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Friday news, part two:

Overwatch Summer Games 2018 skins revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-summer-games-skins-2018/
The Overwatch Summer Games are live, and that means the return of Lucioball, new cosmetics to pick up, and a bunch of sweet new skins for some of your favorite heroes.

 

Take a look at Rainbow Six Siege’s reworked Hereford Base
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-a-look-at-rainbow-six-sieges-reworked-hereford-base/
The new Hereford looks fantastic, with the old, bland concrete blocks being scrapped in favour of a WWII aesthetic that gives the map a far more distinct visual style, full of fighter planes, antique cars and crumbling brickwork. The map will still feature plenty of nods to the old Hereford however, something that the developers hope will retain the “soul” of the map, while making it far more visually interesting.

 

Starpoint Gemini Warlords concludes with new Endpoint DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/starpoint-gemini-warlords-concludes-with-new-endpoint-dlc/
The fifth and final DLC release for the interstellar strategy game Starpoint Gemini Warlords, appropriately entitled Endpoint, concludes the story of the Gemini Protectorate, which finds itself cornered and cut off by the expansive military might and diplomatic prowess of the Solari Concord.

 

Insurgency: Sandstorm release date revealed, 'preorder beta' test now underway
https://www.pcgamer.com/insurgency-sandstorm-release-date-revealed-preorder-beta-test-now-underway/
Publisher Focus Home Interactive announced today that the team-based tactical FPS Insurgency: Sandstorm will be out on September 18. Ahead of that, two "preorder beta" tests will take place, the first of which is live right now.

 

How Black Ops 4 aims to be 'best PC version of COD ever'
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-black-ops-4-aims-to-be-best-pc-version-of-cod-ever/
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 rolls out its multiplayer open beta this weekend—today at 10am PST / 6pm BST if you preordred; the same time tomorrow if you didn't. Developers Treyarch and Beenox think it can be the "the best PC version of Call of Duty ever", and tell us it pulls from Destiny 2 and Overwatch in certain areas.

 

Play The Elder Scrolls Online and its Morrowind expansion for free this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/play-the-elder-scrolls-online-and-its-morrowind-expansion-for-free-this-weekend/
You can try out The Elder Scrolls Online and its well-received Morrowind chapter for nothing this weekend on Steam, as Bethesda celebrates QuakeCon.
This isn't the first time that ESO has been free to try, but it is the first time the Morrowind part has. You can sample this offer from now until August 15. If you like what you play, the base game (which now includes the Morrowind chapter) is just $10/£7.49 this weekend, and the latest Summerset expansion is 25% off too.

 

Let's check now the rest of the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The daily deal is West of Loathing, 33% off: https://www.gog.com/game/west_of_loathing
• The weekly sale, Fine Refreshments, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20180806_weekly_sale

+Steam

• The daily deal is Cuphead, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/268910/Cuphead/
• Next comes the QuakeCon sale, with up to 75% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/quakeconsale/
• Starpoint Gemini Warlords is 75%: https://store.steampowered.com/app/419480/Starpoint_Gemini_Warlords/
• The Sniper Elite franchise is on sale with discounts from 49 to 85%: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sniper-elite/
• And of course, there's the weeklong deals.

 

And that's it. I hope you have a happy and gaming weekend.