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John Romero's new Doom 2 level raises over $29,000 for Ukraine
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/john-romeros-new-doom-2-level-raises-over-dollar27000-for-ukraine/
Last week, Doom co-creator John Romero released a new level for Doom 2—his first since 1994—to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. It's a simple deal: The map, called One Humanity, is €5 (Romero is based in Ireland now, but that works out to about $4.35), and all funds raised will go to support people suffering under the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It's a small individual amount, but it adds up—to more than €25,000 ($27,200) so far, all of which will be donated to the Ukrainian Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund.

Spock takes the spotlight in the first Star Trek: Resurgence gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/spock-takes-the-spotlight-in-the-first-star-trek-resurgence-gameplay-trailer/
First revealed at the 2021 Game Awards, Star Trek: Resurgence is a "narrative adventure game featuring dialog choices, relationship building, and exploration" set in the year 2380, the era immediately following the Star Trek: The Next Generation movies. Now, courtesy of IGN, we've got the debut gameplay trailer, and it's got just about everything you'd expect from a classic five-year mission: An intractable conflict between alien races, tough moral quandaries, the prime directive, ion storms, and—of course—Spock.

There's an easy way to pause Elden Ring without mods
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/theres-an-easy-way-to-pause-elden-ring-without-mods/
FromSoftware has a habit of making its games unpausable. For nearly two weeks, we all thought Elden Ring was no different. There's even a mod on PC that adds a pause button at the cost of having to play offline. It turns out FromSoftware snuck in a single menu option that actually does pause the game at seemingly any time.

The Bundle for Ukraine raises over $1.6M in less than a day
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-bundle-for-ukraine-raises-over-dollar16m-in-less-than-a-day/
Yesterday, indie digital storefront Itch.io rolled out the Bundle for Ukraine, a collection of nearly 1,000 games for a minimum purchase price of just $10, with all funds raised going to charities supporting the people of Ukraine. Based on the initial uptake rate, we predicted that the bundle would probably exceed its goal of $1 million raised before it expired in 10 days. And, well, we were right. Very right.

Lost Ark is getting more multi-gender class options and less revealing armor
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/lost-ark-is-getting-more-multi-gender-class-options-and-less-revealing-armor/
The big fantasy MMO Lost Ark is a hit, but it's not without problems, including the fact that its classes are gender-locked: Warriors are men, mages are women. It's an old-school approach, and one that doesn't really hold up anymore. Developer Smilegate is attempting to address the situation through the addition of "advanced classes," which are specializations that enable both male and female characters in individual classes.

K/D ratios are back on display in the new Battlefield 2042 scoreboard
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/battlefield-2042-new-scoreboard/
I was reluctant to embrace change, but I eventually accepted that Battlefield 2042 was trying something new with its scoreboard, putting the focus on squad effectiveness rather than individual kill-death ratios. Well, now I have to un-embrace that change: Today's Battlefield 2042 patch replaces its original scoreboard with a more typical spreadsheet of stats.

When does Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok unlock in your time zone?
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/assassins-creed-ac-valhalla-dawn-of-ragnarok-release-time-unlock/
With the Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok release time rapidly approaching, you may be wondering the specific point at which you can embrace the power of Odin in the mythical dwarven world of Svartalfheim.