The Tuesday gaming news:
SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS
Steam’s Top 10
(Click here for the Top 100)
GOG has the Tactical & Turn-Based Promo… but it must have launched a bit early as only two of the games have discounts, both 20%. The sale should last 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260512_tactical_and_turn_based_promo
Steam has new deals and sales/events:
Fanatical has the BYO Crazy Co-op Bundle features 17 titles to choose from for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ game bundles. It will last 17 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-crazy-co-op-bundle
SOFTWARE & DRIVERS
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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS
Fallout World brings the hardest survival horror experience in Fallout 4
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-world-brings-the-hardest-survival-horror-experience-in-fallout-4/
The Fallout Anomaly Team has released Fallout World, formerly known as Fallout Anomaly, which aims to bring the hardest survival horror experience in Fallout 4. So, let’s see what this project is all about.
Fallout World is said to be the hardest survival experience available for Fallout 4. Designed for those seeking a gloomy, horror-infused nightmare where the environment is as lethal as the creatures within it, Fallen World is its own unique vision of a collapsed Commonwealth. It is the definitive destination for those seeking the ultimate challenge in atmospheric horror survival.
Powered by MAIM, True Damage, and Scourge, the combat will be fast, visceral, and deadly. The team has crafted its own bespoke balance settings based on these core mods to ensure a perfectly tuned tactical experience. This means that players will bleed, they will break bones, and they will need to bandage themselves in the heat of battle. Every engagement promises to be a tactical puzzle where positioning and resource management will mean the difference between life and a reload screen.
Almost every player action, from walking to reloading, can now be heard by enemies. Inspired by Escape from Tarkov, searching loot containers now takes time. As such, you’ll have to clear rooms before scavenging. This system aims to add a new layer of tension to the Commonwealth.
And that’s not all. The team has completely removed the vanilla perk system in favor of the S7 Skyrim-style leveling system. Your skills will improve naturally as you use them, providing a much deeper RPG progression. Fallout World also has comprehensive hunger, thirst, fatigue, and illness systems.
Finally, Fallen World includes a bespoke weather system built on Polluted Climates. This system aims to overhaul the lighting and weather to create a cohesive atmosphere that complements the hardcore gameplay.
All in all, this is a really cool mod that can completely change the way you experience Fallout 4. So, if you want some extra challenge, Fallout World is the mod to use. You can go ahead and download it from this link.
>> The article has a short video.
Star Wars Mod Brings 50 Star Systems and 1,100+ Worlds to Starfield
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/star-wars-mod-brings-50-star-systems-and-1100-worlds-to-starfield/
Star Wars and Starfield fans, here is something really cool for you today. Modder ‘Rock44’ has released a new mod that brings 50 new star systems, 200+ new planets, and 900+ new moons from Star Wars to Starfield.
Going into more details, this mod creates a brand new galaxy that contains all of the major and familiar planets from Star Wars. This is a resource mod designed to be used as a master for upcoming mods that will build out quests, POI’s, and locations on these planets. It also includes creatures from Star Wars spread across the planets.
According to the modder, this mod is compatible with the Star Wars Resources – NPCs and Props and Star Wars Resources – Weapons and Armors mods. However, I’m not 100% sure whether it works with Star Wars Genesis.
Before closing, I should note that you can land on most of the planets. However, there are a few planets that are not explorable, and you cannot land on them as they are still WIP. The modder has listed those planets on its NexusMods page, so I won’t list them.
>> Sadly, the article doesn’t have any media.
Everyone knows Wolfenstein 3D made the FPS a phenomenon. What this mod presupposes is… what if it didn't?
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/everyone-knows-wolfenstein-3d-made-the-fps-a-phenomenon-what-this-mod-presupposes-is-what-if-it-didnt/
Where your average modder looks at a videogame and asks themselves "what could I add to this experience," Isowulf creator LoGeKyl approached the classic Wolfenstein 3D with a slightly different perspective: "What if this was an entirely different, and worse, game entirely?"
I say "worse" not to diminish the quality of LoGeKyl's work in the slightest, but because the pitch—"A faithful re-creation of the original Wolfenstein 3D… but viewed from an isometric perspective" makes me imagine an alternate version of the '90s where id Software followed up the 2D Commander Keen platformers with some sort of top-down puzzle-action game that was a lot closer to the original 1980s Castle Wolfenstein. Without putting the "3D" in Wolf3D, would id have ever made Doom, giving us the gift of the first-person shooter? Surely not!
With that pessimistic prognosticating out of the way, I have to say LoGeKyl's mod is still quite cool, especially as it was directly inspired by his love for the early days of id Software. "What made Wolfenstein 3D special to me was that it was one of the first times I realized that people made games," he writes on Isowulf's ModDB page. "The credits were right there: John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, and Tom Hall. (Wait—aren’t these the same names I saw on Commander Keen!?) From that moment on, making games was all I ever wanted to do."
LoGeKyl writes that he listens to audiobook versions of Masters of Doom or Romero's autobiography Doom Guy whenever he's getting ready to start a new project, and for this one he wanted to explore how well Wolfenstein 3D's design would work in another form, with the camera pulled out and tilted to make a sort of shooter-Diablo.
"As it turns out, John Romero and Tom Hall’s original design still holds up, even from a completely different perspective. I figured I’d have to tweak movement speeds, enemy AI, maybe switch from hit-scan to projectiles—but nope. It all just works."
His only addition, graphics-wise, was a sprite of B.J. Blazkowicz, since the first-person game naturally didn't include one beyond his character portrait. While the mod debuted about six months ago, it's been updated to include all of the original game's episodes, saving and loading, and rebindable keys.
If we hurled Isowulf backwards in time and it swapped places with the original Wolfenstein 3D, I do wonder if the FPS—like life—would, uh, still find a way. Perhaps it would've taken a little longer. But if Isowulf had basically done Diablo before Diablo… maybe Blizzard North would've gone and invented the first real-time first-person shooter instead? Frag a while, and listen.
>> The article has some screenshots and a video.
GAMING NEWS
Playground Games Confirms Forza Horizon 6 PC Leak Came From a Reviewer, an Influencer, or an Insider
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/playground-games-confirms-forza-horizon-6-pc-leak-came-from-a-reviewer-an-influencer-or-an-insider/
A PC version of Forza Horizon 6 was leaked yesterday. At the time, we assumed this happened because someone from Steam published the game early on Steam. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Instead, Playground Games has confirmed that the leaker was a reviewer, an influencer, or an industry insider.
>> The devs have started banning anyone playing the leaked game (link).
