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And here’s the third part of the Friday gaming news:

Gunzilla CEO denies delaying payments to 'full-time official employees,' denies calling unpaid contractors 'haters' (updated)
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gunzilla-ceo-denies-delaying-payments-to-full-time-official-employees-says-contractors-complaining-about-going-months-without-being-paid-are-just-haters-who-dont-know-what-it-takes-to-run-a-business/

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse developers are trying really, really hard to make sure you know it's a metroidvania without using the word 'metroidvania'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/castlevania-belmonts-curse-developers-are-trying-really-really-hard-to-make-sure-you-know-its-a-metroidvania-without-using-the-word-metroidvania/

Facepunch boss Garry Newman shoots down Rust 2 speculation after mysterious Steam page appears: 'Nope'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/rust-2-steam-page-appears-facepunch-immediately-starts-messing-with-fans-about-whether-its-legit-now-youre-all-questioning-yourselves-is-this-real-maybe/

Nexon confirms reorganizaton at The First Berserker: Khazan developer but says it's merely 'a strategic reallocation of talent' as development winds down
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/nexon-confirms-reorganizaton-at-the-first-berserker-khazan-developer-but-says-its-merely-a-strategic-reallocation-of-talent-as-development-winds-down/

The James Bond rights owners have opposed an application for a James Pond trademark
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-james-bond-rights-owners-have-opposed-an-application-for-a-james-pond-trademark/
>> I remember those games!

Former Bethesda artist says 'every single developer' has already brought up 95% of the complaints that made it to launch, but as Todd Howard told him, 'we can't do everything'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/former-bethesda-artist-says-every-single-developer-has-already-brought-up-95-percent-of-the-complaints-that-made-it-to-launch-but-as-todd-howard-told-him-we-cant-do-everything/
>> He’s talking about the state of the games at launch.

'It stayed exactly the same': Jeff Kaplan takes us back to 2016 by confirming that Blizzard did not change the size of Tracer's butt
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/it-stayed-exactly-the-same-jeff-kaplan-takes-us-back-to-2016-by-confirming-that-blizzard-did-not-change-the-size-of-tracers-butt/

And here are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• Metro Franchise Sale has the games up to 90% off during 13 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260409_metro_franchise_sale
• Classics Promo features games with up to 94% discounts and will last 13 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260409_classics_promo

+Steam

• Disney Dreamlight Valley is going to be 30% off until April 16: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401590/Disney_Dreamlight_Valley/
• StarRupture , still in Early Access, will have a 20% discount until the 23rd of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631270/StarRupture/
• Super Fantasy Kingdom is also in Early Access, and will be 50% off until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2289750/Super_Fantasy_Kingdom/
• PARANOIA PLACE will also have a 50% discount until the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592290/PARANOIA_PLACE/
• And here are all the sales/events, in no particular order:
  • Triple-I Initiative 2026 has games up to 90% off. The length of the deals vary from game to game: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/triple-i-initiative-2026
  • Metro Franchise Sale has the games on sale with up to 90% discounts until April, the 23rd: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4283115/sale/MetroSale2026
  • Publisher Hentai Panda celebrates its Pandanniversary… and that’s all I can tell you without being logged in: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44971152/sale/ThePandanniversary2026
  • Lovecraftian Days 2026 has upcoming titles and games up to 90% off. Seems like most of the deals will last until the 16th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/LovecraftianDays2026
  • Plague Inc Franchise Sale puts the games on sale with up to 80% discounts until the 23rd : https://store.steampowered.com/sale/plague2026
  • World of Tanks celebrates its birthday party and puts its DLCs up to 60% of until the 24th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32977250/sale/wot15birthday

And that’s all. Until the next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.