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Friday news, part two:

Black Ops 4 Blackout will allow you to respawn, for a limited time
https://www.pcgamer.com/black-ops-4-blackout-will-allow-you-to-respawn-for-a-limited-time/
Not only is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout free to try for this week (ending on January 24), it seems that Treyarch are pulling out all the stops to get new players involved by adding a limited time mode which will allow players to respawn—with certain limitations.

Action-adventure Fimbul gets a release date, celebrates with new trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/action-adventure-fimbul-gets-a-release-date-celebrates-with-new-trailer/
Wild River and Zaxis Games have released a new gameplay trailer for Fimbul, their new Norse action-adventure game, as well as a release date for next month.

This new publisher is going all-in on moddable games
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-new-publisher-is-going-all-in-on-moddable-games/
Scott Reismanis, the creator of ModDB who traces his passion for them back to the War In Europe mod for Half-Life, recalls the era when he founded the site. (...)
17 years later, ModDB hosts thousands of mods and Reismanis and the staff he's built up around the site and its spin-off sites are launching something new. Modularity is a publishing label with two focuses: indie games that are heavily moddable, and games made by modders who want to turn pro. Their launch game, Meeple Station, is a perfect example of the first kind of project—a space station sim that looks a bit RimWorld and a bit Spacebase DF-9, which has scope for modders to create both cosmetic additions like new furniture pieces as well as more drastic overhauls.

Bethesda banning Fallout 76 players for 'abusing' duping exploits and 'dev room' incursions
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-banning-fallout-76-players-for-abusing-duping-exploits-and-dev-room-incursions/
Bethesda has been busy patching loopholes in Fallout 76 that allow item duping, but a new blog post suggests it's going further and actually banning players who use these exploits. "We want you to know that we take these exploits and those abusing them VERY seriously," the post states. The post also refers to players who found a way into Fallout 76's secret 'dev room', which contains every item in the game, including unreleased items.

Overwatch's Lunar New Year event returns January 24
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-lunar-new-year-event-returns-january-24/
Get ready for Overwatch's next slate of seasonal in-game content: the yearly Lunar New Year event returns next week with Year of the Pig. The event will run from January 24 to February 18.

They Are Billions campaign 'like a full new game,' but will take longer than planned to arrive
https://www.pcgamer.com/they-are-billions-campaign-like-a-full-new-game-but-will-take-longer-than-planned-to-arrive/
They Are Billions developer Numantian Games has laid out its plans for 2019, which will see continued improvements and expansions made to the level editor and two new maps added to the Survival Mode. It also provided an update on the status of the campaign, which is taking longer than expected to finish but is still on the way.

Director Luke Smith writes a note about Destiny's 'bright' independent future
https://www.pcgamer.com/director-luke-smith-writes-a-note-about-destinys-bright-independent-future/
Bungie's weekly update is typically a wealth of information about balance changes and upcoming features for Destiny 2, but this week's starts with something a bit different. Luke Smith, Destiny's franchise director, wrote in with a note about Bungie's split from Activision and its "bright future," while also indicating that Bungie's relationships with partners who have helped out on Destiny seem to be wrapping up. He thanked High Moon Studios for co-developing Forsaken, and Vicarious Visions for Destiny 2's PC port and their current work on some unreleased Destiny 2 content that's still hush-hush.

New Endless Space 2 and Endless Legend expansions arrive next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/endless-space-2-and-endless-legend-both-get-new-expansions-next-week/
Amplitude has announced details and released trailers for the Endless Space 2 and Endless Legend Penumbra and Symbiosis expansions. They're both out next week.

Matching your gear to your play style in Rainbow Six Siege
https://www.pcgamer.com/matching-your-gear-to-your-play-style-in-rainbow-six-siege/
Rainbow Six Siege has dozens of weapons that all take time and practice to master. It’s no small feat, but we’re here to make the learning process a little easier by breaking down all of Siege’s weapon types and attachments to help you find your play style.

Diablo 3's Season 16 goes live today
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-3s-season-16-goes-live-today/
There are few things that are sure in this world, luckily one of them is the seemingly unending cycle of Diablo 3 seasons. Coincidentally, Season 16 is going live today, giving you the perfect excuse to level up a new character.

 

Time now to check what GOG and Steam have for us this weekend:

+GOG

• The first of the three deals is the weekly sale, New Year, New Loot, brings up to 75% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190114_weekly_sale
• The weekend sale, Can ya dig it, also has up to 75% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190118_weekend_sale
• And to celebrate the arrival of the Brothers is Arms games on the store, they've put them on sale, 50% off each one or 75% if you get the bundle with the three of them: https://www.gog.com/news/release_brothers_in_arms_trilogy

+Steam

• The daily deal is SUNLESS SEA, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/304650/SUNLESS_SEA/
• Dead by Daylight is free to try and 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/381210/Dead_by_Daylight/
• The Mortal Kombat franchise is on sale, up to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mortal-kombat/
• Publisher Dovetail Games is the star of the weekend sale, with up to 75% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dovetailgames/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

 

And that marks the end of another week of news. Have a happy and gaming weekend.