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The Wednesday news, part two:

Now the FBI is looking into the GTA hack, too
https://www.pcgamer.com/now-the-fbi-is-looking-into-the-gta-hack-too/
It looks like the hacker behind last weekend's historic leak of GTA 6 info has racked up quite the wanted level. They're now the target of an FBI investigation, according to a press statement put out by Uber.
>> Yes, that Uber. It seems that the Rockstar hacker also went after them.

Bungie accused of hacking by Destiny 2 cheat maker
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-accused-of-hacking-by-destiny-2-cheat-maker/
Bungie's war against cheat makers rages on. The developer has been locked in a battle with AimJunkies since early this year, filing a copyright infringement complaint against the business and its parent company Phoenix Digital. A Seattle judge dismissed the infringement claims in May, agreeing with AimJunkies that its software was an original creation. Bungie was given the opportunity to amend its complaint, which it did a few weeks later.
Now, AimJunkies has returned—not only with a response but a whole-ass counterclaim—and it doesn't look good for the Destiny 2 developer. It claims that Bungie hacked key member James May's personal computer, combing through files unauthorised "on several occasions" across two years to build evidence for its initial lawsuit, as well as circumventing Phoenix Digital's own terms of service by reverse engineering the cheat software.
>> Everybody hacks everybody!

YouTuber exposed as 'The Real Insider' behind major Assassin's Creed leak and others
https://www.pcgamer.com/youtuber-exposed-as-the-real-insider-behind-major-assassins-creed-leak-and-others/
YouTuber Dan Allen has apologized for breaking multiple NDAs and revealing information on games in development after being revealed as the person behind the popular leaks account The Real Insider.

Bethesda fixes Skryim's creepy moving mannequins, modder promptly unfixes them
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-fixes-skryims-creepy-moving-mannequins-modder-promptly-unfixes-them/
As the Dragonborn in Skyrim you quickly collect more suits of armor than you can wear in a single lifetime, and at a certain point there's no reason to sell them because you've got more coins than Scrooge McDuck. Thus: mannequins, wooden statues that reside in your various homes that you can dress up in your spare outfits and armor sets. There's no point in killing all those brave warriors and stripping them naked if you can't show off your accumulated loot, after all.

Overwatch 2 loses its lead hero designer
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-loses-its-lead-hero-designer/
The lead hero designer behind Overwatch's huge roster of characters—and the ones to come in its upcoming sequel—has left Blizzard, the company confirmed to PC Gamer.
Geoff Goodman "made the decision to leave Blizzard earlier this year," a Blizzard spokesperson said. The last public appearance by Goodman was in a group interview with press in June.

2K warns customers: Don't trust recent support emails, don't click on links
https://www.pcgamer.com/2K-games-support-hack/
2K Games has warned its customers to ignore recent customer support messages, even if they appear to be legitimate.
It's not that someone is spoofing the 2K support email address. It's worse: Someone gained access to the actual platform 2K uses to provide customer support, apparently by stealing the credentials of a contractor, and "sent a communication to certain players containing a malicious link."

Sign-ups open for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide beta test, coming in October
https://www.pcgamer.com/darktide-beta/
The four-player co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is coming to PC in November, but before it gets here there will be a beta test, and you can sign up for a shot at access right now.

A 25-year-old MMO is finally getting sound
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-25-year-old-mmo-is-finally-getting-sound/
In 1997, four German students put their hobby project online: 2D fantasy MMO Tibia. In the years that followed, millions of players in hundreds of countries would log onto Tibia (most of them in Brazil and Poland, where it was most popular), and its creators would found development studio CipSoft. Tibia would become famous for its depth and secrets, with mysteries like a door that wasn't opened for 12 years contributing to its ongoing appeal. It's still being updated today. As the latest Tibia news post informs players, "Next Tuesday, September 27, your game experience will be enriched by sound."

The best visual novel of 2017 is getting a sequel
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-visual-novel-of-2017-is-getting-a-sequel/
Five years ago, solo developer Brianna Lei released Butterfly Soup, a visual novel about an all-girl high school baseball team. Hysterically funny and upsettingly accurate to the experience of being awkward and young, we praised its well-written LGBT characters and dubbed it the best visual novel of 2017. Now, Lei has announced she's working on a sequel.

Ted Lasso's going to be in FIFA 23
https://www.pcgamer.com/ted-lassos-going-to-be-in-fifa-23/
After weeks of leaks and a pulled database listing, the official Ted Lasso account has confirmed that the fictional feelgood manager and his team, AFC Richmond, will be a part of FIFA 23. From a marketing perspective it's a no-brainer, even if from a real-world perspective it's a bit bonkers to think about a comedy coach and club rubbing shoulders with real-world teams.

Devs show off how bad early game builds look after moans about GTA 6's visuals
https://www.pcgamer.com/devs-show-off-how-bad-early-game-builds-look-after-moans-about-gta-6s-visuals/
The GTA 6 leaks have gotten a few souls in a tizzy about the game's graphical fidelity. Otherwise rational people look at leaked gameplay footage from a project that won't be finished for years, see the placeholder barks and Ken-doll textures, and conclude that, well, clearly this is representative of the final product. It won't get better than this.

Valorant is inching closer to telling players they're bad people
https://www.pcgamer.com/valorant-is-inching-closer-to-telling-players-theyre-bad-people/
Valorant's 5.06 patch notes are here and they're calling out bad behaviour. Though the main focus of the patch is the large changes to the map Pearl, which I'll go over in detail, what piqued my curiosity is the brand new Disruptive Gameplay-based Behaviour Indicator. Valorant is now going to point out the players in each game that have been flagged as behaving in a disruptive manner.