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Wednesday news, part two:

The Future Games show is returning next month and has a special guest: Karlach, who is helping to reveal 'over 40 games'
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-future-games-show-is-returning-next-month-and-has-a-special-guest-karlach-who-is-helping-to-reveal-over-40-games/
The flowers are blooming and we're finally transitioning out of frosty weather and dark, dreary nights. That can only mean one thing: A new season is upon us, and with it the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, as hosted by our sister site GamesRadar+. It's happening on March 21 at 1PM PDT / 4PM EDT / 8PM GMT, and it'll be a presentation chock-full of over 40 games from the likes of Bandai Namco, Quantic Dream, The Chinese Room and more. You can set a reminder for the show over on YouTube.

Italian soulslike drops 'suicidal' June release date after realising it was set to come out the same day as Shadow of the Erdtree
https://www.pcgamer.com/italian-soulslike-drops-suicidal-june-release-date-after-realising-it-was-set-to-come-out-the-same-day-as-shadow-of-the-erdtree/
So far as I can tell, choosing when to release your videogame is a kind of haruspicy. (...) Usually, anyway, but sometimes fate is kind enough to make the choice glaringly obvious. That's what's just happened with Enotria: The Last Song (via PCGamesN), an upcoming soulslike from Italian studio Jyamma Games. Promising a world "inspired by Italian folklore where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow," the game was originally set for a June 21 release date, which probably sounded like a great time to release a game right until Shadow of the Erdtree's trailer dropped last week and announced a release date of, ah, June 21.
The unfortunate coincidence led Jyamma CEO Giacomo Greco to take to Enotria's Discord, announcing that, yes, the studio is "perfectly aware" that a "release on the same day as Elden Ring for us, as for any other game, would be suicidal," and that the studio would be consulting the auguries to choose a new release date in the very near future. (...)

Today's big Guild Wars 2 update may add new weapon proficiencies and a new legendary armour set, but what I really care about is this adorable cat tree
https://www.pcgamer.com/todays-big-guild-wars-2-update-may-add-new-weapon-proficiencies-and-a-new-legendary-armour-set-but-what-i-really-care-about-is-this-adorable-cat-tree/
Yes, sure, there are a bunch of new features dropping in today's major update for Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure expansion. New story chapters continue the wayfinder's campaign into Inner Nayos—home of the demonic kryptis. A new section of that map will be available to explore, with new events to complete. A new weapon proficiency will be unlocked for each profession, further expanding each specialisation's toolkit. And the first tier of the new open world legendary armour set will be released, finally letting players craft the highest rarity of clothes without having to venture into raids, PvP or World vs World.

Helldivers 2 devs say no, farmers aren't handing planets to the Automatons on a silver platter—they just aren't helping
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-devs-say-no-farmers-arent-handing-planets-to-the-automatons-on-a-silver-platterthey-just-arent-helping/
Helldivers 2 has a great metagame layered over all the bug- and bot-blasting: The Galactic War, which sees players defending and liberating planets in a dev-controlled campaign. The whole thing has this fun air of mystique to it at the moment—can you actually cut off supply lines? Are the devs making it hard on purpose? Are the bots secretly being controlled by Hatsune Miku? Okay, I made that last one up.
One theory has been particularly thorny—the insistence that farmers are ruining everything. (...)

Didn't see this one coming: Roblox has an official Jaws game
https://www.pcgamer.com/didnt-see-this-one-coming-roblox-has-an-official-jaws-game/
Here's a collaboration no-one saw coming: Steven Spielberg's 1975 horror classic Jaws is coming to Roblox, the hugely successful creation platform beloved by a predominately young audience. But then I probably saw Jaws when I was about eight years old (obsessed with sharks), so I can talk. 

Warren Spector hails Epic Mickey as 'a real labor of love', says he's got an idea for the third entry but the day job makes that 'impossible'
https://www.pcgamer.com/warren-spector-hails-epic-mickey-as-a-real-labor-of-love-says-hes-got-an-idea-for-the-third-entry-but-the-day-job-makes-that-impossible/
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Warren Spector remains best-known for his work at Looking Glass Studios and on Deus Ex, so directing Epic Mickey was something of a change for him too. Spector's now posted about the announcement of the remaster on LinkedIn (first spotted by Nintendo Everything), paying tribute to the designers and the project as a whole.

Side-scuttling strategy game Crab God will let you amass a crustacean congregation
https://www.pcgamer.com/side-scuttling-strategy-game-crab-god-will-let-you-amass-a-crustacean-congregation/
The biological phenomenon of carcinization has struck again and now it's strategy games that are evolving into crabs. Newly announced Crab God is a side scrolling (side crawling?) strategy and management game that puts a group of underwater followers into your omnipotent pinchers. 

After 8 years, the Genshin Impact developer is revitalizing its first hit RPG with a massive update aimed at new players
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-8-years-the-genshin-impact-developer-is-revitalizing-its-first-hit-rpg-with-a-massive-update-aimed-at-new-players/
Bear with me on this one: The Genshin Impact developer's original Honkai RPG—not Honkai: Star Rail—is getting a massive overhaul this week.
Honkai Impact 3rd, MiHoYo's sci-fi action RPG that came way before Genshin Impact, is launching its "Part 2" update on February 29. Part 2 launches a new storyline set on Mars with three new characters and a new male or female protagonist—just like in Honkai: Star Rail.

Persona 3 Reload is almost certainly getting the classic 'The Answer' expansion at this point
https://www.pcgamer.com/persona-3-reload-is-almost-certainly-getting-the-classic-the-answer-expansion-at-this-point/
Earlier this month a dataminer found evidence of six forthcoming DLC packages for Persona 3 Reload, seemingly confirming that the Answer expansion—a meaty campaign released alongside Persona 3 FES—is definitely coming to the 2024 remake. But now there's some even more compelling evidence, and this time it can be gleaned by simply playing the game.

Helldivers 2 community briefly mourns the loss of Malevelon Creek, a gloomy jungle planet that's fast become the holy grail of the playerbase
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-community-briefly-mourns-the-loss-of-malevelon-creek-a-gloomy-jungle-planet-thats-fast-become-the-holy-grail-of-the-playerbase/
I'm pleased to see that Helldivers 2's strategy of creating an overarching, narrative-driven campaign is already working. Just like people grow attached to their roombas, wanting them repaired rather than replaced, the player base has been growing fond of certain planets, despite all tactical evidence pointing to signs that things are hopeless—personally, I think that rules.
No planet is a better example of this phenomenon than Malevelon Creek, a dense jungle shrouded in twilight in the Severin Sector, at the edge of deep Automaton territory. The vibes are immaculate, and they've led to some genuine mythology surrounding the planet—don't believe me? Here's proof.