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Thursday news, part two:

Explore the real world of Vikings in Assassin's Creed Valhalla's 'Discovery Tour,' coming in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/explore-the-real-world-of-vikings-in-assassins-creed-valhallas-discovery-tour-coming-in-october/
Assassin's Creed's "Discovery Tour" is a quasi-educational mode that enables players to explore game worlds and histories without the fear of being, you know, assassinated. It was originally developed for Assassin's Creed Origins and proved popular enough to be done for Odyssey as well, and last year Ubisoft confirmed that Valhalla would also get the tourist treatment. Today it announced that Discovery Tour: Viking Age, as the new mode is officially known, will go live on October 19.

Dance to the beat of dead air in Life is Strange: True Colors' hilarious (and concerning) streamer mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/life-is-strange-streamer-mode/
Life is Strange: True Colors is out now, much to the pleasure of Pacific Northwest teen drama lovers everywhere, but one part has streamers howling with laughter. Enabling streamer mode in True Colors removes all licensed music from the game so you're not struck with a DMCA takedown. That's great for streamers, but results in one of the year's most hilarious videogame moments, when protagonist Alex dances with her brother Gabe to a Kings of Leon song, but it's just pure, cringeworthy silence.

343 shoots down Nvidia leak: Halo 5 is not coming to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/343-shoots-down-nvidia-leak-halo-5-is-not-coming-to-pc/
Sorry, folks: there are still no plans to bring Halo 5: Guardians to PC. At least that's what Halo community director Brian Jarrard said after a recent leak gave fans new hope.
>> I'd say that there are no "official" plans to bring it to PC "yet".

Timberborn, a game about the cool cities beavers will build after we're all dead, is now available on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/timberborn-a-game-about-the-cool-cities-beavers-will-build-after-were-all-dead-is-now-available-on-steam/
When we are all dead the beavers shall inherit the earth, or at least that's what developers Mechanistry think will go down. It has just released Timberborn, a self-styled "lumberpunk" city builder, onto Steam in Early Access. Timberborn is about giant post-apocalyptic beavers rebuilding the earth after all the humans are long dead and gone.

Chasing Static is a PS1-style horror game that turns rural Wales into Silent Hill
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/chasing-static/
The last couple years have offered a small wealth of PlayStation 1-inspired horror games, complete with crunchy polygonal graphics and lo-fi vibes: Everything from medieval horror RPGs to laundromat murder. The latest in the PS1 horror frontier is Chasing Static, which throws you into the haunted land of rural north Wales to suss out a strange government experiment, and it's out on PC on October 14.

New World players are squabbling over whether the MMO needs horses
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-players-are-squabbling-over-whether-the-mmo-needs-horses/
Amazon is finally set to release New World very soon, and MMO fans are hungry for it. It's the first game of its kind in quite a while, and could turn things around for Amazon's flailing games department. But let's get right to the truly important question here: Should New World have mounts?

The Stellaris 'Lem' update brings a new strategy of free updates to past DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-stellaris-lem-update-brings-a-new-strategy-of-free-updates-to-past-dlc/
The latest update for Stellaris, the 3.1 'Lem' release, brings an overhaul of some existing free features, as well as a new strategy for tackling updates to the space grand strategy and 4X.

Amazon Games hires former Ubisoft executive to lead work on competitive multiplayer game
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amazon-ubisoft-exec/
Amazon Games has a new head for its recently opened development studio in Montreal. Former Ubisoft Toronto managing director Alexandre Parizeau has joined the company to lead development on a big-budget competitive multiplayer game, says the Hollywood Reporter.

Deltarune Chapter 2 lands this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/deltarune-chapter-2-lands-this-week/
Undertale creator Toby Fox released the first instalment in the episodic Deltarune series all the way back in 2018. Its follow up, Chapter 2, was meant to launch last year, but after a long silence we finally have a firm release date: Friday, September 17. That's very soon.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection may cease seasonal updates after Halo Infinite's launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-the-master-chief-collection-may-cease-seasonal-updates-after-halo-infinites-launch/
While I might not agree with all its additions, 343 Industries has done a hell of a job keeping Halo: The Master Chief Collection active with new maps, modes and cosmetics, arriving in massive seasonal drops roughly every 3 months. But with Halo Infinite coming in hot this winter, 343 suddenly finds itself with two live-service Halo games—and understandably, it sounds like work on the legacy bundle will be slowing down.

Why Deathloop's kick is so satisfying
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/why-deathloops-kick-is-so-satisfying/
Deathloop is a fantastic game but one aspect of it that has an especially delightful gamefeel is the application of Colt's ginormous boot of justice to enemy posteriors. God the kick in this game is amazing for all sorts of reasons, but prime among them has to be just how far the baddies go flying once you've unleashed the beast.

Ex-Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell ordered to pay the studio nearly $100,000 in legal fees
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ex-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-ordered-to-pay-the-studio-nearly-dollar100000-in-legal-fees/
Veteran Halo and Destiny composer Marty O'Donnell has been ordered to pay Bungie tens of thousands in legal fees after being found in contempt of court, Eurogamer reported earlier today.

Call of Duty: Vanguard has a free open beta this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-vanguard-has-a-free-open-beta-this-weekend/
Activision-Blizzard has been running a slightly confusing series of Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer betas, the earliest of which were exclusive to Playstation, and some of which are limited to players who've already pre-ordered the game. One of the latter is running right now.