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The Thursday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Grab shopkeeper-dungeoncrawler Moonlighter free on Steam for a limited time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/grab-shopkeeper-dungeoncrawler-moonlighter-free-on-steam-for-a-limited-time/
Moonlighter is a hybrid of management sim and roguelite dungeon crawl in the vein of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. I was more intrigued by its shopkeeping side—where you put your loot on display and hope the locals in your hamlet are in the mood for a magic sword or some banged-up armor—than I was by its dungeon runs and boss battles, but your mileage may vary.
That mileage is currently good value, because right now you can add Moonlighter to your Steam account for free. Digital Sun and 11 Bit Studios have set it to zero dollars until August 9 to celebrate the upcoming release of Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, which is currently in early access but will be hitting 1.0 on September 2.

This week, the Epic Store gives away these two games:

• Beacon Pines : https://store.epicgames.com/p/beacon-pines-629fc3
• We Were Here Together : https://store.epicgames.com/p/we-were-here-together-6a6d66

Next week, the only free games confirmed so far will be Caravan SandWitch .

GOG has launched the new Strategy Games Promo , with games up to 95% off during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260806_strategy_promo

Steam has six new deals (all show up today) and one new Showcase:

• ALL WILL FALL will have a 35% discount until the 12th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706020/ALL_WILL_FALL/
• Stranded: Alien Dawn is going ot be 65% off until the same 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/Stranded_Alien_Dawn/
• Little Corners gets a 30% discount that will last until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3651310/Little_Corners/
• Discounty has a demo and will be 40% off until August 19: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/Discounty/
• Twinkleby also has a demo, but comes with a 65% discount until the same 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3362960/Twinkleby/
• Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is going to be 70% off until August, the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915380/Garden_Life_A_Cozy_Simulator/
• And the Short Games Showcase (not exactly what you asked for, HoloDust), features a few upcoming titles, demos and games on sale with up to 90% discounts. The length of the deals vary, from those ending later today to others lasting until, at least the 14th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46191305/sale/ShortGamesShowcase2026

At Humble Bundle there are two novelties for us:

• In Your World VR Bundle has up to 7 games to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/in-your-world-vr-bundle
• No More Robots: The Unhinged Indie Anthology Bundle comes with up to 11 items to get (10 games + 1 DLC) and will also last 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/no-more-robots-unhinged-indie-anthology

And we also have Fanatical, with new Flash Deals and a bundle:

• These are the three new 24h Flash Deals:
  • Rise of the Ronin is 58% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/rise-of-the-ronin
  • Sniper Elite: Resistance Deluxe Edition has a 59% discount: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sniper-elite-resistance-deluxe-edition
  • Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is 93% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts
• Platinum Collection - Build your Own Bundle (August 2026) lands with 17 titles for your bundles of 3+, 5+ or 7+ games. It will last 27 days : https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/platinum-collection-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Super Mario Bros Remastered PC V1.1 RC3 Released & Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-mario-bros-remastered-pc-v1-1-rc3-released-detailed/
The team behind the amazing fan remaster of Super Mario Bros. for PC has released a new version of it. Moreover, it has shared its full changelog. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
For those who did not know, Super Mario Bros. Remastered is a fan remake of the classic NES Mario game for PC. Super Mario Bros. Remastered has been recreated from the ground up. Thus, it has improved physics, audio, and graphics. It also has support for full wide-screen monitors. As such, you will see more of the level now on your PC monitor screens.
Super Mario Bros. Remastered includes The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. Special, and an overhauled All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. Right now, downloading LSS levels in the game does not work. The team promised to fix it in a future version.
The modders claim that Nintendo will not be able to take it down. They said they took steps to ensure Nintendo won’t be able to shut it down. As such, Super Mario Bros. Remastered will not have any game assets. To work, it will require a ROM of the original NES game. In other words, it will be similar to the N64 recompilation projects. And, since those are still up, we can assume that this fan remake will also be able to avoid Nintendo’s hammer.
Version 1.1 RC3 massively improves editor performance. It nearly fixes all memory issues, slowdowns, and crashes. This is huge news for those who wanted to create new levels for it.
You can now change the scroll direction of overlay clouds. The update also fixes all audio looping issues by restoring the previous audio system. In addition, it fixes signal drawers that did not move with their parent gizmo. Moving platforms now appear in the correct position when you load a custom level.
Yoshi’s animation starts playing as soon as he appears. Spike no longer changes direction while throwing. Cannonballs now use a default animation. And you can now reset a level in the editor.
You can go ahead and download this latest version of Super Mario Bros. Remastered PC from here.
>> The link is to Github, and the article ha a 10 minutes video.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot Finally Comes to PC After 18 Years
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/condemned-2-bloodshot-finally-comes-to-pc-after-18-years/
Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action and survival horror game that came out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008. Now, while the first Condemned game came out on PC, its sequel was never released on our platform. But now, after 18 whole years, we finally get an unofficial PC port of it.
(… several paragraphs describing the game and its mechanics...)
As with all recompilations, Condemned2Recomp does not contain any in-game assets. This means that you will need a copy of the Xbox 360 version to play it.
You can go ahead and download this unofficial PC port of Condemned 2 from here.
>> This article also has a roughly 10 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

Since there are no DSoG articles for this sectin, I'll put the short ones from PCGamer

The actors behind Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft will take to the stage for the Future Games Show at Gamescom this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/the-actors-behind-leon-kennedy-and-grace-ashcroft-will-take-to-the-stage-for-the-future-games-show-at-gamescom-this-month/

The guy in charge of EA Sports is now in charge of EA everything
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-guy-in-charge-of-ea-sports-is-now-in-charge-of-ea-everything/

Former Bethesda lead artist is looking forward to Fallout 3's remaster because the game they released was '100% not what we intended, and it was very, very constrained'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/former-bethesda-lead-artist-is-looking-forward-to-fallout-3s-remaster-because-the-game-they-released-was-100-percent-not-what-we-intended-and-it-was-very-very-constrained/
>> I don’0t think a remaster will change any of that. A remake could, tho, but that’s not what was announced.

Larian gets briefly kicked off YouTube, TikTok for demonic smut reasons in Baldur's Gate 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/larian-gets-briefly-kicked-off-youtube-tiktok-for-demonic-smut-reasons-in-baldurs-gate-3/
>> Hilarious or dumb? I’ll let you decide.