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Part two of the Wednesday news:

Hardspace: Shipbreaker dev diary showcases zero-g spacecraft surgery
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardspace-shipbreaker-dev-diary-showcases-zero-g-spacecraft-surgery/
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is getting close to its Early Access release on June 16—and as a bit of prep, developer Blackbird Interactive was nice enough to give us an early look at a new dev diary taking you behind the scenes.

CD Projekt teases Cyberpunk 2077 event in June
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-teases-cyberpunk-2077-reveal-event-in-june/
E3 2020 was scheduled to run June 9-11 before the whole thing was scuttled by the COVID-19 outbreak. But even though E3 is gone, June 11 will still be a day worth paying attention to, because that day will bring us... Night City Wire.

Overwatch Hero Pools are being dropped for most players
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-hero-pools-are-being-dropped-for-most-players/
In January, Blizzard announced the addition of "Hero Pools" to Overwatch Competitive Play, which is essentially a ban system—except that instead of players selecting characters for exclusion at the start of each match, Blizzard would pick them on a weekly basis. The idea, director Jeff Kaplan explained at the time, was to "prevent players from stagnating on any one meta too long," and as with all things Overwatch, he said that the system could be changed up if it proved necessary.

Valve is releasing the music of Half-Life: Alyx in an 'episodic' soundtrack starting today
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-is-releasing-the-music-of-half-life-alyx-in-an-episodic-soundtrack-starting-today/
Valve released the official Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack today on Steam, and you might think this is a joke, but's I assure you it's not: the soundtrack is episodic. Chapter 1, entitled Entanglement, features nine tracks in 320K MP3 and FLAC formats, and will (hopefully) be followed by ten more, featuring "industrial, electronic, experimental and orchestral cinematic pieces, alternating between abstract environmental, emotional soundscapes and direct action oriented cues."

A new Call of Duty and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands are still on track for this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-call-of-duty-and-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-are-still-on-track-for-this-year/
Like other game companies, employees at Activision's various studios have been forced to work remotely over the past several weeks by the COVID-19 outbreak. During a post-earnings financial call today, company executives said that the transition has been challenging, but major releases including the next Call of Duty game and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands remain on track to come out this year.

Blizzard president says World of Warcraft is still as social 'as the day we launched'
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-president-says-world-of-warcraft-is-still-as-social-as-the-day-we-launched/
Last week, Blizzard co-founder and former president and CEO Mike Morhaime said he thought that increased accessibility in World of Warcraft had the unintended side effect of making the game less social. Not accessibility in the sense of assistive devices and settings that open games to more players, to be clear, but through an easing of the learning curve and need to grind: "The reasons why you needed to play with the same group of people over and over," as he put it.

EA still plans to release 14 games over the next 11 months
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-still-plans-to-release-14-games-over-the-next-11-months/
Earlier this year, EA announced that it had 14 games coming in its 2021 fiscal year, which started last month (it's confusing, but yes, it's currently 2021 as far as EA's financials are concerned). During today's investors call, EA restated that figure. Despite many of its employees working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the publisher still plans to release 14 games before this fiscal year ends next April.

Rainbow Six Siege's new limited mode turns Hereford Base into a 1920s British crime den
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-new-limited-mode-turns-heresford-base-into-a-1920s-british-crime-den/
The newest limited time mode for Rainbow Six Siege re-imagines Hereford Base as the headquarters of a brutal 1920s era British crime gang. Not only that, but The Grand Larceny also introduces a new game mode, albeit one that doesn't stray too drastically from its source material.

Total War's free-to-play collectable card game gets its first gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-is-getting-a-free-to-play-collectable-card-game-spin-off/
Creative Assembly has announced that its grand strategy series Total War will be getting a free-to-play card game spin-off titled Total War: Elysium. A release date has not yet been announced, but the collectable card game will first launch on mobile and then make its way to PC at a later date.