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Tuesday news, part two:

Bethesda will donate $1 million to COVID-19 relief
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-will-donate-dollar1-million-to-covid-19-relief/
Bethesda Softworks says it will donate $1 million to local and international "front-line organizations" working to support the effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and will offer fans of its games opportunities to kick in to the cause too.

Artifact's heroes are getting a major overhaul
https://www.pcgamer.com/artifacts-heroes-are-getting-a-major-overhaul/
It's starting to look very much like like Valve isn't rebooting Artifact so much as it is making a whole new game. The cards are changing, the mechanics are changing, and the heroes are changing too: Valve said in a new update today that heroes were seen "as one of the strengths in the original game, but also as one of the missed opportunities," and so it's making changes to the existing heroes and putting together ideas for some new ones.

Cyberpunk 2077's 18+ rating leaks in Brazil, dev says 'we don't f**k around'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077s-18-rating-leaks-in-brazil-dev-says-we-dont-fk-around/
Last week, Brazil's advisory rating system let slip that CD Projekt's upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 will be rated 18+ in the country. The listing was quickly taken down, but not before it was recorded for posterity on Reddit, which captured images of the rating and provided a handy translation of the content list, too.

A year after being delisted, Lego: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are back on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-year-after-being-delisted-lego-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-are-back-on-steam/
It's been just over a year since Lego: Lord of the Rings and Lego: The Hobbit disappeared from Steam. While no reasons were given at the time, it was likely a licensing issue, with the official Warner Bros response being fairly unspecific. But as spotted by Kotaku, it's time to put your hanky away: they're back.

Jessika is a Her Story-style FMV mystery about a young woman's suicide—or murder
https://www.pcgamer.com/jessika-is-a-her-story-style-fmv-mystery-about-a-young-womans-suicideor-murder/
Full-motion videogames (FMVs) have a pretty bad rap in the game biz, and let's be honest: It's well deserved. As we said back in 2015, they were "the worst of all worlds," with limited storage, limited budgets, and limited acting ability. But the genre has enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent years, kickstarted largely by the success of Her Story, which received acclaim when it was released in 2015, and the 2019 followup Telling Lies.
Jessika, announced today by Assemble Entertainment, bears a strong resemblance to those games—in fact, Assemble CEO Stefan Marcinek made a direct comparison to both. After the death of a young woman is ruled a suicide by police, her father—convinced that something far more sinister is going on—hires you to investigate and uncover the truth. Using only your laptop, you'll dive into her online life to follow trails of keywords, uncover clues, and piece together the truth of Jessika's life and untimely death.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's next title update has been postponed
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-icebornes-next-title-update-has-been-postponed/
Monster Hunters will have to put their plans to murder Alatreon on hold, as Iceborne's fourth free title update has been put back in the cooler, with no word on a new release date.
Capcom announced the delay on Twitter, explaining that the coronavirus has understandably impacted production. This has resulted in a delay, as well as scaled back Italian, Spanish and French localisation. Recording voice overs is extremely difficult at the moment, with actors unable to get into the studio to record their lines. They will be replaced with "simplified recordings," according to the developer.

Fallout 76's new robot loves communism a bit too much for some players
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76s-new-robot-loves-communism-a-bit-too-much-for-some-players/
Fallout 76 might have been improved by the Wastelanders update, but it's still getting up to its old tricks. First there was the issue with the new NPCs stealing weapons from dead players, and now there's a robot whose obsession with communism is getting in the way of its job.