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Thursday news, part two:

Microsoft is bringing Minecraft Legends, Lies of P, and a whole bunch more to Gamescom
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-is-bringing-minecraft-legends-lies-of-p-and-a-whole-bunch-more-to-gamescom/
Microsoft has announced its plans for the upcoming Gamescom 2022 show taking place later this month in Cologne, Germany. This year's event will be Microsoft's first in-person showing at Gamescom since 2019, but for the benefit of those who can't attend (which, let's be honest, is most of us) it will also offer a livestreamed presentation that will include interviews and gameplay from multiple studios and games.

After nearly 30 years, Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster studio CEO David Braben steps down
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-nearly-30-years-elite-dangerous-and-planet-coaster-studio-ceo-david-braben-steps-down/
Just shy of 30 years after founding the company, David Braben is stepping down as CEO of UK-based studio Frontier Developments. Braben will remain with the company in the newly-created role of president and founder, while longtime chief creative officer Jonny Watts will move into the chief executive position.

Stylish crime RPG Sunday Gold drops a free prologue and release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/stylish-crime-rpg-sunday-gold-drops-a-free-prologue-and-release-date/
All of us classic RPG enjoyers can finally stop banking action points, because our next turn is finally starting. Retro-future dystopian adventure Sunday Gold has just dropped a demo and a release date. The former I'll be queuing up for download tonight. The latter is just a month away on September 13.

Tower of Fantasy is a messy Genshin Impact with few ideas of its own
https://www.pcgamer.com/tower-of-fantasy-is-a-messy-genshin-impact-with-few-ideas-of-its-own/
The most charitable way I could describe Tower of Fantasy's relationship to Genshin Impact would be "inspired." It's so deeply inspired by Hoyoverse's anime character action game that it would be easy to shrug it off as one of the many mobile clones you see show up in ads trying to convince you they're where the real players are at. Its uncanny resemblance to Genshin is the hardest thing to get over in its opening hours, kind of like trying to get over how much Genshin felt like Breath of the Wild when it came out. But if you can grimace through it and restrain your cynicism, the MMO-like systems it introduces could be what sets it apart.

The internet won't stop roasting this new Forspoken trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-internet-wont-stop-roasting-this-new-forspoken-trailer/
Forspoken, Square Enix's next big RPG, made a pretty positive impression on us when we checked it out in a December 2021 preview session. The tale of a tough young woman from New York City who falls through an interdimensional portal into the fantasy world of Athia promises a stylish blend of action, magic, and parkour in a dangerous open world, and while we didn't get to see everything, the bits we saw were "sick as hell." Alas, a trailer shared to Twitter yesterday has prompted a different sort of reaction.

Doom and Quake are being cleaned up for newcomers in time for QuakeCon
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-and-quake-are-being-cleaned-up-for-newcomers-in-time-for-quakecon/
Id Software has been quietly working on making its Steam library of old games less of a confusing sprawl. Starting yesterday, the company has begun consolidating the various versions, expansions, and mission packs of the older Doom and Quake games into single packages "so that newcomers have an easier time".