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Friday news part two:

 

New legendary Pharah skin turns the Overwatch rocketeer into a golden snake
http://www.pcgamer.com/new-legendary-pharah-skin-turns-the-overwatch-rocketeer-into-a-golden-snake/
New legendary skins are coming to Overwatch. Back at BlizzCon, Blizzard said that a handful of new skins, including a Nova outfit for Windowmaker and a Butcher getup for Roadhog, will be added to the base, non-event loot box. Today we get a glimpse at Pharah's new skin.

 

Assassin's Creed: Origins' first DLC will arrive next week
http://www.pcgamer.com/asssassins-creed-origins-first-dlc-will-arrive-next-week/
The Assassin's Creed: Origins expansion The Hidden Ones, a showdown between the new Brotherhood of Assassins and the Roman occupiers of the Sinai, will be out on January 23, Ubisoft announced today. Set four years after the events of the main game, The Hidden Ones will introduce four new Legendary weapons, new outfits and mounts, and increase the level cap to 45.

 

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is leaving the company
http://www.pcgamer.com/activision-publishing-ceo-eric-hirshberg-is-leaving-the-company/
After eight years on the job, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has announced that he will leave the company in March. His coming depature was first revealed internally, according to VentureBeat, and then later confirmed by Activision.

 

Offworld Trading Company: Limited Supply DLC swaps stock markets for survival
http://www.pcgamer.com/offworld-trading-company-limited-supply-dlc-swaps-stock-markets-for-survival/
Stardock and Mohawk Games have released a new Offworld Trading Company DLC pack called Limited Supply that includes more than a dozen new scenarios focusing on the single, simple goal of survival.

 

PUBG to ban 100,000 cheaters in 'single wave', blue zone balances being tested
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-to-ban-100000-cheaters-in-single-wave-blue-zone-balances-being-tested/
Earlier this week, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds launched a fairly innocuous PC patch that targeted bugs and client optimisation. "We are hoping to give you an update on what we have been working on soon", said PUBG Corp in this forum post.
Soon is now, it seems, as the developer has announced it will ban 100,000 cheaters in a "single wave" following a comprehensive data review. Moreover, balance adjustments have been applied to the blue zone, which will first appear on test servers.

 

Bungie on Destiny 2 Faction Rally issues: 'This was on us, no excuses'
http://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-on-destiny-2-faction-rally-token-changes-this-was-on-us-no-excuses/
"There has been a lot of feedback on some of the changes made to Faction Rallies in Season 2," so says community manager Cozmo in this weekly update post. "I’d like to take a moment to list some of the larger topics. There is an ongoing process at Bungie to assess how we want to change Destiny 2 in the weeks to come, and your voice is a crucial part of it.
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The post continues: "The other question that players immediately asked when decrypting their Faction Engrams was: 'Where are the new Season 2 weapons?' It was not made clear beforehand that the new Season 2 weapons would be added throughout the events of the Season rather than all at once in the beginning. This was on us. No excuses."

 

Let's take a look now at GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

There are three sales:

• There's the adventure/point'n'click games sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180115_weekly_sale_adventure
• There's also the Retroism sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180115_special_sale_retroism
• And lastly, the Carmageddon Sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180118_carmageddon_sale

+Steam

Here we also have a few sales:

• Hob is 25% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/404680/Hob/
• The Watch_Dogs franchise is 66% off, both the first game and the sequel.
• The two more popular truck games are on sale, and 75% off: American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. The first ETS is also on sale, at 90% off.
• Crypt of the NecroDancer is 80% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/
• Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons is also 80% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/225080/Brothers__A_Tale_of_Two_Sons/
• Insurgency is 85% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/222880/Insurgency/
• Lastly, Dovetail Games is the star of this week publisher's Sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/dovetailgames

 

And that's all for this week. I hope you all have a happy and gaming weekend.