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Thursday news, part two:

Want to play Warzone 2's new ranked mode? You'd better meet the level requirement
https://www.pcgamer.com/want-to-play-warzone-2s-new-ranked-mode-youd-better-meet-the-level-requirement/
Call of Duty's big Season 3 Reloaded update hits today, bringing with it new maps, missions, and crucially, a new ranked play mode for Warzone 2. While the ordinary Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer has had ranked play for ages, Call of Duty's battle royale offering has yet to let you compete in a fashion that tells you how bad you are at it in a 100% scientifically accurate numerical way. Well, no more.

The voiceover on this new Boltgun trailer is so bad it made me want to play the game less
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-voiceover-on-this-new-boltgun-trailer-is-so-bad-it-made-me-want-to-play-the-game-less/
Focus Entertainment has unleashed another trailer for its upcoming retro shooter Warhammer 40:000: Boltgun, a game that I was genuinely excited for before I watched it. After watching it, I must confess I'm slightly less excited than I was before. Not because of the game itself, but because the trailer's voiceover is actively off-putting.
>> I don't think it's that bad, but I took it as a tribute/parody of the voiceovers of the old games this game aims to mimic.

PUBG is getting a clan system that doubles your XP bonus when fighting with clanmates
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-is-getting-a-clan-system-that-doubles-your-xp-bonus-when-fighting-with-clanmates/
Battle royale trailblazer PUBG is getting a clan system, publisher Krafton has announced. The new system will let players create and join their friends in groups of up to 100 players, unlocking a bunch of new social and progression systems.

Blizzard reveals Diablo 4 seasonal plans and battle pass
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-reveals-diablo-4-seasonal-plans-and-battle-pass/
With Diablo 4 now less than a month away—June 6 is the big day—Blizzard has unveiled the details on its post-launch plans, including its seasonal structure, cosmetic microtransactions, and the "completely optional" battle pass.

Hogwarts Legacy's new last-gen port is actually prettier in some ways
https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacys-new-last-gen-version-is-actually-prettier-in-some-ways/
We all know that making games is very hard, but the truly unsung heroes of game development are the ones tasked with making new games run on older machines they were never designed for. Sometimes it goes surprisingly well, like Titanfall Xbox 360, and sometimes it's so insurmountable that last-gen editions are cancelled entirely, like Gotham Knights.
One last-gen edition that seems to have gone over pretty well is Hogwarts Legacy, which just released its PS4 and Xbox One versions on May 5, three months after PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Bungie tracks down another Destiny 2 cheat maker, hammers him for $16.2M
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-tracks-down-another-destiny-2-cheat-maker-hammers-him-for-dollar162m/
It's been a heck of a week for Bungie, which has now scored its third multi-million-dollar lawsuit win against a Destiny 2 cheat maker over a span of just seven days. A week ago the studio won $12 million against VeteranCheats, then on Monday it was $6.7 million against LaviCheats, and now it's notched a $16.2 million triumph over Daniel Larsen, a developer whose downfall actually began a year ago, in Bungie's $13.5 million settlement with cheat maker Elite Boss Tech.
(For those keeping score at home, all of the above follows a $4.4 million win over cheat mater AimJunkies in February. Bungie's on a bit of a roll.)

Bungie is brutally nerfing Destiny 2's best Warlock build (but also cooking up some spicy buffs)
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-is-brutally-nerfing-destiny-2s-best-warlock-build-but-also-cooking-up-some-spicy-buffs/
The beauty of live service games, aside from never having to worry about how to spend your remaining minutes on this planet ever again, is that seasonal balance changes can usher in completely different play styles. Major patches represent a chance for developers to hammer down over-performers and buff unloved gear that's languished in virtual closets for years. So it goes with today's tuning preview from Bungie, which details the changes coming to exotic armor as part of Season of the Deep on May 23.

Looks like the new Mortal Kombat game is going to be another reboot, called Mortal Kombat 1
https://www.pcgamer.com/looks-like-the-new-mortal-kombat-is-going-to-be-another-reboot/
About a week after the mysterious exploding grain of sand in a recent Mortal Kombat anniversary video, NetherRealm Studios has released a more concrete teaser. This new video shows a clock ticking down, past 9, 10, 11… and then skipping over 12 straight to 1.
The message seems pretty clear—following 2019's Mortal Kombat 11, the new entry won't be MK12, but rather some kind of reboot or reset. That also lines up a datamined leak that suggests the new game is called Mortal Kombat 1.
>> Lame.

Former Bloodlines 2 developer acquired by Keywords Studios, will form part of its development support business
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-bloodlines-2-developer-acquired-by-keywords-studios-will-form-part-of-its-development-support-business/
Hardsuit Labs, the studio that previously worked on Paradox's troubled Bloodlines 2 project, has been acquired by the Irish video game services company Keywords Studios.