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Cyberpunk 2077 E3 trailer breakdown series introduces cyberassassination
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-e3-trailer-breakdown-series-introduces-cyberassassination/
This Cyberpunk 2077 quest designer says the game is "inherently political". Our everything we learned from E3 2018 and more roundup backs that up—and the FPS/RPG's latest frame-by-frame trailer breakdown talks cyberassassination, the setting's cultural roots, and the Trauma Team. In short: Night City sounds brutal. "The worst place to live in America," indeed.

 

Monster Hunter: World has a major crashing problem, but a fix is on the way
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-has-a-major-crashing-problem-but-a-fix-is-on-the-way/
While our early impressions of Monster Hunter: World's PC release were largely positive, they've soured over the weekend. After 10 more hours of play, and a plenty more between the rest of PC Gamer, it's clear that Monster Hunter: World has a significant crashing problem. We reached out to Capcom for a statement, and luckily the development team is aware of the issue and a fix is on the way. The exact timing hasn't been detailed, but we'd expect to see it before Monster Hunter: World launches on PC on August 9. Until it's fixed, here's what's up and why we think it's happening.

 

Former Tiny Metal dev admits Kickstarter embezzlement accusations were untrue
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-tiny-metal-dev-admits-kickstarter-embezzlement-accusations-were-untrue/
Controversy engulfed the turn-based tactics game Tiny Metal ahead of his release last year when Tariq Lacy, a former marketer and PR manager on the project, claimed that funding for the project was actually drawn from money raised for another game called Project Phoenix. Tiny Metal failed to achieve its 2016 Kickstarter goal, but Project Phoenix pulled in more than ten times its $100,000 target—and so, according to Lacy, Creative Intelligence Arts, the company behind Project Phoenix, effectively closed its doors and restarted as Area 35 to work on Tiny Metal, which was the game that director and producer Hiroaki Yura actually wanted to make.

 

Game accused of scamming Marketplace buyers removed from Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/game-accused-of-scamming-marketplace-buyers-removed-from-steam/
Valve has removed a game called Abstractism from Steam after a "pretty reputable and experienced" Steam Community Market trader reported over the weekend that he'd been "scammed" by an item from its Community Market. He thought—acknowledging that he wasn't paying enough attention to what he was doing—that he'd purchased the Team Fortress 2 weapon Strange Australium Rocket, a rare Team Fortress 2 weapon that can sell for well over $100. But it was actually a visually identical but different item from Abstractism, and apparently quite worthless.

 

A Steam game was being used to scam people with fake Dota 2 items
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-steam-game-was-being-used-to-scam-people-with-fake-dota-2-items/
An awful-looking game called Climber recently vanished from Steam after several Dota 2 players reported they'd been scammed by Climber users pawning lookalike items.
The scam revolved around a Dota 2 item called the Dragonclaw Hook. The genuine Dragonclaw Hook is an immortal-rarity item for the hero Pudge. It was briefly available in early 2013 and can no longer be obtained outside of the Steam Community Market, where it can fetch upwards of $800.

 

The Dead of Winter followup is coming, and it's in space
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-dead-of-winter-followup-is-coming-and-its-in-space/
Plaid Hat Games has announced the next game in the Crossroads board game format: Gen7. The new game will take place aboard a generation starship on a 130 year voyage, with players cast as the new command crew of the vessel as a mysterious threat to their mission rises. The vessel itself is the last hope for a doomed Earth.

 

Bungie accidentally broke Destiny 2's matchmaking, and a lot of players prefer it this way
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-accidentally-broke-destiny-2s-matchmaking-and-a-lot-of-players-prefer-it-this-way/
Due to a bug introduced in a recent update, the matchmaking system for Destiny 2's quickplay PvP mode is currently not following the game's usual skill-based formula. According to PvP design lead Derek Carroll, the bug "results in much faster—but lower-quality—matches than normal." But according to many Destiny 2 players, the bug results in a better PvP experience.

 

Fortnite reinstates guided missiles, adds 'Fly Explosives' Jetpack mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-reinstates-guided-missiles-adds-fly-explosives-jetpack-mode/
As expected, Fortnite's guided missiles are back. Part of its v5.10 Content Update—which is "all about jetpacks, explosives, and complete cartoon chaos"—the weapon joins its new Fly Explosives limited time mode.

 

Gorgeous sci-fi platformer Planet Alpha release date set
https://www.pcgamer.com/gorgeous-sci-fi-platformer-planet-alpha-release-date-set/
Planet Alpha began life in 2013 as a side project of then IO Interactive person Adrian Lazar. It popped its head above the parapet earlier this year—under the collective banner of Planet Alpha ApS Game Studio and Team17—and it's now got a release date: September 4, 2018. With its interchangeable environments, hulking robot baddies, and vibrant and varied landscapes, I think it looks gorgeous.

 

XCOM-style spy game Phantom Doctrine, explained in three minutes
https://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-style-spy-game-phantom-doctrine-explained-in-three-minutes/
Phantom Doctrine is a bit of an enigma. With a secret base you build across a campaign and turn-based combat on an isometric grid, it walks and talks like an XCOM set in the Cold War. But from what we've played, this isn't simply a reskin where sectoids are swapped for Soviets—refreshingly, Russia isn't the bad guy at all, but a secretive group known as The Beholder Initiative.