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Arc Raiders received 'substantial negative PvP sentiment' during testing, causing the devs to second-guess its big pivot before realising it was really frustration with weapons and matchmaking
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-received-substantial-negative-pvp-sentiment-during-testing-causing-the-devs-to-second-guess-its-big-pivot-before-realising-it-was-really-frustration-with-weapons-and-matchmaking/
>> This comes from a GDC talk that has left not one (link), but two (link) more articles.

Europe's game rating agency takes aim at in-app purchases, loot boxes, and 'unrestricted communication' with new 'interactive risk categories'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/europes-game-rating-agency-takes-aim-at-in-app-purchases-loot-boxes-and-unrestricted-communication-with-new-interactive-risk-categories/

WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wows-questing-system-was-inspired-by-a-playtest-that-didnt-work-out-as-planned-because-the-testers-didnt-play-mmos-and-had-no-idea-what-they-were-supposed-to-do-i-ran-out-of-quests-right-away/

Company that makes generative AI-powered NPCs reports that 95% of players enjoy their generative AI-powered NPCs
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/company-that-makes-generative-ai-powered-npcs-reports-that-95-percent-of-players-enjoy-their-generative-ai-powered-npcs/

Vin Diesel's character in Ark 2 was originally written as a nerd: 'Yeah, that ain't gonna work'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/vin-diesels-character-in-ark-2-was-originally-written-as-a-nerd-yeah-that-aint-gonna-work/

Blizzard vet Rob Pardo closed this year's GDC keynote by urging executives to cool it with the layoffs: 'The game team is more valuable than the game itself'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/blizzard-vet-rob-pardo-closed-this-years-gdc-keynote-by-urging-executives-to-cool-it-with-the-layoffs-the-game-team-is-more-valuable-than-the-game-itself/

Over 48% of unreleased games have a Discord server, and I'm sure this is all fine and normal and I don't miss forums at all
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/over-48-percent-of-unreleased-games-have-a-discord-server-and-im-sure-this-is-all-fine-and-normal-and-i-dont-miss-forums-at-all/

Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan's favorite hero is Reinhardt, and reveals his charge was inspired by Left 4 Dead 2: 'It's what separates a great Rein from a sh*tty one'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/former-overwatch-director-jeff-kaplans-favorite-hero-is-reinhardt-and-reveals-his-charge-was-inspired-by-left-4-dead-2-its-what-separates-a-great-rein-from-a-sh-tty-one/

'It was supposed to be the greatest time ever': Jeff Kaplan only got 6 weeks to come up with and pitch Overwatch: 'We were probably the most demoralised we'd ever been'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/it-was-supposed-to-be-the-greatest-time-ever-jeff-kaplan-only-got-6-weeks-to-come-up-with-and-pitch-overwatch-we-were-probably-the-most-demoralised-wed-ever-been/

And now, let’s check the weekend deals at Steam:

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• while True: learn() will be 40% off until the 16th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/619150/while_True_learn/
• MIMESIS , still in Early Access, will hav a 25% discount until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2827200/MIMESIS/
• Teardown is going to be 50% off until March 19: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167630/Teardown/
• Atomfall will also have a 50% discount until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/
• Victoria 3 will be 70% off until March, the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/529340/Victoria_3/
• And now I’d post the new sales/events but ,surprise, surprise, they’ve decided to wait for the weekend to launch a bunch of them. From publisher Sales (THQ Nordic, Square-Enix, Funcom, Yogscast, Devolver and EA), to Special Events (Future Games Show and the Tokyo Indie Games Summit) or other (Relaxing Event or “Computer Worlds”). If you want to learn more, check the events page: https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/sales/

And just like that, we’ve reached the end of this week of gaming news. Until the next one, I wish you a happy and gaming weeekend.