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Monday news, part two:

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint trailer shows off its PC features
https://www.pcgamer.com/ghost-recon-breakpoint-trailer-shows-off-its-pc-features/
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Ubisoft's survival-focused sequel to Wildlands, has got a few PC-specific features it wants to tout. Ubisoft's PC ports typically come with lots of settings to tweak, but you can see the highlights in the trailer above.

You can kill every character in The Outer Worlds
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-kill-every-character-in-the-outer-worlds/
Speaking to Polygon, Obsidian's senior designer Brian Heins confirmed that in The Outer Worlds, you'll be able to kill anyone you want. And to protect your ability to complete quests, there are back-up systems in place.

Open your Hearthstone Saviors of Uldum packs now by setting up a Fireside Gathering
https://www.pcgamer.com/open-your-hearthstone-rise-of-shadows-packs-now-by-setting-up-a-fireside-gathering/
The new Hearthstone set Saviors of Uldum launches next week on August 6, but you can open your new SoU card packs right now by setting up a private Fireside Gathering. The process is pretty simple, and you can do it from the comfort of your own home.

Riot Games confirms it's working on a fighting game
https://www.pcgamer.com/riot-games-confirms-its-working-on-a-fighting-game/
Riot Games is a very big game studio, especially considering that it only makes one game—League of Legends. In 2016 it acquired Radiant Entertainment, the developer of the canceled fighting game Rising Thunder, which naturally led to speculation that Riot had designs on making a move into the fighting game scene. Today at the annual Evolution Championship Series tournament—better known as Evo—Radiant co-founder Tom Cannon finally confirmed that, yes, it is happening.

Teamfight Tactics adds three more 'Little Legends' to the PBE
https://www.pcgamer.com/teamfight-tactics-adds-three-more-little-legends-to-the-pbe/
Little Legends are the cute little characters who represent the player in Teamfight Tactics. There are currently six of them—Furyhorn, Hauntling, Silverwing, Featherknight, Runespirit, and Molediver—plus River Sprite, who represents players who don't have a Little Legends skin equipped. Soon that number will grow by three, as Hushtail, Paddlemar, and Protector are set to join the fight with the launch of the 9.16 patch.

Valve apologizes for leaking Street Fighter 5 DLC characters, including E. Honda
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-apologizes-for-leaking-street-fighter-5-dlc-characters-including-e-honda/
When E. Honda, Lucia and Poison were prematurely revealed as the next Street Fighter 5 DLC characters this week, it appeared someone at Capcom had got a bit over-excited and posted the trailer on Steam early. The sumo wrestler was out of the bag, and Capcom confirmed the news. But the error was actually Valve's, and the company has apologized for the mix-up in a Steam post.

Valve updates Team Fortress 2 trading rules following hat market crash
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-updates-team-fortress-2-trading-rules-following-hat-market-crash/
Team Fortress 2's in-game economy went haywire last week when a bug showered players with rare, Unusual quality hats. Valve fixed the bug the following day and trade-locked the affected hats, stopping anyone profiting from the glitch—but it's now relented, and says players can trade one of the hats they obtained via the bug.

Fortnite players fume over Season 10's overpowered mechs
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-players-arent-pleased-with-season-10s-overpowered-mechs/
Fortnite's Season 10 added, among other things, a two-person mech called a B.R.U.T.E., and it's tearing players to shreds. Some players want it nerfed, some want it removed entirely, and others want it moved to its own limited time mode.

Rumor: Rainbow Six Siege's Season 3 operators revealed in leak
https://www.pcgamer.com/rumor-rainbow-six-sieges-season-3-operators-revealed-in-apparent-leak/
We know that Rainbow Six Siege's Year 4 Season 3 operators will be from Mexico and Peru, and a leak in June suggested their gadgets will be a grappling hook and a shield that drops fire when destroyed. A new leak this week, originating on 4Chan, supposedly shows what those two new operators look like: you can see one above, and the other below.

Infinity Ward's focus isn't on battle royale, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer design director says
https://www.pcgamer.com/infinity-wards-focus-isnt-on-battle-royale-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-multiplayer-design-director-says/
We've had a go at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's multiplayer, tried out its new corner-mounting mechanic, and seen a more deliberate take on the Call of Duty formula. But the question remains—will this Call of Duty have a battle royale mode, as well as the regular multiplayer?
IGN asked Infinity Ward's multiplayer design director Joe Cecot, whether it would and he replied that though the designers are "big fans of battle royale" that's not what they're working on. "We’re excited for large player counts and things like that, but right now we’re really focused on core multiplayer." Which is not a definitive no, but suggests it might be on the backburner. Interest in the battle royale genre does seem to be slowing.

Record of Lodoss War platformer heading to Early Access later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/record-of-lodoss-war-platformer-heading-to-early-access-later-this-year/
The next game based on the Record of Lodoss War franchise, a set of Japanese novels that sparked a popular anime TV series, is heading to Steam Early Access this year and is targeting a spring 2020 release date.

Respawn producer appears to tease new Apex Legends character
https://www.pcgamer.com/respawn-developer-appears-to-tease-new-apex-legends-character/
An Apex Legends developer appears to have teased the next character coming to the battle royale shooter by sharing images from a Respawn motion capture session.
Tina Sanchez shared the image above on Twitter alongside another picture of her wearing a suit covered in sensors and carrying a cane. "Working on Apex Legends stuff," read the tweet.

Borderlands 2 dev explains why there's mysterious boxes hidden under every level
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-dev-explains-why-theres-mysterious-boxes-hidden-under-every-level/
The latest video in YouTuber Shesez's excellent Boundary Break series—which takes the viewer outside the boundaries in popular games—is all about Borderlands 2, and it reveals plenty of secrets about the way the world is designed.

Romance of The Three Kingdoms 14 announced, due early 2020
https://www.pcgamer.com/romance-of-the-three-kingdoms-14-announced-due-early-2020/
Developer Koei has announced the 14th installment in its Romance of the Three Kingdoms grand strategy RPGs, and it will come to Steam early next year.
Koei said Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 will help return "classic gameplay" to the series by using the ruler-based systems from the 9th and 11th entries, which means all actions take place on a single, hex-based map. The aim is to gather and manage land during the fall of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, using diplomacy or force as needed.

Total War: Elysium is a card game spin-off launching in China first
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-elysium-is-a-card-game-spin-off-launching-in-china-first/
Earlier in the year, Creative Assembly said that China was the biggest market for Total War: Three Kingdoms, and the studio has followed up that surge in popularity by teaming up with Chinese publisher NetEase. The partnership means NetEase will be bringing all of the historical Total Wars to China, along with a brand new game.

Master of Magic acquired by strategy publisher Slitherine
https://www.pcgamer.com/master-of-magic-acquired-by-strategy-publisher-slitherine/
After 25 years, Master of Magic has finally been summoned again. After a stint languishing at Atari, the rights to the formative fantasy 4X game have been acquired by Slitherine, the publisher also responsible for bringing back the similarly ancient Fantasy General.

Snake is not sneaking into Tekken 7
https://www.pcgamer.com/snake-is-not-sneaking-into-tekken-7/
This weekend, EVO hosted a few fighting game announcements amid the relentless brawling of the tournament's competitors, and one in particular got folk all in a lather. During the Tekken 7 finals, it looked like Metal Gear Solid's Snake was being teased as an upcoming fighter. Hopes were raised and then, tragically, dashed.