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Tuesday news, part two:

Bloodlines 2 RTX trailer teases sweet graphics and a mysterious woman in red
https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodlines-2-rtx-trailer-teases-sweet-graphics-and-a-mysterious-woman-in-red/
A new trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 demonstrates the game's very impressive (and very moody) visual styling when running on one of Nvidia's RTX-capable graphics cards. "Ray-traced lighting and reflections" might be an accidentally ironic angle to take on a game about vampires, but it sure is pretty—after all, you can't have quality shadows without quality lighting.

Destiny 2 Gamescom trailer shows off new Shadowkeep exotic
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-gamescom-trailer-shows-shadowkeep-finishing-moves-and-new-exotic/
A new Destiny 2: Shadowkeep trailer released today at Gamescom. As expected, the action is set on the moon, the expansion's returning and expanded location, and showcases new gear, slow-motion finishing moves, and—very briefly—the Assassin's Cowl. It's a veil-like exotic mask for Hunters that grants invisibility and restores a portion of health and shields when you defeat an enemy in PvE with a finishing move or a fellow guardian in PvP with a melee attack.

Destiny 2's Season of the Undying looks uncomfortably Vexy based on this story trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-season-of-the-undying-will-be-uncomfortably-vexy-according-to-this-story-trailer/
Bungie dropped a big surprise at Gamescom tonight: While Guardians are busy trying to figure out what's happening on the Moon in Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, their old nemesis the Vex are on the way back.

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition is coming in November
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-will-be-announcing-something-exciting-about-age-of-empires-at-gamescom/
The promised announcement turned out to be two announcements. First, we now have a release date for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, which will be out on November 14 on the Microsoft Store, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and—the big one—Steam. And second, the original Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, released in 2018 on the Microsoft Store, is also now available on Steam.
>> So let me get this right. Two years after announcing AoE IV, and after promising two announcements for Gamescom... they come up with this? Are they f*cking serious?!

Goofy strategy sim Spacebase Startopia announced for late next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/goofy-strategy-sim-spacebase-startopia-announced-for-late-next-year/
Spacebase Startopia, a colorful and goofy-looking space station strategy simulation, is the descendant of a much older and less colorful game from 2001, Startopia. The cinematic trailer that introduces us to the new Spacebase Startopia doesn't give up much on gameplay (though it does squeeze in a Keanu at E3 joke) but based on the brief details from the game's Steam page, it will share some things in common with the original.

Respawn CEO Vince Zampella apologizes for developer comments in Apex Legends furor
https://www.pcgamer.com/respawn-ceo-vince-zampella-apologizes-for-developer-comments-in-apex-legends-furor/
Respawn Entertainment CEO Vince Zampella has apologized for disparaging comments made by members of the Apex Legends development team, including executive producer Drew McCoy, in a heated Reddit thread over the weekend. Zampella said that regardless of the threats and abuse the development team faces, it needs to "lead by example," and promised to do better in the future.

You can now report Rainbow Six Siege players with a 'negative attitude'
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-now-report-rainbow-six-siege-players-with-a-negative-attitude/
Rainbow Six Siege has a big toxicity problem. Matches are regularly littered with harassment and verbal abuse, made worse by players not having good in-game tools to punish offenders.
Thankfully, Ubisoft is at least trying to clean up Siege's culture. Players signing on to the Technical Test Server today for the new Ember Rise season were surprised to find a new suite of options for reporting players that go beyond its simple "report toxic behavior" button.

Syberia: The World Before will bring back Kate Walker for a new adventure
https://www.pcgamer.com/syberia-the-world-before-will-bring-back-kate-walker-for-a-new-adventure/
Syberia 3 was really bad, which was unfortunate because the first two games in the surreal adventure series were quite good, and fans waited more than a decade after the release of the second chapter for the arrival of the third—an awfully long time to hold out hope for such a disappointing conclusion. Fortunately for those fans, that dismal wrap-up won't be the end of the story.

A Rockstar title called 'Bonaire' has been refused classification in Australia
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-rockstar-title-called-bonaire-has-been-refused-classification-in-australia/
A Rockstar project called 'Bonaire' has been refused classification in Australia, which means it's effectively banned in the country. That's not necessarily interesting, because as you'll see, a bunch of stuff has been "effectively banned" in Australia of late. What's interesting, is that we don't know what 'Bonaire' is.

The next Settlers game has been delayed until 2020
https://www.pcgamer.com/embargoed-until-aug-12-1200-pt-the-next-settlers-game-has-been-delayed-until-2020/
At last year's Gamescom, Ubisoft revealed they were working on a new The Settlers game, the first entry in the age-old series since 2010. At the time, the publisher planned on launching the game in the autumn of 2019. Today Ubisoft announced The Settlers will launch on PC in 2020.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord now has an early access release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/mount-and-blade-ii-bannerlord-now-has-an-early-access-release-date/
For as long as anyone can remember, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has been a thing of legend. Old men whispered that it still lived, while the young people scoffed at them. It's become the stuff of games writing memes, because every time you do a story about Bannerlord, the only comments are along the lines of, "release date WHEN?"

Doom Eternal has a longer single player campaign than Doom 2016
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-eternal-campaign-length/
Doom 2016 had a pretty substantial single-player campaign—a good thing, because what made it so amazing definitely was not the multiplayer options when it launched. Doom Eternal's campaign is going to be beefier still, according to id executive producer Marty Stratton.