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The Destroy All Humans! remake features a new "lost level" set in Area 42
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-destroy-all-humans-remake-features-a-new-lost-level-set-in-area-42/
THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games has given us a sneak peak at a "lost level" that has been "rediscovered" for the upcoming remake of Destroy All Humans.

Risk of Rain 2 will be out on August 11 with a new character, stage, and server browser

https://www.pcgamer.com/risk-of-rain-2-will-be-out-on-august-11-with-a-new-character-stage-and-server-brower/
The third-person roguelike shooter Risk of Rain 2 first appeared on Steam in March 2019 and quickly became a hit, selling more than a million copies in its first month of release. It's not technically released yet, though—it's been in Early Access the entire time. But after a delay that saw it pushed back from the spring to the summer, Hopoo Games said today that it will finally go into full release on August 11.

Riot Games creative director Jason Killingsworth is leaving the studio

https://www.pcgamer.com/riot-games-creative-director-jason-killingsworth-is-leaving-the-studio/
Riot Games creative director Jason Killingsworth has announced that after "six amazing years" at the studio, he is leaving in order to focus his efforts on a new and very different sort of venture: An independent book publishing company called Tune & Fairweather.

Co-op dungeon crawler Blightbound is having a free open beta test this weekend

https://www.pcgamer.com/co-op-dungeon-crawler-blightbound-is-having-a-free-open-beta-test-this-weekend/
Co-op dungeon crawler Blightbound is coming to Steam Early Access next week, but before it gets there you'll have a chance to try it out for yourself, for free. Publisher Devolver Digital announced today that the game will be available to all in an open beta set to run on Steam from July 24-26.

Valorant’s least-picked agent is getting a major buff

https://www.pcgamer.com/valorants-least-picked-agent-is-getting-a-major-buff/
Viper has been all but ignored at high-level play: in the 102 games played in a recent tournament hosted by pro team T1, Viper was picked just once. (The second-highest, the frustrating vampire Reyna, had 18 picks.)
Valorant patch 1.04 buffs Viper and will make several other meaningful tweaks when it goes live.

Warzone players are tricking each other into getting stuck in this truck

https://www.pcgamer.com/warzone-players-are-tricking-each-other-into-getting-stuck-in-this-truck/
A bounty contract was sitting in the back of a truck parked up against an apartment building window. I crawled in to get it, because why not? It was right there. So, I got the contract, and very quickly learned the reason I shouldn't have: It is impossible to get out of this particular Call of Duty: Warzone truck.

The latest Cyberpunk 2077 concept art shows gang-controlled Heywood

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-latest-cyberpunk-2077-concept-art-shows-gang-controlled-heywood/
CD Projekt Red has been drip feeding gorgeous Cyberpunk 2077 concept art for weeks now. We've seen the smog-laden slums of Santo Domingo and the pristine billionaire nest that is Westbrook, among others. The latest drop shows Heywood, which is a bit of a mix of the aforementioned two: it's situated right in the thick of Night City, and demonstrates the stark realities of its wealth distribution.

For Honor is free to play this weekend

https://www.pcgamer.com/for-honor-is-free-to-play-this-weekend/
Lately there's been little good news out of Ubisoft, but people still like free stuff, so For Honor will be the next title that's free to play for a limited time.
Starting July 23 9am ET/2pm BST, you can play the game for free via Uplay. Preloading is available right now. Since its initial release in 2017, For Honor has grown a lot, adding new content such as new heroes, new 4v4 sieges and the Marching Fire expansion. Yet on PC, For Honor has a bit of a yoyo-ing player base, despite its many different battle modes. This could explain why there's a free weekend, even though that's nothing unusual for Ubisoft titles on the whole.

There's a new Fortnite skin based on... the Samsung Galaxy phone?

https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-item-shop-samsung-galaxy-scout-skin/
Fortnite has featured numerous collaborations with media franchises like Aquaman, Captain America, Star Wars, and countless others. So I'm not really sure if I should be that shocked that one of their next big offerings is a fancy new skin based on the Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Epic is even hosting an honest-to-god tournament if you want to win it before it hits the actual Fortnite item shop. There's also evidently a way to get the skin for free.

Final Fantasy 14 director says he doesn't anticipate further delays due to the coronavirus

https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-director-says-he-doesnt-anticipate-further-delays-due-to-the-coronavirus/
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the games industry in all sorts of ways, but for Final Fantasy 14 fans it meant waiting an extra two months for the release of its next update. Patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, was originally supposed to launch earlier this spring, but due to local quarantines in Japan, developers at Square Enix were required to transition to working from home. Reflections in Crystal is now arriving on August 11. During an interview with game director and producer Naoki Yoshida last week, he explained that, given FF14's rigorous update timeline, this resulted in a pretty big delay. But the good news is further delays in the next update are unlikely.