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Monday gaming news, part two:

Diablo 4 players become unkillable gods as a minor bug fix in Lord of Hatred turns into a major problem for Blizzard
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/diablo-4-players-become-unkillable-gods-as-a-minor-bug-fix-in-lord-of-hatred-turns-into-a-major-problem-for-blizzard/
Blizzard recently dropped the first big patch for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, addressing several issues that cropped up in the first few weeks of the expansion. Disabled items that were breaking the game came back and a mountain of bugs were fixed, including one that was supposed to help players make their characters a little tougher against the demons of Sanctuary.
It was not, however, supposed to grant them near-immortality.

GamesRadar has decamped to Kyoto to bring you some killer world premieres and trailers straight out of BitSummit Punch 2026
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/gamesradar-has-decamped-to-kyoto-to-bring-you-some-killer-world-premieres-and-trailers-straight-out-of-bitsummit-punch-2026/
Readers, games media's quest to bring you word of the latest, greatest, dearest and weirdest videogames has once again taken it to distant shores. Also taking it to distant shores: an unslakeable lust for fried squid.
That's why our pals at GamesRadar+ are bringing you a new showcase from Japan's BitSummit Punch 2026: the BitSummit Punch Mixtape Presented by GamesRadar+. Try saying that on one lungful.
Airing on May 26 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 5 pm BST / 6 pm CET, the BitSummit Punch Mixtape is a 60-minute affair featuring interviews, trailers, world premieres—all the many delicious fruits of the videogame showcase circuit.

Subnautica 2's early access roadmap promises quality-of-life additions, co-op improvements, and—eventually—new biomes and creatures
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/subnautica-2-roadmap-updates/
After a long and legally tumultuous development, Subnautica 2 made its splashdown into early access yesterday with an impressive launch, drawing hundreds of thousands of players in its first 30 minutes and selling more than 2 million copies before 12 hours were up. Today, Unknown Worlds is following up that triumphant launch day with its first early access roadmap, giving us a glimpse at its plans for Subnautica 2's first few updates—albeit a fairly vague one.
>> On another note, one of the devs got in hot water when dealing with a user complaining that he couldn’t kill anything in the game (link).

Overwatch's lackluster 10th anniversary event will have its rewards improved next week, with more free stuff planned for later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatchs-lackluster-10th-anniversary-event-will-have-its-rewards-improved-next-week-with-more-free-stuff-planned-for-later-this-year/
Overwatch players expected a lot more for its 10th anniversary in-game event. For many, grinding for loot boxes that contain old skins with new colorways and some sprays didn't feel worthy of such a significant milestone, not to mention the huge amount of games you have to play to earn them in the first place.
In a game with a massive catalog of cosmetics—many of which were only available for a limited time—players had hoped there would be a way to earn them through the anniversary event. It was a reasonable expectation to have considering Overwatch 1 used to offer anniversary loot boxes that contained almost everything that has ever existed in the game. And it didn't help that the Chinese version of the event seems to shower players with rewards, some of which aren't even available for everyone else, like skins from old seasonal battle passes.
The disappointment players expressed on social media was strong enough to prompt a response from game director Aaron Keller on X. In it, he called the reactions "fair" and announced some improvements to the rewards coming next week.
>> The article is from last week so the changes will happen this week.

Ancient MMO Final Fantasy 11 still has new things on the horizon 24 years after launch
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ancient-mmo-final-fantasy-11-still-has-new-things-on-the-horizon-24-years-after-launch/
Final Fantasy 14 isn't the only Final Fantasy-related MMO. Its ancient ancestor, Final Fantasy 11, which released all the way back in 2002 before World of Warcraft reshaped the landscape for massively multiplayer games, is still trucking along. It's not exactly bustling next to the likes of FF14, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, but it occasionally attracts so much activity its dusty old servers buckle.
It seems like Square Enix wants to bring the game, if one small step at a time, into the current decade as well. Its website just got a shiny overhaul, and now it looks like something from 15 years ago rather than 25 years ago. Just to be clear, you still have to wrangle the abysmal and esoteric PlayOnline installer to get the game running; this is just a fresh coat of paint for the web.
It's part of the game's 24th anniversary celebrations, which you can read about in more detail in a blog post on the new site. The post talks about some in-game festivities as well as new features, like the ability to replay story missions. It also links to a nifty FF11-themed music video which looks like the opening credits to an anime that doesn't exist.

Claims that Mixtape will be delisted over music licenses are 'a lie,' says publisher
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/claims-that-mixtape-will-be-delisted-over-music-licenses-are-a-lie-says-publisher/
Ever since a study theorized that around 87 percent of videogames are not playable without finding a physical copy or nabbing a digital one via piracy or an archive, I stopped feigning shock when a game gets delisted. Games with licensed characters or music have an especially rough time staying on digital storefronts: Star Trek: Resurgence and 29 Disney games have been vaporized since the year began.
If you've been worried that Mixtape, the narrative adventure game which launched earlier this month and has become the target of every possible opinion, will suffer a similar fate due to all the licensed songs in its soundtrack—they thought of that. In an interview with Kotaku, the game's creative director Johnny Galvatron said developer Beethoven and Dinosaur paid extra "to keep Mixtape's licenses up in perpetuity."

Lego racing game 2K Drive will be delisted next week, but online multiplayer won't shut down until next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/lego-racing-game-2k-drive-will-be-delisted-next-week-but-online-multiplayer-wont-shut-down-until-next-year/
Out with the old, in with the new—Forza Horizon 6 has hit the scene, but a different open world online racer is getting scrubbed from digital storefronts just three years after its initial release. Lego 2K Drive, an open-world kart racer where you can build your own vehicles, announced on its Steam page (via IGN) that the game will no longer be available for purchase starting May 19.
If you already own the game or snag it before its exit, you can still use its multiplayer features until May 31 of next year. "After that time, all game functions requiring online servers will no longer function," the update reads. Given that a major feature of the game is sharing your custom Lego creations with other players, it seems like this coming year is your chance to experience the game as intended.

This indie action RPG looks like Minecraft but plays like Dark Messiah, letting you boot enemies off ledges and body slam them into walls of spikes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/this-indie-action-rpg-looks-like-minecraft-but-plays-like-dark-messiah-letting-you-boot-enemies-off-ledges-and-body-slam-them-into-walls-of-spikes/
I consider it my sworn duty to keep you informed of games that channel the energy of noughties fantasy swashbuckling sim Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and there are a surprising number of upcoming projects that borrow from the game with the best boot in the business. There's Alkahest, which has caught my eye on multiple occasions with its incredibly slick trailers (perhaps too slick, at points), and there's also Fatekeeper, which is a bit heavier on its feet than Alkahest, but nonetheless takes clear inspiration from Arkane's licensed warmup to Dishonored.
Now, a third game has entered the Dark Messiah wannabe chat. The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot is nowhere near as slick and glossy as either Fatekeeper or Alkahest. In fact, it doesn't really look like Dark Messiah at all. Despite this, it's trying the hardest to embrace the spirit of Arkane's games, and beats the other two in the fact you can actually play it.
At first glance, The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot looks more like Minecraft than Dark Messiah, with its blocky-lo fi world and stiffly animated characters. But the game shows its true colours quickly enough, as the player character kicks an enemy into a wall of spikes.

Civilization 7's imminent update will add one of history's most famous conquerors for free, in Firaxis' latest bid to coax you back to its controversial sequel
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/civilization-7s-imminent-update-will-add-one-of-historys-most-famous-conquerors-for-free-in-firaxis-latest-bid-to-coax-you-back-to-its-controversial-sequel/
Civilization 7's latest update arrives on Monday. Firaxis revealed the bulk of the update's additions earlier this month, including the "most-requested addition" of letting players guide a single Civ across the entirety of its campaign. But Firaxis kept one last surprise in reserve, having just revealed that the update will add military wunderkind Alexander the Great to the base game for free.

Exodus is going all-out with its bizarre interstellar physics, and you can learn more during the Future Games Show Summer Showcase and the PC Gaming Show
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/exodus-is-going-all-out-with-its-bizarre-interstellar-physics-and-you-can-learn-more-during-the-future-games-show-summer-showcase-and-the-pc-gaming-show/
If you could travel close to the speed of light, you could effectively nip forward into the future and skip the next couple of weeks. It's all thanks to relativity and some complicated laws of physics, but why would you even want to, you ask? Well, Exodus, the upcoming sci-fi space exploration and time dilation game developed by Archetype Entertainment and published by Wizards of the Coast, is getting an extended gameplay look right after the Future Games Show Summer Showcase on June 6, and there'll be a highlights trailer for it in June 7's PC Gaming Show, too.