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Tuesday news, part two:

Epic's bringing the joy of mocking a passing Cybertruck to Fortnite
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/battle-royale/epics-bringing-the-joy-of-mocking-a-passing-cybertruck-to-fortnite/
If you're playing Fortnite tomorrow and find yourself wondering why that vehicle model in the distance won't fully load in, it's not a graphical bug. That's just the handful of polygons composing the chassis of the Cybertruck, arriving in Fortnite tomorrow in an official collaboration with Tesla. Unclear if Tesla's marketing team was aware that this Fortnite season's slogan is "Wrecked." Happy accidents?
>> That tomorrow is now today.

Who needs College Football 25? The 'fastest growing sport' in the US is now a PC game
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/ppa-pickleball-tour-2025-announcement/
Well, we may not be able to play College Football 25 on PC, but never fear—an even more exciting sport, pickleball, has a new "official" videogame that's taking itself very seriously. 

Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/stardew-valley-creator-swears-on-the-honor-of-my-family-name-that-hell-never-charge-money-for-dlc/
Players have been enjoying Stardew Valley's massive 1.6 update since it arrived back in March—but only if they're playing on PC. Months later, the update that brought the new meadowlands farm type, several new festivals, support for 8-player co-op, and tons more features and fixes still hasn't appeared on other platforms like PlayStations 4 and 5, various Xboxes, the Nintendo Switch, and mobile phones.
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Not everyone is complaining. There are members of the community expressing support, such as one Twitter user who posted: "As long as everything you add is completely free, with a bunch of new content, qol, etc, people won’t complain for the wait." I should point out that this tweet is not actually true—there are players complaining, and there will always be players complaining. (Plus, saying you won't complain as long as you're given "a bunch of new content" for free isn't exactly a ringing statement of support, really.)
But Barone was quick to point out, and in a surprisingly dramatic fashion, that yes, the update is free, and updates to Stardew Valley will always be free, so long as his lungs draw breath.

Warner Bros acquires MultiVersus devs as it shifts focus to free-to-play
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/warner-bros-acquires-multiversus-devs-as-it-shifts-focus-to-free-to-play/
Player First Games, the developers of MultiVersus, has been acquired by Warner Bros. "We have worked with Player First Games over several years to create and launch MultiVersus, and we are very pleased to welcome this talented team to Warner Bros Games," said David Haddad, president of Warner Bros Games, in a statement to IGN.

Your Dragon Age: The Veilguard character can be voiced by the guy who did all the Baldur's Gate 3 sex noises
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/your-dragon-age-the-veilguard-character-can-be-voiced-by-the-guy-who-did-all-the-baldurs-gate-3-sex-noises/
BioWare has revealed the voice talent it's enlisted for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, including the performers who've provided the various voice options for Rook, the game's customizable player character. As pointed out by Eurogamer, one of the voice actors has a particularly carnal credit in their recent history.

Despite its magic and monsters, Dungeons of Hinterberg's developers 'wanted to show a real place' that could explore 'all the layers' of overtourism
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/despite-its-magic-and-monsters-dungeons-of-hinterbergs-developers-wanted-to-show-a-real-place-that-could-explore-all-the-layers-of-overtourism/
Since Dungeons of Hinterberg is a game about a vacation, it's fittingly also a game about tourism. People flock to the imaginary Austrian village not to ski or sightsee but to explore dungeons, fight monsters, and use magic, which appeared seemingly randomly in Hinterberg a few years before the beginning of the game. Protagonist Luisa comes to Hinterberg to destress and have some fun, but by the end of the game she is knee-deep in questions about the impact the commercialization of magic has had on the city.
"It was for sure an angle that we wanted to explore, right from the start," said Phillipp Seifried, cofounder of Microbird, in an interview with PC Gamer. "There's this huge debate about tourism going on in places like Barcelona, which gets millions of tourists a year." 

ColdRidge is a cowboy exploration game that's like playing just the exciting first turns of a Civilization campaign
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/coldridge-is-a-cowboy-exploration-game-thats-like-playing-just-the-exciting-first-turns-of-a-civilization-campaign/
A team of veteran strategy game developers gone indie is working on a neat new concept to release this year: ColdRidge, a game about lone explorers prospecting an ever-changing frontier with a delightful American West aesthetic and also singing French cowboys. Each year in ColdRidge you strike out from a central town to finish missions for the guild, prospecting the area around you for what you need. 

Yep, that'd do it: The Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 closed beta is delayed because 'passive dice rolls literally stopped working'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/yep-that-d-do-it-the-baldur-s-gate-3-patch-7-closed-beta-is-delayed-because-passive-dice-rolls-literally-stopped-working/
If you're wondering why the closed beta for Baldur's Gate 3's seventh patch is delayed, picture this: You've sat down to play D&D with your mates. You're all excited to toy with some new homebrew content your DM has organised. You go to make a Wisdom (Perception) check to spot anything amiss in the room when, unprompted, your DM reaches across the table, grabs your dice, and throws them out of the window.
That's basically what's going on with Baldur's Gate 3 under the hood right now, as revealed by Larian Studios on Twitter. "The Patch 7 Closed Beta has been delayed. Why? While fixing bugs, passive dice rolls literally stopped working," the post reads. "We’re trying to figure out how we got here, so while we do that, we’ll be pushing the planned Closed Beta back to later this week."

Helldivers 2 announces a massive new update: The Escalation of Freedom, bringing over 3 new enemy types, fresh objectives, a new difficulty, and votekick protection
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-announces-a-massive-new-update-the-escalation-of-freedom-bringing-over-3-new-enemy-types-fresh-objectives-a-new-difficulty-and-votekick-protection/
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games announced earlier this year that it'd be slowing down its update cadence to deliver bigger, beefier patches—and they certainly meant it.
Announced earlier today, The Escalation of Freedom is a major free update arriving next month that'll be bringing new enemies, mission objectives, a fresh biome, an even harder difficulty, and a clever take on votekick protection.