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The Tuesday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has a new sale: the Spellforce franchise is up to 75% off during the next 26 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/spellforce

Steam has several new deals, including new weeklong deals:

• The first daily deal is Freeways, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/780210/Freeways/
• The second daily deal is Never Return, still in Early Access, also 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1612620/Never_Return/
• The Spellforce franchise is between 40 and 75% off until December 9: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpellForceFranchise
• To celebrate the launch of its spinoff Aiko's Choice, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, that has a demo, will be 90% off until December 10: https://store.steampowered.com/app/418240/Shadow_Tactics_Blades_of_the_Shogun/
• The Far Cry franchise will be between 70 and 80% off until December 12: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/far-cry
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Hokko Life, still in Early Access, is 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/824000/Hokko_Life/
  • GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- gets a 35% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384160/GUILTY_GEAR_STRIVE/
  • Maneater is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/629820/Maneater/
  • Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG, also in Early Access, gets a 60% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/327070/Gloria_Victis_Medieval_MMORPG/
  • Yono and the Celestial Elephants is going to be 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602430/Yono_and_the_Celestial_Elephants/
  • And Moon Hunters will sport a 90% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/Moon_Hunters/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• The Game Awards Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG, EGS, UPlay, Origin, Bethesda.net and the Rockstar thing: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/game-awards-sale/
• The Ubisoft Celebration Sale brings up to 85% discounts during the next 18 days. All the keys are for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ubisoft-flash-sales/

Fanatical has a new Star Deal: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gold Edition will be 61% off during the next 24 hours. Obviously, the keys are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/assassins-creed-valhalla-gold-edition

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GAMING NEWS

Warzone developers are walking out today to protest layoffs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/warzone-developers-are-walking-out-today-to-protest-layoffs/
Warzone studio Raven Software’s quality assurance team is walking out today, alongside other members of the studio’s staff, to protest the recent termination of a dozen colleagues. At least 12 testers were told on Friday that their contracts would be ending early next year, despite the battle royale’s continued success. Activision announced in April that Warzone had surpassed 100 million players.

BioShock 4 leaks point to an Antarctic city
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/bioshock-4-leaks-point-to-an-antarctic-city/
BioShock 4 is coming eventually. Publisher 2K confirmed it was in development back in 2019, but said little more than that it would be several years away. (...)
Now Youtuber Colin Moriarty has provided the first substantial grist to what will doubtless become an ongoing rumour mill. Speaking on his podcast Sacred Symbols, Moriarty says: "It takes place in a 1960s Antarctic city called Borealis. [The game's] codenamed 'Parkside'… I’ve been told that the development team has incredible latitude to get it right."
>> This is old news by now, but I still hadn't posted an article about it.

Leave Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker's grapes alone
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/leave-final-fantasy-14-endwalkers-grapes-alone/
If you managed to get past the login queues for Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker and made your way through the main story, you might have stumbled upon some grapes. These grapes aren't your typical grapes; truthfully, they're more like crystal obelisks with the image of the spherical fruit plastered on each face. These grapes are low poly and proud.

Survival game Icarus had a bumpy launch but a huge weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/survival-game-icarus-had-a-bumpy-launch-but-a-huge-weekend/
Survival game Icarus launched on Friday and was gobbled up by survival fans, quickly climbing the Steam charts and drawing over 50,000 concurrent players on Sunday. It wasn't all smooth sailing, though: Icarus currently has a 'Mixed' review score on Steam, and many of the complaints revolve around performance issues, optimization problems, crashes, and bugs.