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And the third part of the Monday news:

You can punch a tank in retro beat 'em up G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra
https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-punch-a-tank-in-retro-beat-em-up-gi-joe-wrath-of-cobra/
It's a good time to be into retro beat 'em ups based on classic toys and cartoons. We had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge in 2022, and developers Maple Powered Games just revealed a new trailer for G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra at IGN Fan Fest.

Dwarf Fortress adventure mode preview shows off menu for grabbing enemies by their teeth
https://www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortress-adventure-mode-preview-shows-off-menu-for-grabbing-enemies-by-their-teeth/
Bay 12 and Kitfox have released a new preview for Dwarf Fortress' upcoming revamped adventure mode, the classic top-down RPG side of the famous colony builder slash fantasy world simulator. The preview itself focuses on the combat menus and actions, with Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams taking the viewer through the basics of the UI and how it works.

Here's an indie tactics game inspired by X-Com, Rebelstar, and Laser Squad
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-an-indie-tactics-game-inspired-by-x-com-rebelstar-and-laser-squad/
An upcoming turn-based tactics game hearkens back to the earliest days of the genre: Archrebel Tactics, an in-development indie game from solo developer Ularis Badler, draws directly from the well of Rebelstar, the 1984 ZX Spectrum ur-tactics game from Julian Gollop, the man who would later steer the creation of X-Com.

'Please stop that': In the run-up to Baldur's Gate 3 modding support, Larian's head of publishing speaks out against 'threats and toxicity against our devs and community teams'
https://www.pcgamer.com/please-stop-that-in-the-run-up-to-baldurs-gate-3-modding-support-larians-head-of-publishing-speaks-out-against-threats-and-toxicity-against-our-devs-and-community-teams/
Patch 6 of Baldur's Gate 3 released recently, and it came with its fair share of bugs and issues, most of which are getting fixed in short order. One thing that had modders' hackles raised, however, was a double-tap that busted the game's script extender (required to run the lion's share of mods) twice: One expected breakage when the patch dropped, and a second less-anticipated break from a hotfix.
>> The game has also received more award nominations, this time to the Gayming Awards.

Some Helldivers 2 players are inexplicably killing each other for resources, despite a dozen different UI elements telling you they're shared
https://www.pcgamer.com/some-helldivers-2-players-are-inexplicably-killing-each-other-for-resources-despite-a-dozen-different-ui-elements-telling-you-theyre-shared/
Helldivers 2 is a co-op game, and its mechanics are designed around that. All the samples, super credits, and medals you pick up get shared among your teammates at the end of a mission. Yet for some inexplicable reason, some players say randoms are gunning them down to swipe their goods—or yelling at them for impossible resource hogging.

Helldivers 2 finally liberated from the bulk of its server issues as Arrowhead CEO celebrates having 'time to focus on improvements' like rad mechs and (probably) stealth gear
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-finally-liberated-from-the-bulk-of-its-server-issues-as-arrowhead-ceo-celebrates-having-time-to-focus-on-improvements-like-rad-mechs-and-probably-stealth-gear/
As you may have noticed, Helldivers 2 got really popular real fast—and has been suffering under the weight of success for a week and change. Reviews lamenting server problems caused it to dip into 'mixed' territory on Steam, and a harsh 15-minute AFK timer had to be implemented to curb server squatters.
But after raising the server cap to 700,000 (and walking back a sleep-deprived tweet or two), Helldivers 2 mostly held the fort with only mild turbulence. Anecdotally, I had zero issues logging in over the weekend—though I am in a UK time zone—and Arrowhead Games' CEO Johan Pilestedt confirms that they didn't hit any major problems on Twitter.

Helldivers 2 CEO talks DLSS and FSR: 'When you are in a prio meeting and it's more awesome content vs more tech the decision is easy…'
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-ceo-talks-dlss-and-fsr-when-you-are-in-a-prio-meeting-and-its-more-awesome-content-vs-more-tech-the-decision-is-easy/
Helldivers 2 is probably been the biggest surprise hit of 2024 so far but not everyone has been happy with it. A response by Arrowhead's CEO Johan Pilestedt, to criticism over the lack of the option to use DLSS/FSR upscaling, was first interpreted as meaning that it wouldn't be implemented at all. Pilesedt quickly shot that notion right down, simply replying that "gameplay > cool tech".

A quarter century after its release, Age of Empires 2 is still getting DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-quarter-century-after-its-release-age-of-empires-2-is-still-getting-dlc/
Ensemble's Age of Empires 2 released in 1999, and I know of at least one person who thinks gaming never got better than this. (...)
We thought the Definitive Edition was rather good, with PCG's strategy king Fraser Brown saying that though it "wavers between remaster and remake" it's "the best version of the best Age of Empires game by a wide margin." And while that may have been expected, what came next wasn't: Forgotten Worlds set a relatively rip-roaring pace of expansions, with the game receiving five so far (probably the most impressive being last year's Return of Rome, which brought over every civilization from the original AoE). And it's not slowing down.
Roll up Victors and Vanquished, AoE2: Definitive Edition's sixth expansion which is bringing a whopping 19 new scenarios to the game including campaigns featuring the Viking king Ragnar Lothbrok and emperor Charlemagne. 14 of these campaigns are based on user-created content and five are all-new, all of which have been polished-up with professional voice acting, music, balance tweaks, bugfixes, achievements, and various quality of life improvements.