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The second part of the Friday news:

The musical RPG from the former lead writer of Dragon Age finally gets a release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-musical-rpg-from-the-former-lead-writer-of-dragon-age-finally-gets-a-release-date/
After a successful 2019 crowdfunding campaign and an unsuccessful plan to launch in 2021, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical is now set to launch on Steam on August 3.

Call of Duty dips into 'pay-to-win' with $12 bundle that gives you actual gameplay advantages
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-dips-into-pay-to-win-with-dollar12-bundle-that-gives-you-actual-gameplay-advantages/
Call of Duty is treading where few live service games dare go. As part of this week's launch of Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3, a new cosmetic bundle that grants significant gameplay advantages in DMZ mode has appeared, and more are coming. Players are declaring this a move toward Warzone 2 becoming "pay-to-win," and they're not wrong.

Bungie announces major crackdown on third-party peripheral cheaters, bans incoming
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-announces-major-crackdown-on-third-party-peripheral-cheaters-bans-incoming/
The PvP community in Destiny 2 is rarely a happy one, which is understandable given that at one point the mode had gone almost three years without a new map. These days Bungie seems more engaged with making improvements to the flagship Iron Banner and Trials PvP modes (we don't speak about the Competitive playlist), but until today hadn't really engaged with the complaint from top level players that cheaters are using third-party input devices such as XIM and Cronus to gain an unfair advantage.

Diablo 4's respec cost isn't changing before launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4s-respec-cost-isnt-changing-before-launch/
When it launches in June, Diablo 4's respec costs will work just like the recent beta, Blizzard says.
The amount of gold required to move your skill points around is "final," associate game director Joseph Piepiora said in a group interview with GamesRadar.

Street Fighter 6 is promising 'big news' with Lil Wayne on 4/20
https://www.pcgamer.com/street-fighter-6-is-promising-big-news-with-lil-wayne-on-420/
Street Fighter 6 is less than two months away, kicking off the next generation of awesome fighting games. Capcom still has some reveals under its belt before the big release, with a showcase broadcasting on the biggest day of the year: 4/20. Oh, and Lil Wayne is hosting it for some reason.

Destiny 2 fashionistas will finally be rewarded for their sense of style earlier than planned
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-fashionistas-will-finally-be-rewarded-for-their-sense-of-style-earlier-than-planned/
The primary reason I play Destiny 2 now is to find new threads for my handsome Guardian—I will stop endless existential threats just so I can look marginally cooler the next time I have to save humanity. And with the upcoming midseason patch, fashionistas are finally going to get kudos for dressing well.

Cliff Bleszinski teases news about LawBreakers, the excellent arena shooter that died 5 years ago
https://www.pcgamer.com/cliff-bleszinski-teases-news-about-lawbreakers-the-excellent-arena-shooter-that-died-5-years-ago/
Remember LawBreakers, the ill-fated competitive FPS that closed down a few months after its developer went defunct? It might not be as dead as you thought. So says Cliff Bleszinski, the game's director, who's been teasing upcoming news about the game over on Twitter.
>> I don't think he'll launch it again, will he? After all, the game already failed.

And now, it's time to check the weekend deals at GOG and Steam

+GOG

• There are six Deals of the Day, available during the next 70 hours:
  • Demons Roots is 20% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/demons_roots
  • Old World: Complete, with the game and 2 DLCs gets a 25% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/old_world_completee
  • Sins of a Solar Empire® - Ultimate Edition, with the game and a lot of DLCs, is going to be 72% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sins_of_a_solar_empire_ultimate_edition
  • Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics is getting a 90% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/euphoria_supreme_mechanics
  • Inquisitor’s Heart and Soul, still in development, also gets a 90% deal: https://www.gog.com/en/game/inquisitors_heart_and_soul
  • And Hell Division will have a 93% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hell_division
• The Weekend Sale is full of games up to 90% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230414_weekend_sale

+Steam

• TinyBuild's Everything Must Go Sale features up to 75% discounts until April 20: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/tinybuild/sale/everythingmustgo
• Cyberpunk 2077 will be 50% off until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/
• Wartales gets a 25% discount until Monday. 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/
• Vampire Survivors will be 20% off until April 27: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/
• Against the Storm, still in Early Access, is getting a 25% discount until the 27th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
• And Steam also has the Plug In Digital Sale the other stores run, putting its games up to 80% off until the same 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/plug-in-digital/sale/PIDpublishersale2023

And just like that, another week of news has passed. Until the next time (hopefully in time, unlike today), I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.