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Tuesday news, part two:

A major Street Fighter tournament is ditching PlayStations in favour of PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-major-street-fighter-tournament-is-ditching-playstations-in-favour-of-pc/
Head to any offline fighting game tournament and, for the most part, you'll find yourself playing on a console. PlayStations have been the platform of choice for a hot sec, with games like Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7 and Dragon Ball FighterZ usually running sets on a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. But Capcom's changing things up for its upcoming Capcom Cup.

Belarusian KGB adds World of Tanks studio boss to terrorist list
https://www.pcgamer.com/belarusian-kgb-adds-world-of-tanks-studio-boss-to-terrorist-list/
Nikolai Katselapov, the chief business development officer at World of Tanks studio Wargaming, appears to have been added to a list "of organisations and individuals involved in terrorist activities" by Belarus' Committee for State Security (or KGB, yes, as in that KGB). In a move which was likely sparked by Wargaming pulling out of Belarus following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he is accused under article 290-1—"Financing of terrorist activities"—of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
>> Lol. How lame is that?

Life is Strange studio packs gaming nostalgia into a 'little glimpse' of its next game
https://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-strange-studio-packs-gaming-nostalgia-into-a-little-glimpse-of-its-next-game/
Life is Strange studio Don't Nod recently teased a new game in development at its Montreal studio, and it looks like this one will be taking us on a trip back into the distant past of the early 1990s.
>> "Distant past of the early 1990s"? I'm hurt.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 seems to be headed to Japan
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-warzone-2-seems-to-be-headed-to-japan/
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is bringing back the popular Resurgence mode in season 2, and we just got the first teaser for the new map it'll take place on. By the looks of things, Warzone 2 is headed to Japan.

The Last of Us actor Annie Wersching has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-last-of-us-actor-annie-wersching-has-died/
Annie Wersching, who voiced Tess in The Last of Us and also appeared in numerous television series over a 20-year career, has died of cancer at age 45.
Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, according to a Deadline report, but continued to make appearances in multiple popular shows. One of her final roles was as the Borg Queen in six episodes of the second season of Star Trek: Picard, which came 20 years after her first appearance on television in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.

The Crew 3 is real and an announcement is coming tomorrow
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-crew-3-is-real-and-an-announcement-is-coming-tomorrow/
The Crew 3 is in development and will be announced tomorrow, according to the official The Crew Twitter account. Ubisoft's open world racing series has never been a real hit with critics, but it must have its players: The Crew 2 still receives updates and seasonal events nearly five years after its 2018 release, which is a longer period of care than its main competitor—the Forza Horizon series—ever receives.

Horror maestro John Carpenter weighs in on 'refurbished' Dead Space: 'Great game!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/horror-maestro-john-carpenter-weighs-in-on-refurbished-dead-space-great-game/
Our own positive review of EA Motive's recent Dead Space remaster has been joined by an illustrious voice: John Carpenter, horror legend and director of Halloween, The Thing, They Live, and many, many more.

Dead Space fans think 'indecipherable' New Game+ log points to more remakes in the future
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-space-fans-think-indecipherable-new-game-log-points-to-more-remakes-in-the-future/
Like many games these days, the Dead Space remake has a New Game+ mode that becomes available after the game is finished for the first time. It enables players to start a new game loaded up with all the weapons, suits, and upgrades they've already earned, ostensibly making for an easier experience, and it also adds a number of new text logs that provide additional narrative background to life aboard USG Ishimura.
One of those NG+ logs is a supposedly "indecipherable" scrawl of marker symbols—basically a Dead Space hieroglyphic. But it's actually very translatable: It's a straight character-for-character exchange that was decoded not long after the original Dead Space was released.

This hilarious game is made of 56 frantic minigames that you only need a single button to play
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-hilarious-game-is-made-of-56-frantic-minigames-that-you-only-need-a-single-button-to-play/
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Super 56 is a game where you only use one button. The A button. (Or the A key on your keyboard, if you'd prefer.) And weirdly enough, though it only needs a single button, Super 56 isn't a single game. It's a collection of 56 frantic minigames that you need to race through, tapping, hammering, and/or holding that A button to win. Heck, even to navigate the menus, customize your profile and avatar, or change your settings, you'll only ever be using that one button. Simple!

American Truck Simulator is going where the buffalo roam in its upcoming expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/american-truck-simulator-is-going-where-the-buffalo-roam-in-its-upcoming-expansion/
Friends, what if I told you that, just over the horizon, past yonder hill and dale, lies a land rich in sorghum and soybeans, where sunflowers grow like wheat, and wheat also grows like wheat? What if I told you that, pretty soon, you'd be able to roam that land from the comfort of a virtual truck? What if I told you that the folks at American Truck Simulator have just announced they're adding Kansas, is what I'm asking.

Japan officially designates today Final Fantasy 7 Day
https://www.pcgamer.com/japan-officially-designates-today-final-fantasy-7-day/
To commemorate Final Fantasy 7's major significance as a cultural export, Japan has officially designated today—January 31—as the official Final Fantasy 7 Day, marking the anniversary of the game's PS1 release in Japan. The listing for the anniversary on the Japan Anniversary Organisation (JAO) website describes the game as "a huge hit in Japan and overseas," and hopes that "more people will enjoy FF7, which is newly developed with the latest technology as the REMAKE series". Feels like it gets earlier every year, right?
>> Weirdos...