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Friday news, part two:

 

Game critic TotalBiscuit dies at age 33
https://www.pcgamer.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-dies-at-age-33/
Gaming commentator and critic John Bain, aka TotalBiscuit, has died at age 33.
The announcement came from Bain's wife Genna, who tweeted a poem in remembrance today, on May 24. Bain was diagnosed with cancer in May 2014, and retired from posting videos in May of this year, writing that "conventional chemotherapy's effectiveness had been exhausted."

>>D.E.P. celador has made a thread about this sad news.

 

Mothergunship demo teaches the finer points of gun-crafting
https://www.pcgamer.com/mothergunship-demo-teaches-the-finer-points-of-gun-crafting/
The bullet-hell FPS Mothergunship is a game about making guns and firing guns being co-developed by the guy who made Tower of Guns. A taste of how those various gun parts will come together can now be had by way of a "Gun Crafting Range" demo that went live today on Steam.

 

School shooting game Active Shooter appears on Steam, draws widespread condemnation
https://www.pcgamer.com/school-shooting-game-active-shooter-appears-on-steam-draws-widespread-condemnation/
UK-based charity Infer Trust is calling on Valve to prevent the Steam release of Active Shooter, a game described as "a dynamic SWAT simulator in which dynamic roles are offered to players"—either as a member of the police, or as the titular "active shooter." The game is portrayed as an asymmetrical shooter grounded in real-world elements like realistic AI and settings, thematically similar to the Homeland Security-made shooting simulator we reported on earlier this year. But the trailer, which includes gameplay clips of murders in classrooms and hallways, leaves no doubt as to what it's really all about.

>>You've got to be f*cking kidding me!

 

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness is set for early June
https://www.pcgamer.com/far-cry-5-hours-of-darkness-is-set-for-early-june/
Hours of Darkness, the first of three planned DLC expansions for Far Cry 5, will be out on June 5, Ubisoft announced today. The expansion will move the game from Hope County to the sweltering jungles of the Vietnam War, where local boy Wendell "Red" Redler will embark upon a mission to rescued his captured comrades.

 

Fortnite is getting a new 'Playground' mode with respawns and llamas
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-is-getting-a-new-playground-mode-with-respawns-and-llamas/
In the latest Fortnite 'State of Development' blogpost, Epic Games has announced a forthcoming limited time mode in the form of Playground (v1). Departing dramatically from the format of previous Fortnite modes, Playground resembles Minecraft more than it does, say, a battle royale. And there are loads of llamas too, apparently, though stats and challenges won't be tracked.

 

The Sims 4 reveals Seasons expansion, release date set
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-reveals-seasons-expansion-release-date-set/
I cannot write or even think about The Sims 4 without picturing our Chris lovingly hugging a red panda. Look how content he looks. Perhaps he's just caught wind of The Sim's 4's latest Seasons expansion—which adds four weather-driven seasons, and lets you craft your own holidays.

 

 

And now it's time to check the weekend GOG and Steam deals:

+GOG
There are five deals for us:

• The daily deal is Incredipede, 75% off: https://www.gog.com/game/incredipede
• Next comes the weekly sale, Cool Cult Classics, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180521_weekly_sale
• To celebrate the launch of the first visual novels on the store, they are on sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180522_launch_promo_visual_novels
• Unreal may no longer be free, but the games are still on sale to celebrate its 20th anniversary: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180522_special_promo_unreal_20th_anniversary
• There's a special THQ Nordic sale for this weekend, with up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180525_weekend_thq

+Steam

• The first thing is the Spring Cleaning Event and the 9 free to try games, that are also discontinued: https://store.steampowered.com/springcleaning
• The daily deal is We Were Here Too, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/677160/We_Were_Here_Too/
• Black Desert Online is half its price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/
• The Assassins Creed franchise is on sale, with all the games being 66% off except Syndicate (60% off) and Origins (40%): https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ac/
• And of course, there are the weeklong deals.

 

 

And that's all, folks. Have a happy and gaming weekend.