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Thursday news, part two:

Star Wars: The Old Republic finally lets you change your weapon's appearance
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/star-wars-the-old-republic-finally-lets-you-change-your-weapons-appearance/
Dressing up my myriad alts is undoubtedly one of the main appeals of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Sure, I love the drama-rich class stories and, while Legacy of the Sith was a dud, there have been some great expansions, but I'm not sure I would have stuck around for a decade if it wasn't for my obsession with Star Wars fashion. I'm pretty happy with the latest update, then, because it finally gives me complete control over my characters' swag.

Final Fantasy 14's director is already working on the next expansion's story
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/final-fantasy-14s-director-is-already-working-on-the-next-expansions-story/
It's hard to believe that it's nearly been five months since Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker was released. The latest expansion wrapped up the game's decade-long story, bringing a close to the Hydaelyn/Zodiark arc. I've been itching to know where director Naoki Yoshida and the team will take my character next, with this month's Patch 6.1 beginning to lay the groundwork for what's to come.

Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific Season 3 is out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-warzone-pacific-season-3-is-out-now/
I hope you wrapped up your last battle pass, because a new season of Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific starts today. Season 3, Classified Arms, is lighter on content at launch than past seasons, but players have something bigger to look forward to come May—Operation Monarch, a limited-time event pitting Godzilla and King Kong against each other on the beaches of Caldera. That should be interesting.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe launch trailer is not here
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-launch-trailer-is-not-here/
It's 4/27, which means Employee 427 is back on the clock. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe has arrived, and Stanley stans are no doubt excited to explore the "expanded reimaging" of 2013's brilliant comedy adventure. I'd honestly just skip my glowing review and go buy the thing (which is 33% off for the next week for owners of the original) so you can dive back into the familiar adventures of Stanley which eventually become quite unfamiliar thanks to several hours of Ultra and Deluxe bits that have been added.

Did Bungie accidentally leak one of next season's Destiny 2 exotic weapons?
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/did-bungie-accidentally-leak-one-of-next-seasons-destiny-2-exotic-weapons/
Okay, who's ready to go down the rabbit hole, via a brief detour to Japan? Last week we talked about what I'm pretty sure were the longest balance change notes PC Gamer has ever encountered in the form of a 9,000 word edition of This Week at Bungie. In amongst all the buffs, nerfs and general nerding out (graphs!) over how in-air accuracy is calculated, there was a bullet pointed list of exotic weapons with their new 'Airborne Effectiveness' stats. The last entry read: [REDACTED] 29.

Maxis performed an exorcism on The Sims 4's cursed main menu
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/maxis-performed-an-exorcism-on-the-sims-4s-cursed-main-menu/
Among the many unearned stereotypes about millennials, the one unanimous truth is that we are horrified by unexpected phone calls. And getting repeated unexpected calls? Well I may just choose to chuck my phone out a window. Maxis has harnessed that primal fear and brought it to life in the guise of The Sims 4's notorious "Ring Ring Girl", now an official Sim you can download from the gallery and harbinger of a main menu game update.

QA workers on Dragon Age 4 have applied to form a union
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/qa-workers-on-dragon-age-4-have-applied-to-form-a-union/
Days after Raven QA got the green light to go forward with their union vote, another QA unit working with a big developer has moved to unionize. This time, external contractors doing QA for Bioware have applied to the Alberta Labor Relations board to form a union. A representative of the group told Game Developer that its members could no longer bear "struggling to make ends meet" working on Bioware's games, and this sentiment was echoed in a similar report by Kotaku.

Disney Dreamlight Valley looks like Kingdom Hearts minus the anime nonsense
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/disney-dreamlight-valley-looks-like-kingdom-hearts-minus-the-anime-nonsense/
Move over, Elden Ring, it's time for the adults to have some fun. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim and adventure game that lets you live in a town populated with characters from Disney and Pixar films.

Call of Duty cheaters have recently found themselves blind to other players
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-cheaters-have-recently-found-themselves-blind-to-other-players/
In the last few days, cheaters in Call of Duty: Vanguard may have noticed their games have been curiously empty—at least, until a silent, invisible bullet pierces their skull.
That's thanks to a new technique called Cloaking, a feature recently added to Vanguard's Ricochet anti-cheat system. While it's been active for some time, Team Ricochet highlighted the feature in a recent blog post (thanks, GameDeveloper) outlining some of Ricochet's latest mitigation features.