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Friday news, part two and last for the week:

Player claims Fallout 1st domain to protest Fallout 76's subscription
https://www.pcgamer.com/player-claims-fallout-1st-domain-to-protest-fallout-76s-subscription/
Yesterday, Bethesda boldly announced that their much-maligned MMO spinoff Fallout 76 was getting an optional subscription service named Fallout 1st. To say that this went down poorly with the game's community is a massive understatement. One particularly salty player even snapped up FalloutFirst.com. What they did with it wasn't pretty.
>> I'm actually surprised Bethesda was dumb enough to not have the rights for that domain.

Adorable deckbuilder Rise Of The Slime enters early access
https://www.pcgamer.com/adorable-deckbuilder-rise-of-the-slime-enters-early-access/
Deck-building dungeon crawlers are common enough these days, but few are as cute as Rise Of The Slime, and I'm not just saying that because I like the Dragon Quest series. Seemingly inspired by Slay The Spire, it's a deck-building dungeon crawl RPG starring an innocuous little blob-monster. Or at least a cardboard cut-out of one glued onto a stick—truly a work of the Dark Arts And Crafts.

Dota Underlords' 'Big Update' goes live with new heroes and a Duos mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-underlords-big-update-goes-live-with-new-heroes-and-a-duos-mode/
The Big Update has finally gone live in Valve's autobattler Dota Underlords, meaning that the Underlords themselves, Anessix and Hobgen, have now joined the fight. Players will select an Underlord at the beginning of each match to lead their team with abilities and buffs that will grow stronger as they play.

Ubisoft sues Rainbow Six Siege cheat maker who appeared on the BBC
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-sues-rainbow-six-siege-cheat-maker-who-appeared-on-the-bbc/
Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a company called MizuSoft, which it claims has earned thousands of dollars monthly through the sale of Rainbow Six Siege cheat software. MizuSoft promised to help Siege cheaters get away with it by working in subtle ways, including boosting weapon damage, expanding the field of vision, revealing hidden enemies, and providing information on things like enemy location and health.

Artificial Extinction is first-person tower defense with robots
https://www.pcgamer.com/artificial-extinction-is-first-person-tower-defense-with-robots/
Artificial Extinction is an indie title by 100 Hr Games where you have to defend yourself from an evil AI that controls drones and terraforming spiderbots. It looks a bit like the Sanctum games if you remember those, and has you running around to place sentries before the next wave of AI attacks.

Stellaris adds a stony-faced new faction in the Lithoids Species Pack
https://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-adds-a-stony-faced-new-faction-in-the-lithoids-species-pack/
Stellaris, much like space itself, is always expanding. While the larger Federations expansion isn't due out later this year and set to overhaul the diplomatic side of the sprawling 4X strategy sandbox, Paradox Interactive rolled out an extra slab of optional DLC yesterday for players eager to expand their universe. The Lithoids Species Pack allows players to control an empire of planet-devouring mineral-based creatures. It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

Voting opens for the Golden Joystick Game of the Year 2019 Award
https://www.pcgamer.com/voting-opens-for-the-golden-joystick-game-of-the-year-2019-award/
The boat has sailed on the chance to vote on individual categories for this year's Golden Joystick Awards, but today you can have your say on the big one: the prestigious Game Of The Year 2019 award. The winner will be announced at the Golden Joysticks award ceremony, livestreamed on November 15th.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne gets a PC trailer and a January release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-iceborne-pc-release-date/
It's not out until the dead of winter, but today we've got our first look at the PC version of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, the massive expansion to Capcom's 2018 dragon-bothering extravaganza. In the trailer below, Capcom announces a January 9th release date, and showcases a few of the shinier features of the enhanced PC port. Give it a peek.

Payday 2 development resumes after a rough year for Starbreeze
https://www.pcgamer.com/payday-2-development-resumes-after-a-rough-year-for-starbreeze/
Troubled Swedish publisher Starbreeze is apparently going back to what works, announcing today via Steam that Overkill's co-op heist shooter Payday 2 is returning to active development. The studio is re-branding the current 'ultimate' version of the game (which was meant to be the final release, live-action secret ending and all) as the Legacy Edition, and letting players buy DLC separately once more.

And these are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first deal is the weekly sale, with up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191021_weekly_sale
• Next comes a Paradox weeklong sale, also with 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191021_weekly_sale_paradox
• The Post-Apocalyptic Sale features up to 90% discounts until Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191022_postapo_sale
• Games with Zombies and Vampires, the Midweek Sale, brings up to 90% deals until Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191023_midweek_sale
• Now's turn for the first of the weekend sales, starring Stardock and Interplay with up to 75% deals for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191025_stardock_interplay
• Finally, the other weekend sale involves Deep Silver and up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191025_weekend_sale_deep_silver

+Steam

• The first of the two daily deals is the Early Access title GodHood, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/917150/Godhood/
• The second daily deal is The End Is Nigh, 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/583470/The_End_Is_Nigh/
• IO Interactive is the star of the publisher sale with up to 75% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hitman
• Dying Light and Left 4 Dead are up to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dyinglight/
• Kalypso has its strategy games up to 83% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/kalypso_strategy/
• The Lionsgate Sale are up to 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/lionsgate/
• The following Midweek Madness deals will still be available during the weekend:
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is 20% off until Monday 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/692850/Bloodstained_Ritual_of_the_Night/
  • The Long Dark is 50% off until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/305620/The_Long_Dark/
  • And the Fallout franchise is on sale with discounts that go from 50 to 70% until Tuesday 29: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/fallout/
• And don't forget about the weeklong deals.

Now go, go and have a happy and gaming weekend.