The news, part two:
GEARS OF WAR 4 UPDATE INCREASES MATCH BONUSES AND LOWERS ELITE PACK COSTS
http://www.pcgamer.com/gears-of-war-4-update-increases-match-bonuses-and-lowers-elite-pack-costs/
The Coalition has made a change to Gears of War 4 that jacks up the "match completion" bonus earned in Versus Multiplayer action, and also decreases the cost of Elite Packs. The studio said the tweak was made as a result of "monitoring our data and hearing your feedback," which led it to conclude that "the rate at which credits are earned were under our own expectations—and yours." In Gears' card-based progression system, which includes skins for versus mode and ability upgrades for Horde mode, the Elite Pack offers five customization cards, with a guaranteed rare.
LARA CROFT'S CHISELED CHIN RETURNS IN RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER: 20 YEAR CELEBRATION DLC
http://www.pcgamer.com/lara-crofts-chiseled-chin-returns-in-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration-dlc/
It's been 20 years since Tomb Raider turned Lara Croft into videogaming's most famous gun-toting spelunker, and to mark the moment Crystal Dynamics has released a new "20 Year Celebration" DLC pack for the most recent game in the series, Rise of the Tomb Raider. For a tenner, it will let you poke around inside Lara Croft's childhood home. defend it from hordes of the undead (and a dickish-sounding uncle), and—most important of all—wrap her up in a new skin that's very much "Old Lara."
CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE'S 'COMBAT RIGS' DETAILED
http://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-infinite-warfares-combat-rigs-detailed/
In the future, people call suits 'combat rigs'—for example, "Gavin, what combat rig are you wearing to the wedding?" Gavin might reply that he's wearing his "Stryker rig, which gives me better control over my squad during the wedding speeches". Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the harbinger of this terrifying societal change and, in a new trailer, the game has detailed the various suits—nay, the various combat rigs—we'll be able to pick from during battle.
KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM UPDATE ADDS COMMS NETWORK, BETTER DRIVING
http://www.pcgamer.com/kerbal-space-program-update-adds-comms-network-better-driving/
Update 1.2 of Kerbal Space Program is here, and if you've spent the last few years shouting at your Kerbals through a couple of tin cans and a really long bit of string, you'll be very excited by its headline feature: the ability to establish communication networks. You can remote control vehicles, use satellites to scan terrain, and build relay networks so you can science faster and harder; the update also chucks in better vehicle controls and a redesigned fuel system. It's pretty big, basically.
THE TUROK 2 REMASTER IS COMING, BUT NOT YET
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-turok-2-remaster-is-coming-but-not-yet/
Last year, Andy brought you the news that remasters of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil were in works. That first once has since come out, but we're heard squat about its sequel since. 'Maybe it was cancelled' is not an unreasonable conclusion to come to, but that conclusion has just been proven wrong. Daniel from publisher Nightdive Studios has taken to Turok's Steam page to assure fans that "Turok 2 is coming", while noting that they'll only release the game "when it's done".
HITMAN HEADS TO HOKKAIDO ON HALLOWEEN, FOR EPISODE 6
http://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-heads-to-japan-for-episode-6-on-halloween/
"The Hokkaido location is set within the grounds of the hyper-exclusive GAMA private hospital and resort. This secluded facility is a fusion of Japanese beauty and cutting-edge technology, featuring its own Zen gardens, organic sushi restaurant and traditional Japanese hot spring."
CCP UPDATES EVE ONLINE LICENSE AGREEMENT TO COMBAT GAMBLING
http://www.pcgamer.com/ccp-updates-eve-online-license-agreement-to-combat-gambling/
I fear we're only going to hear more stories about third-party gambling sitesthat trade in digital game assets in the years ahead, and it's something that Eve Online developer CCP is now attempting to crack down on in its MMO. The company has updated Eve's license agreement, changing a number of paragraphs to reflect its upcoming free version, but also to restrict game assets and currency, not to mention the Eve IP, from being used by third-party gambling sites and services.
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER'S SECOND LORDS PACK SHORES UP THE GREENKINS AND DWARFS
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammers-second-lords-pack-shores-up-the-greenkins-and-dwarfs/
Total War: Warhammer's first 'Lords' pack bolstered both the Empire and the Vampire Lords with a couple of new champions—the Empire’s Volkmar the Grim, and the Vampire Counts’ Helman Ghorst—while the second will do the same for the Greenkins and the Dwarfs.