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Monday news, part two:

Resonance of Fate for PC appears on German classification site
https://www.pcgamer.com/resonance-of-fate-for-pc-appears-on-german-classification-site/
Resonance of Fate didn’t exactly set the world on fire when the JRPG launched on consoles in 2010, despite a brilliant combat system, but it might be getting another chance to show off. A PC and PS4 version recently appeared on Germany’s video game classification body’s website.

 

WoW's game director is on Reddit addressing concerns about Battle for Azeroth's biggest problems
https://www.pcgamer.com/wows-game-director-is-on-reddit-addressing-concerns-about-battle-for-azeroths-biggest-problems/
Yesterday I wrote about how, despite being otherwise gorgeous and fun, Battle for Azeroth has some big problems with its gear system. For the last few weeks, the WoW community has been very vocal about these issues, and today game director Ion Hazzikostas is taking to the Warcraft subreddit to respond to these concerns.
You can check out the thread for yourself, but we'll be rounding up Hazzikostas' answers to the most pressing questions as he posts them and sharing them here to make it all a little easier to read, sorted by topic.

>>This happened last Friday, so it'll be easier to just check the article for the summary of it.

 

Treyarch promises to stop team-killing in Black Ops 4's Blackout battle royale mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/treyarch-vows-to-stop-team-killing-in-black-ops-4s-blackout-battle-royale-mode/
Judging by James, Chris, and Tyler's impressions, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's battle royale mode, called Blackout, sounds like a lot of fun—but it's not without problems. Many players have complained about team-killing, and argued that being able to pick up your teammate's loot after shooting them in the back just encourages people to go rogue. Treyarch is listening, and says that it's one of many issues it's set to address during the beta.

>>Oh, and they're working on the PC beta crashes and aim tracking bug.

 

Papers, Please creator's next game, Return of the Obra Dinn, out this autumn
https://www.pcgamer.com/return-of-the-obra-dinn-out-this-autumn/
Black-and-white nautical mystery Return of the Obra Dinn—the next game from the creator of Papers, Please—will be out this autumn/fall, developer Lucas Pope has announced.

 

PC release date for Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle pushed back
https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-release-date-for-capcom-beat-em-up-bundle-pushed-back/
Capcom has pushed back the PC release date of its Beat 'Em Up Bundle—just a day after it was announced.
Yesterday, Capcom said the bundle, which contains seven arcade beat ‘em ups, would be out next week. That's still the case for consoles, but the Steam version will now be out at a later, as-of-yet unspecified date.

 

Valve adds Dota 2 Ranked Roles queue for Dota Plus subscribers
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-adds-dota-2-ranked-roles-queue-for-dota-plus-subscribers/
One of the Dota 2 community's favourite aspects of the battle pass for The International 2018, which wrapped up in dramatic fashion last month, was the Ranked Roles matchmaking queue, which let players pick a specific role that they couldn't stray from before they jumped into a game. The queue is now being added to Dota Plus, the game's subscription-based service.

 

Democracy 4 announced
https://www.pcgamer.com/democracy-4-announced/
Earlier this month Cliff Harris of Positech, creator of the Democracy series of politics simulators, wrote a blog post about porting Democracy 3 to Unicode. And now, with that final change made to the previous game five years after its release, it's apparently time to announce Democracy 4.

 

Watch a first look video of The Elder Scrolls Online's Murkmire DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-a-first-look-video-of-the-elder-scrolls-onlines-murkmire-dlc/
Murkmire is a new chunk of story DLC coming to The Elder Scrolls Online that will let players visit part of the Black Marsh, home of the Argonian lizard-people. Jump to about the 13.30 mark in the video above and you'll be able to see what that looks like in action. The new DLC includes the settlement of Lilmoth, which will be familiar to readers of the Elder Scrolls novels by Greg Keyes, and looks as swampy as you'd hope.

 

COLINA: Legacy is an indie tribute to classic survival horror
https://www.pcgamer.com/colina-legacy-is-an-indie-tribute-to-classic-survival-horror/
The trailer for COLINA: Legacy opens in a room that reminds me of the Lake View Hotel from Silent Hill 2, which is a good way to pique my interest. Developed by indie studio Chance6, this is a survival horror game that's explicitly old school, as becomes obvious the moment you see the flashlight play over a puzzle seen from a third-person perspective. They've also drawn inspiration from escape rooms for its puzzle design, which is an intriguing concept.

 

Boundless, the freeform MMO from former Lionhead and EA devs, leaves Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/boundless-the-freeform-mmo-from-former-lionhead-and-ea-devs-leaves-early-access/
Voxel-based MMO Boundless, formerly known as Oort Online, has finished its four-year stint in Early Access.
It's a bit like Minecraft, but more colourful, and more alien. You'll be gathering resources, building, and fighting enemies, but you'll also have to contend other players. You can band together with allies to build and defend towns, as well as construct portals that open up other worlds that offer new biomes to explore.

 

Battlefield 5 devs assure fans that they're still making massive maps
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5-devs-assure-fans-that-theyre-still-making-massive-maps/
Some of the players in Battlefield 5's open beta, which ended this week, were worried that the maps were too small, and didn't live up to the mammoth arenas in previous games (this is a good example of the complaints). The DICE development team have responded to those concerns, assuring fans they're still making big maps—including one that's more than 1.5km end-to-end.

 

Multiplayer medieval melee Mordhau adds a bunch of new stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiplayer-medieval-melee-mordhau-adds-a-bunch-of-new-stuff/
Kickstarter success story Mordhau promises multiplayer 64-player sieges and a combat system reminiscent of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare or War of the Roses or Mount & Blade, take your pick. It's currently in closed alpha and likely to stay that way for a while—unsurprisingly its release has been pushed back from 2018 to early 2019—but the latest dev blog includes a video that shows off some of the latest features to be added.

 

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw adds two of its most requested features following feedback
https://www.pcgamer.com/rebel-galaxy-outlaw-adds-two-of-its-most-requested-features-following-feedback/
We recently heard that Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, a space combat sim from Double Damage and a "sort-of-prequel" to Rebel Galaxy, will be out early next year. After consulting player feedback, two of its most requested features have been added to the game—'drifting' and 'sublight'.

 

Amazon’s MMO, New World, shows off its diverse locations in new screenshots
https://www.pcgamer.com/amazons-mmo-new-world-shows-off-its-diverse-locations-in-new-screenshots/
You may remember reading about Samuel’s adventures while playing New World at Gamescom. If blowing up neighbouring clan’s walls and killing their leader isn’t quite your thing, you’ll be pleased to know that Amazon’s new MMO has a lot more to show off—including some impressive and diverse environments, as seen in the screenshots below.

 

15 European Regulators unite to address loot boxes
https://www.pcgamer.com/15-european-regulators-unite-to-address-loot-boxes/
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding loot boxes over the past year which led to Belgium's Gaming Commission deciding that loot boxes from some games violate their country's gambling regulations.
According to Eurogamer, it now looks as though more countries may have to take a closer look at their own practices as 15 gambling regulators from across Europe—including one from the United States—have entered an agreement which will see them looking more closely at “unlicensed, third-party websites” that encourage “illegal gambling linked to popular video games.”

 

Steam's first uncensored adult game release restricted in 28 countries
https://www.pcgamer.com/steams-first-uncensored-adult-game-release-restricted-in-28-countries/
Negligee: Love Stories, Steam's first uncensored adult game, was approved and released last week. Since then, several countries have apparently banned the sexually explicit adventure game. In turn, developer Dharker Studios says this means it "can't release [the game] under the radar", and its availability has now been restricted in 28 countries.