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Larian knows its audience, promises 'improved smooches' in Baldur's Gate 3
https://www.pcgamer.com/larian-knows-its-audience-promises-improved-smooches-in-baldurs-gate-3/
Baldur's Gate 3 is a very horny RPG, as well as being broadly brilliant, and Larian knows exactly what its players want: smooching. Patch 6, dropping next week, will give the horny romantics something to get excited about in the form of "improved smooches", along with some other additions.
>> That next week will be this week.

Ubisoft is 'disappointed' by sales of the Assassin's Creed VR game, will not increase investment in future VR development until the market 'grows enough'
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-is-disappointed-by-sales-of-the-assassins-creed-vr-game-will-not-increase-investment-in-future-vr-development-until-the-market-grows-enough/
Following disappointing sales of Assassin's Creed Nexus, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says the publisher isn't going to increase its investment into VR game development until demand for it "grows enough."

The 10 most popular Steam Next Fest demos include 2 RTS games and a 4X grand strategy
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-10-most-popular-steam-next-fest-demos-include-2-rts-games-and-a-4x-historical-strategy-game/
We used to complain that we were in a game demo drought, and now we complain that we're drowning in them. It's a good problem to have, but there genuinely isn't enough time to play all of the demos available during any given Steam Next Fest—the current one ends on Monday—so some prioritization is in order.
If you just want to know which demos are the most popular, Steam recently sorted the top 10 by most played.
>> You won't have much time to play them.

Blizzard finally has a solution for the unlucky Diablo 4 players with Uber Uniques they don't want
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-finally-has-a-solution-for-the-unlucky-diablo-4-players-with-uber-uniques-they-dont-want/
Hours of grinding for Diablo 4's rarest and most powerful items, Uber Uniques, won't guarantee you'll get the one you actually want. I'm in this situation right now. I've killed the boss who drops them almost 100 times and he refuses to give me the one I need. But next week, my bad luck with Uber Uniques will at least amount to something: Blizzard is going to let you break them down to create one of your choice.
>> Again, it's going to be this week.

Hideo Kojima says Physint's happening because you lot just wouldn't stop asking for 'a new Metal Gear' and, after a brush with death, he's decided that's not a bad idea
https://www.pcgamer.com/hideo-kojima-says-physints-happening-because-you-lot-just-wouldnt-stop-asking-for-a-new-metal-gear-and-after-a-brush-with-death-hes-decided-thats-not-a-bad-idea/
Hideo Kojima has relaunched the Hideo Kojima YouTube show 'HideoTube', a Hideo Kojima production starring Hideo Kojima. Okay I'll stop with the obvious jokes, but this is a new episode ("The HideoTube 2024 special", no less) in a series that stopped shortly after the creator's acrimonious departure from Konami, and the first new entry in seven years. It's an hourlong and wide-ranging chat between Kojima, host Risa Unai, and various talking heads involved with Kojima Productions' work.

Sit back down, Tarnished: FromSoftware's parent company has poured cold water on an imminent Elden Ring DLC release
https://www.pcgamer.com/sit-back-down-tarnished-fromsoftwares-parent-company-has-poured-cold-water-on-an-imminent-elden-ring-dlc-release/
Despite a slew of curious Steam updates that have Elden Ring fans vibrating with anticipation for an imminent DLC release, FromSoftware's parent company, Kadokawa, has stepped in to crush those dreams.

The makers of Palworld are desperate to hire more developers: 'We are overwhelmingly short of people'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-makers-of-palworld-are-desperate-to-hire-more-developers-we-are-overwhelmingly-short-of-people/
Palworld developer Pocketpair is pouring nearly a half-million dollars every month into keeping the game's servers up, which it can afford to do because Palworld is a massive hit. But it still needs help in the form of people, and rather like Gary Oldman in Leon, it's looking for all the help it can get.

Ark: Survival Ascended devs made a 'Super Steamboat Willie' platformer in the survival game to demonstrate new mod tools
https://www.pcgamer.com/ark-simple-game-framework-announcement/
If I'd been asked this morning to guess what's been going on in Ark: Survival Ascended, the survival game with dinosaurs, and my options were "they added some new dinosaurs" or "they made a Mickey Mouse sidescroller in it," I definitely would've been wrong.
This week, Studio Wildcard updated the Ark Development Kit mod tools with a "powerful, flexible framework that enables creators to build entirely new games from scratch inside of Ark," and has demonstrated that framework with the video above, which includes a straight-up Steamboat Willie platformer.

Lethal Company dev thinking updates should be "bigger and less frequent" and "like I broke into an alien zoo"
https://www.pcgamer.com/lethal-company-dev-thinking-updates-should-be-bigger-and-less-frequent-and-like-i-broke-into-an-alien-zoo/
With viral hit Lethal Company now on sale—30% off on Steam until February 15—developer Zeekerss is taking the occasion to reconsider the pace and scope of Lethal Company updates. "I have version 50 slowly cooking," said Zeekerss on Twitter/X, "I could release it now, but I want it to be really substantial."

Narrative, open-world survival in The Planet Crafter will have a co-op mode and a 1.0 release this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/narrative-open-world-survival-in-the-planet-crafter-will-have-a-co-op-mode-and-a-10-release-this-year/
It's shaping up to be a big year for survival crafting game The Planet Crafter, as developer Miju Games has not only announced that the 1.0 release of the Early Access game will come this year, but that the hoped-for cooperative multiplayer mode is also in development and will release this year.