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Friday news, part two:

Genshin Impact developer responds to fan frustrations following review bombing
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/genshin-impact-developer-responds-to-fan-frustrations-following-review-bombing/
Genshin Impact developer miHoYo says it's "been paying close attention" to the recent backlash surrounding the game's anniversary event, with "more celebrations" planned.

Game Awards 2021 date announced, to be held in person in LA
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/game-awards-2021-date/
The Game Awards 2021, Geoff Keighley's annual videogames award show, will premiere this year on December 9. The event will be held in-person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and will be livestreamed across more than 40 different platforms.

New World has the silliest lore about why it doesn't have mounts
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-has-the-silliest-lore-about-why-it-doesnt-have-mounts/
Amazon Game Studios' New World has managed to launch successfully, though not without a few issues, but a perennial theme with New World even before release has been the absence of mounts.

New WoW Classic servers offer a fresh start with faster leveling, harder raids
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/wow-classic-season-of-mastery/
A major part of the appeal of World of Warcraft Classic was the ability to re-experience the launch of a landmark MMO as if it were a brand new game. But now that WoW Classic has moved onto the Burning Crusade expansion, that experience has largely faded as the community has matured and focused more on endgame content. For players still hungry for that "fresh start" feeling, Blizzard is about to roll out an entirely new set of WoW Classic servers that'll require making a brand new character. Even more interesting, though, is that these new servers will also feature faster leveling speeds and harder raid bosses that release more frequently.

You won't need a high-end PC to run Back 4 Blood
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/you-wont-need-a-high-end-pc-to-run-back-4-blood/
Left 4 Dead is back—Back 4 Blood, that is, the upcoming co-op zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios that is basically Left 4 Dead 3 in all but name. It's not the most original game concept ever, but if you've been hankering for a fresh round of that kind of zombie-slaughtering adventure, it could be exactly what you're looking for.

Starfield has twice as much dialog as Skyrim
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/starfield-has-twice-as-much-dialog-as-skyrim/
Bethesda's sci-fi RPG Starfield promises to be a big, sprawling sci-fi romp—"like Skyrim in space," creative director Todd Howard said earlier this year. But it definitely won't be all action. Howard told an audience at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today (via Nibellion on Twitter) that the game will contain more than 150,000 lines of dialog.

Rosario Dawson joins the cast of Dying Light 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dying-light-2-celebrity/
Actress Rosario Dawson is joining the cast of Dying Light 2. Dawson will play Lawan, a woman with a big kill list full of people who've wronged her. Check out the trailer above for a first look at Dawson's role in the game.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters looks like a grimdark XCOM in first gameplay footage
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warhammer-40000-chaos-gate-daemonhunters-looks-like-a-grimdark-xcom-in-first-gameplay-footage/
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is an extremely Warhammer-ass videogame title, and the majestically overwrought cinematic that rolled out in August absolutely matched that energy. Somehow, though, the gameplay reveal trailer that dropped today manages to surpass it all with a bombastic call to arms exhorting the Grey Knights to strike down the vile corruption of Chaos.

DICE says it will show no mercy to Battlefield 2042 cheaters
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dice-says-it-will-show-no-mercy-to-battlefield-2042-cheaters/
We're still a few months away from Battlefield 2042's release, but DICE is wasting no time discussing how the game will handle player toxicity and cheating. In a blog post published today, the developer laid out its player behavior policies, anti-cheat measures, and explained what tools players will have to combat toxicity when they see it.

Surprise Gungrave reboot looks bonkers, Ghostwire: Tokyo's Ikumi Nakamura joins the project
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gungrave-gore/
Almost 20 years after the series first launched, the new Gungrave game announced earlier this year has been properly revealed at Tokyo Game Show. The new trailer, which combines a previously released CG cinematic with new gameplay footage, shows off a modern take on Gungrave's third-person shooting. Watch the video above for a look.

Steam's 2021 Digital Tabletop Fest is all about RPGs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steams-2021-digital-tabletop-fest-is-all-about-rpgs/
The Steam Next Fest returns tomorrow, October 1, for another week of dev chats and demos for literally hundreds of games. But it's not the only big Steam event on the monthly calendar. Valve announced today that the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is coming back too, with a focus on RPGs.
The 2021 edition of the Digital Tabletop Fest will kick off with a sale beginning at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on October 21.

Bloober Team is teasing a new Layers of Fear
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bloober-team-is-teasing-a-new-layers-of-fear/
Horror developer Bloober Team is teasing a return to Layers of Fear, with a new trailer harkening back to the original 2016 game's tortured painter.
The new trailer, a short vignette rendered in Unreal Engine 5, briefly shows us an artist struggling to put brush to paper. As a creative, I can empathise with how scary a blank canvas can be, but it seems like there are more supernatural shenanigans afoot here. Between ghostly voices ushering you to go back and "finish what you started", it sounds like this will be a more direct sequel to the first Layers of Fear, which followed a once-famous artist struggling to complete their magnum opus.

Let's end the news checking the deals we'll find this weekend at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale is full of Metroidvania games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210927_weekly_sale
• Annapurna Interactive will offer its games with up to 75% discounts during another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210927_annapurna_sale
• The Microids Adventure Week features up to 90% discounts until October 4th: https://www.gog.com/partner/microids_adventure
• GOG's 13th anniversary brings up to 90% discounts during the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/gog_13th_birthday
• And there are selected collections recommended by some of the GOG Team member. You can check all 10 of them here: https://www.gog.com/news/discover_anniversary_collections_with_games_selected_by_our_team

+Steam

• The Tokyo Game Show Online events brings up to 70% discounts until Sunday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TGS2021
• Second Extinction is free to try during the next 2 days and 40% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024380/Second_Extinction/
• The Melbourne International Games Week Event also brings up to 60% discounts until October 4th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/migw2021
• The DJ Max Weekend Deal brings up to 65% discounts until Monday 4th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/NEOWIZ/sale/djmaxweekenddeal1
• Warner Bros puts its games up to 85% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/wbpublishersale2021
• The Playstation Publisher Event brings up to 50% discounts until October 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/playstationpublisherevent
• Blaston is free to try during the next 3 days and 30% off until October6: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1427890/Blaston/
• The Elder Scrolls Online will be 60% off until the 12th of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Enough news! (except Yuri's, of course). Until next time, I hope you all have a happy and gaming weekend.