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Tuesday news, part two:

Take-Two CEO: Red Dead Redemption 2 selling as well as GTA 5 isn't a "realistic expectation"
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-two-ceo-red-dead-redemption-2-selling-as-well-as-gta-5-isnt-a-realistic-expectation/
Red Dead Redemption 2 might engender feverish excitement and it might be the most anticipated game of the year, at least on the platforms where it’s got a release date, but Take-Two isn’t heading towards the game’s launch with expectations of Grand Theft Auto 5 levels of success.

 

This Is the Police 2 bringing tactical corrupt cop action to your PC in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-is-the-police-2-brings-tactical-corrupt-cop-action-to-your-pc-in-august/
THQ Nordic announced today that corrupt cop simulator This Is the Police 2 will be released for PC on August 2. In a slightly unusual move, it did not put out a new trailer to "celebrate" the news, but if you haven't seen the gameplay video from April, I'm here to help you get caught up.

 

Fallout 76 has fast travel, and players under level 5 can't die in PvP
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-has-fast-travel-and-players-under-level-5-cant-die-in-pvp/
We're continuing to piece together information on Bethesda's upcoming online-only Fallout 76, and in a recent interview with multiplayer.it, Todd Howard stated the game will include fast-travel and that players under level 5 can't be killed in PvP. Please note: I'm relying on Google's machine translation to read the article, which is in Italian.

 

Thanks to a glitch, Tachanka is finally useful in Rainbow Six Siege
https://www.pcgamer.com/thanks-to-a-glitch-tachanka-is-finally-useful-in-rainbow-six-siege/
I've put 400 hours into Rainbow Six Siege. This weekend, a teammate said something I've never heard before:
"Hey, will one of you guys please play Tachanka?"
But my teammate's request was serious: against all reason, we needed a Tachanka. As we got into the match, they explained why, describing a technique that sounded so ridiculous that I was convinced they were trolling. "Get on and off Tachanka's turret like five or six times, and you'll get a speed boost," the teammate promised.

 

Fortnite adware virus discovered in purported aimbot/V-Bucks hack
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-adware-virus-discovered-in-purported-aimbotv-bucks-hack/
Late last month, the operators of the game streaming service Rainway noticed something unusual: Hundreds of thousands of error reports began appearing on its tracker for no apparent reason. The errors were the result of attempted calls to ad platforms, "an immediate red flag," as CEO Andrew Sampson explained in this blog post, because the service doesn't run ads. Further investigation eventually narrowed the compromised users down to a single commonality: They all played Fortnite.
Eventually the search paid off in the form of a purported aimbot that also promised to generate free V-Bucks—sweet candy indeed. But of course it wasn't what it appeared to be. When run on a virtual machine, "it immediately installed a root certificate on the device and changed Windows to proxy all web traffic through itself," Sampson wrote, describing it as "a successful Man in the Middle Attack."

 

Fortnite's Playgrounds LTM is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-playgrounds-ltm-is-returning-later-today/
When Epic Games rolled out its Playgrounds limited-time mode for Fortnite last week, it didn't last long: matchmaking errors were rife, prompting Epic to remove it for some urgent patching. But it looks like the mode will roll out internationally later today, according to an update on Reddit. Indeed, it's already available in Asia.
Update: After a premature launch, and days of subsequent iteration, Fortnite's Playgrounds limited-time mode is now live worldwide.

 

Two Point Hospital teases ghost infestations and patients who think they're rock stars
https://www.pcgamer.com/two-point-hospital-teases-ghost-infestations-and-patients-who-think-theyre-rock-stars/
Two Point Hospital has a new gameplay demo that teases two new illnesses, and explains how we'll cure them. Rid your healthcare organisation of Ghost Infestations and victims of Mock Star.