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Tuesday news, part two:

Halo Infinite battle royale? Dataminers think they've found proof
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinite-battle-royale-dataminers-think-theyve-found-proof/
With a build of Halo Infinite now out in the wild, dataminers have already begun diving for secrets within the games files. Now, one reckons they've found evidence of a battle royale mode courtesy of a single voice line from the game's multiplayer announcer.

Minecraft's most anarchic server brought to its knees by griefers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/minecrafts-most-anarchic-server-brought-to-its-knees-by-griefers/
The public-facing side of Minecraft is the jolly, happy one. This is where we coo at people recreating the world of the Lord of the Rings, or admire the incredible visual tricks that can be pulled off with a little ingenuity. But then there's the less well-known (though often no less popular) side, where things all get a little grimmer.
>> Warning, it's a very long article with a lot of recap.

Tales of Arise has fishing and farming, and a demo is on the way
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tales-of-arise-has-fishing-and-farming-and-a-demo-is-on-the-way/
Recently, Tales of Arise Producer Yusuke Tomizawa held a live Q&A and showed off some new features for the upcoming Tales RPG for the first time. The stream, which you can find on the official Japanese Tales Youtube channel in its entirety (alas, no subtitles), revealed some choice bits of info and includes some previously unseen footage including a skit that you can watch above. (There's a version with Japanese voice acting and English subtitles here).

Former Elder Scrolls devs announce 'Grand RPG' The Wayward Realms
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/former-elder-scrolls-devs-announce-grand-rpg-the-wayward-realms/
Back in 2019 we learned that veteran developers Julian LeFay and Ted Peterson, leads on The Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall, had founded a new studio, OnceLost Games. At the time they said they were working on a new RPG, though they didn't give out many details and haven't said much since. Today that silence was broken.

Bannerlord patch adds duel mode for multiplayer, ironman for singleplayer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bannerlord-patch-adds-duel-mode-for-multiplayer-ironman-for-singleplayer/
A new Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord patch has dropped, bringing a heap of changes and fixes to the open world RPG. Most of the changes have been tested in beta for the past month or so, but they've now been patched into the game proper. Just as a squire becomes a knight, so too do these once-young fixes become public.

Gearbox confirms early 2022 release for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gearbox-confirms-early-2022-release-for-tiny-tinas-wonderlands/
2021 has seen game after game delayed to later in the year or into 2022, but currently Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Gearbox's upcoming Borderlands spin-off, is sticking to its target. When Wonderlands was announced back at E3, Gearbox said it should be out in early 2022. Monday's Take-Two quarterly earnings report reiterated that window.

Take-Two confirms it's announcing a new game soon. Will it be Marvel XCOM?
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/take-two-confirms-its-announcing-a-new-game-soon-will-it-be-marvel-xcom/
2K is getting ready to announce a new game, and we have a good guess at what it could be. Parent company Take-Two held its quarterly earnings report today and mentioned that 2K will have a "new franchise" to unveil this month, with the release following not too far behind: it'll be out by the end of this fiscal year, which wraps up in March 2022. And that leaked turn-based Marvel game from Firaxis sure seems like a good fit.

Take-Two boss says inclusion and diversity are of 'paramount importance'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/take-two-boss-says-inclusion-and-diversity-are-of-paramount-importance-in-games-industry/
During a Take-Two earnings call today, CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed questions about how the company deals with issues of diversity and harassment, in light of the recent lawsuit against Activision Blizzard.

GTA Online players are walking in endless circles to earn free stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gta-online-players-are-walking-in-endless-circles-to-earn-free-stuff/
If you've ever played GTA Online, it probably won't surprise you to learn that its most dedicated players will do anything and everything they can to get the newest, shiniest stuff on offer. In last month's Los Santos Tuners update that added new clothes and car paint jobs, players discovered that one of the best ways to get ahead is to simply not play. Or, more specifically, go AFK and make the game think you're still playing.

Splitgate dev 'can't just buy more servers' to deal with exploding player numbers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/splitgate-dev-cant-just-buy-more-servers-to-deal-with-exploding-player-numbers/
Splitgate, an arena FPS that's basically Halo with portals, has quite literally become a victim of its own success. Having already postponed its departure from early access while it sorts out server issues, developer 1047 Games this weekend tried to explain why the solution isn't as simple as buying more servers.

Tencent stocks plunge amid fears of a Chinese government gaming crackdown
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tencent-stocks-plunge-amid-fears-of-a-chinese-government-gaming-crackdown/
Early on Tuesday the stocks of several gaming companies, Tencent among them, fell sharply by up to 11% at Hong Kong markets, after the Propaganda Department of China's Communist Party announced at the ChinaJoy expo that video games needed to be "good, clean and secure". Shares of companies like Tencent, NetEase and XD started tumbling in response. The shares of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (CMGE) even fell by a whopping 20%.
>> ***Imagine the popular Top Gear "Oh, no... Anyway" meme here.

Rainbow Six Extraction's monsters infect Siege with a month-long event
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rainbow-six-extractions-monsters-infect-siege-with-a-month-long-event/
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction may have been punted back into 2022. But if you're hankering to have Team Rainbow blast some aliens, Rainbow Six Siege will let you fight a team of infected operators until August 24 with this month's Containment event.

Blizzard's president is out, studio to be co-led by a woman for first time in its history
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/blizzards-president-is-out-studio-to-be-co-led-by-a-woman-for-first-time-in-its-history/
On July 20th, California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard collecting "numerous complaints about unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation" at the company. (...)
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick promised a rapid response. Today Blizzard has announced that J. Allen Brack is leaving his position as the president of the studio, to be replaced by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra as co-heads of the studio.