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Friday news, part two:

Battlefield 5 Firestorm trailer showcases tanks, tractors, and the dangers of safecracking
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5-firestorm-trailer-showcases-tanks-tractors-and-the-dangers-of-safecracking/
Electronic Arts has dropped a new gameplay trailer showcasing Battlefield 5's upcoming Firestorm battle royale mode. At its core, it looks like a fairly conventional BR brawl, but the addition of vehicles, breakable buildings, and objectives promise to help it stand out from the crowd.

Epic on pulling Metro Exodus from Steam: 'We don't want to do that ever again'
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-on-pulling-metro-exodus-from-steam-we-dont-want-to-do-that-ever-again/
When Epic announced that Metro Exodus would be a year-long Epic Store exclusive, it was close to release and had already been taking pre-orders on Steam. At the time, I said it was an act of war.
A panel of Epic Store leaders were asked during an Epic Store Q&A at GDC 2019 today if, given how much rage the move caused, they'd ever do something like that again. Steve Allison, head of the Epic Games Store, responded immediately: "We don't want to do that ever again."

Life is Strange 2 will continue in May, August, and December
https://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-strange-2-will-continue-in-may-august-and-december/
Life is Strange 2, the multi-part adventure about life and the strangeness thereof, will continue its elongated tale with the release of episode 3, Wastelands, on May 9. Publisher Square Enix announced the date today, as well as the dates—but not the subtitles—for the next two chapters.

Control, Remedy's mind-mending multidimensional shooter, will be out in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/control-remedys-mind-mending-multidimensional-shooter-will-be-out-in-august/
Epic announced yesterday that Remedy's upcoming interdimensional exploration-shooter Control will launch exclusively on its store. It's kind of ironic, then, that the release date was revealed today by the Microsoft Store, which said in a product listing for the Xbox version that it will be out on August 27.

Epic says it'll eventually stop pushing for exclusives
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-says-itll-eventually-stop-pushing-for-exclusives/
Epic's latest deals will bring The Outer Worlds and Control to the Epic Games Store, and not the PC's largest distributor, Steam. These are the latest in a string of exclusivity deals that Epic feels are necessary to challenge Steam, paired with an 88 percent revenue share for developers (at least if they self-publish), which it believes should replace Steam's 70 percent rate industry-wide.
For those frustrated by the recent wave of exclusives, relief may be in sight. During a GDC 2019 Q&A panel today, Epic Games Store head Steve Allison said that Epic won't keep doing this forever.
>> Hopefully it's sooner rather than later.

Tim Sweeney 'does not take any orders from Tencent,' says Epic
https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-does-not-take-any-orders-from-tencent-says-epic/
During a public Q&A at the Game Developers Conference this week with Epic Games Store leaders Steve Allison, Sergey Galyonkin, and Joe Kreiner, a GDC 2019 attendee invoked a claim that's appearing more frequently in Reddit threads, tweets, and discussions of the company: that Tencent, which invested in Epic in 2013, 'actually' runs the company.

Getting around in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord requires a bit of maths
https://www.pcgamer.com/getting-around-in-mount-and-blade-2-bannerlord-requires-a-bit-of-maths/
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord's latest blog update tackles the important matter of party and army speed. You never really know if you're the type of person who gets excited reading about the speed of an unladen donkey or a band of knights until it happens to you. Don't look at me that way. It's interesting stuff!

Cities: Skylines is free this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-is-free-this-weekend/
I feel pretty confident about calling Cities: Skylines the best city builder; it's certainly the one I've spent the most time obsessively tinkering with, returning every time a new mod or bit of DLC catches my eye. You don't need to rely on my correct opinion, however, as it's free for the weekend on Steam. Go build a utopia, or flood an entire city with poo.
>> I need to go back and play a bit more of this game.

 

Time now to check the rest if the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The most important sale right now at GOG is the Spring Sale, of course, with more than 600 games up to 90% off until March 28th: gog.com
• Besides that, there's also the weekly sale, Trinkets and gizmos, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190318_weekly_sale
• And there's also a Battlestar Galactica Deadlock sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190319_special_promo_battlestar_galactica_deadlock

+Steam

• Today's daily deal is Space Hulk: Tactics, 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/492230/Space_Hulk_Tactics/
• Call of Cthulhu is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/399810/Call_of_Cthulhu/
• XCOM 2 is free to try and 75% off, with some DLCs being 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/XCOM_2/
• Ubisoft is the star of the weekend publisher sale, with up to 90% deals: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ubisoft_weekend/
• And of course, there's the weeklong deals.

 

And that's all for this week. Have a happy and gaming weekend.