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Friday news, part two:

Elite Dangerous console development halted so developers can focus on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/elite-dangerous-console-development-halted-so-developers-can-focus-on-pc/
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey was meant to be a big step forward for Frontier's sprawling sci-fi sim: The ability to exit ships and walk around on planetary surfaces "feels like one of the biggest leaps for the game in terms of scope and things to do," we said just ahead of its release in May 2021. Alas, it was in a dreadful state when it rolled out, and while multiple patches have been released since, it still holds a "mostly negative" rating on Steam.
The situation has definitely improved, although as Nat noted last summer, Odyssey's biggest problems demand more than just bug fixes. Frontier Developments has apparently reached the same conclusion, as it announced today that it is stopping all development of Elite Dangerous on consoles.

PC Building Simulator 2 promises even more components and a 30-hour career mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/pc-building-simulator-2-promises-even-more-components-and-a-30-hour-career-mode/
To be blunt, I thought making a game about building a PC was a terrible idea. Who wants to play a videogame about doing the same thing you just did in real life so you could play some videogames? But I was wrong: PC Building Simulator is actually quite good, and also very popular—popular enough that a sequel is coming to the Epic Game Store later this year.

Humble Bundle pulls sales from Russia and Belarus, will launch a Ukraine support bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/humble-bundle-pulls-sales-from-russia-and-belarus-will-launch-a-ukraine-support-bundle/
Humble Bundle has suspended sales of all its products and bundles in Russia and Belarus following the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
"Like many in the world, we condemn the violent and unlawful invasion in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis it is causing," the company said in a statement posted to its Twitter. "Today we are suspending sales of all Humble products and Humble Games titles in Russia and Belarus." Humble also said it is "actively working" on a bundle that will see all proceeds go to charities to help aid Ukrainian refugees and victims, with details arriving "in the coming week."

Six years on, the free DLC keeps coming for tactics RPG Battle Brothers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/six-years-on-the-free-dlc-keeps-coming-for-tactics-rpg-battle-brothers/
Of Flesh and Faith is out now for Battle Brothers, a free DLC that'll add two new origins for your mercenaries and a suite of events and equipment to suit both. We're big fans of Battle Brothers at PC Gamer, a 2017 tactics RPG that has you run a mercenary company in a hardscrabble fantasy world called The Darklands. Our EIC Evan Lahti even penned a whole ode to Battle Brothers.

And these are the GOG and Steam deals during the weekend:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale features up to 80% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220307_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale, full of management games, brings up to 85% discounts during another 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220309_midweek_sale_managerial
• The Special Sale "Games for Food Lovers", with up to 80% discounts will also last another 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220309_midweek_sale
• The first flash deal is Batman: Arkham City - GOTY Edition, 79% off during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/batman_arkham_city_goty
• The second flash deal is Batman: Arkham Knight, also 79% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/batman_arkham_knight
• The Weekend Sale features games from Koch Media up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/partner/koch_media_and_friends
• And Piko Interactive puts new classics on the store with a 15% discount until March 18: https://www.gog.com/en/news/check_out_the_new_batch_of_classics_from_piko_interactive

+Steam

• The new daily deal is Edge Of Eternity, 45% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/269190/Edge_Of_Eternity/
• The first Weekend Deal is Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, 25% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184370/Pathfinder_Wrath_of_the_Righteous/
• WARNO, still in Early Access, will also be 25% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611600/WARNO/
• Sable is getting a 35% discount until the 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/757310/Sable/
• Battle Brothers is getting a 67% discount until Monday 14th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/365360/Battle_Brothers/
• Journey will be 50% off until Thursday 17: https://store.steampowered.com/app/638230/Journey/
• Dead by Daylight is free to try during the weekend and will be 50% off until Tuesday, March 22: https://store.steampowered.com/app/381210/Dead_by_Daylight/
• Rockstar puts its games on sale, up to 70% off until March 24: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/rockstargames/sale/rockstarsale2022
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Nothing else to add. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.