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Monday news, the long part two:

FromSoftware finally, officially confirms that Dark Souls servers are coming back
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/fromsoftware-finally-officially-confirms-that-dark-souls-servers-are-coming-back/
After months of speculation and unconfirmed reports of incoming fixes, FromSoftware has finally, officially confirmed that it is bringing back online servers for the Dark Souls games on PC.

Destiny 2's new Duality dungeon is a 'daring mind-heist' of a corrupt space emperor
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/destiny-2-duality-dungeon-trailer/
With Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted now upon us, it's time to get our first look at the newest dungeon to be added to the mix: Duality, a chilling descent into the shattered psyche of the exiled Cabal Emperor Calus, where players will "pull off a daring mind-heist and steal his darkest secrets."

Hearthstone's newest mini-set arrives next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hearthstones-newest-mini-set-arrives-next-week/
A new mini-set is coming to Hearthstone as part of the next major update that's set to arrive on June 1. The Throne of the Tides mini-set will include 35 new cards—four legendary, one epic, 14 rare, and 16 common—that can be found in Voyage to the Sunken City card packs, or purchased all together in standard or Golden sets.
>> It's this week.

Guild Wars 2 players can't stop winning a group event they desperately want to lose
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/guild-wars-2-players-cant-stop-winning-a-group-event-they-desperately-want-to-lose/
Guild Wars 2's public events have always been a strength, in my book. Players scattered across maps flock together to defeat a boss or defend a fort, and endgame group events sometimes require a lot of coordination to nail. As cool as they are, they've long been a source of bickering (shoutout to the early days of the boss break bar being introduced) because inevitably, not everyone is on the same page.
Now Guild Wars 2 players are once again at war with each other over a public event, only this time it's… because they just can't manage to lose?

Ace Combat 7 takes the Hiiiiighway to the Danger Zone
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ace-combat-7-takes-the-hiiiiighway-to-the-danger-zone/
Of the many secret shames that I work so hard to keep hidden from the prying eyes of polite society is that I have never seen Top Gun. It's a bit strange, really, because I dig cool fighter jets and Kenny Loggins, yet somehow that's never jelled into time spent enjoying the sweaty antics of Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and other brooding icons of faux-military machismo.
Anyway, to the point: The long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick is now in US theaters, and to celebrate the return of Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell—who by now must be the oldest jet jockey in the Navy, if not the entire US military—Bandai Namco is bringing classic American jets and more to Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

Investors group urges shareholders to vote out Activision Blizzard directors
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/investors-group-urges-shareholders-to-vote-out-activision-blizzard-directors/
SOC Investment Group, the activist shareholder organization dedicated to "organizing workers' capital into an effective voice for corporate accountability" that has previously criticized how much CEO Bobby Kotick is paid (and, more recently, demanded his removal), is urging company shareholders to vote against the re-election of six of the company's ten board of directors.

Overwatch and CoD teams reportedly owe Activision Blizzard up to $420 million
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/overwatch-and-cod-franchises-reportedly-owe-activision-blizzard-up-to-dollar420-million/
According to a report by independent journalist and former ESPN writer, Jacob Wolf, the teams of the Overwatch and Call of Duty Leagues owe Activision Blizzard up to $420 million in deferred payments.
>> That's a lot of money.

The Embracer Group is now collecting historical games in addition to developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-embracer-group-is-now-collecting-historical-games-in-addition-to-developers/
The Embracer Group, a massive conglomerate formerly known as THQ Nordic AB, has recently announced a game preservation initiative called the Embracer Games Archive with the stated goal to "archive and save as much of the videogames industry as possible."

Yager's latest will hit full release in June with a proper first season
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/yagers-latest-will-hit-full-release-in-june-with-a-proper-first-season/
Players versus players versus alien monsters, that's the pitch for upcoming game The Cycle: Frontier, where teams of prospectors drop to the surface of an alien world to mine precious resources before rushing to a dropship to escape with their loot intact. It's a formula that Yager has been testing for a few years now, and it'll properly release in June of this year, with a preseason starting on June 8th before the proper launch and Season 1 on June 22nd.

City builder Kingdoms and Castles gets AI factions in free expansion-sized update
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/city-builder-kingdoms-and-castles-gets-ai-factions-in-free-expansion-sized-update/
It's probably been a minute since you thought about Kingdoms and Castles, a well-liked indie city builder that released in 2017. Well, think again, because Kingdoms and Castles just got a big ol' free update adding a host of new stuff. Perhaps most shockingly, what was previously a lonesome survival game now has AI Kingdoms for you to trade with, engage in diplomacy with, and battle.

Phasmophobia's got a couple new ghosts on the way
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/phasmophobias-got-a-couple-new-ghosts-on-the-way/
As usual the developers of Phasmophobia are doing their best to ruin my day by adding more ghosts, two to be precise, in the upcoming 0.6.2 update. They've posted some blurry text in a development blog on Steam. It doesn't take a genius to puzzle it out, but the implications are particularly awful:

Here's the Diablo Immortal release roadmap
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/heres-the-diablo-immortal-release-roadmap/
Blizzard has laid out the release roadmap for Diablo Immortal's ahead of its full launch on June 2nd, which if you haven't heard is coming to PC after all, in addition to mobile devices. You can already pre-load Diablo Immortal for PC right now, via Battle.net, and can consult the handy chart for when it'll properly kick off. A single account will work across both PC and mobile devices.

Crystal Project is a love letter to JRPGs and job systems
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/crystal-project-is-a-love-letter-to-jrpgs-and-job-systems/
Indie JRPG Crystal Project has seen a lot of positive buzz from fans since it released, a non-linear JRPG where you're free to explore the world and play around with an extensive system of custom classes. Presently sitting at 784 reviews on Steam, 92% positive, Crystal Project might be the game to beat in indie JRPG design this year.

Free fan game Pocket Crystal League offers up Pokémon by way of Inscryption
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/free-fan-game-pocket-crystal-league-offers-up-pokemon-by-way-of-inscryption/
Pocket Crystal League is a Pokémon-style card game, but it's not, you know, the Pokémon Card Game. This free project on itch.io by independent developer moodytail retrofits colorful, Pocket Monsters fun to the addictive structure of last year's indie card game hit, Inscryption.

V Rising's latest patch makes it easier for vampires to find stairs
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/v-risings-latest-patch-makes-it-easier-for-vampires-to-find-stairs/
V Rising crept up on us this month with its blood-sucking monsters, and within three days 500,000 players had already started new unlives. For developer Stunlock Studios, that's meant a lot of feedback to sift through, and the latest update makes another dent—albeit a small one—to the list. If you've had trouble finding stairs, you're in luck.