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And here’s the also fairly long part three:

After breaking Winston's heart last week, Overwatch players have abandoned Talon in this week's vote, and it's all down to the cat
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/after-breaking-winstons-heart-last-week-overwatch-players-have-abandoned-talon-in-this-weeks-vote-and-its-all-down-to-the-cat/

There could be a new God of War project involving new Kratos' voice actor Christopher Judge revealed 'late summer', but nobody should feel great about how that news broke
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/there-could-be-a-new-god-of-war-project-involving-new-kratos-voice-actor-christopher-judge-revealed-late-summer-but-nobody-should-feel-great-about-how-that-news-broke/

Todd Howard has 'softened' on remasters, but he's still 'anti-remake'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/todd-howard-has-softened-on-remasters-but-hes-still-anti-remake/

Arc Raiders is such a huge hit, Nexon has put Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund in charge of everything else too
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/arc-raiders-is-such-a-huge-hit-nexon-has-put-embark-studios-ceo-patrick-soderlund-in-charge-of-everything-else-too/

Capcom pleads with its community once again to avoid sharing Resident Evil Requiem leaks: 'We really want everyone to enjoy the game's story and experience as much as possible'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/capcom-pleads-with-its-community-once-again-to-avoid-sharing-resident-evil-requiem-leaks-we-really-want-everyone-to-enjoy-the-games-story-and-experience-as-much-as-possible/

Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ubisoft-ceo-confirms-new-assassins-creed-and-far-cry-games-are-coming-denies-that-putting-his-son-in-charge-of-them-was-nepotism/

Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2's best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/warlocks-have-taken-the-throne-as-diablo-2s-best-class-26-years-later-and-blizzard-seems-to-be-ok-with-letting-them-have-their-fun-for-now/
>> Blizzard also said that there’s “millions of people that still play Diablo 3” (link)

New Xbox boss promises no 'soulless AI slop' after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI products division
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/asha-sharma-xbox-no-ai-slop/
>> So there’ll be AI slop, but it won’t be “souless”.

No layoffs at Xbox as a result of leadership shakeup, new chief content officer Matt Booty says: 'My focus is on supporting the teams and leaders we have in place and creating the conditions for them to do their best work'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/no-layoffs-at-xbox-as-a-result-of-leadership-shakeup-new-chief-content-officer-matt-booty-says-my-focus-is-on-supporting-the-teams-and-leaders-we-have-in-place-and-creating-the-conditions-for-them-to-do-their-best-work/

To celebrate 2 years of Balatro, creator LocalThunk reflected on dropping out of an engineering program to make games: 'Even if I could warn myself I’m not sure what I could have said to prepare for the insanity'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/to-celebrate-2-years-of-balatro-creator-localthunk-reflected-on-dropping-out-of-an-engineering-program-to-make-games-even-if-i-could-warn-myself-im-not-sure-what-i-could-have-said-to-prepare-for-the-insanity/

Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is 'dead,' adding that Embracer 'ghosted' him after a comeback pitch: 'I wish things were different'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different/

The devs of a promising Slay the Spire-alike are delaying their game to Dodge and Roll away from Slay the Spire 2's launch: 'You'll be playing it, we'll be playing it, everyone will be playing it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/the-devs-of-a-promising-slay-the-spire-alike-are-delaying-their-game-to-dodge-and-roll-away-from-slay-the-spire-2s-launch-youll-be-playing-it-well-be-playing-it-everyone-will-be-playing-it/

'It’s pretty sad and pathetic that a game with difficult content can’t get on the larger marketplaces:' Despite creeping censorship on Steam and Epic, these devs are fighting to make a transgressive stop-motion horror game
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make-a-transgressive-stop-motion-horror-game/

New Blood CEO Dave Oshry says he's 'always loved GOG' but 'they need enough people to give a s**t, or how long are they even going to be around'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/new-blood-ceo-dave-oshry-says-hes-always-loved-gog-but-they-need-enough-people-to-give-a-s-t-or-how-long-are-they-even-going-to-be-around/

The upcoming Disco Elysium for D&D nerds just dropped a 90-minute supercut of its weirdly beautiful soundtrack
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-upcoming-disco-elysium-for-d-and-d-nerds-just-dropped-a-90-minute-supercut-of-its-weirdly-beautiful-soundtrack/

REPO's upcoming cosmetic update is much more than just funny hats and clothes: 'It has become way bigger and way crazier than we anticipated from the start'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/repos-upcoming-cosmetic-update-is-much-more-than-just-funny-hats-and-clothes-it-has-become-way-bigger-and-way-crazier-than-we-anticipated-from-the-start/

World of Warcraft: Midnight's lack of combat addons lets the devs make raids harder without resorting to 'shoot more bullets at you' design, says encounter lead
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-midnights-lack-of-combat-addons-lets-the-devs-make-raids-harder-without-resorting-to-shoot-more-bullets-at-you-design-says-encounter-lead/

Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/assassins-creed/assassins-creed-3s-greatest-feature-was-pushed-to-the-side-until-black-flag-because-ubisoft-was-worried-that-the-tech-wouldnt-work/
>> It’s the ships, obviously.