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Paradox Interactive's 'ultimate society simulator' arrives in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/paradox-interactives-ultimate-society-simulator-arrives-in-october/
It took more than a decade for Paradox Interactive to announce a follow-up to its epic 19th century grand strategy game Victoria 2, but it won't take much more than a year to get from there to release: Paradox dropped a new Victoria 3 trailer today showing off some gameplay and—this is the important bit—revealing that it will launch on Steam on October 25.

Assassin's Creed Mirage will be revealed in September, according to a new leak
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-mirage-will-be-revealed-in-september-according-to-a-new-leak/
It's been almost two years since the release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the most recent addition to the series, which means we're definitely due for another—and it looks like we might get our first look at what's next at the upcoming Ubisoft Forward event in September.

The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection will be out next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-zachtronics-solitaire-collection-will-be-out-next-week/
Earlier this year, Zachtronics, the indie studio dedicated to making puzzle games that teach you programming languages or entire new ways of thinking, announced it was making its final new game. That game was Last Call BBS, an anthology that includes an excellent model-robot-assembly simulator and another of the Solitaire variants that have become the studio's hallmark. Although Zachtronics isn't backing down on the "no more new games" part of the deal, the studio always planned to follow Last Call BBS with a compilation of all its Solitaire variants as a kind of epilogue. It's now announced The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection will be released on Steam next week.

Developer suspects negative Steam reviews were written by vengeful scammers
https://www.pcgamer.com/developer-suspects-negative-steam-reviews-were-written-by-vengeful-scammers/
Indie beat 'em up Brok the InvestiGator, released this week on Steam, wasn't on my radar until its official Twitter account pointed out something strange about the reviews coming in from Steam curators. In a thread posted on Sunday, developer Cowcat claimed that it was targeted by fraudulent curators who wrote bogus reviews after not even playing the game.

Chinese tech titan NetEase acquires Detroit: Become Human dev Quantic Dream
https://www.pcgamer.com/chinese-tech-titan-netease-acquires-detroit-become-human-dev-quantic-dream/
NetEase, the Chinese games and tech company best known in the west for partnering with Blizzard to bring games like World of Warcraft and Diablo to China, has bought French studio Quantic Dream for an undisclosed amount.
>> Ryuu96 has made a thread about it.

FromSoft looks set to publish its own games after share deal with Sony and Tencent
https://www.pcgamer.com/fromsoft-looks-set-to-publish-its-own-games-after-share-deal-with-sony-and-tencent/
FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Corporation has announced that it's issuing 3179 new FromSoft shares to Sixjoy Hong Kong and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sixjoy is a subsidiary brand of Tencent, whom you'll know from having a slice of seemingly every pie known to humankind, and Sony Interactive Entertainment is, well, Sony.
>> And again, Ryuu96 has a thread about this.