Friday news, part two:
Best chaos god Nurgle brings sweet decay and disease to Total War: Warhammer 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/best-chaos-god-nurgle-brings-sweet-decay-and-disease-to-total-war-warhammer-3/
Total Warhammer 3 is the final game in Creative Assembly's humie-bashing trilogy, and it's going to be absolutely massive (which might be why it's delayed until next year). The game has previously shown off the chaos god Tzeentch, and now it's time for the best chaos god of all: Nurgle, the god disease, decay, despair, death and destruction. He's got everything!
Tencent buys a chunk of Yooka-Laylee studio Playtonic
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tencent-buys-a-chunk-of-yooka-laylee-studio-playtonic/
Tencent, the world's largest game publisher, is now a little larger. Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic announced today that Tencent has acquired a minority stake in the company, which will help it "create more incredible gaming journeys" and also support its newly-launched publishing division, Playtonic Friends.
>> Man! Iwish I had pockets as deep as Tencent's. They have no bottom!
Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees sign petition demanding Bobby Kotick's removal
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hundreds-of-activision-blizzard-employees-sign-petition-demanding-bobby-koticks-removal/
The pressure on Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick continues to grow, as more than 800 employees and contractors have signed a petition calling for his resignation.
>> That means that there'll be more than 800 vacancies to be filled in the coming months.
Xbox boss is 'evaluating all aspects' of Microsoft's relationship with Activision Blizzard
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/xbox-boss-is-evaluating-all-aspects-of-microsofts-relationship-with-activision-blizzard/
Embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick remains at the head of the company and continues to have the backing of the board of directors, which issued a statement earlier this week saying it "remains confident" in his leadership. But now it's facing pressure to take action from a large number of employees, as well as a couple of very important external sources: A report earlier today revealed that Sony Interactive president and CEO Jim Ryan had criticized Activision Blizzard's "deep-seated culture of discrimination and harassment" in an internal email, and now a Bloomberg report says Xbox boss Phil Spencer has sent a similar email to Microsoft staff.
>> They (both Sony and MSoft) could start by not paying Activision to have earlier access to the multiplayer maps of CoD, for example.
Someday Rust players will be able to raid other servers by boat
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/someday-rust-players-will-be-able-to-raid-other-servers-by-boat/
Survival game Rust takes place on an island surrounded by ocean, but what happens if you hop on a boat and head out to sea? Right now, your boat despawns and you get dunked in the water to die, though that will apparently change at some point in the future.
Bethesda is working on a patch for the Skyrim Anniversary Edition update
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bethesda-is-working-on-a-patch-for-the-skyrim-anniversary-edition-update/
Skyrim Anniversary Edition came out a week ago, and with it Skyrim Special Edition updated to version 1.6. While Bethesda worked with the Skyrim Script Extender's developers to prevent the update from being too disruptive of the RPG's more ambitious mods, the update has caused a black-screen bug on loading saves, which is even affecting players who don't use mods. (Apparently, completing the Civil War questline consistently sets it off.)
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On Discord, Bethesda has said, "We are aware of the 0kb error some PS4 players are experiencing as well as the 'black screen' issue. The team has been working on a fix for these (it's taking a little longer than we'd like) and hopes to have them resolved as soon as we can." A patch is in the works, and should be ready "early next week".
>> It's no wonder that the fix is taking longer than they'd like, they're used to rely on modders to fix those things.
Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Legacy of the Sith comes out Dec 14
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/star-wars-the-old-republic-expansion-legacy-of-the-sith-comes-out-december-14/
Legacy of the Sith, the big expansion celebrating the 10th anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republic, will be out on December 14. BioWare announced the date during a livestream with the development team, following an interview with Enuka Okuma, who voices returning character Tau Idair.
Halo Infinite's Battle Pass now grants you XP for completing a match
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinites-battle-pass-progression-will-be-changed-following-widespread-criticism/
While Halo Infinite's multiplayer beta is going down a treat, many players have been vocal in their dislike of the Battle Pass, particularly how slow its progress is. We agree. Following hints yesterday that 343 Industries would address the complaints, community manager John Junyszek has outlined the studio's strategy to make it better.
Update: A day after promising changes, 343 Industries has rolled out tweaks to the Halo Infinite battle pass. According to 343, "players can now earn XP by completing matchmade games," which is great news since previously you only got XP for completing challenges.
Halo Infinite's campaign won't feature co-op until May 2022 at the earliest
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/halo-infinites-campaign-wont-feature-co-op-until-may-2022-at-the-earliest/
The previews are in: Halo Infinite's campaign is very good, with Wes reckoning it might just pull off an open world rebirth for the venerable series. But while we knew co-op wouldn't arrive until after launch, 343 has reaffirmed that it could be half a year before we crash onto Zeta Halo with a buddy.
Counter-Strike gets stickers for... Battlefield 2042?
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/counter-strike-gets-stickers-for-battlefield-2042/
Valve has released a bunch of stickers for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that, rather bizarrely, are themed around Battlefield 2042 iconography. Stickers in CS:GO come in capsules which you have to buy a capsule key to open: after which you'll get one of twelve Battlefield 2042 stickers of varying rarity. The dinosaur one is quite cool to be fair, though of course it's one of the rarest!
And here are the deals from GOG and Steam:
+GOG
- The first of the new Flash Deals is Curse of the Dead Gods, 40% off during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/game/curse_of_the_dead_gods
- The second Flash Deal is Stirring Abyss, 50% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/game/stirring_abyss
- The Weekly Sale brings Czech and Slovak games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/partner/Czech_And_Slovak_Games
- The Special Sale with Kalypso, featuring up to 80% discounts, will last another 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/kalypso_sale
- The Midweek Sale brings up to 90% discounts on indie games during another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211117_midweek_sale
- The Weekend Sale features sea related games up to 87% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211119_weekend_sale
- There's a Special Sale with Warhammer games up to 80% off during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/promo/2021_warhammer_weekend
- And there's also a publisher sale featuring Focus Home Interactive, that puts its games up to 80% off until November 29: https://www.gog.com/promo/2021_focus_home_interactive_sale
+Steam
- The new daily deal is Stoneshard, still in Early Access, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/625960/Stoneshard/
- Publisher DANGEN Entertainment puts its games up to 90% off until Monday 22: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dangen_sale2021
- The Early Access title Satisfactory will be 30% off until November 24: https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
- Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition (yes, it's the same game that's free on the Epic Store), is going to be 40% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/317820/Guild_of_Dungeoneering_Ultimate_Edition/
- FIFA 22 will also be 40% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1506830/FIFA_22/
- The Terraria X Don't Starve Together crosssover update brings 50 and 66% discounts respectively until the 24th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/terrariaxdontstarvetogether
- DEATH STRANDING features a 70% discount until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190460/DEATH_STRANDING/
- Lastly, Gunfire Reborn is going to be 25% off until December 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1217060/Gunfire_Reborn/
- And well, we can't forget about the weeklong deals, right?
Until next Monday, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.
Please excuse my bad English.
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