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JEMC on 13 November 2020
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The last news of the week:

Apex Legends won't be getting Quads, and Respawn refuses to crunch
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-wont-be-getting-quads-and-respawn-refuses-to-crunch/
Following the recent u-turn over Apex Legends' Season 7 battle pass, some of Respawn's developers bravely took to reddit to field community questions. There were a lot of recriminations and gnashing of teeth about corporate overlords, but amongst it all were some insights about Apex's future and Respawn's culture.

Cyberpunk 2077 releases a song that rhymes 'Keanu Reeves' with 'Sleeve'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-releases-a-song-that-rhymes-keanu-reeves-with-sleeve/
"Even in the dystopian future, hard rap lives on." So says EI-P, one half of hiphop group Run the Jewels, and he somehow manages to do so with a straight face. When Cyberpunk 2077 definitely releases on December 10, it will do so with an all-star OST including Grimes, A$AP Rocky, and Gazelle Twin (a stagename that sounds like an unused Metal Gear Solid boss.)

Minecraft Dungeons cross-platform support arrives November 17
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-dungeons-cross-platform-support-arrives-november-17/
Cross-platform support for Minecraft Dungeons, which was announced last month together with the new Howling Peaks DLC, now has a date—from November 17, friends on PC, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One can all come together for some dungeon crawling. While there has been no word on cross-play for next-gen consoles, this is unlikely to be a problem, as both the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 are backwards compatible.

Half-Life: Alyx gets more than three hours of developer commentary
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-alyx-gets-more-than-three-hours-of-developer-commentary/
A new update to Half-Life: Alyx went out today that adds more than three hours of developer commentary covering "every aspect" of the game's design. Valve said that the design commentary was originally intended to be included with the game at launch, but it was forced to delay the feature by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Class action lawsuit claims EA's dynamic difficulty tech encourages loot box spending
https://www.pcgamer.com/class-action-lawsuit-claims-eas-dynamic-difficulty-tech-encourages-loot-box-spending/
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, EA is in hot water over its loot boxes yet again, as a class action lawsuit has been filed against the publisher in the US District Court of Northern California. Plaintiffs Jason Zajonc, Danyael Williams, and Pranko Lozano claim EA is using the company's patented Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment technology to keep players buying lootboxes such as FIFA Ultimate Team packs. They also claim the technology has been used this way in several EA Sports games since 2017. For some of these games, EA has previously denied using Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment at all.
>> Not related to this (or yes), but now you can track how much time and money you've sunk into Fifa 21.

Destiny 2: Beyond Light disables 2 guns for working too well
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-beyond-light-disables-2-guns-for-working-too-well/
Destiny 2: Beyond Light has been live for two days, and players are flocking to it, so it's not surprising that they've been finding some exploits and bugs along the way. Players recently noticed that Beyond Light was especially kind to two exotics, which Bungie has since removed "until further notice".

The Spider wants to make a deal in the Destiny 2: Season of the Hunt trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-spider-wants-to-make-a-deal-in-the-destiny-2-season-of-the-hunt-trailer/
A dramatic new trailer released today for the upcoming Destiny 2: Season of the Hunt showcases the arrival of Xivu Arath and gives words to the question that's on everybody's mind: "What if we are not the only ones to whom the Darkness speaks?"

Meet the voice cast of Hades, including one of the dogs behind Cerberus
https://www.pcgamer.com/meet-the-voice-cast-of-hades-including-one-of-the-dogs-behind-cerberus/
Supergiant's games have always had excellent voice acting, going all the way back to Bastion, but never as much excellent voice acting as in Hades, with its full cast of gods and ghosts and monsters. Among those monsters is Cerberus, who is of course a very good boy, no disrespect intended. Apparently it took four dogs to portray his three heads, and one of those four, named Solo, features in the video highlighting Hades' impressive cast above.

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War players are having trouble connecting to the server
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-players-are-having-trouble-connecting-to-the-server/
The launch of a game as popular as Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War was never going to be entirely smooth, but it seems like players on PC are having trouble even connecting to the game, getting a message that tells them, "The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War server is not available at this time." When they restart, they're put in a queue, and the subreddit is full of complaints like, "Well it put me in a queue for 40ish seconds. Then it just [went] up to 77000 minutes wait time. Guess I'm not playing it today" and "The estimate to play time is going up not down lol".
>> At least you can kill some time playing Pitfall.

Stream sniping in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War will be harder than ever before
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-cold-war-stream-sniping-settings/
Streamers, rejoice—Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War tackles stream sniping surprisingly well. Tucked all the way in the back corner of the Options menu are a bundle of extremely useful settings that big streamers will want on, including a matchmaking delay and the option to hide yours and others' usernames in-game.

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War has some brutal executions
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-has-some-brutal-executions/
The takedown executions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, third-person finishing moves some of which were unique to specific operators, were a popular addition. Fans of knifing a person in the neck and saying something quippy will be pleased to know they return in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War. But as well as the third-person finishing moves in multiplayer, there are now first-person executions in the singleplayer campaign as well—as players who have access to the game because they are definitely in New Zealand have discovered.

Tangiers development is 'back on the rails' following Paratopic's success
https://www.pcgamer.com/tangiers-development-is-back-on-the-rails-following-paratopics-success/
Remember Tangiers? The long-troubled surrealist immersive sim has fallen silent several times since its 2013 debut, resurfacing every so often with a promise that things are back on track before vanishing for another few years. There may be good cause to get your hopes up this time, though. With a rebuilt foundation and a brand new team, developer Jessica Harvey now reckons a Tangiers release is a very real possibility.

Bubby the Burger Town Boy poops out grenade launchers in Black Ops - Cold War
https://www.pcgamer.com/bubby-the-burger-town-boy-poops-out-grenade-launchers-in-black-ops-cold-war/
In the Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War campaign mission Redlight, Greenlight, you will find one of the series' longstanding mascots: Bubby, the Burger Town Boy. This animatronic figure is an ordering point for the in-game restaurant, and talks you cheerfully through the menu of "meat... and more meat!" And if you press his button enough times, a grenade launcher drops out of his ass.

The Change Architect is a short, free game about managing protests
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-change-architect-is-a-short-free-game-about-managing-protests/
A corrupt politician is about to seize power through fraud. A movement of thousands stands ready to make themselves heard. But in The Change Architect, you're not out on the streets yourself. You're organising things from the cosy confines of your flat, using social feeds and direct messages to paint a picture of how things are going outside.

Let's check the deals available at GOG and Steam:

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+Steam

Enough news. Now it's time to relax and have a happy and gaming weekend.



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