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August 6, 2026

Big Shooter Sale On GOG Includes Over 400 Cheap PC Games

Good Old Games (GOG) has launched the "Shooter Promo" sales event, running until August 15, featuring over 400 PC games focused on classic and contemporary shooters. Iconic titles such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Metro 2033, and Red Faction are available at significantly reduced prices. Highlights of the sale include: - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest - Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault - FEAR: Platinum - FEAR 2 - BioShock Remastered - BioShock 2 - RoboCop: Rogue City - Far Cry - Far Cry 2 - Stranglehold - Metro 2033 Redux - Metro Last Light - Metro Exodus - Clive Barker’s Undying - Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Turok - Turok 2 - Sin Gold - Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood - Powerslave Exhumed - Painkiller Black Edition - Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior - Red Faction - Warhammer 40k: Space Marine GOG promotes a DRM-free model, allowing players to enjoy these titles offline.

AppWizard

August 6, 2026

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’

Nate Purkeypile, a former artist at Bethesda, contributed to iconic games like Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Starfield, and was the lead artist on Fallout 76. He is now an independent developer working on a stealth-archer bowhunting first-person shooter called The Axis Unseen. Purkeypile expressed enthusiasm for the announced remaster of Fallout 3, noting the technical limitations faced during its original development, such as restrictions on lighting. He believes that enhancements like increased draw distance could improve immersion and advocates for a remaster that offers more than just graphical updates, referencing successful remakes like those of Resident Evil. He emphasized the need for remasters to meet modern gaming standards while resonating with nostalgia.

AppWizard

August 5, 2026

Statistically, your PC probably doesn’t come close to the recommended RAM requirement for this third-person shooter’s upcoming playtest

Cinder City is an open-world cinematic third-person shooter set in a dystopian near-future Seoul. The game's Steam page initially listed a requirement of 64GB of RAM, which was later corrected to a minimum of 32GB. A pre-alpha playtest is scheduled for August 14-16, available only to participants in the United States who are at least 16 years old and agree to a non-disclosure agreement. The publisher, NC, has indicated that final system requirements may be adjusted as optimization progresses. Additional playtests will be available in the future for a broader audience.

Winsage

August 4, 2026

DOOM runs inside Paint on Windows, built by a Microsoft executive: “The spreadsheet-tier framerate is part of the charm.”

Mark Russinovich, the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Azure, has created a project called DoomPaint that allows the classic 1993 game DOOM to run within Microsoft Paint. The application works by placing each game frame on the Windows clipboard and pasting it into Paint, which acts as a display medium rather than a game engine. Users need to install Python to run DoomPaint, and there is also a demonstration video available. The project involves contributions from entities like Anthropic's Claude and Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. DoomPaint features working sound and music, but it is primarily a visual trick rather than a complete game engine conversion. To enhance the experience, players need a legitimate copy of DOOM's internal ".WAD" file.

AppWizard

August 4, 2026

Steam’s Cyberpunk Fest is live with huge discounts on futuristic PC games

Steam has launched Cyberpunk Fest, a themed event lasting seven days, featuring discounts on various cyberpunk games, free demos, and previews of upcoming titles. Key highlights include Cyberpunk 2077, now priced at .99/€17.99/£14.99 with a 70% discount, and the Ultimate Edition at .10/€33.10/£27.58 with a 60% discount. Indie game Katanaut is available for .63/€5.42/£4.63 at a 69% discount, while Peripeteia is priced at .38/€17.93/£15.38 with a 25% discount. Other notable discounts include RoboCop: Rogue City at 90% off, and both Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director's Cut and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided at 85% off. The event runs until August 10.

AppWizard

August 3, 2026

Claude Opus 5 pushes prompt-to-game AI from rough color blocks to full 3D prototypes with physics and music

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 can generate fully functional 3D game worlds from a single text prompt, autonomously creating code for geometry, textures, physics, and music, and outputting it as an editable HTML file. Users have successfully created various games without external assets, including a Call of Duty-style shooter, a snowboard demo, and a submarine game. Opus 5 utilizes procedural code for real-time geometry construction and shader-based textures, streamlining the development process. Community tests benchmark its capabilities against other models, with notable projects like a Minecraft clone featuring an infinite procedural world. Opus 5 has shown significant improvements in visual output compared to its predecessor, Claude 4 Opus.

AppWizard

August 2, 2026

Space Marine 2’s latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has received two significant updates in its second year of post-release support. The Confrontation Update introduces a new enemy, the Sorcerer, and adds two new PvP arenas: Sanctum and Facility. It also includes weekly PvP rewards for players. Additionally, Steam Workshop support has been implemented, allowing for user-generated content, including the Astartes Overhaul mod, which rebalances gameplay and adds new classes and weapons. Saber Interactive plans to support the game for at least another year, with a roadmap for future content expected to be revealed during the second anniversary celebration.

AppWizard

August 2, 2026

One of Kerbal Space Program’s biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: ‘That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then’

Felipe Falanghe began his journey in PC gaming by playing Flight Simulator 4 on his father's laptop, which sparked his interest in modding and game development. In 2010, while at a marketing firm called Squad, he was given the opportunity to create Kerbal Space Program, which became one of PC Gamer's highest-rated games. Currently, he is playing the remastered version of Oblivion and enjoys the first-person shooter BattleBit, as well as Old School RuneScape, which he played back in 2005. He keeps Fragile Allegiance and Full Throttle installed on his system. Falanghe has logged nearly 2,000 hours in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024 combined and considers Flight Sim and Fragile Allegiance as games he will never uninstall. He uses OBS for remote work and OneCommander for file management. His desktop is somewhat cluttered, with a preference for the classic Windows 10-style Start menu.

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August 1, 2026

Weekend PC Game Deals: Baldur’s Gate 3, Gears 5, Spider-Man, NFS and more

The Epic Games Store is offering two free games, OTXO and Sol Cesto, until August 6. OTXO is a top-down shooter with over 100 abilities and a bullet-dodging mechanic, while Sol Cesto features tactical gameplay in a randomly generated underground world. The Humble Store has launched the Rage Inducing Difficult Games collection, starting at a low tier, featuring titles like Getting Over It and Pogostuck. A complete bundle is also available for a higher price. Additionally, itch.io is offering over 100 DRM-free games to support the Game Industry Hardship Fund. The GOG store is celebrating Bethesda's 40th anniversary with discounts on classic titles and special bundles. Availability and pricing may vary by region.

AppWizard

August 1, 2026

I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator’s wild AI conspiracy theories

The technology behind Half-Life, known as GoldSrc, is a modified version of the Quake engine, and remnants of Quake code are present in Valve's Source 2. A modder named KleskBY is developing a project called Libre-life, which aims to port elements from Half-Life into Quake source ports, particularly focusing on the Zircon Engine. KleskBY believes that older engines like GoldSrc have limitations that hinder creativity and prefers using Quake source ports over Xash3D, arguing that they offer capabilities that Xash does not. Libre-life is in early development, with progress including the reimplementation of all weapons from Half-Life 1. KleskBY uses AI extensively in the project, despite expressing strong negative opinions about AI's broader implications.