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Tuesday news, part two:

 

Star Wars Battlefront 2 patch increases credit and crafting rewards
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-2-patch-increases-credit-and-crafting-rewards/
The first of the promised changes to the Star Wars Battlefront 2 economy and progression system went live today, marking the "initial steps toward making much larger changes" to the game that EA committed to in November.

 

Huge Dauntless update adds new bosses, improves combat and progression
http://www.pcgamer.com/huge-dauntless-update-adds-new-bosses-improves-combat-and-progression/
In August, I said I couldn't recommend Dauntless, developer Phoenix Labs' free-to-play monster-hunting action RPG. I also said it might be worth another look after a few big updates. As previously reported, it finally got one in October, when it left loot boxes behind. This Friday, December 8, it's getting another big update with the 'Sharpen Your Skills' patch, which seems to make huge improvements to multiple systems.

 

Launch trailer for Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris DLC reveals the new raid lair
http://www.pcgamer.com/launch-trailer-for-destiny-2s-curse-of-osiris-dlc-reveals-the-new-raid-lair/
Tomorrow, players still plugging away at Destiny 2 and looking for an injection of new stuff will be heading to Mercury. The first expansion for Bungie's shared-world shooter sequel is planned to go live at 10 am PST/GMT 6 pm, and to prove it here's a final trailer packed with plenty of details about what to expect.

 

Fortnite player promises to cheat no more in lawsuit settlement with Epic
http://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-player-promises-to-cheat-no-more-in-lawsuit-settlement-with-epic/
Epic Games found itself dealing with a spot of PR ugliness last week when it came to light that one of the people caught up in its Fortnite cheating lawsuits was a 14-year-old boy. That revelation came alongside a very take-no-guffola reply from the lad's mother, who claimed among other things that Epic was using her son as a scapegoat—and that releasing his name to the public was in itself illegal.
In a letter sent to the court on November 30 (via TorrentFreak), Epic's legal counsel pointed out that legal restrictions on using the name of a minor in legal documents only applies if the person is question is known to be a minor. "We did not violate Rule 5.2(a) or Local Civil Rule 17.2 because we did not know when we filed the papers that Defendant is a minor," it states.

>>So they sue someone but don't bother checking out who is he? Yeah, right... In any case, I don't know in the US, but here in Spain not knowing a law doesn't exempt you from fulfilling it.

 

Gorogoa, the beautiful hand-drawn puzzle game, will (finally) be out next week
http://www.pcgamer.com/gorogoa-the-beautiful-hand-drawn-puzzle-game-will-finally-be-out-next-week/
We got our first look at Gorogoa in late 2013, a little more than a year after it won the 2012 Indiecade Award for visual design. At the time it was slated for release in mid-2014, and boy did that sure not work out. (It was also supposed to be out this spring.) But today we have good news, as publisher Annapurna Interactive has dropped a launch trailer and announced that it will finally be out on December 14.

 

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is out now
http://www.pcgamer.com/freddy-fazbears-pizzeria-simulator-is-out-now/
Following a tease late last week, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon has just released Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator. As the name implies, it's ostensibly a pizzeria simulator spin on the series, featuring a whimsical (and not scary) looking bear doling out pizzas to whimsical looking human characters.

 

PUBG teases new truck, exclusive to the desert map
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-teases-new-truck-exclusive-to-the-desert-map/
When I visited PUBG's studios in South Korea in September, art director Tae-Seok Jang (he was, ironically, in the US at the time) told me via Skype that one of the features of PUBG's upcoming desert map would be a real difference between driving on roads and driving over unpaved terrain.

 

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness DLC unveiled, due Spring 2018
http://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-the-color-of-madness-dlc-unveiled-due-spring-2018/
Since launch early last year, Darkest Dungeon has given us a wonderful official expansion in Crimson Court and a host of neat unofficial player-made mods. Now, developer Red Hook Studios has unveiled 'The Color of Madness'—a new slice of DLC that's due next Spring and features extraterrestrial beings.

 

Street Fighter 5's long-awaited Arcade Mode has over 200 endings
http://www.pcgamer.com/street-fighter-5s-long-awaited-arcade-mode-has-over-200-endings/
In his review, Nathan Brown said Street Fighter 5 is "so, so good for the genre-savvy" but that it "does nothing to help you grow as a player." Part of this was down to the fact SF5 shipped without a story mode, and a best-of-three versus mode and, crucially, an arcade mode. The latter is due on January 16, and looks pretty ambitious.

 

Middle-earth: Shadow of War drops limb-severing Online Fight Pits in free update
http://www.pcgamer.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-drops-limb-severing-online-fight-pits-in-free-update/
Just under three weeks ago, WB Games announced Middle-earth: Shadow of War would receive five free updates before the end of the year. Scenarios in Endless Siege and Rebellion arrived on November 21, alongside its Enhanced Photo Mode. Today marks the arrival of Online Fight Pits—Gladiator-esque combat arenas wherein players can train their followers.