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Wednesday gaming news, the second part:

Zero Parades, the spy game from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, is coming in May
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/zero-parades-pc-release-date/
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, ZA/UM's Disco Elysium-like game of espionage and human frailty, is set to launch on PC on May 21, on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG. It's not yet reflected on the Steam page but ZA/UM said Zero Parades will be Steam Deck verified at launch, and a PS5 version is set to follow later in the year.

Vaporizer swarms are wiping out squads en masse as Arc Raiders diehards finally get the tougher Arc they were asking for
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/vaporizer-swarms-are-wiping-out-squads-en-masse-as-arc-raiders-diehards-finally-get-the-tougher-arc-they-were-asking-for/
This lapsed Arc Raiders player was not ready for the Flashpoint update. I hopped into a Blue Gate match with the new Close Scrutiny condition aiming to have a firsthand encounter with the Vaporizer, the fresh ARC drone unleashed topside.
Mistake! The first thing I witnessed upon emerging from spawn was the crimson glow of a raider flare. Just below the flare was a pair of Vaporizers, sized similarly to the Rocketeer, melting its next victim with blue laser beams. Another flare. These things live up to their names.
>> Also, the latest update made late spawns less awful (link).

Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/bungie-patches-marathons-slide-cancel-movement-tech-says-no-movement-freaks-allowed-unbounded-movement-while-expressive-and-clip-worthy-is-ultimately-unhealthy-for-the-pace-of-play/
With its latest patch for Marathon, Bungie has decided that the haunting, derelict expanse of Tau Ceti IV is stressful enough without any adrenaline-crazed acrobats launching themselves across your screen like frenzied, gun-toting cybergibbons. Marathon is now, officially, a No Movement Freak Zone.

'Legally distinct Cammy': Overwatch revealed its newest hero and fans are saying she looks awfully familiar
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/legally-distinct-cammy-overwatch-revealed-its-newest-hero-and-fans-are-saying-she-looks-awfully-familiar/
We've finally uncovered another Overwatch hero, and while we don't know her name yet, Hero 51 is looking cool as all hell in the bottom right corner of the new heroes image alongside Mizuki, Domina, Emre, Anran, and the infamous Jetpack Cat.
Hero 51 looks to be a modded human, kitted out in tactical gear with what looks like a high-velocity rifle. She's also got a braided ponytail that reaches the floor and is accompanied by an Omnic bird. Like I said, sick as all hell.
But not everyone is happy with Hero 51's looks. Some say that she seems a bit too derivative to keep up with Overwatch's original style. "I love Overwatch’s very original and distinct character designs," one player says. "I squinted my eyes and this literally looks like a preexisting, iconic design of another character. From another game IP at that." Others are simply calling her "Legally distinct Cammy".

MindsEye's first major update, 'Blacklist', really will be used by former GTA lead to 'share some of the evidence of the sabotage’ that apparently made it bad
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/mindseyes-first-major-update-blacklist-really-will-be-used-by-former-gta-lead-to-share-some-of-the-evidence-of-the-sabotage-that-apparently-made-it-bad/
MindsEye is a bit of a mess. The first proper effort of Build a Rocket Boy, a studio helmed by former GTA developer Leslie Benzies, the game fell flat on its face mostly because it was just wasn't great. The studio hasn't given up on it though, in part because it was apparently all because of saboteurs.
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Then, in February of this year, Benzies stated that some of the individuals the studio had allegedly caught doing something would star in an upcoming mission: "We will use these people, these names and these facts for our own fun. We’re gonna put some of these names into our upcoming spy mission." Normal!
Given that this was just initially an internal meeting, you'd be forgiven for thinking it to be a mere moment of corporate fugue: But no, this really is what Build a Rocket Boy is doing. It is going to use a DLC to dunk on former employees it alleges sabotaged its ostensibly mid videogame.
In a recent Gamesbeat interview, Benzies states that the new mission, dubbed Blacklist, will be used "to share some of the evidence of the sabotage with the community".

No, there isn't going to be a new lovecraftian Nier game with a caked-up tentacle robot, despite cope to the contrary
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/no-there-isnt-going-to-be-a-new-lovecraftian-nier-game-with-a-caked-up-tentacle-robot-despite-cope-to-the-contrary/
The Nier series is deeply beloved and, alas, deeply underserved. The last mainline game in the series was Nier: Automata, which came out in 2017—almost one whole decade ago. I mean, there was also Nier Reincarnation, a mobile gacha from 2021, but I feel spiritually obligated not to count that one.
Hopes were raised when in February of this year, an anniversary stream promised "Neir: Automata to be continued," filling fans with the hope that Nier: Automata would… you know, continue. Which is why plenty of Nier fans were understandably bamboozled by an announcement on X about an upcoming Nier project:
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Anyway, turns out it was all an April Fool's bit, per the Nier X account: "The 'Nier: COSMIC HORROR' announced at 0:00 today is an April Fool's project. We received a tremendous response and caused quite a stir. We look forward to your continued support for the Nier series."