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Thursday news, part two:

Dreadlands is a turn-based tactics game that's also an MMO
https://www.pcgamer.com/dreadlands-is-a-turn-based-tactics-game-thats-also-an-mmo/
Dreadlands is a post-apocalyptic tactics game where you command and customise a squad of wasteland warriors and send them out into the world to fight over resources in turn-based brawls. But you won't be alone. You're sharing the world with other players who can join you in PvE co-op or try to murder your squad in PvP battles. Just what I always wanted—a bigger audience for my many tactical mistakes.

Blizzard reveals 52 new Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-final-hearthstone-rise-of-shadows-card-reveal-livestream-here/
The first Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows card reveal livestream took place last week, and today it's time for the last. Blizzard will reveal the remaining cards in the expansion in a livestream set to begin at 10 am PT/1 pm ET today, April 3, and you can watch it with us in the player above.
Update: The stream is over, and the new cards—all 52 of them!— can be seen below.

Dwarf Fortress's next big update will let you play its adventure mode with a proper RPG party
https://www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortresss-next-big-update-will-let-you-play-its-adventure-mode-with-a-proper-rpg-party/
Before Dwarf Fortress's creators start working on its upcoming Steam version with fancy new graphics and an improved interface, they're going to put out a big update to tide players over. After Steam comes the magic system, which could take a couple years to implement. Thankfully, the new villains system, which Tarn Adams tells me he's been working on for more than nine months, is going to have a lot to it. As part of the new release, Dwarf Fortress's Adventure mode is going to get its biggest update in years, allowing you to control not just a single dwarf, but an entire party, RPG-style.

Epic will continue to sign exclusives, even for games already on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-will-continue-to-sign-exclusives-even-for-games-already-on-steam/
"We don't want to do that ever again," Epic Games Store boss Steve Allison said in March, in the wake of the uproar over Metro Exodus making a last-minute move from Steam to Epic. Then it did something very similar anyway with Anno 1800, although that game will remain available for pre-purchase on Steam until it launches—a fair compromise, I think, but a distinction that didn't make much of a difference in the eyes of unhappy gamers.
Earlier this week on Twitter, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney clarified the company's position, saying that after some post-GDC discussion, it was decided that the final call is ultimately up to individual developers and publishers.

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about neatly filling your home
https://www.pcgamer.com/unpacking-is-a-zen-puzzle-game-about-neatly-filling-your-home/
The only good bit of the nightmarish process of moving house is unpacking everything once you get to your new home. It's just bricks and mortar when you arrive, but then you get to fill it with all your stuff, from mundane pots and pans to treasured trinkets. Unpacking is attempting to capture that oddly satisfying experience, wrapping it up in a zen puzzle game with an endearing aesthetic.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey shows off its player-driven exploration
https://www.pcgamer.com/ancestors-the-humankind-odyssey-shows-off-its-player-driven-exploration/
There are no maps or things pushing you to complete missions or objectives in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, according to creative director Patrice Désilets. In a new video, he breaks down what our hirsute ancestors need to do to survive as they start their long march through evolution.

We Happy Few has been invaded by robots in the new DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/we-happy-few-has-been-invaded-by-robots-in-the-new-dlc/
We Happy Few's first DLC misadventure is out today, and it's quite the departure from the drugged-up dystopia you might be familiar with. Psychedelic fascism is out, vintage alien robots are in. There's a lot of gloom mixed in with the whimsy in Wellington Wells, but in the underground robot-infested lab, things look a bit more lighthearted.