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Monday news, part two:

EA will disclose FIFA 19 Ultimate Team loot pack drop rates
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-will-disclose-fifa-19-ultimate-team-loot-pack-drop-rates/
Earlier this year, Belgium's Gambling Commission ruled that FIFA 18 was one of three games, along with Overwatch and CS:GO, with loot boxes that contravened the country's gambling regulations. Perhaps because of that ruling, Electronic Arts has told Eurogamer that it will disclose the odds of FIFA Ultimate Team packs in FIFA 19.

 

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night story trailer teases in-game footage
https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-story-trailer-teases-in-game-footage/
Despite the fact I cannot believe it's been over three years, the PCGamer.com archive assures me Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was revealed in May, 2015. It's since enjoyed a pretty successful Kickstarter, a couple of E3 showings, a delay, and a Stretch Goal 8-bit spin-off. Today's backer update brings a new story trailer.
And despite being a story trailer, the following short contains 40-odd seconds of in-game footage. Which is nice.

 

Sea of Thieves adds exploding skeletons event for a limited time
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-adds-exploding-skeletons-for-a-limited-time/
Sea of Thieves' latest time-limited event adds skeletons that will rush towards you, light the fuse on the gunpowder keg they're hauling around, and blow you to smithereens if you give them half a chance.

 

Slay the Spire adds third game mode, reaches one million copies sold
https://www.pcgamer.com/slay-the-spire-adds-new-game-mode-reaches-one-million-copies-sold/
Excellent deck-building roguelike Slay the Spire has now sold one million copies, developer Mega Crit Games said this week as it unveiled a new game mode that allows you to craft custom dungeon runs.

 

Star Wars: Battlefront 2's Clone Wars update will be spread out over the rest of 2018
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-2s-clone-wars-update-will-be-spread-out-over-the-rest-of-2018/
At E3, Electronic Arts announced that the Clone Wars were coming to Star Wars: Battlefront 2, with new game modes, characters and gameplay changes arriving "in the coming months". Yesterday, it released a development roadmap showing that the update would be spread over the rest of the year, with some Clone War content not arriving until the winter.

 

Left 4 Dead developer hiring for unannounced AAA game in 'globally-known franchise'
https://www.pcgamer.com/left-4-dead-developer-hiring-for-unannounced-aaa-title-in-globally-known-franchise/
Left 4 Dead and Evolve developer Turtle Rock Studios is working on an unannounced AAA game in a "globally-known franchise", job listings on its website have revealed.

 

Summer Games Done Quick 2018 raises a record $2.1 million for charity
https://www.pcgamer.com/summer-games-done-quick-raises-a-record-dollar21-million-for-charity/
Summer Games Done Quick, the week-long charity speedrunning event, has raised $2.1 million for Doctors Without Borders, beating its previous fundraising record.

 

Blizzard details PvP changes coming in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, including War Mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-details-pvp-changes-coming-in-world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-including-war-mode/
World of Warcraft's next expansion, Battle for Azeroth, launches August 14, and will bring with it new dungeons, raids, progression systems and—perhaps most excitingly—new PvPvE Island Expeditions, which could provide a refreshing alternative to dungeon grinding. It's also making big changes to PvP, including a rework of talents, a new War Mode and a bounty hunter system, all of which Blizzard detailed in a blog post this week.

 

Lumines Remastered out now, offers improved visuals and extra game mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/lumines-remastered-out-now-with-new-levels-and-extra-game-mode/
Lumines Remastered is the same block-matching musical puzzle game you know and love but with flashier visuals, support for resolutions up to 4K, and a new game mode. It came out this week, and costs $14.99/£9.99 on Steam.

 

My Brother Rabbit is a surreal point-and-click adventure from Artifex Mundi out later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/my-brother-rabbit-is-a-surreal-point-and-click-from-artifex-mundi-out-later-this-year/
If you're a fan of hidden object games, then you've probably heard of Artifex Mundi, which has developed or published a catalogue of solid games in the genre. This week it announced its next project, a surreal point-and-click adventure set inside a child's imagination. It's called My Brother Rabbit, and it's out this autumn.

 

Minotaur is an adventure game starring a magical android and a cyborg penguin
https://www.pcgamer.com/minotaur-is-adventure-game-starring-a-magical-android-and-a-cyborg-penguin/
Inspired by the likes of Danganronpa, Minotaur is an unusual visual novel-style adventure game set in a magical sci-fi world where robot wizards rub shoulders with cyborg penguins. Nine characters, including the aforementioned magical robot and augmented penguin, find themselves trapped in their homes, tasked with revealing the identity of the trap’s maker, and their motives. It’s due out in early access this year, but there’s already a demo you can sink your teeth into.

 

Epic will not reinstate Fortnite's Playground mode until next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-will-not-reinstate-playground-mode-until-next-week/
Fortnite's time-limited Playground mode, which was added this week and then promptly removed because of matchmaking errors, will not return until next week, Epic Games has announced.

>>That's from last week, so it may be brought back this week.

 

Watch Fortnite's rocket crack open the sky
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-rocket-might-blow-this-weekend-and-its-only-happening-once/
Something big is happening this Saturday in Fortnite, and it's only happening once according to Epic Games. As part of the updates feed in the Fortnite client, the message depicted above was posted early this morning.
Update: We had a nice view of liftoff. Watch it above. Apologies for going full Twitch streamer there.

 

Fortnite now has at least three cracks in reality, and they're growing
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-now-has-at-least-three-cracks-in-reality-and-theyre-growing/
Over the weekend, disaster struck in Fortnite as a rocket created a crack in reality. (...). Since the initial attack on the sky, and presumably existence itself, the fracture has expanded. Other tears have appeared on the map, too, and yes, they’re also getting bigger. Oh dear.