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Thursday news, part two:

Former Blizzard boss discusses the death of Titan and the birth of Overwatch
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-blizzard-boss-discusses-the-death-of-titan-and-the-birth-of-overwatch/
Mike Morhaime, one of Blizzard's co-founders and its former president, was on hand for the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, and gave a talk that spanned his career at the company. Morhaime discussed why Blizzard cancels about half of the games it starts, and the icy reception fans gave to the announcement of Diablo Immortal in November.

Sledgehammer co-founder Glen Schofield has joined PUBG Corp
https://www.pcgamer.com/sledgehammer-co-founder-glen-schofield-has-joined-pubg-corp/
Glen Schofield, well known among shooter fans as the former head of EA's Visceral Games studio and the co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, parted ways with Activision at the end of 2018, not quite a year after stepping down from his position as Sledgehammer's game director and chief creative officer. Today he revealed his next big thing: He's joined PUBG Corporation to head up a new triple-A development studio called Striking Distance.

Night Call, the neo-noir taxi driver murder mystery, is coming in July
https://www.pcgamer.com/night-call-the-neo-noir-taxi-driver-murder-mystery-is-coming-in-july/
Night Call is a "neo-noir narrative investigation game" about a taxi driver who roams the gloomy eventide streets of Paris, collecting fares, delivering riders, and solving murders—specifically the murders committed by a serial killer who the police believe to be you.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood will be uncensored in Germany
https://www.pcgamer.com/wolfenstein-youngblood-will-be-uncensored-in-germany/
Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the upcoming FPS about girls, guns, and the things they do to Nazis, will be the first game in the long-running series to be released uncensored in Germany. Previous games in the series (and others) have had to scrub Nazi imagery in order to comply with German laws, but a change implemented in 2018 enabled the country's USK rating agency to consider games on a case-by-case basis.

The Steam Summer Sale Grand Prix game is confusing the hell out of everyone
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-grand-prix/
Like some past sales, the Steam Summer Sale includes a metagame: everyone on Steam joins one of five teams and attempts to boost their chosen animal in a race by spending money and completing quests. At 10 am Pacific each day, random members of the top three teams receive games on their wishlists.
It sounds simple enough, but earlier today I noticed that the Steam subreddit is full of memes about how busted the game has been. After looking more closely at the rules, I realized how comically confusing the Grand Prix really is.
>> I agree, it's bonkers.

Watch Dogs Legion is set after Scotland leaves the UK
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-dogs-legion-is-set-after-scotland-leaves-the-uk/
While Watch Dogs Legion is set in London, the capital doesn't exist in a vacuum, so what's going on in the rest of the rest of the UK? Well, it turns out that it's shrunk a little since Brexit. Yes, in Ubisoft's vision of the near future, Scotland is independent.

Apex Legends Season 2 trailer drops tomorrow, but a 'Crypto Laptop' is in the game now
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-season-2-trailer-drops-tomorrow-but-a-crypto-laptop-is-in-the-game-now/
The Apex Legends Season 2 launch trailer will be revealed tomorrow, June 27, at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, on YouTube. There's a page for it up already, if you'd like to wait. (And based on the very active chat, people are.) But other interesting things are already happening.

Apex Legends Season 2 trailer leak teases a new character
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-season-2-trailer-leak-teases-a-new-character/
The trailer for Apex Legends Season 2 is set to appear later today, at 6 pm BST/10 am PT, but since this is 2019 it's already leaked. Of course it has! In fact, there are two of them, and you can watch them both now.

The Division 2's first free episode is heading to the public test server soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2s-first-free-episode-is-heading-to-the-public-test-server-soon/
The Division 2's first free episodic update, DC Outskirts: Expeditions, will let players venture out into the post-apocalyptic wilderness beyond the capital, including the zoo! Never pass up a trip to the zoo. You'll be able go exploring on Monday, when the first episode appears on the public test server.

Hazelight's new game isn't A Way Out 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/hazelights-new-game-isnt-a-way-out-2/
A Way Out developer Hazelight Studios is working on a new game, but so far it's only been teased by studio head Josef Fares and, for now, remains a mystery. What it definitely isn't, he said, is a sequel to the co-op criminal caper, though you can expect some familiar bits and bobs.

Field of Glory: Empires' new trailer is narrated in Latin
https://www.pcgamer.com/field-of-glory-empires-new-trailer-is-narrated-in-latin/
Field of Glory: Empires, Ageod's classical grand strategy game, will unleash players on the map of antiquity next month, and to get prospective armchair consuls up to speed, there's a video that breaks breaks down all the empire building and empire smashing. It's also in Latin.