*** NEW FREE GAME ***

The game The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante will be free on Steam until July 23: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/

Great, was about to buy it during the Summer sale but hesitated, glad I did so now.

This mod totally UPGRADE Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and fixes the image : https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7rebirth/mods/2153?tab=description

Before :


After :


Before : https://i.ibb.co/twGHyTvb/image.png
After : https://i.ibb.co/FLjP53dF/image-2.png

Before : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNZJpBsWkAA37Ks?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
After : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNZJoG5WsAAXu4D?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

That's an incredible difference.

Thanks for sharing the mod!

Your welcome. The mod 2.0 is out now. The modder is still cooking to improve the game as always tho. ^^

It's so good that I will do a new run of Rebirth after I finished AC Black Flag Resynced. And of course I will wait for a similar mod on Part. 3 of FFVII Remake.

I had it on my wish list for quite a while, never pulling the trigger to actually buy it, so although I kinda feel bad for dev that I got it for free now, chances are I'd be prolonging the purchase indefinitely - I guess, once I play it, if I like it, there's always The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian I can buy.

Yeah, also was on my wishlist for several years now, but never got around to actually buy it as I had too much other stuff to play...

Samsung confirms 1,600-nit laptop OLED panels for Lenovo, ASUS, Dell and MSI

https://videocardz.com/newz/samsung-confirms-1600-nit-laptop-oled-panels-for-lenovo-asus-dell-and-msi

Valve replaces £1,000 Steam Machine stolen after doorstep delivery

https://videocardz.com/newz/valve-replaces-1000-steam-machine-stolen-after-doorstep-delivery

They did it: Modders unlock per-module GDDR7 temperatures on GeForce RTX 50 GPUs

https://videocardz.com/newz/they-did-it-modders-unlock-per-module-gddr7-temperatures-on-geforce-rtx-50-gpus

GeForce GTX 1060 turns 10, Steam’s top GPU for nearly five years

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-gtx-1060-turns-10-steams-top-gpu-for-nearly-five-years

NVIDIA releases first CUDA Toolkit preview for Windows on Arm and RTX Spark

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-releases-first-cuda-toolkit-preview-for-windows-on-arm-and-rtx-spark

Jensen Huang’s signed leather jacket sells for $960,000, enough for to buy 240 RTX 5090s

https://videocardz.com/newz/jensen-huangs-signed-leather-jacket-sells-for-960000-enough-for-to-b-uy-240-rtx-5090s

AMD Ryzen 500 “Medusa Point” Zen6 10-core chip leaked score now 28% above Zen5 HX 370

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-500-medusa-point-zen6-10-core-chip-leaked-score-now-28-above-zen5-hx-370

CXMT Supply Chain To Witness Major Process Transition To Seize DDR6 Opportunity Before Commercialization, Threatening Samsung’s And SK hynix’s Global Hold

https://wccftech.com/cxmt-supply-chain-process-transition-to-capture-ddr6-opportunity-before-mass-production/

ADATA Chairman Warns DRAM Shortage Will Last Another 10 Years, Says AI Bubble Talk Can Wait Until 2040

https://wccftech.com/adata-chairman-warns-dram-shortage-will-last-another-10-years-ai-bubble-talk-can-wait-until-2040/

Over 80% Of Samsung Foundry Workers Are Planning To Leave Amid A Yawning Pay Gap With The Memory Division

https://wccftech.com/over-80-of-samsung-foundry-workers-are-planning-to-leave-amid-a-yawning-pay-gap-with-the-memory-division/

TSMC A14 Achieves Nearly 90 Percent SRAM Yield: Risk Production Starts in 2027

https://www.igorslab.de/en/tsmc-a14-90-percent-sram-yield-risk-production-2027/

Japanese Firms Show Signs of Moving Away from Nvidia GPUs; South Korean NPUs Emerge as Alternative

https://finance.biggo.com/news/8f3bf440-cefd-4102-ae90-0de463f36e52

Welcome to the Monday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

We just awarded $500 to the PC gamer who sent us this wild Crimson Desert video, and next month it could be you
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/we-just-awarded-usd500-to-the-pc-gamer-who-sent-us-this-wild-crimson-desert-video-next-month-it-could-be-you/
Even a few months after it launched, we still haven't gotten tired of seeing the wild stuff you come up with in Crimson Desert's sprawling sandbox. That's why our latest monthly winner of PC Gamer Clips is yet another great Crimson Desert video—and that's why the person who sent us that clip just won $500 in Amazon gift cards.
If this is the first you're hearing about PC Gamer Clips, it's a snap: just record yourself playing a PC game, send us the clip, and each month we'll pick our favorite and award its creator a $500 prize. Visit our PC Gamer Clips page to find the submission form and prize restrictions (you need to be a US or UK citizen to be eligible).
>> Question for you all: Is any of you interested in these clips or have taken part in them? Because I’m wondering if it’s worth posting about it every month or not.

Get 15 games for $15 in Humble's 2K Megahits bundle, including Bioshock Infinite, Risk of Rain 2, and one of my favourite shooters of all time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/get-15-games-for-usd15-in-humbles-2k-megahits-bundle-including-bioshock-infinite-risk-of-rain-2-and-one-of-my-favourite-shooters-of-all-time/
If you missed out on this year's Steam summer sale, there are still opportunities to grab great games on the cheap. 2K has paired up with Humble for a 2026 'Megahits' bundle that offers 15 games for $15. I'd quibble with that title slightly, but there are numerous must-haves for your Steam library in this bundle, plus one of my personal all-time favourite shooters.
>> It will last 18 days, and there is another bundle, listed slightly below.

GOG starts the week with the Aspyr Publisher Sale , featuring up to 85% discounts on half a dozen games during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/es/promo/20260720_aspyr_publisher_sale

Steam has three new deals and three new sales/events:

• Storebound will be 20% off until the 30th of July: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3417410/Storebound/
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game gets a 60% discount until the same 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477340/Expeditions_A_MudRunner_Game/
• Dune: Imperium is gong to be 35% off until the 2nd of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1689500/Dune_Imperium/
• And here are the sakes/events:
  • Chucklefish 15th Anniversary Sale has a couple of upcoming titles and games up to 80% off until the 31st of July : https://store.steampowered.com/sale/chucklefish2026
  • Game Pavilion JP 2026 features mostly upcoming japanese indie games, but there are also a bunch of games on sale with up to 75% discounts. The length of the deals vary: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45279210/sale/GamePavilionJP2026Summer
  • With a title like this: GermanDevDays Indie Awards 2026, you get the idea of what to expect. There are upcoming releases and games. The page has launched today and there are no deals yet: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46211692/sale/GermanDevDaysIndieAward2026

The other new Humble Bundle is the Even Steamier Sakura Special Bundle (now you know why PCGamer didn’t do an article about it), featuring up to 29 games to get during 18 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/even-steamier-sakura-special

And Fanatical has:

• The Star Deal is Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, 93% off. It started yesterday and will be available during another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts
• Publisher Team17 puts its games on sale with up to 91% discounts during the next 8 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/team17-digital-ltd
• Into Games Charity Bundle 2026 has 11 games and will last a bit over 10 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/into-games-charity-bundle-2026

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

-Nothing today-

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Gears of War 2 Gets Unofficial PC Port – Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-of-war-2-gets-unofficial-pc-port-available-for-download/
Gears of War fans, here is something special for you. An unofficial PC version of Gears of War 2 has just been released, and you can download it right now.
Created by Helios, this unofficial PC port allows you to play the entire single-player campaign. Moreover, it supports co-op via Steam. Furthermore, it includes all base and DLC maps. Hell, it even includes the DLC Campaign Road To Ruin.
What’s really cool here is that this PC port comes with an easy installer, supports high resolutions, uncapped framerates, and support for mouse and keyboard. Yes, you read that right. You can play it with a mouse and keyboard. Oh, there is also a FOV slider. Seriously, this could easily pass as an official PC port. In fact, it’s in a better state than what we’d get in 2008.
From what I can see, this PC version has a few graphics settings to adjust. Those are Detail Mode, Shadows, AF, and Anti-Aliasing. You can also enable or disable Ambient Occlusion, Distortion, Camera Shake, Bloom, and Depth of Field.
I cannot express how amazing this is. Gears of War 2 never came out on PC. And now, almost two decades later, we get an unofficial PC version that feels like what MS would release back in those X360 days.
Now, I do not know for how long the game will be available for download. As of this moment, you can still download it from Helios’ Discord server. So, make sure to get it while you still can.
>> The article has a 10 minutes video.

'GTA 6 needs this': This GTA 5 prison mod turns one of roleplay's most enduring staples into a game within a game
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta-6-needs-this-this-gta-5-prison-mod-turns-one-of-roleplays-most-enduring-staples-into-a-game-within-a-game/
I still remember cursing aloud when I was first sent to prison in GTA 5 roleplay.
You see, unlike in regular Grand Theft Auto—story mode or Online—getting arrested in RP has consequences. Sure, you face the same trigger-happy cops when you fall foul of the law, where you're pursued until either dead or in cuffs, and are then hit with the same 'Wasted' or 'Busted' mandates depending on the outcome of the chase. Assuming the latter transpires, however, you don't simply receive a fine and a reset wanted star meter—in the majority of GTA RP servers, you instead respawn in the Bolingbroke penitentiary.
The magnitude of your crime determines the length of your stay as you pace around the recreation ground doing everything you can to avoid contact with anyone else, lest you find yourself punching lumps out of one another and extending your stay. Now, XmanStudios has introduced the whole ordeal to GTA 5 singleplayer by way of their mod, Jailbreak.
"Jailbreak is a GTA 5 script that adds a prison sentence system to singleplayer," reads the mod's description. "If the player dies or gets arrested while wanted, they are transported to Bolingbroke Penitentiary and must serve a sentence based on the wanted level they had at the time.
"The current version includes prison bus transport, prison processing, prisoner outfits, sentence timers, cell entrance and exit markers, lockdown triggers, guard reactions, baton-based cell returns, and basic escape behaviour. During normal prison time, guards and prisoners roam around the prison. If the player causes trouble, enters restricted areas, or tries to escape, the prison can enter lockdown and guards will respond."
Through all of that, players can expect visible cell entrance and exit markers, a prison lockdown system, restricted area lockdown triggers and a brutally violent so-called 'baton-based return-to-cell system' which leaves very little to the imagination. Updates in recent weeks include basic jailbreaking features, such as Shawshank Redemption-style digging, bed dummies and stealth mechanics that only kick into gear after lights out.
A quick glance at the mod page's comments reveals the warm reception Jailbreak has received so far (a few weeks on from launch and it's cracked 3,000 downloads), however there is one that immediately caught my eye. Crazyboy4881 says: "GTA 6 NEEDS THIS." And, given the prominence of prison in the scant snatches we've seen so far of the next Grand Theft Auto adventure, I really couldn't agree more.
>> The article has one screenshot and a slightly over 2 minutes video.

Final Version of CryZENx’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time Unreal Engine 5 Remake Released, Offering Over 5 Hours of Gameplay
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-version-of-cryzenxs-zelda-ocarina-of-time-unreal-engine-5-remake-released-offering-over-5-hours-of-gameplay/
Last week, CryZENx released the final version of his incredible remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5. This final release covers all areas that CryZENx has remastered, offering over 5 whole hours of gameplay.
Going into more details, there are two packages that you can download. The first one is for the 2022 build, and it’s called Chapter 1. The second most likely covers everything up to the previous update.
What’s cool here is that CryZENx has released the 60FPS version of his remake. For those who did not know, the 60FPS version was always behind a Patreon wall. But now that the project has been canceled, CryZENx decided to offer it for free to everyone.
Now, while this isn’t a full remake of the entire game, it covers a lot of areas from it. Moreover, it has proper gameplay mechanics. You can explore the environments, fight enemies, and solve puzzles. You can even talk to NPCs, and there are in-engine cut-scenes.
If you want to try it, you can download the final version from here. If you would rather not download it, you can watch the video at the end of this article instead. The video is about three hours long and showcases most, if not all, of the areas that CryZENx recreated.

GAMING NEWS

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Is the Latest Denuvo Game That Has Been Cracked
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-shadows-is-the-latest-denuvo-game-that-has-been-cracked/
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the latest victim of voices38, who has managed to crack its Denuvo anti-tamper protection. The game was released in March 2025. From what I know, it was never cracked by EMPRESS. Thus, it took over a year to crack.

Halo Campaign Evolved vs Combat Evolved Graphics Comparison Video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/halo-campaign-evolved-vs-combat-evolved-graphics-comparison-video/
YouTube’s ‘Blue Thunder Gaming’ has shared a video comparing the locations of Halo: Campaign Evolved with those of Halo: Combat Evolved. This video will give you an idea of the visual enhancements of this remake. So, if you are a Halo fan, you should definitely check it out.

The second part of the Monday gaming news:

Battlefield 6 is resurrecting a 20-year-old mode for a Top Gun crossover
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battlefield-6-is-resurrecting-a-20-year-old-mode-for-a-top-gun-crossover/
It took nine months, but Battlefield 6 is about to get its most requested feature. Naval warfare returns to the series on July 21 with the introduction of Tsuru Reef—BF6's new biggest map—a pair of boats, and more guns.
Perhaps more interesting is what's coming in phase 2 of Season 4 on August 18: OG Battlefield map Wake Island gets a modern update, complete with its aircraft carrier spawn points and beach assaults. At the same time, Battlefield 6 is hosting a Top Gun crossover that adds a new two-seater jet (styled like the films) and brings back a mode that first debuted in 2006's Battlefield 2142.

No, Modern Warfare 4's Gunny loadout assistant isn't a chatbot, but its developer is using AI elsewhere
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/no-modern-warfare-4s-gunny-loadout-assistant-isnt-a-chatbot-but-its-developer-is-using-ai-elsewhere/
In an attempt to fix the bloated Gunsmith system of recent Call of Duty games, Modern Warfare 4 is introducing a new feature, Gunny. It's a little widget in the bottom right of the loadout screen that you can use to create loadouts for you. For example, it'll say "Hello, I can help you build a weapon when you have more attachments unlocked. Keep levelling your weapon," if you've got a brand-new weapon.
Naturally sceptical of a weird widget that communicates with you, Infinity Ward has been accused of using AI for this new system. (...)
Infinity Ward fired back, saying "Wrong (again.) Gunny is handcrafted by our developers, not AI. It recommends builds based on the attachments you’ve unlocked for each weapon. It helps make quick loadout changes between matches. Give it a shot in the Beta." For those out of the loop, that snarky 'again' refers to various incorrect leaks made by Hope which Activision has called out in the past. There's history.

Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, makes Obsidian collaboration official, and says Fallout 5 is in 'pre-production'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/bethesda-confirms-fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-makes-obsidian-collaboration-official-and-says-fallout-5-is-in-pre-production/
Less than two weeks out from massive Xbox layoffs that will put 3,200 people out of work, Bethesda Softworks has laid out its plans for the future, including confirmation of a new Fallout game from Obsidian and that remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are happening.
>> This news, of course, has prompted the traditional Todd Howard tells again that he doesn't have a grudge against Obsidian article (link).

Marathon game director leaves Bungie just 4 months after launch: 'I'll be heading to something new, somewhere else'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/marathon-game-director-leaves-bungie-just-4-months-after-launch-ill-be-heading-to-something-new-somewhere-else/
Just four months after the release of Marathon, game director Joe Ziegler has announced that he's leaving the game, and Bungie, effective today. His role will be filled by Del Chafe III, previously the assistant game director, who along with creative director Julia Nardin will "guide Marathon into the next chapter with an even better and brighter future."

Blizzard finally caved on Diablo 4's disastrous new season with a patch that reverts almost everything players hated: 'Not every idea lands exactly as intended'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/blizzard-finally-caved-on-diablo-4s-disastrous-new-season-with-a-patch-that-reverts-almost-everything-players-hated-not-every-idea-lands-exactly-as-intended/
In what feels like an inevitable move to combat an avalanche of criticism over the new Diablo 4 season, Blizzard has dropped an emergency patch that alleviates all the frustrations at the cost of undoing the entire point of it.

Hytale releases massive preview of upcoming content including 22 videos and 37 new images
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/hytale-releases-massive-preview-of-upcoming-content-including-22-videos-and-37-new-images/
Remember Hytale? The sandbox RPG blew up big when it launched into early access back in January, making so much in preorders that it secured funding for two more years of development. It was a real triumph because the game had been canceled by Riot after nearly 10 years in development, but was saved from the jaws of death by its creator, Simon Collins-Laflamme, who bought the rights to the game and continued to work on it.
Yet after such a strong launch, I pretty quickly drifted from Hytale because it's still in very early development and is far from feature complete. Even Collins-Laflamme said the adventure sandbox 'isn't good yet' in November of 2025, warning players not to buy it if they were expecting anything resembling a complete game.
Well, my interest in Hytale has quickly been rekindled because the team at Hypixel Studios just dropped a massive blog to show off some of its plans for Hytale's future. How massive? The new devblog contains about 4,000 words and features 22 new videos, with a few dozen new screenshots to boot. Wow.

Valve reassures Team Fortress 2 players that it's still working on the Mann vs Machine update it announced last year: 'We promise we're making progress'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/valve-reassures-team-fortress-2-players-that-its-still-working-on-the-mann-vs-machine-update-it-announced-last-year-we-promise-were-making-progress/
I'd completely forgotten Valve is working on an update for Team Fortress 2's cooperative Mann vs. Machine mode, though in my defence, it's been a long time since we last heard about it. The prospective patch was announced in June last year, via a blog post on TF2's official website that requested map and mission submissions from the community in time for this update—with a "fictional deadline" of August 27.
After that deadline passed, a brief progress report was provided in September. But for the past ten months there's been radio silence. Now though, Valve has provided another snippet of info on the patch's status on its blog. "We wanted to give everyone an update on the update we already gave on the update we're working on, and here it is: We're still working on the MvM update."

Raids just landed in solo 'simulated MMO' Erenshor
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/raids-just-landed-in-solo-simulated-mmo-erenshor/
If hell is other people, heaven might just be Erenshor—assuming you like old-school MMOs in the style of EverQuest, anyway. It's very much that style of game, but in a simulated solo world where other 'players' are just computer-controlled NPCs called simplayers. You can even party up and form a guild with them, which will come in handy now that raids are live.
They arrived last Monday in the Planar March patch, and solo developer Brian of Burgee Media called it "the biggest day for Erenshor since its launch" in the Steam community release blog.

007: First Light was originally going to be less about James Bond and more of 'an ensemble piece', with 'all the 00s working together, as they do in Slovakia'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/007-first-light-was-originally-going-to-be-less-about-james-bond-and-more-of-an-ensemble-piece-with-all-the-00s-working-together-as-they-do-in-slovakia/
When I played 007: First Light earlier this year, one element of it stood out to me as unusual—and that is the arc relating to Bond's fellow 00 trainees, Cressida Bright and Lennox Monroe. IO Interactive puts a huge amount of work into building these characters, successfully selling you on the inherently bizarre concept of James Bond having flatmates.
Yet just as you warm to these characters, they vanish from the story, and after MI6's failed operation to eliminate the rogue 009 in Slovakia, Bond primarily teams up with his mentor, Greenway.
All of this is well portrayed. But the cadence of it nonetheless struck me as odd while playing. It turns out there might be a reason for this. IO Interactive initially intended for First Light to be less squarely focused on Bond, while his pals would have played a much bigger role in the story.
>> C’mon, IO. You get the license to make a James Bond game and your first plan is to make a game where he’s not the focus? Really?

Riot quickly backpedals on paid old-school skins in League of Legends Classic after backlash
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/riot-quickly-backpedals-on-paid-old-school-skins-in-league-of-legends-classic-after-backlash/
League of Legends Classic, the new mode which remixes the MOBA by deleting most of the roster and restoring all sorts of old builds and character kits from 2013 and prior, has hit Riot's public test environment.
It's been met with mixed reception since then, in part due to its approach to old visuals—when the PBE version launched, players had modern character models, voice work, and spell effects by default, with "classic skins" unlockable with earned tokens or real money. A thread from user prime_desire with over 6,000 upvotes on the League of Legends subreddit called the mode "League 'not so' Classic," saying "honestly I would be embarrassed to release something like this. Charging for Classic Skins is genuinely wild."
That was reversed within a few days, with Riot's Brian "FeralPony" Feeney addressing feedback concerning the skins and more in a video blog July 16. "Feedback received," he said. "If you're on PBE, you probably already noticed that all classic skins are unlocked for all champions that have one." They've since been made the default option, replacing their respective champions' modern appearances.

The FMV game where you're a hamster being doted on by three Japanese sisters was inspired by its creator's job as an animal mascot, and Grand Theft Auto 5
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/visual-novel/the-fmv-game-where-youre-a-hamster-being-doted-on-by-three-japanese-sisters-was-inspired-by-its-creators-job-as-an-animal-mascot-and-grand-theft-auto-5/
Sweet Hamster Days was initially rejected by Steam, perhaps because Valve is more restrictive of games that feature sexually explicit images of real people, or possibly for some other reason we'll never know. As a designer called Oda told Automaton, "We still don’t know exactly how the platform saw things, but after revising details such as the age rating settings and re-submitting the game, it was eventually approved."
This is an FMV game where you die and are reincarnated as a hamster named Hamta, the pet of three sisters who seem to spend most of their time gazing lovingly into the camera while pretending to pat you on the head. "We're calling it a completely unprecedented genre," Oda said, "a kind of 'being-taken-care-of adventure game.'"

That Game of Thrones RTS is still coming, still very HBO, but no longer due out this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rts/that-game-of-thrones-rts-is-still-coming-still-very-hbo-but-no-longer-due-out-this-year/
Game of Thrones: War for Westeros—the upcoming RTS from PlaySide emerging from the blasted wreckage of HBO's once-water-cooler-dominating fantasy TV series—would like you to know it still exists and is still coming out. Just, you know, a little later than it originally had planned.