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GTA Online and Red Dead Online get new races, big summer updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-and-red-dead-online-get-new-races-big-summer-updates/
In a new blog post, Rockstar has outlined upcoming updates for both GTA Online and Red Dead Online, and in both, the races are on. According to the post, the GTA Online summer update will, "bring back car culture in a big way". What that means is largely left vague, safe for hints at new race types, multi-party robbery missions, and new customisation options.

Die Hard's Nakatomi Plaza is coming to Call of Duty: Warzone this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/die-hards-nakatomi-plaza-is-coming-to-call-of-duty-warzone-this-week/
Activision is going big on famous '80s action heroes in Call of Duty: Warzone's Season 3 Reloaded update. In addition to the previously announced operator skins coming for John McClane and Rambo, Verdansk itself will also see significant facelifts to celebrate Die Hard and First Blood, movies that are likely older than most of the people playing Warzone.

Portal 2 update opens the door to bigger and better level designs
https://www.pcgamer.com/portal-2-update-opens-the-door-to-bigger-and-better-level-designs/
Valve has rolled out another new update to Portal 2 that removes the 100MB limit on Workshop file sizes, potentially enabling the creation of much larger and more ambitious mods and levels than were previously possible.

Extremely metal retro shooter Amid Evil now has RTX lighting
https://www.pcgamer.com/extremely-metal-retro-shooter-amid-evil-now-has-rtx-lighting/
Amid Evil is my favorite blend of '90s aesthetics and modern tech in any retro shooter. It's pixely and full of low-poly enemies, but each world you travel through is wholly unique. You can kill snake men and sorcerers in a cosmic void and skate along the tops of gargantuan machinery in an oppressive no man's land. I played through every stage, and am planning to do it all again with RTX on thanks to today's update.

Summer Games Done Quick 2021 will include two blindfolded speedruns
https://www.pcgamer.com/summer-games-done-quick-2021-will-include-two-blindfolded-speedruns/
I've never really understood the appeal of speedruns. I respect the effort and ingenuity required to pull them off—finishing Fallout: New Vegas in under 15 minutes is definitely an accomplishment—but it's not something I'd want to sit and watch for hours on end. Lots of other people feel differently, though, and thus we have events like Summer Games Done Quick, the week-long speedrun extravaganza for charity that will return on July 4.
>> I share the same thoughts about speedruns.

Take-Two is releasing 62 games by 2024, and we have guesses about what they are
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-two-is-releasing-62-games-by-2024-and-we-have-guesses-about-what-they-are/
Take-Two held its spring quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, bringing another fiscal year to a close with a casual five million more copies of GTA 5 sold. Take-Two reiterated that it has new versions of GTA 5 coming to the next-gen consoles, though naturally it didn't say a peep about when we should expect GTA 6. But the company did lay out a surprisingly detailed chart on what kinds of games it has coming out in the next three years.

Don't expect any new Hollow Knight: Silksong news at E3 this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/dont-expect-any-new-hollow-knight-silksong-news-at-e3-this-year/
In an effort not to keep fans in suspense, Team Cherry's Director of Marketing and PR, Matthew 'Leth' Griffin, recently announced on the Hollow Knight Discord that no new Hollow Knight: Silksong announcements or blog posts were planned for this year's E3.

This fighting game glossary helps you tell your air reset from your elbow
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-fighting-game-glossary-helps-you-tell-your-air-reset-from-your-elbow/
Infil, the person behind The Complete Killer Instinct Guide, a website for, you guessed it, all things to do with fighting game classic Killer Instinct, has released a new project called The Fighting Game Glossary.

Fans translate Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Mohawk language sequences
https://www.pcgamer.com/fans-translate-assassins-creed-valhallas-mohawk-language-sequences/
As with previous games in the series, Assassin's Creed Valhalla contains some detailed and faithful historical elements that are left for fans to puzzle out. One example of this in Valhalla comes when you discover the area of Vinland, populated by people from the Mohawk who speak to your character in untranslated dialogue. Now the Assassin's Creed fan group Access the Animus has, with no little help from Montreal's Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center, translated all of this Mohawk dialogue (thanks, Eurogamer).

Four Cyberpunk 2077 lawsuits against CDPR have been combined into one mega lawsuit
https://www.pcgamer.com/four-cyberpunk-2077-lawsuits-against-cdpr-have-been-combined-into-one-mega-lawsuit/
Four separate lawsuits against CD Projekt Red have been consolidated into one mega lawsuit by the court.
CD Projekt Red provided an update regarding the ongoing suits, writing in a translated blog post "The court has consolidated the lawsuits and appointed a lead plaintiff. Following this consolidation, all four lawsuits will be subject to potential common court proceedings."

Phasmophobia's latest update lets ghosts do even more creepy stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/phasmophobias-latest-update-lets-ghosts-do-even-more-creepy-stuff/
Over the last couple of updates, ghosts in Phasmophobia have become able to do increasingly unsettling things, from moving around corners and opening doors, to blowing out candles.
The latest update makes the supernatural buggers now even harder to evade, as their movement speed now increases over time if they see you during a hunt, and they will only leave off if they can't find you at your last known location. This change applies to all ghosts except Revenants. Ghosts will also remember the location they saw you in during the last hunt and will search that place first during the next hunt.