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Thursday news, part two:

Starbreeze offices raided as Swedish authorities investigate insider trading allegations
https://www.pcgamer.com/starbreeze-offices-raided-as-swedish-authorities-investigate-insider-trading-allegations/
Starbreeze, the publisher of games including Payday 2 and Overkill's The Walking Dead, has confirmed reports that its Stockholm office was raided by Swedish authorities investigating allegations of insider trading.
>> The company is not under investigation (at least for now), just one of their employees.

Former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw is now with Ubisoft
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-dragon-age-creative-director-mike-laidlaw-is-now-with-ubisoft/
Mike Laidlaw, formerly the creative director and lead designer on the Dragon Age RPG series, left BioWare in 2017 so he could try his hand at other things—including the Dragon Age: Origins-inspired RPG The Waylanders. But today he announced that he's back at a big developer, this time as the creative director at Ubisoft Quebec.
>> He's gone to the team that lead the Assassin's Creed Odyssey game.

The first new Overwatch Winter Wonderland skin turns Zarya into a real Russian bear
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-first-new-overwatch-winter-wonderland-skin-turns-zarya-into-a-real-russian-bear/
Blizzard announced yesterday that the Winter Wonderland will return to Overwatch on December 11, a snowy special event that we predicted would be preceded by the usual array of new Legendary skin reveals. Sure enough, we were right (shocking, I know): First on the runway is Snowboarder Zarya, whose cute furry look makes for a very different sort of "Russian Bear."

After five years in development, Capybara's Below will release next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-five-years-in-development-capybaras-below-will-release-next-week/
First announced at Microsoft's 2013 E3 press conference, fantasy roguelike Below is finally releasing on December 14 – just in time to meet its 2018 release window. Developed by Canadian studio Capybara Games – best known for Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – the game was initially meant to launch in 2016 before it was delayed.

Destiny 2 has a matchmaking bug that can be fixed by walking slowly
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-has-a-matchmaking-bug-that-can-be-fixed-by-walking-slowly/
If you're having trouble entering the Blind Well PvE arena in Destiny 2, you're not alone. There's apparently a common bug preventing players from accessing the mode – at least, it's common enough that Bungie was prompted to issue a temporary workaround today while they work on fixing it.

Fallout 76's patch slowed down resource harvesting at public workshops
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-patch/
Fallout 76's next patch will be along on December 4, and the most notable fix it brings is to the stash limit.
Update: This week's Fallout 76 patch brought along the highly anticipated increase to player stash limits, raising the weight limit from 400 pounds to 600. Filling your magic box with junk may now also take you a bit longer, due to a change to the way resource extractors work after the patch. These changes didn't originally appear in the patch notes, but have now been added. (I've added them to the notes below as well.)

Bethesda's website briefly revealed customer support tickets and personal information
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesdas-website-briefly-revealed-customer-support-tickets-and-personal-information/
The hits keep on coming for Bethesda and its customers. For a brief period today, players who logged into Bethesda's website to view or update their technical support tickets were able to view everyone else's support tickets, too. The information in some of these support tickets apparently included customer's names, email addresses, and other personal information.
>> The mess that is Fallout 76, the canvas bags problem and now this. Bethesda is on a roll.

Fortnite Season 7's v7.00 patch notes introduce ziplines, Creative and a new flying vehicle
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-season-7s-patch-notes-introduce-ziplines-creative-and-a-new-flying-vehicle/
Fortnite Season 7 arrives today and so do the patch notes for v7.00 of the game. The iceberg has crashed into the map, altering it in a whole bunch of ways, while a new flying vehicle called the Stormwing has been added. Fortnite Creative mode has also deployed for anyone who owns the Battle Pass—everyone else gets it next week on the 13th.
>> And here you can check the new skins.

World of Tanks Holiday Ops 2019 gives you decorations for destruction
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-tanks-holiday-ops-2019-gives-you-decorations-for-destruction/
World of Tanks is getting all festive, or at least as festive as a game about huge tanks relentlessly fighting can be. Holiday Ops 2019 starts soon and will begin with the gift of a free tank, the MKA, a tier 3 premium tank. Cheers, Santa. For more rewards, you’ll need to do more than just be well-behaved. You’ll need to crush your enemies in holiday missions.