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Part two of the Tuesday news:

Smite is getting an Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover
https://www.pcgamer.com/smite-is-getting-an-avatar-the-last-airbender-crossover/
Smite is once again looking further afield for new characters to add to its MOBA brawls. Not satisfied with just drawing from religion and mythology, Hi-Rez has been borrowing deities and characters from horror and fantasy. Last month, Cthulhu joined the roster, but a more surprising addition is on its way: Avatar: The Last Airbender characters.

Chris Avellone accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
https://www.pcgamer.com/chris-avellone-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women/
Well-known game writer Chris Avellone is the subject of multiple allegations of predatory behavior and sexual misconduct following an IGN interview with him and Emily Grace Buck, who worked together on the upcoming RPG The Waylanders. In response to a tweet about the interview, Twitter user Karissa described her experiences with Avellone at a convention, including both personal interactions and an account of his behavior toward others.
>> Because of that, he's no longer involved in The Waylanders nor Dying Light 2.

The Order 1886 and Lone Echo developer acquired by Oculus
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-order-1886-and-lone-echo-developer-acquired-by-oculus/
The creator of PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order 1886 and Oculus Rift VR series Lone Echo has been acquired by Facebook. Vice president of AR/VR content at Facebook, Mike Verdu, shared the news today in a blog post, where he confirmed that the studio will continue development on Lone Echo 2.
>> I think they're wasting their talent. But on the plus side, their games may now be playable on PC without emulators.

Crash Bandicoot 4 might still come to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/crash-bandicoot-4-might-still-come-to-pc/
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was finally unveiled yesterday, but anyone hoping for the destructive marsupial to grace their PC was left disappointed. It's coming to PS4 and Xbox One in October, but no other platforms were mentioned.
>> And that's the end of articles about this Crash game until a PC version is announced.

Psychedelic platformer Spinch looks like a trip
https://www.pcgamer.com/psychedelic-platformer-spinch-looks-like-a-trip/
The last time we wrote about Spinch, back in 2018, we were expecting to get our hands on it that summer. That never panned out, but we've now got a new release date to look forward to, September 3, and a weird trailer to tide us over until then.

Vermintide 2 gets a new career and some bad weather
https://www.pcgamer.com/vermintide-2-gets-a-new-career-and-some-bad-weather/
Vermintide 2's latest update kicks off the rat-smasher's third season, chucking in new cosmetics, reshuffling the Weaves and introducing weather variations to the outdoor maps. The highlight, however, is the new career for Markus Kruber, which sticks him in a suit of armour and sends him questing.

Learn more about The Artful Escape's cosmic rock opera from a new gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/learn-more-about-the-artful-escapes-cosmic-rock-opera-from-a-new-gameplay-trailer/
The Artful Escape has been a bit of an enigma since it was first announced. Trailers from when it was first announced back in 2017 were filled with psychedelic visuals of a young man rocking out on a glowing guitar, hopping from one colourful dimension to the next. The story behind the imagery has now become a little more clear as developers Beethoven and Dinosaur have released a new gameplay video with accompanying commentary.

Traveller's Tales spent $1 million pitching a Hobbit game
https://www.pcgamer.com/travellers-tales-spent-dollar1-million-pitching-a-hobbit-game/
Since 2005, Traveller's Tales has built more than 20 Lego games, and for most of that time it's focus has been exclusively on turning those bricks into videogames. Back in 2008, however, the studio set its sights on a movie tie-in for the newly-announced Hobbit adaptations. And then it proceeded to spend a lot of money trying to make that happen.