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+ | <noinclude>{{Projectbox|content=This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Aims''' | ||
+ | * Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news. | ||
+ | * Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention. | ||
+ | * Encourage community participation in current events. | ||
+ | * Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Inclusion criteria''' | ||
+ | * Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases. | ||
+ | * Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store. | ||
+ | * Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free. | ||
+ | * Major patches or content changes. | ||
+ | * Notable sales. | ||
+ | * Don't cover new releases, those are covered in [[PCGamingWiki:Assignments]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Title''' | ||
+ | * Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end. | ||
+ | * Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article. | ||
+ | * Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor. | ||
+ | * Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in the Notes field. | ||
+ | * This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Instructions''' | ||
+ | * [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]] - this is the area where the data is kept. | ||
+ | * New rows are added newest at the top. | ||
+ | * Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page. | ||
+ | * When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Syntax''' | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[The Witcher | + | |Title= |
− | |Date=June | + | |Date= |
− | |Link1=https://www. | + | |Link1= |
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * <code>Title</code> - concise title. | ||
+ | * <code>Date</code> - Month dd format. | ||
+ | * <code>Link1</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Link2</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Link3</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Notes</code> - any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links. | ||
+ | * <code>Community</code> - URL to community site only. | ||
+ | * <code>Pin</code> - true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Main contacts''' | ||
+ | * [[User:Andytizer|Andytizer]] | ||
+ | * Discussion should be in the #News channel on [[PCGamingWiki:Discord|Discord]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Related pages and templates''' | ||
+ | * {{T|News/row}} - each data row is used in [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]]. | ||
+ | * {{T|News/displayonly}} - only used for cargo queries so as to not duplicate table rows.}}</noinclude> | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[The Witcher]] free to claim on [[Store:GOG.com|GOG.com]] today. | ||
+ | |Date=August 6, 2020. | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Prey (2017)]] patch removes [[Denuvo]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 29, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/hzgrk7/july_23rd_2020_update/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition]] announced for release December 4, 2020, an updated version of [[Dragon Quest XI]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 24, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.dq11.jp/s/pf/faq/en.html | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]] Summer Sale is live from July 23 to August 6, 11 AM Eastern. | ||
+ | |Date=July 23, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]] releases on [[Store:Steam|Steam]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 22, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1286830/STAR_WARS_The_Old_Republic/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Rocket League]] will become free-to-play later this summer when it releases on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 21, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-going-free-to-play-this-summer/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Fallout 76]] becomes available on [[Store:Microsoft Store|Microsoft Store]] and gets added to [[List of Xbox Game Pass games|Xbox Game Pass]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 10, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/07/10/fallout-76-available-today-xbox-game-pass/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=Standalone expansion [[Superhot: Mind Control Delete]] to be released July 16, 2020, free for [[Superhot]] owners if purchased before this time. | ||
+ | |Date=July 9, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/690040/SUPERHOT_MIND_CONTROL_DELETE/ | ||
+ | |Link2=https://www.pcgamer.com/superhot-mind-control-delete-will-be-free-for-owners-of-the-original/ | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Killing Floor 2]], [[Lifeless Planet]] and [[The Escapists 2]] become available on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]], free to claim for a week. Killing Floor 2 has been exclusive to Steam since November 18, 2016. | ||
+ | |Date=July 9, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/killing-floor-2 | ||
+ | |Link2=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/the-escapists-2 | ||
+ | |Link3=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/lifeless-planet-premier-edition | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=Halo 3 in the [[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]] releases July 14, 2020. | ||
+ | |Date=July 7, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064271/Halo_3/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Company:Nacon|Nacon]] announce and showcase multiple upcoming titles, including [[Steelrising]], [[Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown]] and [[Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 7, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL8k55zQ924 | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Hyper Scape]], a free-to-play battle royale from [[Company:Ubisoft Montreal|Ubisoft Montreal]] becomes available for public testing. | ||
+ | |Date=July 2, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/hyper-scape/technical-test | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=Free content update, Shared Horizons, is released for [[Kerbal Space Program]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 1, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/194824-ksp-loading-sharing-horizons-with-esa/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Fortnite]]'s premium Save the World mode is released from Early Access. | ||
+ | |Date=June 30, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/fortnite-save-the-world-update-state-of-development | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Secret Neighbor]] receives an update featuring a level editor, with hundreds of community-created levels available on [[Store:Steam|Steam]] Workshop. | ||
+ | |Date=June 26, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/859570/view/2496632202901230550 | ||
+ | |Link2=https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=859570 | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Store:Steam|Steam]] Summer Sale is live from June 25 to July 9, 10 AM Pacific. | ||
+ | |Date=June 25, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=Third purchasable campaign expansion, Bounty of Blood, is released for [[Borderlands 3]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 25, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Observation]] becomes available on [[Store:Microsoft Store|Microsoft Store]] and gets added to [[List of Xbox Game Pass games|Xbox Game Pass]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 25, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Beyond: Two Souls]] and [[Heavy Rain]] become DRM-free on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 24, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/beyond-two-souls | ||
+ | |Link2=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/heavy-rain | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Detroit: Become Human]] becomes DRM-free on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 19, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord]] releases on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]] after being exclusive to Steam since March 30, 2020, remaining in Early Access. | ||
+ | |Date=June 18, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/mount-and-blade-2 | ||
|Link2= | |Link2= | ||
|Link3= | |Link3= | ||
− | |Notes= | + | |Notes= |
|Community= | |Community= | ||
|Pin=false | |Pin=false | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title= | + | |Title=[[Outer Wilds]] releases on [[Store:Steam|Steam]] after being exclusive to Epic Games Store since May 30, 2019. |
− | |Date=June | + | |Date=June 18, 2020 |
− | |Link1=https:// | + | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/ |
− | |Link2= | + | |Link2= |
|Link3= | |Link3= | ||
|Notes= | |Notes= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[ | + | |Title=[[Titanfall 2]] releases on [[Store:Steam|Steam]] after being exclusive to [[Store:Origin|Origin]] since October 28, 2016. |
− | |Date=June | + | |Date=June 18, 2020 |
− | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/ | + | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237970/Titanfall_2/ |
|Link2= | |Link2= | ||
|Link3= | |Link3= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[ | + | |Title=[[Detroit: Become Human]], [[Beyond: Two Souls]] and [[Heavy Rain]] are released without [[Denuvo]] on [[Store:Steam|Steam]] after being exclusive to [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]]. |
− | |Date=June | + | |Date=June 18, 2020 |
− | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/ | + | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222140/Detroit_Become_Human/ |
+ | |Link2=https://store.steampowered.com/app/960990/Beyond_Two_Souls/ | ||
+ | |Link3=https://store.steampowered.com/app/960910/Heavy_Rain/ | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamefestival The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition] is a showcase of new games which features hundreds of free demos from games set to be released in the coming year, and ends June 22. | ||
+ | |Date=June 16, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamefestival | ||
|Link2= | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes=Expires June 23. | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]] GOG.com version free to claim if already purchased and linked to [[Store:GOG.com|GOG Galaxy 2.0]] from any other PC or console platform. | ||
+ | |Date=June 16, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.gog.com/news/own_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_on_pc_or_console_claim_a_free_copy_with_gog_galaxy_20 | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes=Expires June 23. | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=EA releases [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0eRkhR1z6A official trailer] for [[Star Wars: Squadrons]]. Scheduled release on October 2, 2020 on [[Store:Origin|Origin]], [[Store:Steam|Steam]] and [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 15, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0eRkhR1z6A | ||
+ | |Link2=https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-squadrons-release-date/ | ||
|Link3= | |Link3= | ||
|Notes= | |Notes= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[ | + | |Title=[[Griftlands]] releases on [[Store:Steam|Steam]] after being exclusive to Epic Games Store since July 11, 2019, remaining in Early Access. |
− | |Date=June | + | |Date=June 14, 2020 |
− | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/ | + | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/601840/ |
|Link2= | |Link2= | ||
|Link3= | |Link3= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[Mass Effect 3]], [[Mass Effect: Andromeda]], [[Star Wars Battlefront (2015)]], [[Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)]] [[Battlefield 1]], [[Battlefield 3]], [[Battlefield 4]] and [[Battlefield V]] are now | + | |Title=[[Mass Effect 3]], [[Mass Effect: Andromeda]], [[Star Wars Battlefront (2015)]], [[Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)]] [[Battlefield 1]], [[Battlefield 3]], [[Battlefield 4]] and [[Battlefield V]] are now available on [[Steam]] after a long period of exclusivity on [[Store:Origin|Origin]]. |
− | |||
|Date=June 11, 2020 | |Date=June 11, 2020 | ||
|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/638230/Journey/ | |Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/638230/Journey/ | ||
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|Date=June 10, 2020 | |Date=June 10, 2020 | ||
|Link1=https://steamdb.info/app/1113000/subs/ | |Link1=https://steamdb.info/app/1113000/subs/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Dragon Quest Builders 2]] removes [[Denuvo]]. | ||
+ | |Date=June 2, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://steamdb.info/app/1072420/history/?changeid=U:16609806 | ||
|Link2= | |Link2= | ||
|Link3= | |Link3= |
Revision as of 15:15, 6 August 2020
This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki.
Aims
- Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news.
- Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention.
- Encourage community participation in current events.
- Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly.
Inclusion criteria
- Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases.
- Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store.
- Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free.
- Major patches or content changes.
- Notable sales.
- Don't cover new releases, those are covered in PCGamingWiki:Assignments.
Title
- Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end.
- Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article.
- Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor.
- Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in the Notes field.
- This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed.
Instructions
- PCGamingWiki:News/Table - this is the area where the data is kept.
- New rows are added newest at the top.
- Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page.
- When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries.
Syntax
{{News/row |Title= |Date= |Link1= |Link2= |Link3= |Notes= |Community= |Pin=false }}
Title
- concise title.Date
- Month dd format.Link1
- URL only.Link2
- URL only.Link3
- URL only.Notes
- any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links.Community
- URL to community site only.Pin
- true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time.
Main contacts
Related pages and templates
- {{News/row}} - each data row is used in PCGamingWiki:News/Table.
- {{News/displayonly}} - only used for cargo queries so as to not duplicate table rows.