Stardew Valley creator shares early notebook sketches from development

He’s currently taking a break from it though to work onyet another free update to Stardew Valley. I played Stardew Valley for the first time ever on Wednesday.

April 22, 2023 · 1 min · 28 words · Thomas Payne

Oxygen tips: A beginner's guide to surviving your first few wind days

The harsh weather, toxic air, and earth cracks can all make survival very challenging. It can be thrilling to experience your first toxic wind in Oxygen. Seeing the energy rapidly decrease can certainly cause a sense of panic. Here are some Oxygen tips to help you emerge through your first wind and expand your city. Easy mode still provides challenges, but without being too overwhelming. Use the Profession panel to manage your population...

April 21, 2023 · 2 min · 312 words · Nicholas Anderson

Square Enix turns Dragon Quest creator's classic visual novel into an odd "AI Tech Preview"

Designed byDragon Questscreator Yuji Horii, it never saw a release outside of Japan - until now. Squeenix are experimenting with a bunch of weird tech here, so lets run through them quickly. Although, thepublisher that thinks blockchain is a good ideawill consider reintroducing this function in the future. Squares allergy to the word game is just proof of that. Now it looks like cost-cutting research. Anyway, AI-generated writing tools were in the news recently whenUbisoft unveiled Ghostwriter....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · 77 words · Nicole Ortega

The Division Heartland's free-to-play survival shooting goes rural, while The Division 2 goes back to New York

Heartland takes the series to rural America for the first time. Another first for the series is a base of operations where youll begin and end every exfiltration. The base is a classic hub that you could use for upgrades, or just generally socialising with friends. Now let’s hope Ubisoft’s monetisation doesn’t become too intrusive. Heartland has already been in limited testing for a while, and you might sign up for future testshere....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · 102 words · John Juarez

Total War: Warhammer 3’s AI playing smart in Forge Of The Chaos Dwarfs is as miserable as it is brilliant

A quick primer on the Caravan system, first accessible to Grand Cathay and now the ChaDs. You dont pay upkeep on these convoys like a regular army, but neither can you control them directly. The whole shameful display went on for about ten turns in total, my supply of labourers slowly dwindling. Good AI is horrible.

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · 56 words · Jonathan Bell

Victoria 3's new DLC brings revolutionaries, reformers, and rebels next month

The packs called Voice of The People and its coming on May 22nd. The new pack also brings new events, journal missions, and romantic accents inspired by French history. Expect the countries famous historical buildings to join your map, too. The paid Voice Of The People pack is accompanied by a free update for allVictoria 3players. Paradox say it will also include reworks of the legislative and revolutionary processes, among other changes....

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · 85 words · Valerie Gilbert

You can try Street Fighter 6's open world mode in next week's demo

UPDATE: The demo is available on PC now! Good news road brawlers! Oh, theres also a demo available next week thats more focused on singleplayer stuff. You’ll also be able to test out Luke and Ryu’s moves in the tutorial. The rest of the livestream showed off more from the World Tour mode.

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · 53 words · Fred Morris

How to fast travel in Dead Island 2

Instead, it’s a series of 10 zones to explore, tied together through loading screens. From here, simply choose the zone to which you want to travel. This will then bring up more precise locations to which you could fast travel in those zones. That wraps up our guide on how to fast travel in Dead Island 2.

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 57 words · Karen Drake

Humanity's release date trailer references a golden age of video game TV adverts

That’s what its latest trailer does, too, while also announcing a May 16th release date. Be warned that you might lose 90 minutes to it, as I did. I don’t want to play Ridge Racer again but I would hang it on my wall. Humanity will be availablevia Steamon May 16th. It’ll run on Steam Deck, too.

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 57 words · Jennifer Frank

Jet Set Radio's stunning spiritual successor Bomb Rush Cyberfunk launches in August

The city will be split into five boroughs which sounds like five mini-open levels. The game follows the Bomb Rush Crew as they battle other colourful gangs for control of the streets. Graffiti the city, tag your spots. The increasingly prolific police force will likely play a role too. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk comes from Team Reptile, the studio responsible for the anti-gravity battling ofLethal League. One of Jet Set Radios beloved composers, Hideki Naganuma, is back on music production....

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 95 words · Michael Brown

KarmaZoo is a co-op platformer for up to 10 strangers

KarmaZoo is aiming to release sometime in 2023.

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 8 words · William Rios

Six minutes of Immortals Of Aveum's Doctor Strange-style magic shooting

Or magic sponges, I guess? Immortals Of Aveum will launch on July 20th.

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 13 words · Barbara Clark

Solve crimes as a time-travelling detective in this Where's Wally-like puzzler

It has shades of Wheres Wally? It could be very cool if all the right cogs click together. That one promises ruthless corporations, so expect a couple of jokes pointing at our current timeline. Im calling it the How Much Longer Do We Have Left Age.

April 20, 2023 · 1 min · 46 words · Michelle Kelley