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Monday news, part two:

In city-builder Dice Legacy, your dice eat, drink, and have sex on a medieval ringworld
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/in-city-builder-dice-legacy-your-dice-eat-drink-and-have-sex-on-a-medieval-ringworld/
Recently I wrote a little roundup of indie city-builders with interesting twists that had caught my attention. And the one that turned my head the most was Dice Legacy, mainly because it takes place on a medieval ringworld. I've seen plenty of sci-fi ringworlds but never an olden times one, with creaky wooden ships and cozy taverns and peasants working in the wheat fields. It's quite a concept.
>> Sometimes I worry about the mental health of some people.

War Thunder fan says tank is inaccurate, leaks classified military documents to prove it
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/war-thunder-fan-says-tank-is-inaccurate-leaks-classified-military-documents-to-prove-it/
The Challenger 2 is a main battle tank that's been in service with the British Army since 1994, during which time it has seen operational service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Iraq. It can also be found in War Thunder, (...)
Things got out of hand earlier this week, however, when one player demonstrated a little too much commitment to realism. The player, who claims to be a real-life Challenger 2 tank commander and former member of the British Army's Armored Trials and Development Unit, complained that War Thunder's in-game model is significantly off the mark in ways that leave it much more vulnerable to enemy fire than it is in the real world—and then to prove the point, they posted classified images from the Challenger 2 Army Equipment Support Publication, which is basically the tank's user manual.
>> See my previous comment, which also applies here quite well.

French game workers union sues Ubisoft for 'institutional sexual harassment'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/french-game-workers-union-sues-ubisoft-for-institutional-sexual-harassment/
The Solidaires Informatique union has filed a new complaint against Ubisoft with the courts in Bobigny, France, alleging that executives including CEO Yves Guillemot enabled and encouraged a culture of "institutional sexual harassment" at the company.

Warframe's The New War expansion revealed in an explosive 30-minute gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warframe-the-new-war/
During Warframe's TennoCon 2021 fan festival, Digital Extremes finally unveiled its next major expansion: The New War. Though it was first announced years ago, The New War was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic—but it's finally coming this year, and to prove it Digital Extremes showcased over 30 minutes of gameplay of the new quest. It looks incredible.
>> Maybe that's why the servers crashed, of all the attention from its viewers.

Warframe is getting crossplay and cross-save across all platforms, is coming to mobile
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warframe-cross-play-cross-save/
After years of fans begging for it, Warframe is finally getting both crossplay and cross-saves, meaning its player base will no longer be separated by what console they're playing on. This also means that Warframe's console updates (starting with the release of The New War later this year) will happen simultaneously with the PC update. In addition to that, Digital Extremes is also working on a mobile version of Warframe.

Grab a shotgun, demon slaying tactical roguelike Jupiter Hell has a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/grab-a-shotgun-demon-slaying-tactical-roguelike-jupiter-hell-has-a-release-date/
Who's ready for some ripping and tearing? What's that? Everyone?
Jupiter Hell finally has a release date, chainsawing its way out of Early Access on August 5, 2021. This is the spiritual successor to the original Doom, the Roguelike project from back in the day, which made the old shooter into a turn-based tactics game—later called DoomRL and then DRL after some, you know, Zenimax legal threats.

After 30 years, Japanese tactics series Super Robot Wars is finally coming West
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/after-30-years-japanese-tactics-series-super-robot-wars-is-finally-coming-west/
Super Robot Wars has been a mainstay tactics RPG series in Japan for 30 years, ever since the release of the first game in 1991, and has had over 50 releases across various consoles and spinoffs since. You've probably never heard of it, though, because it has never gotten an official localization and release in the majority of the English-speaking world.
That's not the case any more, as after three decades the latest in the series is coming to PC in the US and Europe via Steam: Super Robot Wars 30 will release on October 27, 2021.

No Skate at EA Play Live, but 'a little something' is coming tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/no-skate-at-ea-play-live-but-a-little-something-is-coming-tomorrow/
EA Play Live happens this Thursday, and it'll be worth tuning in if you're interested in Battlefield 2042, EA Sports games, or the rumored Dead Space remake. If you're interested in Star Wars, Mass Effect or Dragon Age you may be disappointed, because the publisher has already confirmed that none of these will appear.
Now you can add Skate to the list of EA Play Live no-shows. The official Skate Twitter account confirmed as much, though something Skate-related will be shown or announced this week, just not at EA Play Live.

Call of Duty: Cold War PC now supports PS5 haptic triggers, but you should probably turn it off
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-cold-war-pc-now-supports-ps5-haptic-triggers-but-you-should-probably-turn-it-off/
When the PS5 came out last year and everyone was gushing about how cool the DualSense controller's haptic rumbling and resistive triggers are, my first question was: Will it work on PC? The answer seemed to be yes, but only if developers bother to implement it. Treyarch became one of the first to do just that with the latest update to Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War.

Call of Duty: Warzone banned 50,000 more cheaters last week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-warzone-banned-50000-more-cheaters-last-week/
Over 50,000 cheaters were banned from Call of Duty: Warzone last week, developer Raven announced on Friday.
Posting a brief anti-cheat update on Twitter, Raven revealed that this latest batch of cheaters were given the boot over two separate ban waves. These waves were targeted largely (but not exclusively) at repeat offenders, accounts that Raven had already caught cheating.

EA doesn't want to exclude some of FIFA 22's PC players, so it's excluding all of them
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ea-doesnt-want-to-exclude-some-of-fifa-22s-pc-players-so-its-excluding-all-of-them/
You want the truth, by which I mean FIFA 22's next-gen Hypermotion technology? You can't handle the truth!
(...)
"Bringing HyperMotion technology and Immersive Match Day features to PC would have raised the minimum spec requirements and resulted in a large proportion of players unable to run the game. This would have significantly impacted our PC community who enjoy FIFA each year, with many players being excluded or forced to upgrade their machines to play the game. We are looking forward to all our PC players experiencing the gameplay advances and new season of innovation on offer in FIFA 22."

Solve a murder by flicking through a fake future Wikipedia
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/solve-a-murder-by-flicking-through-a-fake-future-wikipedia/
It's October 1st, 2049. Two corporate big-wigs have just been assassinated in a helicopter crash, and all the clues to this mystery have been left scattered across a fake, future successor to Wikipedia.
Neurocracy, released last week, is a narrative murder mystery that takes place entirely across the entries of Omnipedia—a future take on the free online encyclopaedia. Buried between entries on reality TV shows, neural implants and fatal diseases are clues hinting at foul play behind the deaths of the two executives.

Tencent to acquire Sumo Digital for $1.27 billion
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tencent-acquires-sumo-digital-for-dollar127-billion/
The voracious Tencent is set to acquire the Sumo Group, a UK-founded developer with 14 studios worldwide, for $1.27 billion (£928 million, thanks Guardian). Tencent already had a minority stake in Sumo before this but, presuming Sumo's shareholders accept 513p per share (they're currently selling for just under 500p thanks to a 40% spike following the announcement), will soon add it to the simply enormous list of developers it owns.
>> And the list goes one.

Fall Guys turns Spelunky Guy into a terrifying bean tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/squads-and-spelunky-guy-come-to-fall-guys-tomorrow/
Fall Guys will let you stumble through the jungle with friends tomorrow, as squads arrive in Season 5's jungle adventure.
Debuting via a community-solved jigsaw puzzle last week, the next season of Mediatonic's bean-stumbler was fully explored in a lengthy reveal trailer earlier today. One of the biggest features coming with Season 5 is the introduction of squads, which will let you jump into the game with three friends—though Mediatonic also wants to experiment with limited-time duos and trios modes.