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Friday news, the second part:

The Master Chief Collection's latest update fixes Halo 2's broken PC port
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-master-chief-collections-latest-update-fixes-halo-2s-broken-pc-port/
Halo 2 was never much of a looker. But it certainly wasn't done many favours with the 2007 Vista port, whose many visual bugs carried over into the Master Chief Collection. But with this week's Season 8 update, Halo 2 is finally a somewhat nicer looking game—though I'd still rather play the Anniversary remaster.

Bloodlines 2 came close to being cancelled completely
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bloodlines-2-came-close-to-being-cancelled-completely/
It's been quite a ride for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, from the excitement of its long-overdue announcement in 2019 to the sad flameout two years later that led publisher Paradox Interactive to delay the project "indefinitely." It was a relief when Paradox announced earlier this month that development hadn't been cancelled outright, but in an interview with Swedish website Avanza (Google translated), CEO Fredrik Wester said it came awfully close.

EA will remove disgraced NFL coach from Madden 22
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/jon-gruden-madden-nfl-22/
Electronic Arts has announced that it will remove former NFL coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22 in a future update. Gruden resigned from the NFL on October 11 following the surfacing of racist comments, homophobic slurs, and sexist remarks he made in emails sent between 2011 and 2018.

'Legacy code' in Diablo 2: Resurrected is causing widespread connection headaches
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/legacy-code-in-diablo-2-resurrected-is-causing-widespread-connection-headaches/
The first few weeks of Diablo 2: Resurrected have not gone especially smoothly. At launch, players reported troubles with disappearing or locked-out characters, and some were unable to start the game at all.
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There are clearly serious problems with the game, and with fans growing increasingly antsy about Blizzard's apparent inability to fix them, community manager PezRadar has posted a lengthy forum update explaining what's gone wrong, what's being done about it, and why it might take some time to get things fully sorted.

Let's now check the deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale features Sci-Fi games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211011_weekly_sale
• The Special Sale featuring classic games from Activision and Blizzard up to 67% off during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/activision_blizzard_sale
• The Midweek Sale contains "games with rich stories" up to 85% off during another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211013_midweek_sale
• The Aspyr Sale features up to 80% discounts during the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/aspyr_sale
• Publisher SNEG offers its games up to 50% off during the next 6 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/sneg_sale
• The Weekend Sale brings top rated games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211015_weekend_sale
• And there's a Special Sale with games from the DC universe up to 75% off during the next 3 days. All the games are based on Batman: https://www.gog.com/promo/dc_fandom_sale

+Steam

• The first daily deal is Retro Machina, 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127970/Retro_Machina/
• The second daily deal is the Early Access title Wild Terra 2: New Lands, 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1134700/Wild_Terra_2_New_Lands/
• The first of the Weekend deals is Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, 45% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/
• Publisher Jackbox Games, Inc puts its games up to 50% off until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1552350/The_Jackbox_Party_Pack_8/
• The Halo MMC games are free to try during the weekend (all 6 of them) and also 50% off until Monday 18: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/XboxGameStudios/sale/halomccfreeweekend2021
• The Torchlight franchise is up to 80% off until October 18: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/torchlight
• Publisher Aspyr celebrates its 25 years with up to 85% discounts until Monday 18: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/aspyr25
• And Curve Digital also puts its games on sale, with up to 80% discounts. Be careful, some of the deals end Monday 18 while others will last until Thursday 21: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/curvedigital/sale/weeklongdeal
• Finally, we can't forget about the weeklong deals, can we?.

And that's it. Until next time, I wish you all a happy and gaming weekend.