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Watch out! These are the rest of the Friday 13th news:

Simon Pegg is the Hogwarts headmaster in Hogwarts Legacy
https://www.pcgamer.com/simon-pegg-is-the-hogwarts-headmaster-in-hogwarts-legacy/
Warner Bros Games has announced that Simon Pegg, he of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Star Trek, and probably a bunch of newer stuff I haven't seen, will portray the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the upcoming open-world wizarding game Hogwarts Legacy.

High on Life, Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland charged with felony domestic violence and false imprisonment
https://www.pcgamer.com/high-on-life-rick-and-morty-creator-justin-roiland-charged-with-felony-domestic-violence-and-false-imprisonment/
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty and founder of High on Life Studio Squanch Games, has been charged with felony domestic violence and false imprisonment in California. As reported by NBC News, the charges relate to a May 2020 criminal complaint for events that occurred in January 2020, and the proceedings have not been publicly reported on until today.

GTA Online has a Gun Van now, and the Gun Van is selling a railgun
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-has-a-gun-van-now-and-the-gun-van-is-selling-a-railgun/
Grand Theft Auto Online players have a whole new way to go shopping for firepower: The Gun Van, a store-on-wheels that offers discriminating consumers and purveyors of violence a rotating selection of top-of-the-line weaponry, armor, and ammunition.

Assassin's Creed Mirage will be smaller because Ubisoft knows big games are getting tiresome
https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-mirage-will-be-smaller-because-ubisoft-knows-big-games-are-getting-tiresome/
Whenever I think of an Ubisoft RPG, the first thing that comes into my head is "Those games are too goddamn big." It seems I'm not the only one who shares that sentiment, and the developer is all too aware that people are starting to get a little burned out on gigantic open worlds.
It's a relief, then, that Assassin's Creed Mirage is going to be doing a bit of downscaling. Speaking to GamesRadar, creative director Stéphane Boudon says the community has been at the forefront of shaping the latest entry in the series. "Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, they are all great games with the promise to live an epic journey in a strong fantasy," he said. "Their scopes have been calibrated to fulfil those ambitions as they all embrace the RPG mechanics.
>> It can be a good thing... or an excuse to cut content to be able to launch the game on time.

Ubisoft CEO tells staff the ball is in their court to turn the company around
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-ceo-tells-staff-the-ball-is-in-their-court-to-turn-the-company-around/
Ubisoft's been having a rough time of it lately: Skull and Bones got delayed (again), the company cancelled three unannounced projects, and its share price has taken a hell of a bruising. But CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot knows just whose responsibility it is to turn things around: His staff's.
In an email seen by Kotaku, Guillemot told Ubisoft staff that "The ball is in your court to deliver this line-up on time and at the expected level of quality" after the company's myriad delays had "weighed on our costs and decreased our associated revenues". Guillemot told staff that he needed their "full energy and commitment" in order to make sure that Ubisoft "[gets] get back on the path to success".
>> Yeah, pass the responsibility to the workers and let's forget about the management staff that has put the company in this position pursuing wrong projects.

Fortnite disables hurdling after it keeps launching players into the stratosphere
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-disables-hurdling-after-it-keeps-launching-players-into-the-stratosphere/
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 hasn't been having the greatest time lately. It's been plagued with bugs, the latest of which has found players launched staggeringly far above the map before plunging to their untimely death.
It's thanks to hurdling, which is supposed to allow players to gently vault over fences and other low objects. The movement had already been disabled back in December thanks to a bug, returning earlier in the week. Sadly, it's still not been fixed as videos have begun cropping up on Reddit showing the game launching players a little further than intended.

And here are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• There are four Deals of the Day, that will last until Monday:
  • X4: Tides of Avarice, an expansion of X4: Foundations, is 10% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/x4_tides_of_avarice
  • The Being a DIK: Season 1 & 2 + Guide Bundle is 27% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/being_a_dik_season_1_2_guide_bundle
  • XIII - Remake is 63% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/xiii_remake
  • And GRIS is 75% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gris
• The Weekend Sale, dubbed Gaming Bargains, features up to 90% discounts until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230112_weekend_sale
• And the Special Warhammer Weekend Sale also features up to 90% discounts during the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20231013_warhammer_weekend

+Steam

• The first weekend deal is The Callisto Protocol, 20% off until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1544020/The_Callisto_Protocol/
• Choo-Choo Charles will be 25% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1766740/ChooChoo_Charles/
• Train Life: A Railway Simulator will get a 35% discount until Thursday, 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330660/Train_Life_A_Railway_Simulator/
• Patron, that has a demo, is going to have a 66% discount until the same January 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538570/Patron/
• NEOWIZ's Skul and Friends Sale features up to 80% discounts. Some discounts will end the 19th, while others will last until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/skulandfriendssale
• 部落与弯刀 Sands of Salzaar will be 60% off until the 26th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094520/_Sands_of_Salzaar/
• And Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is going to be 70% off until Thursday 26: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2221490/Tom_Clancys_The_Division_2/

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