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Tuesday news, part two:

Assassin's Creed Valhalla's next expansion, The Siege of Paris, arrives on August 12
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/assassins-creed-valhallas-next-expansion-the-siege-of-paris-arrives-on-august-12/
Eivor and the gang are going to enjoy Paris in summertime: Ubisoft announced today that the second Assassin's Creed Valhalla expansion, The Siege of Paris, is set to go live on August 12.

More than 1,500 Activision Blizzard employees condemn company leadership, call for 'compassion for victims'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/more-than-1500-activision-blizzard-employees-condemn-company-leadership-call-for-compassion-for-victims/
More than 1,500 current and former employees of Activision Blizzard have signed a letter condemning the company's response to a lawsuit alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, and "frat boy" culture at the company. "The statements from Activision Blizzard, Inc. and their legal counsel … are abhorrent and insulting to all that we believe our company should stand for," the employee statement reads.

Splitgate's final release is delayed while studio revamps server infrastructure
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/splitgates-final-release-is-delayed-while-studio-revamps-server-infrastructure/
Suddenly popular Portal-inspired FPS Splitgate was scheduled to launch into 1.0 on July 27 after a couple of years spent in Early Access, but that's been delayed until August. It's not altogether bad news: the current open beta will continue, and studio 1047 Games has received $10 million from a venture capital firm to expand its development team and help solve its critical server issues.

Olympic athlete wins gold medal while wearing a Witcher medallion
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/witcher-fan-wins-olympic-gold-medal-while-wearing-geralts-medallion/
Vitalina Batsarashkina has two powerful passions in life: Shooting air pistols, and The Witcher. And as she demonstrated over the weekend at the Tokyo Olympics, she's very good at both: She wore a Witcher medallion while competing in the event, and she won a gold medal.
>> Nerd .

This lo-fi horror roguelike looks like the best Resident Evil spin-off Capcom never made
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/this-lo-fi-horror-roguelike-looks-like-the-best-resident-evil-spin-off-capcoms-never-made/
Draft of Darkness is a game I did not know existed this morning, and now it is a game I must play. It's one of those where to explain it you need to smoosh a lot of concepts together: it's a lo-fi, top-down horror roguelike, where combat happens via card battles and the game's overarching loop is about deckbuilding for each run. It's also one of those where, if you take a look at the trailer, you get the appeal instantly: and it's out in a few days.

UK games industry veteran Ian Richardson dies aged 53
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/uk-games-industry-veteran-ian-richardson-dies-aged-53/
UK veteran game developer and business director of Sumo Digital, Ian Richardson, has died at the age of 53.
Richardson was a part of the industry for over 30 years, mostly in business development and sales roles across studios like Rage, Europress, and Ocean Software. The last six years of his career have been spent at Sumo Digital as the studio's business development director. He was also an ambassador for the UK charity SpecialEffect, and helped that organisation raise significant amounts of money.

Your new favourite indie in five words: Fully destructible sword-wielding robots
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/your-new-favourite-indie-in-five-words-fully-destructible-sword-wielding-robots/
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone—try saying that ten times fast—launches today for PC and consoles after four years in Steam Early Access. Clone Drone's (sorry, I can't say it ten times fast, I'll make a mistake eventually) hook is that it's a third-person robot sword fighter where any part of any body can be sliced off.