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Thursday news, part two:

Assassin's Creed Shadows didn't have yellow paint originally, but unfortunately players like me are stupid
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/assassins-creed/assassins-creed-shadows-didnt-have-yellow-paint-originally-but-unfortunately-players-like-me-are-stupid/
Yellow paint: it's the scourge of our time. Or at least, that's what I've gathered from the approximately 4,000,000 online arguments that are happening about it at any given moment. People—some people—really don't love it when games splash helpful dashes of yellow on every surface you can climb on, calling it daft and immersion-breaking.
Which, hey, I kind of get, and I confess that the sheer volume of lemon daubed across the walls and trees of Assassin's Creed Shadows has stood out to me, a little. But in a chat with GamesRadar, the game's creative director Jonathan Dumont says there's a real good reason for it: we're idiots.
Well, OK, he puts it more delicately. Per Dumont, AC Shadows originally didn't have any yellow paint in it at all, but playtesters kept banging their heads against walls they couldn't climb, or failing to realise a given surface actually was climbable.

Here's what happens to your base in Dune: Awakening if you take a long break from Arrakis
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-base-decay/
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening releases next month on May 20, and Funcom is churning out information about it faster than a sandworm poops out spice. (Wait, is spice just sandworm poop? It must be, right? Gross.)
In a recent livestream, members of the Dune: Awakening team answered questions from chat, and interestingly one of those questions wasn't about what happens when you play Dune: Awakening, but what happens when you don't play it.

Psychologist breaks down The Last of Us Part 2's most traumatic and realistic moments: 'Revenge is sweet. Otherwise why would we hold onto it?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/psychologist-breaks-down-the-last-of-us-part-2s-most-traumatic-and-realistic-moments-revenge-is-sweet-otherwise-why-would-we-hold-onto-it/
On the eve of The Last of Us Part 2's long-awaited release on PC, Reality Check is here to grade its realism. Psychologist Dr. Audrey Tang returns to break down the biggest moments of Naughty Dog's sequel and grade its depiction of trauma, fear, and sweet, sweet revenge. Spoilers for TLOU2's story within, of course.

Astroneer studio announces its next game, 'a multiplayer voyage of discovery' in deep space
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/astroneer-studio-announces-its-next-game-a-multiplayer-voyage-of-discovery-in-deep-space/
Seemingly lost amidst the Nintendo Direct excitement of actual Silksong info, not Bloodborne 2, and specs for the Nintendo Switch 2 is word of a new game from Astroneer developer System Era Softworks called Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, "a multiplayer voyage of discovery, cooperative expeditions, and camaraderie" in Deep Space.

7 years after its debut, Deltarune chapters 3 and 4 are finally coming in June
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/7-years-after-its-debut-deltarune-chapters-3-and-4-are-finally-coming-in-june/
Hollow Knight: Silksong wasn't the only long-awaited game to finally get a release date (or, at least, a release year) at today's Nintendo Direct showcase: After long years of waiting, Deltarune developer Toby Fox announced today that Deltarune Chapters 1-4 will be released on June 5 as a launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2—and that chapters 3 and 4 will come to PC on the same day.

Capcom says it will 'take action against any fraudulent ranking activity' if Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters goof up the arena quest leaderboards
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/capcom-says-it-will-take-action-against-any-fraudulent-ranking-activity-if-monster-hunter-wilds-cheaters-goof-up-the-arena-quest-leaderboards/
The first title update for Monster Hunter Wilds arrives this Friday, and with it comes arena quests. I'll confess I'm having a bit of difficulty parsing the exact differences between Arena Quests, Free Challenge Quests, and Challenge Quests—even with the provided arena quest explainer—but one thing is clear: Capcom doesn't want people meddling with the arena quest leaderboards.

Stray Gods studio reveals its next game, an 'unholy roguelite deckbuilder' about hunting demons in a festering city
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/card-games/stray-gods-studio-reveals-its-next-game-an-unholy-roguelite-deckbuilder-about-hunting-demons-in-a-festering-city/
Following the success of the musical RPG Stray Gods, Summerfall Studios has unveiled its next project: a "demonic roguelite deckbuilder" called Malys.
The Kickstarter pre-launch page—and yes, it's going to Kickstarter—lays out the story, written by former Dragon Age lead writer and Summerfall co-founder David Gaider: "As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, you ride the streets of this festering city in the dead of night. The city teems with demons, and among them lies your prey: Malys, a demon of extraordinary cunning and power.

Elden Ring Nightreign gets a new trailer showing that, finally, you get to be the nightmare archer of Anor Londo
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign-gets-a-new-trailer-showing-that-finally-you-get-to-be-the-nightmare-archer-of-anor-londo/
FromSoftware's Elden Ring Nightreign is almost upon us, and publisher Bandai Namco is ramping up the marketing with the first of what is likely to be a series of short videos on the game's characters.

It's better than Slay The Spire, it was our best card game of 2020, and now the sequel has a proper release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/its-better-than-slay-the-spire-it-was-our-best-card-game-of-2020-and-now-the-sequel-has-a-proper-release-date/
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Monster Train 2 is due out six weeks from now on May 21, and promises a continuation of the first game's multi-level card-battling with "five brand new clans" and new room and equipment cards, which let you add modifiers to your units or to the whole dang train itself. Like I said, I lost more time than I'm comfortable admitting to the first game, and I suspect the imminent release of the second will jeopardise both my career and interpersonal relationships.