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Fortnite now has a playable 'reimagining' of Alan Wake so you can get caught up on events before Alan Wake 2 arrives
https://www.pcgamer.com/alan-wake-flashback-fortnite/
Alan Wake 2 is almost here, and if you'd like a quick catch-up on what happened in the first game to ensure you're up to speed, Epic Games has you covered. Alan Wake: Flashback is a "reimagining" of the events of Alan Wake—a sort of playable crash course recap created using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite.

Dev says CD Projekt morale 'took a significant hit' after Cyberpunk's launch, but it won't repeat mistakes with the next Witcher
https://www.pcgamer.com/dev-says-cd-projekt-morale-took-a-significant-hit-after-cyberpunks-launch-but-it-wont-repeat-mistakes-with-the-next-witcher/
This is the year of Cyberpunk 2077's about-face. Between the game's wide-ranging 2.0 update and its slick Phantom Liberty expansion pack, most onlookers now agree that the game is—if not the awe-inspiring masterwork it was hyped up to be prior to release—pretty good. But over at CD Projekt, the game's disastrous launch still looms large in devs' memories, and they're keen to avoid a repeat performance.

Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announces layoffs 'following a period of disappointing financial performance'
https://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-studio-frontier-developments-announces-layoffs-following-a-period-of-disappointing-financial-performance/
The game industry annus horribilis continued today with an announcement from Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments, which said that it is implementing a hiring freeze, cutting costs, and laying off an unknown number of employees.

Post Malone is coming to Apex Legends for 'two weeks of mayhem,' may God help us all
https://www.pcgamer.com/post-malone-is-coming-to-apex-legends-for-two-weeks-of-mayhem-may-god-help-us-all/
Award-winning singer and songwriter Post Malone is bringing "two weeks of mayhem" to Apex Legends in November. What does that mean? I'll be blunt with you: I have no idea.

Harebrained Schemes is independent again: Paradox parts ways with the studio less than a week after confirming major layoffs earlier this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/harebrained-schemes-is-independent-again-paradox-parts-ways-with-the-studio-less-than-a-week-after-confirming-major-layoffs-earlier-this-year/
Less than a week after saying that sales of turn-based tactics game The Lamplighters League were "a big disappointment" and confirming major layoffs at developer Harebrained Schemes, Paradox Interactive has announced that it has "decided to part ways" with the studio. Paradox said the split was a mutual decision, "stemming from each party’s strategic and creative priorities," and that HBS will officially be independent again on January 1, 2024.

Gwent's official development ends, leaving future balance patches in the hands of the community
https://www.pcgamer.com/gwents-official-development-ends-leaving-future-balance-patches-in-the-hands-of-the-community/
Late last year, CD Projekt Red announced it would step back from development of its free-to-play collectible card game Gwent, with new cards continuing to be added in 2023, but the card pool be considered complete after that, and further balance changes left up to the players.
Update 11.10 is the final CD Projekt update, and as Molegion in the overview video explains, "This is the last handmade developer-prepared content update for Gwent, so after this we won't be preparing changes to cards any more. Instead we will be using a system, you can see it in the main menu, it's called balance council."

Baldur's Gate 3 player thinks they've fooled a god with a first level spell, right until they realise they've stumbled into Act 2's new worst ending
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-player-thinks-theyve-fooled-a-god-with-a-first-level-spell-right-until-they-realise-theyve-stumbled-into-act-2s-new-worst-ending/
Baldur's Gate 3's second act has a couple of very important decisions—so much so I wrote a whole dang guide on how to thread its particular narrative needle. Before I get stuck into it, spoilers for the game's second act, in case the headline didn't clue you in.

Microsoft CEO Phil Spencer is open to breaking the seal on some forgotten games: 'If teams want to go back and revisit some [games] … I'm gonna be all in'
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-ceo-phil-spencer-is-open-to-breaking-the-seal-on-some-forgotten-games-if-teams-want-to-go-back-and-revisit-some-games-im-gonna-be-all-in/
Whether you think Microsoft's recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard is a move toward a dry gaming monopoly or a financial windfall for Activision and Blizzard games both, it's definitely happened. The UK's CMA has given the thumbs up, Kotick's on his way out—the deal's closed, and now we get to see the impact ripples spread.
It looks like there's already some great news for fans of Activision Blizzard's older catalogue, as confirmed by Spencer himself in an official interview on the Xbox channel. "I do think with Game Pass that we have the ability to pick a couple franchises every year and almost do like a 'revisited' [version]—I just made up that term … when you look across the franchises that are part of our teams, there's an opportunity to go back."
>> Well, we got new a new Battletoads and Killer Instinct, as well as Perfect Dark (whenever/if it launches), so he may not be talking just for the sake of it.