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JEMC on 07 October 2022
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Friday news, part two:

Brazil approves Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase, says it won't defend 'particular interests of specific competitors'
https://www.pcgamer.com/brazil-approves-microsofts-activision-blizzard-purchase-says-it-wont-defend-particular-interests-of-specific-competitors/
Brazil has become the second country after Saudi Arabia to wave through Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In a decision released yesterday, the country's Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) approved the merger "without restriction," clearing the way for the deal to proceed in Brazil.

Disco Elysium creators 'fired on false premises' claims Studio ZA/UM founding member
https://www.pcgamer.com/disco-elysium-creators-fired-on-false-premises-claims-studio-zaum-founding-member/
Last week came the news that several key figures behind Disco Elysium, arguably the best game you can play on PC, had left developer Studio ZA/UM. The news came via a blog post from Martin Luiga, a founding member of the studio, who said that Robert Kurvitz, Helen Hindpere, and Aleksandr Rostov had all left: Kurvitz and Hindpere being the driving forces of Disco Elysium's lauded script, with Rostov's impressionistic art style a defining feature.
Now Luiga's said a little more. "It happened late last year," he told Gamepressure in an interview. "They were fired on false premises and the entire ordeal has been very traumatizing for both them and people close to them."
>> Sad. One game and the studio is already falling apart.

Dead Space remake will be 'native' on Steam, no Origin client required
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-space-remake-will-be-native-on-steam-no-origin-client-required/
When EA started putting games on Steam again in 2019, I immediately forgot my Origin password as an act of rejoicement. That may have been premature, because the era of many PC gaming clients was not coming to an end: EA did stop cloistering its PC games on the Origin store, but the Steam versions still launched the Origin client when you started them.
That hasn't been true for every new EA-published game on Steam, though. I was surprised to find that F1 2021 doesn't require Origin, for instance. Another exception will be the Steam version of the Dead Space remake, which releases in January.

The Minecraft mob vote isn't even open yet and it feels like there's a winner
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-minecraft-mob-vote-isnt-even-open-yet-and-it-feels-like-theres-a-winner/
Debates over which new mob should be added to Minecraft have started earlier than usual this year, and will probably get just as bitter and bloody as ever. But after just a few hours this one is already starting to feel like a landslide because players (and I) have already fixated on the obvious winner.

Blizzard says it's making progress with Overwatch 2's server woes
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-says-its-making-progress-with-overwatch-2s-server-woes/
Blizzard is "working to improve stability" for Overwatch 2's servers, reducing queue times and disconnects for everyone trying to play the newly launched sequel.
Update: Blizzard will be taking the Overwatch 2 servers down at 3 pm PDT for one hour "to address some bugs related to account merge, login, and the First Time User Experience." And it will take them down again at 6 pm PDT for three hours to update its servers to reduce queue times.

Well, this is not what I expected a game called 'Priest Simulator' to look like
https://www.pcgamer.com/well-this-is-not-what-i-expected-a-game-called-priest-simulator-to-look-like/
I'm not sure what I really expected from a game called Priest Simulator. Maybe you'd listen to someone's confession and choose from a drop down list of penances to assign to the sinner? Or you'd officiate a wedding via a minigame where you have to pick the right verses and get the bride and groom's names right? Maybe rotating a thumbstick to swing that… that brass thing, whatever it is, on a chain, the thing that… like, smoke or steam or incense comes out of it?
Sorry, I was not raised with religion, haven't pursued it as an adult, and the last time I was inside a church it was with Father Grigori in Half-Life 2. But even as uninformed as I am, when I imagine a simulation game you play as a priest, it's not anything like what I see in the trailer for Priest Simulator. It begins with a scary voice loudly declaring "Hell is my playground!" before the priest, in first-person, begins wildly punching the air and sending fireballs into some sort of giant spider perched atop the ruins of a city.

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

+Steam

And done. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.



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