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Tuesday news, part two:

Minecraft's 10-year anniversary won't include the game's creator
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-10-year-anniversary-wont-include-the-games-creator/
Minecraft has been around for almost a decade, with the first public version being put out into the world on May 17, 2009. Microsoft will be marking the anniversary, of course, but one significant part of the game's history is being left in the past. Markus "Notch" Persson won't be part of the event.

Mojang makes $100K donation after Minecraft map pack downloaded 100K times
https://www.pcgamer.com/mojang-makes-dollar100k-donation-after-minecraft-map-pack-downloaded-100k-times/
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In March, Mojang donated $10,000 to charity: water, a non-profit organization that works to make safe drinking water accessible in developing countries. Last week, it pledged to bounce that donation to $100,000, once a new map and skin pack called The Travelling Trader had been downloaded 100,000 times.

The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off Necromancer Week with a class preview
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-elder-scrolls-online-kicks-off-necromancer-week-with-a-class-preview/
The Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr expansion is little over a month away, so Bethesda's giving the new necromancer class a proper welcome this week, breaking down the lore and mechanics of Tamriel's most hated mages. Watch the goths in action in the trailer above.

The newest Arma 3 campaign is set in the Cold War
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-newest-arma-3-campaign-is-set-in-the-cold-war/
There was some confusion last fall when gaming site CentrumHer revealed that Arma 4 is in development. It arose from the fact that Arma 4, as far as anyone knows, is not in development at all. What was actually happening, PR manager Korneel van 't Land explained, was an "Arma 3 Creator Bootcamp" for potential third-party Arma 3 DLC creators. Bohemia Interactive has "concrete plans for a significant amount of support for Arma 3 through a combination of official new content and hopefully third-party DLC content in at least the coming year," van 't Land said, and this was a way to get those creators up to speed.

There's a 1 percent chance Valve announces a Half-Life VR game this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-VR-rumor-index/
Predicting what Valve is and isn't going to do is a losing game, even with reliable information, so I'm giving myself a 1 percent chance of getting this completely right.
Valve is going to reveal the specs of its VR headset, the Valve Index, very soon, and we have good reason to believe it'll reveal some VR games along with it—one of which is rumored to be a Half-Life game.

Escape zombies or become one in this 30-player FPS
https://www.pcgamer.com/escape-zombies-or-become-one-in-this-30-player-fps/
Pandemic Express – Zombie Escape is a different sort of multiplayer zombie shooter. It starts with a group of 30 players, who must make their way to a waiting train in order to escape a zombie uprising. The catch is that one of them is already infected, and they're eager to share the brain-eating undead love with everyone else.

An erotic Lovecraft game has been funded on Kickstarter
https://www.pcgamer.com/an-erotic-lovecraft-game-has-been-funded-on-kickstarter/
Lust from Beyond looks like Amnesia with giant alien vaginas. It's an erotic first-person horror romp inspired by the likes of Lovecraft and Giger, with a horny cult trying to open a door to a sex dimension. Typical cult stuff. Expect puzzles, corridors that look like xenomorph nests, and quivering, sentient cocks. Check out the Kickstarter trailer above. It's a bit NSFW.
>> Keep in mind that it's still an horror game.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection public testing has been delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-public-testing-has-been-delayed/
As you may have already guessed, the first public tests for Halo: The Master Chief Collection won't be kicking off this month. Halo community director Brian Jarrard warned that there was a chance they wouldn't begin in April, which he's now confirmed.

Sonic The Hedgehog's first movie trailer is blue nightmare fuel
https://www.pcgamer.com/sonic-the-hedgehogs-first-movie-trailer-is-blue-nightmare-fuel/
Sonic The Hedgehog's official movie trailer is out now—watch it above—and it's quite the thing. Everything is just not quite right, as though the idea of Sonic has been described to someone who has never played a Sonic game. Sonic doesn't even do one loop-the-loop.
>> It's, it's... it's a monstruosity. But you may have already seen it at Bristow9091's thread.

Sega wants to focus more on overseas and PC markets
https://www.pcgamer.com/sega-wants-to-focus-more-on-overseas-and-pc-markets/
Sega recently published its financial report for the year ending March 2019, and it's not been a great one. While overall sales increased, profits declined for the second consecutive year, with digital games and its slot machines seeing the worst results. In light of this, Sega is refocusing its efforts abroad, particularly when it comes to packaged games and ports.