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Tuesday gaming news, part two:

Josh Sawyer says a hypothetical Pillars of Eternity 3 would be 3D, just like Baldur's Gate 3, with 'environmental mechanics, elevation hazards, and dynamic terrain'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/josh-sawyer-says-a-hypothetical-pillars-of-eternity-3-would-be-3d-just-like-baldurs-gate-3-with-environmental-mechanics-elevation-hazards-and-dynamic-terrain/
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, as the RPG sickos on the PC Gamer staff are to be believed, is an RPG that never quite got its time in the sun. While we rated it pretty highly, giving it a solid 88 in our review back in the day, low sales caused Obsidian no shortage of existential angst, and the studio's only been flirting with the idea of a sequel ever since (it's okay, we still got Avowed).
Still. Let's say that sequel were to hypothetically exist, and let's also say the studio did do all of that re-evaluation in the year 2019. What would it do differently now? In an interview with Gamepressure, design director Josh Sawyer says he'd likely make the jump to 3D.

'Do it fast, do it dirty': The Witcher 4's narrative director discusses the studio's philosophy and what made The Witcher 3 so great
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-witcher/do-it-fast-do-it-dirty-the-witcher-4s-narrative-director-discusses-the-studios-philosophy-and-what-made-the-witcher-3-so-great/
Everyone has a different way of going about their work. Some like to plan meticulously, colour code information and have Excel spreadsheets on Excel spreadsheets, and others, well, others have GDocs.
As it turns out, throwing ideas into an ever-growing chaotic GDoc for days on end was actually Philipp Weber's first job at CD Projekt Red (via GamesRadar). Back when he was a quest designer on The Witcher 3 before he got promoted to narrative director for The Witcher 4.

Prince of Persia social media botch forces Ubisoft to promise once again that it's still working on The Sands of Time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/prince-of-persia-social-media-botch-forces-ubisoft-to-promise-once-again-that-its-still-working-on-the-sands-of-time/
In what seems like an entirely out-of-nowhere reminder, a surprise message on the Prince of Persia X account has popped up to promise everyone that yes, Ubisoft is still working on The Sands of Time "behind the scenes," and no, it has nothing more to say about it. It's all a bit odd, and almost entirely random, but scrolling back through the social media feed reveals that there is actually a good reason for the unprompted message—and by "good" I mean pretty silly.

Funcom says its working on 'a bunch of changes' for Dune: Awakening PvP after player calls out the survival MMO's 'biggest issue'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/funcom-says-its-working-on-a-bunch-of-changes-for-dune-awakening-pvp-after-player-calls-out-the-survival-mmos-biggest-issue/
Dune: Awakening is off to a great start: excellent Steam reviews, a growing playerbase, and few of the launch problems that regularly plague popular new multiplayer games.
There is some trouble brewing, however, as players begin exploring Dune: Awakening's endgame, much of which revolves around PvP in the deep desert—a massive, uninhabitable zone only traversable by air where players can compete for precious resources like spice and titanium.
But there's one more resource that can be found in great supply in the deep desert: player complaints about the deep desert. The good news is that Funcom seems to be listening and is working on making some adjustments to PvP.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio teases possible 'new content' and more language support: 'It's very much on our radar'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/clair-obscur-expedition-33-studio-teases-possible-new-content-and-more-language-support-its-very-much-on-our-radar/
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a major hit on Steam: An "overwhelmingly positive" rating across more than 83,000 user reviews on Steam, and concurrent player numbers that keep it high on Steam's top 100 most-played list—not bad at all for a relatively brief narrative-based singleplayer RPG. And if you've played through it all and wish there was more, the good news is that there might be.

Honkai: Star Rail publisher sues player for streaming a new character on Discord before its official release
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/honkai-star-rail-publisher-sues-player-for-streaming-a-new-character-on-discord-before-its-official-release/
Chinese game company Cognosphere is known for four things: Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero, and its aggressive pursuit of anyone who doesn't toe the line on its announcement and release schedules. In the latest example of how much it really, really does not like leakers, the company is now suing a guy who streamed Honkai: Star Rail gameplay on Discord that included a look at a new character who hadn't been released to the public.

Game of Thrones RTS has a dragon R&D team dedicated to answering burning questions like 'do the dragons explode when they die?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rts/game-of-thrones-rts-has-a-dragon-r-and-d-team-dedicated-to-answering-burning-questions-like-do-the-dragons-explode-when-they-die/
HBO's first Game of Thrones series didn't feature nearly enough dragon scenes, if you ask me. My favorite mythical beasties mostly showed up for a passing greeting or to die within seconds, but it sounds like that's a problem PlaySide's upcoming RTS, Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, could remedy.