Nah, it's just some crowd funded game that may have said it's releasing on Steam but now it doesn't. Kind of a dick move.

Oh, yeah I don't remember the name of the game but the article about it. Some of the backers are angry (how surprising!) because a Steam release was promised during the funding campaign and now want their money back, which I find it fair since the conditions have changed.

Friday news!

SALES & DEALS

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 & Oxygen Not Included were removed from the Epic Games Store Mega Sale
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-oxygen-not-included-were-removed-from-the-epic-games-store-mega-sale/
Yesterday, Epic Games launched the first big sale for the Epic Games Store. However, it appears that some publishers/developers were not willing to participate in it and as such, both Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and Oxygen Not Included have been removed from the Epic Games Store.
>>Keep in mind that the current free game is Stories Untold, and the next one will be RiME next week!

Warhammer games Steam sale begins to mark Skulls for the Skull Throne event
https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-games-steam-sale-begins-to-mark-skulls-for-the-skull-throne-event/
Games Workshop's Skulls for the Skull Throne event is back for a third year, bringing updates and discounts to the many, many, many Warhammer PC adaptations. Lots of different studios are taking part, as well as prolific Warhammer publisher Focus Home Interactive. Most of the new stuff is available now, while the sale will continue throughout the weekend and conclude on Monday at 6 pm BST.
>> Check them out here. And remember that the resy of the Steam deals are at the end of the second news post.

Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition is free on the Humble Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/guacamelee-super-turbo-championship-edition-is-free-on-the-humble-store/
Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition is completely free over on the Humble Store, letting you smack people around, hunt giant chickens and dress up like a luchadore superhero without dipping into your bank account.
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The Championship Edition includes all the DLC from the original game, more areas, new bosses and enemies, lots of combat tweaks and more. Possibly more chickens, too. They're good chickens.
>> And don't forget to take a look at the Spring Sale, that has been updated with new publishers and games

At Fanatical, there's 3 new deals:

• The Star Deal is Bayonetta, 78% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/bayonetta
• Don't forget to check the new Flash Deals from the May Madness sale.
• And check out the new Indie Favorites Bundle, with 7 games at a 97% discounts for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/indie-favorites-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Bethesda has officially removed Denuvo from the Steam version of RAGE 2
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bethesda-has-officially-removed-denuvo-from-the-steam-version-of-rage-2/
Man, what a roller coaster this has been. While testing the review code, we’ve discovered that Avalanche has implemented the Denuvo anti-tamper tech in RAGE 2 (even though Bethesda hadn’t listed Denuvo on the game’s Steam store page). This, obviously, frustrated a lot of PC gamers who felt cheated by the publisher.
Not only that, but the Bethesda store version did not use this controversial anti-tamper tech, something that puzzled a lot of gamers. However, here we are today with Bethesda completely removing Denuvo from the Steam version too.

MODS/EMULATORS

Quake 2 Retexture Project will improve more than 200 textures, will feature fake Global Illumination effects
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/quake-2-retexture-project-will-improve-more-than-200-textures-will-feature-fake-global-illumination-effects/
Back in March 2019, we informed you about a new Texture Pack for Quake 2 called Quake 2 Retexture Project. And today, the modder has revealed some new details about his project and released some new screenshots.
Quake 2 Retexture Project will feature more than 200 textures (that were created from scratch). These new textures aim to significantly improve the visuals of the game and they will have PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials. Moreover, the shaders that have been used in this project support Albedo, Roughness, Specular, Parallax, Normal mapping, though there is currently no support for a “metallness” shader.

PS4 Marvel Spider-Man mod for Grand Theft Auto 5 is now available for free download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ps4-marvel-spider-man-mod-for-grand-theft-auto-5-is-now-available-for-free-download/
Back in March, we informed you about a Spiderman mod for Grand Theft Auto 5. And today, I’m happy to report that modder JulioNIB has finally released this mod to the public. Not only that, but this public release is not put behind a Patreon wall, meaning that everyone can go ahead and download it for free.
This mod allows players to web swing with a variation in animations and ending animations, web zip to target, hang upside down from various objects, wall climb, web grab and attach targets and web grab and throw vehicles. It also features both melee and special melee attacks, and all of them are based on the PS4 Marvel’s Spider-Man game.
>> Get this mod from his Patreon page.

GAMING NEWS

Heavy Rain releases on the PC on June 24th, Beyond: Two Souls on July 27, Detroit: Become Human in Fall 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/heavy-rain-releases-on-the-pc-on-june-24th-beyond-two-souls-on-july-27-detroit-become-human-in-fall-2019/
Quantum Dream has just announced that Heavy Rain will be released on the PC on June 24th, and Beyond Two Souls will be coming out on July 27th. In addition, the team confirmed that Detroit: Become Human will be coming to the PC in Fall 2019.

Octopath Traveller will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech + PC System Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/octopath-traveller-will-be-using-the-denuvo-anti-tamper-tech-pc-system-requirements/
Square Enix has revealed, via the game’s Steam store page, that Octopath Traveller will be using the controversial Denuvo anti-tamper tech. In addition, the publisher has also revealed the game’s official PC system requirements.

Toki Remake is coming to the PC on June 6th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/toki-remake-is-coming-to-the-pc-on-june-6th/
Microids has announced that the remake of Toki will be coming to the PC on June 6th. The PC release will feature a speedrun mode, new graphics filters and a Jukebox that will include 32 music tracks in total with 24 composed by Raphael Gesqua and 8 compositions from the original game.

Lords of the Fallen 2 may not release soon as CI Games terminates contract with Defiant Studios
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/lords-of-the-fallen-2-may-not-release-soon-as-ci-games-terminates-contract-with-defiant-studios/
Back in June 4th, CI Games announced that Defiant Studios would be developing the second part in the Lords of the Fallen series. However, and almost a year afterwards, the publisher announced the termination of its partnership with Defiant Studios.

Friday news, the second part and last for this week:

Fortnite has added John Wick and his Bounty LTM
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-has-added-john-wick-and-his-bounty-ltm/
John Wick's one-man war has once again taken him to Fortnite's island, this time accompanied by a new temporary mode, Wick's Bounty, free rewards and a skin and sledgehammer set that you can buy in the shop.

Signs of the Sojourner is a card game with chats instead of battles
https://www.pcgamer.com/signs-of-the-sojourner-is-a-card-game-with-chats-instead-of-battles/
Deck-building games typically give you cards that represent weapons or spells or a big orc who wants to smash heads. Sometimes you get a field. Your deck is your arsenal. Not so in Signs of the Sojourner, however, where you must use cards to forge connections with people and develop your personality.

Hearthstone's new solo adventure The Dalaran Heist is now live
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstones-new-solo-adventure-the-dalaran-heist-is-now-live/
The Dalaran Heist, the new solo adventure mode in Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows, is now live for all players. The first part of Hearthstone's first-ever year-long storyline will have players jumping feet-first into the League of E.V.I.L.'s dastardly scheme to swipe the entire floating city of Dalaran.

OtherSide will self-publish System Shock 3 if it has to, but hopes someone else will do it
https://www.pcgamer.com/otherside-will-self-publish-system-shock-3-if-it-has-to-but-hopes-someone-else-will-do-it/
The ongoing financial troubles at Starbreeze Studios led it to sell the System Shock 3 publishing rights back to developer OtherSide Entertainment earlier this year. But OtherSide isn't terribly interested in jumping into the self-publishing game: Creative director Warren Spector told VGC that the studio is on the lookout for a new dance partner, and there's been "a lot of interest" from potential publishers.

Metro Exodus expansions will tell the tales of a lost colonel and an American survivor
https://www.pcgamer.com/metro-exodus-expansions-will-tell-the-tales-of-a-lost-colonel-and-an-american-survivor/
Three months after the release of Metro Exodus, publisher Deep Silver has revealed its plans for a two-part expansion pass that will tell brand-new stories, featuring brand-new characters, in the ruined landscapes far beyond Moscow. The descriptions of the expansions contain some mild spoilers, so for now I'll say only that they both sound pretty cool and then stop, in case you want to avoid any potentially ruined surprises.

Rainbow Six Siege’s next patch reworks its most powerful sniper
https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-sieges-next-patch-reworks-its-most-powerful-sniper/
As Rainbow Six Siege begins its transition from the burnt skies of Australia to Operation Phantom Sight, Ubisoft has shared its latest Designer Notes for gadget reworks coming in the near future. Most notably, Glaz’s powerful thermal scope will soon be modified to nerf his entry fragging power.

This old BBC video about making the first GTA is a treasure
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-old-bbc-video-about-making-the-first-gta-is-a-treasure/
Over 20 years later, Rockstar has sold more copies of GTA 5 than there are people in the United Kingdom, by quite a long way. This week, the BBC tweeted out a little snippet of archive footage that went behind the making of the original game in 1996. Rory Cellan-Jones visited DMA Design in Dundee, riding high on the success of the Lemmings games, to get the inside scoop on its newest project. In this video (via Ellen Rose on Twitter), you'll see (who I believe is) programmer David Kivlin talking about the premise of the game, then Craig Conner discussing GTA's music. Then you'll see Cellan-Jones meet QA testers Fiona Robertson and Gordon Ross, which the presenter refers to as a 'dream job'.

Bungie is nerfing Destiny 2's most powerful exotics, including Whisper of the Worm and Ace of Spades
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-is-nerfing-destiny-2s-most-powerful-exotics-including-whisper-of-the-worm-and-ace-of-spades/
Each week Bungie updates players of its shared-world online shooter with the latest info from the development team. Normally it's a fairly sedate affair, peppered with info about forthcoming events, but today's installment was a sandbox balance special, and it's fair to say the fans are far from happy with the changes coming.

The Division 2's first raid, Operation Dark Hours, is now live—without matchmaking
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2s-first-raid-operation-dark-hours-is-now-livewithout-matchmaking/
Operation Dark Hours, the first Division 2 raid, is now live. In the Special Report video above, Ubisoft went into detail on the raid, its rewards, checkpointing and more.

The Division 2's first raid was defeated in 5 hours
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-2s-first-raid-was-defeated-in-5-hours/
The Division 2 introduced its very first raid, Operation Dark Hours, yesterday. Five hours later, it had already been conquered. With plenty of time to prepare, there were no doubt lots of agents ready to descend on the airport when it opened its doors, but it was streamer Marcostyle and his POG clan that came out the other end first. It took some doing.

Surviving Mars: Green Planet is live, allowing you to send all geese to Mars
https://www.pcgamer.com/surviving-mars-green-planet-is-live-allowing-you-to-send-all-geese-to-mars/
Surviving Mars: Green Planet gives you tools to transform the red, dusty rock into a verdant paradise full of cheerful humans and animals wandering around outside and breathing in the lovely air. I've used this opportunity to provide an important service for humanity: I am taking all the horrible geese from Earth and moving them to Mars.

Activision and EA will both be at E3, but not on the show floor
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-and-ea-will-both-be-at-e3-but-not-on-the-show-floor/
With a seemingly quiet year ahead, Activision won't have a booth at E3 this year. The publisher won't be skipping it entirely, though that's not unprecedented, and will instead be holding private meetings.
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EA, meanwhile, is returning to E3 after skipping it for a few years, but it won't be on the show floor either. The publisher is still hosting its external EA Play event, though this year it won't feature a press conference.

Let's end the news checking what do GOG and Steam have for us:

+GOG

• The first one is the weekly sale, with 2K Games titles up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190513_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale with its strategy games lasts another 30 hours and up to 75% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190515_midweek_sale
• Publisher Raw Fury puts its games up to 80% off for the next 5 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190515_raw_fury
• Surviving Mars is also on sale, up to 66% off for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190516_launch_promo_surviving_mars_green_planet
• The first of the two weekend deals is a Disney sale, with up to 75% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190517_disney
• The second weekend sale, and the last one from GOG, is Cyberpunk and Tech based games, also with up to 75% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190517_weekend_sale

+Steam

• The daily deal is Middle-earth: Shadow of War, 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/356190/Middleearth_Shadow_of_War/
• Dragon Cliff is the other "daily" deal, 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/758190/Dragon_Cliff/
• The first of the numerous weekend deals is Surviving Mars, that's free to try (again) and 66% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/Surviving_Mars/
• No Man's Sky is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
• There's a Post Apocalyptic sale: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/post_apocalyptic/
• Dovetail Games celebrates its 10th anniversary putting its games (not only the train one) on sale: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dovetailgames
• Tripwire Interactive puts its games on sale, up to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tripwire_publisher_sale/
• Bohemia Interactive also has a publisher weekend sale, with up to 80% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/bohemia_sale/
• And the weeklong deals.

Phew! That's all for this week. Have a happy and gaming weekend.

Some of the backers are actually thinking of filing for lawsuits. I wouldn't blame them, since this kind of dick move is setting a bad example and tainting the waters for crowd funding.

Hopefully these people manage to file a suit and bring back some actual order to crowd funding, by holding the ones making the product responsible. 

When this sort of crap happens though, I can never side with the dev, I'll side with the consumer. 

Suing them is taking things too far, at least in this case. They've changed the store they'll launch the game, yes, but asking for a refund because the conditions have changed is more than enough. Of course, if the devs refuse to refund or provide those that complain with a key to get the game from Steam as promised, now then is when a lawsuit could be in order.

Because honestly, there have been a lot worse cases of abuse with the whole crowfunding thing. From devs that have enough capital to fund the game but go to those sites to risk others money and not theirs to publishers making funding campaigns for a game only to gauge the interest for it, and then decide if they buy the rights or not.

Thinking of what I should do with the 10€ Epic gave me just like that. I should probably invest

Invest in what, a mouse pad

Put it in a trust fund to save your own soul

I would, but I sold my soul a long time ago when I signed up for Steam just because it was the only store that had a game I wanted to play. Weirdly enough I did not go to the internet to whine about store exclusivity. I probably should've.