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PUBG's Survival Mastery system rewards players for their non-lethal skills
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubgs-survival-mastery-system-rewards-players-for-their-non-lethal-skills/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 4.3 update is coming to the PC test server soon, bringing with it another progression system. While the Weapon Mastery system let players level up their guns by scoring kills and doing damage, Survival Mastery focuses on all the other stuff.

Dota 2 is banning some players until 2038
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-2-is-banning-some-players-until-2038/
Dota 2 is getting ready for the next ranked season, kicking off tomorrow, which also means getting rid of some of the game's naughtier players. Valve announced that it would be banning people in various waves, which started yesterday. What it didn't mention was the length of the bans, and some players are now discovering their account is in jail for up to 19 years.

Bloodlines 2's third faction is run by an undead criminal kingpin
https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodlines-2s-third-faction-is-run-by-an-undead-criminal-kingpin/
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is now halfway through its introduction of Seattle's undead factions. The Pioneers and Camarilla have had their turn, and now we're getting to meet the Baron and his ragtag group of shady agents.

Little Misfortune, the game about a girl and the voice in her head, is out today
https://www.pcgamer.com/little-misfortune-the-game-about-a-girl-and-the-voice-in-her-head-is-out-today/
Little Misfortune is an oddball, oddly creepy adventure game from Fran Bow studio Killmonday Games about a little girl and her friend, Mr. Voice, who convinces her to embark upon a quest in the woods to discover Eternal Happiness. It looks and sounds kind of cute, as long as you don't pay too much mind to the underlying concept of a young girl being led into the forest by a voice in her head. That's pretty clearly disturbing—and, as far as I can tell, far closer to what the game is actually like.

Batman is coming to Fortnite, dataminers find
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-batman/
Batman—yes, the Batman is coming to Fortnite, because we've already done Marvel, Borderlands, the NFL, Jordan, so why not?
Dexerto notes that Batman Day is September 21, and the very recent v10.31 update appears to include some very Batman-looking items and one very big change to a portion of the map. It looks like Epic Games and DC are looking to celebrate the caped crusader with an in-game event similar to prior promotions.

After 2 months of dangerous surprises, EVE Online is calming down
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-2-months-of-dangerous-surprises-eve-online-is-calming-down/
Two months ago things started getting really scary in EVE Online. First, the player-controlled territories of null-sec fell victim to an unprecedented alien invasion. Soon after, CCP Games disabled a key feature of EVE Online's in-game chat interface, leaving players in a much more dangerous world. Now the changes, which CCP says were "planned as a temporary event," are being reversed.

Destiny 2: Forsaken now includes the Forsaken Annual Pass
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-forsaken-now-includes-the-forsaken-annual-pass/
With Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and New Light still a couple of weeks away, Bungie has made a significant change to Destiny 2: Forsaken. The studio announced on Twitter that the Annual Pass for Forsaken, which includes three seasonal DLC updates, is now free for everyone who owns the expansion.

Daymare: 1998, a survival horror by the Resident Evil 2 Reborn team, is out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/daymare-1998-a-survival-horror-by-the-resident-evil-2-reborn-team-is-out-now/
Resident Evil 2 Reborn was a shortlived fan project that aimed to recreate Capcom's classic in Unreal Engine 4. Capcom inevitably shut it down, in no small part because it was working on its own Resident Evil 2 Remake. But out of the ashes of Reborn, studio Invader Games commenced work on its own third-person survival horror, Daymare: 1998. As of this week, it's available on Steam.

Naval battle royale Maelstrom goes free-to-play
https://www.pcgamer.com/naval-battle-royale-maelstrom-goes-free-to-play/
Remember Maelstrom, the last-ship-standing game of naval combat that entered Early Access last year? The one where you can be captain of an orc ship pulled by giant sharks, and the shrinking battle-royale circle is a section of Dead Water hiding a colossal sea monster that will just straight-up eat you?

Twitch has acquired the Internet Gaming Database
https://www.pcgamer.com/twitch-has-acquired-the-internet-gaming-database/
Streaming service Twitch has acquired the Internet Games Database. The IGDB is basically the IMDB of videogames, a directory of information about games ranging from their ratings, genres, and themes to crowdsourced data about how long they take to beat, and lists of reviews (which annoyingly include include pre-release previews and impressions as well). Digital storefronts can pay to use IGDB's API, which is how the database makes money.

Crying Suns lands in stores, a grim story-driven FTL-like
https://www.pcgamer.com/crying-suns-lands-in-stores-a-grim-story-driven-ftl-like/
There are few scenarios in games as inherently doom-laden as being told you're a (mostly) expendable clone. Granted, in Crying Suns—released today from new studio Alt Shift—you're an important clone. A famous admiral, even, rolled out along with a ship and crew as a last ditch effort to restore power to an entire (ostensibly evil) galactic empire that has mysteriously gone dark. But you're still a clone, and that means that you're probably going to be exploding at some point.

The latest Fortnite skin asks 'what if 7UP was a person?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-limelight-skin/
Limelight, the newest Fortnite skin available in the item shop, is here to make you wonder what a can of Sprite or 7UP would look like if it took on human form. To be fair, it looks pretty good. I haven't seen pants this green since allergy season in middle school.

Void Bastards returns with the Bang Tydy DLC and free challenge modes
https://www.pcgamer.com/void-bastards-returns-with-the-bang-tydy-dlc-and-free-challenge-modes/
Just when I was running out of things to see and spaceships to loot in Void Bastards, developer Blue Manchu drags me back in. The System Shock-inspired shooty roguelike rolled out its first paid DLC yesterday, Bang Tydy, adding a new faction of robotic cleaners to the Sargasso Nebula alongside a generous slab of free goodies.

A Total War Saga: Troy sets sail for a 2020 launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-total-war-saga-troy-sets-sail-for-a-2020-launch/
Whether you picked up a taste for ancient Greek warfare from Assassin's Creed Odyssey or just have a hankering for a fresh Total War battlefield, you've got plenty of polished shields and bronzed bodies on the horizon. Today, Sega officially unveiled A Total War Saga: Troy, the latest in the historical strategy series, and continuing the Saga side-series of smaller games more focused on a single notable conflict.