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John Romero's original Doom 2 floppy disks can be yours
http://www.pcgamer.com/john-romeros-original-doom-2-floppy-disks-can-be-yours/
Doom 2 first released 23 years ago, finally bringing the Mancubus and super shotgun into digital being. Back then you could get it on a CD-ROM – which were still pretty expensive back then – or you could get it on five floppy disks. A copy of the latter, without its box or manuals, is currently on eBay with its current bid set at $900. The reason it's so expensive is that the disks belong to John Romero, id Software co-founder, Doom co-creator, and level editor extraordinaire.

>>They were $900, now they're over $3,000.

 

Playdead co-founder unveils new sci-fi adventure called Somerville
http://www.pcgamer.com/playdead-co-founder-unveils-new-sci-fi-adventure-called-somerville/
Dino Patti, the co-founder of Limbo and Inside studio Playdead, left the company in 2016 to "seek new challenges". Today, as reported by GamesIndustry, he revealed that one of those challenges is a new studio called Jumpship, founded with feature film animator Chris Olsen, which is currently working on a new "sci-fi action adventure" called Somerville.

 

New PUBG patch lets you move while looting, adds destructible cabins
http://www.pcgamer.com/new-pubg-patch-lets-you-move-while-looting-adds-destructible-cabins/
Details of PUBG's third major patch were revealed today, and include a range of changes to the way looting works, the introduction of two new weapons, rebalancing of weapon drops overall, as well as a handful of bug fixes and improvements to server and client optimization. The patch will arrive Thursday "if everything is stable" after a run through PUBG's test servers on Wednesday this week.

>>And they've also banned 25,000 cheaters.

 

Raphael Colantonio, creative director of Dishonored and Prey, is leaving Arkane
http://www.pcgamer.com/raphael-colantonio-creative-director-of-dishonored-and-prey-is-leaving-arkane/
Raphael Colantonio, the founder of Arkane Studios and creative director on Dishonored and Prey, has announced that he is leaving the studio "to to spend some time with my son and reflect on what is important to me and my future."

 

Titanfall 2 War Games update is live, and here are the patch notes
http://www.pcgamer.com/titanfall-2-war-games-update-is-live-and-here-are-the-patch-notes/
Titanfall 2 gets its newest content update today in the form of War Games, which, as we've already learned, adds two new maps and—importantly—a third weapon slot for Pilots. But now we've got patch notes, which explain what other changes are being ushered in other than cool new features.

 

BioWare's Dragon Age team is currently 'hiring a lot of people', says creative director
http://www.pcgamer.com/biowares-dragon-age-team-is-currently-hiring-a-lot-of-people-says-creative-director/
If Alexis Kennedy's words last month weren't enough to prove work on a new Dragon Age is well underway, its creative director Mark Laidlaw's suggestion that "it's no secret we're doing something" with the series is a sure bet. Now it seems development on the elusive Inquisition follow-up is gathering pace.

 

Every rat in A Plague Tale: Innocence will behave like 'a filthy little individual creature'
http://www.pcgamer.com/every-rat-in-a-plague-tale-innocence-will-behave-like-a-filthy-little-individual-creature/
As if A Plague Tale: Innocence's E3 announcement trailer wasn't terrifying enough, Asobo Studio has revealed more about its horrifying hordes of rats—which players are apparently expected to "play with and against."