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The First Cylon War continues in Battlestar Galactica Deadlock: The Broken Alliance
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-first-cylon-war-continues-in-battlestar-galactica-deadlock-the-broken-alliance/
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, which pits Cylons and humanity against each other during the First Cylon War, is due to get its first expansion soon. Toasters and vulnerable, fleshy humans will continue to duke it out in The Broken Alliance, which weaves eight new missions and whole bunch of extra ships into the single-player campaign.

 

Final Fantasy 14's next major update arrives May 22
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14s-next-major-update-arrives-may-22/
The next chapter in Final Fantasy 14's ongoing story is just a few weeks away, and today Square Enix has released a gorgeous new trailer to tease what's coming next. Under the Moonlight, which releases on May 22, follows the same template we've come to expect from Final Fantasy 14's updates. There's a new 24-player raid that expands upon the previous ones set in Ivalice, the world where all the best Final Fantasy games come from. There's also a new trial, new dungeons, more beast tribe quests... the list really goes on and on.

 

Pixel Game Maker MV is a sister engine to RPG Maker
https://www.pcgamer.com/pixel-game-maker-mv-is-a-sister-engine-to-rpg-maker/
Kadokawa, the Japanese studio behind the indie-enabling RPG Maker engine and its many iterations, recently announced Pixel Game Maker MV, the latest entry in the Maker software series. It's currently being shown off in Japan, but Kadokawa says it's coming to the West via Steam Early Access this summer.

 

Deus Ex 'is not dead,' Eidos Montreal boss says
https://www.pcgamer.com/deus-ex-is-not-dead-eidos-montreal-boss-says/
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was good, but for a variety of reasons it wasn't exactly a big hit. That led to rumors in early 2017 that Eidos Montreal, which had previously positioned the Deus Ex series as its flagship, had basically shelved it in favor of other things. There hasn't been much said about it since, but studio head David Anfossi recently told PCGamesN that while Shadow of the Tomb Raider is currently the big thing on the Eidos plate, "Deus Ex is not dead."

 

Latest Dead Cells update adds legendary weapons, reveals final release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/latest-dead-cells-update-adds-legendary-weapons-reveals-final-release-date/
2D action roguelike Dead Cells recently received its seventh major update—dubbed 'The Baguette Update' for reasons I can't begin to guess—and with it a batch of changes mostly centered around upgrading gear. Apart from some snazzy new UI and a raft of balance tweaks.

 

Fortnite 50v50 mode is back in action
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-50v50-mode-is-back-in-action/
(...) Fortnite's 50v50v2 mode is back in action. The mode drops two teams of 50 players on opposite sides of the island with ten minutes to loot, five minutes to fight, and then five more minutes as the storm closes in.

 

Slay the Spire update includes a pile of new potions
https://www.pcgamer.com/slay-the-spire-update-includes-a-pile-of-new-potions/
Excellent card crawler Slay the Spire released a new update today, adding a profuse pile of potions to the game’s mixture of deck building and dungeon crawling. The new update is actually a rework of the whole potions system, previously functional but a bit lackluster. Potions are now divided into Common, Uncommon, and Rare categories, and some of the new potions look quite powerful on the face of it—like a fairy in a jar that prevents death, or a little bit of Snecko oil to draw some cards and gain the sometimes-valuable Confuse effect.

 

La-Mulana 2 appears on Steam, set for release this summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/la-mulana-2-appears-on-steam-set-for-release-this-summer/
It's been more than four years since the "archaeological ruin exploration action game" La-Mulana 2 was successfully funded on Kickstarter, to the tune of $267,000. Work has slowly (apparently very slowly) but surely progressed since then, and today developer Nigoro threw open the doors to a "teaser" website and a Steam page.

 

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam to add new faction and five maps, including three made by modders
https://www.pcgamer.com/rising-storm-2-vietnam-to-add-new-faction-and-five-maps-including-three-made-by-modders/
Multiplayer FPS Rising Storm 2: Vietnam will add a new faction later this month: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the military force of South Vietnam that fought alongside US soldiers against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA).

 

Futuristic multiplayer sports game Laser League leaves Early Access, play for free until Monday
https://www.pcgamer.com/futuristic-multiplayer-sports-game-laser-league-leaves-early-access-play-for-free-until-monday/
Laser League is a game about bouncing neon walls of death into your opponents in a tight multiplayer arena, and it's just finished its short stint in Early Access, which started in February. To celebrate its full release, it's free to play until Monday at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST, and if you like what you see then you can buy it at a 40% discount, making it $8.99/£6.59.

>>Oops! Too late to play for free.

 

Take a first look at Rainbow Six Siege's beautiful Villa map, arriving in Operation Para Bellum
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-a-first-look-at-rainbow-six-sieges-beautiful-villa-map-arriving-in-operation-para-bellum/
Ahead of the full reveal of Rainbow Six Siege's Operation Para Bellum, the Italian-themed update that will herald the start of a new season in the shooter, Ubisoft has shown off its new map, Villa, in full for the first time.

 

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia will bump up the difficulty in an update next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-saga-thrones-of-britannia-will-bump-up-the-difficulty-in-an-update-next-week/
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is a strong, streamlined strategy romp let down by a weak late game—so said Fraser in his review. Some AI niggles, odd victory conditions and abundant resources gifted him easy wins, and in one case he earned two victories before turn 30. It got so bad that he had to manufacture his own problems, adopting a noble that he knew would cause trouble. Creative Assembly wants to address those issues in an update next week, which is designed to make the game more difficult in general.

 

Overwatch Anniversary Event leak reveals new Junkrat pirate skin and May 22 start date
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-anniversary-event-leak-reveals-new-junkrat-pirate-skin-and-may-22-start-date/
Overwatch's second birthday party will begin on May 22 and will bring back skins and brawls from previous events, a leak from the Brazilian Overwatch Twitter account has revealed.

 

Rocket League planning a 'Rocket Pass' that unlocks cosmetics as you level up, will have free and premium versions
https://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-league-planning-a-rocket-pass-that-unlocks-cosmetics-as-you-level-up-will-have-free-and-premium-versions/
Rocket League will introduce a new tiered item unlock system this summer in which players earn cosmetics for leveling up. The "Rocket Pass" will have both free and paid-for paths. The free version will offer cosmetics—decals, wheels, toppers and the like—as well as decryptors that open crates. The premium pass will be unlocked for a one-off fee and, presumably, will offer better, more regular gear as you progress.

 

Platinum claims it will 'turn the action genre on its head' with upcoming unannounced game
https://www.pcgamer.com/platinum-claims-it-will-turn-the-action-genre-on-its-head-with-upcoming-unannounced-game/
Last year, Platinum Games told Joe that it would like to bring all of its games to PC, but we still know very little about what it's working on next, other than the Switch-exclusive Bayonetta 3. In January, it said it was developing two self-published games that would sit somewhere between AAA and indie titles, and this week designer Hideki Kamiya gave another hint about the studio's future plans, saying he's working on a game that will “turn the action genre on its head".

 

Superhot is getting a Japan-inspired standalone
https://www.pcgamer.com/superhot-is-getting-a-japan-inspired-standalone/
File this in your Pleasant Monday Morning Surprises folder: Superhot is getting a Japan-inspired standalone, codenamed Superhot JP.
With new weapons and a host of new environments—from samurai castles to hot springs, karaoke bars and bullet trains—the "alternate story campaign" is the work of Tokyo-based studio GameTomo, with guidance from the original game's Superhot Team.