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Thursday news, part two:

Call of Duty: Warzone 1.0 says farewell with free banner commemorating its worst meta ever
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-10-says-farewell-with-free-banner-commemorating-its-worst-meta-ever/
The idea of a successful live-service battle royale 'ending' feels a little odd to me, but that's what's happening with Call of Duty: Warzone, which received its final major update today.

Terraria just added a new mode that literally turns the world upside down
https://www.pcgamer.com/terraria-just-added-a-new-mode-that-literally-turns-the-world-upside-down/
Terraria was, once upon a time, a game about digging down: you started as a surface-dwelling weakling and mined your way to the planet's molten core, hauling the resources back up to build cooler and more elaborate tools and structures. That's still in Terraria, though after a decade of updates it's so much more, with quests and elaborate boss fights and expansive building tools and unique "world seeds" that change how the world is randomly generated. Today's Labor of Love update makes a huge number of additions, but the coolest may well be the Don't Dig Up world seed, which flips the game topsy turvy.

Huge Terraria update adds new 'legendary' difficulty, hundreds of content and QoL changes
https://www.pcgamer.com/huge-terraria-update-adds-new-legendary-difficulty-hundreds-of-content-and-qol-changes/
Terraria's developers have stopped talking about any update being final: as it turns out, even after more than 11 years, they still have more ideas for the crafting survival game. The new Labor of Love update, the follow-up to the supposedly final Journey's End, arrived on Wednesday, with a dizzying number of changes in tow before you even dig into the dozens and dozens of bug fixes.
Here are the highlights (...)

Microsoft Flight Simulator pilots are flying through Hurricane Ian
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-pilots-are-flying-through-hurricane-ian/
The technological marvel of Microsoft Flight Simulator isn't just the faithful recreation of the entire planet you can fly over, but also an accurate simulation of real-world weather you can fly through. (...)
While Hurricane Ian is a serious threat, Microsoft Flight Simulator allows players a safe way to observe the storm and experience what it might be like to fly through such an extreme weather event. And virtual pilots are taking off to do just that, as they did back in 2020 when Hurricane Laura made landfall in the southern United States.

World of Warcraft could be getting official controller support
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-could-be-getting-official-controller-support/
A new build has arrived for the Dragonflight beta and it seems that World of Warcraft may get official controller support in the new expansion. Both Xbox and PlayStation controller assets which are "tied to controller bindings" have been datamined in the latest build, according to Icy Veins.

Everquest 2 goes spelunking in its 19th expansion in 18 years
https://www.pcgamer.com/everquest-2-goes-spelunking-in-its-19th-expansion-in-18-years/
EverQuest 2 was first released in November 2004, and that was a little unlucky. (...) The problem? It launched at almost exactly the same time as a competitor called World of Warcraft.
WoW swept all before it and, although Everquest 2 was one of the few able to survive such a high quality entrant in the fantasy MMO genre, inevitably overshadowed its contemporaries. Nevertheless, Everquest 2 attracted and retained a considerable playerbase, first under original developer Sony Online Entertainment, before later being sold to the Daybreak Game Company in 2015, which continues to maintain and expand the game. It has received an astonishing 18 expansions in this time, and this Christmas brings another.