We have detected several campaigns using fake downloads of games, mods, cracks, and software to spread RenPy Loader. Once installed, the loader starts a complex, multi-stage infection chain that abuses MSBuild and the EtherHiding technique before ultimately delivering Amatera Stealer.

Amatera is an infostealer—a type of malware designed to steal sensitive information from an infected device. It can target passwords and other data stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, browser extensions, messaging apps, and local files. Stolen credentials and session data may also allow attackers to access the victim’s online accounts.

The victim may see what appears to be a normal game or software installer while the malware runs silently in the background.

RenPy Loader, also known as RenEngine Loader, is particularly interesting because it abuses Ren’Py, a legitimate engine used to create visual novels, story-driven games, and interactive fiction. By hiding malicious code inside software associated with gaming, attackers can make their downloads appear more believable to people looking for games, mods, or cracked software.

Get the details below.

    ** Available Today

        The Planet Crafter (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass – Embark on a chill terraforming experience alone or in online cooperative play. You are sent to a hostile planet with one mission: make it habitable for humans. You’ll have to survive, collect resources, build your base, produce machines to heat the planet, create an oxygen-rich atmosphere, and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet.

    ** Coming Soon

    July 22

        Shift at Midnight (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass! In this online cooperative detective horror game, you’ll work with two other players across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers. Some of them are not what they seem, but make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide!

    July 23

        Hell is Us (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass – Ready your blade and follow your instincts. Step into Hadea, a nation shattered by civil war and cursed by a supernatural calamity. Master brutal melee combat, unravel a dark mystery, and explore on your own terms. The game doesn’t hold your hand. It sets you free through true exploration and rich storytelling.

    July 28

        Halo: Campaign Evolved (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass! Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved‘s campaign, rebuilt from the ground up. Play the legendary story with HD visuals, refined controls, up to four-player online cooperative play, three new missions, and an expanded arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and new enemies.

    July 30

        Mistfall Hunter (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass! Mistfall Hunter is a dark fantasy extraction action RPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your way through can you return with a full haul. Good luck, Gyldhunter.

    July 31

        Corsair Cove (PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the crown to keep the age of piracy alive in this city-builder game. From ale to flintlock pistols, from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme.

    August 4

        Heretic + Hexen (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass – Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic + Hexen available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
        Beast of Reincarnation (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass! Game Freak‘s brand-new title, Beast of Reincarnation, is an action RPG with a fusion of real-time and turn-based combat. Experience the innovative “one-person, one-dog action RPG” in the beautiful yet harsh post-apocalyptic Japan. What awaits at the end of Emma and Koo’s journey?

    ** In Case You Missed It

    July 8

        Buckshot Roulette (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass – Buckshot Roulette is a tabletop horror take on the infamous game of Russian Roulette, with a proper 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. Live and blank shells are inserted into the chamber in a hidden sequence. Take aim and pull the trigger. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life.

    July 15

        Denshattack! (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass – Flip, trick, and grind your train in a fast-paced, off-the-rails ride through a colorful Japanese dystopia. Outmatch rival gangs, wreck a shady megacorp, and take back the tracks with nothing but skill, speed, and style.

    ** In-Game Benefits

        Zenless Zone Zero (PC) Available July 29 Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, Game Pass Essential, PC Game Pass – The first-gen Void Hunter who slumbered for a century, Remielle, descends. Does she bring hostility or opportunity? Sigrid, Deputy Director of the Airspace Patrol, arrives alongside her. Blades and Ether intertwine as a new bond of trust takes shape. Select an S-Rank Agent for the second anniversary!

    ** Leaving July 31

    The following games are leaving the Game Pass library soon. Don’t want the fun to end? Save on these games now before they leave Game Pass!

        Back to the Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Crusader Kings III (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        My Friendly Neighborhood (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Rain World (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Sniper Elite Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC)
        Whiskerwood (PC)

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Palworld
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok Upgrade Kit (Standard Edition)
Echoes of Aincrad
Dead by Daylight
Steam Deck
Cyberpunk 2077
EA SPORTS FC 26

    Major Updates for 1.4.1.0

        - Water Gameplay Improvements: Water gameplay has received a broad Season 4 update, making swimming, resurfacing, Drag and Revive, underwater visibility, parachute deployment near water, and water interactions feel more consistent across combat and traversal.
        - Player Movement and Combat Polish: Player movement has been tightened with improvements to sliding, mounting, squad spawning, ziplines, and soldier presentation, reducing cases where movement or animations could behave unexpectedly during active gameplay.
        - Vehicle and Water Interaction Updates: Vehicles now interact more naturally with water and the surrounding environment, with improved visual feedback for boats, ground vehicles, and amphibious vehicles, alongside more realistic helicopter rotor wash effects on vegetation.
        - UI, HUD and Menu Clarity: Menus and in-game HUD elements have received a broad clarity pass, improving how Challenges, Rewards, Loadouts, Store purchases, Player Profile stats, Hit Feedback, Kill Indicators, and Underwater Spotting Information are displayed.
        - Portal Creator Updates: Portal creators receive new tools and fixes across the SDK, Rules Editor, Spatial Editor, custom modes, M-COM behaviour, Bomb actions, team settings, and publishing flow, helping custom experiences behave more predictably when building and testing.
        - Audio Improvements: Audio feedback has been improved across vehicles, stationary weapons, sea movement, underwater moments, Battle Royale insertion, and Obliteration, making key gameplay states and voice-over moments clearer during play.
        - REDSEC and Ranked Battle Royale Polish: REDSEC receives further polish to improve match flow, scoring, and navigation, while Ranked Battle Royale End of Round updates make RP changes clearer and easier to follow.