Part 2 of the news, with so many articles from Blizzard, that I've had to do a sub section only for them:
Wild West Online rides into early access, full release later this year
http://www.pcgamer.com/wild-west-online-rides-into-early-access-full-release-later-this-year/
Gun-slinging MMO Wild West Online will enter non-Steam Early Access on November 15, offering early purchasers the chance to shoot their way through 100 quests. The servers will be live 24/7 for the first time, and would-be cowboys will fire 20 historically-modeled guns, hunt animals, mine for gold, unlock new gear and upgrade their horses (which is the bit I'm most looking forward to).
PUBG developer apologises for hackers, vows to adopt stronger anti-cheat measures
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-developer-apologises-for-hackers-vows-to-adopt-stronger-anti-cheat-measures/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' anti-cheat service is banning as many as 42,000 players a day but it's still not enough, with some matches plagued by hackers. It's a fact that the development team apologised for earlier today, adding that it is introducing new measures to catch players that are ruining the game for everyone else.
Remastered version of .hack//G.U. RPG trilogy lands on Steam
http://www.pcgamer.com/remastered-of-hackgu-rpg-trilogy-lands-on-steam/
The PS2 .hack//G.U. series of action-RPGs has slashed onto Steam, offering all three games in the trilogy plus a new, fourth chapter called Reconnection.
Two 15-year-olds made this promising 2D action platformer
http://www.pcgamer.com/two-15-year-olds-made-this-promising-2d-action-platformer/
Alter Army is a fast-paced 2D action platformer currently in development at Vague Pixels, a small indie studio based in Jaipur, India. How small is the studio? Well, Vague Pixels has two members: Mridul Pancholi and Mridul Bansal. They are both 15 years old.
A new Destiny 2 Faction Rally starts next week, here's what you need to know
http://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-destiny-2-faction-rally-starts-next-week-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
Destiny 2 Faction Rallies are restricted to players who have reached level 20 and finished the campaign, so if you're not there yet and have no idea what "factions" are, don't sweat it—go finish the game and then come on back when you're done. (Don't feel a need to rush, though, these are repeating events.) For everyone else, since the new one announced yesterday will be the first Faction Rally that PC players can take part in, read on.
>>As it's usually the case with Monday news, the event starts this week, tomorrow to be more precise.
Destiny 2's 'hitching' issue to be hotfixed tomorrow (updated)
http://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-hotfix-solves-one-performance-problem-but-creates-another-worse-one/
You know the old saying: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if it is broke, make sure you don't break something more important when fixing it. Unfortunately, that seems to be what happened to today when Bungie rolled out a hotfix as part of the 1.0.6 Patch, which was intended to solve the performance degradation being caused by a bug that also means clan rosters were not displayed in-game.
UPDATE (November 5) : Bungie has announced hotfix 1.0.6.2 will roll out on Monday, November 6 (or November 7 in the southern hemisphere).
Perception's haunted house revamped with new difficulty modes and plot points
http://www.pcgamer.com/perceptions-haunted-house-revamped-with-new-difficulty-modes-and-plot-points/
Perception had an interesting premise—you controlled a blind woman navigating a haunted house using echolocation—but failed to impress Samuel in his review thanks to its cut-and-paste environments and lack of inventive scares. Developer The Deep End Games this week attempted to address some of the horror game's big issues with an update that adds two new difficulty modes, boosts the frame rate, streamlines the plot and reworks the checkpoint system.
Multiplayer FPS Squad is having a free weekend starting Thursday
http://www.pcgamer.com/multiplayer-fps-squad-is-having-a-free-weekend-starting-thursday/
Squad may still be in alpha but it's good enough already for you to consider jumping in: Evan named it in his list of best Multiplayer FPSes you probably aren't playing (and the reload animation for its M4 is one of the best in gaming). If you haven't formed your own band of brothers yet then you'll get your chance next weekend—the game is free from Thursday (November 9) at 10am PST.
Futuristic shooter Ironsight coming to Western PCs with beta later this month
http://www.pcgamer.com/futuristic-shooter-ironsight-coming-to-western-pcs-with-beta-later-this-month/
Ironsight, a futuristic multiplayer FPS from South Korean developer Wiple Games, is coming to Western PCs later this month with a closed beta that launches November 14. Its multiplayer matches look fast and furious and from what I can tell it's in the mould of the modern Call of Duty games—the guns have virtually no recoil and you'll call in airstrikes, pilot attack drones and throw sticky grenades.
Minecraft players will choose a new mob during Minecon Earth
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-players-will-choose-a-new-mob-during-minecon-earth/
At this year's Minecon (called Minecon Earth) players will be able to vote for the next mob coming to Minecraft. The shortlist has been whittled down to four, and the candidates include a stingray, a monstrous squid with a mouth that splits four ways, and what looks like some kind of dog/crocodile mashup with a bulbous head.
Decksplash's free week is here, game still a long way from it's 100,000-or-cancelled player goal (Updated)
http://www.pcgamer.com/decksplashs-free-week-is-here-game-still-a-long-way-from-its-100000-or-cancelled-player-goal/
There were strong reactions all round when Bossa Studios announced that it would cancel its skateboard turf-war game Decksplash if it didn't reach 100,000 players during a free week. That free week is now upon us, lasting until next Friday, and so far around 7,000 players have jumped on board since the launch on Thursday, according to Steam Spy.
UPDATE (November 6): Decksplash developer Bossa Studios has been in touch with some more up-to-date figures for the game's free week. Since the event launched on Thursday, there have been 27,261 'first-time downloads', a daily average of around 5,500.
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition arrives later this month, includes brand new items
http://www.pcgamer.com/pillars-of-eternity-definitive-edition-arrives-later-this-month-includes-brand-new-items/
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition is coming out on November 15, developer Obsidian Entertainment has announced, and it looks to be a decent deal. For $39.99 you'll get the excellent isometric RPG plus both parts of its beefy expansion, The White March. At the moment, you can buy them combined for slightly cheaper, but that's a time limited deal on Fanatical (the renamed Bundle Stars) that runs out tomorrow.
Call of Duty: WWII's social hub is empty because of connectivity problems
http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-wwiis-social-hub-is-empty-because-of-connectivity-problems/
Call of Duty: WWII's social hub isn't all that social at the moment. High player volume since launch has caused connectivity problems across all platforms, and one of the fixes has been to make Headquarters a solo experience for now, Sledgehammer Games said yesterday.
Elder Scrolls modders are crowdfunding their own RPG about bears and spirit animals
http://www.pcgamer.com/elder-scrolls-modders-are-crowdfunding-their-own-rpg-about-bears-and-spirit-animals/
A group of Elder Scrolls modders have banded together to make Witanlore: Dreamtime, an action RPG about humanoid bears called Ursines and their spirit totem animals. The Druid Gameworks team—who were previously responsible for popular Oblivion mods such as Kvatch Rebuilt and Reclaiming Sancre Tor—put their game on Steam Early Access in January but have hit some financial trouble that could derail the project. So they've turned to Indiegogo, searching for around $135,000.
And now, the Blizzard sub-section:
- Hanzo and Alextrasza confirmed as the next Heroes of the Storm characters: http://www.pcgamer.com/hanzo-and-alextrasza-confirmed-as-the-next-heroes-of-the-storm-characters/
- The next Overwatch map is a Blizzard theme park called Blizzard World: http://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-overwatch-map-is-a-blizzard-theme-park/
- New Overwatch hero Moira announced at BlizzCon: http://www.pcgamer.com/new-overwatch-hero-moira-announced-at-blizzcon/
- Blizzard is making Vanilla servers for World of Warcraft: http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-making-vanilla-servers-for-world-of-warcraft/
- Overwatch's Scott Mercer says addressing toxic players "is an issue across Blizzard": http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-scott-mercer-says-addressing-toxic-players-is-an-issue-across-blizzard/
- See the Warcraft, Starcraft crossover skins coming to Overwatch: http://www.pcgamer.com/new-overwatch-skins/
- World of Warcraft will soon have level-scaling for all of Azeroth: http://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-will-soon-have-level-scaling-for-all-of-azeroth/
- Blizzard is ditching WoW's PvP servers for an opt-in system: http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-ditching-wows-pvp-servers-for-an-opt-in-system/
- Blizzard on 'reintroducing' Blackthorne and The Lost Vikings: 'We talk about it quite a bit': http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-on-reintroducing-blackthorne-and-the-lost-vikings-we-talk-about-it-quite-a-bit/
- The Overwatch team originally considered making a multi-class MMO called Crossworlds http://www.pcgamer.com/the-overwatch-team-considered-making-a-multi-class-mmo-called-crossworlds-before-landing-on-the-hero-shooter/
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