Friday news, the second part:
Tomorrow is the last day of voting for the 42nd Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year and Best Game Adaptation
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/tomorrow-is-the-last-day-of-voting-for-the-42nd-golden-joystick-awards-ultimate-game-of-the-year-and-best-game-adaptation/
The 42nd Golden Joystick Awards are almost upon us, with winners being announced during the live broadcast on Thursday, November 21, at 4pm GMT / 11am EST. But there's still time for you to get your votes in for some of the biggest categories.
>> That tomorrow is today.
Sega is delisting a huge number of its greatest classic games on Steam, probably so it can sell you a new collection
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sega-is-delisting-a-huge-number-of-its-greatest-classic-games-on-steam-probably-so-it-can-sell-you-a-new-collection/
Sega is getting ready to massacre its collection of classic games on Steam. A whopping 60 games are about to get delisted, including Ecco, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio and Golden Axe. The huge list includes a slew of generation-defining games from the Mega Drive/Genesis and Dreamcast. This includes the big Classics collections as well as standalones, too.
All of them will be delisted on December 6 at 11:59 PST/December 7 at 7:59am GMT. If you have already picked up the collections, bundles or individual games, however, you've nothing to worry about, at least. They'll just be removed from sale. You can find the full list in Sega's FAQ.
>> I hope Sega puts them on sale one last time, so I can pick a few more before they’re gone (at least for now).
There is simply too much going on in Black Ops 6 Season 1
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/there-is-simply-too-much-going-on-in-black-ops-6-season-1/
In terms of volume of stuff, I'm not sure any games beat Call of Duty's seasonal updates. Black Ops 6 Season 1 is kicking off next week, November 14, and the blog post breaking it all down is so long that I had to read it over two sittings. The density of information makes more sense when you consider that Activison is lumping together both Black Ops 6 and Warzone, the latter of which is getting fully integrated with BLOPS 6's guns, perks, classes, Omnimovement control changes, and gaining a new small-sized map called Area 99.
>> It will also come with the first weird skins.
To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/to-appease-a-steam-users-demands-for-straight-representation-webfishing-added-a-straight-title-that-costs-9-999-fish-bucks/
Webfishing, the delightful $5 chat room fishing game released last month, includes a selection of cosmetic titles you can collect to display to other players below your username. Many are goofs, like Little Lad or Shithead. Others, like the Gay, Ace, Bi, and Trans titles, offer players a chance to express their sexuality or gender identity.
One keen intellectual on the Steam discussion forums, however, noticed the lack of a title for straight people and felt compelled to raise the issue (via Rock Paper Shotgun). At time of writing, it's unclear whether they'd noticed the vast majority of other human media that assumes a default straight perspective. Easy to miss, but as a straight guy, I promise you: We're doing fine on that front.
And yet, not everyone can read the room well enough that they don't need to wonder why an indie game featuring a bunch of anthropomorphic cats and dogs might not be centering the straight experience. It's a skill you develop, I guess. Despite the goofus behavior, however, Webfishing developer lamedeveloper was—as a sign of benevolence—receptive to the suggestion.
As part of its 1.09 Housecleaning Update, Webfishing now offers the "Straight" title. It costs 9,999 in-game dollars. For comparison, other purchasable titles cost $75. I'll also note that it's the only orientation-oriented title with quotation marks. Pretty good bit.
>> I’ve decided to post the article because I’m not sure if I’m the one out of touch, as I don’t see a problem with the petition on Steam (which I admit I haven’t been able to check). If your game allows to tag or express the sexuality of your character, why not include one for straight? It’s a valid option, costs nothing to implement and saves you from troubles.
Co-op survival game Icarus is celebrating 153 consecutive weekly updates by giving you a flamethrower and a free weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/co-op-survival-game-icarus-is-celebrating-153-consecutive-weekly-updates-by-giving-you-a-flamethrower-and-a-free-weekend/
Over the three years since the release of co-op survival game Icarus, developer RocketWerkz has continually updated it. And by continually, I mean on a weekly basis: the newest update is the 153rd since December of 2021. That's a lotta patches!
As a celebration of everything that's been added to Icarus since launch, which includes new operations and missions, new weapons and items, new creatures and an entire fishing system, plus DLC that doubled the size of the map, Icarus is giving players yet another new toy: a flamethrower.
And to encourage more people to light up (the flamethrower, I mean) Rocketwerkz is also giving everyone a free weekend. Dive in and play the base game all weekend long on Steam, free of charge. If you want to stick around after, there's more good news: Icarus is 50% off for the next week, and there are discounts on the various editions and expansions, too.
All Genshin Impact 5.2 livestream codes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-codes-5-2-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 5.2 livestream codes are here. For those who are new to the game—or haven't tuned into a miHoYo stream before—the developer hosts a special program every six weeks, detailing what's coming in the next update in terms of characters, events, quests, and optimisations. As an added incentive to watch, they also include three codes you can redeem for Primogems.
It's time for Deadlock to introduce an arachnophobia setting because its newest hero can unleash 'a wave of spectral spiders' onto enemies
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/its-time-for-deadlock-to-introduce-an-arachnophobia-setting-because-its-newest-hero-can-unleash-a-wave-of-spectral-spiders-onto-enemies/
Loads of new heroes have been introduced to Deadlock's Hero Labs over the last few weeks, including Slork, Holliday, and Viper, but the most recent addition could be the game's most controversial—because his entire kit revolves around creepy crawlies that people aren't typically that fond of.
'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent players
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/hacker-banned-thousands-of-call-of-duty-players-remotely/
Last month, Activision posted that they'd "identified and disabled a workaround" within their automated anti-cheat tool, Ricochet. The language of the post is purposefully vague about what actually happened, but the studio asserts that only a "small number" of legitimate Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare III players were affected, and that those accounts have since been reinstated.
However, it wasn't long before hackers shared their side of the story—to say nothing of all the angry responses under Activision's post from players still locked out of their accounts. A hacker known as Zeebler was the first to publicly share details of the exploit, explaining how it allowed them to remotely permaban players by typing as few as two words into the lobby chat. TechCrunch has since caught up with the hacker who originally found the exploit.
Let’s check the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:
+GOG
+Steam
That’s all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.
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