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Gabe Newell once wondered if Left 4 Dead really needed zombies
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gabe-newell-once-wondered-if-left-4-dead-really-needed-zombies/
Left 4 Dead is one of the most famous and successful zombie games of all time. It even presaged the runaway success of The Walking Dead television show. But there was a time when the presence of zombies in the game wasn't quite a sure thing, because Valve boss Gabe Newell wasn't certain they were the best way forward.

Riot sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang maker for reasons you can probably guess
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/riot-sues-mobile-legends-bang-bang-maker-for-reasons-you-can-probably-guess/
League of Legends studio Riot Games is suing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developer Shanghai Moonton Technology Company, saying the studio is engaged in a "deliberate and sustained campaign to free ride on Riot’s highly valuable rights in the mobile videogame League of Legends: Wild Rift."
>> Given that it involves mobile games, I'm not sure why I'm posting this.

Battlefield 2042 is using the 'Vince Zampella-slash-Respawn model' now, EA CEO says
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/battlefield-2042-is-using-the-vince-zampella-slash-respawn-model-now-ea-ceo-says/
Electronic Arts said in its Q3 investors call back in February that the much-maligned military shooter Battlefield 2042 did not meet the company's expectations. CEO Andrew Wilson cited both technical problems and design choices as the reasons the game "did not resonate with everyone in our community," although luckily for EA the ongoing success of games like Apex Legends and FIFA meant that Battlefield's relative failure would have little impact on the company's overall fortunes.
Despite all of that, Wilson said in today's Q4 call that EA isn't giving up on the game, or the series as a whole. "We take a long view here," he said in response to a question about EA's relative silence on Battlefield 2042 over the past several weeks. "This is one of the great franchises in our industry, built by one of the great teams in our industry, and our expectation is that it will continue to grow and be a really important part of our portfolio for many many years to come."

Gwent's first two seasonal journeys are back, without the time limits
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/gwents-first-two-seasonal-journeys-are-back-without-the-time-limits/
Since 2020, the standalone version of collectible card game Gwent has had a battle pass equivalent called journeys, which gave players three months to earn rewards including avatars, animated borders, card backs, and skins, with the shiniest ones only available on a second reward track you had to pay to unlock. Most of the journeys were based on a character from The Witcher, with an original short story about them appearing chapter by chapter each week.
Journeys gave players a reason to keep coming back to Gwent, with quests that encouraged trying different factions and decks. They were also controversial due to the brutal grind it took to earn the best rewards before the next journey came along. That's changed as of Gwent's May update, which has brought back both of the first two journeys, Geralt's and Ciri's, for an unlimited time. Some extra rewards have been added too: auras based on witcher signs for Geralt and trophies for Ciri.

Former 3D Realms owners clash over Duke Nukem Forever blame
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/former-3d-realms-owners-blame-each-other-for-losing-duke-nukem-forever/
Apogee, which also went by 3D Realms at one time, published a number of successful and super-influential games, but is best known for its greatest disaster: the 15-year-long development of Duke Nukem Forever, which was ultimately completed by Gearbox. After footage of a 2001 build of the game leaked this week, Apogee co-founders Scott Miller and George Broussard opened up, just a little, about what "killed the original 3D Realms"—and the former high school friends are pointing their fingers at each other.

Mass Effect store listing that mentioned Shepard was a mistake, apparently
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/mass-effect-store-listing-that-mentioned-shepard-was-a-mistake-apparently/
Back in November, BioWare issued a teaser image for a forthcoming Mass Effect game, depicting four characters walking from a shuttle towards a geth-shaped crater. As of recently, you've been able to purchase a high-quality lithograph of said image, which is so high-quality that, according to its store listing, "no detail is lost, right to the specks of dust and snow."
But that store listing made a bit of a boo-boo, apparently. According to YouTuber MrHulthen (via VGC), the listing originally alluded to the possible return of Commander Shepard, the beloved protagonist of the original Mass Effect trilogy. (...)
But Michael Gamble, project director on the still-unnamed Mass Effect game, says that it was indeed a mistake.

Core Keeper gets dedicated servers, teases first big content update
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/core-keeper-gets-dedicated-servers-teases-first-big-content-update/
Core Keeper, the Terraria-like underground survival sim that blew past 500,000 downloads on Steam just a couple weeks after launch, now has dedicated servers. The new feature, added in an update that rolled out today, will give Core Keeper players the ability to host their own multiplayer worlds for up to eight players.

Epic defeats Fortnite cheat seller, donates settlement to kids' hospitals
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/epic-defeats-fortnite-cheat-seller-donates-settlement-to-kids-hospitals/
Epic Games took an Aussie Fortnite cheater to the Federal Court of Australia, and torched his ass. Brandon Despotakis, who went by the online handle BlazeFN, sold Fortnite cheats and in-game accounts to other players, and Epic took action against him in April 2021.