Strain 73 - HKN

Secret World

- Krampusnacht arrives! December 14th to Jan 5th, daily logins, Krampus, Hel, and the… Haunted Cache?

- Secret World TTRPG Brandon said on their Discord that they are “fully committed to delivering the book on or before October 2023” and they “definitely plan on getting [us] a PDF of the book in-progress once we’ve got the writing complete”. It will be likely “sometime in January when we can give an update on when we could present an early access PDF.” Also in “December we’re hoping to have some of that new art to share– including some concept sketches!”

- In Medias Res put out The Deep Ones video and has a merch store at https://inmediasres-3.creator-spring.com

- SecretFox has released a mod for Secret World that enables “Photo Mode”, a mod that has a lot of power in changing camera views and local character looks

https://github.com/SecretFox/PhotoMode

Dune/Metal Hellsinger/Conan Exiles

- Dune: Awakening says they “plan to create opportunities for players to test the game and share their feedback with us sometime in 2023” in 15Dec22 tweet. https://twitter.com/DuneAwakening/status/1603382569755631618

- Dune Awakening featured new trailer at Game Awards including in-game footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixq-y_r-lkE&t=3s&ab_channel=Funcom

- Dune Spice Wars nominated at Game Awards for Best Sim/Strategy but lost to Mario+Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft)

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2022-results-all-the-winners/

- Two Feathers were nominated for Best Score and Music for Metal Hellsinger but lost to Bear McCreary’s God of War Ragnarok

- Twitch drops active for Conan Exiles until Jan 3rd to earn the lovable festive crested lapdog and other festive decorations

https://twitter.com/ConanExiles/status/1603439271754489857

- For the 90th anniversary of Robert E Howard’s Conan first short story, Funcom has a Conan Bundle on Steam w/ Exiles, Unconquered, and Chop Chop at 62% off: $31.47, also Metal Hellsinger is 34% off: $19.79

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18190/The_Conan_Bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910/Metal_Hellsinger/

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