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Monday gaming news, the last part:

PowerWash Simulator's last free update is out now, letting you scrub up a subway train and polish a sculpture park
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/powerwash-simulators-last-free-update-is-out-now-letting-you-scrub-up-a-subway-train-and-polish-a-sculpture-park/
It's the end of the line for preposterously successful cleaning sim PowerWash Simulator. The last of its free updates has emerged squeaky clean from developer FuturLab's power shower, representing station terminus for PowerWash Simulator as a game still in active development.

'The journey was long': two years later than planned, boomer shooter Project Warlock 2 blasts out of early access with a 50% discount and a request to submit your own loading screen tips
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-journey-was-long-two-years-later-than-planned-boomer-shooter-project-warlock-2-blasts-out-of-early-access-with-a-50-percent-discount-and-a-request-to-submit-your-own-loading-screen-tips/
Project Warlock was a thoroughly entertaining FPS throwback which caught the bloody wave of the boomer shooter revival right at its height in 2018. As such, I was excited by the prospect of a sequel, and one was duly revealed at the PC Gaming Show in 2021.
Then, years passed. My eyesight deteriorated, flecks of grey appeared in my beard, and my short-term memory was obliterated by a delightful bout of Covid. As such, I completely forgot about Project Warlock 2 until this very week, when the game sprung unexpectedly out of early access.

You get a unique relic for beating Elden Ring Nightreign's 'supposed to lose' tutorial boss, but don't worry: There's a buried menu option to fight him again
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/elden-ring-nightreign-how-to-replay-tutorial/
In grand FromSoftware tradition, Elden Ring Nightreign begins with a fight you're supposed to lose. As is also tradition, it's perfectly possible to gut it out and beat him anyway if you're enough of a toxic Souls tryhard cool guy.
Nightreign's tutorial fight even furnishes you with a one-of-a-kind relic for your troubles. It's nothing to write home about on its own, but could be handy before you're able to build up your collection. And before you feel like you missed out, there's an option to replay the tutorial that's buried in a menu in perfectly obtuse Nightreign fashion.
>> Also, the game might feel familiar, and that’s because the artist took inspiration from Dark Souls.

'We wish to express our deepest regret': Bulletstorm and Outriders dev People Can Fly suspends unannounced projects in yet another wave of gaming layoffs
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/we-wish-to-express-our-deepest-regret-bulletstorm-and-outriders-dev-people-can-fly-suspends-unannounced-projects-in-yet-another-wave-of-gaming-layoffs/
Sebastian Wojciechowski, People Can Fly CEO, shared some disheartening news in an announcement on LinkedIn on Sunday. Not only is the studio indefinitely suspending two games it had in development, it is also scaling down its staff. Both are the result of negotiations with a publisher falling through and a lack of adequate resources and funding to continue the projects, codenamed Gemini and Bifrost.

Here's another terrifying trailer for that creepy retro survival horror game that's half FMV, half pixel-art
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/heres-another-terrifying-trailer-for-that-creepy-retro-survival-horror-game-thats-half-fmv-half-pixel-art/
I've been spooked by plenty of pixel-art horror games, like Signalis or Look Outside. But I can't think of an FMV game that's truly frightened me. The bit in The 7th Guest where hands try to come out of the painting seemed eerie when I was a kid, but now it's pure kitsch. Watching the first trailer for Tenebris Somnia made me think I might be properly frightened by FMV in a videogame at last.

Lethal Company's biggest update for months is finally out, and with it comes the much awaited first look at a new monster
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/lethal-companys-biggest-update-for-months-is-finally-out-and-with-it-comes-the-much-awaited-first-look-at-a-new-monster/
It's been a hot minute since we got an update for Lethal Company, but Zeekerss has finally answered players' hopes and wishes with a chunky slab of new content. Available to play right now, v70 brings an update to the mansion, overhauled features, and probably the best part, a scary new monster.

American RuneScape players are recreating the Boston Tea Party after Jagex hiked taxes: 'They took a page from the British Empire, rather poetic from a British game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/american-old-school-runescape-players-are-recreating-the-boston-tea-party-after-jagex-hiked-taxes-they-took-a-page-from-the-british-empire-rather-poetic-from-a-british-game/
Old School RuneScape (OSRS) recently made a tweak to its economy, with developer Jagex announcing an increased Grand Exchange (GE) tax. The GE is RuneScape's trading hub and Jagex acknowledges that "any update involving your hard-earned gold can be sensitive," so the developer went into some detail on why it was making the change: the short version is the game needs more money sinks to curb inflation.
The main change is an increase in the taxation on any sale from 1% to 2%, which may seem minor but represents a doubling of the rate, with most of the money raised in this way being removed from the game and keeping the economy healthy.
"The goal here isn’t to punish trade," says Jagex, "but to ensure that Old School continues to have a vibrant and sustainable economy for years to come. Increasing the GE tax is one of the most effective ways we can do that."
All very grown-up and Financial Times of them but, OSRS players being OSRS players, the masses are revolting (thanks, GR+). Developer Jagex is a British company, and any Jagex developers in-game are distinguished by a little golden crown icon. Thus an American player decided the appropriate response to the new GE tax was to recreate the Boston Tea Party.