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Wednesday news, part two:

 

Rising Thunder developer to release source code for cancelled free-to-play fighting game
http://www.pcgamer.com/rising-thunder-developer-releases-source-code-for-cancelled-free-to-play-fighting-game/
Announced in mid-2015, Rising Thunder was pitched as an online-only, PC-exclusive free-to-play fighting game from Seth Killian's Radiant Entertainment. Radiant was then taken over by Riot in March of last year, which led to the permanent closure of Rising Thunder following a short-live alpha phase. Now, Rising Thunder will be handed over to its players, with a Community Edition due next month.

 

Durante shows off an 'instant resume' feature we want in every game
http://www.pcgamer.com/durante-shows-off-an-instant-resume-feature-we-want-in-every-game/
Durante keeps making PC gaming better. The modder who fixed Dark Souls, has analyzed PC ports here at PC Gamer and written about the features all PC games should have, has more recently been working with localization studio XSeed to improve their PC games like Little King's Story and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. He's also working on the PC port for Trails of Cold Steel 2, coming in 2018, and posted a short Youtube clip of an in-progress feature that I instantly want in, oh, practically every PC game. Durante added a second launcher option for Cold Steel 2, available as a right-click option in Steam, that automatically loads your latest save. Instantly.

 

Viscera Cleanup Detail gets a new graffiti-covered level
http://www.pcgamer.com/viscera-cleanup-detail-gets-a-new-graffiti-covered-level/
Viscera Cleanup Detail recently received a long-awaited update (v1.092) which adds a new level and new stuff to clean up. The update released earlier this week on December 17—exactly one year after the game's previous update, developer RuneStorm says.

 

Chase Moby Dick in nautical strategy RPG Nantucket
http://www.pcgamer.com/chase-moby-dick-in-nautical-strategy-rpg-nantucket/
Nantucket is a strategy RPG set in the early 19th century during the rise of America's whaling industry—or, to be more precise, a few years after the events of "Moby Dick," Herman Melville's classic novel. It takes place in the same universe and even stars Ishmael, the narrator of Melville's masterwork and the only survivor of Captain Ahab's Pequod.

 

Riot appears to be working on a new game called Teemo's Adventure
http://www.pcgamer.com/riot-appears-to-be-working-on-a-new-game-called-teemos-adventure/
Niko Partners analyst Daniel Zhuge has turned the spotlight on a new game that appears to be in the works at League of Legends studio Riot Games. The game is called Teemo's Adventure and it was revealed in a list of GPC-approved games, which indicates that it has been given the green-light for sale in China.

 

Call of Duty: WW2 unveils first DLC with three new maps, War Mode, foggy zombies
http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-ww2-unveils-first-dlc-with-three-new-maps-war-mode-foggy-zombies/
Call of Duty: WW2 has announced The Resistance, the shooter's first portion of DLC that promises three new multiplayer maps, a new War Mode and the next chapter of its Nazi zombies offshoot, named The Darkest Shore.

 

Ark: Survival Evolved launched on Windows 10 Store, now 'Play Anywhere'
http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-survival-evolved-launched-on-windows-10-store-now-play-anywhere/
In the wake of its latest Aberration expansion, Ark: Survival Evolved has now launched on the Windows 10 Store as an Xbox Play Anywhere game.
Much like other games that have walked similar paths—like, say, Fallout Shelter and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard—this means PC players who access Ark via the Windows 10 Store can now join their Xbox counterparts on the same servers as friends or as foes.

 

Bridge Constructor Portal marks launch day with GLaDOS-starring trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/bridge-constructor-portal-marks-launch-day-with-glados-starring-trailer/
A couple of weeks back, Headup Games announced Bridge Constructor Portal—a somewhat unlikely officially licensed mashup of it and Valve's respective physics puzzlers. Bridge Construction Portal is out now, and comes with a neat GLaDOS-narrated trailer.