Alice_in_Wonderland_Sale
  • ARK Fracnhise Sale 2026 has the game, still in Early Access, free to try until Monday and with discounts that go up to 75% off. The sale will last until July 23: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ARKFranchiseSale2026
  • Torchlight Franchise Sale has the games on sale with discounts that range from 80 to 85% and will last until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32962654/sale/TorchlightFranchiseSale2026
  • Glasgow Indie Games Festival 2026 has lots of upcoming titles. There are also some available games, but the page has gone live early and there are no discounts yet: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46076213/sale/GlasgowIndieGamesFestival2026

And that’s all I had to share. Until the next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.