Author: Elie Gould
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‘Personal best KD at 0.23’: XDefiant is handing out participation trophies to players who suck
XDefiant is starting to pick up steam post its shaky launch (that was littered with the expected matchmaking issues), with many players finding solace in an FPS that more closely resembles what Call of Duty was back in the day. Some players, however, have found it to be a little less welcoming than they would…
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‘Y’all killed it’: Survive the Undead, a community-made PvE zombie mode, is bringing players back to Halo Infinite
A group of community developers and Halo Forge aficionados have created a new PvE mode for Halo Infinite: Survive the Undead, and it’s won over old and new players alike. “Survive the Undead meshes the Halo Firefight experience with the fan-favorite COD Zombies mode, resulting in fast-paced, intense, and sometimes spooky gameplay,” dev team The…
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‘I have this problem where once I start, I can’t stop’: Eric Barone discusses how Stardew Valley has affected work on his upcoming game Haunted Chocolatier
It’s no secret that the developer of Stardew Valley, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, has poured his heart and soul into creating and refining the beautiful life-sim game. But like most things, this dedication can be a double-edged sword, as it has also stopped him from working on Haunted Chocolatier, his next game. “[Fan expectation] definitely puts…
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So far the Manor Lords modding scene is focussed on the essentials: free beer, bigger punch-ups, and letting you walk around as Geralt
Manor Lords is still in early access, and despite developer Greg “Slavic Magic” Styczeń releasing a massive patch that fixes a great deal of the small issues players have encountered so far, there are still some pretty helpful and wacky mods that can also get the job done. If you haven’t seen the latest experimental…
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One Manor Lords player is managing a city with over 3,000 residents and just 1 market to ‘push the game to the limit’
A player has already managed to reach peak medieval suburbia in Manor Lords, with an outrageous population of 3,220 residents and just one market to sustain everyone, and somehow, it’s all working out well. Reddit user desman2k6 posted a screenshot of just a section of their Manor Lords metropolis to r/ManorLords. “The aim here was…
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Manor Lords’ first massive patch stops your villagers from partying too hard and introduces players to the woeful world of the King’s Tax
The new pre-release patch for Manor Lords has just been released for all to try out, and it sure does fix a long list of problems, more so than the developer Greg “Slavic Magic” Styczeń had previously promised. Styczeń had already promised fixes for inefficient sawpits, a homeless bug, harsh oversupply trade mechanics, poor archer…
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Resident Evil modders and the biggest fighting game channel on YouTube join forces to remedy a 26-year-old April Fools’ joke
The creators of a Resident Evil randomiser mod have collaborated with the biggest fighting game channel on YouTube, Maximilian Dood, to bring players the fabled Akuma Mode for the original Resident Evil 2, fulfilling a 26-year-old gag. It all started off as a simple April Fool’s joke back in 1998, when the gaming magazine EGM2…
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A 10-foot-tall statue of Messmer the Impaler could be yours, but first, you need to edit a killer Elden Ring trailer
To celebrate the upcoming Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree, Bandai Namco is putting on a competition to test fans’ love and knowledge of the soulslike, and the winners will be treated to some stunning and strange prizes. The Return to Grace video contest involves fans creating their own Elden Ring videos or trailers…
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Bamboozled Gray Zone Warfare players are protesting after realising their faction choices are stopping them from teaming up with friends
Gray Zone Warfare has had an eventful launch into early access since it went live yesterday. Players initially praised the tactical FPS game for, well, not being Escape from Tarkov. However, after a couple of hours, many more began to slate the new game for its poor performance. It’s been a bit of a bumpy…
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There’s a Manor Lords VR mod already, which is so impressive even the game’s solo dev is crying witchcraft: ‘I have no idea how it’s done, but I’m impressed it works’
Manor Lords has barely been out a couple of weeks, and some players are already finding ways to surprise the dev with crafty new features for the medieval city builder and management game. One such new feature is from Flat2VR, a community of devs and modders who put all their focus into porting their favourite…