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Monday news, part two:

Hunt: Showdown is getting one of the rarest things a game can get: an engine upgrade
https://www.pcgamer.com/hunt-showdown-is-getting-one-of-the-rarest-things-a-game-can-get-an-engine-upgrade/
Hunt Showdown is currently celebrating its five-year anniversary with a big sale and a new DLC hunter. While there's much to look back on, Crytek's eyes are fixed on the future with plans to update Hunt from an aging 5.6 legacy version of CryEngine to the latest 5.11 build.

The Sims 4's next expansion will make Sims actually care about each other's personalities
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4s-next-expansion-will-make-sims-actually-care-about-each-others-personalities/
The Sims 4's next expansion, Growing Together, and the incoming free update for the base game are adding a lot of new outfits and furniture and a proper infant life stage, but the really exciting thing is the expansion's deeper simulation of relationships, which looks like it's entering straight-up strategy game territory. It's enough to make a Build Mode purist like me a little jealous.

Square Enix's crypto-loving president likely to be ousted in favor of a different, still crypto-loving president
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enixs-crypto-loving-president-likely-to-be-ousted-in-favor-of-a-different-still-crypto-loving-president/
First reported by VGC, Square Enix announced that it plans on ousting company president Yosuke Matsuda. Following shareholder approval, Matsuda will be replaced with Takashi Kiryu, who came to the company from managing the Dentsu Innovation Initiative in 2020.
>> So they're replacing a terrible president with a guy that came to the company roughly three years ago. Sure, why not? What's the worst that can happen?...

Overwatch 2 characters are canonically One Punch Man fans, because why not?
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-characters-are-canonically-one-punch-man-fans-because-why-not/
Blizzard has a canonical reason for why its Overwatch 2 heroes are wearing the upcoming One Punch Man costumes.
Speaking to Xbox Wire, Overwatch 2 art director Dion Rogers said that the characters don't become One Punch Man characters when they use the crossover skins, they're just big fans.

Dead Island 2 gameplay shows off bridezilla zombie, has the vibe of pro wrestling
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-island-2-gameplay-shows-off-bridezilla-zombie-has-the-vibe-of-pro-wrestling/
A new video of Dead Island 2 shows off about 15 minutes of gameplay, highlighting the absolutely over-the-top gorefest that is its ranged and melee combat. It's full of campy-to-annoying dialogue and cheap laughs, but they're still effective. Honest to God more than anything it reminds me of the absolutely absurd tone of modern American Professional Wrestling.

Warframe's next expansion is a bizarre roguelike journey into a villain's psyche
https://www.pcgamer.com/warframes-next-expansion-is-a-bizarre-roguelike-journey-into-a-villains-psyche/
Warframe's absolutely wild-looking new expansion, The Duviri Paradox, will finally release in April. Fully revealed in developer Digital Extremes' March Devstream, the expansion will include three major play modes: a solo campaign, an endless game mode, and Warframe's fourth open-world environment. It'll also have a time-rewinding death mechanic that introduces a bit of what the developers call "flirting with rogue-like mechanics."

This gruesome RPG is combining biological horror with the claustrophobic labyrinths of PC gaming's past
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-gruesome-rpg-is-combining-biological-horror-with-the-claustrophobic-labyrinths-of-pc-gamings-past/
First reported on by Gaming on Linux, Enter the Hibernaculum strikes me as one of those videogame "two great tastes that taste great together" that really should have been acted on by now: combine the inherent claustrophobia and challenging navigation of old first person dungeon crawlers like Eye of the Beholder with an industrial sci-fi atmosphere and gruesome biological horror sensibility.

Sons of the Forest devs have "big plans" for AI buddies Kelvin and Virginia
https://www.pcgamer.com/sons-of-the-forest-devs-have-big-plans-for-ai-buddies-kelvin-and-virginia/
A community Q&A organized across the Sons of the Forest Discord and Reddits has made its way to the developers, with a few answers giving an exciting look at Endnight's plans for its smashing survival success. While the details given on Sons of the Forest's future are pretty sparse, there are some very concrete bits about things Endnight can definitively confirm.

Here's a little puzzle game about being a consultant for pirates
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-a-little-puzzle-game-about-being-a-consultant-for-pirates/
Have you ever wanted to run a startup company focused on a product simulating and solving problems for the average pirate? Problems of complex ship maneuvering, avoiding crashes, and taking hold of your objectives with a firm hand? Have you ever wanted to demonstrate this product for investors in order to achieve the returns only high risk, high reward West Indian Coast venture capitalism can provide?

This offbeat FPS traps you in an arena shooter-themed afterlife where something is going horribly wrong
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-offbeat-fps-traps-you-in-an-arena-shooter-themed-afterlife-where-something-is-going-horribly-wrong/
Unreal 4, Unreal 5? No no no, take me back to the old Unreal: Facing Worlds, unbeatable soundtracks, "Yes, this is a screenshot," now that's the stuff. Upcoming FPS Ghostware turns the indie boomer shooter renaissance's propensity for reinterpretation and revitalization of old classics on Epic (Megagames)'s original hits, using the vibes and visuals of classic arena shooters to stealthily present a story-heavy, single player game.