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FORMER DRAGON AGE LEAD WRITER DAVID GAIDER JOINS BEAMDOG

http://www.pcgamer.com/former-dragon-age-lead-writer-david-gaider-joins-beamdog/

Former Dragon Age Lead Writer David Gaider announced his departure from BioWare a few weeks ago, saying that it was “time to move on to a new challenge.” Today that new challenge was revealed as Beamdog, the digital distribution platform, publisher, and developer that's currently working on a new Baldur's Gate.

 

TOTAL WAR: ATTILA "SLAVIC NATIONS" DLC FIGHTS TO BE FREE

http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-attila-slavic-nations-dlc-fights-to-be-free/

Make War Not Love is a three-way strategy game throwdown between Company of Heroes 2, Total War: Attila, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 to see which of them can ring up the most players between February 14 and February 20. (The competition starts and ends at 10.00 AM PST.) Prizes will be awarded to the leading game every 48 hours, and at the end, the victor will claim the spoils in the form of “faction-specific digital content.” And if Total War: Attila comes out on top, Creative Assembly will make the upcoming Slavic Nations Culture Pack free for everyone.

>>Watch here the Slavic Nations Pack trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiVx6yBp4fg

 

OVERWATCH BETA RESUMES WITH SOME BIG CHANGES

http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-beta-resumes-with-some-big-changes/

The Overwatch closed beta resumed today, with quite a number of changes both up-front and under the hood. We spoke with Game Director Jeff Kaplan about some of the biggest new features, including the progression system and unlocks, but if you want to dig down into the details—I'm talking about things like Torbjorn's scrap-per-pickup amount being reduced from 30 to 20—then you'll want to have a look at the full Beta Patch Notes that are now up at Battle.net. If you want to skip to a specific part, these heated links will help...

 

FIREWATCH LETS YOU TURN IN-GAME PHOTOS INTO REAL WORLD PRINTS

http://www.pcgamer.com/firewatch-lets-you-turn-in-game-photos-into-real-world-prints/

Firewatch is a very good game, and a gorgeous one, too. And as TechnoBuffalo recently discovered, it contains a very cool (and, until now, hidden) feature that enables you to order hard copies of the photos you take with your in-game disposable camera from a fake photo development company called Fotodome.

 

MALWARE TARGETS HEARTHSTONE CHEATERS

http://www.pcgamer.com/malware-targets-hearthstone-cheaters/

Ah, the anguished howls of rule-breakers—my Mozart, my birdsong. Security firm Symantec reports to have identified malware disguising itself in Hearthstone hacks and deck trackers, causing would-be cheaters and occupiers of moral grey areas to surrender their Bitcoins and compromise their webcams.

 

BE MY VALENTINE IS GTA'S LATEST OFF-KILTER UPDATE

http://www.pcgamer.com/be-my-valentine-is-gtas-latest-off-kilter-update/

Roses are red, this new car is red, your mangled corpse is red. It can only be the Grand Theft Auto Online Be My Valentine event, live now.