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Friday news, the last part:

Dying Light's new Story Mode makes the game much easier
https://www.pcgamer.com/dying-lights-new-story-mode-makes-the-game-much-easier/
Despite being more than five years old, Dying Light just keeps on getting updates. The latest introduces a whole new difficulty setting for free runners who prefer to focus on the game's story.

Apex Legends is bringing back its original map for the weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-is-bringing-back-its-original-map-for-the-weekend/
Kings Canyon was the first, and during the first two seasons, only map in Apex Legends. It went through a number of changes over those seasons, but the start of season 3 brought a brand-new map to fight on called World's Edge, and that was that for Kings Canyon. But starting tomorrow—and just for a little while—the canyon is coming back.

Kerbal Space Program 2 moves to a new studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/kerbal-space-program-2-moves-to-a-new-studio/
Kerbal Space Program has come a long way since its initial public release in 2011. It went to Steam Early Access in 2013, made a full launch in 2015, and was acquired (along with developer Squad) by Take-Two in 2017. A sequel was announced last year, being developed by a different studio, Star Theory Games, but that plan has now changed somewhat: Take-Two said today that development of Kerbal Space Program 2 has been taken over by a new studio founded under its boutique "indie" publishing label Private Division.

Unleash your inner Flyboy in Dakka Squadron, a Warhammer 40K Ork flight sim
https://www.pcgamer.com/unleash-your-inner-flyboy-in-dakka-squadron-a-warhammer-40k-ork-flight-sim/
There are a lot of Warhammer games out there, especially if you take Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40K as one great lump of grimdark, as I generally do. There are shooters and strategy and space combat and even sports, but one thing we haven't seen yet (as far as I know, anyway) is a flight sim.
You can now consider that niche filled, courtesy of Dakka Squadron, announced today by developer Phosphor Games. Somewhat improbably, to non-Warhammer fans at least, the game will focus on the Orks, the green-skinned lunatics who make up Warhammer 40K's most wildly warlike (and funniest) faction. (That's also where the name comes from.)

Bungie details a big ol' bunch of nerfs coming to Destiny 2 in the next season
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-details-a-big-ol-bunch-of-nerfs-coming-to-destiny-2-in-the-next-season/
The latest This Week at Bungie update doesn't reveal the name of Destiny 2's next season, I'm sorry to say, but it does offer a look at some of the changes coming to weapons when it begins in March. It doesn't sound like the adjustments will be as dramatic as the recently-announced overhaul of swords, but various archetypes will undergo "finer tuning" for the advent of the new season, impacting damage values, range, and even aspects like reload cancelling.

Explore a surreal underworld in free sci-fi adventure Remnants
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-a-surreal-underworld-in-free-sci-fi-adventure-remnants/
Now I know where all the colours went during the Unreal Engine 3 era. They were pinched, and stored in the subterranean facility you find yourself exploring during Remnants. How else to explain the vibrant, possibly even forbidden colour palette of this gorgeous top-down adventure game?

Dota Underlords update highlights changes from beta to Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-underlords-update-highlights-changes-from-the-beta-to-early-access/
With the announcement of Dota Underlords official release date Valve has uploaded a new blog post update explaining what's shipping in Season 1 and details about a celebratory launch party. The autobattler launched on Steam back in June and will be leaving Early Access on February 25.

And these are the GOG and Steam deals available during the weekend:

+GOG

• GOG has a lot of sales and the first one is the weekly sale with up to 90% discounts in arcade games: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200217_weekly_sale
• Bethesda also has its games on sale, up to 75% off for another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/bethesda_publisher_sale
• The Midweek Sale with its games for "animal lovers" will still be available for another 22 hours and features up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200219_midweek_sale
• No Man's Sky is 50% off for another 6 days: https://www.gog.com/game//no_mans_sky
• For Dying Light's 5th birthday (and the new DLC), the game is on sale, up to 70% off for 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200220_promo_launch_dying_light
• The first of the weekend sales is cyberpunk sale with up to 90% deals on games with that theme, and there's also an article about 9 cyberpunk games to play before the launch of 2077): https://www.gog.com/promo/20200221_cyberpunk_weekend
• And we've finally reached the last one, with a Carnival weekend sale with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200221_carnival_sale

+Steam

• The first one is the new daily deal Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096410/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Coteries_of_New_York/
• BATTLETECH is 66% off for another 50 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/
• The Early Access title Barotrauma is 34% off until the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/
• Hunt: Showdown is going to be 40% off until March, the 2nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/594650/Hunt_Showdown/
• Kingdom Under Fire 2 is free to try for another 2 days and 40% off (50% the War God Edition) if you want to keep playing: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132210/Kingdom_Under_Fire_2/
• Dying Light is also free to try for 2 days, and the game is 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light/
• The South Park franchise is also on sale, between 80 and 91% off during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/southpark/
• And lastly, there's the weeklong sale.

And that's it. Have a happy and gaming weekend.