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The Tuesday news, part two:

Remedy's free-to-play multiplayer game is going back to the drawing board for a 'reboot' as a premium game
https://www.pcgamer.com/remedys-free-to-play-multiplayer-game-is-going-back-to-the-drawing-board-for-a-reboot-as-a-premium-game/
Vanguard, Remedy's mysterious multiplayer game, is being rebooted. Just a couple weeks after saying that it hoped to have the game's "proof-of-concept" finished by the end of the year, the studio announced today that it's decided to take the project in a whole new direction, with a whole new codename.

Hundreds of Norwegian World of Warcraft players are furious after a bizarre new bug causes their game to freeze repeatedly
https://www.pcgamer.com/hundreds-of-norwegian-world-of-warcraft-players-are-furious-after-a-bizarre-new-bug-causes-their-game-to-freeze-repeatedly/
Well, here's an odd one. Last night, hundreds of furious World of Warcraft players took to Blizzard's forums to voice their complaints about a bug that is making the game all but unplayable, which seems to have emerged from the recent 10.2 update. The twist? All of these players are located in Norway.

It looks like modding tools for Cities: Skylines 2 are still several months away
https://www.pcgamer.com/it-looks-like-modding-tools-for-cities-skylines-2-are-still-several-months-away/
Like cutting the red tape on a six-lane gravel highway, the launch of Cities: Skylines 2 has been both huge and rough. While undoubtedly offering an improved core experience over the original, the game's performance issues were so severe that Colossal Order started warning about them before the game came out. Moreover, certain core features you'd hope to see on release, were either unfinished or just plain missing.
One of the most requested features for Cities: Skylines 2 is modding tools, as Skylines is just one of those games that players just love to tinker with. The good news is that modding tools are coming. The bad news is it's likely to be a few more months before we see them.

Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 lead The Game Awards with 8 nominations each
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-and-alan-wake-2-lead-the-game-awards-with-8-nominations-each/
The nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have been announced and Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 are tied for the most nominations, with eight each from 31 total categories. They're both up for the main Game of the Year award, but are also competing for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Score and Music, among others.
>> Meanwhile, Starfield only has one nomination.

Blizzard refuses to say what Diablo 4's new class will be, but its own leak gives us some clues
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-refuses-to-say-what-diablo-4s-new-class-will-be-but-its-own-leak-gives-us-some-clues/
Blizzard refuses to say what new class is coming to Diablo 4 when its first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, launches late next year. But datamined text from a leaked build of the game makes it pretty clear what it will be.

PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will reveal the 25 most exciting upcoming PC games on November 30
https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-show-most-wanted-will-reveal-the-25-most-exciting-upcoming-pc-games-on-november-30/
PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will air on Thursday, November 30 at 10 am PST (1 pm EST, 6 pm GMT, 7 pm CET) to reveal the 25 most exciting games in development on PC.