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The second part of the Monday news:

Become more powerful than you can possibly imagine with Fortnite's latest skin
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/become-more-powerful-than-you-can-possibly-imagine-with-fortnites-latest-skin/
As teased during Fortnite's fortnight of Star Wars celebrations, Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi is coming to the game on May 26. The skin will be sold in the item shop and comes with 'Desert Essentials Back Bling', and there are various accessories to purchase separately, including an emote of a holo-message.

Norman Reedus confirms Death Stranding sequel, Kojima Responds
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/norman-reedus-confirms-death-stranding-sequel-we-just-started-the-second-one/
Death Stranding is a pretty popular videogame—you may have heard of it before—and pretty good, too: "Slow, weird, and indulgent, but a true original, and a journey that will linger in your mind long after it's over," we said in our 85% review of the original PC release. (The expanded, "definitive" Director's Cut arrived earlier this year.) And now, as revealed by star Norman Reedus in a Leo interview, it seems that a sequel is in development.
Update: Hideo Kojima has seemingly made a tongue-in-cheek response to Norman Reedus leaking Death Stranding 2 in an interview, posting a tweet telling him to go to his room. "'Go to your private room,my friend'??," said Kojima in the tweet. Presumably as a punishment, but also as a reference to Death Stranding itself, in which Reedus' character has a 'private room' accessible from various bases around the world.

Scratch that post-Elden Ring itch with sci-fi soulslike Dolmen
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/scratch-that-post-elden-ring-itch-with-sci-fi-soulslike-dolmen/
After running a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018 and being featured in last year's Future Games Show, sci-fi action RPG Dolmen is now available on Steam for $40. Other than Dolmen, Massive Work's only other listed project is a rhythm game called "Tap Hitz," so this full featured action RPG is a pretty impressive early or first effort for the studio.

Stardew but potions game Little Witch in the Woods is now in early access
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stardew-but-potions-game-little-witch-in-the-woods-is-now-in-early-access/
Witch shop life sim (no, not that one, and not this one either) Little Witch in the Woods has entered early access on Steam this week and looks like it's already charming players. This little community and crafting sim asks Ellie the apprentice witch to collect items around the forest while helping out the local community. As expected, the Stardew-but-little-witch concept seems to be reasonably popular so far in the first few days of early access.
>> Since they posted links to two articles about other games, I post the one to Steam of this one.

Embracer Group wants to make a lot of Deus Ex and Tomb Raider stuff
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/embracer-group-wants-to-make-a-lot-of-deus-ex-and-tomb-raider-stuff/
Swedish game dev vacuum cleaner Embracer Group (formerly THQ Nordic AB, not to be confused with subsidiary THQ Nordic GmbH) recently sucked up Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, granting the conglomerate ownership of Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Thief. We've seen big properties change hands with mergers and continue to stagnate, but it sounds like the Embracer Group plans to actually use the stuff it just bought.
>> gtotheunit91 made a thread about this some days ago.

Prolific Studio-buyer EA is reportedly looking to be bought in turn
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/prolific-studio-buyer-ea-is-reportedly-looking-to-be-bought-in-turn/
With the recent rush of consolidation in the gaming world, it might be easy to forget the original masters of studio acquisition: Electronic Arts. In an ironic twist, a new report from Dylan Byers of the independent publication, Puck, claims that EA, which has a market cap of $36 billion, has been seeking acquisition by an even larger company, and was almost bought by NBCUniversal.
>> The former "big fish in a small pond" has discovered that the pond has grown a lot, and that there are much bigger fishes. Anyway, Ryuu96 made a thread about this some days ago.

Get honey, get paid in charming beekeeping sim Apico
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/get-honey-get-paid-in-charming-beekeeping-sim-apico/
About a year ago we spotted Apico, a pretty cool lookin' game about beekeeping and conservation. It's now out, properly released and all that, and looks a delight. There's a demo you can play that takes you through the first few hours of the game.

Rainbow Six Siege's next operator takes a page out of Valorant's playbook
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rainbow-six-sieges-next-operator-takes-a-page-out-of-valorants-playbook/
We're at the point with Rainbow Six Siege where just about everything has been done. There are a lot of operators, arguably too many, who can breach a wall, pilot a camera, or lay a trap. But with plans to add 4 new operators every year, Ubisoft is looking outward to create interesting new characters. Sens, Siege's newest attacker, feels like the product of one popular shooter in particular: Valorant.

Kiryu finally gets a gun in new Yakuza Rainbow Six Siege crossover skin
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/kiryu-finally-gets-a-gun-in-new-yakuza-rainbow-six-siege-crossover-skin/
The time for a new Rainbow Six Siege season has arrived, and that means another premium cosmetic partnership that makes me scratch my head a bit. After dressing up the Siege roster in convincing Lara Croft, Leon Kennedy, and Rick Sanchez cosplay, Ubisoft now has its eyes set on the most legendary Japanese gangster to ever throw a punch: Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza series.

Work on Stalker 2 is once again underway
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/work-on-stalker-2-is-once-again-underway/
The community manager for GSC game world has said that development on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has resumed. In a post on Discord, GSC Game World community representative Mol1t has said that "it continues" and "the work is in progress."

A brand new sidescrolling shmup just surprise-launched on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-brand-new-sidescrolling-shmup-just-surprise-launched-on-steam/
The Indie Live Expo, a two-day digital showcase for indie games broadcast in English, Japanese, and Chinese, just wrapped up. Over 400 games were shown, including some we'd seen before and some that were totally new. Among the new games was the latest from Team Ladybug, developer of Touhou Luna Nights and Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth.
The metroidvania studio has branched out for their latest title, a sidescrolling shmup in the vein of R-Type, which was released on Steam as it was announced. Drainus—yes, it's a terrible name—is both the game and the ship you pilot in it, a fighter with a reflector that can absorb bullets then spit them back at enemies. You have to strike a balance between dodging waves of fire, turning on the shield to soak up as much as you can before unleashing a counterattack, then going back to dodging while the reflector comes back online.

And now, the AMD news with Yuri.