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Thursday news, part two:

 

GOG Easter egg lets you play Pong and Snake using the Konami code
https://www.pcgamer.com/gog-easter-egg-lets-you-play-pong-and-snake-using-the-konami-code/
GOG has a new (or at least newly uncovered) Easter egg that lets you play Pong and Snake on the site. As the official GOG account explained on Twitter, all you have to do is go to GOG and enter the famous Konami code: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. You don't necessarily have to enter the code on the homepage, but I'm not entirely sure which pages do and don't work, so you may as well place it safe. Oh, and be sure to press Start in your head for good measure.

>>I'll have to try it when I get home.

 

Mojang's Scrolls has a new name, and is now free with player-run servers
https://www.pcgamer.com/mojangs-scrolls-has-a-new-name-and-is-now-free-with-player-run-servers/
Remember Scrolls, Mojang's strategy card game which was hit by a lawsuit from Bethesda? Mojang ended development on the CCG in 2015, but its servers managed to hang on until February of this year. When it finally pulled the plug, Mojang said it hoped to release the game to the public with a modified client that would support user-run servers. Today, the studio did exactly that.

 

Xenonauts 2 successfully crowdfunded in half a day (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/xenonauts-2-launches-crowdfunding-campaign/
Officially confirmed in early 2016, sci-fi strategy game Xenonauts 2 is now live on Kickstarter. Like its forerunner, it's after £50,000, and, at the time of writing, has already amassed almost two fifths of its goal.
Update: Xenonauts 2's Kickstarter campaign has been successfully funded, several hours after going live. As outlined in our original story below, the project sought £50,000. At the time of writing, its total has reached £67,698—with 29 days left to go.