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Thursday news, part two:

Yakuza Empire is a mob management sim with turn-based shootouts
https://www.pcgamer.com/yakuza-empire-is-a-mob-management-sim-with-turn-based-shootouts/
Inide studio RockGame S.A has revealed its new turn-based strategy game, Yakuza Empire. It's a mobster romp full of blood and gangsters out for revenge, and you get to sit at the head of the criminal outfit.

You maniacs! You made COD: Modern Warfare over 200GB
https://www.pcgamer.com/cod-warzone-file-size-200gb/
Well, Infinity Ward finally did it. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is now over 200GB in size. All my megabytes, gone. My gibibytes? Depleted. For what—a big hole in a stadium? I've deleted photo albums, treasured memories, and the entire Adobe suite for this, it better be spectacular.
>> Insane.

EA removes two FIFA 21 goal celebrations to help reduce 'toxic behaviors'
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-removes-two-fifa-21-goal-celebrations-to-help-reduce-toxic-behaviors/
A Eurogamer report says that as part of its effort to combat toxicity in its FIFA games, Electronic Arts has decided to cut two goal celebrations—Shush and A-Ok—from the upcoming FIFA 21.

Street Fighter 5's final season will add five new characters, including Akira from Rival Schools
https://www.pcgamer.com/street-fighter-5s-final-season-will-add-five-new-characters-including-akira-from-rival-schools/
The fifth and final season of Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition will see five new characters from added to the game's roster, Capcom announced today: Dan, Rose, Oro, Akira, and a mystery fifth fighter who will be revealed later.

Fortnite 13.40 update: Cars pull in, radio stations go live
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-update-13-40-joy-ride-patch-notes/
Fortnite's Joy Ride update 13.40 is finally here, and it's bringing one of Fortnite's most significant changes in quite some time. Epic doesn't post official patch notes, but we've got all the details you need to know, including the long-awaited addition of drivable cars, bug fixes, and more.
>> And the store has new items.

Avengers dev explains why Spider-Man is a PlayStation exclusive
https://www.pcgamer.com/avengers-dev-explains-why-spider-man-is-a-playstation-exclusive/
In an interview with Newsweek, Crystal Dynamics boss Scot Amos tried to explain how such a fan-favorite character could wind up tied to a single platform, saying that "it comes back to the relationship with PlayStation and Marvel."
>> Interesting way of saying that they own most of the IP.

Family is a free detective game about a forgotten music scene
https://www.pcgamer.com/family-is-a-free-detective-game-about-a-forgotten-music-scene/
Family is a detective game, but one where you're investigating a music scene: a bunch of (fictional) bands that flowered in London in the 1980s, its members forming bands and splitting off, coming together and falling out. You're uncovering a forgotten slice of history, and celebrating the players in it. And all while listening to some cracking tunes from these fictional bands.

Honey, I Joined a Cult will let you manage a cult in Early Access next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/honey-i-joined-a-cult-will-let-you-manage-a-cult-in-early-access-next-year/
After being attacked by grubby cultists for hours in Far Cry 5, it should be refreshing to switch sides for Honey, I Joined a Cult, a management game where you form and run your very own cult. You'll build and expand a compound, recruit and look after followers, and cater to a demanding cult leader, all while listening to some funky tunes from the 1970s. And you'll do so (via Steam Early Access) next year. Have a watch of the trailer above.

Cyberpunk 2077's next Night City Wire livestream is next Monday
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077s-next-night-city-wire-livestream-is-next-monday/
CD Projekt Red has announced that the next Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire livestream will take place on August 10—that's next Monday at 1pm EDT (10am PDT / 6 pm CEST / 5 pm BST).

Serious Sam 4 delayed into September
https://www.pcgamer.com/serious-sam-4-delayed-into-september/
Serious Sam 4 will reportedly feature hundreds of thousands of enemies on screen at once, but you'll need to wait a bit longer before you can mow them down. Croteam announced today that the game's original August release window will be missed, but we now have a firm date: September 24.

Gorgeous endless runner The Alto Collection is free on the Epic Games Store next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/gorgeous-endless-runner-the-alto-collection-is-free-on-the-epic-games-store-next-week/
I thought endless runners were supposed to be hectic, stressful, to reflect the inexorable march of time. The Alto Collection, by contrast, looks remarkably peaceful and laid-back: less Temple Run and more Temple Saunter. It's the latest game to be announced as going temporarily free on the Epic Games Store, and you can grab it between August 13 and August 20. After which you can still grab it, but you'll have to reach for your wallet first.
>> Not *is* but *will be*.

Mothergunship studio's next game is a 'playable sitcom,' free on the Epic Games Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/mothergunship-studios-next-game-is-a-playable-sitcom-free-on-the-epic-games-store/
Terrible Posture Games, the studio behind Tower of Guns and Mothergunship, is trying something new and very different for its next project. Guns are out, and an "episodic playable sitcom about life at the world’s worst game development studio," called 3 Out of 10, is in.