If you've ever been obsessed with a co-op game, you know the hardest part of playing one: convincing your good-for-nothing friends to buy a copy and join the fun. I have great news for you if you've ever experienced this particular pain point with Warhammer Vermintide 2—the game is free to own on Steam until Nov 24... Read more.View the full article
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The season of savings has officially kicked off. A few different retailers have started up their ****** Friday sales, including Amazon. If you're on the hunt for video game deals in particular, we've already found quite a few that are worth your time and money at the retailer, including a whopping 50% off Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (see it here for PS5 and Xbox Series X). This discount has dropped the price of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 down to just $30 on both platforms. What makes it even better, though, is it marks its lowest price to date on both PS5 and Xbox Series X, according to price tracker camelcamelcamel. No better time to grab it if you've had your eye on it. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Drops to $30 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a game we had plenty of praise for when it was released earlier this year. Our 9/10 review from Leana Hafer said it's, "one part sequel and one part coronation, bringing a lot of the original's ideas to fruition." Not to mention, it recently garnered acknowledgement from The Game Awards, scooping up a Game of the Year nomination. ****** Friday sales are stacked with plenty more video game deals alongside this one, too. If you're looking to pick up some more, we've gathered up some of the best Xbox and PS5 game deals already available, from games to hardware and more. Nintendo's also announced its ****** Friday plans, if you're hoping to get some Switch-related goodies on *****. For more information on this year's ***** event - including start dates for other retailers and what deals we're expecting to see - check out our overall breakdown of ****** Friday 2025. And if you're in the shopping mood now, our roundups of Amazon and Best Buy's ****** Friday sales can show you the best deals worth shopping right now. Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN. View the full article
Where Winds Meet, a free-to-play MMO with Soulslike characteristics, contains some gacha elements that seem to have become a fundamental part of Eastern F2P games. While entirely cosmetic, they can lead to ludicrous skin prices due to low drop rates, and one of them costs as much as $42,000. Though a game with well-designed systems, gameplay, and especially combat, Where Winds Meet has to make its money somewhere. As with most free-to-play games, this usually comes from selling skins and cosmetics, which, though expensive at times, aren't necessary to play the game, and there are often many ways of obtaining cool-looking cosmetics free of charge. However, gacha games are a bit different, as they lock the best-looking stuff behind so-called "pulls," which merely give you a chance to get a good item. Think CS2's chests, but with much worse odds. Where Winds Meet, like other gachas, gives you a "guaranteed" ultra-rare drop if you've spent enough money but still haven't received it, which is precisely how the skin in question can cost up to $42,000. It is pretty, I will admit. Screenshot by Destructoid The "Celestial Mortal" skin, as it is known in the game, is probably one of its rarest, and the only way to get it is by being super lucky on the pulls. If you aren't, then expect to pay $42,000, equivalent to about a yearly salary in the US, to get it. It's a beautiful skin, don't get me wrong, and it lives up to its name, but I'm not going to pretend that it isn't a tad bit excessive for a video game cosmetic that alters nothing except appearance. And it's not like the game doesn't have cool skins that are otherwise free or cheap as well. Gacha games and super-expensive "guarantees" are a topic I've covered extensively over the past few years, and the problem is by no means subsiding. What's more, it has spread to games in the West as well, including the likes of League of Legends. Even so, the latter's guaranteed drops run people up to a few hundred bucks at most, and are far removed from the 300,000 Yuan ($42,000) price tags of the Celestial Mortal. Let's hope it stays that way. The post This new gacha game’s skin costs as much as your yearly salary appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Microsoft recently introduced its latest effort in digital game preservation by making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT license. Turning the main Zork trilogy into an open source project will make sure students, teachers, and developers can study the original code, play the games, and... Read Entire Article View the full article
One of my favorite things about Baldur's Gate 3 is how it slides in little nods to its Dungeons and Dragons underpinning, like the lovingly animated dice. But while it's one of the best DnD games in years, you could probably play it without ever realizing that, if you weren't already familiar with the tabletop original. The newly released Demeo x Dungeons and Dragons: Battlemarked, on the other hand, absolutely revels in its heritage. Peering over its gorgeous environments dotted with figurines feels like playing the highest-budget tabletop D&D campaign you've ever seen. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 2025's only DnD game is playable soon, and it's a new look for the franchise Demeo's DnD spinoff debuts gameplay and reveals release window View the full article
We learned in 2023 that PUBG was being fitted for an extraction shooter spinoff, referred to at the time as Project ****** Budget. It was set to launch in the second half of 2024, but then 2024 came, Project ****** Budget didn't, and frankly we forgot about the whole thing. I did, anyway... Read more.View the full article
Ubisoft recently had its annual earnings call, and CEO Yves Guillemot and other company spokespeople had a lot of interesting things to say regarding the Assassin's Creed franchise, the use of generative AI in game development, and future game releases. The past few years have been rocky for Ubisoft, but Assassin's Creed Shadows appears to be a highlight for the company, while the embrace of generative AI may cause some controversy. View the full article
Opinion | Retail work can be hell, but there are plenty of games that teach us why the satisfying rhythms and repetitions of selling items can be heaven.View the full article
On the Radar | Chatting with developer Digital Sun about targeting early access for Moonlighter 2, and the impact of this shopkeeper roguelike on the genreView the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 has one of the most active modding communities in gaming history, with thousands of mods available on Nexus Mods and countless more being added every day. Console players have had to wait to experience many of the best mods due to the nature of how they're processed, but in recent days, some of the best content was finally released for console players to enjoy. View the full article
PUBG: ****** Budget, a new extraction shooter from PUBG Corporation and Krafton, has just been announced. This marks the second PUBGproject announced this year, with PUBG: Blindspot – a 5v5 team-based top-down tactical shooter – being revealed back in February. View the full article
Tigger wants you to compete in a series of games he's set up to earn the Crystal Key you need as a prize in Disney Dreamlight Valley. One of the games you need to tackle is presented through the Solve the Puzzle quest. All puzzles you encounter around the valley tend to be fairly tricky, as you're often given little to no guidance on how to get them done. This one is not only tough, but it's also missing a piece, which means there's a lot you need to tackle for it. Here’s how to complete Solve the Puzzle in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Table of contentsHow to complete Solve the Puzzle in Disney Dreamlight ValleySolve the Puzzle location in Disney Dreamlight ValleyGather resources to repair the Broken Tile in Disney Dreamlight ValleySolve the Puzzle solution in Disney Dreamlight ValleyHow to complete Solve the Puzzle in Disney Dreamlight Valley Screenshot by Destructoid To complete the Solve the Puzzle quest, you need to gather resources to repair the Broken Tile, solve the matching puzzle, and claim your prize tickets. This is sort of a mini mission, as you're given this one and two others to play all the games featured in the larger Fun! Fun! Fun! quest. Solve the Puzzle location in Disney Dreamlight Valley The first step in this quest is finding where the puzzle you need to solve is located. Tigger doesn't tell you anything about finding his games, so it can be a bit tricky to track down on your own. The puzzle featured in this quest is located near the very far north end of Pixie Flats. To find it, head around the left side of the stall area where Tigger stands throughout this quest. Look for the big horseshoe arch in the corner and proceed under it. Walk up the ramp to find the puzzle in the small hidden area at the top. Screenshot by Destructoid Gather resources to repair the Broken Tile in Disney Dreamlight Valley The puzzle is missing a piece, and you can't start solving it without it, so your next goal is to gather all of the resources needed to repair the Broken Tile. This includes: NameQuantityWhere to findHardwood8A fairly common resource that can be found on the ground near trees in many biomes, such as the Forest of Valor, Glade of Trust, Sunlit Plateau, and Frosted Heights.Honeycomb Stone2A Gem that can be mined from rock spots found all around Pixie Acres, including in the Hundred-Acre Fields, Sundae Shores, Pixie Flats, and Hunny Falls areas.Clay10A common material that can be found while digging in many areas, such as the Glade of Trust, Sunlit Plateau, and Forgotten Lands.Broken Tile1This item is sitting right behind the fence that surrounds the Tigger puzzle you're soon going to work on. Walk around the backside to grab it.Solve the Puzzle solution in Disney Dreamlight Valley To complete the Solve the Puzzle quest, you need to equip your Royal Shovel and use it to turn over each of the nine tiles until all of them feature a blue background and fit together to form the correct depiction of Tigger's face. Some of them will already be on the right tile when you start, but the rest need to be flipped a few times to get the pieces to align properly. Screenshot by Destructoid The centerpiece is the toughest one to line up since it has no background color. Save this piece for last, focusing on fixing the other eight first. Once all of the other pieces are correct, you can easily flip the middle one until the quest objective updates to tell you you're done, at which point you can go claim your tickets from the machine by Tigger. There's a bit more to get done in the Fun! Fun! Fun! quest, so keep working through it after you finish this mini mission in it. Once you're done, you'll finally be able to explore the next trial in the Crystal Cavern: Pixie Acres quest, which is also when you unlock your final Disney horse. The post Solve the Puzzle quest walkthrough in Disney Dreamlight Valley appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Sword of Convallaria's The Witcher 3 collaboration brings in Geralt, Yennefer, Triss, and Ciri with gear inspired by The Witcher 3 from November 28. View the full article
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If you've ever been obsessed with a co-op game, you know the hardest part of playing one: convincing your good-for-nothing friends to buy a copy and join the fun. I have great news for you if you've ever experienced this particular pain point with Warhammer Vermintide 2—the game is free to own on Steam until Nov 24... Read more.View the full article