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JEMC on 02 December 2022
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The Friday news, part two:

A year after launch, Battlefield 2042 wants a second chance: 'We're feeling really good'
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-year-after-launch-battlefield-2042-wants-a-second-chance-were-feeling-really-good/
The reaction to Battlefield 2042's launch last year was dismal. Dissatisfied players copied-and-pasted lists of "missing" features and cited criticism from a former Battlefield dev as proof that developer DICE had lost its way. The Steam user reviews were ruthless. ("I'd rather buy WinRAR," one player said.) DICE delayed the large-scale war shooter's first season by six months, and its average concurrent player count plummeted.
A year later, DICE wants us to give Battlefield 2042 a second chance.

US Labor Board torpedoes Activision's last-minute attempt to impede union vote
https://www.pcgamer.com/us-labor-board-torpedoes-activisions-last-minute-attempt-to-impede-union-vote/
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has sunk an eleventh-hour attempt by Activision to delay a unionisation vote by QA staff at Blizzard Albany. Activision had asked the NLRB to review its decision that Blizzard Albany's 18-person QA team could unionise independently of the rest of the studio's workers, arguing that all 107 staff members at the studio should vote instead. Activision further requested that the vote be delayed while that review took place. The NLRB gave short shrift to both requests.

Disney Dreamlight Valley just teased one of my favourite characters for next week's update
https://www.pcgamer.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-just-teased-one-of-my-favourite-characters-for-next-weeks-update/
Disney Dreamlight Valley has its second major update arriving on December 6. But bar the introduction of Woody and Buzz, there's relatively little that we know about the upcoming patch. Thankfully, Gameloft has dropped yet another teaser revealing some winter goodies and another classic Disney character's arrival.

Amnesia: The Bunker promises a 'semi-open world' with sandbox-style survival horror
https://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-the-bunker-promises-a-semi-open-world-with-sandbox-style-survival-horror/
The groundbreaking Amnesia horror series is returning with a brand new game called Amnesia: The Bunker, and this time developer Frictional Games is doing things a little differently. The new game will feature unscripted survival-horror gameplay in a sandbox-style semi-open world, enabling complete control of moment-to-moment decisions, and you'll even get a gun and a flashlight to help smooth things out.

This oppressively dark Soviet FPS now features a simply adorable little model train set
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-oppressively-dark-soviet-fps-now-features-a-simply-adorable-little-model-train-set/
Despite its incredibly grim atmosphere and ultra violence, the throwback FPS Hrot remains one of the funniest games I've ever played. You can play the piano, read your Lenin, kiss portraits of Czechoslovakian president Gustáv Husák (who is also the second episode's final boss), and play an in-game clone of Game & Watch based on the Soviet cartoon, Nu, Pogodi! .
That ribald sense of humor is alive and well in our first preview of Hrot's third and final act, Gastroscopy. After releasing Episode 2: The Degustation this summer, solo developer Spytihněv has been hard at work on the game's conclusion, and they dropped a demo of sorts for it on November 27: E3M3, Roztyly.

Why is this $10 Warzone skin one of the best selling things on Steam?
https://www.pcgamer.com/why-is-this-dollar10-warzone-skin-one-of-the-best-selling-things-on-steam/
Call of Duty players are scrambling to purchase a new $10 CoD League skin pack themed after the LA Thieves, propelling it to the #19 spot on the Steam Top Sellers List at the time of publication (as spotted by Kotaku). In other words, a single Call of Duty cosmetic is currently bringing in more Steam dollars than Elden Ring, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Destiny 2.
>>**Sigh**

New World is finally cracking down on 'shell companies' to stop players from monopolizing the fun
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-world-is-finally-cracking-down-on-shell-companies/
Amazon's MMO New World enables players to create and join companies—basically the same thing as guilds—which confer various benefits to members: Money, access to services, that sort of thing. As with most player-run videogame organizations, they almost immediately resulted in trouble. Players who weren't part of large companies were largely excluded from the game's ballyhooed PvP wars, while those who were in the club quickly set about screwing each other out of huge amounts of gold.
(...)
In its newest update, Amazon Game Studios said it's finally making some changes to tackle the problem. "The first one we're doing is a 'company leave cooldown'," game designer Rachel Barnum said. "So for 72 hours after you leave a company, you won't be able to participate in any territory control activities with another company ... We want to prevent that. It's not really how we intended that gameplay to be made."

Destiny 2 and Assassin's Creed are doing a daft-looking crossover
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-and-assassins-creed-are-doing-a-daft-looking-crossover/
Bungie and Ubisoft have announced a crossover between Destiny 2 and Assassin's Creed, which will see themed cosmetics coming to the shooter and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Players of the latter can buy a Destiny 2 character pack from December 6, which includes armor sets, swords, a scout skin and a mount skin, and a weapons pack with four spins on Destiny's subclasses that have perks and custom effects. A warlock in ninth century England, eh.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales will stop honking an air horn during its most emotional scenes
https://www.pcgamer.com/spider-man-miles-morales-will-stop-honking-an-air-horn-during-its-most-emotional-scenes/
In a move we'll all surely come to regret, the most recent update to Spider-Man: Miles Morales has ironed out one of the game's funniest bugs. Now a new patch means the game will no longer randomly end its most tender and vulnerable moments with the sharp blast of an airhorn. More's the pity.

The Callisto Protocol won't get NG+ until next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-callisto-protocol-wont-get-ng-until-next-year/
Striking Distance has unveiled the next six months of planned updates for The Callisto Porotcol, both free and ones included in the season pass, and it's all rather vague.
Unfortunately, those hoping to see a new game+ or hardcore mode at launch will have to wait a touch longer. It'll arrive on February 7, 2023 as part of a free update for all players. A two-month wait for the modes is a mighty shame, and at the very least NG+ is something that would have been a great launch day feature.

Hitman 3's winter roadmap sees the return of some familiar faces and invites you to murder them
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-3s-winter-roadmap-sees-the-return-of-some-familiar-faces-and-invites-you-to-murder-them/
Winter is here, and you know what that means. Time to make some hot cocoa, pull your fiber wire taut, and wrap up warm in someone else's clothes. Hitman 3's winter roadmap has been published, and it's promising the return of some familiar faces and—after much delay—the final arrival of its roguelike freelancer mode.

Company of Heroes 3 will launch with mods ready for you to download
https://www.pcgamer.com/company-of-heroes-3-will-launch-with-mods-ready-for-you-to-download/
When Company of Heroes 3 launches on February 22 next year, players are going to be kept busy. As well as a massive turn-based campaign in Italy, there's the separate RTS-only North African operation, and then the meaty multiplayer component. That should be plenty, but Relic's got one more treat for us, courtesy of the community: mods.

Time to check the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

+Steam

That's all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.



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