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The Friday news, part two:

Borderlands 3's next DLC promises a Wild West-style adventure
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3s-next-dlc-promises-a-wild-west-style-adventure/
The tradition of Borderlands 3 DLC with long, clunky titles that don't fit well into headlines will continue in June with the release of Bounty of Blood - A Fistful of Redemption, a tale of a stranger who plays both sides of a vicious blood feud against each other, leaving nothing but death in his wake.

Desperados 3 extended gameplay trailer shows the importance of being sneaky
https://www.pcgamer.com/desperados-3-extended-gameplay-trailer-shows-the-importance-of-being-sneaky/
Desperados 3, as Fraser explained last month, is "a western-themed tactical stealth affair where you'll need to direct your gang across a series of sandbox maps primed for creative murders." You can stay sneaky and cause all kinds of Hitman-style accidents, or you can skin that smoke wagon and try your luck with a guns blazing approach.

Neversong dev accidentally gave away 3500 Steam keys to each of his Kickstarter backers
https://www.pcgamer.com/neversong-dev-accidentally-gave-away-3500-steam-keys-to-each-of-his-kickstarter-backers/
Neversong, originally known as Once Upon a Coma, is the sequel to the much-loved Flash game Coma. Successfully Kickstarted for more than $85,000 in 2018, it debuted yesterday on Steam, and based on user reviews—and multiple pre-release awards from SXSW, Indie Mega Booth, and others—is quite good. But as creator Thomas Brush explained today on YouTube, the launch itself was not quite so good.

Sea of Thieves sails onto Steam on June 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-sails-onto-steam-on-june-3/
More than two years after its debut on the Microsoft Store, the multiplayer high-seas hijinks game Sea of Thieves will arrive on Steam on June 3. Developer Rare said it's looking forward to opening the game to "a whole new community of PC players," and also confirmed that the Steam release will have full cross-play compatibility with the Windows Store and Xbox One versions.

Steampunk survival game Volcanoids finally gets co-op play
https://www.pcgamer.com/steampunk-survival-game-volcanoids-finally-gets-co-op-play/
Volcanoids is a first-person "steampunk shooter survival" game in which players explore a rocky island, build giant drillships to tunnel through it, and deal with explosions caused by a hostile race of robots that uses the nearby volcano as an energy source, and who apparently don't take too kindly to your mucking around with it. We lamented the inability to actually drive the drillships around when it was announced in 2018, but even so it looked "pretty darn cool," particularly since it promised to support co-op and PvP play as well as solo survival shenanigans.
Co-op play wasn't supported when Volcanoids went live last year, but as of yesterday, it's there.

Dive into the depths of Maneater with this new trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/dive-into-the-depths-of-maneater-with-this-new-trailer/
Maneater is an upcoming open-world shaRkPG. Not familiar with the concept? You’re not alone. In a way, it’s the first game of its kind. Sea-based action games have certainly been around, but in Maneater, your objective is to become the apex predator of the sea; the type of shark that makes it into the history books. The most recent trailer shows off several ways you’ll be accomplishing this megalodon-sized goal through details about gameplay systems as well as some fun commentary from the game’s reality show inspired narrator.

Playtest Surgeon Simulator 2 this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/playtest-surgeon-simulator-2-this-weekend/
Bossa Studios hasn't had a lot to say about medical malpractice sim Surgeon Simulator 2 since it was announced back in December. It has been hosting brief playtests, however, and there's one starting this weekend.

Microsoft Solitaire is 30 today and trying to set a new record
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-solitaire-is-30-today-and-trying-to-set-a-new-record/
Microsoft Solitaire, the appendix of Windows PCs, has been knocking about for 30 years. You might not always remember it's there, or why it's there, but it's always hanging around on the rare chance that you'll need it. Or maybe not so rare, because its current incarnation attracts 35 million players a month.

Before we wrap the news, let's check the deals at GOG and Steam during the weekend:

+GOG

• Let's start with the first weekly sale, filled with strange creatures up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200518_weekly_sale
• The second weekly sale is a The Witcher sale with up to 85% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/witcher_birthday
• The Midweek Sale features up to 90% discounts for the next 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200520_midweek_sale
• The weekend sale is full of all kinds of games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200522_weekend_sale
• The game Observation launches on the store with a 50% discount until May 28: https://www.gog.com/game/observation
• And, in order to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the game Daikatana is 85% off: https://www.gog.com/game/daikatana

+Steam

• The first of the two daily deals is Tower of Time, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/617480/Tower_of_Time/
• Publisher Spiderweb Software has its games between 50 and 82% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpiderwebSale2020/
• The game Observation also launches on Steam with a 50% discount until May 28: https://store.steampowered.com/app/906100/Observation/
• The first of the weekend deals is DJMAX RESPECT V, that's free to try and 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/960170/DJMAX_RESPECT_V/
• Planet Zoo is also 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/703080/Planet_Zoo/
• DayZ is also free to try and 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/DayZ/
• Publisher Sekai Project has its games on sale, up to 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/vaxsp-publisher-weekend
• Publisher Curve Digital also has its games on sale, up to 90% discounts until May 28: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/worldofcurve
• And lastly, there's also the weeklong deals.

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