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Friday news, part two:

Best bros Ajax and Diomedes are coming to A Total War Saga: Troy
https://www.pcgamer.com/best-bros-ajax-and-diomedes-are-coming-to-a-total-war-saga-troy/
A hulking giant and his dashing young boyfriend are coming to A Total War Saga: Troy with the game's next piece of DLC, Ajax & Diomedes.
Arriving on January 28, the two Homeric heroes march on Troy leading two new factions, Ajax' home city of Salamis and Diomedes' Argos. Like the beefy lad himself, Salamis focusses on heavy walls of defensive infantry wielding massive shields. Argos, meanwhile, uses swift flanking units to compliment a solid core of all-round infantry blocks.

Prison Architect's new expansion lets inmates brew booze and grow 'herbs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/prison-architects-new-expansion-lets-inmates-brew-booze-and-grow-herbs/
A few years ago inmates at the Fulham Correctional Facility were busted for growing pot in their prison vegetable patch, the kind of story that crops up countless times over the years. Prison Architect's latest expansion, Going Green, is on the one hand about introducing farming and green energy to the world of high-security risk management. On the other, it gives prisoners the opportunity to grow pot, ferment booze, and foment some chill lock-up vibes.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is crossing over with Rainbow Six Siege later this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/ghost-recon-breakpoint-is-crossing-over-with-rainbow-six-siege-later-this-month/
Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the tactical shooter that won't stop trying to win back our hearts, is crossing over with Rainbow Six Siege for its upcoming Operation Amber Sky season. The event kicks off on January 21 with a free nine-mission storyline starring three attackers from Siege's roster: Ash, Thatcher, and Finka.

Become an alien tycoon by selling used parts in Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
https://www.pcgamer.com/become-an-alien-tycoon-by-selling-used-parts-in-space-warlord-organ-trading-simulator/
Here's the good news: Your body is a potential bonanza of cash. All those internal organs you've got are worth a bundle, and it wouldn't be hard to find someone willing to pay top dollar for your lungs, kidneys, eyeballs, intestines, and whatever other gross, squishy, yet highly useful items you've got sloshing around inside you.
Unfortunately, removing and selling all your organs would kill you, but as an organ trader in Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, that's someone else's problem. You're just there to corner the market by buying and selling organs in outer space, and it looks like there's a demand for just about everything, from adrenal glands to small intestines to human bladders.

Riders Republic, Ubisoft's extreme sports MMO, is delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/riders-republic-ubisofts-extreme-sports-mmo-is-delayed/
Riders Republic was announced in September 2020 as an "extreme sports MMO" for up to 50 players on skis, snowboards, bicycles, rocket-powered wingsuits, and other implements of radicalness in a rough, rugged open world.(...).
It was supposed to debut on February 25, but Ubisoft said today that it's not going to happen. "We want to let you know that we have made the decision to move our release to later this year," the Riders Republic team tweeted. "The additional time will allow our passionate team to deliver the best fun fuelled experience to our players."

Axiom Verge just got a surprise Randomizer mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/axiom-verge-just-got-a-surprise-randomizer-mode/
Axiom Verge released nearly six years ago and there's a sequel in development, but that doesn't mean now is a bad time to roll out the game's first DLC. The free Randomizer Mode is in beta, and if you own the game on Steam you can access it right now.

Bungie details Stasis Shatterdive nerf coming in Destiny 2's next update, plus revamped rewards for season 13
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-details-stasis-shatterdive-nerf-coming-in-destiny-2s-next-update-plus-revamped-rewards-for-season-13/
In its first This Week at Bungie update for 2021, the Destiny 2 studio discussed updates coming to Crucible and Gambit rewards, some reissued Dreaming City and Moon gear, and—this is the big one—a nerf to the Hunter's Shatterdive ability, which was introduced with the arrival of Stasis as part of the Beyond Light expansion, and has been enjoying an icy reign of terror ever since.

Bungie's vast library of Halo stats goes offline next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungies-vast-library-of-halo-stats-goes-offline-next-month/
Bungie hasn't been the Halo company for some time now. Since breaking from Microsoft, the studio has managed to firmly establish a new identity, far removed from Master Chief and the gang. Next month, Bungie cuts one of the last remaining threads to their flagship Xbox franchise, as an archive of stats, screenshots and custom gametypes goes offline for good.

Grapple Hoops is the Titanfall basketball game I didn't know I needed
https://www.pcgamer.com/grapple-hoops-is-the-titanfall-basketball-game-i-didnt-know-i-needed/
Titanfall 2 is a practically flawless game in all ways but one: it isn't basketball. Fortunately, independent developer and absolutely genius Andreas Georgiou is rapidly working to fix that with Grapple Hoops—a game that does exactly what it says on the tin.

And here are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The first one is the Weekly Sale with its must-play games up to 86% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210111_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale with its up to 80% discounts will last another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210113_midweek_sale
• The Weekend Sale is full of hack'n'slash games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210115_weekend_sale
• The Bridge Constructor franchise is on sale with up to 60% discounts for another 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210113_launch_promo_bridge_constructor
• And lastly there's the Trine Sale with up to 75% deals for another 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210114_trine_sale

+Steam

• Let's start with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, 50% off for the next 50 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/692850/Bloodstained_Ritual_of_the_Night/
• The first of the weekend deals is the perfect game for LEGO lovers, Stormworks: Build and Rescue, 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/573090/Stormworks_Build_and_Rescue/
• The MAFIA franchise is between 25 and 50% off until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/2K/sale/mafiasale
• The EA Racing Sale comes with up to 70% discounts until Monday 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/EA/sale/racingsale
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Nothing else to add. Until the next time, have a happy and gaming weekend.