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Tuesday news, part two:

'Absolute Evil' simulator Dungeons 4 is coming in November, here's our first look at gameplay
https://www.pcgamer.com/absolute-evil-simulator-dungeons-4-is-coming-in-november-heres-our-first-look-at-gameplay/
Dungeons 4, the latest addition to the popular be-the-bad-guy dungeon builder series, will launch on November 9, and we've got an exclusive first look at gameplay thanks to the launch trailer that went live today.

Dark and Darker pledges to fight back against cheaters with a Discord bot with a 30-day lifespan
https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-and-darker-pledges-to-fight-back-against-cheaters-with-a-discord-bot-with-a-30-day-lifespan/
Embattled PvP dungeon crawler Dark and Darker has a new fight on its hands, but at least this one won't happen in a courtroom. It needs to clamp down on the cheaters that have taken to the game after it finally hit early access a couple of weeks ago, in spite of the legal troubles that continue to keep it off Steam.
"Right now we are fighting a difficult fight against cheaters as we gather information with [Dark and Darker's anticheat tech] Ironshield," wrote Ironmace dev "Graysun" in a post on the game's Discord (via PCGamesN). That means the studio is bringing out the big guns, by which I mean a Discord bot that you can send evidence of cheating, so long as you do it in a timely manner.

Why people are talking about Starfield's start screen: Gaming's latest Twitter dust-up, explained
https://www.pcgamer.com/why-people-are-talking-about-starfields-start-screen-gamings-latest-twitter-dust-up-explained/
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Over the weekend, former game developer Mark Kern, whose past credits include StarCraft, World of Warcraft, and Firefall, shared his thoughts on "the physiognomy of start screens."
"The start screen of a game can reveal a lot about how rushed the team was and how much pride they took in their work," Kern tweeted. "Starfield's start screen either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn't care.
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The response from Hines was short and sharp. "[The development team] designed what they wanted and that's been our menu for years and was one of the first things we settled on," he tweeted. "Having an opinion is one thing. Questioning out a developer's 'care' because you would have done it differently is highly unprofessional coming from another 'dev'."
>> Doing a quick search about that guy, he doesn't seem to be the right person to criticize anyone. 

How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/gamescom-opening-night-live-2023-how-to-watch/
August is nearly over, meaning that Gamescom Opening Night Live is coming to close out the summer season of gaming announcements. Hosted by Geoff Keighley ahead of the yearly gaming show in Germany, Opening Night Live is similar to his Summer Game Fest livestream with announcements and trailers for upcoming games.
This year, Opening Night Live airs on Tuesday, August 22. Here's what you need to know to catch it live.

It's-a not me: Voice actor of Mario retires after 27 years
https://www.pcgamer.com/its-a-not-me-voice-actor-of-mario-retires-after-27-years/
Charles Martinet has been the voice of Nintendo's mascot Mario since 1996, but no more. Nintendo has announced that the actor is to step down from the role, and will instead act as a "Mario ambassador" in the future, which is all rather ceremonial and full of pomp for a gig that mainly involves shouting "wa-hoo!"
>> Not exactly a PC related announcement, but f*ck it.

D&D's clunky exhaustion rules are in Baldur's Gate 3, but they only apply to one unlucky (and very tired) bird
https://www.pcgamer.com/dandds-clunky-exhaustion-rules-are-in-baldurs-gate-3-but-they-only-apply-to-one-unlucky-and-very-tired-bird/
As spotted by user When_is_ , on the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit, a debuff in the full release of the game suggests Larian Studios were toying with the idea of including one of the more punishing mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (D&D 5e)—the tabletop ruleset the game's built on.

WoW's UI arms race rages on as Blizzard says they'll crack down on sparkly new combat overlays
https://www.pcgamer.com/wows-ui-arms-race-rages-on-as-blizzard-says-theyll-crack-down-on-sparkly-new-combat-overlays/
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Last week, Wowhead made a news post highlighting some new overlay tech that was being used in raiding. These are different from your bog-standard UI mods in that they don't use the game's in-built addon support, and can be slapped over the game window or put on a separate monitor entirely.
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Blizzard have finally addressed this in a thread on the World of Warcraft forums: "We intend to make changes to how the Advanced Combat Log is populated, in advance of Dragonflight Season 3, that will prevent its use in this way." Community manager Kaivax also cites section 1-C of the EULA, which has a few applicable sentences on the subject—particularly when it comes to software "not expressly authorised by Blizzard". Seeing as these overlays don't use the in-game addon system, this all seems straightforwardly forboden.

Microsoft rejigs $69bn Activision Blizzard deal to placate UK regulators, offers all cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft for 15 years
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-rejigs-dollar69bn-activision-blizzard-deal-to-placate-uk-regulators-offers-all-cloud-gaming-rights-to-ubisoft-for-15-years/
Microsoft has made a new offer, one that president Brad Smith describes as a "substantially different transaction", in its effort to get its proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard over the finish line with the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority. The CMA had previously blocked the deal on grounds that included concerns about the nascent cloud gaming market, and the restructured deal will see all cloud rights to Activision Blizzard games signed over to Ubisoft for the next 15 years.