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Old School Runescape's first new mode in years is a hardcore co-op odyssey
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/old-school-runescapes-first-new-mode-in-years-is-a-hardcore-co-op-odyssey/
Introduced in 2014, Ironman mode let Old School Runescape players test their luck with an entirely self-sufficient challenge. Now, the throwback MMO will let you share that load with a full party, letting you and your friends taking on the world together without any help from outsiders.

New World remains offline as 'technical difficulties' force extended downtime
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-remains-offline-as-technical-difficulties-force-extended-downtime/
Amazon's MMO New World is a major hit, but it's also had some struggles since it went live last week. Long server queues have been the biggest issue, but it hit another bump in the road today with some unspecified "technical difficulties" that have forced multiple extensions to downtime for maintenance.

After 8 years, Rust is getting a mission system
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/after-8-years-rust-is-getting-a-mission-system/
Open world survival sandbox Rust is getting a bit of structure in its October update. In the new patch, which goes live Thursday, players will be able to visit NPCs and accept missions, complete them, and turn them in for rewards.

'Evolved Apes' NFT creator Evil Ape disappears with $2.7M
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/evolved-apes-nft-creator-evil-ape-disappears-with-dollar27m/
Evolved Apes is a collection of 10,000 unique NFTs available for purchase on the NFT marketplace OpenSea. Each of them was also meant to be a character in an Evolved Apes fighting game, in which NFT owners would pit their apes against one another in battles for Ethereum cryptocurrency rewards (just as ancient hominoids did thousands of years ago, as I understand).
But it's all gone disastrously off the rails: According to a Vice report, one week after Evolved Apes went live, the head of the project vanished, taking 798 Ether—worth roughly $2.7 million—with them.

Massive Hunt: Showdown update to add a powerful revolver, rifle variants, and a new way to heal
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hunt-showdown-update-162/
Hunt: Showdown's new 1.6.2 update, currently playable on the game's test server, will add a powerful new revolver, new variants for the Vetterli 71 Karabiner rifle, and a new health regeneration consumable that can automatically patch you up during a firefight.

This Fortnite skin combines Cuddle Team Leader and Tomato Head into an unholy abomination
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/curdle-scream-leader/
Fortnitemares 2021 has already added a handful of spooky new skins to buy, but the Curdle Scream Leader might be the one that takes the cake. Combining the original pink Cuddle Team Leader skin and the Tomatohead skin, it's a Frankensteinian abomination to science and religion.

This year's Team Fortress 2 Halloween event features a real cursed Scout cosmetic
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/this-years-team-fortress-2-halloween-event-features-a-real-cursed-scout-cosmetic/
Valve continues running annual Halloween events in Team Fortress 2, with the latest edition, Scream Fortress 13, now live. As has been the trend with Scream Fortress for a while now, the focus is on community-created content, adding six maps, five taunts, 13 war paints, 28 unusual effects, and 20 cosmetics, all made by members of the Team Fortress 2 community.

Next Baldur's Gate 3 patch is its biggest yet, adds 'equippable salami'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/next-baldurs-gate-3-patch-is-its-biggest-yet-adds-equippable-salami/
Baldur's Gate 3 development continues, and Larian has announced that patch 6 will be its "biggest ever". It'll be a download of approximately 60GB, though of course some of that will overwrite original files so don't expect the install size to jump up that much.

Deathloop has at least one undiscovered secret left, says level designer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/deathloop-has-at-least-one-undiscovered-secret-left-says-level-designer/
There's a lot you can miss in Deathloop. It's spread across four regions, each with four time periods, and given the reactivity between these regions and time periods, it's possible to complete a playthrough without discovering heaps of stuff. It's been nearly a month since Arkane's latest release though, and it's fair to say that the internet's collective efforts have probably uncovered everything. Right?

World of Warships gets spooky in time for Halloween
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/world-of-warships-gets-spooky-in-time-for-halloween/
It’s the time of the year that candy-hungry children and aging goths look forward to: Halloween. Along with chocolate and ghost tours comes the traditional World of Warships update, bringing spooky new game modes—and some old faves—along with it.

Randy Pitchford is leaving Gearbox games to focus on Gearbox movies, is still head of Gearbox overall
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/randy-pitchford-is-leaving-gearbox-games-to-focus-on-gearbox-movies-is-still-head-of-gearbox-overall/
Gearbox president and CEO Randy Pitchford is stepping back from games to focus on the company's broader efforts to break into film and TV, as president of the publisher's new Gearbox Studios subsidiary.
>> I could almost hear the breath of relief of some of you after finding about this news.

FIFA might not be FIFA next year, says EA
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/fifa-might-not-be-fifa-next-year-says-ea/
FIFA might be synonymous with football videogames, but EA is strongly considering dropping the branding for its long-running kickabout as it rethinks its licensing agreements with football leagues.
>> With PES, now eFootball, being a total mess, EA can do almost anything they want with the franchise and still succeed.

War Thunder fan leaks classified military documents to win an argument about tanks—again
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/war-thunder-fan-leaks-classified-military-documents-to-win-an-argument-about-tanksagain/
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The War Thunder forums see many arguments about the accuracy or otherwise of particular hardware, and this weekend saw one about the French Leclerc Main Battle Tank and its variants: which at one stage, got down to the exact speed of rotation of the tank's turret. Player __RED_CROSS__ got rather annoyed with a user saying that the turret's rotation speed was 40 degrees a second, among other things, and so decided to try and win the argument by—under the title 'Sekrit Document'—posting portions of the gunner manual for the Leclerc to prove their point (thanks, UK Defence Journal).

Halo: The Master Chief Collection goes medieval for its final season next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-the-master-chief-collection-goes-medieval-for-its-final-season-next-week/
What is Master Chief if not a big daft knight questing his way across outer space? 343 certainly thinks so, with Season 8 of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection dressing our far-future soldiers up in historical cosplay when it arrives next week.