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The Friday news, part two:

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2 ends with a 'one-time in-game event' next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/fortnite-collision-event-time/
Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2 will come crashing to an end next week in Collision, a "one-time in-game event" that will finally decide the fate of the Zero Point. The big finish will kick off at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET on June 4, with the Collision playlist set to go live 30 minutes ahead of the start time to give players time to group up into squads of four and get ready for the fight.

Hatsune Miku Project Diva MegaMix just landed on Steam and you should all play it immediately
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hatsune-miku-project-diva-megamix-just-landed-on-steam-and-you-should-all-play-it-immediately/
The Hatsune Miku Project Diva series has finally made its debut on PC, with Sega dropping MegaMix+ out of absolutely nowhere.
Project Diva contains some of the greatest rhythm games I've ever had the pleasure of playing, and one of the main reasons my PlayStation consoles still get any love. It made its way onto Switch last year in the form of MegaMix, which appears to be the version PC users are getting, along with a sprinkle of PlayStation 4's Future Tone visuals.

The Witcher 4 is now in pre-production
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-witcher-4-is-now-in-pre-production/
The wheels appear to be turning smoothly on The Witcher 4 (opens in new tab), the next big game in development at CD Projekt. Just a couple of months after the studio confirmed that it is in fact working on a new Witcher game, CD Projekt chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said development is now in the "pre-production" phase.
>> See you in 5 or 6 years.

Minecraft's much-awaited Wild Update arrives in June
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/minecrafts-much-awaited-wild-update-arrives-in-june/
The wait for the Minecraft 1.19 update is nearly over. After keeping quiet about the timeline this year, Mojang has just announced that the Wild Update is arriving on June 7, just a week and a half away. I figured that the recent pre-release builds were a signal we'd be hearing about a specific date soon, but it's even earlier than I expected, which makes for a nice start of the summer surprise.

Let's Build a Zoo expansion adds dinosaurs, 'Caveman Meat'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/lets-build-a-zoo-expansion-adds-dinosaurs-caveman-meat/
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novels and their adaptations all serve as a warning against playing God, but Let's Build a Zoo's new expansion Dinosaur Island reminds us: isn't playing God actually really tight?

Mafia 3 studio undergoes new layoffs following leadership change
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/mafia-3-studio-undergoes-new-layoffs-following-leadership-change/
According to reporting from Kotaku and Bloomberg, 2K subsidiary and Mafia 3 developer Hangar 13 has suffered a round of substantial layoffs.
Hangar 13 consists of three studios worldwide, and the Kotaku report claims that "nearly 50" of the Novato, California location's 87 employees have been let go. It is currently unknown how heavily the developer's Brighton, UK and Brno, Czech Republic offices have been affected, if at all.

Phil Spencer reaffirms that Microsoft will not oppose the Raven QA union
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/phil-spencer-reaffirms-that-microsoft-will-not-oppose-the-raven-qa-union/
As reported by Kotaku, Xbox head Phil Spencer stated in an internal all-hands meeting that Microsoft will recognize Raven QA's new union if its bid to purchase parent company Activision Blizzard wins the FTC's approval and goes through.

After a 2 year delay, Ubisoft's free-to-play Roller Champions is painfully bland
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/after-a-2-year-delay-ubisofts-free-to-play-roller-champions-is-painfully-bland/
After multiple delays, Ubisoft's free-to-play roller derby game Roller Champions is now live, and I am here to tell you that it is 100% a videogame that you can play if you want to.

The next Pathfinder RPG might actually be a Starfinder RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-next-pathfinder-rpg-might-actually-be-a-starfinder-rpg/
Enough people have been asking Owlcat Games "What's next?" that the developer of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous put together a website to tease an answer that question: whatisnext.owlcat.games. Head there and you'll see a looping animation of three planets and an asteroid field, with a targeting display overlaid on it. Sure looks like they're heading into space (man).

Details from a Cyberpunk 2077 expansion may have leaked
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/details-from-a-cyberpunk-2077-expansion-may-have-leaked/
A dataminer claims to have found subtitles for an upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion in the February patch that brought CD Projekt's underwhelming open-world game up to version 1.5. An archive containing text files, mostly of English dialogue but some in Polish, has been uploaded to multiple subreddits, including r/GamingLeaksAndRumours.

Valve says it sees 'how large' Team Fortress 2's bot problem is, and will actually do something
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-says-it-sees-how-large-team-fortress-2s-bot-problem-is-and-will-actually-do-something/
Valve continues to low-key maintain Team Fortress 2, but it remains one of the biggest games on Steam regardless—as I'm writing this, just over 75,000 people are playing. Not bad for a 15 year-old title, and the Team Fortress 2 community knows two things: it loves their game, and it hates bots.

And these are the deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The Weekly Sale features up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220523_weekly_sale
• For its 40th anniversary, EA puts its games up to 75% off until the end of Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220523_ea_anniversary
• The Midweek Sale is adults only, full of "sweet & spicy adult games" up to 80% off until may 29: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220525_midweek_sale
• Coinciding with the theme of the Midweek Sale, yesterday the store received games from publisher Nekonyan, featuring up to 30% discounts until May 30: https://www.gog.com/en/news/discover_4_newcomers_from_nekonyan
• The Eroge Japan Week features up to 50% discounts on 9 games during 4 more days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220524_erogejapan_releases
• The first flash deal is As Far As The Eye, 65% off during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/as_far_as_the_eye
• The second flash deal is Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition, 70% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/far_cry_2_fortunes_edition
• And the Weekend Sale features up to 90% discounts on open world games until Monday: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220527_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The daily deal is To The Rescue! , 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/946720/To_The_Rescue/
• The first Weekend Deal is Demon Turf, with a 30% discount until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325900/Demon_Turf/
• Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is 50% off until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151640/Horizon_Zero_Dawn_Complete_Edition/
• The The Elder Scrolls franchise goes on sale with up to 70% discounts until Monday 30: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/bethesda/sale/TES2022
• Publisher Annapurna Interactive puts its games up to 88% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/AIpublishersale2022
• Bandai Namco AniMay Sale comes with up to 90% discounts until the 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/AniMay
• Because of its new expansion, Let's Build a Zoo gets a 30% discount until June 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1547890/Lets_Build_a_Zoo/
• The Curve Games Publisher Sale comes with up to 90% discounts until June the 2nd: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CurvePublisherSale2022
• As part of that Curve Games is giving away Bomber Crew during the sale. Go grab it while you can! https://store.steampowered.com/app/537800/Bomber_Crew/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

That's all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.