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Tuesday news, part two:

Ashen will drop Epic Games Store exclusivity and arrive on Steam and GOG this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/ashen-will-drop-epic-games-store-exclusivity-and-arrive-on-steam-and-gog-this-year/
A44's broody, beautiful Souls-like Ashen will drop its Epic Games Store exclusivity and make its way to other digital storefronts in December, one year and a little change after it was unveiled as an EGS launch title—which is also when the yearlong exclusivity period was announced.

This new mine-laying Star Citizen spaceship costs over $600 (updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-new-mine-laying-star-citizen-spaceship-announced/
The thing about writing anything about Star Citizen on the internet is that it always makes everyone extremely mad. So here we go: Star Citizen developer Roberts Space Industries has a new ship out for select backers. It lays mines and has a serial number and it costs $675.
>> I... have no words.

Ion Fury developers decide not to remove homophobic content after Steam review bombing
https://www.pcgamer.com/ion-fury-developers-decide-not-to-remove-homophobic-content-after-steam-review-bombing/
Ion Fury is a very good shooter, but its launch has been something else entirely. Just after its release earlier this month, transphobic and sexist comments made by a couple of developers in the Ion Fury Discord were discovered and shared publicly. Developer Voidpoint initially tried to defend the comments as being taken out of context, but then homophobic language was found within the game itself: The use of the word "Fagbag," and an in-game item labeled "Ogay," apparently a play on "Olay."

Conan Chop Chop, the April Fool's joke that became a real game, delayed to 2020
https://www.pcgamer.com/conan-chop-chop-the-april-fools-joke-that-became-a-real-game-delayed-to-2020/
Funcom announced Conan Chop Chop on April 1, and in case you didn't notice the timing it was very clearly an April Fools joke. A couple of months later, the joke was on us when Funcom announced that it's actually a real game that would be out in September. But due to an expanded scope, it won't hit that mark.

Battlefront 2 developer says the community is 'happier than it's ever been'
https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefront-2-developer-says-the-community-is-happier-than-its-ever-been/
After struggling through one of the most famously catastrophic launches in years, it sounds like Star Wars Battlefront 2 is turning things around. Associate design director Dennis Brännvall told GamesIndustry that it "hit rock bottom in terms of player sentiment" thanks to the furor caused by the game's aggressive loot box implementation, but nearly two years later, "the community's happier than it's ever been."

Some World of Warcraft Classic servers already have hour-long queues to get in
https://www.pcgamer.com/some-world-of-warcraft-classic-servers-already-have-hour-long-queues-to-get-in/
"You think you do but you don't," is what Blizzard president J. Allen Brack famously said years ago when a player expressed interest in playing World of Warcraft as it existed back when it first launched. Though he told me that famous quote was, at the time, poorly worded, it's what I'm laughing at now as I try to log into World of Warcraft Classic, which just went live. Update, 6:39pm, 8/26/2019: Blizzard appears to be adding more servers every few hours which should hopefully cut down on queue times. Though some players are still reporting having to wait three-plus hours to get in. Personally it took me about 1.5 hours to get onto my server. We'll update as this develops.

Rainbow Six Siege will be free for a week starting tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-siege-will-be-free-for-a-week-starting-tomorrow/
Rainbow Six Siege will be free to try for an entire week starting from August 28 and ending September 9. During that period, you'll have access to 20 legacy operators, and all progress won during the period will carry over if you choose to purchase the game. According to Ubisoft, it'll be a 70 percent discount off the Deluxe, Gold and Ultimate versions.

Fortnite and Borderlands collide in the latest update
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-and-borderlands-collide-in-the-latest-update/
Fortnite's latest map-warping Rift has ripped a chunk out of Borderlands' Pandora and dropped it in the battle royale. Patch 10.20's crossover lets you duke it out in the dusty battleground and also includes a bunch of themed Fortnite Borderlands challenges and cosmetics. If you truly despise yourself, you can even buy your very own Claptrap.

A Norwegian ISP postponed maintenance for World of Warcraft Classic
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-norwegian-isp-postponed-maintenance-for-world-of-warcraft-classic/
World of Warcraft Classic players faced gargantuan queues when servers went live last night, some 10,000 deep, but it could have been worse. Your ISP, for example, could have been planning to do maintenance, cutting you off from old school Azeroth. That was the case with Norwegian ISP Lyse, but it looks like the influence of the venerable MMO was enough to get it to hold off.

Frostpunk's first expansion and season pass are out today
https://www.pcgamer.com/frostpunks-first-expansion-and-season-pass-are-out-today/
Frostpunk, the best sim of 2018, is beckoning survivors back to the frosty wasteland. The unrelentingly gloomy management game's first expansion is out today, along with a season pass that will net players another pair of expansions further down the line.