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The Wednesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

GOG has gone nuts and launched seven new sales/promos. All of them will last 7 days:

• Ziggurat Publisher Sale has games up to 85% off: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260916_ziggurat_publisher_sale
• Team 17 Publisher Sale has up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260916_team17_publisher_sale
• Treasure Chest Promo also has games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260910_treasure_chest_promo
• Tactical & Turn-Based Promo is another one with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260910_tactical_and_turn_based_promo
• Build & Manage Promo has games up to 94% off: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260916_build_manage_promo
• The New Weekly Deals has up to 95% discounts: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260916_weekly_deals_2_september
• The last one is the Adventure Promo, that also has games up to 95% off: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260910_adventure_promo

Steam has four new deals and one showcase:

• Oaken Tower, still in Early Access, will have a 25% discount until the 29th of September: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3400960/Oaken_Tower/
• Guns and Nuns: Storming Hell has a demo and will be 40% off until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3818000/Guns_and_Nuns_Storming_Hell/
• Cassette Beasts gets a 70% discount until September 29: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1321440/Cassette_Beasts/
• TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 is going to be 95% off until the same 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924170/TT_Isle_Of_Man_Ride_on_the_Edge_3/
• The LEVEL UP KL Games Showcase 2026 has many upcoming titles, some with demos, and a few games on sale with up to 60% discounts. The length of the deals range from the 23rd to the 30ht of September: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44452980/sale/LevelUpKL2026

Humble Bundle presents the Sniper Elite; Classics Collection, with up to 6 games to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/boh-sniper-elite-classics-collection

And at Fanatical’s new Star Deal is Resident Evil Requiem, with a 43% discount during 48 hours : https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/resident-evil-requiem

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fan Is Bringing Halo 5: Guardians’ Single-Player Campaign to PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/fan-is-bringing-halo-5-guardians-single-player-campaign-to-pc/
Now here is something really cool. GitHub’s ‘danielmccluskey’ is currently working on a project that aims to bring the single-player campaign of Halo 5 to the PC. So, let’s take a look at it.
Halo 5 Campaign on PC is a small fan project that aims to get the Halo 5: Guardians campaign running on PC. It uses the existing Halo 5: Forge PC build as a base. The project is still very early and experimental, but it can already run the first two campaign missions.
According to its creator, the project supports the Osiris and Blue Team missions. Players can use a custom launcher to prepare the required game data and start the campaign. The launcher works with extracted Halo 5 game files and creates the cache needed to run the game. A complete cache can also be used without keeping the original game dump.
This unofficial PC version of the Halo 5 campaign is only available for Windows. It does not support Linux. I’m pointing this out because many recent recompilations also have Linux versions. Then again, this project is not a recompilation. But anyway, the project also requires the Halo 5: Forge Bundle from the Microsoft Store. You will also need the required Halo 5 game files. These files are not included with the project.
The main goal is simple: get the original Halo 5 campaign working on PC. The project does not aim to bring Halo 5’s multiplayer, matchmaking, or Xbox services to PC. In other words, it will solely focus on the single-player campaign.
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If you are interested in it, you can download its early version from this link (Girhub). Below, you can also find a video that showcases its two single-player levels.

Unofficial PC Version of Ninja Gaiden 2 Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/unofficial-pc-version-of-ninja-gaiden-2-released/
GitHub user “TheSaltTrader” has released an unofficial PC version of Ninja Gaiden 2. The game first came out in 2008 as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Now, 18 years later, PC gamers can finally play it on their PCs without using an emulator.
Going into more detail, Ninja’s Dawn is a static recompilation of the Xbox 360 game. This means it is not an emulator. The game’s code is translated into native x86-64 code, so it runs as a Windows program. The port targets 60 FPS and adds many PC options.
The port supports Windows 10 and Windows 11. It also supports frame rates from 30 to 144 FPS, V-Sync, full-screen mode, custom window sizes, and monitor selection. You can also use ultrawide 3D support. This expands the view without stretching the image. Internal supersampling is also supported, with settings up to 8x.
Ninja’s Dawn also adds several visual options. These include anisotropic filtering, anti-aliasing, FidelityFX CAS, and a texture pack system. You can dump the game’s textures and upscale them. The port supports both Lanczos and Real-ESRGAN. The latter uses AI to add more detail to textures. The texture pack can also be switched on and off while the game is running.
The port includes useful PC features as well. You get keyboard controls, Xbox 360 save import, DLC support, and an in-game settings menu. There are also FPS, CPU, RAM, GPU, and VRAM readouts. A frame-time overlay and console are included too.
You can go ahead and download the latest version from here (Github). As with all PC recompilations, it does not contain any in-game assets. This means that you’ll have to provide your own ISO of the Xbox 360 version. As I’ve said a million times, we won’t allow any download links to ROM or ISO files. So, don’t bother asking in the Comment section.
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As Skyblivion's launch approaches, the team is looking for help to get the word out
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/as-skyblivions-launch-approaches-the-team-is-looking-for-help-to-get-the-word-out/
The gears are still grinding on Skyblivion, the massive mod that aims to recreate The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in the newer, prettier technology of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition. A release date still hasn't been announced, but it's definitely getting closer—and once again, the dev team is asking for help.
What's notable, though, is the kind of help the developers are looking for: Not to finish the mod, but to tell the world about it.

GAMING NEWS

Since DSoG doesn't have any articles for this spot, here are the short ones from PCGamer:

Wardogs CEO says he won't hire devs who aren't down with mandatory crunch: 'If you care about what you're making, this is the place to work'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/wardogs-ceo-says-he-wont-hire-devs-who-arent-down-with-mandatory-crunch-if-you-care-about-what-youre-making-this-is-the-place-to-work/

Relic thought Company of Heroes 3's ambitious dynamic campaign would eventually come together, but it didn't: 'We bit off more than we could chew'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/relic-thought-company-of-heroes-3s-ambitious-dynamic-campaign-would-eventually-come-together-but-it-didnt-we-bit-off-more-than-we-could-chew/