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And now, the long, long part two of the news:

 

Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition trailer reveals August release date
http://www.pcgamer.com/night-trap-25th-anniversary-edition-trailer-reveals-august-release-date/
The early FMV game Night Trap is notable primarily for three things: Dana Plato, not being very good, and helping to usher in the Entertainment Software Rating Board. So what makes it worthy of a 25th anniversary re-release? I don't know. The world is a strange place. But as we noted back in April, it's happening, and developer Screaming Villains has now confirmed that a PC release will take place on August 15.

 

Tower of Time, a 'classic RPG' with RTS-style combat, comes to Steam Early Access
http://www.pcgamer.com/tower-of-time-a-classic-rpg-with-rts-style-combat-comes-to-steam-early-access/
Tower of Time, now on Steam Early Access, is an RPG tale of a once-beautiful land left broken by a mysterious cataclysm. 1000 years later, a great tower is uncovered by a massive earthquake, and the power within its walls compels a young boy (because it always is!) to lead a group of champions on a quest to discover its secrets. That's not necessarily the most original story setup ever, but it looks very pretty, and promises a "new take on classic RPGs" by combining isometric, party-based exploration with "small scale" RTS-style combat.

 

Super Lovely Planet is a little different, and out now
http://www.pcgamer.com/super-lovely-planet-is-a-little-different-and-out-now/
Lovely Planet was a wonderfully colourful, speedrunning first-person shooter/platformer, while its sequel Lovely Planet Arcade ditched the y-axis and focus on platforming, to put more emphasis on the business of shooting stuff. That trend for reinvention continues in the third entry, Super Lovely Planet, which has just released on Steam and the Humble Store.

 

PUBG studio promises changes to ban system after 'stream sniping' uproar (Updated)
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-studio-promises-changes-to-ban-system-after-stream-sniping-uproar/
Last week, one Playerunknown's Battleground player was temporarily banned from the game for team-killing a team-killer. Rules are rules, the admins declared, and thus his plea of self-defense fell on deaf ears. But a more recent and dubious ban, in which a player was given a seven-day timeout following accusations of "stream sniping," has prompted the developer Bluehole to acknowledge that the current system of bans and appeals isn't up to the job.
Update: PUBG creative director Brendan Greene has issued a statement on Twitter saying that he has seen the game data related to the stream sniping accusation, and that the ban was in fact justified. He also said that the fact the accusers were streamers did not have a bearing on the decision.

 

Sine Mora EX out soon, adds local co-op, English voice-overs and more
http://www.pcgamer.com/sine-mora-ex-out-soon-adds-local-co-op-english-voice-overs-and-more/
Shoot-'em-up Sine Mora has been remastered for PC, and for the current generation of consoles, with a gaggle of new modes, a more common aspect ratio, and 4K support. That's the pretty shmup featuring anthropomorphic animals piloting bullet-spewing ships, created by Digital Reality and (Killer is Dead developer) Grasshopper Manufacture.

 

Galaxy of Pen & Paper, the RPG about RPGs, is out now
http://www.pcgamer.com/galaxy-of-pen-paper-the-rpg-about-rpgs-is-out-now/
The Knights of Pen & Paper games cast you as a player in a tabletop fantasy role-playing game—Galaxy of Pen & Paper does the same, but instead of swords and mages there's spaceships and pew-pew lasers.

 

PlayerUnknown will let players mod Battlegrounds in search of 'the next PlayerUnknown'
http://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknown-will-let-players-mod-battlegrounds-in-search-of-the-next-playerunknown/
Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's Arma 3 mod has catapulted him to success, and now he wants to let people mod his game in the hope of finding "the next PlayerUnknown".
In an interview with Cnet, he said the team behind the sensation that is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds were trying to find a way to allow the community to tweak the title without allowing piracy.

 

Battlefield 1 has been played by more than 21 million players
http://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-1-has-been-played-by-more-than-21-million-players/
EA has announced in a financial report that Battlefield 1 surpassed 21 million players "as of quarter end." That's a growth of around 2 million, as EA reported 19 million players back in May.

 

Serious Sam VR update adds skills and power-ups
http://www.pcgamer.com/serious-sam-vr-update-adds-skills-and-power-ups/
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, the virtual reality spin-off to Croteam's gloriously over-the-top Serious Sam series, has just received an updated Steam Early Access build that adds a couple of surprising new features. "For the first time in series history," the update notes explain, "Sam is not limited by his weapon handling skills and is able to annihilate even bigger alien armies thanks to the all new Skills and Power-Ups update."

 

Metal Gear Solid 5's next update lets you play as Revolver Ocelot
http://www.pcgamer.com/metal-gear-solid-5s-next-update-lets-you-play-as-revolver-ocelot/
Konami is gearing up to push out another update for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Yes, you read that right. The August 2017 update is set to implement functionalities for the Wormhole Generator and add new swimsuits for your FOB soldiers, but most notably, it'll give you the ability to play as Revolver Ocelot in FOB infiltration missions.

 

Here's why the player movement in Quake was slower than Doom
http://www.pcgamer.com/quakes-player-speed-was-slower-than-dooms-and-heres-why/
One of the best things about the original Doom was how fast Doomguy could run: you weren't so much a "guy" as you were a "hurtling rocket of death". So it might have taken some adjustment when Quake released, considering how slow the player-movement was by comparison, though the then-novelty of true 3D no doubt compensated for it.

 

Guild Wars 2's second expansion will be revealed this week
http://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2s-second-expansion-will-be-revealed-this-week/
Guild Wars 2 got its first expansion way back in 2015, and fans have been clamouring for another ever since. Well, they're about to get their wish: developer ArenaNet will reveal details of the game's second expansion tomorrow at 9am PDT (5pm BST).

 

The Long Dark story mode launch trailer teases origins of winter apocalypse
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-long-dark-story-mode-launch-trailer-teases-origins-of-winter-apocalypse/
Despite European console delays, the first two chapters of The Long Dark's long-awaited and much-anticipated story mode land on PC tomorrow.

 

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption echoes Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus and The Divine Comedy
http://www.pcgamer.com/sinner-sacrifice-for-redemption-echoes-dark-souls-shadow-of-the-colossus-and-the-divine-comedy/
Dark Star Game Studios is a Hong Kong-based outfit whose team is comprised of ex-Ubisoft, Blizzard and Konami developers. Its debut venture, Sinner: Sacrifice of Redemption, is a boss battling action role-player that echoes the likes of Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus and Dante's The Divine Comedy.