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Tuesday news, the second part:

Marvel's Midnight Suns is delayed, Wolverine's claws retract slightly
https://www.pcgamer.com/marvels-midnight-suns-is-delayed-wolverines-claws-retract-slightly/
Marvel's Midnight Suns, the tactical Marvel RPG from XCOM developer Firaxis, has been delayed. It was set to come out on October 7 but has now been pushed to an unspecified later date, possibly into early 2023.

My most anticipated shooter of 2022 just got delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/my-most-anticipated-shooter-of-2022-just-got-delayed/
I try not to get too excited about games that I know next to nothing about, but there's one shooter that has lived rent-free in my brain since it was announced last year: Arc Raiders, the space-age co-op shooter from Embark Studios, a new studio led by ex-EA boss Patrick Söderlund and several ex-DICE folks. I loved the attitude of its reveal trailer and saw a lot of promise in its mobility and robot designs. The trailer is so good that I've probably watched it eight times in 2022.
I was looking forward to blasting apart massive battlebots with friends this year, but as a personal attack on me, Embark announced today that Arc Raiders has been delayed into 2023.
>> If you're curious, the trailer is featured in the article.

Stalker 2 studio celebrates International Cat Day with a horrifying new monster
https://www.pcgamer.com/stalker-2-studio-celebrates-international-cat-day-with-a-horrifying-new-monster/
Today, August 8, is International Cat Day, and to celebrate the moment GSC Game World has released concept art for a "bayun," which is essentially the Stalker 2 version of a cat. As you might imagine, it is horrific.
>> It looks like a zombie cat.

Apex's newest character might finally help me not suck
https://www.pcgamer.com/apexs-newest-character-might-finally-help-me-not-suck/
Apex Legends' latest season, Hunted, is out tomorrow. With it comes your usual helping of map changes, character balancing, and a new legend that may finally help me not suck at the game.
Her name is Vantage, and she's Apex's first sniping-focused character. While we haven't gotten hands-on with her yet, Respawn has shared a brief teaser and description of her abilities, including one perk that should make long-range shots a lot easier to land.

GTA 6 will set creative bars 'for all entertainment,' declares publisher
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-6-will-set-creative-bars-for-all-entertainment-declares-publisher/
The next GTA was announced in February, when Rockstar said that development of the unnamed game (which we're calling GTA 6 for now) is "well underway." Rockstar parent Take-Two said exactly the same thing today—development is still "well underway"—and added that the game is going to be really good, too.
"With development of the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series well underway, the Rockstar Games team is determined to once again set creative benchmarks for the series, our industry, and for all entertainment, just as the label has done with every one of their frontline releases," said Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick during today's financial update.
>> Every time I hear/read someone saying things like that, I get defensive. That rarely ends well.

The X-COM itch 'never goes away', says X-COM creator Julian Gollop
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-x-com-itch-never-goes-away-says-x-com-creator-julian-gollop/
X-COM: UFO Defense, known as UFO: Enemy Unknown here in the UK, is an integral part of PC gaming history. It was part of the MicroProse glory days of the mid-'90s, when ground-breaking strategy games were being spat out at an unbelievable rate. It spawned sequels, questionable spin-offs, and multiple successors, spiritual and otherwise. It's an impressive legacy, and for creator Julian Gollop, the X-COM itch "never goes away".

Nightdive sheds light on why Blade Runner Enhanced Edition was such a disaster
https://www.pcgamer.com/nightdive-sheds-light-on-why-blade-runner-enhanced-edition-was-such-a-disaster/
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A new interview from PCGamesN with Nightdive's Larry Kuperman and Dimitris Giannakis—the company's director of business development and lead producer on Blade Runner Enhanced Edition, respectively—sheds some light on the "perfect storm" the project faced before it was released.