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Tuesday news, part two:

 

Celeste is a mountain-climbing platformer from the makers of TowerFall
http://www.pcgamer.com/celeste-is-a-mountain-climbing-platformer-from-the-makers-of-towerfall/
Matt Makes Games founder Matt Thorson is best known for TowerFall: Ascension, a delightful co-op action platformer. Thorson's next game is Celeste, a self-described "hardcore mountain-climbing platformer" that's coming to Steam this month.

 

2D post-apocalyptic adventure Skytorn will return, dev says
http://www.pcgamer.com/2d-post-apocalyptic-adventure-skytorn-will-return-dev-says/
Developer Noel Berry originally announced Skytorn in 2014, calling it a "procedurally generated adventure exploration game set in the skies of a post-apocalyptic world" in an old post to the PlayStation Blog. Skytorn was later pegged with a 2017 release date, yet the year has come and gone it's nowhere to be seen. However, it seems Skytorn is still very much a thing.

 

Assassin's Creed Origins will get a free update alongside its first expansion this month
http://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-origins-will-get-a-free-update-alongside-its-first-expansion-this-month/
The first DLC for Assassin's Creed Origins (our vote for best open world game of 2017) is due out this month. Called The Hidden Ones, the expansion will add a new region to the already massive Egypt map, and today Ubisoft announced a few extras that will arrive alongside it

 

The Red Strings Club release date set
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-red-strings-club-release-date-set/
The Red Strings Club is the next game from Deconstructeam—the studio behind 2014's unorthodox indie point-and-click adventure Gods Will Be Watching. Billed as a "cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness" that features "extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy", it sounds a wee bit out there. It's also now got a launch date: January 22.

 

Why exquisite puzzler Opus Magnum was barred from GOG
http://www.pcgamer.com/why-exquisite-puzzler-opus-magnum-was-barred-from-gog/
Opus Magnum, the latest puzzle game from Zach 'Zachtronics' Barth, received one of our highest review scores in 2017. Alex gave it a 91, calling it "one of the very best puzzle games of the year, if not the decade." It's somewhat surprising, then, that it was rejected by game distributer GOG. In a recent tweet, Barth shared a statement sent by GOG, which explains that Opus Magnum hasn't appeared on the storefront because it "did not pass [GOG's] internal curation system."