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And here's the third part of today's gaming news, thankfully short:

If an NPC hates you in this adventure from the makers of Road 96, it's probably because another player was mean to them earlier
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/if-an-npc-hates-you-in-this-adventure-from-the-makers-of-road-96-its-probably-because-another-player-was-mean-to-them-earlier/
"We should make Road 96 but with boats! Boat 96!" joked the developers at Digixart when planning their follow up to their excellent procedural road trip, Road 96. And their next game does indeed have a lot of boats—but it's also a pretty big departure from their previous game.
Instead of NPCs changing your adventure, this time other players will: in Tides of Tomorrow, you enter an asynchronous multiplayer world where the actions of another player can have an impact on your own story, and your actions may affect them, too.

Bloodstained is back after 6 years with 3D cutscenes that look like they're from a different era of videogames
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/bloodstained-is-back-after-6-years-with-3d-cutscenes-that-look-like-theyre-from-a-different-era-of-videogames/
I almost didn't recognize Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement as a Bloodstained game, partly because it's been six whole years since the last one and partly because the aesthetic is all over the place. The past six years have also been full of Castlevania-likes that feature a lot of the same gothic imagery and it feels like every five minutes a new soulslike with evil knights and dragons shows up. But when the title finally appeared, it was clear that the OG, Koji Igarashi, was back with a new game.
>> Who has made a thread about this new game? Xxian again!

'When's Marvel?' Next year, as Guilty Gear studio Arc System Works takes the classic superhero tag-team fighter for a ride with a new 4v4 format
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/whens-marvel-next-year-as-guilty-gear-studio-arc-system-works-takes-the-classic-superhero-tag-team-fighter-for-a-ride-with-a-new-4v4-format/
'When's Marvel?' (or Mahvel, if we're being picky) has been a rallying cry among fighting game fans for years now. Part meme, part genuine call for the return of Capcom's classic Marvel vs Capcom series. Well, the good news is that Marvel is coming back, and we even know when—2026! The bad news is that Capcom (and its extensive cast of crossover characters) is out of the picture. But the potentially very good news is that Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball FighterZ (arguably MVC's spiritual successor) studio Arc System Works is taking the next shot at the superhero tag-team fighter format, and raising the stakes.

Fill the Marathon-shaped hole in your life with Supplice, the best prog-heavy boomer shooter you've never heard of
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/fill-the-marathon-shaped-hole-in-your-life-with-supplice-the-best-prog-heavy-boomer-shooter-youve-never-heard-of/
It doesn't take a rampant AI super-intelligence to notice that Sony's State Of Play showcase last night had a conspicuous absence: Bungie's extraction-shooter reboot of classic FPS series Marathon, which recently landed in hot water thanks to much of its striking new aesthetic being directly plagiarized. Those disappointed in Bungie (or just wanting something closer in spirit to the classic Marathon trilogy) shouldn't sleep on Supplice over on Steam—French for 'Torture' and a personal early access favourite—which just rolled out its spicy fourth episode.