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And the third part of the gaming news:

Here are the nominees for PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/here-are-the-nominees-for-pc-gaming-show-most-wanted-powered-by-xbox-game-pass/
There's less than a month to go until the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass airs December 4. We've convened The Council and they've voted on their top 25 most-anticipated games. Theses are the titles exciting and interesting enough that they belong right on your Steam wishlist.

Looks like it's Tencent's turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/looks-like-its-tencents-turn-to-start-turning-off-the-money-faucet-for-western-studios-as-bloodhunt-developer-sharkmob-says-layoffs-are-coming/
Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt will be taken offline in April 2026, says it will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of "planned changes to its organizational structure." The studio said Exoborne, the "tactical open world extraction shooter" announced during The Game Awards 2023, remains in development.
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The layoffs at Sharkmob come less than two months after deep cuts at Funcom, also owned by Tencent, which included the outright closure of Metal: Hellsinger developer The Outsiders.

Arc Raiders devs just made the Stella Montis community event harder after players donated way more than expected: 'We had no idea all of you would be so altruistic'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-devs-just-made-the-stella-montis-community-event-harder-after-players-donated-way-more-than-expected-we-had-no-idea-all-of-you-would-be-so-altruistic/
Arc Raiders' latest test for the community is a Helldivers 2-style event, which aims to bring players together to unlock the new map that's been waiting for us. To get to Stella Montis, the community first needs to bring heaps of resources to the table to help clear the tunnels and make a path.
It's a big first ask for all the players to complete, and Embark had no way of knowing how well the community would take to it but, apparently, we've surpassed their expectations: so much so that the devs have had to raise the bar for what is required to unlock Stella Montis.

Someone needs to take my wallet away because Once Upon a Katamari has revealed its first two DLC's and one is launching this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle/someone-needs-to-take-my-wallet-away-because-once-upon-a-katamari-has-revealed-its-first-two-dlcs-and-one-is-launching-this-month/
Once Upon a Katamari announced the first two DLCs during the State of Play Japan stream on November 11, and to say I'm excited is a complete understatement. Even though these DLCs won't add any crazy new levels for you to roll around, they're just as exciting. If you jumped at the opportunity to start customising your character with accessories like I did, then you'll be thrilled to hear this too.

Sony says Marathon will still release by March 2026, pinky promise, and 'as needed, we will make corrections'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/sony-says-marathon-will-still-release-by-march-2026-pinky-promise-and-as-needed-we-will-make-corrections/
Sony has announced that Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, which was initially slated for release this year before a negatively received beta saw it delayed, will still release by March 2026.