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The news, part two:

 

Monster Hunter: World will get free DLC with new quests
http://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-will-get-free-dlc-with-new-quests/
Monster Hunter: World, the first of the series to launch on PC, will receive free DLC after it arrives next year. This is typical for the series, but still good news during a time when season passes and premium DLC are exceedingly common.

 

Rocket League is dropping non-standard arenas for Competitive Season 6
http://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-league-is-dropping-non-standard-arenas-for-competitive-season-6/
Transparent goalposts aren't the only thing coming to Rocket League in its Autumn Update. Developer Psyonix announced today that it will also be moving to Standard Arenas exclusively for both Competitive and Casual matches when Competitive Season 6 gets underway. Standard versions of the Wasteland and Starbase ARC arenas will be rolled out as part of the update, while the "classic" versions, renamed to Badlands and ARCtagon, will be restricted to Private and offline matches.

 

Crypt of the Necrodancer studio reveals its next game, Industries of Titan
http://www.pcgamer.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-studio-reveals-its-next-game-industries-of-titan/
Crypt of the Necrodancer developer Brace Yourself Games has announced its new project, which is about as unlike its previous effort as you could imagine. It's called Industries of Titan, and it's an "industrial city building sim/strategy game" set on Saturn's largest moon.

 

Destiny 2 early access beta preloads are now live
http://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-early-access-beta-preloads-are-now-live/
The Destiny 2 PC beta is set to begin in just a few days: August 29, specifically, or August 28 if you've preordered the game—or happen to be a lucky member of the PC Gamer Club. And if you're among that crowd of early go-getters, you can actually start preloading the game right now.

 

Rainbow Six Siege map playlists are being changed up in Season 3
http://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-map-playlists-are-being-changed-up-for-season-3/
Ubisoft is making some changes to the Ranked and Casual map playlists for the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege season three. The publisher said the changes are intended to make it easier for players to "hone their skills in the most competitive environment available," while at the same time providing a gentler welcome to the game for newcomers.

 

Wolfenstein 2 'is political' but 'isn't a commentary on current topics,' says dev
http://www.pcgamer.com/wolfenstein-2-is-political-but-isnt-a-commentary-on-current-topics-says-dev/
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus’ downtown Roswell is a ticky-tack, Kennedy-era township replete with strawberry-frosted milkshakes, sun-faded storefront facades, and charcoal-armored S.S. stormtroopers on every street corner. Supersonic warplanes blaze overhead, leaving red-and-white jetstreams in their path. A propaganda film, "America: The New Order," flickers away in a movie theater. Two housewives happily chat about the slaves they’re putting out to market.

 

Killing Floor: Incursion is getting a Horde mode called Holdout
http://www.pcgamer.com/killing-floor-incursion-is-getting-a-horde-mode-called-holdout/
Killing Floor: Incursion is basically a VR version of the zombie splatterfest Killing Floor, although as we said in our preview, the actual gameplay is somewhat different. There's still plenty of killing—"Killing Floor: Incursion has some good killing," as Steven opined—but instead of "wave-based hordes that slowly wear you down," the action is interspersed with puzzles, object interactions, exploration, and trading.

 

Shinji Mikami: 'I welcome the new world of Steam and digital sales'
http://www.pcgamer.com/shinji-mikami-i-welcome-the-new-world-of-steam-and-digital-sales/
The PC is becoming a leading platform for Japanese games, a sea change confirmed again this past week when a PC version of Final Fantasy 15 was announced at Gamescom. Meanwhile, Shinji Mikami, who directed the original Resident Evil and is presently executive producer on The Evil Within 2, lent a smaller push to this current when we spoke to him yesterday at Quakecon.

 

Watch Rainbow Six Siege's three new operators in action
http://www.pcgamer.com/watch-rainbow-six-sieges-three-new-operators-in-action/
Ubisoft has revealed new details and footage of the three operators coming to Rainbow Six Siege in the upcoming Blood Orchid update, due September 5. By the looks of it, all three are going to have powerful gadgets that are a tonne of fun to use, and should add some extra depth to the already excellent tactical shooter.

 

Consume your enemies and corrupt your friends in new Cultist Simulator trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/consume-your-enemies-and-corrupt-your-friends-in-new-cultist-simulator-trailer/
Alexis Kennedy has been busy since he left Sunless Sea and Fallen London developer Failbetter Games last year, writing for the likes of Bioware, Paradox Interactive (on Stellaris) and Telltale Games. But he's also been working on his own project, an occult board game called Cultist Simulator in which your aim is to "rain blood down on the world"—so he told Joe in an interview earlier this month.

 

Announcing Crackdown 3 at E3 2014 was a mistake, admits Microsoft
http://www.pcgamer.com/announcing-crackdown-3-at-e3-2014-was-a-mistake-admits-microsoft/
Crackdown 3 was announced at E3 2014. Since then, it’s been delayed several times. The first saw its release pushed back from 2016 to 2017. And now it’s been pushed back to 2018. “I think we probably announced Crackdown too early,” Shannon Loftis, Microsoft Studios Publishing’s general manager admits.