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Friday news part two:

Among Us officially crosses over with Fortnite
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/among-us-officially-crosses-over-with-fortnite/
Epic's decision to add an overtly Among Us-like mode to Fortnite last year generated a little bit of friction with Innersloth, developer of the actual Among Us. The studio acknowledged that the mechanics of the game aren't new and "shouldn't be gatekept," but called out Epic for leaning heavily into Among Us specifically with "themes and terminology," including the name of the mode: Impostors.
The whole thing was more simmering heat than actual beef. Innersloth also said that "it would've been really, really cool" to work with Epic on a crossover, and then a couple months later the two studios teased an actual collaboration of some sort. And today, we have it: Not a new game mode, unfortunately, but more stuff you can buy.

Midnight Suns director didn't get a heads up about plot similarities in the new Doctor Strange movie
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/midnight-suns-sam-raimi-doctor-strange-movie/
Midnight Suns, the upcoming Marvel RPG from Firaxis, is based on the occult 'Midnight Sons' run of comics from the '90s. It's heavy on magic, ghosts, and demons, which creative director Jake Solomon thought would set it apart from the shows and movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, given that the Avengers typically busy themselves with space aliens rather than ancient tomes of evil magic. What Solomon did not know was that the world's foremost fan of evil magic tomes was going to direct a Doctor Strange movie.

Outriders is still a thing apparently and it's getting an expansion this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/outriders-is-still-a-thing-apparently-and-its-getting-an-expansion-this-month/
Outriders is a game I definitely remember coming out last year. Apparently, the third-person looter shooter is getting an expansion called Worldslayer and it'll be out really soon.

American Arcadia is like a reality show, but if your ratings drop, they kill you
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/american-arcadia-is-like-a-reality-show-but-if-your-ratings-drop-they-kill-you/
In the movie The Truman Show, Truman was an average guy who unbeknownst to him was the lead character in a reality show built around his life. He lived in a fake city, was surrounded by cameras, and had no idea he was constantly being watched by millions of people.
American Arcadia has that same vibe. The massive city you live in has been created for the entertainment of a television audience. You have a comfortable life there along with lots of other "citizens," but if your ratings drop too much, well... you're hunted down and killed. It's what you might call cancellation.

Speedrunning FPS Neon White finally gets a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/speedrunning-fps-game-neon-white-finally-gets-a-release-date/
Neon White is mostly about being an assassin from hell with the chance to get to heaven by performing incredible moves at a lightning pace. But it's also about looking great and flirting which, come on, is a hell of a pastime. The card-based, action, FPS, speedrunning, um, flirting sim has finally gotten a release date in another hot trailer.

Take a deep dive into dangerous realms in co-op survival game Nightingale
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/take-a-deep-dive-into-dangerous-realms-in-co-op-survival-game-nightingale/
Shared world survival game Nightingale takes place in an alt-history of the Victorian era, where human beings discovered magic and started messing around with portals to strange new worlds. But as tends to happen when visiting other dimensions, something goes horribly wrong.

In Time Flies, you play as a fly that lives one second for every year of your life expectancy
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/in-time-flies-you-play-as-a-fly-that-lives-one-second-for-every-year-of-your-life-expectancy/
A trailer for indie game Time Flies appeared at Summer Game Fest's Day of the Devs segment today, and shows a little fly trundling through a home in stark, 1-bit visuals. Old timey jazz crackles through a record player in the other room, and our hero languidly hovers near a glue trap. And then it's dead, stuck to the trap like its confederates, game over, reload.

Choo-Choo Charles is coming to get you this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/choo-choo-charles-is-coming-to-get-you-this-year/
Sometimes you're scavenging equipment from abandoned camps in the forest and then a train with a clown face and spider legs races toward you. We've all been there. In Choo-Choo Charles, you can fight back, and developer Two Star Games showed a little bit of how that'll unfold in a new gameplay preview shown during the Day of the Devs segment in the Summer Game Fest stream.

Will the The Last of Us multiplayer game come to PC?
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/will-the-the-last-of-us-multiplayer-game-come-to-pc/
Earlier today a long-rumoured remake of The Last Of Us leaked shortly before the official announcement, with the big news being that it's in development for PC (opens in new tab). But Naughty Dog wasn't finished there, and during Geoff Keighley's game jamboree it announced a new standalone The Last of Us multiplayer game.
>> The summary is that they don't know, but the "live service" elements it will have make it a good candidate to come to our platform.

Keep your guests comfy in this bed and breakfast sim, and also you are a bear
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/keep-your-guests-comfy-in-this-bed-and-breakfast-sim-and-also-you-are-a-bear/
I know we're not even halfway through this big summer gaming glut, but can we just stop right here? I've found the game I want to play and I don't need to see any more games. Let's just shut things down so I can go play Bear and Breakfast when it releases next month.

Schim is an adorable platformer about hopping from shadow to shadow
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/schim-is-an-adorable-platformer-about-hopping-from-shadow-to-shadow/
This year's Day of the Devs is packed with indie games that I very much want to play, but Schim might be at the top of that list. Developed by Ewoud van der Werf, Schim is an environmental platformer about a little blobby frog guy who jumps from shadow to shadow to get around.

Be a water nymph and befriend ducks in chillout game Naiad
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/be-a-water-nymph-and-befriend-ducks-in-chillout-game-naiad/
There's a certain kind of indie game that's all about chill. You explore a slice of the natural world at your own pace, with a little puzzle-solving thrown in, but rarely anything likely to disrupt your meditative flow. The archetype is Flower, in which you're a gentle breeze that blows through fields rustling plants like some kind of invisible petal wizard, but there are plenty of others—games like Proteus, Feather, or Koi.
Naiad, which was shown during the Day of the Devs stream today, seems like a perfect example of the form. You play a water nymph right out of Greek myth who is born at the source of a river and grows up as she travels along it. You swim, dive, and do a froggy underwater dash as you help fish and other animals past obstacles like fallen logs, trash, and traps. Apparently you'll be able to make friends with ducks, butterflies, turtles, rabbits, and even snakes and crocodiles, as well as a talking cloud who acts as a guide.