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Today there's a second post of news:

The new shooter from the makers of Bulletstorm is delayed to 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-new-shooter-from-the-makers-of-bulletstorm-is-delayed-to-2023/
It's been five years since Polish studio The Astronauts announced Witchfire, a dark fantasy shooter about witches (and worse) in an alt-history medieval world. And it'll be a while yet before the game sees the light of day, as the studio announced today that the release planned for the end of this year has been delayed into early 2023.
>> The aticle includes a video of the game, in case you need to refresh your memory.

Todd Howard reveals Starfield's persuasion system: 'It feels like it's part of the dialog'
https://www.pcgamer.com/todd-howard-reveals-starfields-persuasion-system-it-feels-like-its-part-of-the-dialog/
Bethesda Softworks executive producer Todd Howard shared more about the studio's upcoming outer space epic Starfield in a recent video chat, including a look at the game's persuasion system and whether or not he considers it "hard sci-fi."

CD Projekt is helping Stadia players rescue their Cyberpunk 2077 save files from annihilation
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-is-helping-stadia-players-rescue-their-save-files-from-annihilation/
The surprise dissolution of Stadia (which, to be clear, won't actually happen until January) has left users and developers alike scrambling to respond. Google is offering refunds on Stadia hardware and software purchases, which is definitely a good move, but it's not much help for people who own a game on Stadia and want to keep playing it somewhere else.
Ubisoft, IO Interactive, Bungie, and Tequila Works have all said they're looking into other options for their players on the platform, and now CD Projekt has weighed in with instructions on transferring Cyberpunk 2077 saved games from Stadia to other platforms.

'Strange things began to happen'—how a Ukrainian studio lost its game, saw it botted to hell, and saved it
https://www.pcgamer.com/strange-things-began-to-happenhow-a-ukrainian-indie-studio-saved-its-old-game-from-the-kiss-of-death/
(...) Robowars feels like one of those games most players will never hear of. There isn't much exceptional about this old tower defence game (good name though) which is, shall we say, heavily inspired by Plants vs. Zombies and was first released in 2014. There is something unusual about it though: it was seemingly abandoned, then around two years ago it disappeared.
And then, a few days ago, it suddenly reappeared. With a patch fixing all the things players had complained about. What gives? Sounds like the publisher's bank balance did, and maybe more.

Crossplay tensions simmer as Overwatch 2 controller players discover aim assist is disabled against PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/crossplay-tensions-simmer-as-overwatch-2-controller-players-discover-aim-assist-is-disabled-against-pc/
When Overwatch received crossplay last year, Blizzard made a few uncommon decisions about how PC and console players would play together. First, it's not an automatic process: unlike most other crossplay shooters, the only way for PC and console players to meet is when console players join a PC player’s group. Second: when console players do make it into a PC player lobby, aim assist on controllers is switched off.
With a new surge of Overwatch 2 players entering the mix, some console players are just now discovering the absence of aim assist when playing with PC friends (as spotted by Kotaku), and they're not happy about it.

Oh no, Konami's looking for experts to build its 'WEB3 and Metaverse' projects
https://www.pcgamer.com/oh-no-konamis-looking-for-experts-to-build-its-web3-and-metaverse-projects/
Fresh from resurrecting Suikoden 1 and 2 (and earning some amount of public goodwill in the process), Konami has seen fit to remind us that, yes, it's still the company that made over $150,000 off its Castlevania NFT sale back in January. A news release on the company's website states that Konami is on the hunt for people who can help it build the systems and services it needs to "provide new experiences such as WEB3 and Metaverse".