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For five bucks, you can unlock everything in Resident Evil 2 Remake
https://www.pcgamer.com/for-five-bucks-you-can-unlock-everything-in-resident-evil-2/
A new piece of DLC for Resident Evil 2 unlocks everything you can earn in the game. For $5/£4, you can dispense with all the usual gameplay hoops and start running around as a giant chunk of tofu brandishing a pistol with infinite ammo.

Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-rise-of-shadows-is-live-in-north-america-eu-appears-to-be-struggling/
Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows, the new expansion set that sees some of the game's most notorious bad guys getting up to no good as The League of E.V.I.L., is now live. Which also means that the annual set rotation has happened, meaning cards from Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne, and Kobolds and Catacombs will no longer be eligible for play in the Standard Mode.

Dragon Age 4’s cool original concept featured spies and heists, says report
https://www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-4s-original-concept-featured-spies-and-heists-says-report/
Just a week after Kotaku’s explosive report on the troubled development of Anthem, it’s published a follow-up investigation on the next Dragon Age game. And while BioWare and EA teased what’s almost certainly Dragon Age 4 at the Game Awards in December, Kotaku’s reporting indicates it’s a completely rebooted vision. The original Dragon Age 4 was scuttled, and the sad thing is, it sounds amazing.
>> Here's the Kotaku report.

Rumors about the next Dragon Age spark fears it'll be another Anthem
https://www.pcgamer.com/rumors-about-the-next-dragon-age-spark-fears-itll-be-another-anthem/
A new Kotaku report on the history and current status of the next Dragon Age game reveals old plans for an ambitious and intriguing RPG, code-named Joplin, that would have prioritized "choice and consequence," rather than simplistic fetch quests, in a game world smaller than Dragon Age: Inquisition, but deeper and more reactive. Alas, that vision of the game allegedly fell victim to the ol' double-whammy of Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem.

Sigil, John Romero's spiritual successor to Ultimate Doom, is delayed again
https://www.pcgamer.com/sigil-john-romeros-spiritual-successor-to-ultimate-doom-is-delayed-again/
Sigil, the John Romero-authored "unofficial spiritual successor" to Ultimate Doom that was announced late last year, has been pushed back yet again. It was originally supposed to be out in February 2019, but was delayed into April because of problems with the planned physical release. Now April is here and it has slipped yet again, for the same reason, to the first week of May.

Rage 2 extended gameplay trailer showcases the BFG-9000 and some very okay action
https://www.pcgamer.com/rage-2-extended-gameplay-trailer-showcases-the-bfg-9000-and-some-very-okay-action/
A new Rage 2 video courtesy of IGN showcases 11 minutes of fresh life-in-the-wasteland gameplay, including some vehicular combat, the Overdrive berserker mode, a boss fight, and the first appearance of a gun you may have played with once or twice before: The infamous BFG-9000 from Doom.

Destiny 2's latest patch supercharge the older Arc subclasses
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2s-latest-patch-supercharge-the-older-arc-subclasses/
Today marks the beginning of Arc Week in Destiny 2, which will see improvements made to many of the game's pre-Forsaken Arc subclasses, adds an Arc Singe (a boost to all Arc damage), Arc-based bounties, and a return of the Thunderlord exotic machine gun quest, which can be started by visiting Amanda Holliday in the tower from April 9-23. There's electricity in the air, you might say—and there are patch notes, too.

Oops! Destiny 2 PC players were able to acquire a PS4-exclusive exotic weapon
https://www.pcgamer.com/oops-destiny-2-pc-players-were-able-to-acquire-a-ps4-exclusive-exotic-weapon/
Destiny 2's Wavesplitter exotic trace rifle is one sweet piece of firepower. It is also, until September, exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Which is why some players, such as Cloud_Fish, were excited but also confused when they discovered that they'd acquired the weapon despite playing on non-PS4 platforms.

Steampunk WW1 RTS Iron Harvest has been picked up by Deep Silver
https://www.pcgamer.com/steampunk-ww1-rts-iron-harvest-has-been-picked-up-by-deep-silver/
Iron Harvest developer King Art Games has announced that the game now has a publisher: Deep Silver. In a post on its website announcing the news, the developer explains that it's fielded over a dozen offers from publishers, speaking to a few of them, but found the publisher behind crowdfunded games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Shenmue 3 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker to be the "perfect fit".

Excited for Bloodlines 2? Play free adventure Santa Monica By Night
https://www.pcgamer.com/excited-for-bloodlines-2-play-free-adventure-santa-monica-by-night/
Bloodlines 2, thrillingly, is a real thing that is happening, a fact that no doubt has caused many of you to reinstall the buggy but brilliant original game. When you've had your fill of Troika's vampire RPG, you might want to give Santa Monica By Night a play. It's a short adventure game, made appropriately for the Vampire Jam, which begins with the premise that the events of Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines were based on fact.

EVE-inspired MMO Albion Online goes free to play
https://www.pcgamer.com/eve-inspired-mmo-albion-online-goes-free-to-play/
Ambitious sandbox MMO Albion Online is now free to play. You can download the client from the Albion Online site and start your quest to not to get mugged in the first few hours. Albion's devs describe it as a "hardcore" experience with a player-driven economy, player-led guilds, and plenty of PvP.

Borderlands 3 crossplay is being looked at 'closely', but isn't confirmed
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-crossplay-is-being-looked-at-closely-but-isnt-confirmed/
If you've ever dreamed of playing Borderlands 3 with your console-owning friends, but don't want to sacrifice the benefits of having much more powerful, expensive hardware, it sounds like 2K and Gearbox are considering crossplay for the game—even if it's not part of Borderlands 3 as it stands.

Splinter Cell is not dead, as Ubisoft boss discusses series' future
https://www.pcgamer.com/splinter-cell-is-not-dead-says-ubisoft-boss/
Clancyheads got a big dose of nostalgia last year when Ghost Recon Wildlands introduced ‘Special Operation 1,’ a free add-on mission that let you hang out with Splinter Cell badass Sam Fisher. In a new interview, Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot confirms that the company has plans for the Splinter Cell series—although it’s not clear what shape those plans might take.