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Monolith explains why Shelob is a lady in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
http://www.pcgamer.com/monolith-explains-why-shelob-is-a-lady-in-middle-earth-shadow-of-war/
Probably the weirdest thing about the upcoming Middle-earth: Shadow of War is that Shelob, who as I understand it is well-established in Tolkien's mythos as a monstrous, malevolent spider, is in fact a woman. More specifically, a leggy, raven-haired woman with a penchant for whispering in your ear, and who may or may not hold the key to bringing about Sauron's defeat. But Monolith creative vice president Michael de Plater told Eurogamer that this twist in the tale wasn't made simply to get an attractive lady into the marketing materials.

 

H1Z1: Just Survive has a new map, adds a stronghold system, and drops the 'H1Z1'
http://www.pcgamer.com/h1z1-just-survive-has-a-new-map-adds-a-stronghold-system-and-drops-the-h1z1/
You'll be forgiven if H1Z1: Just Survive (now simply called Just Survive, having dropped 'H1Z1' from its name) has slid from your radar over the past year or so. Daybreak's Early Access multiplayer survival sandbox has been a bit overshadowed by a beast of its own making: H1Z1: King of the Kill, which began as a battle royale mode for Just Survive (Brendan Greene of PUBG helped develop it) but was split into its own separate game. King of the Kill blew up, sold millions of copies in Early Access, spawned tournaments (including one that aired on TBS), and remains a fixture on Twitch and a top five game on Steam in terms of playercount.

 

Make propaganda for your XCOM 2: War of the Chosen campaign with this official app
http://www.pcgamer.com/this-official-xcom-2-photobooth-app-will-produce-memes-the-likes-of-which-we-cannot-comprehend/
As a free tease for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, Firaxis just released Propaganda Center on Steam. It’s standalone photobooth application where you can create and customize a squad or import your soldiers from XCOM 2, and pose them against a variety of colorful backgrounds and state-sponsored messages. Personally, I’m planning on going for a sinister, soothing purple accompanied by the phrase, ‘I am your dad.’ My rule will be long, and pretty chill, honestly. Pizza night, every night. Dad’s buying.

 

Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope details his next game
http://www.pcgamer.com/papers-please-creator-lucas-pope-details-his-next-game/
The last we saw of Return of the Obra Dinn, the next game from Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope, was a short but tantalizing demo released in November of 2016. We haven’t heard much since, but evidently the game is coming along. In a recent post to Obra Dinn’s TIGForum developer blog, Pope outlined the state of the game and some changes he’s made to it, offering a much clearer look at how it plays.

 

Creepy stealth game Hello Neighbor is delayed to December
http://www.pcgamer.com/creepy-stealth-game-hello-neighbor-is-delayed-to-december/
Hello Neighbor, the stealth-creepo game about spying on the weirdo next door (who may or may not be a murderous lunatic), was slated to come out on August 29. That's not going to happen, however, as publisher TinyBuild announced today that it's been pushed back to December 8, a delay that it said is "100 percent our fault."

 

Nightmarchers is a supernatural RPG-shooter set in post-apocalypse Oahu
http://www.pcgamer.com/nightmarchers-is-a-supernatural-rpg-shooter-set-in-post-apocalypse-oahu/
Nightmarchers is a "post-apocalyptic open-world RPG shooter," which in itself probably isn't the most exciting amalgam of videogame concepts you're going to hear about today. But then you get to the second part: Players will assume the role of Kai, "resurrected by the gods of Oahu to save the island from the tyranny of Kama and his cult of the corrupt god, Kamapua’a, while watching out for the powerful Nightmarchers who protect the island." And now, I have your attention.

 

The Good Life is a newly announced RPG by the creator of Deadly Premonition
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-good-life-is-a-newly-announced-rpg-by-the-creator-of-deadly-premonition/
SWERY, the creator, nay, genius behind Deadly Premonition, and more recently D4, is crowdfunding for a new "mystery RPG". Dubbed The Good Life, it's all about a small town in England whose inhabitants turn into cats during the night. Interested yet? (You should be).

 

Divinity: Original Sin survey demonstrates that its fans really love isometric CRPGs
http://www.pcgamer.com/divinity-original-sin-survey-demonstrates-that-its-fans-really-love-isometric-crpgs/
Larian Studios, the studio responsible for Divinity: Original Sin and its forthcoming sequel, opened a survey earlier this year to get a read on its audience's taste in RPGs. And as you might expect, the CRPG was the most preferred genre, with Action RPG and strategy games coming in second and third respectively.

 

PUBG abandons weekly and monthly patch schedule to maintain 'high standard of quality'
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-abandons-weekly-and-monthly-patch-schedule-to-maintain-high-standard-of-quality/
When I spoke to PUBG's Brendan Greene a few weeks ago, he told me the promises he made at the beginning of the runaway hit's development regarding launch dates "came from naivety on [his] part". Bluehole has now stressed that the revised "Q4 2017" target is still on-track, but that weekly and monthly updates will be sidestepped in order to maintain a "high standard of quality."

 

Total War: Warhammer 2 confirms the Skaven as fourth race
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-2-confirms-the-skaven-as-fourth-race/
Total War: Warhammer 2's announcement trailer first aired back in March and—after showcasing High Elves, Dark Elves and Lizardmen at loggerheads—concluded with a rat nibbling on a corpse. Many speculated this, which features in the above trailer around the 2.28 mark, all but confirmed the Skaven as the turn-based-strategy's then unannounced fourth race. Today, Creative Assembly has confirmed this to be true.