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Friday news, part two:

Rampart crashes a giant tank into Apex Legends next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rampart-crashes-a-giant-tank-into-apex-legends-next-week/
Apex Legends' foul-mouthed mechanic Rampart is the star of next week's Evolution Collection Event, crashing a land cruiser into World's Edge and gaining some sorely-needed buffs.

New X-COM book explains the special kind of terror that made the first game a classic
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/x-com-book-excerpt-monsters-in-the-dark/
No series has defined the past and present of turn-based strategy more than XCOM. (...)
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense is a new book from author David Craddock, which tells the story behind the first game in the series (UFO: Enemy Unknown in the UK) and the early years of creator Julian Gollop.

Alan Wake Remastered gameplay trailer reveals an October release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/alan-wake-remastered-gameplay-trailer-reveals-an-october-release-date/
Earlier this week Remedy finally announced that a 4K remaster of its cult hit Alan Wake is in development and set to come out this fall. During today's PlayStation Showcase, we got our first look at some updated gameplay, and even better, a release date: Alan Wake Remastered will be out on October 5.

Deathloop shows how you can make enemies look like doofuses in new trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/deathloop-shows-how-you-can-make-enemies-look-like-doofuses-in-new-trailer/
Deathloop is less than a week away, but Bethesda managed to sneak in one last trailer full of flashy firefights, vibrant locales, and eccentric party animals. Courtesy of Sony's latest PlayStation Showcase, the trailer is narrated by protagonist Colt Vahn, who is understandably fed up with the authoritarian Visionaries who run his prison-turned-party island. He's got a lot of questions that the trailer doesn't quite answer, but it does tease some interesting threads to follow, like a poster that purports that Colt is the island's Head of Security.

Radiohead is an Epic Games Store exclusive
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/radiohead-is-an-epic-games-store-exclusive/
Radiohead will release an interactive digital exhibition to celebrate the 21-year anniversary of the group's celebrated Kid A and Amnesiac albums. Announced during Sony's PS5-oriented State of Play today, the teaser above confirms a November release window for the Epic Games Store exclusive (it's also coming to PS5).

Halo Infinite is inviting all Insiders to its next test in two weeks
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinite-is-inviting-all-insiders-to-its-next-test-in-two-weeks/
Halo Infinite's next technical test is two weeks away—and to make sure it can properly test massive PVP matches, 343 Industries is inviting all Insiders along for the ride.

The Eternal Cylinder's nightmare geometry finally rolls out this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-eternal-cylinders-nightmare-geometry-finally-rolls-out-this-month/
Ace Team's colossal geometry nightmare The Eternal Cylinder is rolling onto the Epic Games Store this month, and it's looking as outlandishly strange as ever in a new release date trailer.

Former Starbreeze exec's insider trading conviction quashed on appeal
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/former-starbreeze-execs-insider-trading-conviction-quashed-on-appeal/
Sebastian Ahlskog is the former chief financial officer of Starbreeze, the Swedish studio probably best-known for the Payday series, and in February 2020 was convicted of insider trading: a conviction that has now been quashed on appeal (as reported by GamesIndustry.biz).

And now, let's check the deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The first one is the Weekly Sale, with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210906_weekly_sale
• Next comes the jRPG Sale with up to 80% deals during the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210908_rpg_month_jrpg
• And the Weekend Sale consists on simulation games up to 85% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210910_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The new daily deal is Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/699170/Fell_Seal_Arbiters_Mark/
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege will be free to try during the next 2 days and 75% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359550/Tom_Clancys_Rainbow_Six_Siege/
• The 2021 Metro Franchise Sale features between 35 and 76% discounts until September 13: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/MetroFranchiseSale
• Publisher NExT Studios puts its games up to 80% off until the 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/next-studios-publisher-sale
• F1 2021 is free to try during the next couple of days and 25% off until September 14: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1134570/F1_2021/
• Red Dead Redemption 2 will be 33% off until September 23: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174180/Red_Dead_Redemption_2/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

And that's it. Until next time, have a happy and gaming weekend.