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Thursday news, part two:

Hearthstone players go into meltdown as Blizzard confirms the next expansion won't have a new cosmetic board
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/card-games/hearthstone-players-go-into-meltdown-as-blizzard-confirms-the-next-expansion-wont-have-a-new-cosmetic-board/
Hearthstone's next expansion, Perils in Paradise, won't have a new game board, and what might seem like a minor miss to you or I has quickly snowballed into doom-and-gloom predictions about the future of the game among quite a number of fans.

Apex Legends suffers close to 30,000 negative Steam reviews in one week as the battle pass bombing campaign continues
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/battle-royale/apex-legends-suffers-close-to-30000-negative-steam-reviews-in-one-week-as-the-battle-pass-bombing-campaign-continues/
It's been a hard July for Apex Legends.
We reported last week how players were resorting to review bombing to vent their frustrations with the Apex Legends' new monetization scheme, which boils down to "Now there are two battle passes and you can't pay for either of them with in-game currency." Today, that bombing campaign continues unabated, with the free-to-play shooter racking up almost 30,000 negative Steam reviews in the last week alone.

I've never been interested in League of Legends but its new Vampire Survivors mode might be the thing that kickstarts my esports career
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/ive-never-been-interested-in-league-of-legends-but-its-new-vampire-survivors-mode-might-be-the-thing-that-kickstarts-my-esports-career/
I'll admit I've never been a fan of League of Legends. I gave it the old college try after a group of friends convinced me to play about six years ago, but that's as far as my experience goes. My partner on the other hand is an avid fan. Having spent over a decade playing, with his first ranked season being season two, he's been trying to get me back in the saddle to no avail—until now. But that's thanks to its new game mode and my partner convincing me it's pretty much Vampire Survivors.