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And here’s the final part of the gaming news:

Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/facepunch-director-alistair-mcfarlane-who-once-offered-to-buy-new-world-from-amazon-and-faked-us-out-about-rust-2-has-left-the-company/

Silent Hill producer believes shaking up the series was necessary to win over players because 'at best, only about half of the original users will return with a remake'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/silent-hill-producer-believes-shaking-up-the-series-was-necessary-to-win-over-players-because-at-best-only-about-half-of-the-original-users-will-return-with-a-remake/

Former WoW designer says Blizzard had no way to measure maximum player DPS while building early raids—so the studio enlisted its strongest sickos to grind target dummies
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/former-wow-designer-says-blizzard-had-no-way-to-measure-maximum-player-dps-while-building-early-raids-so-the-studio-enlisted-its-strongest-sickos-to-grind-target-dummies/

After a year and a half of rigorous testing, Path of Exile 2 devs finally convinced Nvidia to fix a driver bug by sending it an entire PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/after-a-year-and-a-half-of-rigorous-testing-path-of-exile-2-devs-finally-convinced-nvidia-to-fix-a-driver-bug-by-sending-it-an-entire-pc/

I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator's wild AI conspiracy theories
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/i-was-excited-for-this-quake-port-of-half-life-until-i-discovered-the-creators-wild-ai-conspiracy-theories/
>> The secondary headline says it all: “Don't like AI? Then you're a domestic terrorist, apparently.”

Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragon-ages-former-producer-had-envisioned-a-champions-edition-equivalent-to-mass-effects-legendary-edition-but-he-doesnt-think-it-will-happen-anymore-there-are-basically-no-companies-that-could-help-you/

The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-games-industrys-fear-of-risk-is-currently-the-largest-risk-it-faces-according-to-nuclear-thrones-producer/
>> I agree, tho not fully.

Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida is 'a huge fan' of Bloodborne, says it's 'a complete mystery' why it was never put on PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/former-sony-exec-shuhei-yoshida-is-a-huge-fan-of-bloodborne-says-its-a-complete-mystery-why-it-was-never-put-on-pc/
>> Funny how someone that could have helped it to happen but didn’t, comes up now to say that.

Dead Cells studio thanks Guillermo del Toro for playing its game, gently suggests he try the easy mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/dead-cells-studio-thanks-guillermo-del-toro-for-playing-its-game-gently-suggests-he-try-the-easy-mode/

Owlcat co-founder says the studio won't turn its back on hardcore RPGs as it hits 600 employees and preps its own Mass Effect killer
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/owlcat-co-founder-says-the-studio-wont-turn-its-back-on-hardcore-rpgs-as-it-hits-600-employees-and-preps-its-own-mass-effect-killer/