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Friday news, part two:

PAX organizers to bring E3 back in 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/e3-returns-in-2023/
E3 will return next year. The games industry's traditional summer showcase event is scheduled to be held in June 2023 under a partnership between the Entertainment Software Association and ReedPop (the organizer of PAX and numerous other pop culture conventions). The show will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where it had been held since 1999 until the pandemic hit.

Baldur's Gate 3 finally includes D&D's objectively best race
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-finally-includes-dandds-objectively-best-race/
Knowing that Baldur's Gate 3 won't be finished until 2023 makes every update bittersweet, but I'm still pretty excited about the one that's gracing Larian's RPG today because it finally adds gnomes and, to sweeten the deal, bards. It's a good day for lovers of tiny troubadours.

Cars replace horses: GTA 6 development means no more 'major' Red Dead Online content updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/cars-replace-horses-gta-6-development-means-no-more-major-red-dead-online-content-updates/
With work on Grand Theft Auto 6 ramping up, Rockstar is making some changes to how it will support Red Dead Online in the future, and the short version is that no further "major themed content updates" are going to be released.

The new videogame marketing tactic: Pretending an old game is brand new
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-videogame-marketing-tactic-pretending-an-old-game-is-brand-new/
When a new multiplayer shooter launches on Steam, one of two things usually happens: It either captures the attention of a dedicated playerbase, or fizzles out into a wasteland of empty servers. As brutal as it can be, this is how PC gaming's fickle digital marketplace works. You get one chance to launch a game and make your first impression. Or do you?
There's another maneuver that a few developers have tried lately, and it's working pretty well so far: Pretend your old game is new and try not to mention that it previously failed.

Hearthstone players are getting up to 150 free packs as a welcome back gift
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstone-players-are-getting-up-to-150-free-packs-as-a-welcome-back-gift/
A fortunate handful of Hearthstone players who've spent time away from Blizzard's card game/wallet vampire are finding a bundle of free card packs waiting when they fire up Battle.net. Here's a player who got 150 packs as a 'welcome back gift', and another who thought it was fake until they logged in and found 150 packs waiting for them as well. Not everyone's been receiving the same unusual amount of generosity. This player only got 20 packs, which is still nothing to sneeze at.

One of Elden Ring's boss fights was originally dreamed-up for Dark Souls 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-elden-rings-boss-fights-was-originally-dreamed-up-for-dark-souls-3/
One of the real treats of contemporary gaming is the disparate global army of tech-heads and coders who like to tinker with games, and find out how the magical sausage is made. As a longtime Souls-lover I've learned an enormous amount over the years from one ZullieTheWitch, a Dark Souls hacker who digs through the game's files and shares their most interesting findings.
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Zullie's latest discovery is a perfect example of this, focusing on the Elden Ring boss Rennala, bearer of a Great Rune, and what it implies about a major Dark Souls 3 NPC, Rosaria. The video above walks you through it.

The Crisis Core remake’s battle system is going to be more like the Final Fantasy 7 remake's one
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-crisis-core-remakes-battle-system-is-going-to-be-more-like-the-final-fantasy-7-remakes-one/
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion was recently announced at the FF7 25th anniversary livestream, since when Square Enix has been dripfeeding nuggets of information about how the project's being approached. Most distressingly, for fans of vaguely pachinko-like roulette systems, they're taking the shears to the game's unique battle system.

And here are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend, now that both have fionished its Summer Sales:

+GOG

• The first Deal of the Day (because flash deal is boring) is Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls, 40% off during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wizardry_labyrinth_of_lost_souls
• The second Deal of the Day is War for the Overworld Ultimate Edition, gets a 68% discount until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/war_for_the_overworld_the_ultimate_edition
• The third, and last, Deal of the Day is Hitman 3: Contracts, with an 80% discount until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hitman_contracts
• The Weekend Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220708_weekend_sale
• There's a Special Sale featuring Square Enix games with up to 89% discounts until July 15: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_square_enix_summer_sale
• And the Moon Festival Sale brings up to 90% discounts until the 16th of July: https://www.gog.com/promo/2022_moon_festival

+Steam

• The daily deal is Gordian Quest, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/981430/Gordian_Quest/
• The first Weekend Deal is Stationeers, still in Early Access and 33% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/544550/Stationeers/
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition will be free to try and 70% off during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/933110/Age_of_Empires_III_Definitive_Edition/
• Control Ultimate Edition also gets a 70% discount until Monday, 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/870780/Control_Ultimate_Edition/
• The Crew 2 is also free to try, but until July 13, and gets an 80% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/646910/The_Crew_2/
• The Leisure Suit Larry 35th Anniversary Sale brings up to 90% discounts until July 21: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/leisuresuitlarryanniversarysale
• And there's also some weeklong deals.

And just like that, we've come to the end of another week of news. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.