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Monday news, the second batch:

Tekken 8 players are being tormented by cheaters weaponising absurdly massive fairy hats and metal cubes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/tekken-8-players-are-being-tormented-by-cheaters-weaponising-absurdly-massive-fairy-hats-and-metal-cubes/
Years of Tekken has desensitised me to fighting oddball opponents, considering a panda and a bear are two of its most iconic characters. No amount of kangaroos, space ninjas and old doctors butt-sliding across stages could have prepared me for what hackers have been doing in Tekken 8 online matches, however: Cloaking themselves inside menacingly large objects.

Be careful updating Minecraft via the Xbox app, warns Microsoft, as it might accidentally obliterate all of your worlds
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/be-careful-updating-minecraft-via-the-xbox-app-warns-microsoft-as-it-might-accidentally-obliterate-all-of-your-worlds/
Do not, and I repeat, do not, download the latest Minecraft update through the Xbox app for PC—if you do, you may lose all of your worlds and everything you've worked so hard to build. 
A recent Microsoft blog revealed a strange issue with the Xbox app for PC. It recommended that players run the Gaming Services Repair Tool for PC in the Xbox app before downloading the latest Minecraft update. Doing this updates the Gaming Services to version 19.87.13001.0 and resolves the lost world issue.
>> I hope it’s not too late for you. The article has the instructions to do it the right way.

Palworld's made so much money it's 'too big for a studio with our size to handle', but CEO says it's not going to go public or sell up yet: 'I want to make multiple small games'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/palworlds-made-so-much-money-its-too-big-for-a-studio-with-our-size-to-handle-but-ceo-says-its-not-going-to-go-public-or-sell-up-yet-i-want-to-make-multiple-small-games/
PocketPair CEO and Palworld creator Takuro Mizobe has given an interview to Bloomberg about the game's breakout success. During the interview Mizobe puts this down to, among other things, its unusual mix of influences and it being a game that's fun to watch as well as play with friends. But the scale of that success? It's both almost too much for Pocketpair to handle, and something that Mizobe is determined won't change the studio. 
>> Hopefully, one of those is a single player game that I can enjoy.

Palworld is getting its first raid battle soon, featuring a giant goth girl that I'm sure people will be very normal about
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/palworld-is-getting-its-first-raid-battle-soon-featuring-a-giant-goth-girl-that-im-sure-people-will-be-very-normal-about/
Palworld's been coasting along nicely since its meteoric rise to internet stardom earlier this year—and while it's been getting steady updates since, they've primarily been bug fixes and nerfs to the nail economy, seldom in the way of content. 
Which is reasonable, since Pocketpair quickly found itself severely understaffed for the kind of game it had suddenly become. It's also been part of its stated mission plan on the roadmap it released back in January: fix bugs first, add stuff later. Still, the studio has big plans—and the first steps start today, as Palworld's announced its very first raid boss.

Nightingale devs are 'not happy' with the current state of the game, fixes for disconnections are coming—but the offline mode still doesn't have a timeline
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/nightingale-devs-are-not-happy-with-the-current-state-of-the-game-fixes-for-disconnections-are-comingbut-the-offline-mode-still-doesnt-have-a-timeline/
Three weeks after the launch of the neo-Victorian survival game Nightingale, Inflexion Games boss Aaryn Flynn says there are aspects of the game the studio isn't happy with, but that fixes and improvements including a new patch aimed at eliminating disconnections from the game are on the way.

Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will add a 1-week honeymoon period for newly-married players that will keep their spouses 'from laying in bed all day due to being upset'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/stardew-valleys-16-update-will-add-a-1-week-honeymoon-period-for-newly-married-players-that-will-keep-their-spouses-from-laying-in-bed-all-day-due-to-being-upset/
The steady drip-drip-drip of Stardew Valley 1.6 patch notes continued apace today as creator Eric Barone revealed yet another change coming to the game. This one is all about wedded bliss, which will now have a "honeymoon period" that will keep everyone happy about their nuptials—for a while, anyway.
>> And 1,6 will also fix something that has been on Barone’s mind for years. Oh! And you’ll be able to drink mayonnaise… if that’s your thing.

Chris Roberts says Star Citizen is finally pushing for the 1.0 'finish line'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/chris-roberts-says-star-citizen-is-finally-pushing-for-the-10-finish-line/
Crowdfunded space sim Star Citizen achieved a new milestone recently—the first player to seamlessly jump between two star systems on different servers—and now the guy in charge, Cloud Imperium Games CEO Chris Roberts, is indicating that the 1.0 release might finally be in sight.
>> Not to be a hater or anything, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Not only is Rainbow Six Siege free to play for the next week, it's also just $4 to keep if you like it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/not-only-is-rainbow-six-siege-free-to-play-for-the-next-week-its-also-just-dollar4-to-keep-if-you-like-it/
We are already two days into a free week for Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft's long-running multiplayer take on its even longer-running tactical shooter series. The free week runs until Thursday, March 21, while you can get the game for keeps for just $4 (85% off) until Wednesday.
>> They posted it on Saturday and I post it today, leaving only two days to take advantage of the deal.

'You will not enjoy videogames anymore if you work in a big game studio:' New Blood's boss weighs in on what sets it apart amid an industry crisis
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/you-will-not-enjoy-videogames-anymore-if-you-work-in-a-big-game-studio-new-bloods-boss-weighs-in-on-what-sets-it-apart-amid-an-industry-crisis/
In a recent interview with members of indie collective/developer New Blood, I asked them how they attribute their current success in the face of so much misery, layoffs, and studio closures in the industry. "We're not beholden to shareholders or investors or anything like that," said studio boss Dave Oshry. "We get to make what we want⁠—that's our whole motto: 'we hate money.'
(...)
"People ask me a lot: 'Dave, if I want to get into games now, how do I start?' And I say don't. Quit. You should have started five to 10 years ago. Go to trade school, get a real job. Become a plumber. People need those.
"You don't want to be employee number 356772 that reports to somebody that reports to somebody that reports to somebody that makes the decisions. It sucks. The magic is gone. You will not enjoy videogames anymore if you work in a big game studio."

Commonwealth ships sail into World of Warships
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/commonwealth-ships-sail-into-world-of-warships/
It's not often I get the option to field Australian forces in a wargame—apart from Emu War! I guess—but the new Commonwealth tech tree in World of Warships adds Australian ships like the Cerberus alongside cruisers from various Commonwealth nations, including the New Zealand cruiser Auckland and India's Delhi.