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Friday news, second and last part:

 

Co-op melee masher Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is out today
https://www.pcgamer.com/co-op-melee-masher-warhammer-vermintide-2-is-out-today/
If you're at all interested in co-op hack-and-slasher Warhammer: Vermintide 2, which comes out today, then I recommend you head straight over to this piece, written by the PC Gamer team after they spent a few hours bashing rats' heads in. And when you're done, read this piece Tom wrote after playing a slice with developers Fatshark in January. Basically, it's a brutal Left 4 Dead-like melee game that's difficult even on the easiest settings (though they've since been a bit softened), with 13 campaign missions to play through.

 

Project Méliès is the next game from Observer, Layers of Fear dev
https://www.pcgamer.com/project-melies-is-the-next-game-from-observer-layers-of-fear-dev/
Bloober Team, creators of Observer and Layers of Fear, revealed their next game today. Codenamed Project Méliès, the game was announced by publisher Gun Media, who says the game's official title and its release date will be announced "at a later date."

 

We've got three new Shadowverse cards to reveal
https://www.pcgamer.com/weve-got-five-new-shadowverse-cards-to-reveal/
A new expansion is coming to the free-to-play fantasy CCG Shadowverse at the end of the month called Dawnbreak, Nightedge. The eighth new card set will add a new "Choose" keyword that enables the use of special abilities or effects when certain cards are played, a twist that publisher Cygames said will enable "unprecedented levels of strategic depth." And once again, we've got an exclusive look at three of the new cards that are on the way.

 

PUBG's next map is a tiny tropical island
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-pubg-map/
Jungle, not snow, as many hoped, will be the setting for the new PUBG map.
Revealing plans for 2018 in a blog post today, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds creative director Brendan Greene showed off the first-ever look at PUBG's third map.

 

New maps, ballistics, emotes, and custom game modes are coming to PUBG in 2018
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-maps-ballistics-emotes-and-custom-game-modes-are-coming-to-pubg-in-2018/
Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene revealed a roadmap for PUBG today, giving us a look at the future of the popular battle royale shooter in 2018. Among other things, the plan includes two new maps, more character customization and emotes, new vehicles and weapons, and an improved ballistics system—plus an experimental test server so players can get an early look at changes added to the game as well as an opportunity to deliver feedback on these changes to the developers.

 

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kickstarter stretch goals are still coming
https://www.pcgamer.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-kickstarter-stretch-goals-are-still-coming/
Kingdom Come: Deliverance began life as a Kickstarter way back in early 2014—a very successful Kickstarter, which as commonly happens in crowdfunding campaigns led to a slew of stretch goals. Many were achieved, including a playable female character at £600,000 and a dog companion at £1 million, yet they remain unrealized. That in itself isn't necessary a big deal, but it became an issue today when Polygon reported that Warhorse Studios "is unwilling to commit to fulfilling all of those goals," and refused to say which of them it would fulfill, and when.

 

Prey Twitter hints at an expansion set on the moon (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/prey-twitter-hints-at-an-expansion-set-on-the-moon/
Update: Another tease has appeared on Twitter, this one a still image of a facility that bears a strong resemblance to the Talos I station, but that appears to be set on the surface of the moon. That could suggest an entirely new location for an expansion, rather than the very grim-sounding Pytheas facility.

 

It's raining buffs in Destiny 2's massive 1.1.4 sandbox update, now detailed
https://www.pcgamer.com/its-raining-buffs-in-destiny-2s-massive-114-sandbox-update-now-detailed/
In Bungie's weekly update, Senior Crucible Designer Kevin Yanes and Design Lead Josh Hamrick discussed changes coming to the sandbox portion of Destiny 2 on March 27 as part of the 1.1.4 update. The gist: less popular weapons—mostly power weapons—are getting buffed to make them more useful, the Crucible is getting faster respawn and power ammo timers, competitive mode is doing away with the radar, Warlocks are getting a Dawnblade buff, Hunters' invisibility powers are getting nerfed, and the mods rework is still a work in progress.

 

Loot ancient relics as Cthulhu in co-op 2D platformer Temple of Spikes
https://www.pcgamer.com/loot-ancient-relics-as-cthulhu-in-co-op-2d-platformer-temple-of-spikes/
Temple of Spikes is a self-described "hardcore" 2D platformer about exploring a jungle temple which, you may have deduced, is filled with spikes. It's also filled with spiky bosses, priceless treasures, and fireballs. Also Cthulhu, provided you select him from the game's 25 playable characters, all of which have unique abilities according to developer Tigrido Inc.

 

Fight Lovecraftian Nazis in strategy game Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
https://www.pcgamer.com/fight-lovecraftian-nazis-in-strategy-game-achtung-cthulhu-tactics/
First came the zombie. Then, the Nazi zombie, a natural progression for video games. And then, the ultimate: the flaming Nazi zombie. Auroch Digital, creator of upcoming strategy game Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, reckons we can go even further by side-stepping zombies altogether. Enter the Lovecraftian Nazi. God help us if any of them are on fire.

 

Cities: Skylines celebrates its third anniversary with free Surviving Mars DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-celebrates-its-third-anniversary-with-free-surviving-mars-dlc/
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive’s city builder, Cities: Skylines, turns three this weekend, on March 10. Paradox has also announced that 5 million copies have been sold on PC alone. To celebrate the anniversary and sales milestone, everyone’s getting free DLC inspired by Surviving Mars, the colony survival sim that’s due out on March 15.

 

Project C is a sci-fi MMO from Thief and Half-Life 2 designers
https://www.pcgamer.com/project-c-is-a-sci-fi-mmo-from-thief-and-half-life-2-designers/
Darewise, the company founded by Thief designer Randy Smith and Half-Life 2 artist Viktor Antonov, announced its first game this week, after switching from publishing to game development. It’s going by Project C at the moment, and it’s a single-shard sci-fi MMO.

 

BattleCry Studios is now Bethesda Game Studios Austin
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlecry-studios-is-now-bethesda-game-studios-austin/
BattleCry Studios, the developer behind the free-to-play action game of the same name, has joined Bethesda Game Studios as Bethesda Game Studios Austin. It was already a subsidiary of Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, but this change still raises a lot of questions about the future of BattleCry, which suspended development all the way back in 2015.

 

 

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The daily deal is ECHO, 25% off: https://www.gog.com/game/echo
• The weekly sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180305_weekly_deal

+Steam

• Dungeons 3 is the first Steam deal for this weekend, with a 50% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/493900/Dungeons_3/
• Project CARS 2 is also on sale, and also 50% off (40% the Deluxe Edition): http://store.steampowered.com/app/378860/Project_CARS_2/
• Hearts of Iron IV is 60% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/
• And last, but not least, 2K is the star in this publisher weekend, with up to 80% discounts: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2k-publisher-weekend/

 

 

I didn't know there was an Army Men RTS game, does any of you know how it is? In any case, that's all for the news of this week. I hope you have a happy and gaming weekend.