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The second part of the Friday news:

Endless Legend 2, one of my most anticipated strategy games of 2025, is hitting early access this summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/endless-legend-2-one-of-my-most-anticipated-strategy-games-of-2025-is-hitting-early-access-this-summer/
After spending a decade making sure everyone I encountered tried Endless Legend, my favourite 4X game, I might finally be able to shake things up. If things pan out, I'll be updating my proselytising by instead trying to get folks to play the sequel. That's because developer Amplitude has announced Endless Legend 2's early access launch window, and it's this summer.

Barotrauma developer unveils its next co-op survival game: a dieselpunk FPS where your mobile fortress is a train
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/barotrauma-developer-unveils-its-next-co-op-survival-game-a-dieselpunk-fps-where-your-mobile-fortress-is-a-train/
At the Triple-I Initiative today, Barotrauma developer Fakefish revealed its next co-op survival game. It's swapped out its infamous submarine for another metal beast: a train, and instead of a 2D survival game this time it's an FPS.

Deep Rock Galactic's roguelite spinoff digs up a new trailer for the Triple-I Initiative, closed alpha testing is 'starting soon'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/deep-rock-galactics-roguelite-spinoff-digs-up-a-new-trailer-for-the-triple-i-initiative-closed-alpha-testing-is-starting-soon/
The roguelite shooter Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core made an appearance at today's Triple-I showcase with a new gameplay trailer and word that a closed alpha test on Steam is "starting soon."

Neverway is a 'nightmarish life sim RPG' with hand drawn cuties and horrors from Celeste's artist
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/neverway-is-a-nightmarish-life-sim-rpg-with-hand-drawn-cuties-and-horrors-from-celestes-artist/
During today's Triple-i Initiative stream, developer Coldblood Inc. shared a first look at its upcoming horror life sim, Neverway. It's the debut game from a studio co-founded by Celeste pixel artist Pedro Medeiros, with a soundtrack from Hyper Light Drifter composer Disasterpeace.

Enshrouded's next update promises a 'rebirth of the shroud,' with new monsters, resources, and a whole new weapon customization system
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/enshroudeds-next-update-promises-a-rebirth-of-the-shroud-with-new-monsters-resources-and-a-whole-new-weapon-customization-system/
Today at the Triple-I Initiative, open world survival RPG Enshrouded revealed what's coming in next month's update, and it can be summed up in one foreboding phrase: "Rebirth of the Shroud."

Schedule 1 adds some 'fancy stuff' and a pawn shop where you can sell almost anything to Mick in its first content update
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/schedule-1-adds-some-fancy-stuff-and-a-pawn-shop-where-you-can-sell-almost-anything-to-mick-in-its-first-content-update/
Smash hit drug-peddling sim Schedule 1 got its first content update on Thursday. It adds a couple of new features and a ton of new decorations, but the most interesting definitely has to be the new pawn shop, which will let players sell a whole host of things to the diligent store clerk Mick.
>> One bored played decided to follow the NPCs for a week to discover what they do when we’re not around.

Soccer fans should be paying attention to Rematch, the 5v5 game coming this summer from the developer of martial arts hit Sifu
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/soccer-fans-should-be-paying-attention-to-rematch-the-5v5-game-coming-this-summer-from-the-developer-of-martial-arts-hit-sifu/
French game developer Sloclap is known for martial arts games Absolver and Sifu, both of which are very good in my estimation. I also love competitive (car) soccer game Rocket League. So I'm pretty excited for the combination of these things: Rematch, a 5v5 competitive soccer game from Sloclap.

6 years after launch, my favorite action platformer Katana Zero is still getting that long-promised free DLC that's 'nearly the size of the base game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/6-years-after-launch-my-favorite-action-platformer-katana-zero-is-still-getting-that-long-promised-free-dlc-thats-nearly-the-size-of-the-base-game/
I don't think about 2019's sidescrolling cyberpunk samurai action game Katana Zero too often, but any time I do the thought is: "Damn that really was some excellent sidescrolling cyberpunk samurai action; I should replay it." My excuse to do so is finally almost here, because the free DLC that developer Askiisoft has been working on for years is "finally nearing completion."

'Why just shoot your enemies when you can tear down the world around them?' Battle an endless cycle of evil machines in this FPS that features 'total environmental destruction'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battle-an-endless-cycle-of-evil-machines-in-this-roguelite-fps-with-infinite-weapon-customization-and-total-environmental-destruction/
And you thought GLADoS was evil? In roguelike FPS Void/Breaker, you've been imprisoned by an all-seeing evil AI and you've got to fight your way to freedom, not using portals but raw firepower.
Standing in your way? Robots. How many? By the looks of it, all of them. Lucky for you, the guns in Void/Breaker are heavily moddable, so much so that developer Stubby Games, who also created 2022's The Entropy Centre, promises "infinite weapon customization." Adding to the fun are destructible environments, which you can get a glimpse of in the Void/Breaker trailer that debuted today at the Triple-I Initiative showcase.

After 10 years of setting-hopping, The Elder Scrolls Online is coming home for a new chapter of its base game story, returning player QoL updates, and a writhing wall of 'soul-juice concrete'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/after-10-years-of-setting-hopping-the-elder-scrolls-online-is-coming-home-for-a-new-chapter-of-its-base-game-story-returning-player-qol-updates-and-a-writhing-wall-of-soul-juice-concrete/
I was invited to a preview of The Elder Scrolls Online's 10th anniversary Direct showcase earlier this week—and it looks like it's pulling out all the stops. TESO has spent the last 10 years hopping from setting to setting, taking players on a world tour of Tamriel—to Morrowind, Elsweyr, Blackwood, Telvanni—you name it, players have probably gone there.
After a decade of that structure, though, ZeniMax is keen to "shake things up"—while the MMO had been operating on a more-or-less annual chapter system, it'll be heading to a more seasonal structure going forward. The first of which, Seasons of the Worm Cult, sees a return to the game's OG storyline.
>> And it’s also getting subclasses.