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The rest of the Friday news:

Cities: Skylines goes to sea with a fishing expansion next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-goes-to-sea-with-a-fishing-expansion-next-week/
It's been a while since I last played Cities: Skylines, but things being what they are it feels like a fine time to lose myself in a soothing city management sim. Good timing, then, that a new expansion is on the horizon. Sunset Harbor will arrive next week, bringing a new commercial enterprise with it: the fishing industry. Check out the announcement trailer above.
>> Will this game ever stop getting DLCs?

Sea of Stars is a gorgeous retro RPG from the makers of The Messenger
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-stars-is-a-gorgeous-retro-rpg-from-the-makers-of-the-messenger/
Sabotage Studio and creative director Thierry Boulanger are making the kind of game he dreamed of as a kid: a classic Nintendo-style RPG, but with the crispness, seamlessness, and graphical magic tricks available today. It's called Sea of Stars, and it's still two years away from release, but the core features, art design, and graphics technology look fantastic.

Riot is boosting League of Legends server capacity to handle increased demand
https://www.pcgamer.com/riot-is-boosting-league-of-legends-server-capacity-to-handle-increased-demand/
The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has people spending more time at home than many of them are used to. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them are turning to gaming to pass the time. That's putting pressure on game companies in sometimes unexpected ways, including longer-than-usual queue times to get into League of Legends games.
>> Hm. I wonder if WoW Classic is seeing a surge in players.

Players are stockpiling and price-gouging toilet paper in Fallout 76
https://www.pcgamer.com/players-are-stockpiling-and-price-gouging-toilet-paper-in-fallout-76/
Art can sometimes hold a mirror up to society, and that's certainly the case this week in Fallout 76. Some players have begun jokingly stockpiling toilet paper, just as people are doing in the real world. As you can see in the tweet above by a user named... sigh... BloodfartAUS, the toilet paper hoarding in Fallout 76 is in full effect.

Game Developers Conference moves to August 4, which seems optimistic
https://www.pcgamer.com/game-developers-conference-moves-to-august-4-which-seems-optimistic/
The Game Developers Conference was initially supposed to happen this week, but the event was postponed due to health concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. Now its organizers have announced a new date for the event, officially renamed to GDC Summer, which is scheduled to take place on August 4—assuming the world isn't still fighting off the Covid-19 pandemic, that is.

Overwatch's new hero Echo can 'duplicate' enemies and use their abilities against them
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-new-hero-echo-can-duplicate-enemies-and-use-their-abilities-against-them/
Yesterday, Blizzard unveiled the next character coming to Overwatch: An advanced Omnic named Echo who was created by Dr. Mina Liao, the long-unrevealed sixth founding member of the online supergroup. Today, Echo became playable on the Overwatch PTR, and Blizzard revealed more about her history (Blizzard refers to Echo as "her") and what she brings to the fight.

Rainbow Six Siege’s Golden Gun mode is the perfect debut for the Arcade playlist
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-golden-gun-mode-is-the-perfect-debut-for-the-arcade-playlist/
Start practicing your one-taps, because Ubisoft just surprise-dropped Rainbow Six Siege’s first Arcade mode. Golden Gun, a tribute to the custom GoldenEye 007 mode of the same name, is live today through March 23. The rules are simple: Everyone has a golden Deagle that kills in one hit and must be reloaded after every shot.

American Motorcycle Simulator promises bar room brawls, drunken darts and strippers
https://www.pcgamer.com/american-motorcycle-simulator-promises-bar-room-brawls-drunken-darts-and-strippers/
With a name that evokes the leisurely and delightfully mundane American Truck Simulator, I thought I knew what to expect when I fired up the trailer for American Motorcycle Simulator. I was not anticipating the bar room brawls, and I definitely thought there would be fewer strippers. Take a gander above.

A new batch of forgotten classics is now available on GOG
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-collection-of-forgotten-classics-is-now-available-on-gog/
Ziggurat Interactive announced itself in early March as a new publisher that would focus primarily on bringing "classic console and PC games from the '80s, '90s, and beyond" to modern platforms, including not just remasters but also "new full-fledged sequels and entirely new original games." The company said that it had already signed deals for more than 140 games from several publishers, and had updates of three games already in the works: Forbidden Forest from 1983, Super Huey from 1985, and the 2001 squad-based shooter Deadly Dozen.

EGX: Rezzed 2020 will apparently be returning in July
https://www.pcgamer.com/egx-rezzed-2020-will-apparently-be-returning-in-july/
EGX: Rezzed 2020 was meant to be kicking off this month, but it has of course been postponed due to the coronavirus. Organiser Reed Exhibitions said it would be returning in the summer, however, and it looks like its sticking to its guns, though the new dates might not be realistic.

Time to take a look at the GOG and Steam deals during the weekend:

+GOG

• GOG is celebrating its Spring Sale and you should definitely give it a look, and maybe make your own bundles to increase the discount. And while you're there, don't forget to grab Mable & The Wood, free for the next 46 hours.

+Steam

• The new daily deal is The Messenger, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/764790/The_Messenger/
• There's a GDC/IFA Awards Sale with up to 50% discounts for the next 3 days: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/igfgdca2020
• STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order is 35% off this weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172380/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Fallen_Order/
• The Pathfinder: Kingmaker & Outward is 53% off for the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/pathfinder_outward
• The Darksiders franchise is the other weekend deal with up to 80% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/darksiders/
• Metal Wolf Chaos XD, one of the Midweek Madness deals, will still be 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/820630/Metal_Wolf_Chaos_XD/
• And Devolver Digital has some of its games up to 75% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/devolver
• Ubisoft is having a publisher sale with up to 75% discounts until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ubisoft_weekend/
• WayForward0s Anniversary Sale with its 30% discounts will last until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/WayForward
• And Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is 25% off until the 31st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118010/Monster_Hunter_World_Iceborne/
• Last, but not least, we have the weeklong deals.

And that's it. I hope you have a happy and gaming weekend and please, take care of yourselves and don't go outside unless you have to. Use this time to clear some of that backlog you have!