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Wednesday news, part two:

FromSoftware drops another story trailer for Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC—giving us a glimpse at the fiery rampage that made Malenia's golden boy flee the Lands Between
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/dark-souls/fromsoftware-drops-another-story-trailer-for-elden-rings-shadow-of-the-erdtree-dlcgiving-us-a-glimpse-at-the-fiery-rampage-that-made-malenias-golden-boy-flee-the-lands-between/
Come, ye weary tarnished! FromSoftware has dropped another trailer for its long-awaited Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, which you can go ahead and set your hollowed eyes on right now. Maybe with a pair of shades handy, because everything's a little on fire and I don't want you to hurt your eyes.
>> Fans think the trailer shows the birth of a god.

Stellar Blade studio is now 'considering' a PC release, and a sequel too
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/stellar-blade-studio-is-now-considering-a-pc-release-and-a-sequel-too/
Stellar Blade was originally introduced in 2019 as Project Eve, after which it fell off our radar until 2021, when we said it looked like a cross between Nier and Bayonetta. A year later it got a new name—Stellar Blade—and became a PlayStation 5 exclusive, and that was pretty much that for us.
But it may not remain that way forever: Developer Shift Up said in its latest financial report, shared on Twitter by Okami13_ (via RPS) that it is now looking into a possible PC release.

Ewe wool love this: new Manor Lords patch means your farm 'no longer spawns sheep exponentially'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/new-manor-lords-patch-means-your-farm-no-longer-spawns-sheep-exponentially/
If you were a medieval sheep farmer you'd probably be thrilled to discover new sheep magically appearing in your field every time you turned around. Wool for weeks, right? Your enthusiasm might begin to falter, though, right around the time you oversaturated the market to the point that wool was essentially worthless, not to mention you now had fields completely overstuffed with rapidly multiplying sheep.
That's one of the problems in early access city builder Manor Lords: exponential sheep spawning and no way to stop it, leading to a rather baaaaaad sheep-to-citizen ratio. A fix is here at last, capping the sheep spawning rate to 1 calf every 10 days, max, which should make your farms considerably more manageable and prevent the wool market from completely cratering.

Street Fighter 6 is launching Akuma by having thousands of Twitch viewers control him simultaneously, which I'm sure will go well
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/street-fighter-6-is-going-to-launch-akuma-by-having-thousands-of-twitch-viewers-control-him-at-once-which-is-going-to-be-a-sight/
Capcom's Street Fighter 6 is coming to the end of its first year, and the publisher's planning a big blowout to go alongside the addition of fan-favourite Akuma and a host of balance changes. The showpiece is going to be chaos. Taking inspiration from the phenomenon that began in 2014 with Twitch Plays Pokémon, the CapcomUSA channel will from today at 4pm PT begin broadcasting Twitch Plays Akuma.

Helldivers 2 studio wants to slow down the pace of updates: 'We feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you, and the game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-studio-wants-to-slow-down-the-pace-of-updates-we-feel-a-slightly-lower-cadence-overall-will-benefit-both-us-you-and-the-game/
Helldiving hero Harvey Randall said last week that things need to change at Arrowhead, because the blistering pace of Helldivers 2 updates is starting to take a visible toll on developers and players alike. Apparently Arrowhead agrees: In response to an inquiry about the release of the next patch, community manager Twinbeard said it'll be out "when it's done."

Free-to-play Ubisoft shooter XDefiant launches with the expected matchmaking issues, but I'm having a good time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/free-to-play-ubisoft-shooter-xdefiant-launches-with-the-expected-matchmaking-issues-but-im-having-a-good-time/
Ubisoft's new free-to-play competitive shooter, XDefiant, is out today, and it's unsurprisingly hit some matchmaking issues: It likes to let me sit in an empty lobby for a couple minutes before telling me "playlist doesn't exist." 
The developers have acknowledged the problem, and as of 1:30 pm Pacific, things seem to be getting better—I got into a couple matches just now. When I can play, it's running splendidly on my slightly aged RTX 2070 Super (which is what you'd hope for from a competitive FPS that isn't meant to look fancy), and I'm having fun with it.

Goats are serious business: World of Warcraft continues to play whack-a-frog with MoP: Remix farming spots, adds new ways to buff your cloak as penance
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/goats-are-serious-business-world-of-warcraft-continues-to-play-whack-a-frog-with-mop-remix-farming-spots-adds-new-ways-to-buff-your-cloak-as-penance/
If you told me that WoW's Mists of Pandaria: Remix would suffer its largest controversies over frogs before it came out, I'd stare at you and ask if you needed some water and a sit-down. Turns out that's exactly what happened this week.
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Aside from the fact that the whole thing is hilariously contrary to the event's vibe—I'm reminded of a certain South Park episode where the gang spends a lot of time killing boars—it was also hotfixed. But don't worry! There's a replacement, you can go to this spot and kill goats, it's not as fast but—ah, no, that's been fixed too.
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Fortunately, Blizzard does appear to be responding to the community's clear thirst for more power. In a tuning adjustment that hit the servers yesterday, the MoP: Remix devs added a new item—spools—that allow players to get a whole bundle of threads (which power up your cloak) from content like LFR and the Dungeon Finder. (...)

Call of Duty's Gundam crossover has fans frothing at the mouth, but looks aren't everything
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-dutys-gundam-crossover-has-fans-frothing-at-the-mouth-but-looks-arent-everything/
Apart from reviving a once-dead character, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone season 4, which is about to kick off next week, includes a new crossover—Gundams are coming to CoD. 

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games has a new CEO—with Johan Pilestedt taking on a different role to direct '100% of my focus [to] the game and community'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-developer-arrowhead-games-has-a-new-ceowith-johan-pilstedt-taking-on-a-different-role-to-direct-100-of-my-focus-to-the-game-and-community/
Johan Pilestedt, soon-to-be-former CEO of Arrowhead Games, will be stepping down to take on new responsibilities at the company as revealed by the man himself on Twitter today.