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Preservationists discover a 'nearly complete' build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/preservationists-discover-a-nearly-complete-build-of-a-lost-animaniacs-game-22-years-after-it-was-cancelled-and-you-can-play-it-right-now/
Gaming preservation group Hidden Palace has discovered a "nearly complete" prototype of a cancelled game based on Animaniacs, the beloved 90s animated show created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Steven Spielberg.
Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics was being developed by UK studio Full Fat Productions, which was also a frequent collaborator with Maxis on series like The Sims and Spore, and now mainly develops mobile games. Intended for the Game Boy Advance, Hollywood Hypnotics was in development between 2000 and 2003.
Hidden Palace revealed the prototype's release on X (via Kotaku). The build was acquired by frequent Hidden Palace collaborator MrPinball64, who has supplied the group with more than 100 game prototypes in the last few years.

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/deep-rock-galactic-survivor-is-gearing-up-for-launch-literally-adding-a-fully-fledged-gear-system-when-it-hits-1-0-in-september/
Dwarfish bullet-heaven spinoff Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is already more hotly sought after than legendary-tier beard oil, having sailed past a million copies sold despite still being deep in the early access mines.
Now, Survivor is finally planning to breach the surface of a 1.0 launch, and as detailed by developer Funday Games in a recent Steam post, one of the big new features coming to the release version is a fully-fledged loot system.

'There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS': The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/there-are-no-plans-to-drop-support-for-steamos-the-finals-devs-commit-to-steam-deck-and-linux-players-despite-new-kernel-level-anti-cheat/
The Finals is getting kernel-level anti-cheat, but the developers at Embark Studios aren't using that as an excuse to abandon players on Steam Deck and Linux.
Embark Studios shared an announcement on Steam last week for Update 7.3 for The Finals, which included a major security change: "As mentioned in the 7.0 patch notes, a lot of cheats these days use a kernel-driver to read and write memory to gain an unfair advantage. This means that they run in a privileged mode in the Windows operating system, making it unlikely and in some cases impossible to detect via Anti-Cheat in the game client."
"The technical solution to combat this is kernel-driver Anti-Cheat. We believe that this is, and will be, a requirement for every competitive multiplayer game for the foreseeable future."
Normally, kernel-level anti-cheat is a death knell for gamers playing on Linux, including the Steam Deck, since 9 times out of 10, this type of anti-cheat isn't supported on Linux. There are exceptions, though, which apparently includes The Finals.

Rematch players are still crashing out over 'self-absorbed' ball hogs, and while I do get it, I can't help but wonder if some zen is in order
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/rematch-players-are-still-crashing-out-over-self-absorbed-ball-hogs-and-while-i-do-get-it-i-cant-help-but-wonder-if-some-zen-is-in-order/
I seriously doubt you're going to be shocked by this information but, almost a full month later, Rematch players are still bent out of shape over passes. Or, rather, they're crashing out about players not passing.
Dip into the game's subreddit, and you'll see 'pass, damnit!' posts cropping up so often, you could set your watch to them. Here's a post to the tune of nearly 800 upvotes wherein one poor soul goes on a 621-word rant just—absolutely tearing into the fools in their routine ranked queue.

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/summer-games-done-quick-2025-is-now-live-kicking-off-a-full-week-of-speedruns-and-goofs-to-raise-money-for-doctors-without-borders/
Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2025 has officially fired the starting gun, meaning dozens of speedruns, goofs, and charity drives are coming down the highway to a VoD near you.
In case you're unfamiliar, GDQ is a charity speedrunning event where streamers get together in a convention centre—this time, in Minneapolis—to livestream days upon days of speedruns on Twitch. It's a mixture of impressive technical prowess and extensive bits. For instance, last year, a dog called Peanut Butter successfully beat a game of Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball.