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And part two of the news:

 

STELLARIS: UTOPIA EXPANSION RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED, REVEAL TRAILER REVEALED
http://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-utopia-expansion-release-date-confirmed-reveal-trailer-revealed/
If history has taught us anything about Paradox games, it's that they often excel long after launch with post-release DLC, updates and expansions. As teased earlier this month, Stellaris' first major expansion, Utopia, looks to follow suit and now has a release date: April 6.

 

LG IS MAKING A STEAMVR HEADSET THAT WILL COMPETE WITH THE HTC VIVE
http://www.pcgamer.com/lg-is-making-a-steamvr-headset-that-will-compete-with-the-htc-vive/
Valve has announced that South Korean electronics corporation LG will be producing a new VR headset for the SteamVR tracking system. A prototype of the head-mounted display will be shown at GDC this week, where LG will take feedback from developers before it settles on the design of commercial units.

>>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but can this be the first time someone launches an VR headset for a service that's already available? This is great news for Valve and SteamVR (and us, if it's cheaper than the competition).

 

THE 2017 IGF AWARDS SALE IS NOW LIVE ON THE HUMBLE STORE
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-2017-igf-awards-sale-is-now-live-on-the-humble-store/
Ahead of Wednesday night's Independent Games Festival Awards ceremony, the Humble Store has kicked off an IGF Awards Sale featuring all the finalists and honorably-mentioned games it carries for discounts ranging from 30 to 66 percent.

>>But wait! There are more sales!

 

BALDUR'S GATE, WASTELAND, SHADOWRUN SERIES DISCOUNTED IN GOG'S RPG SALE
http://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-wasteland-shadowrun-series-discounted-in-gogs-rpg-sale/
To mark the arrival of inXile and Techland's Torment: Tides of Numenera, digital distributor GOG has launched The RPG Sale—a sale which celebrates the "brilliance" of isometric role-players.

 

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA PRODUCER WALKS BACK 'SOFTCORE SPACE PORN' REMARK [UPDATED]
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-is-totally-softcore-space-porn-following-full-nudity-esrb-shift/
We already know the 'banging' in Mass Effect: Andromeda will be plentiful and good, however BioWare's Aaryn Flynn has now dubbed it "totally softcore space porn."
Update: You might think that all this "totally softcore space porn" business was just a bit of harmless fun, but Flynn's comment is apparently being taken seriously enough that he returned to Twitter to clarify the situation.

>>Obviously, the guys at Bioware are a bunch of pus... sorry, I couldn't resist the easy joke. To comment on the news (not about my poor joke), go to LivingMetal's thread on the matter.

 

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA TO GET DAY ONE PATCH, MAY NOT BE READY FOR ORIGIN ACCESS LAUNCH
http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-andromeda-to-get-day-one-patch-may-not-be-ready-for-origin-access-launch/
The extent to which Mass Effect: Andromeda will include "softcore space porn" remains to be seen following Aaryn Flynn's statement and subsequent backpedaling, however the incoming space-set action RPG will have a day one patch.
That's according to Ian S. Frazier, the game's welcomely open lead designer, who confirmed on Twitter "a good portion of the team is still working on the day one patch."

 

EPIC ANNOUNCES BATTLE BREAKERS, A TACTICAL ROLE-PLAYING GAME INSPIRED BY '80S CARTOONS
http://www.pcgamer.com/epic-announces-battle-breakers-a-tactical-role-playing-game-inspired-by-80s-cartoons/
Epic Games revealed at GDC today that it is working on a free-to-play "frenetic tactical role-playing game," inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 1980s, called Battle Breakers. The new game will feature hundreds of recruitable heroes including ninjas, knights, robots, and dinosaurs, and cross-platform play between mobile devices and PCs.

>>It's also a mobile game. I'm just saying so you don't get your hopes to high.

 

CONAN EXILES PLANS UP TO SEVEN 'SIGNIFICANT' UPDATES DURING 12-MONTH EARLY ACCESS PERIOD
http://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-plans-up-to-seven-significant-updates-during-12-month-early-access-period/
Despite notable server issues at launch, Funcom's Conan Exiles managed to shift 320,000 copies after just one week in Early Access. The developer has now released a financial briefing which suggests the open-world survival game has sold 480,000 copies in the last 28 days—shy of its 12 month sales goal of 487,000.
Moving forward, incremental patches are expected to roll out every fortnight, as well as up to seven "significant" updates between now and the game's full release in early 2018.

 

CITIES: SKYLINES ANNOUNCES MASS TRANSIT EXPANSION WITH RHYMING TRAILER
http://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-announces-mass-transit-expansion-with-rhyming-trailer/
Due at some point later this year, the city builder's next expansion promises to deliver new forms of transportation to its bounds—by land, sea and air—as well as new transit service buildings, new mass transit hubs, new scenarios, new landmarks, and new road types.

>>Will Colossal Order ever start working on Skylines 2 and stop making expansions?

 

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER 2 IS 'IN THE WORKS', AND NEW HISTORICAL TOTAL WAR IN THE PIPELINE
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2-is-in-the-works-says-sega-new-total-war-in-the-pipeline/
Since launch last March, The Creative Assembly and Sega's Total War: Warhammer has released an impressive number of free updates and premium DLC. Today, its eighth playable race—Bretonnia—makes its debut, as does its Old World Edition. The devs have now also confirmed work on its sequel "has been underway for some time".



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