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Friday news, part two:

Hearthstone's new Naxxramas miniset launches next week and we have a Legendary card to reveal
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-hearthstone-miniset-and-exclusive-legendary-minion-revealed/
After a whole 48 hours of mourning for Hearthstone's doomed Mercenaries mode, it's now time move on in the form of a new mini-set coming to Standard next week. I'm delighted to say that Naxx will once again soon be out. Yes, the next slimline expansion is called Return to Naxxramas and it drops on February 14, because card games are for the lovers.

Genshin Impact voice actor apologizes for sexual misconduct with fans on Discord, other actors 'furious' and 'disgusted'
https://www.pcgamer.com/genshin-impact-voice-actor-apologizes-for-sexual-misconduct-with-fans-on-discord-other-actors-furious-and-disgusted/
Genshin Impact voice actor Elliot Gindi, who provides the English voice of Tighnari in the game, has admitted to and apologized for sexual misconduct involving fans, although he denies preying on underage members of the community.
>> Someone's going to lose his job...

Hogwarts Legacy PC players are cursed with stuttering and other performance issues
https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-pc-players-are-cursed-with-stuttering-and-other-performance-issues/
Some Hogwarts Legacy early access players are having trouble getting the game to run smoothly on PC, even with hardware that meets its minimum system requirements.

World of Warcraft is ditching Twitter integration
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-is-ditching-twitter-integration/
Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft's Twitter integration, which enabled players to tweet about achievements, rare finds, and other activities directly from within the game, is being disabled.

This eerie RPG looks like Baldur's Gate on Game Boy, and it's out soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-eerie-rpg-looks-like-baldurs-gate-on-game-boy-and-its-out-soon/
Amidst all the commotion of the Steam Next Fest and some kind of big wizard game coming out this week, an absolutely captivating-looking indie RPG has emerged on Steam: Felvidek (sometimes styled Felvidék) is a low-fantasy, turn-based game made with the venerable RPG Maker toolset, and it has an absolutely stunning aesthetic all its own.
>> Ha! If only Game Boy had those detailed graphics.

TF2 is getting an 'update-sized update' this summer, but the community has to make it themselves
https://www.pcgamer.com/tf2-is-getting-an-update-sized-update-this-summer-but-the-community-has-to-make-it-themselves/
Valve has put out a blog post revealing that Team Fortress 2 will be getting a "major update" this summer⁠, which is to say that it won't just be getting the usual injection of new cosmetic items, but a whole smorgasbord of "items, maps, taunts, unusual effects, war paints and who knows what else?"

Sony accuses Microsoft of 'obvious harassment' in latest FTC court filing
https://www.pcgamer.com/sony-accuses-microsoft-of-obvious-harassment-in-latest-ftc-court-filing/
You know, I'm not sure the console dads will ever share a stage again. Mere days after Bobby Kotick accused Sony of "trying to sabotage" Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the pages of the Financial Times, Sony has come out and accused Microsoft of "obvious harassment" (via Axios) in a recent filing to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Final Fantasy 14 suspends automatic housing demolition following the Turkey-Syria earthquake
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-suspends-automatic-housing-demolition-following-the-turkey-syria-earthquake/
Final Fantasy 14's housing demolition timer has once again been suspended by Square Enix, this time due to the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake that's seen at least 21,000 people die.
The suspension only affects players on the Chaos and Light data centres, Europe's collection of servers. Players on servers across the American, Japanese and Oceanic data centres still have the housing demolition timer in place.

A Division 2 update broke things so bad the game can't be updated again until they fix the system for delivering updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-division-2-update-broke-things-so-bad-the-game-cant-be-updated-again-until-they-fix-the-system-for-delivering-updates/
Massive Entertainment's The Division 2 launched in 2019 and, while it's not the type of game that makes headlines every week, it has since tootled along quite nicely thanks to regular seasonal updates, and the promise of more to come from the series. The most recent update, however, has been a disaster on a scale that is still not yet fully clear: Perhaps even to the developer.

The Witcher 3's next-gen update has added detailed vaginas to female monsters, apparently by mistake?
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-3s-next-gen-update-has-added-detailed-vaginas-to-female-monsters-apparently-by-mistake/
Well, here's an article that future acquaintances will find when they Google my name for the rest of my life. You remember that Witcher 3 next-gen update? The one that polished the 2015 game to a mirror-sheen, finally added a fast travel point to Crow's Nest, and integrated a bunch of popular mods into the base game? Well, it looks like one of those mods has added some searingly detailed genitals to the game's more, ah, feminine monsters (thanks[?]Kotaku).
>> By "mistake", of course...

Vampire survival game getting major free update that overhauls combat, castles, necromancers, and more
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-survival-game-getting-major-free-update-that-overhauls-combat-castles-necromancers-and-more/
Early access game V Rising has, since launch, amassed a sizeable audience of wannabe bloodsuckers, dedicated to building majestic castles and striking down the holy. At the start of the year developer Stunlock Studios announced it would first of all be improving what one might call the castle fantasy of the game: You couldn't build vertically, so vampires were reduced to building up hills in order to get that essential looming gothic vibe, but very soon you can.

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first Deal of the Day is Heavenly Heroes of Antidomi, 20% off during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/heavenly_heroes_of_antidomi
• The second DotD is Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, 60% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/divinity_original_sin_2
• The third DotD is System Shock™ 2, with a 75% discount until the 13th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/system_shock_2
• And the fourth, and last, DotD is Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Definitive Edition, with an 85% discount until Monday, 13th: https://www.gog.com/en/game/middleearth_shadow_of_war_definitive_edition
• Focus Home Entertainment puts its games on sale with up to 80% discounts during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230210_focus_weekend
• Night Dive Studios also puts its games on sale, with up to 85% discounts during 3 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230210_night_dive_weekend
• And lastly there's the Weekend Sale, with up to 90% discounts until the 13th: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230210_weekend_sale

+Steam

• Dinkum, still in Early Access, will be 20% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/
• Dying Light 2 celebrates its first anniversary with up to 50% discounts until the 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Techland/sale/1stanniversary
• Publisher Vertigo Games, that focuses on VR games, puts its games up to 90% off until February 13th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/vertigogames/sale/publisherweekend2023
• Terra Invicta, also in Early Access, gets a 20% discount until the 16th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/
• Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon gets a 25% discount until the 16th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184760/Shovel_Knight_Pocket_Dungeon/
• Two Point Campus will be free to try during the next 3 days and 30% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1649080/Two_Point_Campus/
• Death and Taxes, that has a demo, will be 70% off until next Thursday, 16th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1166290/Death_and_Taxes/
• And the SNK Publisher Sale comes with up to 80% discounts until Thursday, 16th of February: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SNKPublisherSale2023

Nothing else to add. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.