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The Monday news, part two:

Volition's Saints Row 4 upgrade was meant to be a make-good, but it broke the game instead
https://www.pcgamer.com/volitions-saints-row-4-upgrade-was-meant-to-be-a-make-good-but-it-broke-the-game-instead/
Remember this year's Saints Row? Volition would probably prefer that you didn't, which might go some way to explaining why the studio recently decided to upgrade everyone's copy of Saints Row 4 to its full-fat Re-elected Edition, containing all the game's story and cosmetic DLC and even introducing cross-play between Steam, Epic, and GOG versions of the game.
Unfortunately, that upgrade seems to have backfired, and players now report a myriad of bugs with their new version of SR4. Both the Saints Row Steam forums and subreddit are filled with players complaining of broken saves, crashes, and mods failing to function. It's also received a few hundred negative Steam reviews since the update. If it's succeeded in washing the taste of Saints Row (2022) out of players' mouths, it's only because it tastes even worse.

Final Fantasy 14 fans can't get over its new giant goth mommy dungeon boss
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-fans-cant-get-over-its-new-giant-goth-mommy-dungeon-boss/
Ahem. If there's anything we've collectively discovered as gamers over the last couple of years, it's that we really do enjoy a menacingly tall lady with goth or vampy energy. I am no different, so when my friend sent me a link to the Final Fantasy 14 site with new information on patch 6.3, the only thing I could do was screenshot an upcoming dungeon boss and say "wtf she's hot".

Take a deep dive into underwater city builder Aquatico
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-a-deep-dive-into-underwater-city-builder-aquatico/
Underwater cities don't have the best track record—it's hard not to think of the lost city of Atlantis, the perils and disasters of Sealab 2020, and of course Bioshock, where Andrew Ryan turned Rapture into a violent theme park filled with psychopathic slicers and giggling vampire children.
But let's give a city at the bottom of the sea another try, shall we? In undersea city builder Aquatico, the surface of Earth has become unlivable (that's certainly easy to believe) so humanity is forced to start over on the ocean floor. And this time, you're in charge. A new deep dive gameplay trailer from publisher Overseer Games you can watch above lays out the various systems and methods you'll use to build a thriving underwater civilization in Aquatico. Maybe the fourth time will be the charm?

This tropical survival game is scratching my Wind Waker itch by adding sailing and mysterious ruins
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-tropical-survival-game-is-scratching-my-wind-waker-itch-by-adding-sailing-and-mysterious-ruins/
The kids are all about building bases these days, and while Valheim sets itself apart with nordic flair, Len's Island heads in the opposite direction, presenting players with sunny shores and impeccable vacation vibes. The early access game just got a sizable expansion, Uncharted Waters, that adds new biomes, as well as some slick boats to explore them with.

Legendary programmer John Carmack leaves Meta: 'This is the end of my decade in VR'⁠
https://www.pcgamer.com/legendary-programmer-john-carmack-leaves-meta-this-is-the-end-of-my-decade-in-vr/
As reported by the New York Times (readers may encounter a paywall), John Carmack has left his position with Meta. Carmack had previously been CTO of Oculus, and stayed with the company after its acquisition by Facebook (now Meta) in 2014.
After Carmack's internal announcement of his departure was leaked to the press, the developer published it in full on his public Facebook account, declaring "This is the end of my decade in VR. I have mixed feelings."
>> There's a news article about it on the front page, in case you don't want to go to Facebook to read it. The question now is what will he do? Going back to make engines and games?

Automate the collapse of reality in clicker Antimatter Dimensions, now on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/automate-the-collapse-of-reality-in-clicker-antimatter-dimensions-now-on-steam/
Look I'm just going to say that if you're a processes-focused tech geek with attention deficit disorder and have things to do just turn around and get out because incremental-idler-clicker Antimatter Dimensions will probably eat a lot of your brainspace for days to come and you have work or a family or some holidays.

Climb some psychic crystals and get dreamcrungled in the latest Caves of Qud release
https://www.pcgamer.com/climb-some-psychic-crystals-and-get-dreamcrungled-in-the-latest-caves-of-qud-release/
Delightfully strange classical roguelike Caves of Qud got an update today, adding the final region of Qud's late-game and a new stretch of the main quest to go with it. Qud has had lots of updates in between, but this is the first addition to the main quest since the Tomb of the Eaters a few years back.

Make some nice outdoor spaces in this digital toy about gardening
https://www.pcgamer.com/make-some-nice-outdoor-spaces-in-this-digital-toy-about-gardening/
Here's one more for your digital toybox: Garden Galaxy, a fun little game about building cozy, relaxing landscapes by collecting various kinds of environmental tiles, chairs, tents, cauldrons, bushes, and other such garden features.

Collectible tactics game Duelyst is back, and free as ever, in Duelyst 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/collectible-tactics-game-duelyst-is-back-and-free-as-ever-in-duelyst-2/
Following a successful development period by Dream Sloth Games, free-to-play combination of tactics and card game Duelyst is back in the form of Duelyst 2. In Duelyst players create a deck of creatures and spells led by a general, and the creatures played go onto a tactical grid for positioning-based combat. Duelyst 2 is out now, on Steam, in public beta form.