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The Weekend news, part two:

Busted: UK police arrest 17 year-old hacker in connection with GTA 6 leaks
https://www.pcgamer.com/busted-uk-police-arrest-17-year-old-hacker-in-connection-with-gta-6-leaks/
UK police have arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire as part of an ongoing police hacking investigation. According to sources spoken to by ex-Reuters journalist Matt Keys, the arrest is directly related to the recent hack on Rockstar Games and subsequent historic leak of GTA 6 materials, and possibly last week's intrusion on Uber, too.

Apex studio has to remind players not to be dicks to developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-studio-has-to-remind-players-not-to-be-dicks-to-developers/
Recent times have seen some gaming companies, and most notably Bungie, step up their efforts to shield staff from the more unpleasant elements of fandom. In Bungie's case the studio's taking action against not only cheaters, but serial harassers of its staff who have issued violent threats. Now Respawn, the Vince Zampella-led studio behind Apex Legends and Titanfall, has felt it necessary to warn elements of its community about their behaviour.

Here's when Wrath of the Lich King Classic launches in your time zone
https://www.pcgamer.com/wrath-classic-release-time-unlock/
The World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic release is almost here, so it's a good time to make sure you truly are prepared for your adventure to Northrend. The second-ever WoW expansion is arguably the most popular—as the server queues will testify—and will see us travelling to the northern continent where the Lich King has made his home.

Something weird is going on in Diablo 2: Resurrected and we have no idea what it is
https://www.pcgamer.com/something-weird-is-going-on-in-diablo-2-resurrected-and-we-have-no-idea-what-it-is/
The rollout of the Diablo 2: Resurrected 2.5 patch yesterday seems to have kicked off an ARG that has players working to decode numeric strings hidden in the game's chat lobby.

Rick Sanchez is coming 'very soon' to MultiVersus
https://www.pcgamer.com/rick-sanchez-is-coming-very-soon-to-multiversus/
Rick Sanchez, the abusive alcoholic mega-genius who forms the trouble-causing half of Adult Swim's animated duo Rick and Morty, will very soon be taking his place in Warner's cartoon fighting game MultiVersus.

And just like that, the Dark Souls 3 PC servers are back online
https://www.pcgamer.com/holy-cow-dark-souls-3-pc-servers-are-offline-again/
After seven months of silence, Darks Souls 3 PvP servers on PC finally roared back to life at the end of August. It was fun while it lasted, but it didn't last long, because a month later they're offline again.
Update 9/24/22: As reported by GamesRadar, Dark Souls 3's PC servers are now back up and running, though FromSoftware did not announce the change or clarify what went wrong. Servers for the other two Dark Souls games remain offline, with no roadmap of when they might come back.

Call of Duty is betting big on AI. Will it pay off?
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-is-betting-big-on-ai-will-it-pay-off/
The writing is on the walls. Call of Duty is going through a change, and it may actually stick this time.
You can roughly map out the evolution of first-person shooters over the last 1.5 decades with the yearly Call of Duty releases. (...)
This brings us to our current era, the one I believe is on its way out the door: battle royale. (...) Infinity Ward is bringing back battle royale in Warzone 2.0, but at the same time it's going big on its next bet: AI and PvPvE.

Ex-Hearthstone director moves to League of Legends as new design director
https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-hearthstone-director-moves-to-league-of-legends-as-new-design-director/
August Dean Ayala will be the new design director on League of Legends, after his departure from Blizzard on September 16th. Ayala was previously the game director on Hearthstone and had worked at Blizzard for 11 years. He announced the job change via Twitter.

This cheery, Hexen-like FPS declares war on goblins
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-cheery-hexen-like-fps-declares-war-on-goblins/
As reported by Alpha Beta Gamer, the retro-style FPS Wizordum recently got its first playable demo as part of the 2022 Realm's Deep event. This fantasy-themed boomer shooter takes its cues from Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, and has you fling fireballs at goblins in an overrun medieval town.

You're the emergent AI who destroys, or saves, humanity in this sandbox strategy game
https://www.pcgamer.com/youre-the-emergent-ai-who-destroys-or-saves-humanity-in-this-sandbox-strategy-game/
An upcoming strategy game will cast you as the first AI and ask you to choose whether to become Skynet, save the world, or something in between. Heart of the Machine is set to release in 2023, and it's a heck of a game concept. Having awakened in a world where nobody knows you exist, you as an AI will set your own goals in a vast cityscape in the far future.

Oxenfree 2 has been delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/oxenfree-2-has-been-delayed/
Night School Studio has delayed its "What's going on with that radio?" spook-em-up Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals. Originally announced with a release date of fall 2021, then pushed into 2022, it's now been delayed into next year. "Seeing your fan art, reading your excited comments, and connecting with you fuels our ambition to make this our best game yet", Night School said on Twitter. "To make OXENFREE II truly special and add more localizations, we're moving our release window to 2023."