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Friday news, part two:

The Sims 4 escapes to the country with Cottage Living next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-sims-4-escapes-to-the-country-with-cottage-living-next-month/
It's time for your Sims to pop on their wellies and pack their coats. The next expansion for The Sims 4 is taking the life sim out to the pastoral sights of rural England for a spot of Cottage Living.

Possess enemies to fight a demonic army in Rogue Spirit
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/possess-enemies-to-fight-a-demonic-army-in-rogue-spirit/
It's the environment that catches my eye. Just like with the first images of games like Genshin Impact and Biomutant, I'm immediately drawn to Rogue Spirit's vibrant world of Midra, which has a distinctly Asian touch. But Rogue Spirit has more in common with Genshin Impact than just its pretty scenery. Whereas you can quickly change between four characters in Genshin, Rogue Spirit is all about possessing them, literally.

Valheim's update schedule delayed, Hearth & Home will be out later this summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valheims-update-schedule-delayed-hearth-and-home-will-be-out-later-this-summer/
In February, Valheim developer Iron Gate shared a roadmap laying out its plans for four updates over the course of 2021, along with other new features like multiplayer interactions, moon phases, and more unique locations, "if Odin wills it." Today it dialed back those plans, however, saying that the first planned update, Hearth and Home, won't be released until the third quarter of this year.

Hearthstone survey leaks images of Mercenaries mode and asks if Blizzard should hire Mr T
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hearthstone-survey-leaks-images-of-mercenaries-mode-and-asks-if-blizzard-should-hire-mr-t/
Hearthstone's upcoming Mercenaries mode was announced at BlizzConline earlier this year, and will introduce a new hero-focused mode to the established card-battler. (...)
In the run-up to release, Blizzard has been surveying existing players about the new mode, and in doing so shared some new screens and one especially excellent marketing idea. Predictably enough, the survey soon leaked and is now all over various Hearthstone communities.

Beautiful open world exploration game Sable is being released on September 23
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/beautiful-open-world-exploration-game-sable-is-being-released-on-september-23/
We've had our eye on Sable for quite some time, and now the game finally has a release date: September 23. The date was announced at the Summer Game Fest via a beautiful, haunting performance by the wonderful Japanese Breakfast.

A Death Stranding Director's Cut is on the way, and might contain some Metal Gear Solid stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-death-stranding-directors-cut-is-on-the-way-and-might-contain-some-metal-gear-solid-stuff/
PC Gamer's 2020 Game of the Year Death Stranding is getting an update in a Director's Cut edition, with the full reveal due "weeks away" according to Geoff Keighley, who revealed the news via a trailer that revealed next to nothing about what to expect.

Hideo Kojima teases next project with 'societal elements' and no aliens
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hideo-kojima-teases-next-project-with-societal-elements-and-no-aliens/
At today's Summer Game Fest Hideo Kojima gave the vaguest of teases about his next new project, and all but confirmed that it won't be a Death Stranding sequel. Responding to a question from host Geoff Keighley about the next era of "Hideo Kojima entertainment", the head of Kojima Productions expanded on how the current state of the world has changed his creative process, and will make whatever's next very different.
>> He also said that COVID-19 has made him re-think his creative process, whatever that means.

Call of Duty: Warzone's Season 4 trailer brings fire-breathing dragons to Zombies
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-sky-is-falling-in-call-of-duty-warzones-season-4-reveal-trailer/
We finally got our first proper look at Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 during the opening stream of Summer Game Fest. The new season will bring new weapons, maps, something called the 'hijacked gulag,' and what definitely looks like a fire-breathing dragon to Zombies.

Among Us is getting a hide and seek mode, new roles, and a whole lot more
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/among-us-hide-and-seek-sheriff-new-map/
Among Us is already an enormous sensation, but developer Inner Sloth is just getting started. During Summer Game Fest, Inner Sloth debuted a new trailer/roadmap teasing all sorts of new features coming to the game.

Blink, and you'll miss this tease for Valorant's new Agent
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/blink-and-youll-miss-this-tease-for-valorants-new-agent/
Valorant celebrates its first birthday this month. To celebrate, Riot showed a brief tease of the game's next Agent at today's Summer Game Fest kickoff show. Believe me, though, it's a very brief indeed.

New Solar Ash trailer shows a gargantuan flying boss fight
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-solar-ash-trailer-shows-a-gargantuan-flying-boss-fight/
At the Summer Game fest we got another exciting, if disappointingly brief, look at Solar Ash, which was first revealed last year. The colorful and dizzying platforming adventure from Heart Machine, maker of Hyperlight Drifter, showed off a bit more gameplay, featuring a fight against an impressively massive flying boss.

Salt and Sacrifice is a 'hardcore RPG platformer' sequel to Salt and Sanctuary
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/salt-and-sacrifice-is-a-hardcore-rpg-platformer-sequel-to-salt-and-sanctuary/
The hit 2016 2D RPG Salt and Sacrifice is getting a sequel, announced by PlayStation Indies head Shuhei Yoshida during today's Summer Game Fest Kickoff livestream as Salt and Sacrifice.

Baptiste and Sombra's Overwatch 2 looks are slick as hell
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/baptiste-and-sombras-overwatch-2-looks-are-slick-as-hell/
Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller stopped by Geoff Keighley's opening livestream to reveal two more hero looks coming in Overwatch 2: grenade-lobbing medic Baptiste and cloaked hacker Sombra.

House of Ashes will pick off unlucky soldiers one by one this October
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/house-of-ashes-will-pick-off-unlucky-soldiers-one-by-one-this-october/
The third game (of the whopping eight planned) in the Dark Pictures Anthology got a new trailer at the Summer Game Fest today. House of Ashes takes a squad soldiers from the Iraq War and traps them deep underground in a Sumerian tomb. Then things get worse.

Indie platformer Planet of Lana is a beautiful robot apocalypse
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/indie-platformer-planet-of-lana-is-a-beautiful-robot-apocalypse/
We've all been there. You're soaking in the summer rays with your pet kitty, and suddenly a storm of robots descend from space to wreak havoc. So goes Planet of Lana, an "off-world odyssey" about exploring and protecting an untouched paradise.