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Check out the stealthy ship coming in EVE: Valkyrie's massive update that removes VR exclusivity
http://www.pcgamer.com/check-out-the-stealthy-ships-coming-in-eve-valkyries-massive-update-that-removes-vr-exclusivity/
On September 26, EVE: Valkyrie is launching a massive update called Warzone that, in addition to sweeping changes to the core game, will also let those without VR headsets play. Ahead of that launch, CCP Games has given us a sneak peak at the new ship class that it's been teasing for a few months. Covert class ships are stealthy glass cannons that can vanish from sight thanks to a handy cloaking device. For a more granular look at their abilities and playstyles, check out this video above.

 

Ex-Valve artist unveils artwork for cancelled four-player fantasy game
http://www.pcgamer.com/ex-valve-artist-unveils-artwork-for-cancelled-four-player-fantasy-game/
Drew Wolf is an "experienced independent artist/designer" who once worked at Valve. New images posted to their personal website suggest the latter developer could have been working on a four-player fantasy adventure game, "centered around cooperative combat and driven by story".

 

Doomtrooper, the '90s collectible card game, is going digital
http://www.pcgamer.com/doomtrooper-the-90s-collectible-card-game-is-going-digital/
Doomtrooper is a collectible card game, based on the Mutant Chronicles RPG setting, that was originally released in the 1990s. It's still around, apparently—there's a website up at thewinternet.com if you want to delve deeper—and now there's a new project underway aimed at bringing it to the world of digital CCGs.

 

See heads get crushed and live-ammo fingerguns in Call of Duty: 'Gesture Warfare'
http://www.pcgamer.com/see-heads-get-crushed-and-live-ammo-fingerguns-in-call-of-duty-gesture-warfare/
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare hasn't proved the most popular installment in the long-running shooter series of shooters, but over this past weekend it introduced what may be the best CoD featured mode of all time. It's called "Gesture Warfare," and no, it doesn't mean you get to flip people off when they kill you. It's even better.

 

Voice actors union reaches 'tentative agreement' to end videogame strike
http://www.pcgamer.com/voice-actors-union-reaches-tentative-agreement-to-end-videogame-strike/
In October last year, videogame voice actors and motion capture performers elected to go on strike after SAG-AFTRA, the union representing them, failed to reach a contract agreement with major publishers. Over 250 people thereafter picketed outside EA, and while incremental progress has been made since, only now has the ordeal been settled.

>>poklane made a thread about it.

 

'The new XCOM game allowed me to make Phoenix Point', says X-Com creator Julian Gollop
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-xcom-game-allowed-me-to-make-phoenix-point-says-x-com-creator-julian-gollop/
Despite founding the series in 1994, X-Com mastermind Julian Gollop has admitted his current project Phoenix Point wouldn't exist if it weren't for Firaxis' 2012 Enemy Unknown reboot.

 

Battlefront 2 trailer teases bucket load of new features, beta system requirements revealed
http://www.pcgamer.com/battlefront-2-trailer-teases-bucket-load-of-new-features-beta-system-requirements-revealed/
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is edging ever closer to its November 17 launch date, and its incoming beta is just around the corner. Ahead of the latter's arrival next week, EA has unveiled its minimum and recommended PC specs—and has also dropped a feature-filled trailer that shows off just how much more this game is packing against its forerunner.