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SUNLESS SEA AND FRACTURED SPACE ARE FREE ON STEAM THIS WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/sunless-sea-and-fractured-space-are-free-on-steam-this-weekend/

If you've got some free time this weekend, then Steam has a couple of free games you might be interested in: the team-based space combat sim Fractured Space, and the pseudo-Lovecraftian naval exploration game Sunless Sea. Both are available now at no charge, and if you grab Fractured Space while it's free, you can keep it forever.

 

'FPS CONSTRUCTION KIT' GUNSCAPE WILL RELEASE IN MARCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/fps-construction-kit-gunscape-will-release-in-march/

Several games have taken the Minecraft approach to world building and slotted it into an FPS setting: the quite decent Blockstorm and the helpfully titled Guncraft are two examples that spring to mind. Now there's Gunscape, an 'FPS construction kit' which has been in Early Access for a while now, but is poised to launch proper this March.

>>Watch a video of the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tORRW48yWwQ

 

ARCEN LAYS OFF NEARLY ALL STAFF DESPITE SUCCESSFUL STARWARD ROGUE LAUNCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/arcen-lays-off-nearly-all-staff-despite-successful-starward-rogue-launch/

Arcen Games released the roguelike bullet hell Starward Rogue last week to near-universal acclaim: As I write this, there are 97 user reviews on Steam, and all but one are positive. But studio founder and CEO Chris Park said in a blog post today, roughly a week after the game was released, that the positive response has not translated into sales. So even though Starward Rogue is “possibly our best [game] yet,” Arcen is going to lay off almost its entire staff.

 

THE NEXT WARHAMMER: VERMINTIDE DLC IS CALLED SCHLUESSELSCHLOSS

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-warhammer-vermintide-dlc-is-called-schluesselschloss/

Having apparently decided that Warhammer: End Times—Vermintide was not a sufficiently lengthy title on its own, Fatshark has announced that the game's first paid DLC will be a new map entitled Schluesselschloss. (Gesundheit.) Another piece of free DLC is in the works as well, in the form of a new game mode called Last Stand.

 

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE PLAYERS GET 50 PERCENT MORE RENOWN THIS WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-players-get-50-percent-more-renown-this-weekend/

If you've been playing Rainbow Six: Siege since launch, then you're probably swimming in renown at the moment. Still, one can never have enough renown, and leading up to the imminent release of the first DLC pack, it's probably wise to have a tonne in your bank. Thanks to the success of a recent community challenge, Ubisoft has announced that every Siege player will get a 50 percent renown boost this weekend. Cancel everything else you had planned, obviously.

 

GTA ONLINE IS GETTING A NEW PARACHUTE-BASED DROP ZONE MODE

http://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-is-getting-a-new-parachute-based-drop-zone-mode/

Without question, one of my favourite things to do in GTA 5 is to jump out of flying vessels. So it's nice that GTA Online's newest mode involves doing exactly that, except with a competitive element. In the new adversary mode, four teams leap from separate cargobobs in a race to seize a single drop zone. Whichever team holds the drop zone for "two non-continuous" minutes will win the match.

 

NEW MASS EFFECT, BATTLEFIELD, TITANFALL BY APRIL 2017

http://www.pcgamer.com/new-mass-effect-battlefield-titanfall-by-april-2017/

Quarterly shareholder reports are the sort of thing you read to squalling toddlers to knock them out, but occasionally they reveal the nefarious plans of unknowable corporations. EA's third-quarter statement, spotted by Game Informer, indicates that Mass Effect: Andromeda and the next Battlefield and Titanfall games will all appear before the end of the next financial year (March 31, 2017). Battlefield will be out come Christmas.

>>Awaiting impatiently for the next Mass Effect. Discuss it at GribbleGrunger's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=213025

 

DANISH 'DODGEBALL ADVENTURE' STIKBOLD COMING SPRING

http://www.pcgamer.com/danish-dodgeball-adventure-stikbold-coming-spring/

Seventies dodgeball adventure: words that I don't often use in succession, but before Rocket League I didn't typically write supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle cars, so there you go. Stikbold, by Game Swing, is a product of the Nordic Game Jam (Scandinavia is stockpiling game design crazy, you see). Now that it's been fleshed out, it's releasing this spring.

>>There's a video, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcmPiT4KhUA

 

PATH OF EXILE'S NEW ASCENDANCY CLASS IS THE BERSERKER

http://www.pcgamer.com/path-of-exiles-new-ascendancy-class-is-the-berserker/

The latest Path of Exile: Ascendancy character class has been revealed as the Berserker, a Marauder specialization who's all about reckless disregard for personal safety. The Berserker moves fast, hits hard, and doesn't mind taking a few shots in return. In fact, he's often at his best when he's getting mugged.

>>This is the video revealing the new class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46l8qP2BHak