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The second part of the Thursday gaming news:

'What if you could own a space station?' asks No Man's Sky's Sean Murray, as he lets you own a space station
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/what-if-you-could-own-a-space-station-no-mans-skys-sean-murray-asks-as-he-lets-you-own-a-space-station/
Somehow, it's been 10 years since No Man's Sky launched on Steam, an infamously inauspicious occasion that over the space of that decade evolved from a cautionary tale about the excesses of hype to one of the best and most enduring exploration adventures you can play. And it's not done yet: Hello Games has now released No Man's Sky's 7.0 update, Cosmos , and it's another big one.

Attendees will be able to check out a demo of The Witcher 3 DLC Songs of the Past behind closed doors at PAX Australia
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/attendees-will-be-able-to-check-out-a-demo-of-the-witcher-3-dlc-songs-of-the-past-behind-closed-doors-at-pax-australia/
I'm looking forward to an expansion for a game from 2015 more than I am for pretty much any new game coming up. The Songs of the Past add-on for The Witcher 3, which will be out next year, promises to let us explore a whole new region and get to know Dandelion better than ever. I'm more interested in a brand new chunk of world than intimate moments with the bard, but more Witcher 3 is more Witcher 3 even if the focus isn't on everyone's actual favorite character. (Johnny the Godling, of course.)
Songs of the Past was shown off at Gamescom, where our Joshua Wolens had a peek and said it looked real good. The rest of us will have to wait for other opportunities, like the one that's been announced as part of the PAX Australia schedule reveal. On Saturday, October 11, attendees will be able to join members of CD Projekt and DLC developer Fool's Theory for a behind-closed-doors live demo of Songs of the Past, and a panel discussion to follow.

The next game by the creators of Steins;Gate is an entirely vibe-coded FPS slopfest
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-next-game-by-the-creators-of-steins-gate-is-an-entirely-vibe-coded-fps-slopfest/
Juggernaut is a forthcoming free-to-play boomer shooter clearly styled after Wolfenstein engine FPSes of yore. It's about shooting huge waves of zombies in flat, pixellated arenas. As far as modern retro shooters go it looks unremarkable, though it will be released alongside the Juggernaut Assets Maker, a paid tool for making your own levels and adding your own assets. "Make it more Japanese" the Steam page promises. "Make it sexier".
It's the work of Mages Inc, a Japanese studio best known for the Steins;Gate series of visual novels; it has also worked on recent iterations of the Corpse Party series. Mages Inc generally specialises in visual novels, though it has released at least one Xbox 360 action game that was never released outside of Japan.
But to what extent Mages Inc can actually be credited (or blamed) for their first foray into the first-person shooter genre is ripe for debate, because here's Juggernaut's AI Disclosure

Blizzard must now 'discuss, evaluate, and bargain' its AI usage with its developers
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/blizzard-must-now-discuss-evaluate-and-bargain-its-ai-usage-with-its-developers/
Blizzard Entertainment's union—in conjunction with the Communications Workers of America (CWA)—has just signed a landmark contract with the studio to, among other things, force it to "discuss, evaluate, and bargain" any time it wants to introduce generative AI in the workplace.

Once again, I'm mergin the two PCGamer posts into one:

20 years later, veteran WoW director says players outsmarted him completely in Ahn'Qiraj: 'All that work, and there was still an instant tell'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/20-years-later-veteran-wow-director-says-players-outsmarted-him-completely-in-ahnqiraj-all-that-work-and-there-was-still-an-instant-tell/

Call of Duty introduces a gun skin that you can only see on an Xbox console
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-introduces-a-gun-skin-that-you-can-only-see-on-an-xbox-console/

PlayStation tried to cancel Hideo Kojima's Physint, now Xbox is publishing it
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/playstation-tried-to-cancel-hideo-kojimas-physint-now-xbox-is-publishing-it/
>> Since the game doesn’t have confirmed platforms, I’m posting this here. Also, Shikamo has made a thread about this change.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is getting a free prequel webcomic which dives into the past of my two favourite characters
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-is-getting-a-free-prequel-webcomic-which-dives-into-the-past-of-my-two-favourite-characters/