Carzy Zarx’s PC Gaming Emporium - Catch Up on All the Latest PC Gaming Related News

[JEMC]

Tuesday news:

 

Long-awaited VR stealth game Budget Cuts to release this Thursday
https://www.pcgamer.com/long-awaited-vr-stealth-game-budget-cuts-to-release-this-thursday/
VR stealth game Budget Cuts will release on Thursday, developer Neat Corporation has announced. If you already own a headset then it's one to watch: we named it one of the most promising VR stealth games in development last year after playing a short demo, which is available here.

 

EVE Online's PvE expansion Into the Abyss due today, here's a video detailing all the new features
https://www.pcgamer.com/eve-online-pve-expansion-into-the-abyss-due-tomorrow-heres-a-video-detailing-all-the-new-features/
EVE Online's Into the Abyss PvE expansion, which adds a new hostile human race that inhabits uncharted Abyssal Deadspace, is out today, and the video above will take you through all the new features.
CCP Games promises that the Triglavian Collective will be "the most intelligent enemies seen yet in New Eden". Beat them and you can harvest "mutaplasmids", which you can use on your existing modules. The plasmids might boost performance and increase the value of your hardware, but they might also wreck your gear completely, so you'll always be taking a risk.

 

ESA president defends loot boxes, warns against government regulation
https://www.pcgamer.com/esa-president-defends-loot-boxes-warns-against-government-regulation/
Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher defended loot boxes during an address at the recent Nordic Game Conference, telling the audience (via GamesIndustry) that the effort to regulate them as a form of gambling "challenges our industry's freedom to innovate, and impairs our ability to continuously test new business models, which drive creativity and engagement with our audience."

 

PUBG Corp has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-corp-has-filed-a-lawsuit-against-epic-games/
PUBG Corp has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games for copyright violation, according to a Korea Times report. The Korea-based PUBG Corp filed the injunction against Epic Games Korea in January, alleging copyright infringement. The Seoul Central District Court will decide whether Fortnite copied PUBG, though no further details concerning the claims have been revealed.

 

GTA Online teases star-studded techno summer soundtrack
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-teases-star-studded-techno-summer-soundtrack/
Alongside December's Doomsday Heist, GTA Online introduced Blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM—a Frank Ocean-hosted radio station, that marked the game's first new music in over two years. Now, it appears Rockstar is lining up some new beats by way of techno DJs Tale of Us, The Black Madonna, Solomun and Dixon.

 

Fortnite's first unlikely vehicle is 'coming soon'
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-first-unlikely-vehicle-is-coming-soon/
For James, Fortnite's rocket riders are proof the battle royale 'em up doesn't need vehicles. I agree, those airborne stunts are neat—but what if it added something you could share with a friend? Not a car, not a 4x4, not a motorcycle sidecar, not a tandem glider, but, um, a shopping trolley.
"Roll into battle alone or with a buddy," reads the "Coming Soon" description of Fortnite's forthcoming Shopping Cart.

 

PUBG Sanhok map returns to test servers this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-sanhok-map-returns-to-test-servers-this-week/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Sanhok map returns to its 'Experimental Server' this week. Once known as Codename Savage, the tropical 4x4km arena enters test servers on May 31 at 7pm PST/ June 1 at 3am BST, and wraps up on June 4 at 4am PST/ 12 noon BST.

 

Bethesda is teasing something Fallout-related
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-is-teasing-something-fallout-related/
What exactly that is, I couldn't say. But, as teased by the official Bethesda Game Studios Twitter feed, the studio responsible for Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and main series spin-off Fallout Shelter asked that we "Please Stand By"—illustrated by a gif of the post-apocalyptic action RPG's iconic test pattern screen, and an accompanying hash tag.