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Thursday news, part two:

Stadia's collapse means the exclusive horror game Gylt will finally release for the rest of us
https://www.pcgamer.com/stadias-collapse-means-the-exclusive-horror-game-gylt-will-finally-release-for-the-rest-of-us/
Remember Gylt? Perfectly fair if you don't: It's a singleplayer action-adventure horror game created by Rime studio Tequila Works, and it released in 2019 as a Google Stadia exclusive. And so it remained, despite some rumbling from the developers about going multiplatform. But the looming collapse of Stadia means it's finally going to happen—eventually.

Overwatch 2 queues are still a problem 24 hours later
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-queues-are-still-a-problem-24-hours-later/
A full 24 hours after Overwatch 2's launch and it's still suffering from login queues, errors, disconnects, and account issues.
If you try to log into Overwatch 2 right now, as of Wednesday afternoon, you'll probably face a login queue in the thousands. Or you might get kicked out of line entirely with an error. And when you get in, you could be missing cosmetic items, currency, and heroes.

Overwatch 2 drops phone number requirement 'for a majority of existing Overwatch players'
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2s-new-phone-requirement-is-locking-players-out-i-cant-just-change-my-phone-plan-for-one-game/
Blizzard's plan to neutralize player toxicity in Overwatch 2 includes the significant step of recording all in-game voice chat, but a somewhat less drastic change has ended up causing considerable headaches and controversy all on its own—enough that Blizzard announced tonight that it's dropping a requirement to have phone numbers attached to Battle.net "for a majority of existing Overwatch players."

RimWorld's biggest-ever expansion brings mech armies, gene-splicing, and bouncing babies
https://www.pcgamer.com/rimworlds-biggest-ever-expansion-brings-mech-armies-gene-splicing-and-bouncing-babies/
Rimworld will shortly receive its third major expansion, called Biotech, and it's going all Crusader Kings on our ass. Biotech introduces three new features to the already pretty wonderful space colony simulator: controllable mechanoids, genetic modification, and good old human reproduction. Yep: time to make space babies.

Dead Cells adds a ludicrously tough boss rush mode for the lulz
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-adds-a-ludicrously-tough-boss-rush-mode-for-the-lulz/
Dead Cells' latest in a long line of great updates is out now, and adds a boss rush mode that certainly lives up to the name. This presents the player with four stages to fight through (...)