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Promising first-person monster game Darkborn has been shelved
https://www.pcgamer.com/promising-first-person-monster-game-darkborn-has-been-shelved/
Darkborn, previous known as Project Wight, and before that Archenemy, is no more. The Outsiders revealed the first gameplay trailer for the first-person monster romp a year ago, but things haven't been going well since then. It's now been effectively cancelled.

Crashlands creators' new game is a crafting platformer about delivery robots in space
https://www.pcgamer.com/crashlands-creators-new-game-is-a-crafting-platformer-about-delivery-robots-in-space/
The 2016 top-download exploration RPG Crashlands was very good, but as we noted in our review it was also "tuned for a mobile experience" first and foremost. Developer Butterscotch Shenanigans announced the followup, Levelhead, in March 2019, and after a year in Early Access it went into full release today.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla's village hub 'changed the shape of the game,' Ubisoft says
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-valhallas-village-hub-changed-the-shape-of-the-game-ubisoft-says/
A year after the Vikings rumor first came to the surface, Ubisoft confirmed yesterday that the next Assassin's Creed game is entitled Valhalla, and dropped a cinematic today showcasing our Norwegian friends doing the two-handed chop on the gang in Saxon England. Aside from the basics of the setting, though, we still don't know what we can expect from Valhalla, but Ubisoft told Eurogamer that one big new feature is a village settlement that will serve as a home and hub for players.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay will be revealed next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-gameplay-will-be-revealed-next-week/
Ubisoft rolled out a cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla earlier today and it was suitably epic, but aside from the very broad strokes of "burly men and women will gut and be gutted," it really didn't show us much about the game itself. For that, we'll have to wait until next week—specifically May 7, during the Inside Xbox livestream.

Apex Legends' new character is a glamorous thief obsessed with revenge
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-new-character-is-a-glamorous-thief-obsessed-with-revenge/
Electronic Arts confirmed today that the next entrant in the Apex Legends battle royale will be Loba Andrade, the little girl who became an orphan when the psycho murderbot did his thing in January's Season 4 launch trailer. She's since grown up to become an extremely successful thief, but she never got over the death of her parents, and with their killer—the relentless murderbot Revenant—now resurfaced in the Apex games, it looks like Loba is going to make her move for revenge.

Valorant's war against cheaters escalates as aimbots and wallhacks appear
https://www.pcgamer.com/valorants-war-against-cheaters-escalates-as-aimbots-and-wallhacks-appear/
Valorant hasn't even left closed beta and cheaters are already cheating. Riot told me two weeks ago that the first cheaters had been banned just days after the beta launched, and now players are posting evidence of more hacks on Reddit.
>> And now it has ranked play, which may be an incentive for some to cheat even more.

GDC will go 'fully digital' for its summer event in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/gdc-will-go-fully-digital-for-its-summer-event-in-august/
Game Developers Conference 2020 was postponed in February as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, but organizers said at the time that they "intend to host a GDC event later in the summer." In March, they announced GDC Summer, an event that promised "the same high level of expert-led talks as the traditional GDC, along with a freestyle two-day expo show floor," scheduled for August 4.

Cyberpunk 2077 gets an R18+ rating in Australia, alleviating fears of a ban
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-gets-an-r18-rating-in-australia-alleviating-fears-of-a-ban/
Cyberpunk 2077 has sex, drugs, suicide and cruelty, which is pretty stressful if you're Australian: the country's Classification Board doesn't like drugs in particular. The prospect that the game might be refused classification, or censored in some form, has been a point of anxiety for a while. But now you can relax.

Legends of Runeterra launches with more than 120 new cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/legends-of-runeterra-launches-with-more-than-120-new-cards/
Legends of Runeterra, Riot's free-to-play card game, has left open beta and is out in the wild. It's joined by Rising Tides, its very first expansion, giving players more than 120 new cards and 11 new champions to play with.

Kind Donations turns Animal Crossing's museum into a blood-soaked nightmare
https://www.pcgamer.com/kind-donations-turns-animal-crossings-museum-into-a-bloodsoaked-nightmare/
I have finally liberated myself from the clutches of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and its awful stalk market, but I have been wondering how my best bud, Blathers the owl, has been getting on in my absence. Probably not too well, judging by this Animal Crossing-inspired indie horror game, Kind Donations.

Subnautica: Below Zero adds a revamped story, new mechanics and snowballs
https://www.pcgamer.com/subnautica-below-zero-adds-a-revamped-story-new-mechanics-and-snowballs/
It might be time to start a new game in Subnautica: Below Zero. The Early Access survival game received a significant update this week, making Planet 4546B even more inhospitable, while letting you experience the beginning of a revamped story, complete with a new intro cinematic.

Geoff Keighley's hosting his own E3 replacement that will run all summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/geoff-keighleys-hosting-his-own-e3-replacement-that-will-run-all-summer/
Kojima's mate and industry superfan Geoff Keighley is keeping busy this summer. He's announced the Summer Game Fest, a peculiar summer-long smorgasbord of news, reveals, demos and in-game events. It starts this month.

Call of Duty: Warzone brings back Bounty contracts
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-bounty-contracts/
Sometimes, getting mad gets results. Case in point: Earlier this week, Activision added a new type of contract to the Call of Duty battle royale Warzone, but at the same time quietly removed Bounty contracts, a move that left a lot of players very unhappy.

An alien onesie can be yours if you log into GTA Online in May
https://www.pcgamer.com/an-alien-onesie-can-be-yours-if-you-log-into-gta-online-in-may/
Rockstar is giving a GTA$500,000 reward to anyone and everyone who logs into GTA Online in the month of May. That sounds like a lot of cash, right? Yeah, it's not.

The original Star Wars: Battlefront now has Steam multiplayer support
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-original-star-wars-battlefront-now-has-steam-multiplayer-support/
The original Star Wars: Battlefront came out in 2004—eons ago, in videogame terms. Like the 2015 reboot Star Wars Battlefront (you can tell the difference by the lack of a colon), it focused heavily on multiplayer combat, but online play required the use of the GameSpy service, which became a problem when it went away in 2014.
It was still possible to play online but it took a lot more effort after that happened. As this guide on Steam breaks down, you could use a mod, or do some manual hex editing, or you could hoof your PC over to somebody's basement and set up a LAN with as many people as you could squeeze in. None of these solutions are ideal for someone looking for a simple hour or two of classic online gaming, but now there's a better way: A surprise update has restored multiplayer support directly through Steam.