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Part two of the Monday news:

Bungie apologises for unintentionally including Nazi slogan in Destiny 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-apologises-for-unintentionally-including-nazi-slogan-in-destiny-2/
Bungie has issued an apology to fans, after it was discovered one of Destiny 2's latest weekly challenges shared its name with an infamous Nazi slogan.
As reported by Kotaku, a Season of the Chosen weekly challenge raised eyebrows in the game's community. The latest season focuses on the warlike Cabal, meaning there's plenty of stoic, warrior language surrounding the game's challenges and events—though some fans felt one example skewed disconcertingly close to real-world fascism.

Nier Replicant system requirements appear on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/nier-replicant-pc-system-requirements/
Nier Replicant was originally released in 2010 for the PlayStation 3, but only in Japan. An updated version, entitled Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139—which, for obvious reasons, we continue to refer to as simply Nier Replicant—was announced in March 2020 for PC and other platforms, and later in the year was given an April 23 release date. And now, a couple months out from the big day, we've got the system requirements.

Valheim dev says the game's success is 'quite incredible and very humbling'
https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-dev-says-the-games-success-is-quite-incredible-and-very-humbling/
Earlier this week I had the chance to speak to Henrik Törnqvist, co-founder of Iron Gate Studios, developer of co-op survival game Valheim. Joining us was Sebastian Eriksson of Coffee Stain Publishing, publisher of Valheim and other games like Deep Rock Galactic and Satisfactory.

Far Cry 6 beta emails are a phishing scam, Ubisoft warns
https://www.pcgamer.com/far-cry-6-beta-emails-are-a-phishing-scam-ubisoft-warns/
Far Cry 6 was announced in July with a cinematic trailer starring Giancarlo Esposito as Antón Castillo, the ruler of the island of Yara who also seems to have a rather complicated relationship with his young son. It was expected to come out in February 2021, but was eventually delayed to later in the year. Ubisoft hasn't announced a new release date yet, but it has confirmed that it is not—repeat, not— currently sending out invitations for an imminent beta test.

Fortnite is getting Street Fighter skins in latest crossover
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-street-fighter/
Fortnite is officially getting some sort of Street Fighter crossover. Season 5 has been rife with new crossovers from cinema and gaming history, including Tron, the Predator, Master Chief, and more.

CD Projekt Red is using DMCA takedowns to keep stolen Cyberpunk 2077 code from spreading
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-red-is-using-dmca-takedowns-to-keep-stolen-cyberpunk-2077-code-from-spreading/
Earlier this month, hackers infiltrated CD Projekt Red's networks, installed a bunch of ransomware, and made off with the source codes for its games, which it threatened to release to the public unless the studio made a hefty payment to get it back. CD Projekt Red respectfully declined the offer, and instead went public about the breach. True to their word, the hackers posted the source for Gwent, and then reportedly (and apparently successfully) attempted to auction all the stolen code through a Russian hacking forum.
With the source code now in the wild, CD Projekt Red is reportedly issuing DMCA takedowns in order to keep it from spreading. A Vice report says the studio notified at least two Twitter users last week of the takedown requests by way of copyright monitoring firm App Global Ltd, warning that the Gwent source they were linking to was "illegally obtained" and "posted without authorization."

The Everspace 2 roadmap has bombers, recon ships, and fast travel
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-everspace-2-roadmap-has-bombers-recon-ships-and-fast-travel/
With the release of its most recent patch out of the way, Everspace 2 developers Rockfish Games have rolled out its roadmap for development of the Early Access space shooter in 2021. The new features in the pipe include new ship sub-classes for the player, as well as new activities in various parts of the game world. Further, the game's main story will be added to, which is something that the developers weren't previously planning to do.

Legendarily bad sex game BoneTown is returning to Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/legendarily-bad-sex-game-bonetown-is-returning-to-steam/
In 2008 two college graduates who watched too much South Park graced videogames with BoneTown, a game that looked at the Hot Coffee mod for GTA: San Andreas and said, "What if that was half the game? And there are no cars so you have to laboriously walk everywhere?" Though originally distributed via their website, BoneTown did make it onto Steam via Greenlight back in 2013, albeit in a censored version without nudity called BoneTown: Mature Edition.
This summer it will return, uncensored, as BoneTown: The Second Coming Edition.

Rogue Legacy 2 has a slick new Gunslinger class
https://www.pcgamer.com/rogue-legacy-2-has-a-slick-new-gunslinger-class/
Rogue Legacy 2's new update lets you turn the game into a bullet hell—for your enemies—with the addition of a gunslinger class. The Gunslinger is a pretty wild class, one that can throw out rapid barrages of bullets while leaping about and dodging. "Just don't forget to reload," says the trailer.

Future Rainbow Six Siege operators will unlock in the Battle Pass
https://www.pcgamer.com/future-rainbow-six-siege-operators-will-unlock-in-the-battle-pass/
Ubisoft is completely revamping the way Rainbow Six Siege players unlock the newest operators. After five years of $30 annual passes that grant day one access to operators as they come out, Ubi is switching its focus to the seasonal Battle Pass. The Year Pass is officially dead (RIP 2015-2020).
>> And it's getting Rick and Morty and Resident Evil cosmetics.

Mount and Blade 2 announces stunning update to how battle terrain is picked
https://www.pcgamer.com/mount-and-blade-2-announces-stunning-update-to-how-battle-terrain-is-picked/
Mount And Blade 2: Bannerlord developers TaleWorlds have quietly announced a stunning change to how the medieval battle game generates the terrain for your real-time third person skirmishes. Rather than picking from a premade map based on the terrain type you're in—such as forests or plains—the game will instead use battlefields based on the overall terrain of the strategic map region around you. That terrain will not only reflect the terrain near where you are, but the new Battle Terrain system "also takes into account the location and direction of the parties within the region and uses this to determine where each side will spawn in the battle."

In this new horror game you are a cat, and your name is Biscuit
https://www.pcgamer.com/in-this-new-horror-game-you-are-a-cat-and-your-name-is-biscuit/
Created by From Scratch Studios, a tiny two-person indie team, Etched Memories is a horror game starring a cat with a troubled past. And honestly, as soon as I read that, I had to play it—not to mention the fact that the cat's name is Biscuit. Biscuit! The game is very much still in development, but a demo has just been released to give you an idea of what to expect.

Here's how Frontier rebuilt a galaxy's worth of planets for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-how-frontier-rebuilt-a-galaxys-worth-of-planets-for-elite-dangerous-odyssey/
Elite Dangerous' next expansion, Odyssey, is getting ready to touch down on all sorts of new land-based adventures. But beyond making footfall on frontier towns and dusty gunfights, Odyssey is also rebuilding all of the game's existing landmasses—and adding in a whole load of new ones.

Cuphead skins are coming to Fall Guys, and they're only slightly terrifying
https://www.pcgamer.com/cuphead-skins-are-coming-to-fall-guys-and-theyre-only-slightly-terrifying/
Fall Guys has stuck its little white stubby hands right into the heart of pop culture recently, with Doom Guy, Godzilla, and Sonic (the latter of which particularly offended online editor Fraser) all getting their own bean-shaped skins. It looks like Mediatonic has no intention of stopping that train, because now Cuphead and his pal Mugman are joining the fray.