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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's elusive new maps are back for good
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-modern-warfares-elusive-new-maps-are-back-for-good/
Back in March, Activision pulled a fast one on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players by adding two new maps, Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage, in a surprise update—before pulling them a week later. Well now they're back, and the publisher is confident they're here to stay.

Former Dragon Age chief Mark Darrah says 'you are wrong' about game piracy
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/former-dragon-age-chief-mark-darrah-says-you-are-wrong-about-game-piracy/
Mark Darrah spent nearly a quarter century at BioWare in a career that saw him rise from a programmer on Baldur's Gate to the executive producer of the Dragon Age series. He left the studio at the end of 2020, shortly after which he launched his own YouTube channel, where he shares videos on everything ranging from old game swag to console certification processes and business models.
In his latest video, Darrah takes on the timeless topic of videogame piracy.

Blizzard is trying to make Diablo 4 characters look cool while keeping them 'grounded in reality'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/blizzard-is-trying-to-make-diablo-4-characters-look-cool-while-keeping-them-grounded-in-reality/
A new Diablo 4 quarterly update takes a deep dive into the graphical side of the game, with art director John Mueller, lead character artist Arnaud Kotelnikoff, and associate art director Nick Chilano sharing insights into their stylistic goals and the ways they went about achieving them.

People are really pissed at Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster's ugly fonts
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/people-are-really-pissed-at-final-fantasy-pixel-remasters-ugly-fonts/
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Today, we got a good look at the new art style and it's very much improved and looks suitably pixelated. But my god, just look at how awful the font is!
Aside from the fact that it clashes entirely with the new pixel art look, it's also just ugly and does nothing to evoke the high fantasy drama this series is beloved for. It looks especially hideous in dialogue boxes, where words are bafflingly squished together, leaving enormous chunks of empty space.
>> Unsurprisingly, there's a lot of people that think the same as you, Zkuq.

Call of Duty 2021 may have appeared on Battle.net under the name 'Slipstream'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-2021-may-have-appeared-on-battlenet-under-the-name-slipstream/
It's about the time of year when we should be learning more about the next Call of Duty game, and a new leak from the depths of Battle.net itself may point to an upcoming announcement. An encrypted build for what might be the next CoD recently appeared on the client under the codename "Slipstream."

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous dev diary shows off huge home base
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/pathfinder-wrath-of-the-righteous-dev-diary-shows-off-huge-home-base/
The latest Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous developer diary gives us an update on how things are coming along with the RPG where you can become an angel and ride a velociraptor into battle. It's all about the fortress-city of Drezen, "the biggest fantasy fortress we've ever built", as Owlcat Games' video puts it.

Tencent wants to make the 'next great PC RTS'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tencent-wants-to-make-the-next-great-pc-rts/
Colossal Chinese publisher Tencent has founded a new studio with the modest goal of creating the next StarCraft—so naturally, it's brought on two former Blizzard developers to make it happen.

Build wonky robots and throw them across Mars next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/build-wonky-robots-and-throw-them-across-mars-next-year/
There are plenty of games out there that'll let you build janky contraptions out of bits and bobs. But I don't think any have done it with as much style as Aussie developer Ian MacLarty's upcoming extra-terrestrial delivery sandbox Mars First Logistics.

Hunt: Showdown's janky hit registration is getting better, says Crytek
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hunt-showdowns-janky-hit-registration-is-getting-better-says-crytek/
Crytek says its fixes for Hunt: Showdown's janky hit registrations have been "a big improvement."
The underrated battle royale has long suffered from frustrating hit registration, particularly in close-quarters combat. Numerous Reddit and Steam posts over the years have pointed out how shots aren't recognised, even when blood splatter animations are played to indicate a hit.