Author: [email protected] (Lauren Morton)
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6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024
If there’s one thing it’s nigh impossible to predict in gaming, it’s the trajectory of the major and minor genres. New genres emerge or assert themselves every year (Vampire Survivors-alike, co-op horror), and dormant ones stage dramatic comebacks. We’re lucky to belong to a hobby that’s this unpredictable, frankly. As we stare down the end…
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All 7 winterlights present locations in Palia
Cozy MMO Palia has rung in its first winter holiday event and there’s a scavenger hunt for seven winterlight presents to find. You’ll have received a letter from Zeki with a list of hints on all the present locations, but a couple of Zeki’s clues are pretty darn vague, so you may need a little…
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Where to find Hodari in Palia
You aren’t the only one hopelessly wondering where Hodari is in Palia, don’t worry. Kilima Village’s eligible single dad miner doesn’t hang out in town for very long each day so he’s tough to track down when you need to turn in quests to him. The really short answer is that if you can’t find…
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This year Baldur’s Gate 3 finally reawakened the RPG fandom freaks I’d dearly missed
Baldur’s Gate 3’s wild success this year has made enormous waves in all corners of the gaming community. It signals continued success for sprawling RPGs, even more players taking up an interest in Dungeons & Dragons, and it’s becoming the new home for a very particular brand of player—the fandom freaks (affectionate). When Larian first…
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6 tips for getting started in Palia
Though it’s still in open beta, social sim MMO Palia has been attracting plenty of players since its launch on PC this summer and now its launch on the Nintendo Switch. I’ve been quite jazzed by Palia thus far, not just as a new chill chore ’em up game, but as proof that MMOs can…
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I played over 30 new cozy games this year and these are the 4 must plays
This year, I did a bit of personal respeccing of my gaming habits and focused hard on cozy games. Like so many of us, I still love games like Stardew Valley and have given plenty of other farm sims or life sims or “casual” games a try in between Stardew sessions. But the label “cozy”…
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How to unlock Disney Dreamlight Valley multiplayer
Now that it has fully launched, Disney Dreamlight Valley multiplayer is finally available for all players. Though we’d known co-op was in Dreamlight Valley’s future, we’d been waiting to find out exactly how it works. At the moment, multiplayer activities are pretty limited in Disney Dreamlight Valley, unfortunately. I’m definitely hoping that Gameloft will expand…
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Every trailer at The Game Awards 2023
It’s no secret that The Game Awards plays host to more world premiere trailers than it does awards, and 2023’s edition was a pretty packed evening. Surprising no one, Geoff Keighley scored the reveal for another Kojima game that looks even more surreal than usual, and we also saw new projects from Hello Games, Arkane,…
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Cat-egorically cute farm sim Snacko stealth launched today and I’m already digging these cozy kittens
If I had a nickel for every cozy farm sim I played this month with a Paper Mario visual design that begins with getting washed up after a shipwreck I’d have two nickels. One was Echoes of the Plum Grove, and this one is Snacko, the ridiculously cute cat-themed farm sim. Snacko turned up at…
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The Day Before launch time
Post-apocalyptic open-world survival game The Day Before is finally launching. In early access, at least. Servers for this zombie MMO go live this week and we can finally see if it lives up to several years of wishlist hype. Thursday is the big day, and we’ve collected the launch times here so you can jump…