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And here’s part three of the gaming news:

Valve veteran imperiously scorns reports that it's secretly finished Half-Life 3 and moving devs to other projects: 'They've been done for months! They just sit on the game! They're just relaxing!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/valve-veteran-imperiously-scorns-reports-that-its-secretly-finished-half-life-3-and-moving-devs-to-other-projects-theyve-been-done-for-months-they-just-sit-on-the-game-theyre-just-relaxing/

Build A Rocket Boy dumpster fire flares up in exciting new ways as its co-CEO reportedly claims the 'guys who've been sabotaging MindsEye' have been identified—and will be demonized via an in-game spy mission
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/build-a-rocket-boy-dumpster-fire-flares-up-in-exciting-new-ways-as-its-co-ceo-reportedly-claims-the-guys-whove-been-sabotaging-mindseye-have-been-identified-and-will-be-demonized-via-an-in-game-spy-mission/

Hideo Kojima pulls out of GDC at the last minute
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/hideo-kojima-pulls-out-of-gdc-at-the-last-minute/

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio bestowed with France's Order of Arts and Letters: 'The Republic affirms: videogames are a major art form and an essential industry'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/clair-obscur-expedition-33-studio-bestowed-with-frances-order-of-arts-and-letters-the-republic-affirms-videogames-are-a-major-art-form-and-an-essential-industry/

Prince of Persia's creator reacts to Ubisoft's cancellation of The Sands of Time remake: 'Having a project killed is a brutal experience'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/prince-of-persias-creator-reacts-to-ubisofts-cancellation-of-the-sands-of-time-remake-having-a-project-killed-is-a-brutal-experience/

'A classic fake reflection where it's just the same room under a glass floor': I no longer trust my senses after reading this gamedev thread breaking down cost-effective graphical sorcery
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/a-classic-fake-reflection-where-its-just-the-same-room-under-a-glass-floor-i-no-longer-trust-my-senses-after-reading-this-gamedev-thread-breaking-down-cost-effective-graphical-sorcery/

Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallouts-origin-can-be-traced-back-to-a-pizza-party-tim-cain-threw/
>> Also: Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives' (link)

'They have effectively ghosted us:' publisher of delisted art game Horses lambasts Epic Games Store after executive claims 'we love that studio'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/they-have-effectively-ghosted-us-publisher-of-delisted-art-game-horses-lambasts-epic-games-store-after-executive-claims-we-love-that-studio/