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The Friday news, part two:

Batman: Arkham Trilogy pays tribute to the late Kevin Conroy
https://www.pcgamer.com/batman-arkham-trilogy-pays-tribute-to-the-late-kevin-conroy/
For a lot of people, including myself, Kevin Conroy was the Batman. A lot of you might've known him from the Arkham Trilogy—I myself was first introduced to him via Justice League: Unlimited. He was the voice of Batman for over three decades before he died after a short battle with cancer in November last year, age 66.
As spotted by Eurogamer, a tribute has been added to the Batman: Arkham Trilogy, though it's only presently confirmed to be on the Nintendo Switch version. Gamingbible editor Ewan Moore posted a screenshot of the tribute on Twitter, which reads: "In memory of Kevin Conroy."

Following 3 years of radio silence, Kingpin remaster releases only to get slammed: 'Is it too late to hand this over to Nightdive?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/following-3-years-of-radio-silence-kingpin-remaster-releases-only-to-get-slammed-is-it-too-late-to-hand-this-over-to-nightdive/
I have strangely fond memories of Kingpin: Life of Crime, a 1999, vaguely dieselpunk-y FPS that I played far, far too young. It was ultraviolent, ultra-sweary, and had a light smattering of RPG elements that made it feel very novel to me back when I played it. I was pretty excited, then, when 3D Realms announced a remaster called Kingpin: Reloaded in 2020.
After three years—including a long period where it felt like the project had dropped off the face of the Earth—that remaster finally released last Monday and, well, oh no. Buyers of the game on Steam have not responded well to the game, which currently sits at a 30% "Mostly Negative" score on the platform's user review system. From the sounds of it, it's another case of a remaster releasing before it's fully baked, much like what happened with The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition earlier this year.

Lego Fortnite is way bigger than we thought, and millions of people are playing the new survival mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-lego-survival-mode-is-way-bigger-than-we-thought-and-millions-of-people-are-playing-it/
Fortnite is constantly doing crossovers, so the announcement that Epic had teamed up with Lego for a new survival mode glanced off my consciousness like the announcement of a new line of Funko Pops. But we just tried the mode, which has already attracted over two million concurrent players after launching today, and it's way bigger and more fun than we anticipated—and, of course, free.

The Alone in the Dark reboot is delayed until March so developers can 'avoid any potential crunch over the Christmas holidays'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-alone-in-the-dark-reboot-is-delayed-until-march-so-developers-can-avoid-any-potential-crunch-over-the-christmas-holidays/
THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark reboot has been delayed, and is now set to come out on March 20, 2024. The decision to push the game back was made, the publisher said, because if it had gone ahead with the planned release in January, "the Christmas season would have been filled with stress and anything but a jolly time" for developer Pieces Interactive.

The Walking Dead: Betrayal halts development and will be pulled from Steam just three months after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-walking-dead-betrayal-halts-development-and-will-be-pulled-from-steam-just-three-months-after-launch/
The Walking Dead: Betrayal, a social deception-survival game about zombies and worse (the "worse" in this case being non-zombified other people), is coming to a premature end. Skybound Games and developer Other Ocean Interactive announced today that it has decided to halt development of the game, which just launched in early access in September, and remove it from Steam completely.

This great settlement-building survival RPG just became a 4-player co-op game
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-great-settlement-building-survival-rpg-just-became-a-4-player-co-op-game/
Medieval Dynasty may have spent a couple of years in early access on Steam before launching its 1.0 version in 2021—but that doesn't mean the settlement building survival RPG is done adding new features. Not by a long shot.
Here's some excellent news if you've always dreamt of planning, building, and managing a medieval village with your friends: the long-awaited co-op update has arrived for Medieval Dynasty. A new map named Oxbow has been added, and up two four players can build and manage a settlement together, go hunting and exploring, complete new quests, romance NPCs, and even have snowball fights.

This dystopian anime action RPG has the potential to be another Genshin Impact
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-dystopian-anime-action-rpg-has-the-potential-to-be-another-genshin-impact/
Before Genshin Impact exploded in popularity, developer MiHoYo was largely seen as a mobile game studio. Now, Genshin is one of the biggest action RPGs around, competing directly with games only available on PC or consoles. Gryphline, the Chinese developer of popular mobile strategy game Arknights, is about to attempt the same transformation with a spin-off RPG called Arknights: Endfield.
>> Talking about Genshin Impact:

All Genshin Impact codes from the version 4.3 livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/genshin-impact-codes-4-3-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 4.3 livestream runs through what to expect in the next chapter of the Traveler's journey through the watery region of Fontaine. As an added bonus, those who tune in can grab livestream codes that they can redeem for Primogems, to use when wishing for new characters and reruns of older ones.

Dead Cells studio reveals its new game at The Game Awards: A fast-paced co-op roguelike in which cute animated animals get absolutely massacred
https://www.pcgamer.com/dead-cells-studio-reveals-its-new-game-at-the-game-awards-a-fast-paced-co-op-roguelike-in-which-cute-animated-animals-get-absolutely-massacred/
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin revealed its new game during a surprise announcement at The Game Awards tonight, a high-speed roguelike battler called Windblown that sets players off on a quest to protect their home of floating islands from the invading forces of the Vortex.

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus 'is not a game about ponies'
https://www.pcgamer.com/pony-island-2-panda-circus-is-not-a-game-about-ponies/
In a trailer shown during The Game Awards, Daniel Mullins Games revealed a sequel to well-liked 2016 indie game Pony Island. It's called Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, and is apparently "a phantasmagorical voyage through time, myth, divinity, and video games" that is "not a game about ponies."

Thrasher is another gorgeous and nauseating rhythm game from the creator of Thumper
https://www.pcgamer.com/thrasher-is-another-gorgeous-and-nauseating-rhythm-game-from-the-creator-of-thumper/
Thrasher is a surreal VR rhythm action game from the creator of Thumper, and it's coming in 2024. It's the work of Brian Gibson in collaboration with programmer and designer Mike Mandel. (The former also plays in Lightning Bolt which is a brilliant band).

Holy balls, after 15 years they're actually making World of Goo 2 and it's coming next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/holy-balls-after-15-years-theyre-actually-making-world-of-goo-2-and-its-coming-next-year/
I loved World of Goo when it came out way back in 2008, and I've always thought it was too bad they never made another one. So it was really great to hear at The Game Awards tonight that finally, they are.

Untitled Goose game team announces Big Walk, an online cooperative 'walker-talker'
https://www.pcgamer.com/untitled-goose-game-team-announces-big-walk-an-online-cooperative-walker-talker/
Big Walk is a game about hanging out and getting lost in a big weird world, and it's currently in development by the team who brought us Untitled Goose Game and Push Me Pull You. Announced at the 2023 Game Awards, it's coming in 2025.

Explore 'the gruesome crimes of a sadistic killer' in the Dead by Daylight singleplayer game The Casting of Frank Stone, coming in 2024
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-the-gruesome-crimes-of-a-sadistic-killer-in-the-dead-by-daylight-singleplayer-game-the-casting-of-frank-stone-coming-in-2024/
Back in May, Behaviour Interactive teased a new singleplayer horror game set in the Dead by Daylight universe being developed by Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Quarry. Tonight at The Game Awards, that game was formally unveiled as The Casting of Frank Stone, a narrative-focused game that promises "an unprecedented look at the wider world of Dead by Daylight."

Matthew McConaughey took the stage at The Game Awards to premier an RPG from ex-BioWare vets that sounds like a Mass Effect: Andromeda do-over
https://www.pcgamer.com/matthew-mcconaughey-took-the-stage-at-the-game-awards-to-premier-an-rpg-from-ex-bioware-vets-that-sounds-like-a-mass-effect-andromeda-do-over/
As the Greater Chicagoland Area's number one Matthew McConaughey fan and one of its notable BioWare-likers, having him pop up at The Game Awards to announce he'd appear in a new RPG from some BioWare old hands feels tailor-made to make me freak out. The True Detective actor will have an unspecified role in Exodus, the debut game from Archetype Entertainment.

Controversial SWAT team FPS Ready or Not announces a December release date, promising 'an intense gaming experience, that challenges you on the world you know'
https://www.pcgamer.com/controversial-swat-team-fps-ready-or-not-announces-a-december-release-date-promising-an-intense-gaming-experience-that-challenges-you-on-the-world-you-know/
After almost two years in early access, Void Interactive's tactical FPS Ready or Not will be hitting 1.0 in an update scheduled for December 13, as the studio revealed with a trailer at The Game Awards. The full version promises to have the complete "Commander Mode" singleplayer campaign, with new missions and overhauled versions of the currently available ones—18 in total, which can be played alone or in co-op with up to five players—as well as a suite of extra customizations and quality-of-life improvements.