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Part two of the news:

Microsoft Flight Simulator will have seasonal weather
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-will-have-seasonal-weather/
Microsoft Flight Simulator is shaping up to be a mindbogglingly ambitious flight sim, using massive amounts of data to create a strikingly realistic facsimile of the globe right down to individual trees and houses. And now it looks like that will include seasonal weather, too, which has been teased for the first time in a new video, above.

Road sign side scroller The Pedestrian is out later this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/roadsign-side-scroller-the-pedestrian-is-out-later-this-month/
After several years in development and a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2017, puzzle sidescroller The Pedestrian from developer Skookum Arts is set to release this month on January 29.

We're finally learning more about Valve's long-secret Portal prequel
https://www.pcgamer.com/were-finally-learning-more-about-valves-long-secret-portal-prequel/
Shortly after the release of the famed Orange Box, Valve embarked upon a series of "Directed Design Experiments" that Gabe Newell hoped would spark a new wave of creativity at the studio. One of them, as explained by the Half-Life Wiki, was called F-Stop, and it was enough of an internal hit that it was tapped for full development as a prequel to Portal. For reasons unknown, that prequel never came to be, and the whole thing sunk into obscurity—another Valve mystery, to be occasionally whispered about in Reddit threads.

Respawn boss Vince Zampella is taking over DICE LA to head up work on a new game
https://www.pcgamer.com/respawn-boss-vince-zampella-is-taking-over-dice-la-to-head-up-work-on-a-new-game/
Electronic Arts founded DICE LA in 2013 atop the rubble of Danger Close Games, which was closed in January of that year following the release of the very bad Medal of Honor: Warfighter. As IGN reported at the time, it was intended to be "an expansion" of the Stockholm-based DICE, "just in a different geographical location," and thus far it's functioned almost exclusively in that capacity, contributing to a trio of Battlefield games (1, 5, and Hardline) and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
That's going to change in 2020, however. A Los Angeles Times report says that Respawn Entertainment co-founder and CEO Vince Zampella is going to assume leadership of the studio, which is expected to begin working on a new, original game, likely under a new name.

Dig Dug meets Bomberman in free roguelike Holy Smokes
https://www.pcgamer.com/dig-dug-meets-bomberman-in-free-roguelike-holy-smokes/
The latest roguelike to see you exploring exclusively downwards (well, and a little bit sideways), Holy Smokes is essentially Dig Dug but with bombs instead of a shovel, and with explosions instead of not explosions. Now that I think about it, it's a little bit Spelunky as well, given that you use these bombs to clear rocks from your path, and that you're collecting lovely, shiny treasure as you do so.

Australia's climate crisis inspired this indie game about a doomed island
https://www.pcgamer.com/australias-climate-crisis-inspired-this-indie-game-about-a-doomed-island/
Australia is currently suffering after its hottest year on record, which has sparked widespread bushfires that have claimed several lives, torn through hundreds of homes and blotted out the sky with smoke. For Melbourne-based developer Max Myers, the fires have become embedded in his mind. They're also one of the threats facing the doomed island in his climate disaster game, [soon, only the ocean] .

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

+GOG

• The The Witcher games are on sale, up to 86% off, for the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20191230_witcher_completion
• The Weekend Sale, Challenging Games, brings up to 90% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200103_weekend_sale
• And Disco Elysium is 20% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/game/disco_elysium

+Steam

• STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order is 17% off for the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172380/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Fallen_Order/
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is 20% off for the next 3 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/973580/Sniper_Ghost_Warrior_Contracts/
• Just like at GOG, Disco Elysium is also 20% off for the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium/
• And Assetto Corsa Competizione is 35% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/805550/Assetto_Corsa_Competizione/

And that ends the news this week. Next Monday is festive over here (the Three Wise Men) and I won't be able to make the news. Therefore, see you next Tuesday and, until then, have a happy and gaming weekend!