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Thursday news, part two:

Latest Fortnite: Battle Royale update adds devastating heavy sniper rifle
https://www.pcgamer.com/latest-fortnite-battle-royale-update-adds-devastating-heavy-sniper-rifle/
Epic has made another update to Fortnite, this time introducing the long-awaited Heavy Sniper Rifle.
The Heavy Sniper Rifle has been known about for several weeks, as it was stumbled upon by StormShield.One dataminers back in July, but it hasn’t been formally added into the game up until now.

 

Techland CCO claims Dying Light 2’s choices will form the 'ultimate vision for the open world'
https://www.pcgamer.com/techland-cco-claims-dying-light-2s-choices-will-form-the-ultimate-vision-for-the-open-world/
Techland's Chief Creative Officer Adrian Ciszewski has claimed that Dying Light 2’s choices will form the “ultimate vision for the open world”, going far beyond the narrative choice and consequence systems seen in most RPGs.

 

Graveyard Keeper launch trailer showcases crafting, quests, and corpse disposal
https://www.pcgamer.com/graveyard-keeper-launch-trailer-showcases-crafting-quests-and-corpse-disposal/
I very cleverly described Graveyard Keeper as "Stardew Cemetery" when it was announced in early 2017, based on both its visual style and various gameplay elements, like growing crops and hucking corpses into the river. Today is release day, and based on the lengthy launch trailer released by publisher TinyBuild, I'd say my assessment was accurate—"dead on," you might say.

 

The new 'What is Shenmue?' video teaches us about jiu-jitsu and duck racing
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-what-is-shenmue-video-teaches-us-about-jiu-jitsu-and-duck-racing/
The Shenmue catch-up cavalcade started in earnest last week with a pair of "What Is Shenmue?" trailers introducing the story and characters. Today Sega dropped a new video showing off the game's plentiful combat, as well as some of the other, less punchy things you'll be able to do as you pursue the man who killed your father.

 

81-year-old writes short story about his Destiny 2 LFG team after his first raid clear
https://www.pcgamer.com/81-year-old-writes-short-story-about-his-destiny-2-lfg-team-after-his-first-raid-clear/
Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion will kick off the game's second year in less than a month, so Fibby "FIBBOB" Kinney, a retired 81-year-old writer and devout Destiny fan, was looking to finish the original Leviathan raid before the first year came to a close. Kinney posted about the raid in a Destiny 2 Facebook group, prompting fellow guardian PXG_S3 to put together a group to help him through the Leviathan.

>>We could be him, one day, in many, many years.

 

Sunless Sea writer and Blackwell developer team up for urban vampire RPG Nighthawks
https://www.pcgamer.com/sunless-sea-writer-and-blackwell-developer-team-up-for-urban-vampire-rpg-nighthawks/
Sunless Sea writer Richard Cobbett—who occasionally writes for PC Gamer—and Blackwell developer Wadjet Eye jointly announced a new game today: Nighthawks, an "urban fantasy RPG" about living as an outcast vampire in a grim society.

 

The MP5 returns to CS:GO
https://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-teases-the-return-of-the-mp5/
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive released new weapon today, or rather, an old one. The MP5, a submachinegun that has been a fixture throughout the Counter-Strike series, appears in a short video set in the map de_train in the clip above, being picked up and admired by a player.

 

Torchlight Frontiers dev diary reveals more info on the MMO sequel
https://www.pcgamer.com/torchlight-frontiers-dev-diary-reveals-more-info-on-the-mmo-sequel/
Perfect World has released the first dev diary for Torchlight Frontiers, which introduces its new developer Echtra Games and provides some more information about how the game’s MMO format will work.

 

GamesRadar teams up with Honor for GamesCom After Dark show
https://www.pcgamer.com/gamesradar-teams-up-with-honor-for-gamescom-after-dark-show/
GamesRadar is teaming up with phone manufacturer Honor to bring a new livestream show to GamesCom.
Titled GamesCom After Dark, the show will be streamed directly from GamesCom, and will feature a mixture of live game demos, interviews and developer roundtables. The games shown during the livestream will include BioWare’s Anthem, Forza Horizon 4, and Starlink: Battle for Altis, all of which will be demonstrating their latest builds on After Dark.

 

Warhammer: Vermintide 2’s first DLC arrives this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-vermintide-2s-first-dlc-arrives-this-month/
Warhammer: Vermintide II’s first DLC will descend upon players on August 28.
Full details about the DLC's content will be announced at GamesCom, but for now we know it’s titled Shadows over Bogenhafen. In addition, a brief announcement trailer offered a snapshot of a moonlit town swathed in a soupy fog, while fireworks popped in the distance.

 

World of Goo dev’s new game launches next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-goo-devs-new-game-launches-next-week/
7 Billion Humans, the new game from World of Goo creators Tomorrow Corporation, will launch next Thursday.
The announcement came via a new trailer shared on Kyle Gabler’s Youtube channel, showing the game in action.