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Tuesday news, part two:

Blizzard gets cryptic with year’s Overwatch Halloween Terror Event
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-gets-cryptic-with-years-overwatch-halloween-terror-event/
Blizzard has teased its upcoming Overwatch Halloween Terror Event, which will commence on October 9th.
The company hasn’t offered full details as to what this year’s event will entail, but it did provide the following cryptic riddle for players to unpick.

 

Kursk, the first-person adventure about the Russian sub disaster, pushed into November
https://www.pcgamer.com/kursk-the-first-person-adventure-about-russian-sub-disaster-pushed-into-november/
I've been interested in the first-person narrative adventure Kursk ever since it was announced back in mid-2015.
Publisher Jujubee described it as an "adventure-documentary game" when it said in January that it would be out this year, a release target it later refined to October. But today it announced a slight change to that schedule, as Kursk the game is now set to come out on November 7, to coincide with the release of Kursk the film, starring Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Max von Sydow.

 

Fallout 76 beta release date: everything we know
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-beta-date/
The Fallout 76 beta test that Bethesda promised at announcement has a release date of October. Everyone who pre-orders the game at a 'participating retailer' will get access to the beta, which is playfully called a B.E.T.A (Break-It Early Test Application). The game is not releasing on Steam at this time, so it'll be playable via Bethesda's own launcher. The bad news is the beta will launch on Xbox One first before it comes to PC, but you'll only have to wait for a week if you're desperate to try it out.

 

XCOM designer Jake Solomon hints at 'something special' for the sixth anniversary
https://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-designer-jake-solomon-hints-at-something-special-for-the-sixth-anniversary/
Believe it or not, it's been six years, almost to the day, since Firaxis very successfully brought back the X-Com sci-fi strategy series with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In fact, on October 9 it will be six years to the day, and it's possible that the developers might be doing something to celebrate the birthday.

 

Hour-long documentary looks at the history of Divinity's Larian Studios
https://www.pcgamer.com/hour-long-documentary-looks-at-the-history-of-divinitys-larian-studios/
Larian Studios is a big deal these days for its Divinity: Original Sin RPGs, but as the new hour-long Gameumentary film on YouTube demonstrates, achieving that success was a long and very difficult journey. The documentary goes all the way back to the beginning in the mid-90s, when Atari gave studio founder Swen Vincke and a friend a contract to make an RPG called (if I'm hearing it properly) Ragnarok and Less.

 

Inside and Limbo dev is reportedly working on a science-fiction project
https://www.pcgamer.com/inside-and-limbo-dev-is-reportedly-working-on-a-science-fiction-project/
Inside creator Playdead is currently working on a science-fiction project, it has been revealed.
Brought to our attention by a Resetera thread, the news was originally reported by the Danish website computerworld.dk, in a long-form interview with Playdead’s founder and director Arnt Jensen, about the history of the studio. During the course of the interview, he revealed that the game Playdead is currently working on is set in a science-fiction universe.