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Tuesday news, part two:

Lethal Company has just solved arachnophobia with words, literally
https://www.pcgamer.com/lethal-company-has-just-implemented-one-of-the-funniest-arachnophobia-modes-ive-seen/
As a certified arachnophobe, it pains me how many games insist on including a creature that absolutely should not have that many legs. Thankfully, a handful of games have started to implement an arachnophobia mode over the years. You've got Grounded's shiny round blobs, Kill it with Fire's cartoonish balled-up arachnids and Webbed's decision to reduce its spider protagonist down to a purple sphere.
Perhaps my favourite attempt at an arachnophobia to date, though, is the way Lethal Company has handled censoring these terrifying critters. While most other games have steered towards nixing their legs and turning them into cute little round beings, developer Zeekerss has taken a slightly different approach. By that I mean it's gotten rid of the spiders all together, instead replacing them with 3D text reading "spider" floating around the world like some kind of missing model glitch It came as part of the game's Patch 45 on December 9, which also included notes like "Rail cheese has been nearly destroyed, but the forest giant is easier to avoid."

TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has closed, employees say: 'We join an ever-growing list of casualties in a broken industry'
https://www.pcgamer.com/timesplitters-studio-free-radical-design-has-closed-employees-say-we-join-an-ever-growing-list-of-casualties-in-a-broken-industry/
It appears that, as first rumored in November, TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has been closed. The studio's website has been scrubbed and now bears a simple message saying "404 Company not found :(," while multiple employees have said that today was their last day.

League of Legends executive producer Jeremy 'Brightmoon' Lee has stepped down to do 'other stuff at Riot'
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-eight-years-in-charge-league-of-legends-executive-producer-jeremy-brightmoon-lee-has-stepped-down-to-do-other-stuff-at-riot/
After more than eight years at the helm of League of Legends, executive producer Jeremy "Brightmoon" Lee announced today that he's decided to step down.
"This year's been a bit of a whirlwind," Lee said in today's dev update video. "The progress we've made as a team and, most importantly, what we've been able to deliver for you has been so rewarding. And with that, I've decided it's the right time to step away from my current role. I'll be passing the torch to a new executive producer in the coming months."

'This was our first big experience, sh*t happens': The Day Before's CEO is MIA, its Discord server has disintegrated, and its YouTube Channel has gone dark
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-was-our-first-big-experience-sht-happens-the-day-befores-ceo-is-mia-its-discord-server-has-disintegrated-and-its-youtube-channel-has-gone-dark/
Trainwrecks aren't exactly rare in the gaming industry, but it's rare that they're this spectacular. After a suspiciously-polished trailer, The Day Before quickly became one of Steam's most wishlisted games.
>> If you want to delve deeper into this whole story, PCGamer has made an article about it.

Disney games boss acknowledges 'a lot of demand' for Knights of the Old Republic remake, giving me my first spark of hope for the project in ages
https://www.pcgamer.com/disney-games-boss-acknowledges-a-lot-of-demand-for-knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-giving-me-my-first-spark-of-hope-for-the-project-in-ages/
Games industry head honchos have all gotten into the same hobby recently: Refusing to say anything about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake that got revealed at a PlayStation showcase all the way back in September 2021. It just seems that no one at any of the corporations supposedly involved—Sony, Disney, and Embracer Group—wants to talk about it ever since trouble cropped up at the remake's original developer Aspyr.
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In a chat with Axios' Stephen Totilo, Disney head of gaming Sean Shoptaw was asked about the status of the KOTOR remake, to which he responded that there's "Not a lot I can say on that point for some hopefully obvious reasons," but went on to say that KOTOR is "obviously an incredibly popular game, one that we are incredibly proud of and think that there's still a lot of demand for. I'll leave it there."

E3 is officially dead: 'Thanks for the memories. GGWP'
https://www.pcgamer.com/e3-is-dead/
Almost three decades after first debuting at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the Entertainment Software Association has announced it's finally laying gaming convention E3 to rest.
A statement was posted to the official E3 Twitter, which read: "After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories." The statement signs off with "GGWP" in giant yellow letters.
>> Alex_The_Hedgehog has made a thread about this news.