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Monday news, part two:

Ubisoft lays out a plan to counter hackers in Rainbow Six Siege
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-lays-out-a-plan-to-counter-hackers-in-rainbow-six-siege/
In response to a recent wave of new cheating tactics in Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft has laid out its plans to bolster their anti-cheat efforts moving forward. Most notably, following in the footsteps of CS:GO, plans are in the works to require two-factor authentication for all players wanting to play Ranked.

 

Terry Cavanagh's next game is a roll-the-bones roguelike called Dicey Dungeons
https://www.pcgamer.com/terry-cavanaghs-next-game-is-a-roll-the-bones-roguelike-called-dicey-dungeons/
Terry Cavanagh, the creator of Super Hexagon, VVVVVV, and Tiny Heist, has revealed that his next project is a roguelike called Dicey Dungeons. Being developed in conjunction with artist Marlowe Dobbe and musician Chipzel (who also did the music for Super Hexagon), Dicey Dungeons features six unique characters battling their way through a pixel art dungeon, with their fates determined by a roll of the dice.

 

Stonehearth's development will end this month, without meeting all its Kickstarter stretch goals
https://www.pcgamer.com/stonehearths-development-will-end-this-month-without-meeting-all-its-kickstarter-goals/
Stonehearth, Radiant Entertainment's ant farm-esque city builder, was successfully Kickstarted in May 2013. It raised $751,920, more than six times its goal of $120,000. After a string of alpha builds, it launched on Steam Early Access in June 2015, and while it's seen countless updates since, it is still missing several features mentioned in its Kickstarter stretch goals. Radiant Entertainment announced today that development on Stonehearth will end this month, and that several stretch goal features will not be added.

 

Dataminers leak Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass cosmetics
https://www.pcgamer.com/dataminers-leak-fortnite-season-5-battle-pass-cosmetics/
Dataminers believe they've uncovered the first selection of cosmetic trails coming to Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass.
Though the items have yet to be formally announced by Epic, Fortnite: Battle Royale Leaks has shared a list of items that were uncovered in a datamine of the latest update, including assets called Disco, Bubbles, Stars & Stripes, TP, Glitchin’, Vines, Retro Scifi, Golden Starfish, and Ice.

 

Bungie agrees to stagger Destiny 2's prestige lairs release dates
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-agrees-to-stagger-destiny-2s-prestige-lairs-release-dates/
Bungie is staggering the roll-out of Destiny 2's prestige lairs to give clans an equal chance to race through each one and claim the "World's First" accolade.
In Bungie's latest This Week at Bungie update, the team "took some time to set expectations" regarding the new raid lairs.

 

Transforming mecha action-RTS AirMech Wastelands leaves Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/transforming-mecha-action-rts-airmech-wastelands-leaves-early-access/
After six years in Early Access and a split into three games, Carbon Games's transforming robot action-RTS AirMech now boasts a (mostly) complete solo and co-op campaign, now known as AirMech Wastelands. While technically still considered a beta, it officially left Early Access this week.

 

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor—Martyr adds its endgame Warzone
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-40000-inquisitor-martyr-adds-its-endgame-warzone/
Neocore's Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr may have some dents in its armour, but it's hard to deny that it captured the look, sound and atmosphere of Games Workshop's gothic-fantasy universe. Still, it fell a little short of what some people look for in an action RPG. This week's Warzone update goes some way to address that, but not without issue.

 

Update: Funcom issues hotfix build for Conan Exiles
https://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-latest-patch-may-have-caused-more-issues-than-it-fixed/
Funcom's latest Conan Exiles patch is now live, but it's apparently causing issues for some players.
All the tweaks and improvements for the latest patch—snappily entitled patch 102943/18618—have been detailed on Steam by community manager, Natascha.
Update: Funcom issued a hotfix yesterday that includes a whole bunch of general bug fixes. Check out the details on Steam here.

 

Warhammer: Vermintide 2's Sonnstill event promises summery executions
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-vermintide-2s-sonnstill-event-promises-summery-executions/
The sun is shining (allegedly, depending on where you are), the birds are singing, so what better time to hole yourself up in front of your PC and beat another ten thousand of Warhammer: Vermintide 2's ratmen over the head with a bloody great hammer?
Clearly developers Fatshark agree, as they're celebrating the Summer Solstice with the Warhammer fantasy equivalent; Sonnstill.

 

Rage 2 leak helped devs avoid competing with '55,000-ton gorilla' at E3
https://www.pcgamer.com/rage-2-leak-helped-devs-avoid-competing-with-55000-ton-gorilla-at-e3/
In May, Walmart Canada leaked Rage 2—after which Bethesda returned with a tongue-in-cheek reply, before officially confirming days later. Despite being so close to E3 2018, id Software studio director Tim Willits reckons the leak helped the shooter stand itself apart from another, similarly-themed big hitter: Fallout 76.

Last edited by JEMC - on 09 July 2018