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Friday news, part two:

Total War: Three Kingdoms shows off its most villainous leader
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-three-kingdoms-shows-off-its-most-villainous-leader/
Dong Zhuo is Total War: Three Kingdoms' larger-than-life villain and the subject of the latest let's play from Creative Assembly. Historically, he briefly sowed chaos throughout China after installing a puppet on the throne, but he was assassinated by Lu Bu. Check out the video above to see how he gets on in this do over.

Government official wonders how Steam can 'get away with this kind of stupidity' after rape game is removed
https://www.pcgamer.com/government-official-wonders-how-steam-can-get-away-with-this-kind-of-stupidity-after-rape-game-is-removed/
For at least a couple weeks, an intentionally noxious game called Rape Day, which promised players the opportunity to "verbally harass, kill, and rape women," was listed on Steam as it awaited approval to be sold on the platform. After widespread criticism of the listing earlier this week, Valve announced that it would not host the game due to the "unknown costs and risks" it posed and removed the Steam page.
According to Gamesindustry.biz, Scottish National Party MP Hannah Bardell released a statement today calling for governmental review of Steam and other platforms.

Former Sims and Second Life boss is launching a new Paradox studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-sims-and-second-life-boss-is-launching-a-new-paradox-studio/
Rod Humble, the former CEO of Second Life studio Linden Labs and, prior to that, an executive vice president and head of The Sims label at EA, will head up a new California-based studio for Paradox Interactive called Paradox Tectonic. The studio will lead development of a brand new game for Paradox, details of which—big surprise—will be announced later.

Cyberpunk 2077 development 'is far from over'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-development-is-far-from-over/
CD Projekt said a week ago that Cyberpunk 2077 will be at this year's E3—not terribly surprising, since it was at the previous E3 too, but it was nonetheless reassuring to have it confirmed. That naturally fueled expectations, including ours, that the game will be out either late this year or early next. But it's possible that might be a little optimistic, as a new PlayStation video says that there's still a lot of work to be done.

Blizzard has cut 209 jobs as part of the workforce reduction plan
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-has-cut-209-jobs-as-part-of-the-workforce-reduction-plan/
Blizzard has laid off 209 employees across its US-based offices, with the highest number of layoffs hitting IT and marketing departments. A recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing in California breaks down the jobs that have been cut as part of Activision-Blizzard’s eight percent employee reduction announced in February.

The Division 2 won't be available from third party stores after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2-wont-be-available-from-third-party-stores-after-launch/
Ubisoft’s distribution deal with Epic Games on the sale of The Division 2 isn’t just keeping the upcoming game from Steam, it’s also going to prevent digital sales from third-party sites like Gamesplanet and Green Man Gaming once it launches March 15.
A ResetEra user spotted a notice on Gamesplanet’s store page for The Division 2 that announced that Uplay keys won’t be available after March 15.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is adding free "gift bags" through the year
https://www.pcgamer.com/divinity-original-sin-2-is-adding-free-gift-bags-through-the-year/
Since it launched in 2017, the quite excellent Divinity: Original Sin 2 has seen a steady stream of updates and additional content added. While Larian founder Swen Vincke has said the studio is ready to “make new stuff,” Original Sin 2 owners can still expect to see additions to the game over the course of 2019.
Today, the first of several “Gift Bags” is getting released. Gift Bags are different from loot boxes, the studio points out, because loot boxes are hard and contain loot, while Gift Bags are soft and contain gifts. Those gifts include brand new character customization options, such as new faces, facial features, and hairstyles to use in your next campaign.

 

Time now to check the weekend deals from GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The first one is the weekly sale, with up to 75% deals: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190304_weekly_sale
• The Midweek sale lasts until tomorrow, with up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190306_midweek_sale
• And the new one, the weekend sale named Express yourself, with up to 90% offers: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190308_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The first of the two daily deals is a publisher sale by Plug In Digital, with up to 96% deals: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/plug-in-digital/
• The other "daily" deal is Paradigm, a sale that will last another 4 days and has a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/600370/Paradigm/
• Railway Empire gets a 70% discount (and up to 50% for its DLCs): https://store.steampowered.com/app/503940/Railway_Empire/
• Jackbox Games puts its games on sale this weekend with up to 62% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/sale_jackbox/
• Koei Tecmo also puts its games on sale, with up to 80% deals: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/koei-tecmo-publisher-weekend/
• And of course, there's the weeklong deals.

 

Nothing else to say, only to wish you a happy and gaming weekend.