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Friday news, part two:

Moonbreaker's latest update completely ditches microtransactions
https://www.pcgamer.com/moonbreakers-latest-update-completely-ditches-microtransactions/
Moonbreaker, the next project from Subnautica devs Unknown Worlds, got its first content patch today, and it's a doozy. In response to community feedback, Unknown Worlds has "completely overhauled the business model" of the game to remove all monetisation and in-game purchases.

Renowned Sega developer Rieko Kodama dies at 58
https://www.pcgamer.com/renowned-sega-developer-rieko-kodama-dies-at-58/
The game industry has suffered a devastating loss. Rieko Kodama, the legendary Sega developer also known as Phoenix Rie, has died at 58. Her cause of death has not been specified.
As reported by IGN, Kodama died sometime back in May of this year, but her death wasn't made public until this week. Rumours began when a memorial message was spotted in the credits of Mega Drive Mini 2, before Sega producer Yosuke Okunari confirmed that she had died earlier this year. "As you understand it," Okunari replied to a tweet asking if Kodama had died. "We respected her."

War sometimes changes: Here's a free Lego Fallout game
https://www.pcgamer.com/war-sometimes-changes-heres-a-free-lego-fallout-game/
Fallout has been a computer game, a tabletop game, a mobile game, a YouTube series, and will soon be an Amazon TV series. What could possibly be left for the post-apocalyptic RPG?
How about a Lego game?
That exists now too, unofficially, thanks to YouTuber and game developer ThrillDaWill, who spent the past several months working (and not working) on a game that combines Lego with Fallout. You can see the results in the video above, beginning with an impressive mini-movie, the type you might see at the start of an official Fallout game. Then ThrillDaWill shows off some footage of the game, and even better, some peeks behind the curtain of its development, including a friend testing an alpha on Discord.

The fantastic sound of Destiny's new anime sniper rifle was years in the making
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-fantastic-sound-of-destinys-new-anime-sniper-rifle-was-years-in-the-making/
Destiny's a game with great feeling weapons, ones you're willing to spend hours of time grinding for, but the recently introduced and incredibly anime-assed Mechabre sniper rifle has made an especially big splash. Bungie sound designer Juan Pablo Uribe highlighted his work for the gun on Twitter, and was kind enough to explain some more of that process to us via email.

Bungie responds to player complaints over weapon crafting grind
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-responds-to-player-complaints-over-weapon-crafting-grind/
The latest This Week at Bungie post grapples with one of the Destiny 2 community's hottest topics: Weapon crafting. Specifically, the balance thereof. For an inveterate Destiny addict such as myself, the addition of crafting has been a net positive, enabling me to build a perfect arsenal, painstakingly curated with enhanced versions of the exact perks I want. For less committed (some might say saner) players, the process of tracking down crafting patterns and then leveling up the weapons can be time-consuming and tedious.

People are spending $40 on black market Modern Warfare 2 Burger King skins
https://www.pcgamer.com/people-are-spending-dollar40-on-black-market-modern-warfare-2-burger-king-skins/
The first time I've thought about Burger King in ages was earlier this week, when I learned that the fast food giant had teamed up with Activision for a Call of Duty promotion that's a real whopper: Buy a burger, get an exclusive operator skin based on fictional fast food chain Burger Town. My hopes were dashed (and my colon thankful) when I realized that of the supposedly 40 countries offering the Call of Duty meal, the United States is not among them.
Of course, Call of Duty players swiftly proved that if there's an exclusive goodie to be had, regional marketing disparities won't stand in their way. Soon after the Burger King/MW2 promo began, listings for the Burger Town skin started appearing for sale on Ebay. At the time of publishing, over 30 Burger King codes have sold for anywhere between $20-$40. Apparently the codes themselves aren't region-locked, so those outside the promo canopy can punch them into the official Call of Duty site to reap the rewards.
>> Have you realized that most articles that begin with "People are..." talk about something stupid?

Marvel's Midnight Suns is getting Deadpool, Venom, and more as DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/marvels-midnight-suns-is-getting-deadpool-venom-and-more-as-dlc/
In a post on 2K's official website, the publisher revealed that Firaxis will be adding four superheroes as post-launch DLC to Midnight Suns. Deadpool, Venom, Morbius, and Storm will each have additional story content, base upgrades, and cosmetic skins.

F1 Manager 2022 community in uproar as Frontier ends major updates 2 months after release
https://www.pcgamer.com/f1-manager-2022-community-in-uproar-as-frontier-ends-major-updates-2-months-after-release/
F1 Manager 2022, which—if your memory stretches back that far—you might recall released on August 30, will no longer be releasing major updates after its next one. In a post to the game's subreddit, a Frontier community manager said that, "To ensure upcoming F1 Manager projects realise their potential," the game's next scheduled update will be the "last significant update that addresses player-reported feedback, or suggested changes and additions". The community was not thrilled.

Halo Infinite gets features it should've launched with in a few weeks
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-infinite-gets-features-it-shouldve-launched-with-in-a-few-weeks/
Remember Halo Infinite? It seems like only yesterday everyone was jonesing for the grand return of Microsoft's flagship FPS, and initially at least Halo Infinite seemed to do the job. It felt and looked great, the surprise launch of multiplayer didn't hurt, and then… well, it seems to have somewhat faded into the background.
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Forge finally arrives as part of the game's winter update, which is scheduled for November 8, alongside campaign co-op for up to four players. The latter comes with a mission replay option so groups can hop around completed sections as they wish.

And these are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam, besides their Halloween Sales:

+GOG

• The first Deal of the Day is The Captain, 27% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_captain
• The other DotD is Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack, a DLC, 55% off during 71 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/stellaris_humanoids_species_pack
• And GOG and Project Warlock join forces with a new contest. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/project_warlock_gog_contest_win_games_bundles_and_big_box_releases_signed_by_john_romero

+Steam

• The first Weekend Deal is Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817070/Marvels_SpiderMan_Remastered/
• Dead by Daylight, part of the Halloween Sale, is free to try during the next 4 days, and 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/381210/Dead_by_Daylight/
• LEGO Brawls gets a 25% discount until Novemeber 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1731460/LEGO_Brawls/
• Granblue Fantasy: Versus will be 60% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1090630/Granblue_Fantasy_Versus/
• And Dice Legacy is going to be 70% off until Thursday, 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229460/Dice_Legacy/

And that will be it. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.