The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

GOG has two new promos:

• Managerial Promo features games up to 90% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260505_managerial_promo
• GOG Mix Promo has games with up to 95% discounts during the same 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260505_gog_mix_promo

Steam has new deals and sales:

• Abiotic Factor will be 20% off until the 11th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/
• Not Tonight 2 gets a 85% discount until the 14th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1600370/Not_Tonight_2/
• These are the new Sales/Events:
  • The Anshar Publishing Sale has two upcoming games, one of them with a demo, and games up to 75% off until the 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41215820/sale/publishersalemay2026
  • Titan Quest Franchise Sale has up to 80% discounts and will last until May 11: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TitanQuestMidweekFranchiseSale2026
  • Otome Games Celebration has upcoming releases, demos and up to 80% discounts. Most deals will end on the 11th, but not all: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TitanQuestMidweekFranchiseSale2026
  • Mortal Kombat Franchise Sale, that only involves the last three games, has games up to 90% off until the 18th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/MortalKombatFranchiseMay2026
  • Publisher Curve Games showcases some upcoming releases and has games up to 90% off until the 18th of May: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CurveGamesPubSale2026
• And we also have new weeklong deals

At Fanatical we find that the new Star Deal is Doom Eternal , with a 90% discount during 48 hours or untilthey run out of keys: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/doom-eternal

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8737 Beta Released
https://www.techpowerup.com/348745/intel-arc-gpu-graphics-drivers-101-8737-beta-released

HIGHLIGHTS
Game Ready

• Heros of Might & Magic Olden Era
• Neverness to Everness

FIXED ISSUES
Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs

• Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products

• Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products

• Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs

• Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs

• Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Unofficial PC Port Released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-the-minish-cap-unofficial-pc-port-released/
MatheoVignaud has just released an unofficial native PC port for The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. As such, PC gamers will be able to enjoy another Zelda game that was exclusive to Nintendo’s consoles.
For those who did not know, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a Zelda game that came out on Game Boy Advance in 2004. It serves as a prequel to Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures, telling the origins of the Four Sword and the villain Vaati.
(… Three paragraphs describing the game...)
As with most unofficial PC ports we’ve seen these past couple of years, Nintendo won’t be able to shut it down. TMC does not contain any assets from the game. Therefore, Nintendo won’t be able to send MatheoVignaud or GitHub a DMCA notice.
You can go ahead and download this unofficial PC port of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap from this link. From what I can see, all the ROM files are compatible with it. Therefore, you won’t be limited to one specific version. You can use the US, the EU or the JP ROM.
>> The article has a 10 minutes video.

GAMING NEWS

DSoGaming doesn't have any articles for this spot so, here are the short articles from PCGamer:

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred players seem close to finding the secret cow level and the final clue might be on a newly discovered cow island
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-players-seem-close-to-finding-the-secret-cow-level-and-the-final-clue-might-be-on-a-newly-discovered-cow-island/

Randy Pitchford says Gearbox has a firm no-AI policy after posting an AI-generated image of an AI working at Gearbox
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/randy-pitchford-says-gearbox-has-a-firm-no-ai-policy-after-posting-an-ai-generated-image-of-an-ai-working-at-gearbox/

Resident Evil Requiem's director admits they needed to raise the bar for their zombies to 'keep having that thrilling experience'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/resident-evil-requiems-director-admits-they-needed-to-raise-the-bar-for-their-zombies-to-keep-having-that-thrilling-experience/
>> The director is also open to see more Leon in the future, maybe even old Leon (link).

Baldur's Gate 3 cast 'changed the game' for videogame actors, says Dragon Age: Inquisition lead: 'We too deserve to stand up and be counted'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-3-cast-changed-the-game-for-videogame-actors-says-dragon-age-inquisition-lead-we-too-deserve-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/

Remedy’s latest financials aren’t too bad considering Firebreak flopped, which the CEO puts down to its ‘structurally more efficient budgets’
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/remedys-latest-financials-arent-too-bad-considering-firebreak-flopped-which-the-ceo-puts-down-to-its-structurally-more-efficient-budgets/

The second part of the Tuesday gaming news:

PC players aren't Grand Theft Auto 6's 'core' audience, Take-Two CEO says, and that's why we have to wait for it
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/pc-players-arent-grand-theft-auto-6s-core-audience-take-two-ceo-says-and-thats-why-we-have-to-wait-for-it/
Grand Theft Auto 6 will be out on November 19, unless it gets delayed again (never say never), but only on console. There's no doubt that GTA 6 will come to PC eventually, but officially, it still hasn't been announced for our platform and therefore does not exist. Why? In an interview with Bloomberg, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company's priority is "serving the core," and that, apparently, is console.
>> I better don't say anything.

Microsoft ended MS-DOS support 20 years ago, but the latest update for the best roguelike ever made still supports it anyway
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/microsoft-ended-ms-dos-support-20-years-ago-but-the-latest-update-for-the-best-roguelike-ever-made-still-supports-it-anyway/
September 14, 2000: That's the day Microsoft released Windows Millennium Edition, the second-worst iteration of Windows in its long history. It also marked the final release of MS-DOS, which for so many years had undergirded its operating systems. In 2006—two decades ago—Microsoft ceased long-term support for Windows 98 and Me, meaning that MS-DOS's life was truly over.
Two days ago the latest update for NetHack dropped, and you bet your ass it still supports MS-DOS, just like it did when it first released in 1987.
We already covered NetHack's surprise 5.0 release and some of its fun patch notes, but I had to dwell on this for just a minute. In the era of multimillion-dollar games releasing and shutting down within weeks, here's a game that's been steadily updated since 1987. It's only two years younger than Windows.

What colour car would James Bond never drive? IO had to have multiple meetings just to figure it out for 007 First Light while huge plot decisions went down easy
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/what-colour-car-would-james-bond-never-drive-io-had-to-have-multiple-meetings-just-to-figure-it-out-for-007-first-light-while-huge-plot-decisions-went-down-easy/
I'm a little nervous about 007 First Light, which—from what I've seen—seems to play everything a bit too safe and linear to really leverage IO's strengths as a studio. When I played First Light, I found myself asking if, perhaps, the Bond license-holders at Amazon were a bit precious about their character. Maybe IO simply couldn't get as whacky with someone else's intellectual property as it can with Agent 47.
But I guess I was wide of the mark, because when I asked 007 First Light franchise art director Rasmus Poulsen about what it was like to work with someone else's license, he said it was actually surprisingly easy to nail down the big stuff, like making 007 a young'un.
(...)
The things that actually demanded time to hammer out were issues you and I wouldn't dedicate a second's thought to. "Really weird things get discussed, right? … What colour car would Bond never drive? People think one thing, people think another thing. We go like, 'Well that's a weird discussion,'" recalls Poulsen.

I love the thought of geysers in Minecraft, but hate the fact I know just how my friends will use them
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/i-love-the-thought-of-geysers-in-minecraft-but-hate-the-fact-i-know-just-how-my-friends-will-use-them/
I'm pretty sure everyone has a group of friends they actively avoid playing Minecraft with, solely because you know the second you leave your chests or base unattended it will be wrecked and ruined. Don't get me wrong, I love a little giggle with my pals as much as the next person, but the number of times I've lost an inventory full of valuables because of a prank my friends have pulled have been enough to stop me from playing for a while in the past.
From elaborate piston traps to good old-fashioned TNT, the creative bounds of messing with your friends have no limits in Minecraft, and the upcoming Chaos Cubed update will inherently make this worse through adding the ability to craft geysers. With a magma block, a potent sulphur block, and a little pool of water, you can now create a blast of water that will send an unsuspecting player hurtling into the air.

Windrose should no longer threaten to significantly reduce your SSD's lifespan thanks to a fresh patch
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ssds/windrose-should-no-longer-threaten-to-significantly-reduce-your-ssds-lifespan-thanks-to-a-fresh-patch/
Windrose breached early access late last month. As you might expect from something a few port calls shy of a full release, it's not all been smooth sailing, with a number of Steam users saying that the pirate versus environment game has been hammering their SSDs. Thankfully, developer Kraken Express have now released a patch.

The games for Humble Choice May have been revealed.

• Crysis 3 Remastered
• Cubic Odyssey
• Heroes of Hammerwatch II
• Mini Settlers
• Nordhold
• Rogue Waters
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
• Diablo IV - Battle.net activation

Not happy with this month, I own 4 games already and Diablo being Battle.net really irks me.

If, for some reason, you've ever wondered how it would be to have an aquarium on your PC desk, congratulations! A youtuber that makes aquariums has done exactly that. And it's awesome:

YouTuber makes the most of the unused space beneath their monitors with custom desktop aquarium with actual fish in it
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/youtuber-makes-the-most-of-the-unused-space-beneath-their-monitors-with-custom-desktop-aquarium-with-actual-fish-in-it/

Thanks for the Humble Choice update, Rhonin.

I think most of us associate one with the other, just like upscaling is DLSS for a lot of people.

Thanks for sharing.

Just because she, or whoever is in charge of that at the company, is a bad manager, that doesn't mean that the people working there deserve less than others.

The following statement: "There are people doing really, really well in those spaces on PC for much smaller budgets, that we will never be able to achieve because we're based in London and have employees with pensions and so on." is prove of their missmanagement and automatically disqualifies anything she says.

On the other hand, I'm very happy with this month.
A lot of 80+ games, the PC version of Shin Megami Tensei 5 even has a MetaScore of 90.

Only had Crysis 3 Remastered of those games.
I've played Diablo IV via (cheap) GamePass the first months when it launched, always wanted to buy it on sale to play it with other classes.

Ok, I don't know how reliable is this site and I don't recall seeing any other articles about this subject depite the following article being over 1 month old so, take it with a pinch of salt:

Google Chrome Secretly Downloads Huge Local AI Models
https://winaero.com/google-chrome-secretly-downloads-huge-local-ai-models/
Google Chrome automatically installs local neural network components on user systems via default configurations. The browser downloads a 4GB local version of Gemini Nano without explicit user consent. The system activates this model during interactions with Google services, and Google enables these options by default.

I don't use Chrome and, therefore, I can't test if this is true and if the guide to remove the files and to stop Chrome from downloading again works or not.

I think it's strange that something like this has gone unnoticed for so long, but I decided to share it with you just in case we start hearing it and it gains more credibility. And well, because it's Google and they're capable of this and more.

In a bit of good news, R.U.S.E. has been re-released.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/21970/RUSE/

British equivalent of MAGA or what? As in, doesn't seem to know how the world works outside of his country...

If he doesn't want to pay pensions, he'll need to go to the US... but I doubt he'll be able to do so on the same budget anymore, as wages are gonna be way higher.

Honestly? I think she's just trying to make up excuses to justify why the company spends more money than other similar companies to make similar sized games.