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Friday news, part two:

Rainbow Six Siege director talks combat style for new operators Clash and Maverick
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-director-talks-combat-style-for-new-operators-clash-and-maverick/
Rainbow Six Siege's latest defender is a Scotland Yard officer named Clash. She's also a total badass that hulks around a near impenetrable electro-charged shield. After sampling the new operator at the squad shooter's Paris Major last month, I suggest to game director Leroy Athanassoff that Clash's safeguard might make her a good pick for cautious newcomers.

>>And he also talked about Castle and Thatcher balance reworks.

 

Pillars of Eternity 2 DLC Seeker, Slayer, Survivor will be out on September 25
https://www.pcgamer.com/pillars-of-eternity-2-dlc-seeker-slayer-survivor-will-be-out-on-september-20/
Seeker, Slayer, Survivor, the second major DLC release for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, will be out on September 25, Obsidian announced today. The expansion will present players with challenges based on three distinct "pillars of combat": As the Seeker, who must find unique solutions to take down enemies; the Slayer, who will take on "truly fearsome creatures"; and the Survivor, who must lead their party in a stand against multiple waves of enemies.

 

The Inner Friend is a first-person horror game about childhood fears
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-inner-friend-is-a-first-person-horror-game-about-childhood-fears/
Memories of childhood are, ideally, pleasant things: Recollections of a happy, innocent time, when responsibilities were someone else's problem. But not always. Childhood is also a time of life filled with fears and traumas that can leave lasting imprints on the subconscious mind. That, very generally, is the setting for The Inner Friend, a strange first-person horror game that debuted today on Steam.

 

The mechs of Scythe: Digital Edition stomp out of Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-mechs-of-scythe-digital-edition-stomp-out-of-early-access/
The digital port of mechs and economics 4x Scythe is now out of Steam Early Access and into a proper release. The full version of the game has a number of improvements, including a Hard difficulty setting for the game’s AI. We took a look at the game on its early access launch and called it slick and sharp—it’s a distillation of the 4x that many strategy fans are going to enjoy.

 

Wildstar, and developer Carbine Studios, are shutting down
https://www.pcgamer.com/wildstar-and-developer-carbine-studios-are-shutting-down/
Carbine Studios, the maker of the free-to-play sci-fi MMO Wildstar, is being shut down. The closure, reported by Kotaku, will also bring about the end of Wildstar itself.
"Today, we are closing Carbine Studios and will begin the process of winding WildStar down to ultimately shutter the game,” Wildstar parent NCsoft said in a statement.

 

PUBG adds training mode, MK47 Mutant rifle, Tukshai vehicle in hefty update
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-adds-training-mode-mk47-mutant-rifle-tukshai-vehicle-in-hefty-update/
As promised at Gamescom, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' training mode has arrived. Courtesy of its substantial PC 1.0 Update #21, the latest offering also brings a new weapon and a new vehicle—the MK47 Mutant and the Tukshai.

>>And they've also revealed the new event mode.

 

Time to check the weekend deals from GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• Not much to say. GOG is running the Back to School sale that's going to finish soon, so you better don't waste more time gog.com

+Steam

• The daily deal is Wizard of Legend, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/445980/Wizard_of_Legend/
• Besides Black Desert Online, there are other games that are free to try this weekend. The first one is The Division, that's also 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/365590/Tom_Clancys_The_Division/
• Call of Duty: WWII is also free to try, at least the multiplayer, and 40% off if you want to keep playing: https://store.steampowered.com/app/476600/Call_of_Duty_WWII/
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is not free to try, but it's 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/414340/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice/
• Paradox is the star of the weekend publisher sale, with discounts of up to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/paradox/
• And of course, there's the weeklong deals.

 

That's all, folks. Have a happy and gaming weekend.