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Thursday news, part two:

XDefiant drops Tom Clancy branding as public testing signups open
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/xdefiant-drops-tom-clancy-branding-as-public-testing-signups-open/
Tom Clancy's XDefiant was introduced in 2021 as Ubisoft's free-to-play answer to Call of Duty multiplayer: A 6v6 competitive military FPS featuring factions from Tom Clancy franchises Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, and The Division. The title didn't exactly set the world on fire but the gameplay looked not bad; early beta tests ran in August 2021, and anyone interested was (and still is) able to sign up for future testing sessions, although none have been announced since.
That will apparently change in the near future, as Ubisoft has announced upcoming "Insider Sessions" for XDefiant that will enable members of the public to take part in testing sessions with and against developers. Testing will begin with a small number of participants on PC (exactly how many isn't stated) and will expand to more players, and more platforms, as the tests progress.

The first Minecraft 1.19 snapshot adds the Deep Dark biome and frogs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-first-minecraft-119-snapshot-adds-the-deep-dark-biome-and-frogs/
Mojang has released the first snapshot of the Minecraft 1.19 update, which means players can finally get a proper look at what's happening out there in the big bad wild.

Fortnite leak says Doctor Strange is joining the battle royale
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/doctor-strange-fortnite/
Marvel's Doctor Strange is coming to Fortnite, according to info gathered by longtime data miners like ShiinaBR and YouTuber Tabor Hill. ShiinaBR cites multiple sources with insider info, and with a very reliable track record, I'm inclined to believe them.

Sam Barlow reveals the first trailer for his new 'interactive movie trilogy'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sam-barlow-reveals-the-first-trailer-for-his-new-interactive-movie-trilogy/
In 2020, Sam Barlow said that his next game—code-named Project A███████—was going to be "ten times more ambitious" than his outstanding 2019 investigative thriller Telling Lies. It was revealed at the Future Games Show 2021 as Immortality, a decades-spanning mystery about Hollywood starlet Marissa Marcel, who appeared in three unreleased movies and then vanished from the face of the Earth. In today's ID@Xbox livestream, we finally got a proper look at gameplay—and it looks very good.

WrestleQuest turns '80s and '90s WWE into a JRPG starring Macho Man Randy Savage
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/wrestlequest-turns-80s-and-90s-wwe-into-a-jrpg-starring-macho-man-randy-savage/
WrestleQuest has been announced by Skybound Games and Mega Cat Studios, a pixel-art RPG that takes aim squarely at nostalgia for wrestling's glory years of the '80s and '90s. The game casts you as a young hopeful looking to become one of the wrestling greats, and combines RPG exploration and character building with turn-based in-ring combat—the cherry on the cake being the presence of big names that you'll face on the way.