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Tuesday news, part two:

GTA Online is still leaving PC players in the dust with baffling console-exclusive updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-is-still-leaving-pc-players-in-the-dust-with-baffling-console-exclusive-updates/
It's not a common feeling as a PC gamer to be excluded from updates on multi-platform games—console exclusives are one thing, but we're otherwise used to life in the fast lane. Unfortunately, GTA Online still has a host of updates ranging from graphical tune-ups to new features that just aren't available to anyone playing the PC version.

That's all folks! MultiVersus is officially dead but promises a 2024 comeback
https://www.pcgamer.com/thats-all-folks-multiversus-is-officially-dead-but-promises-a-2024-comeback/
Smashlike platform fighter MultiVersus is officially offline after 11 months in open beta, with a full release anticipated sometime in 2024. Developer Player First Games announced the shutdown back in March, before pulling the game from Steam's store in April and gradually winding down its content until its closure on June 25.

Cities: Skylines 2's simulation is so realistic that all the young people are broke
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skyline-2s-simulation-is-so-realistic-that-all-the-young-people-are-broke/
As we get closer to the October 24 release of Cities: Skylines 2, Paradox Interactive is sharing more about how the city builder sequel works. Today in a new video and development diary we learned a lot about how traffic will find its way through the cities we build using a new AI pathfinding system.

Valve collector shares his treasure trove of never-before-seen Half Life 2: Episode 3, 'Alyx & Dog,' and Stars of Blood concept art
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-collector-shares-his-treasure-trove-of-never-before-seen-half-life-2-episode-3-alyx-and-dog-and-stars-of-blood-concept-art/
Following the release of its documentary on canceled Valve games, DidYouKNowGaming has made a collection of previously-unavailable Valve concept art free to download on the Internet Archive. The trove comes courtesy of David McGreavy, a games industry professional and self-professed Valve superfan.

Court emails reveal Bethesda's confusion at Microsoft's special treatment for COD while Starfield goes Xbox-exclusive: 'What's the difference?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/court-emails-reveal-bethesdas-confusion-at-microsofts-special-treatment-for-cod-while-starfield-goes-xbox-exclusive-whats-the-difference/
If you ask me, we should send major corporations to court more often. It always seems to turn up no end of interesting tidbits. This time, the trial between the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft has revealed a February 2022 email from Bethesda exec Pete Hines, in which he voices his confusion and frustration about Microsoft's stated decision to keep Bethesda games exclusive to its console platform while staying "committed to Sony" in regards to Call of Duty.

Bejeweled's designer releases free wrestling game where you can beat up Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.pcgamer.com/bejeweleds-designer-releases-free-wrestling-game-where-you-can-beat-up-elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg/
Billionaire babies Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are allegedly going to fight in a cage match because there's no end to the nightmare we're all trapped inside. There's a good chance all their vain posturing will lead to nothing because they are famously full of hot air, but even the possibility has been getting a lot of attention. If you can't wait to see two middle-aged crybabies try to fight, Blue Wizard founder, Bejeweled designer and Plants vs Zombies creative director Jason Kapalka has already made a free browser game that sees the pair go toe-to-toe in a wrestling match.

CD Projekt Red insists that Cyberpunk 2077's launch wasn't that bad, but 'it became a cool thing not to like it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-red-insists-that-cyberpunk-2077s-launch-wasnt-that-bad-but-it-became-a-cool-thing-not-to-like-it/
Almost three years after its initial release, CD Projekt's VP of PR and communication thinks players were too harsh on Cyberpunk 2077 around launch, claiming that "it became a cool thing not to like it."
>> One thing doesn't exclude the other. It was a cool thing to hate it, but the game was worth the game given how it run like cr*p.

Before Activision-Blizzard, Microsoft was planning to buy Sega
https://www.pcgamer.com/before-activision-blizzard-microsoft-was-planning-to-buy-sega/
The US Federal Trade Commission is currently butting heads with Microsoft, as the regulatory body tries to block the software giant's proposed $65 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer was the latest executive to take the stand and deny ever thinking about stuff he wrote a few years ago, and as part of the hearings a tranche of internal emails were made public. One of which shows the suits in Redmond licking their lips at the prospect of acquiring the iconic Sega.
>> Sega among others.

Badlands Crew will let you build and operate your own adorable Mad Max war rig for tactical post-apocalyptic shenanigans
https://www.pcgamer.com/badlands-crew-will-let-you-build-and-operate-your-own-adorable-mad-max-war-rig-for-tactical-post-apocalyptic-shenanigans/
Runner Duck, developer of Space Crew and Bomber Crew, has revealed the next entry in its series of simmy roguelites: Badlands Crew. Badlands Crew will see you building and operating Mad Max: Fury Road-style war rigs as you ride out and pacify a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and it's set to launch some time in 2024.

Diablo 4's season 1 cosmetics will let you slap whatever on whoever
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4s-season-1-cosmetics-will-let-you-slap-whatever-on-whoever/
Diablo 4 has been out for nearly a month now, so it's time to turn the whole thing on its head. Season 1 of Blizzard's loot-lusty ARPG is just around the corner—set to launch in a vaguely defined "mid to late July"—and it's meant to bring all sorts of stuff with it.

Stephen King gave the opening quote to Alan Wake for just one dollar, and it's not the first time he's done this
https://www.pcgamer.com/stephen-king-gave-the-opening-quote-to-alan-wake-for-just-one-dollar-and-its-not-the-first-time-hes-done-this/
Ina recent interview with Eurogamer, Sam Lake—creative director of Remedy Entertainment—revealed that prolific horror writer Stephen King granted Alan Wake's opening quote for just $1. Remedy is, of course, on the promotional circuit for the upcoming sequel to Alan Wake.