Sega has announced that it has successfully sued an unnamed person responsible for (the following is machine translated) “excessive slanderous and insulting comments on social media against one of our employees.”

In a Japanese press release shared yesterday the company said that, though it welcomes fans’ “encouragement” and “sometimes even harsh comments about our products and services,” the harassment from the individual in question crossed a line. It had also been sustained for “a long time,” preventing the targeted employee from getting on with their work “with peace of mind.”

“As there has been no improvement,” continued Sega, “we have been forced to take legal action.” The company managed to obtain the harasser’s identity with the consent of the courts and promptly initiated legal proceedings, much to the detriment of the harasser in question.

“We have reached a settlement in which the subject will pay damages to our employee, delete the slanderous and insulti…

Last week, Helldivers 2’s simulated galactic war saw its first narrativized twist when the Automaton menace launched a surprise attack on the Xzar system. The event unlocked new planets and civilian extraction missions which proved so difficult that even experienced players couldn’t complete them. This led many to assume the abnormal difficulty spike was either a bug or an intentional tipping of scales in the robots’ favor by Arrowhead Games to challenge Super Earth’s liberation streak.

Both scenarios are still on the table, but the latest Helldivers 2 patch, version 1.000.10, might bring relief: Arrowhead has “tuned” the difficulty of civilian extraction missions. Version 1.000.10 comes only a few days after the release of 1.000.009, which reduced the difficulty of the “defend event.” I managed to log in long enough to test out the patch and confirm the civilian extraction mission that gave our group trouble just a few days ago is now a cakewalk at lower difficulties.

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You can spend a long time trying to nail down the exact parts required for a full custom loop build. In a way, that’s a part of it. You really come to appreciate the PC you’ve built by the end of the process, as it’s one you’ve created from the ground up. 

But if you’re less sentimental, you might just want someone else to put together a parts list for you. EZ PZ. That’s what EK does with its ‘Loop’ builds, and right now everything on its store is 24% off, which makes such a build that little bit more affordable.

Alright, affordable these builds ain’t, but every little helps when investing in something as expensive as a fully liquid-looped build. You’re looking at spending anything from $1,284 for the cheapest all-inclusive kit to around $2,628 for the so-called “Golden Sample”. Nice name, lovely build.

These kits include all the big bits, such as your CPU and GPU blocks, pump, radiators, and distro plate. Though it also includes the more finicky bits that can…