Carzy Zarx’s PC Gaming Emporium - Catch Up on All the Latest PC Gaming Related News

[JEMC]

Monday news, the long (and full of Anthem articles) part two:

Every new Steel Division 2 Axis division revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/every-new-steel-division-2-axis-division-revealed/
Last week, we revealed all the Soviet divisions Eugen has designed for Steel Division 2, so this week it's the opposition's turn. Germany is looking to put a stop to the Soviets' march through Belarus, which is easier said than done with facing an opponent more than four times larger. Historically, the German line was demolished by the Soviet assault, but in Steel Division 2, the Axis can still field plenty of experienced, well-equipped troops.

Fortnite is being ripped apart by earthquakes
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-is-being-ripped-apart-by-earthquakes/
Earthquakes are creating huge cracks across Fortnite, heralding yet another disaster. I just don't think I'd keep visiting an island if it was constantly being assaulted by extra-dimensional invaders, magical monarchs and natural disasters. It's worse than Sunnydale.

Overwatch boss Jeff Kaplan didn't expect 'maining' to be so common
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-boss-jeff-kaplan-didnt-expect-maining-to-be-so-common/
An Overwatch "main" is a character that you play primarily or exclusively, regardless of mode or circumstance. If your team desperately needs a Genji, for instance, but you insist on taking a Moira anyway, then you're probably a Moira main. It's not necessarily the best way to play, because it limits your flexibility and thus your situational usefulness, but it's common.

AFL-CIO, North America's largest union group, calls for game industry unionization
https://www.pcgamer.com/afl-cio-north-americas-largest-union-group-calls-for-game-industry-unionization/
Calls to unionize the game development industry aren't new—the "EA Spouse" controversy dates back to 2004—but the effort has picked up steam over the past several months, driven by stories of "death march" crunch and abusive working conditions at major studios.

Underworld Ascendant devs overhaul world structure, story and quest design
https://www.pcgamer.com/underworld-ascendant-devs-overhaul-world-structure-story-and-quest-design/
Underworld Ascendant was a disaster. "Riddled with bugs and bizarre mechanics, Underworld Ascendant is a bafflingly poor debut from OtherSide Entertainment" was how Rick put it in his 25/100 review, and since release in November the development team has been trying to fix what is essentially a broken game. The second major update, released this week, completely remodels the world structure and adds new stories, to the point where OtherSide encourages you to start a new game to see what's changed.

Minecraft players are watching movies on in-game TVs after latest update
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-players-are-watching-movies-on-in-game-tvs-after-latest-update/
Minecraft's latest snapshot update, 19w07a, allows players to create animated paintings, paving the way for widescreen TVs showing full-length films.
The update breaks paintings up into individual textures, and players have been using that to show video footage of varying quality. The smoothest example is this one from user destruc7i0n, which I've clipped above. They were able to stitch together different paintings to show a high-quality copy of the Gravity Falls intro.

Two cars from Final Fantasy 15 are coming to Forza Horizon 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/two-cars-from-final-fantasy-15-are-coming-to-forza-horizon-4/
The Regalia—the sweet ride the lads from Final Fantasy 15 cruise around the countryside in—is spreading across videogames like some kind of automotive virus. It was added to Forza Horizon 3 last year, it's coming to Final Fantasy 14 as part of a crossover quest, and now it's being added to Forza Horizon 4.

Soulcalibur 6 announces next DLC fighter
https://www.pcgamer.com/soulcalibur-6-announces-next-dlc-fighter/
So far Soulcalibur 6 has introduced Geralt from The Witcher and 2B from Nier: Automata, but Bandai Namco announced at the Evo Japan tournament the next DLC character will be one returning from earlier games in the series: Amy Sorel. Amy goes way back, having first appeared in the intro of Soulcalibur 2, though she only became playable in Soulcalibur 3. An orphan who was adopted by master fencer Raphael, she was turned into a vampire briefly because of course she was. (She got better.)

Tekken 7 will add Julia Chang and The Walking Dead's Negan this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/tekken-7-will-add-julia-chang-and-the-walking-deads-negan-this-month/
Tekken 7's next two DLC fighters, series favourite Julia Chang and The Walking Dead's Negan, will both arrive on February 28, Bandai Namco has announced.
It's unusual for two DLC characters to arrive at once, something the development team makes light of at the end of the trailer, above. "You the developers?" asks Negan, as he leers over producer Katsuhiro Harada. "The ones that pull that shit releasing characters one at a time? You're going to put me in the next update, right Harada?"

Rainbow Six Siege Year 4 roadmap revealed, new operators and 3 map reworks detailed
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-roadmap-2019/
Ubisoft has revealed the roadmap for Year 4 of Rainbow Six Siege, which includes new operators from Demnark, Peru, Kenya and India, as well as reworks to the Kafe, Kanal and Theme Park maps.
>> And here's how the aussie operators' gadgets work.

PlanetSide Arena delayed again, pre-orders refunded
https://www.pcgamer.com/planetside-arena-delayed-again-pre-orders-refunded/
PlanetSide Arena adapts the MMO shooter into a match-based format, with a battle royale mode as well as 250v250 team battles. It was supposed to launch on January 29, but just a few days before that date, Daybreak Game Company announced that it was delayed until March. After a closed beta, Daybreak has again decided to postpone Arena's launch, this time until the summer, when it'll also release on PS4.

Deck of Ashes looks like a Darkest Dungeon card game
https://www.pcgamer.com/deck-of-ashes-looks-like-a-darkest-dungeon-card-game/
If we're going to toss games together, Darkest Dungeon and Slay the Spire sounds like a combination I can get behind. Deck of Ashes bears a pretty strong resemblance to the former, but with Slay the Spire's card-based combat. Check out the trailer above.

 

And now, all the Anthem news:

EA reveals more about Anthem's first major update
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-reveals-more-about-anthems-first-major-update/
Electronic Arts has revealed a little bit more about what it has in mind for the post-launch future of Anthem, which will see the expanded and enhanced by three new "acts." The first, set to go live in March, is called Echoes of Reality, and will be made up of three separate updates: Evolving World, Stronger Together, and The Cataclysm.
>> And the PC controls will be updated this week.

EA has addressed Anthem connection problems for 'some' players
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthem-connection-issues/
EA has acknowledged that some players are having issues connecting to Anthem's servers, and says it's working on a fix as quickly as possible. The game went live for Origin Access Premier users about an hour ago—while I personally encountered one brief server error screen, since then I've logged in and out twice as a test without any issues. Likewise, none of my PC Gamer colleagues—who were already logged into the game—have had any trouble. So it's hard to tell how widespread these issues are.
Update: EA says it's been fixed.

Respawn and Chappie's creator keen for Apex Legends tie-in
https://www.pcgamer.com/respawn-and-chappies-creator-keen-for-apex-legends-collaboration/
Apex Legends already has one loveable robot, Pathfinder, but there's plenty of room for another. Ever since release, fans have been asking film director Neill Blomkamp whether his own robot creation Chappie, star of the 2015 sci-fi film of the same name, could ever make an appearance in the battle royale game. Yesterday he gave an answer: he's keen, and so is Respawn's CEO Vince Zampella.

Anthem bug sends low level players into the final mission
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthem-bug-sends-low-level-players-into-the-final-mission/
It hasn't taken players very long to reach Anthem's final mission, some less than others. A quickplay bug is reportedly sending low level players into Anthem's climactic battle, just a wee bit underprepared.

More than 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters banned in first ten days
https://www.pcgamer.com/more-than-16000-apex-legend-cheaters-banned-in-its-first-ten-days/
Respawn has banned more than 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters since the battle royale game launched on February 5, it said in a Reddit post yesterday.
It didn't break that figure down by platform, so we don't know how many of those cheaters are on PC. I haven't run into any obvious cheaters yet, but clearly they exist—and Respawn is encouraging more players to flag up anything suspicious.

Anthem's cutscene bugs are hilarious and horrifying
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthems-cutscene-bugs-are-hilarious-and-horrifying/
Anthem has a story that involves normal, healthy people, but I wouldn't know because I'm trying to erase it all from my memory. During a few cutscenes, I encountered some bugs that range from extremely funny to extremely traumatic, with bodies disappearing or contorting into terrible shapes Lovecraft would cower from.

Apex Legends dataminers uncover a survival mode and hover tanks
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-dataminers-uncover-a-survival-mode-and-hover-tanks/
Diligent dataminers continue to root out all of Apex Legends' secrets. Along with the possibility of solo and duo modes, it looks like a survival mode could also be on the horizon.