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Tuesday news, part two:

Electronic Arts is making 'at least' three Marvel games
https://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-arts-is-making-at-least-three-marvel-games/
Electronic Arts has signed a deal with Marvel to make "at least three new action adventure games," each of which will tell its own original story set in the Marvel universe.

Modern Warfare 2 players are falling in love with a new anti-camping tool
https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-2-players-are-falling-in-love-with-a-new-anti-camping-tool/
I'm going to begin by saying that I very much enjoy camping, in the real-life "back to nature" sense and also in the multiplayer shooter context, in which I wedge myself into a dark corner somewhere and make life miserable for anyone who crosses my line of fire. From a personal perspective, then, the advent of Modern Warfare 2's drill charge isn't great. But for players who hate campers and want nothing more than to see them eradicated—most players, in other words—it's an absolute godsend.

Modern Warfare 2's first weekend: some crashes and weird bugs, but mostly good times
https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-2s-first-weekend-some-crashes-and-weird-bugs-but-mostly-good-times/
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 just finished its official launch weekend after a week of campaign early access, and the word seems to be… good? Warzone 2.0's still due November 16, but basic CoD multiplayer's an institution, and despite some reports of crashing, it seems like the Boys of Autumn are happily quick scoping to their hearts' content.

Modern Warfare 2's beginner sniper rifle is a one-shot laser beam
https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-2s-beginner-sniper-rifle-is-a-one-shot-laser-beam/
Infinity Ward would have us believe that history is written by the victors, but the resurgent dominance of the SPR-208 marksman rifle in Modern Warfare 2 shows that history is more prone to repetition. The Warzone 1.0 bolt-action death machine is back with a vengeance in Modern Warfare 2, and it’s the same beast all over again. Dealing instant death has rarely felt easier in Call of Duty.

Tesla wanted to put Her Story in its cars but would only pay for it with 'exposure'
https://www.pcgamer.com/tesla-wanted-to-put-her-story-in-its-cars-but-would-only-pay-for-it-with-exposure/
Her Story creator Sam Barlow recently revealed on Twitter that Tesla once approached him about adding the game to its library of in-car games. The deal never happened, though, because Tesla didn't want to pay for it with anything but "exposure."
>> Ah, rich people and their twisted view of the world. Oh, it looks like they offered the same "deal" to the makers of Untitled Goose Game.

Death Stranding composer Ryan Karazija dies at 40
https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-composer-ryan-karazija-dies-at-40/
Ryan Karazija, the main mover behind the group Low Roar and the musician responsible for most of Death Stranding's singular soundscape, has died at the age of 40. (...)
>> Way too young.

South Korean MMO shuts down Halloween event following Seoul tragedy
https://www.pcgamer.com/south-korean-mmo-shuts-down-halloween-event-following-seoul-tragedy/
As reported by Massively Overpowered, Korean developer Pearl Abyss will end Black Desert Online's in-game Halloween event early following the trampling deaths of 154 people at a Halloween gathering in Seoul.

Blizzard is removing Mei from Overwatch 2 until mid-November
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-removing-mei-from-overwatch-2-until-mid-november/
Blizzard is disabling yet another Overwatch 2 hero due to bugs with their abilities. Only a few weeks after we temporarily lost Bastion and Torbjorn for bugs that made them wildly (but entertainingly) overpowered, Mei is now being taken out of play for a little bit in order to fix a glitch with her Ice Wall ability.
>> Thank God they're not starting from scratch with this game, otherwise who knows how bugged it would have been.

Modern Warfare 2 disables pinging after bug lets players use it to wallhack
https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-2-disables-pinging-after-bug-lets-players-use-it-to-wallhack/
Some cheeky bugs have slipped through the cracks and caused a bit of a nightmare for Modern Warfare 2 players during launch week. As a drastic temporary solution, Infinity Ward has disabled two key gameplay features: pinging enemy locations and attachment tuning.

Modern Warfare 2 players have devised an ingenious trick to rack up thousands of XP in seconds
https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-2-players-have-devised-an-ingenious-trick-to-rack-up-thousands-of-xp-in-seconds/
Modern Warfare 2 players in the game's multiplayer have discovered a tricksy way to rack up thousands of XP in no time at all: all you need is an enemy tank, a suppression mine, and an abundance of confidence.

The Steam version of Dwarf Fortress finally has a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortress-steam-release-date/
Dwarf Fortress will likely never be finished with its quest to simulate (nearly) all of existence, but it is about to be finished with a major milestone: launching on Steam. The graphical version of the PC's deepest simulation is releasing on Steam on December 6, complete with cute sprite art we've been watching progress for the last two years, a completely reworked user interface, and a lovely acoustic soundtrack.

Overwatch 2's rewards are so miserly you can earn coins faster by playing WoW instead
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2s-rewards-are-so-miserly-you-can-earn-coins-faster-by-playing-wow-instead/
Overwatch 2's rewards suck harder than a DPS Moira. The pivot to free-to-play has made for some aggressive monetisation coupled with weekly rewards that Morgan Park validly described as "insultingly low." A legendary skin now takes around seven months to earn without whipping out a credit card. It takes so damn long that you may actually be better off playing an entirely different game.
That's what a couple of World of Warcraft fans have determined, anyway. A Reddit post earlier this week garnered a fair bit of attention as user Everdale claimed that you could probably earn Overwatch 2 skins faster by playing Blizzard's MMO than you could by playing its hero shooter. Turns out World of Warcraft has a system that lets you purchase tokens with in-game gold, which can then be converted into Battle.net credit. It works out at around $15 USD/£10 GBP per token, which isn't too bad a reward for a bit of gold grinding.

Grab a rare World of Warcraft TCG mount from Dragonflight Twitch drops
https://www.pcgamer.com/grab-a-rare-world-of-warcraft-tcg-mount-from-dragonflight-twitch-drops/
With World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion less than a month away, Blizzard has announced that you can grab some in-game goodies through Dragonflight Twitch drops—and one of those items is a rare Trading Card Game mount, the Feldrake.