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Factory Town reimagines Factorio as a colourful, magical city builder
https://www.pcgamer.com/factory-town-reimagines-factorio-as-a-colourful-magical-city-builder/
Factory Town, out in Early Access today, tasks you with constructing a huge mega-factory disguised as a quaint rustic town. It's Factorio by way of Banished, says developer, Erik Asmussen, and after taking it for a spin today I've definitely noticed it hitting a lot of the same notes. And like those games, you'll probably find yourself losing hours as you tinker and tweak to maximise your burgeoning industrial powerhouse.

Apex Legends Battle Pass briefly appears on Origin, but isn't releasing today (Updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-season-one-battle-pass-launch/
The long-awaited Apex Legends Battle Pass has almost arrived, signalling the start of Season 1. The rumor has been that the Battle Pass will be available today, and that's seeming pretty likely considering it briefly appeared on Origin this morning before disappearing. Seeing that the banner image is still live on Origin servers even if it's not live in the client, we can expect the Battle Pass to arrive very, very soon. Update: False alarm! Though everything pointed to today for the Apex Legends Battle Pass release, including it briefly appearing on Origin this morning, Respawn community manager Jay Frechette says on Reddit that "it's not coming out today." Details are coming "very soon," though.

Watch 10 minutes of magical cops battling drug dealers in Tactical Breach Wizards
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-10-minutes-of-magical-cops-battling-drug-dealers-in-tactical-breach-wizards/
Tom Francis, former PC Gamer editor and developer of Gunpoint and Heat Signature, released a ten minute video of gameplay footage from his next game, Tactical Breach Wizards, a turn-based strategy featuring cops with magical powers taking down drug dealers and terrorists. Think Doorkickers but with lightning bolts and transmutation spells. The video (above) is narrated by Tom as he shows how the game works runs two of the wizards though a couple of levels.

Borderlands 3 is almost definitely being revealed this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-borderlands-game-will-be-revealed-this-month/
The Borderlands 3 hype intensified today with a tweet from developer Gearbox that very strongly suggests the game will be unveiled at PAX East.
>> cycycychris made a thread about this yesterday.

World of Warcraft finally adds thicc humans and trolls who stand up straight
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-finally-adds-thicc-humans-and-trolls-who-stand-up-straight/
Today is a good day in World of Warcraft because patch 8.1.5 is finally out, adding—among many things—two new Allied Races: The portly Kul Tiran humans and the good-postured Zandalari trolls. First revealed when Battle for Azeroth was announced over a year ago, it's been a long wait to play the two races that are at the core of the conflict driving Battle for Azeroth. Like all Allied Races, those who start new characters as a Kul Tiran or Zandalari and then level all the way to 110 will also earn a cool suit of armor that evokes the culture of that race.

Anthem players discover removing gear makes you more powerful, and also how to have infinite health
https://www.pcgamer.com/anthem-players-discover-removing-gear-makes-you-more-powerful-and-also-how-to-have-infinite-health/
It's been o̶n̶e̶ zero days since Anthem's last hilarious, game-breaking bug—only this time players have discovered two. It's a double feature! Over on the Anthem subreddit, two of the more popular threads today involve a pair of bugs. One involves some bad math on the way Anthem calculates how much damage your abilities do, while the other lets your Storm javelin have infinite health.

Epic CEO: The only way to 'displace' Steam is with exclusives, good prices, and better revenue sharing
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-ceo-the-only-way-to-displace-steam-is-with-exclusives-good-prices-and-better-revenue-sharing/
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has spoken at length about the company's push into the digital storefront frontier, and what it might take to displace Steam from market dominance. In an interview with MCV, Sweeney explained that it will take exclusives, decent prices and fairer revenue share with studios—not necessary the rolling out of new features.

Dead Cells free DLC adds skins, new bosses and new levels this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-free-DLC/
Dead Cells is getting some free DLC this month, beckoning masochists back to its death-filled rooms. Rise of the Giant will let you continue your fight in a new location, the Cavern, which you'll only gain access to once you beat the game. Inside, you'll find new enemies, another boss and probably more deaths than you could possibly keep track of in your head.

VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk adventure with a very intense trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/virtuaverse-is-a-cyberpunk-adventure-with-a-very-intense-trailer/
The AIs are at it again. VirtuaVerse is a point-and-click adventure set in a moody cyberpunk future where one AI has become more powerful than any government. Everyone's connected to a neural network and kept under control through augmented reality. It rains a lot. Check out the intense, aggressively cyberpunk trailer above.

Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is leaving PUBG
https://www.pcgamer.com/brendan-playerunknown-greene-is-leaving-pubg/
Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is moving on from the game that bears his name, PUBG. After five years of working on the battle royale that popularised the genre, he's shifting to a new role within PUBG Corp. He's handing over the games continuing development to Taeseok Jang, while his new job will be heading new division known as PUBG Special Projects.

Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam with graphics and mod support
https://www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortress-is-coming-to-steam-with-graphics-and-mod-support/
I'm telling you, with a straight face, that this is the biggest PC gaming news of 2019: Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam, with graphics and Workshop mod support. Dwarf Fortress is as famous for its ASCII graphics as it is for its unparalleled depth as a procedurally generated simulation of existence. And while it's always been moddable, the new Steam (and Itch.io) release, coming this year, will make an infamously complex game just a little bit easier to get into.

Atomicrops is a farming roguelike full of mutant vegetables and romance
https://www.pcgamer.com/atomicrops-is-a-farming-roguelike-full-of-mutant-vegetables-and-romance/
It's been a long time since we last heard from Atomicrops, the post-apocalyptic farming simulator. It looks like an unholy union between Stardew Valley and Nuclear Throne, tasking farmers with growing lots of mutant produce and then protecting it from ravenous monsters. It was announced back in 2017, and now you can finally watch the reveal trailer.