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And yes, today there’s also a third part of the news:

All Genshin Impact codes from the 5.1 livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-codes-5-1-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 5.1 livestream codes are ready to collect. For those who haven't been playing Genshin all that long, or started in Natlan with the latest update. miHoYo puts on a livestream every six weeks detailing what's set to arrive in the upcoming version. As a little bonus for those who tune in, you can also claim three livestream codes that give you some Primogems you can use to pull characters.

The best-named game of all time nearly could've been called something else because some of its developers hated the pun
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/the-best-named-game-of-all-time-nearly-couldve-been-called-something-else-because-some-of-its-developers-hated-the-pun/
If you're here ready to debate my declaration of "the best-named game of all time," I'm going to suggest you've never played Satisfactory, because it embodies its name perfectly. It's the kind of pun you write on a white board to cause an entire room to spontaneously groan, because everyone wants to roll their eyes but also knows they'll never better it. When the developers at Coffee Stain were first working on Satisfactory, though, they weren't all in agreement that the name was destined. In fact, it was a bit of a fight.

The idea for a Pillars of Eternity: Tactics game has been floated at Obsidian, but it's still up in the air because 'the audience for them is not huge, typically, but very passionate'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-idea-for-a-pillars-of-eternity-tactics-game-has-been-floated-at-obsidian-but-it-s-still-up-in-the-air-because-the-audience-for-them-is-not-huge-typically-but-very-passionate/
Obsidian, as a studio, is both currently and understandably quite busy on Avowed—an RPG it's been very keen to remind you isn't Skyrim. It also made the Pillars of Eternity games (the world of which Avowed is set in), and while the second entry of the CRPG enjoyed critical success, it didn't sell as well as one might hope.
Josh Sawyer, studio design director at Obsidian, has gone on-record as wanting a Baldur's Gate 3-style budget if he was to ever make a third one—but what about a tactics game, as a treat?

Metaphor: ReFantazio's demo reveals the most vitally important information: The protagonist's canonical name
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/metaphor-refantazios-demo-reveals-the-most-vitally-important-information-the-protagonists-canonical-name/
I take real beef with Atlus's continued tradition of not giving its protagonist an actual damn name. It was all fine and dandy back when JRPGs had no voice acting, but that's not the case anymore! Even back when Square Enix refused to slap everyone with the name Tidus in Final Fantasy 10—though, perhaps that spared us of the atrocious "official" pronunciation—it annoyed the hell out of me.
I'm very much a canon name gamer. I'm not here calling my protagonists Farts McGee or John Persona. I want that official name, baby. I got baited in Persona 5 when the manga declared Joker's name to be Akira Kurusu, only for every subsequent piece of media to decide it was Ren Amamiya instead. I refuse to let that happen to me with Metaphor: ReFantazio, the latest Atlus JRPG to give us an unnamed hero and declare we do it ourselves.

And here are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• Only one, the Autumn Sale with its over 5800 deals featuring up to 95% discounts for another 10 days.

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• The Indie Dev Day 2024 event takes place between today and Sunday 29. Besides many upcoming games, many with demos to try, there are a few games on sale with up to 60% discounts. The length of the discounts vary: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IndieDevDay2024
• Bandai Namco finally joins the TGS Sales with up to 90% discounts until the 30th of September: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/BANDAINAMCO/sale/tgs2024sale
• ANIMAL WELL will be 20% off until the 3rd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/813230/ANIMAL_WELL/
• Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition features a 50% discount until the 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1036890/Shadow_Warrior_3_Definitive_Edition/
• Remnant II is also going to be 50% off until October 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282100/REMNANT_II/
• The Wolfenstein franchise is on sale, up to 85% off until the 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/wolfensteinfranchise2024
• The First edition of the Convergence Games Showcase features lots of games aof many genres, as well as games up to 88% off until October, the 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45098973-Convergence-Games-Showcase/sale/convergence-games-showcase-2024
• Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling has a demo and a 25% discount until October 8: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1742930/Looking_Up_I_See_Only_A_Ceiling/
• And Publisher Hooded Horse is going to put its games up to 90% off until October 10: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/HoodedHorsePublisherSale2024

That’s all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.