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Tuesday news, part two:

One year later, Chrono Cross' busted PC port is finally getting a patch
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-year-later-chrono-cross-busted-pc-port-is-finally-getting-a-patch/
PC players have been getting a lot of shitty ports recently. We're talking frame-dropping, glitch-swollen monstrosities that feel like they've warped here from the dark days of the late 2000s. But at least one of them might be getting a fix. The remaster of Chrono Cross, which hit PC last year riddled with stuttering and framerate issues, is slated for a patch "this month," per an announcement on the Chrono Cross Twitter account (via RPS).

Spiderweb Software is remastering another classic RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/spiderweb-software-is-remastering-another-classic-rpg/
Spiderweb Software's latest foray onto Kickstarter is another runaway success, which means that a remastered version of the "epic cult classic" RPG Geneforge 2 will soon be on the way.

The Expanse extended gameplay trailer showcases zero-G exploration and tough decisions
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-expanse-extended-gameplay-trailer-showcases-zero-g-exploration-and-tough-decisions/
Executive editor Tyler Wilde said last year that Telltale's upcoming game based on The Expanse looks pretty good, "especially the zero-G bits." Today Telltale and developer Deck Nine shared a more in-depth look at the game's weightless exploration in an extended gameplay video showcasing a journey into the remains of a destroyed ship.

Play a radio host guiding callers to safety in horror adventure Killer Frequency
https://www.pcgamer.com/play-a-radio-host-guiding-callers-to-safety-in-horror-adventure-killer-frequency/
You are Forrest Nash, late-night radio host in the 1980s, and somebody is murdering the people who call your station. That's the setup for Team17's Killer Frequency, a first-person horror adventure that that has you give instructions from guidebooks and maps to people over the phone in order to save their lives as they're stalked by a merciless murder-movie-style slasher.

Layers of Fears studio decides the extra 's' is too scary, so now it's called Layers of Fear again
https://www.pcgamer.com/layers-of-fears-studio-decides-the-extra-s-is-too-scary-so-now-its-called-layers-of-fear-again/
Layers of Fears was announced in 2022 as "a psychological horror chronicle built upon the foundations of the original Layers of Fear." The title was kind of a play on words: The 'new' game is actually an updated and expanded compilation of Layers of Fear, the Inheritance DLC, Layers of Fear 2, and a new Final Note DLC—four Layers of Fear, thus Layers of Fears.
That was my assumption, anyway, but it doesn't matter now because Bloober Team announced over the weekend that it has changed the name back to Layers of Fear, and that it will be out in June.

Here's a demo for a collectathon platformer that fell right out of 1999
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-a-demo-for-a-collectathon-platformer-that-fell-right-out-of-1999/
An adorably baby dragon has many siblings—all yet unhatched—who have fallen into the Cavern of Dreams. Now the dragon must go down into the cave and find them, though the nature of the cave and its many strange environments means you'll need to look high and low for them all.
That's the pitch for Cavern of Dreams, an indie platformer with a demo that just hit Steam and looks like it could have fallen right out of the late '90s era of collectathon platformers like Banjo-Kazooie: Games more focused on exploring and puzzle-solving using special powers than on fighting baddies.

Tabletop-ish RPG For the King 2 is looking good in a new trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/tabletop-ish-rpg-for-the-king-2-is-looking-good-in-a-new-trailer/
A new look at upcoming cooperative RPG For the King 2 has revealed some nice new inventions, from party-carrying landboats to magical pets and hired mercenaries. The "Resistance" trailer tells the new plot, which has characters forced to fight against the queen—possibly even the one the adventurers served in the first game.

The union organising Activision told the EU that life would be much better under Microsoft
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-union-organising-activision-told-the-eu-that-life-would-be-much-better-under-microsoft/
Microsoft is at a closed hearing with European Union regulators today, where it's once again trying to convince Brussels that its purchase of Activision Blizzard is an excellent idea that will only help gamers and the games industry. But it's not just Microsoft's pleas that the EU will have to hear out: The Communication Workers of America (CWA) has written to EU regulators (via GI.biz), asking them to please, please let Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition go ahead.