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After a couple of days without it, here's the second part of the news:

Oh no, shader installs are back in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
https://www.pcgamer.com/oh-no-shader-installs-are-back-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/
Run for the hills, the shaders are coming. During a multiplayer session of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War hosted by Activision, I was bummed to see the return of a nuisance that Modern Warfare players on PC know too well: shader installation.
>> Here you can watch a full multiplayer match.

Epic's games are losing Apple ID logins this week, so make sure your accounts are updated
https://www.pcgamer.com/epics-games-are-losing-apple-id-logins-this-week-so-make-sure-your-accounts-are-updated/
Players of Fortnite and other Epic games who currently sign into their accounts using their Apple IDs will soon have to make other plans. The studio announced today that, because of its ongoing legal dispute with Apple, that functionality will be going away "as soon as September 11."

Sea of Thieves adds dogs and some other stuff, but mainly dogs
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-adds-dogs-and-some-other-stuff-but-mainly-dogs/
Sea of Thieves' latest update, Vaults of the Ancients, has arrived at last, bringing with it new voyages to secret treasure vaults, an enchanted compass to help you find hidden map scraps, and yadda yadda yadda—there's dogs now!

Big bird combat simulator The Falconeer is coming on November 10
https://www.pcgamer.com/big-bird-combat-simulator-the-falconeer-is-coming-on-november-10/
Today's big news that the Xbox Series X and S machines will be released on November 10 seems to have cleared the way for a few game companies to announce that they'll be unleashing their latest and greatest on the same day. Ubisoft is dropping Assassin's Creed Valhalla a week early to take advantage of the big day, Yakuza: Like a Dragon will come out three days early on the new Xbox machines (still November 13 for everyone else, though), and now Wired Productions has announced that the big-bird combat sim The Falconeer will also arrive on November 10.

Save President Roosevelt from Anarcho-Satanists in this penny arcade twin-stick shooter
https://www.pcgamer.com/save-president-roosevelt-from-anarcho-satanists-in-this-penny-arcade-twin-stick-shooter/
Bartlow's Dread Machine is a twin-stick shooter that recreates, with some embellishments, the old penny arcade machines from the turn of the 20th century. It follows the adventures of a member of the Secret Service, who rushes to the rescue after president Teddy Roosevelt is kidnapped by Anarcho-Satanists bent on destroying the American way of life.

Eric Barone 'would not be surprised' if Stardew Valley 2 happens someday
https://www.pcgamer.com/eric-barone-would-not-not-be-surprised-if-stardew-valley-2-happens-someday/
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone is currently hard at work on update 1.5, which will include a mysterious new door in Willy's fish shop and, apparently, bananas. It's been in development since February and there's still no word on when it will come out, but Barone told Game Informer that he doesn't think it will mark the end of the game—although he's not quite ready to tie himself down.

WoW won't be making any big changes to Shadowlands' contentious Covenants system before launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/wow-wont-be-making-any-big-changes-to-shadowlands-contentious-covenants-system-before-launch/
In the months leading up to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' October 26 release, players have continued to argue over one particularly contentious feature. Beta players can join one of four Covenants in exchange for unique powerful abilities and other perks, like exclusive endgame activities. Though the issue is complex, the overarching fear is that Covenants won't be balanced and players will be forced to choose whichever is deemed most powerful by the meta instead of whichever one they think is coolest. After months of debating and listening to feedback, game director Ion Hazzikostas announced today that the feature won't be getting any major changes before Shadowlands releases.

Turn-based RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister comes to Early Access in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/turn-based-rpg-solasta-crown-of-the-magister-comes-to-early-access-in-october/
French studio Tactical Adventures raised €243,855 on Kickstarter (over a €180,000 goal) for Solasta: Crown of the Magister, their RPG based on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules. Now they've announced it'll be coming to Steam Early Access on October 20, and they're aiming to release the full game in 2021 release.

Woodsalt is a creepy indie game with a '90s JRPG vibe
https://www.pcgamer.com/woodsalt-is-a-creepy-indie-game-with-a-90s-jrpg-vibe/
English indie developers Team Woodsalt have announced their first game, which is also called Woodsalt. It's about waking up 1,000 years after you fell asleep in a city inside a bubble, and also maybe about being haunted?

Skull & Bones isn't dead, but we won't see more until next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/skull-and-bones-isnt-dead-but-we-wont-see-more-until-next-year/
Ubisoft revealed Skull & Bones way back in 2017 and it's been floating around in purgatory ever since. Originally due out in 2018, it was pushed to 2019, then 2020 and now the vague future. But it's still happening, apparently, with a "new vision" that we'll have to wait until next year to hear about.

Spacebase Startopia has been delayed until 2021
https://www.pcgamer.com/spacebase-startopia-has-been-delayed-until-2021/
Just over a month out from its launch date, nostalgic space station sim Spacebase Startopia has been delayed and won't be appearing on October 23.
This could be a result of beta feedback. The closed beta kicked off in July for anyone who preordered the game. Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios haven't mentioned any specifics, just that it needs more polish and won't be appearing until spring next year.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has been spotted on Uplay
https://www.pcgamer.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-remake-has-been-spotted-on-uplay/
Ubisoft just cannot seem to keep a lid on its announcements, and today we've got another leak. This time, it's for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, the existence of which had already leaked, but now we've got some slightly goofy screenshots.
>> If those screenshots are anything to go by, it looks more like a remaster than a remake.

A big Conan Exiles expansion is releasing next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/conan-exiles-isle-of-siptah-announcement/
The first big Conan Exiles expansion, Isle of Siptah, will release in Early Access next week on Tuesday, September 15.
Rather than extending Conan Exiles' existing territory, Spitah is a separate new island where players will start fresh. If you haven't played the Conan the Barbarian-themed survival game, the expansion presents an opportunity to take part in the initial exploration of a map that's "engulfed in magical storms."