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Thursday news, part two, filled with Starfield articles:

More than 10 years after it began, To the Moon's story is ending with a 'Beach Episode'
https://www.pcgamer.com/more-than-10-years-after-it-began-to-the-moons-story-is-ending-with-a-beach-episode/
In 2011, Freedbird Games released To the Moon, a dramatic narrative adventure about life, death, memories, and regret. It was a hit, spawning spinoffs and sequels including A Bird Story, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory, and later this year the main story of the series will conclude with a new game called To the Moon: Beach Episode.

Activision pushes back on rumors that Modern Warfare 3 is a glorified expansion: 'Our vision to deliver back-to-back Modern Warfare games has been years in the making'
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-pushes-back-on-rumors-that-modern-warfare-3-is-a-glorified-expansion-our-vision-to-deliver-back-to-back-modern-warfare-games-has-been-years-in-the-making/
Something has smelled a little off about this year's Call of Duty since the earliest rumors of its development. For the first time in series history, CoD is going back to the sequel well after just one year with a new Modern Warfare 3. In another break in tradition, all multiplayer guns, cosmetics, and progression from Modern Warfare 2 (2022) will carry over into MW3.

Starfield has gone gold, preloads are coming
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-has-gone-gold-preloads-are-coming/
Lest you still be carrying worries about a really last-minute delay, you can now rest easy: Bethesda has announced that its upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield has officially gone gold. To mark the big moment, lead designer Emil Pagliarulo and lead quest designer Will Shen held a Q&A session on the Bethesda Discord.

Starfield won't support full pacifist runs, but 'there are some good non-lethal options,' says quest designer
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-wont-support-full-pacifist-runs-but-there-are-some-good-non-lethal-options-says-quest-designer/
In a Q&A to celebrate Starfield's symbolic "gone gold" milestone (which has been reposted to the subreddit), lead quest designer Will Shen was asked if entirely non-lethal playthroughs will be possible in Bethesda's space RPG. They won't be, although Shen says that Bethesda did consider the possibility of supporting pacifist playthroughs early in development.
>> If that disappoints you, this will make it worse:

Starfield will tantalise you with a bunch of mechs you can't use
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-will-tantalise-you-with-a-bunch-of-mechs-you-cant-use/
Remember last month, when Bethesda put out a series of animated Starfield shorts that, presumably, contained some kind of important narrative content? I've kind of glossed over that stuff, because all I paid attention to were the battling mechs it showed off: Bipedal, human-operated war suits caked in grease and diesel that look incredibly cool as they pummel the hell out of one another. It led me, and plenty of others, to ask if we might get a shot at piloting these titans ourselves when Starfield finally releases.
Well, the answer's no, in short. As part of yesterday's Discord Starfield Q&A with lead quest designer Will Shen and lead designer Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda revealed that Starfield's mechs are more of an ornamental feature. A kind of battlefield mood piece that will pockmark some of the game's many, many planets but that will never actually become pilotable. I'm inconsolable.
>> Let's not worry. I'm sure there'll be a mod to let you use them soon after launch.

Sign me up for Starfield's snake worshipping death cult, which communes to its god via cool low-grav jumps
https://www.pcgamer.com/sign-me-up-for-starfields-snake-worshipping-death-cult-which-communes-to-its-god-via-cool-low-grav-jumps/
A Starfield Q&A has dropped to celebrate the RPG's pre-launch gold status, first taking place in a Discord server, and later kindly transcribed by user ninjabell on the Starfield subreddit. While it has some juicy revelations, such as the fact there'll be no full pacifist runs, I'm far more fascinated by its brief look into the game's main three religions.

This free, PS1-style Twin Peaks demake absolutely nails the dreamy vibes of the show
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-free-ps1-style-twin-peaks-demake-absolutely-nails-the-dreamy-vibes-of-the-show/
Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see, one chants out between two worlds: Twin Peaks is on PC. Not officially, mind you; I'm talking about the demo for Twin Peaks: Into the Night, a fan game based on the classic David Lynch and Mark Frost soap opera that's just hit Itch.io.