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Tuesday news, part two:

Xbox Games Showcase announced for July 23
https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-games-showcase-announced-for-july-23/
Microsoft has announced the date for its hopefully meaty Xbox Games Showcase. Set aside some time on July 23 for the publisher to douse you with reveals.
>> It will be at 9am Pacific Time. We'll see how many of the games will also appear on PC.

Stardew Valley creator teases a mysterious new addition to Willy's Fish Shop
https://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-creator-teases-a-mysterious-new-addition-to-willys-fish-shop/
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone is working on a couple of new things, but he's still working on his old thing, too. Barone confirmed on Twitter today that the Stardew Valley 1.5 content update he announced in February is still in development, and more interestingly he also teased a little bit about what it's going to include.

Ubisoft vice president Maxime Beland resigns amidst allegations of workplace abuse
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-vice-president-maxime-beland-resigns-amidst-allegations-of-workplace-abuse/
Splinter Cell and Far Cry creative director Maxime Beland, who returned to Ubisoft earlier this year after a brief stint at Epic Games, has resigned from the company. His departure follows allegations from multiple employees, shared via Twitter, of inappropriate behavior in the workplace.

Gamescom's 2020 online event starts in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/gamescoms-2020-online-event-starts-in-august/
Gamescom 2020 was cancelled in April, but organizers said a digital event would "definitely" be held in its place. Today Gamescom's organizers revealed the details of that replacement event, which will feature daily shows over the weekend of August 27-30.

Rune 2 update with new quests, progression, and a better tutorial is live on the PTR
https://www.pcgamer.com/rune-2-update-with-new-quests-progression-and-a-better-tutorial-is-live-on-the-ptr/
Rune 2 got off to a very rough start last year, including a dispute over possession of the source code, but despite all of that it's still alive and kicking, and actually now in the process of getting some major improvements. Publisher Ragnarok Game announced today that the first part of the game's "Narrative Update," from new developer Studio 369, is now live on the Rune 2 PTR.

Pathologic 2's next chapter will be 'quite different' to the first
https://www.pcgamer.com/pathologic-2s-next-chapter-will-be-quite-different-to-the-first/
"The first chapter showed us all the pros and cons of our game design," the studio wrote in a recent newsletter. "We’d want to take into account all the mistakes we made and raise the bar higher. But this takes some time. We’re looking for a way to make the Bachelor’s gameplay quite different from the one you’ve experienced during the Haruspex. And we want to achieve this goal using the instruments we already have."

Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games is working on a 3D project
https://www.pcgamer.com/shovel-knight-developer-yacht-club-games-is-working-on-a-3d-project/
After years of designing tricky 2D action platformers like Shovel Knight and Cyber Shadow, Yacht Club Games is gearing up to its first 3D project.
The developer posted a position on the Gamasutra job board looking for a mid-senior gameplay programmer, but the interesting detail is that this is specifically for a "new 3D project," for which it's building a 3D team and a new engine.

Microsoft might be interested in buying Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-might-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment/
Following a report that AT&T was looking to offload Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (or WB Games), it looks like Microsoft could now be interested in picking it up, according to The Information.
>> shikamaru317 made a thread about this yesterday.

What Happened is a surreal new horror game inspired by a real tragedy
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-happened-is-a-surreal-new-horror-game-inspired-by-a-real-tragedy/
Five years ago, a neighbour of game designer Arash Negahban died by suicide. "He did it because his older brother did not buy him a car, while he had bought his other siblings cars," says Negahban in a developer diary for What Happened, a new game partly inspired by the event.

Former Bungie composer says Activision deal was 'bad from the start'
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-bungie-composer-says-activision-deal-was-bad-from-the-start/
Composer Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's former audio director, had some choice words about the studio's deal with Activision in a recent interview with Halo YouTuber HiddenXperia, saying it was "as bad we thought it was going to be."

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning gets a release date, expansion announced
https://www.pcgamer.com/kingdoms-of-amalur-re-reckoning-gets-a-release-date-expansion-announced/
Kingdoms of Amalur, the ginormous 2012 RPG, is getting a makeover. The cat was let out of the bag, as it so often is, by a listing on the Microsoft Store in June. It had an August release date then, but with the official announcement today, that's been pushed back to September.