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Wednesday news, part two:

 

Middle-earth: Shadow of War gets Desolation of Mordor story DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-gets-desolation-of-mordor-story-dlc/
Thanks to Tim, the mere thought of Middle-earth: Shadow of War conjures Mozû the Blight's disfigured kisser in my mind. A far handsomer face is Minis Ithil sargeant Baranor's—who supported Talion in the main campaign and who stars in its latest story expansion, Desolation of Mordor.

 

Overwatch's Pink Mercy skin costs $15, proceeds go to charity
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-pink-mercy-skin-costs-dollar15-proceeds-go-to-charity/
Blizzard has partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to produce a Pink Mercy skin—a limited edition Overwatch skin for Mercy. The skin costs $15 and is available to purchase from May 8-21, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the BCRF.

>>At least we aren't going to criticize this microtransaction, right?

 

Destiny 2: Warmind patch notes detail all the changes in season 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-warmind-patch-notes-detail-all-the-changes-in-season-3/
The big Destiny 2: Warmind expansion is live, and that means we can finally look at the patch notes to see what exactly awaits the next time we dive into the game. This list is predictably big, but highlights include an increase in the level cap to 30 and the Power level to 385, multi-emotes, PvP rankings and private matches, and Exotic Masterworks.

>>And there's a Sephen Fry cameo in it (I don't know if it's a spoiler or not).

 

Epic warns against Fortnite Android beta scam
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-warns-against-fortnite-android-beta-scam/
Fortnite is a pretty big game right now—you may have noticed the big purple chin who recently started playing—and as is the way of the world, that means that some unscrupulous people are going to try to exploit it for personal gain. Specifically, I'm talking about reports of emails inviting people to take part in a beta test of Fortnite Battle Royale on Android, which Epic says is a scam.

 

World of Warcraft DDoS attacker is going to prison for a year
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-ddos-attacker-is-going-to-prison-for-a-year/
A 38-year-old Romanian man is going to do a one-year stretch in US federal prison for launching a series DDoS attacks against World of Warcraft in 2010. The US Department of Justice said in a statement that Calin Mateias unleashed his digital fury after getting into an unspecified beef with other players.

 

Dota 2 is getting a battle royale-style mode where you fight over cheese
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-2-is-getting-a-battle-royale-style-mode-where-you-fight-over-cheese/
The 2018 International Battle Pass offers some very interesting new things for Dota 2 players, foremost among them The Underhollow, a new game mode that has three-player teams setting off on a competitive quest for cheese that sounds an awful lot like an underground battle royale.

 

Night in the Woods dev slams crunch work culture: 'people are going to die'
https://www.pcgamer.com/night-in-the-woods-dev-slams-crunch-work-culture-people-are-going-to-die/
Night in the Woods is a wonderful, heartfelt and often humorous coming of age narrative adventure game. Andy loved it, and it's since won a host of prestigious awards. Behind the scenes, though, bouts of crunch negatively impacted developer Infinite Fall more than its whimsical game might have let on. Scott Benson thinks a cultural shift is required.

 

'Prison Architect gave us the balls to make it' say Two Point Hospital developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/prison-architect-gave-us-the-balls-to-make-it-say-two-point-hospital-developers/
Two Point Hospital is very much the spiritual successor to Theme Hospital, the medical management game developed by Bullfrog in 1997. But creators Mark Webley and Gary Carr—also two of the minds behind the creation of Theme Hospital—told us in a recent interview that they owe a debt to Prison Architect, an institution simulator of a different sort that was released in 2015.

>>And they wanted to have DJ Alan Partridge in the game...

 

The PC Gaming Show is coming to E3 2018
https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-show-2018-watch/
Today we're excited to announce the date and ticket information for this year's PC Gaming Show, the annual E3 showcase of exciting, unrevealed games and hardware coming to PC. This year we'll be broadcasting on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and Steam on Monday, June 11 at 3 PM Pacific. Watch along at twitch.tv/pcgamer or see all the trailers, interviews, and segments on pcgamer.com, where we'll be publishing everything as it happens.

>>Two thoughts: 1) Yay, it's back! 2) Four f*cking hours?! Isn't that a bit too much?