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Tuesday news, part two:

After a leaker puts XDefiant delay down to chasing COD, the game's producer can't resist responding with a 'major eye roll'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/after-a-leaker-puts-xdefiant-delay-down-to-chasing-cod-the-games-producer-cant-resist-responding-with-a-major-eye-roll/
Ubisoft's upcoming shooter XDefiant was at one stage scheduled to be released in summer 2023. The date was pushed back to October, before a public test saw yet another delay to an unspecified future launch date. The game did remain in Ubisoft's Q3 2024 earnings report, however, indicating the publisher expected it to release before March 31, 2024.
Well, with a week to go, that's not looking likely, and a report from Insider Gaming claims to have the goods on why. It alleges the game has missed "dozens" of internal milestones and quotes an internal source as saying "the neverending hunt to chase COD and add pointless stuff always breaks the current build."
This may well raise eyebrows given that, delays aside, reception to XDefiant's test periods has generally been positive, and has focused on it being more in-line with the older style of Call of Duty games. The idea the game is being delayed to "chase COD" caught the eye of Mark Rubin, the executive producer of XDefiant and someone who certainly knows his way around a COD: he previously held the same role at Infinity Ward.

Dragon's Dogma 2 players are hurling their pawns into the briny depths to purge Dragonsplague, a mechanic so deadly and unique I don't want to spoil it in a headline
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2-players-are-hurling-their-pawns-into-the-briny-depths-to-purge-dragonsplague-a-mechanic-so-deadly-and-unique-i-dont-want-to-spoil-it-in-a-headline/
Dragon's Dogma 2 is a game of bizarre mechanical complexities—it's at times frustrating, baffling, and weird, but that also gives it a unique flavour. The game isn't that interested in being convenient, but it is interested in leaving you asking what the hell just happened while you're surrounded by corpses. I'm about to spoil how, but you may want to read on if you're scared of calamity.

Overwatch 2 has killed any remaining hope for its future PvE missions, with the mode being scrapped in favour of going all-in on PvP
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatch-2-has-killed-any-remaining-hope-for-its-future-pve-missions-with-the-mode-being-scrapped-in-favour-of-going-all-in-on-pvp/
Blizzard has completely gutted its planned PvE content for Overwatch 2, and will instead "double down" on PvP. That's according to a Bloomberg newsletter and information that PC Gamer also corroborated separately. 

Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/bethesda-teases-the-elder-scrolls-6-in-anniversary-message-and-brags-its-developers-are-already-playing-early-builds-and-loving-it/
It's the 30th anniversary of the release of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the very first game in one of the biggest and best RPG series of all time, and to mark the big birthday Bethesda Softworks has shared a message looking back on that long history and teasing what's ahead—that, of course, being The Elder Scrolls 6.

Remedy's multiplayer Control spinoff won't be free to play: expect a 'lower initial price' followed by live service updates
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/remedys-multiplayer-control-spinoff-wont-be-free-to-play-expect-a-lower-initial-price-followed-by-live-service-updates/
Remedy's latest annual report contains, among a great many other things, a very brief new look at Condor, the codename for the multiplayer spinoff game based on Control.

Palia welcomes new players with a startlingly large stuffed frog for its Steam launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/cozy-mmo-palia-welcomes-new-players-with-a-startlingly-large-stuffed-frog-for-its-steam-launch/
Farming and community sim MMO Palia has been in open beta since August 2023 and today it's sprouting on Steam where it will continue to be free-to-play in early access. Now that the scheduled patch downtime is over, you can download Palia on Steam to either hop in for the first time or sign into your usual account. But most importantly, you'll get to redeem that enormous in-game Frogbert plush from the wishlist campaign that Singularity 6 was running.

I've been waiting 5 years for the MMO by Journey's developers to launch on PC, and it's finally happening in April
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ive-been-waiting-5-years-for-the-mmo-by-journeys-developers-to-launch-on-pc-and-its-finally-happening-in-april/
The delightfully friendly MMO from Journey's developers, Sky: Children of the Light, finally has a proper PC launch date. It's been in open beta since 2019, first on mobile phones and then on consoles, but never on PC—the Steam page has promised a release date of "To be announced" for the past year. Like Thatgamecompany's other emotional flying adventure, I've been eagerly awaiting the day when this one would finally turn up on my PC and I think the wait is going to have been worth it. Sky launches free-to-play on April 10 on Steam.

Dead Space 2 players uncover easy money trick hidden right in front of them 13 years after release
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/dead-space-2-players-uncover-easy-money-trick-hidden-right-in-front-of-them-13-years-after-release/
If you're low on money, you can always just smash up an ATM. In Dead Space 2, I mean. I'm talking about the videogame Dead Space 2. Because 13 years after the game came out, players have stumbled upon the discovery that applying a bit of percussive (or ballistic) maintenance to the game's various inanimate objects can yield significant rewards.

'It's got a fearlessness': Tales of Kenzera: ZAU lead animator reveals how the cut 'melee powerhouse' African boxing style inspired its martial movelist
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/its-got-a-fearlessness-tales-of-kenzera-zau-lead-animator-reveals-how-the-cut-melee-powerhouse-african-boxing-style-inspired-its-martial-movelist/
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU boasts two kinds of stunning fighting styles that are each tied to a mythical mask, and according to the animation lead, they are both inspired by just one martial art originating from Nigeria.