Author: [email protected] (Andy Chalk)
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The next big D&D videogame is a survival-life sim from the makers of Disney Dreamlight Valley
Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro hinted very strongly in February that more D&D-based videogames are on the way, which makes sense given the massive success of Baldur’s Gate 3. I have to admit, though, that I didn’t expect the next one would be a co-op survival game developed by the team that made…
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Epic is having a spring sale too, and to get things started it’s giving away Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for the first time
Spring isn’t even here yet—March 19 is the official kickoff date—but already we’ve got two major spring sales landed square in our laps. Steam’s big 2024 Spring Sale got underway today, and so too did the Epic Games Store’s Spring Sale, which launches alongside a very good weekly freebie. Epic’s giveaway game this week is…
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Destiny 2: Into the Light, the two-month series of updates leading into The Final Shape, begins on April 9
Bungie announced today that Destiny 2: Into the Light, the two-month stretch of updates and new content that will lead into The Final Shape, will get underway on April 9. The studio will hold three separate livestreams leading up to the big day showcasing hands-on gameplay and the new features, content, and rewards coming to…
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Summer Game Fest returns to fill the E3-shaped hole in our hearts on June 7
E3 may be dead but the Summer Game Fest is alive and well, and will return to action for 2024 on June 7 with another live-and-livestreamed show happening at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. Summer Game Fest 2024 will be a “cross-platform live showcase of game announcements, trailers and more.” Details on who will…
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Palworld is looking for beta testers for future updates, but warns that tests are ‘not intended for free play or experiencing new content early’
Palworld developer Pocketpair is looking for players to join its new testing program to help work out bugs in future game updates. There’s just one catch: This one is actually a beta test, and you’ll be expected to put some effort into it. “Thank you for your continued support of Palworld,” Pocketpair community manager Bucky…
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Stardew Valley players finally learn the truth: Eric Barone confirms that for the past 8 years, left-to-right harvesting has been 100ms faster than right-to-left harvesting
Stardew Valley players have theorized for years that harvesting crops from left to right is faster than harvesting them from right to left. Not hugely faster, hardly even noticeable, but just ever so slightly quicker. For non-Stardewers it’s the sort of thing that sounds a little weird and even ridiculous—not quite up there with fake…
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Eric Barone goes mad with power: He’s revealing a single Stardew Valley update patch note every day
“Power tends to corrupt,” Lord Acton warned us in 1870. “And absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Those words carry no less weight today than they did 150 years ago, and I can think of no more pointed example of the truth of his caution than that of Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who has clearly gone…
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Star Wars Jedi director who left Respawn in 2023 to ‘pursue other adventures’ reveals that his other adventure is a new game studio called Giant Skull
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director Stig Asmussen said when he left Respawn in September 2023 that he wanted “to pursue other adventures,” and now we know what he meant. Asmussen announced today the launch of a new studio called Giant Skull, “dedicated to building gameplay-driven, story immersed action-adventure games set in captivating worlds.” “The Giant…
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Six months after the disastrous launch of Payday 3, Starbreeze CEO is out as the company says it needs ‘different leadership’ for the future
Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren has been shown the door, as the board of directors has decided that it is in need of “different leadership” to take the company forward. The move comes just six months after the catastrophic launch of struggling heist-shooter Payday 3. Sjögren became acting CEO of Starbreeze in October 2020 following the…
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Multiversus has been ‘rebuilt’ in Unreal Engine 5 for a relaunch in May with new netcode, new characters, and a PvE mode
A week after suddenly springing back to life—and more than eight months after the open beta was taken offline—Player First Games has announced that Smashlike fighting game Multiversus will go into full release on May 28. Multiversus made quite a splash when it launched into open beta in July 2022, attracting millions of players and…