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Monday news, part two:

Free Sims 4 update will add growable body hair and sexual preferences
https://www.pcgamer.com/free-sims-4-update-will-add-growable-body-hair-and-sexual-preference-options/
The Sims 4 High School Years expansion pack is coming on July 28, but even if you don't want to spend $40 so you can relive the drama and trauma of high school you'll still be able to enjoy some of the pack's new features.
Alongside the expansion, a couple of interesting changes will be introduced to the The Sims 4 base game for free, ones the community has long been asking for. First, your Sims no longer need to look like smooth plastic action figures—body hair is coming to the game at long last, including chest and stomach hair, arm and leg hair, new facial hair options, and yes, even back hair.

Fall Guys studio apologizes for bug that caused players to make unintentional purchases
https://www.pcgamer.com/fall-guys-studio-apologizes-for-bug-that-caused-players-to-make-unintentional-purchases/
The transition of Fall Guys to a free-to-play game has been a major success for Mediatonic and Epic Games, but there have been a couple bumps. Servers struggled to deal with a sudden spike in players after the switch, forcing the developers to disable custom lobbies and some parts of the in-game store, and now some players are encountering a bug that's causing them to unintentionally buy items from the store instead of previewing them.

Bungie and Sony make it official
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-and-sony-make-it-official/
Sony and Bungie have announced via Twitter that the publisher's $3.6 billion deal to acquire the Destiny 2 developer has closed, with the stage now set for Bungie to fully integrate into Sony's operations.

Total War: Warhammer 3 video accidentally leaks 4 DLC factions
https://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-3-video-accidentally-leaks-4-dlc-factions/
Creative Assembly revealed an awful lot of detail about the upcoming Immortal Empires campaign for Total War: Warhammer 3 yesterday, including a little bit that it may not have intended to. Sharp-eyed fans watching the Q&A session picked up on what they believe are the names of four factions that will be released for the game as DLC.

Factorio studio angers Russian gamers by increasing regional price from $9 to $174
https://www.pcgamer.com/factorio-studio-angers-russian-gamers-by-increasing-regional-price-from-dollar9-to-dollar174/
Factorio developer Wube Software is facing a fierce backlash from Russian gamers after suddenly and sharply increasing the price of the game on Steam in Russia. The price hike resulted in a flood of hundreds of negative user reviews, and while the overall rating remains "overwhelmingly positive," the current rating is "mixed," with just over half of the user reviews posted over the past 30 days being positive.

Owlcat gives a first look at Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and some of its companions
https://www.pcgamer.com/owlcat-gives-a-first-look-at-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-and-some-of-its-companions/
As with the Pathfinder games, developers Owlcat plan to document the creation of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader with a series of dev diary videos on its YouTube channel. The first of them features lead narrative designer Olga Kellner giving an early look at the spacefaring CRPG.

UK Government's loot box inquiry says no changes to law, asks industry to self-regulate
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk-governments-loot-box-inquiry-says-no-changes-to-law-asks-industry-to-self-regulate/
The UK Government has issued a formal response to its 2020 call for evidence on loot boxes in videogames. In short: The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) doesn't think the government should regulate loot boxes in videogames at this time, rather that the games industry should be encouraged to self-regulate in order to avoid the necessity of legislative action.
>> Because self regulation always works...

Comedy sex game House Party adds playable woman, leaves Early Access
https://www.pcgamer.com/comedy-sex-game-house-party-adds-playable-woman-leaves-early-access/
NSFW comedy-adventure House Party first gatecrashed its way onto Early Access in 2017, was briefly ejected from Steam, and then relaunched in a more SFW version with a separate Explicit Content Add-On containing the naughty bits. Now, after four-and-a-half years of public development and goofy YouTube thumbnail faces, House Party has officially hit version 1.0.

Blizzard is giving out Diablo 4 beta keys to fans who get themed tattoos
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-giving-out-diablo-4-beta-keys-to-fans-who-get-themed-tattoos/
If you're desperate to get early access to Diablo 4, Blizzard has a plan. But I suppose it depends just how desperate you are: turn up to one of the publisher's upcoming 'Hell's Ink' events, get an actual permanent Diablo-themed tattoo, and early access can be yours.
>> What in the actual F*ck?! That's moronic.