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Part two of the news:

 

Tech-noir tactics game All Walls Must Fall leaves Early Access this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/tech-noir-tactics-game-all-walls-must-fall-leaves-early-access-this-month/
It's been a good week for videogame descriptions. Berlin-based developer Inbetweengames describes turn-based tech-noir tactics game All Walls Must Fall as "very gay, very Berlin" and "taking place almost entirely in techno clubs." The studio also dropped a big new descriptor today: after a successful Kickstarter and a six-month stay in Steam Early Access, All Walls Must Fall will officially launch on Steam on Friday, February 23.

 

Dust: An Elysian Tail dev bringing stealth action game Never Stop Sneakin' to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/dust-an-elysian-tail-dev-bringing-stealth-action-game-never-stop-sneakin-to-pc/
Lots of PC indie games have been ported to the Nintendo Switch lately, so it's nice to see the trade reversed for once: Never Stop Sneakin', the next game from Dust: An Elysian Tail creator Dean Dodrill (aka Humble Hearts), is coming to PC judging from its newly minted Steam page.

 

Sombra, Mei, and Doomfist changes being tested on the Overwatch PTR
https://www.pcgamer.com/sombra-mei-and-doomfist-changes-being-tested-on-the-overwatch-ptr/
In a developer update today, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan detailed some hero balance changes coming to the Overwatch PTR soon.
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These changes are now available for testing on the Overwatch PTR. As always, PTR balance updates are subject to change.

 

Rocket League Tournaments beta coming next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-league-tournaments-beta-coming-next-week/
Rocket League's Tournaments mode, which will allow players to create and join bracketed, single elimination tournaments, will be available next week for a brief beta test. Starting on Wednesday, February 21 at 10 am PST, players can opt in to the Tournaments beta branch on Steam and test it out until Friday, February 23 at 5 pm PST.

 

Pendula Swing is an adventure game set in a fantasy version of the Roaring '20s
https://www.pcgamer.com/pendula-swing-is-an-adventure-game-set-in-a-fantasy-version-of-the-roaring-20s/
Between prohibition, women's suffrage, the dawn of the automobile, and the rise of jazz, America's Roaring '20s were a time of great change. They were also a time of great prejudice. Adventure game Pendula Swing taps into this tumultuous environment and reframes it using fantasy races like goblins, elves, orcs, dwarves, and humans.

 

US senator calls on ESRB to take action on loot boxes, suggests FTC could get involved
https://www.pcgamer.com/us-senator-calls-on-esrb-to-take-action-on-loot-boxes-suggests-ftc-could-get-involved/
A letter sent to ESRB president Patricia Vance by United States senator Maggie Hassan calls on the rating agency to take steps to analyze and curb the proliferation of loot boxes in videogames. In a separate Q&A session with FTC commissioner nominees, the senator also suggested that if the ESRB fails to take action, the government could become directly involved.

 

American folklore road trip Where The Water Tastes Like Wine setting out this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/american-folklore-road-trip-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-setting-out-this-month/
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine is a mouthful of a title. It's also a promising adventure game set in the US during the Great Depression. More specifically, it's a narrative-focused game about collecting experiences which is inspired by the likes of Kentucky Route Zero and Sunless Sea as well as iconic stories like Huckleberry Finn and On the Road. And it's coming out at the end of this month on Wednesday, February 28.

 

The Sea of Thieves beta returns this weekend for server 'scale testing'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sea-of-thieves-beta-returns-this-weekend-for-server-scale-testing/
The Sea of Thieves closed beta left a lot of players hankering for more open world pirate adventures, so it will come as good news that the beta is making a return this weekend in the form of a server "scale test." Developer Rare is hoping to cram lots of players into their game "to test a lot of the work we’ve done since the Closed Beta, and to try and hit a higher concurrent players number than we’ve ever seen before."

 

Stardew Valley multiplayer update is in QA, beta expected in spring
https://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-multiplayer-update-is-in-qa-beta-expected-in-spring/
Stardew Valley update 1.3 is the big one, ie, the one that will introduce (official) multiplayer functionality. And according to creator 'ConcernedApe' the functionality has been completed, thanks to the work of Chucklefish's Tom Coxon, who has "done all the network coding to turn Stardew Valley into a multiplayer game."

 

CD Projekt Red responds to loot box controversy
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-red-responds-to-loot-box-controversy/
In November, CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kiciński proposed its long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 will include online elements to ensure its long-term success. With this in mind, I ask the developer's co-founder Marcin Iwiński where he and his team stand with loot boxes—suggesting the controversial mechanic has dominated the conversation around single-versus-multiplayer games in the last 12 months.

>>I thought they were already asked about this, giving an expected answer.