Carzy Zarx’s PC Gaming Emporium - Catch Up on All the Latest PC Gaming Related News

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The Tuesday news and, since most of them are about what was announced yesterday, and Yuri already posted most of those (thanks bud, less work for me!), they're all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a new release and also a gift for us!:

• The game Janosik is free: https://www.gog.com/game/janosik
• And Necromunda: Hired Gun arrives on the store with a 15% discount until the 10th of June: https://www.gog.com/game/necromunda_hired_gun

Steam has a new daily deal and a new range of weeklong deals:

• The new daily deal is the Early Access title Hammerting, 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/760650/Hammerting/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Peaceful Days, still in Early Access, is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156360/Peaceful_Days/
  • Full Mojo Rampage features a 33% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/225280/Full_Mojo_Rampage/
  • 1000 days to escape is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1103100/1000_days_to_escape/
  • Samurai Gunn is 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/239090/Samurai_Gunn/
  • SteamWorld Dig gets a 75% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/252410/SteamWorld_Dig/
  • And the Van Helsing franchise is on sale with up to 90% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/van-helsing/

The Humble Store has several new sales:

• The Funcom Publisher Sale features up to 70% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/funcom-publisher-sale/
• The Team17 Publisher Sale comes with up to 85% discounts during the next 3 days. Most keys are for Steam, with some GOG keys as well: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/team-17-publisher-sale/
• The Lost in Space Sale features up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days. The keys are for Steam and the Epic Store: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lost-in-space-sale/
• The Arc System Works Publisher Sale with its up to 80% discounts during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/arc-system-works-publisher-sale/
• 11bit Studios puts its games up to 90% off during the next 6 days. The keys are for Steam and GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/11-bit-studios-publisher-sale/
• And the Far Cry Franchise Sale, with up to 85% discounts, will last 10days. Needless to say, all the keys are for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/far-cry-franchise-sale/

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Outward, 73% off during the next 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/outward

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GAMING NEWS

Here are 21 minutes of gameplay footage from Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-21-minutes-of-gameplay-footage-from-watch-dogs-legion-of-the-dead/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing 21 minutes of gameplay footage from the alpha build of Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead. Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead is a brand-new online PvE mode currently in Alpha phase on PC.

Saints Row publisher Koch Media is holding a Summer Game Fest livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/saints-row-publisher-koch-media-is-holding-a-summer-game-fest-livestream/
The month of June just got a little busier, as Koch Media has announced that it will be holding its very own "Primetime Gaming Stream" on June 11 as part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest.
>> Given how many studios they and THQ Nordic have bought, they could have tens of games to announce.

EA is pulling the plug on old Need for Speed games today
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ea-is-pulling-the-plug-on-old-need-for-speed-games-today/
Electronic Arts is delisting a number of older Need for Speed games, which will also have their in-game stores closed and their online services retired. EA said the decision was made because it is "shifting gears to focus on the future of Need for Speed," and there just aren't enough players to justify supporting them anymore.

Cyberpunk 2077 will 'live up to what we promised,' CD Projekt boss says
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/cyberpunk-2077-will-live-up-to-what-we-promised-cd-projekt-boss-says/
CD Projekt president and joint CEO Adam Kiciński repeated his recent re-commitment to Cyberpunk 2077 during the company's first quarter financial results today, saying that a significant portion of the development team continues to work on it, even as the studio itself prepares to move to a parallel development system in 2022.

'Our story is political,' Far Cry 6 narrative director says
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/our-story-is-political-far-cry-6-narrative-director-says/
Far Cry 6 borrows some obvious visual trappings from the island of Cuba, particularly the cars and architecture, but narrative director Navid Khavari said in an interview last week that the game is not meant to be "a political statement about what’s happening in Cuba specifically." It's a reasonable position to take, but it was widely interpreted to mean that Far Cry 6 wasn't political at all, a pretty wild thing to say about a game built around a revolution against the fascist dictator of a Caribbean island.
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The response was strong enough to prompt Khavari to go deeper on the matter in an update posted today, in which he explicitly states that "our story is political."

Angry goats arrive in Minecraft next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/angry-goats-arrive-in-minecraft-next-week/
The first half of Minecraft's long-trailed Caves and Cliffs update, which developer Mojang recently split in two, will arrive on PC on June 8 in both the Bedrock and Java editions of the game. The second part of what the studio calls "the most ambitious" Minecraft expansion to date is due sometime at the end of 2021.