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The second part of the Friday gaming news:

Destiny 2 unvaulting update: It sure sounds like the original Destiny is finally coming to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/destiny-2-unvaulting-update-it-sure-sounds-like-the-original-destiny-is-finally-coming-to-pc/
Bungie shocked the world (or at least, it shocked the world's Destiny fans) when it un-canceled Destiny 2 in September, saying the game "is foundational to Bungie’s future" and promising to restore vaulted content and "return Destiny to its original promise." In a community update shared today, the studio revealed more about that process, and one standout point is that it sure sounds like the original Destiny is finally coming to PC.

Modern Warfare 4's newest map is actually older than the Gen Z & Alpha teens who will play it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/modern-warfare-4s-newest-map-is-actually-older-than-the-gen-z-and-alpha-teens-who-will-play-it/
After 23 mainline games, there are far more Call of Duty maps than anyone can reasonably remember. That's why I'm impressed it took just one screenshot for several fans (with back pain, presumably) to clock that an upcoming Modern Warfare 4 map is actually a remake of a map that's over 20 years old.
Backstab, the new 6v6 map arriving on November 6, is a dead ringer for Burgundy, first seen in Call of Duty 2 way back in 2005. That means Backstab is older than the teenagers currently playing Call of Duty—do with that information what you will.

OCE players are stuck in perpetual night on WoW: Forever, but its devs are considering a fix
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/oce-players-are-stuck-in-perpetual-night-on-wow-forever-but-its-devs-are-considering-a-fix/
World of Warcraft: Forever is "realmless", which has a couple of advantages for oceanic (OCE) players—who so often get the short end of the stick when it comes to MMORPGs. Blizzard has servers in Australia, so OCE players can enjoy not having terrible ping, but due to the smaller playerbase they share a lot of overlap with the North American server architecture.
Which produces a unique problem: As it stands, OCE players are stuck in perpetual night. See, Forever has a 24 hour day/night cycle, so if you play during the evening and your timezone's matched to the server, the sun will set in Azeroth roughly at the time it would outside your window. But since OCE players are very much not local to North America… the curse of endless night persists.

Real-world disaster footage in Modern Warfare 4 opening cinematic will be removed following complaints from victims' families
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/real-world-disaster-footage-in-modern-warfare-4-opening-cinematic-will-be-removed-following-complaints-from-victims-families/
A Korea Herald report says the opening cinematic of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will be edited to remove video clips of a real-world disaster in South Korea that left 160 people dead.
The Seoul Halloween crowd crush occurred in October 2022 during Halloween celebrations in the city's Itaewon neighborhood, when a crowd surge in the narrow streets and alleys resulted in 160 deaths and left nearly 200 more injured. The opening cinematic of Modern Warfare 4 uses footage from that disaster to portray the immediate aftermath of a fictional North Korean invasion of South Korea, the basis of the game's story.
>> How could they think this was a good idea?

Why make three posts when it's enough with two?

'AAA publishers are abusing early access,' Denis Dyack says, and that's making things harder for everyone else
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/aaa-publishers-are-abusing-early-access-denis-dyack-says-and-thats-making-things-harder-for-everyone-else/
>> Wow, that’s a name I hadn’t heard in a while.

Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and Shakespeare legend, has died
https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/patrick-stewart-star-trek-and-shakespeare-legend-has-died/
>> D.E.P.

'None of these people have ever made a game,' BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says of game industry executives: 'They just don't know how it works'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/none-of-these-people-have-ever-made-a-game-bioware-co-founder-greg-zeschuk-says-of-game-industry-executives-they-just-dont-know-how-it-works/

And here are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• There’s no new sale or promo, but there’s something better: a new GIVEAWAY:A New Beginning: Final Cut will be free to get during the next 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/a_new_beginning

+Steam

• Mina the Hollower will be 20% off until the 5th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875580/Mina_the_Hollower/
• Raft gets a 33% discount until the same 5th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/648800/Raft/
• Stardeus, in Early Access, is goign to be 50% off until November 5 as well: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380910/Stardeus/
• Cairn will have a 30% discount until the 7th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/Cairn/
• Deadly Days: Roadtrip will be 35% off until the 12th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3026450/Deadly_Days_Roadtrip/
• And these are the new sales/events:
  • Retrovibe Publisher Sale shows its upcoming releases, and has games and bundles up to87% off. The deals will end between the 2nd and the 7th of November : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40645616/sale/RetrovibePublisherSale2026
  • Gothic Franchise Sale features games with up to 80% discounts until the 5th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/GothicFranchiseSale2026
  • The Giga Oppai Expo, with NSFW titles, features games with tup to 80% discounts. The deals will end between the 9th and the 12th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46209999/sale/GigaOppaiExpo
  • KOMODO Publisher Sale shows its future titles, brings demos and puts its games/bundles up to 82% off until the 13th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42579597/sale/komodopublishersale2026

That will do. If you celebrate Halloween, have a great time. If you celebrate something else, like me, I also hope you have fun. And to everybody, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.