I'm a big fan of city-building and sandbox games, but ones that lean in on automation always end up feeling the most rewarding to me. The sense of satisfaction that comes from setting and forgetting your base in the likes of Factorio, Astroneer, Dyson Sphere Program, and The Planet Crafter is tough to match - but the one that best captures that sensation for me is Satisfactory. As it plans for its 1.0 launch in 2024, developer Coffee Stain announces that the price is going up ahead of the full release, but you can snag it cheap right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The 13 best Satisfactory mods June 2024 As Satisfactory 1.0 looms, its dev still has "a huge backlog of ideas" 10/10 sandbox building game Satisfactory prepares for 1.0 launch View the full article
There are a lot of great games like Diablo on PC nowadays, with contenders like Path of Exile and Last Epoch, alongside plenty of big upcoming games including Titan Quest 2 and PoE 2. But if you're looking for a free game to scratch that ARPG *****, Torchlight Infinite might be just what you're after, delivering a more satisfying experience on PC than its crossover rival Diablo Immortal. Its newest season is just about to begin, and developer XD promises the "biggest update ever" to entice you in. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free Diablo rival sees big uptick on Steam as anniversary update lands Waiting for Diablo 4? Torchlight Infinite aims to fill the gap in May Torchlight Infinite isn't about "something new", it's about perfection View the full article
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is dividing players. Many say it's the best experience FromSoftware has ever made, while others decry the PC performance, balancing, and overall difficulty. Player opinion is so split that the DLC debuted with a 'mixed' Steam rating, but, after a week of playing, the reception has vastly improved. In fact, it now has a 'mostly positive' rating on Valve's platform. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elden Ring's DLC is too hard, but that's exactly how it should be Elden Ring is wrongly accusing people of cheating, but there's a fix Elden Ring DLC smashes through colossal sales milestone in three days View the full article
Photo by Ivan “Porkchop44” for Games Done Quick It’s summer, which means it’s time for sun and speedruns. The 2024 edition of Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual speedrunning marathon for charity, kicks off on Sunday and runs until July 6th. This year’s lineup is once again packed with runs for some of my favorite games, including Balatro, Alan Wake 2, Elden Ring, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1, 2, 3, and 4 (all in one run), a glitchless Baldur’s Gate 3 Honour Mode run, and a shipless Outer Wilds run (how???). But my most anticipated run is a live speedrun from Peanut Butter, the shiba inu who performed a remote run of the NES game Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick in January. At SGDQ, Peanut Butter will be live at the event playing Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball... Continue reading… View the full article
There are a million different directions that Baldur's Gate 3 could have gone in during its development, but some definitely came closer to becoming reality than others. When making a game of Baldur's Gate 3's impressive scale, a lot of interesting ideas and ambitious features will inevitably have to be left on the cutting room floor. That doesn't always mean that no trace of them ******** in the game, however, and when such an anomaly does show up, it can provide some interesting insight into how the game might have turned out with some different decisions along the way. View the full article
The Golden Braid Talisman blesses any build in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. However, finding this thing can be one of the most frustrating moments in the entire game. It’s one of the key items in a gigantic secret area. Let’s find that place. Where to find the Golden Braid Talisman in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree This hilltop is hard to get to without some devoted prayer. Screenshot by Dot Esports The Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Golden Braid Talisman is located at the top of Shaman Village, a small encampment in eastern Hinterlands. You can unlock the Hinterlands itself by taking a right just after the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace and emoting with “O Mother” before the Marika statue. The Shaman Village is a small group of buildings which doesn’t have many enemies to threaten you, or a boss battle. The Golden Braid simply sits within a tree at the top of it. View the full article
Worqor Zormor is the second Dungeon in the Dawntrail MSQ and is arguably tougher than the first. Let me give you a ****** course with our Worqor Zormor Dungeon FFXIV Dawntrail guide: Encounters, mechanics, and rewards.How to start the Worqor Zormor Dungeon in FFXIV DawntrailThe only way to unlock the Worqor Zormor Dungeon is through natural story progression through the Dawntrail Expansion. You’ll need to finish the Ihuykatumu Dungeon first, and you’ll reach Worqor Zormor a couple of hours later.Once you’ve beaten the Dungeon, you can reattempt it anytime with real players or the Trust.Worqor Zormor FFXIV Dawntrail Dungeon guideWorqor Zormor is a toughie, so let me explain how to clear every part of the Dungeon in the order you’ll face them. As for rewards, there’s miscellaneous gear up for grabs after each encounter. It’s good etiquette to only roll on gear for your job so your teammates can still get decent loot.If the gear y...View the full article
Fallout 4 has many interesting characters to meet across the Commonwealth, but one villain may be the key to immortality in the post-apocalyptic universe. Fallout 4 introduced many firsts for the franchise, the biggest being a change to more modern gameplay. These changes mainly included sprinting and improved **** mechanics. This allowed the franchise to appeal to a wider range of players who typically enjoy faster-paced games and improved over aspects of Fallout 3 and New Vegas. View the full article
Getting and using the Shadow Militiaman Armor set in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree can help you protect your character and delve deeper into the theme of certain regions of the Land of Shadow. The highly anticipated DLC for FromSoftwares hit RPG has finally arrived and, with it, a whole new set of content that includes weapons, spells, and armor. Among them is the Shadow Militiaman set, which is composed of four pieces: the helm, the body armor, the gauntlets, and the greaves. View the full article
Kioxia's projections, as covered by the ********* outlet PC Watch, extrapolate from past trends and improve upon existing NAND cell technology. The company expects NAND **** density to hit 100 Gbit/mm² with 1,000 memory cell layers just three years from now. To achieve this, the rate of increase would have... Read Entire Article View the full article
A few new Natlan characters for Genshin Impact 5.0 have been leaked ahead of the updates release later this year. Version 5.0 is expected to be added to the popular action RPG by HoYoverse immediately after the end of Version 4.8, as was the case of Version 4.0 after Version 3.8. The patch will introduce the sixth major Nation of Teyvat to the game, Natlan, which has already been confirmed to be the Travelers next destination. The release of Natlan in Genshin Impact will likely occur in late August if there are no delays to the games regular update schedule. View the full article
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Enlarge / The same gorgeous vistas return in the Riven remake. (credit: Samuel Axon) [/url] A remake of Riven: The Sequel to Myst launched this week, made by the original game's developers. It strikes a fascinating balance between re-creation and reinvention, and based on a couple of hours of playing it, it's a resounding success. Myst was the classic most people remembered fondly from the early CD-ROM era, but for me, its sequel, Riven, was the highlight. After that, the sequels declined in quality. The sophomore effort was the apex. It was certainly more ambitious than Myst. Instead of a handful of tightly packed theme park worlds, it offered a singular, cohesive one that felt lived in and steeped in history in a way that Myst couldn't quite match. Read 13 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article
No matter how much you ask for it, Days Gone 2 isn't happening, and Bend Studio would like it if you stop asking about it. Days Gone is a funny game. It was clearly meant to be one of Sony's tentpole, single-player titles it used to be known for, even taking the last spot in an E3 showcase many moons ago. However, it seems like behind the scenes it ended up being a bit of a dud - the game's director claims it sold as well as Ghost of Tsushima, but management made it seem like a disappointment. Critically it did fine, mostly on the positive side, but it wasn't the glowing reception a lot of other first-party Sony titles get. Still, it did get a PC release, and there are some fans that want a sequel, but Bend Studio's community manager Kevin McAllister has had to put any speculation about a Days Gone 2 to bed. "I apologize to our Days Gone community for continuously getting fed false hope and poor information by people looking for likes," wrote McAllister. "It’s not fair to you all. We are currently working on a new IP, and when we have actual news to share it will come from our studio." McAllister is seemingly referencing a tweet from Days Gone's writer John Garvin, who recently shared that the original intention was for the game to spawn a trilogy. Read more View the full article
It didn't go down well with Helldivers 2 players, but the upcoming hero shooter Concord will require PC players to connect a PSN account. Back in May, Sony made the decision to force PC Helldivers 2 players to connect a PSN account to their game. To put it lightly, that announcement did not go down well, leading Sony to walk it back just a few days later. That outrage was definitely in part because the requirement was introduced months after the game's release, and even if it was always meant to be there (it was a requirement when the game launched but was temporarily removed due to server issues), doing so when so many people have played so much of the game felt like a bad call. PlayStation didn't seem to learn anything from this though, as Firewalk Studios' upcoming hero shooter Concord will also have the same requirement, apparently. Speaking to Eurogamer, Firewalk's director of IP Kim Kreines explained the reasoning behind needing PC players to have a PSN account, saying: "That allows us to have cross play, that cross progression, that's that's an important piece of it." Lead character designer Jon Weisnewski went on to explain that the "goal is for players to come together. And so for us to have PC players and PlayStation 5 players together, for that cross-play and cross-progression to work, that's a layer that needs to be there - just on a technical level. So the goal is we want to get players together, to have fun and play together, this is part of that experience." Read more View the full article
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is another stunning FromSoftware DLC, yet for all its open-world refinements, gruesome ****** designs, and fancy new weapons, it still struggles with one of its most iconic field bosses. The new expansion features four new Ghostflame Dragon fights sprinkled throughout the surprisingly vast Land of Shadow. Despite their undead makeovers, however, fighting these drakes is just as repetitive and tedious as it is in the Lands Between. View the full article
Sorry to those of you looking forward to the public beta test for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, but it's been cancelled - for an understandable reason. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was due to receive a beta sometime before its launch in a few months time, but developer Saber Interactive shared an update this week sharing the news that there won't be one after all. Obviously this will be disappointing news for some of you, but I wouldn't worry too much, as it's all in the name of making sure the game is ready for its launch. "Over the past few weeks, we have seen incredible excitement around the game, both online and at the shows during the North ********* tour," reads an update post on Steam. "Our teams at Focus and Saber have been truly blown away by your passion, and we’ve loved seeing the fan art, reactions and memes that you have shared so far." "Space Marine 2 is almost ready. We are now entirely focused on optimization, polish and fixing remaining issues ahead of launch on September 9. This means we will not run a public online beta, as it would take the development teams away from preparing for the full launch, and our priority is to ensure the best possible experience at release." The post goes into note how the team understands that this might be disappointing news for some, so as a thank you to those who were interested in participating, anyone that had "registered via the online signup before June 28, 2024, midnight Paris Time" will receive a limited Bolt ******* skin below. Read more View the full article
Popular video game developer FromSoftware, known for titles like Elden Ring and Dark Souls, is facing a major security crisis after parent company KADOKAWA was hit by a crippling ransomware ******* by the BlackSuit group on June 27. According to a message posted on the dark web and shared on X (formerly Twitter) by T. Nihonmatsu this week, BlackSuit claims to have infiltrated the ********* giant’s network nearly a month ago. The hackers allege they exploited vulnerabilities in the company’s interconnected network infrastructure, granting them access to a staggering 1.5 TB of data. View the full article
Crab Game has peaked at 75,967 concurrent players on 30 June 2024 which is 3 years after release. View charts and more statistics on our website.View the full article
LoLdle stuck to what seemed to be its theme for June with another very short quote on June 30. Although it took me several guesses to figure this one out, other League of Legends players might solve it much quicker if they’ve played this classic champ. Who says “Awaken, phoenix!” in LoL? June 30’s LoLdle quote is “Awaken, phoenix!” The League champion who says this line is Udyr. View the full article
VALORANT is expecting its next agent soon, and while Riot Games hasn’t officially announced anything, the developers have started dropping hints about who will be joining the roster soon. Agent 26 will be the game’s 25th agent (because the VALORANT Protocol skips Agent Eight, hence the irregularity)—and will follow Clove, the game’s sixth controller introduced in Episode Eight, Act Two on March 26. View the full article
Since its release alongside GTA 5 back in 2013, GTA Online has evolved into a sprawling multiplayer experience, continually expanding its branches. From heists and high-stakes ****** to the thrill of aerial smuggling and high-end lifestyle, each update has brought new dimensions to the vibrant ****** playground of Los Santos. We’re going down memory lane and delving into the chronological journey of GTA Online updates. View the full article
Lethal Company‘s v55 is a smaller update than most, but its new monsters pack a ***** of a punch to any employees oblivious to their nature. The update invites two new enemies into the fold, bringing back the unknown and challenging setting of moving scrap from the Facility and into the Dropship. Here is everything you need to know about the new Lethal Company monsters for Version 55. View the full article
The Kidnapper Fox joins the long list of entities for Lethal Company v55. With its mischievous behavior and large health pool, you best not get too close to those Vain Shrouds or you’ll be lassoed, purging your chances to loot the Facility. Kidnapper Fox is one of the latest monsters joining Lethal Company‘s bestiary. Its file name is Bush Wolf, and this bizarre Fox-like creature has Turbot features, with a sideways face and a flat, malformed body that strafes across the terrain once spotted. It navigates back and forth its habitat of weeds, waiting for you to get close enough for its *******. View the full article
Become the top gardener at the Company, put that Weed ******* to the test, and reduce those kidnapping odds in Lethal Company. Weed ******* is the latest item to join the Lethal Company store on your Dropship’s Terminal, as part of update v55. You may be wondering what to use Weed ******* on, but not to worry: We’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about Weed ******* in Lethal Company. View the full article
As the trumpet sounds, the Barber approaches, bringing a new ******* into Lethal Company‘s Facilities. You must have a ****** wish braving the Facility while the Barber and Coil-Head roam the dark halls. This creepy addition to Lethal Company‘s Bestiary is the body-chopping Barber, who wants nothing more in life than to give you a free trim. This strange mechanical creature is only visible up close, but its short orchestral music rings nearby as the Barber encroaches on your position. View the full article
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I'm a big fan of city-building and sandbox games, but ones that lean in on automation always end up feeling the most rewarding to me. The sense of satisfaction that comes from setting and forgetting your base in the likes of Factorio, Astroneer, Dyson Sphere Program, and The Planet Crafter is tough to match - but the one that best captures that sensation for me is Satisfactory. As it plans for its 1.0 launch in 2024, developer Coffee Stain announces that the price is going up ahead of the full release, but you can snag it cheap right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The 13 best Satisfactory mods June 2024 As Satisfactory 1.0 looms, its dev still has "a huge backlog of ideas" 10/10 sandbox building game Satisfactory prepares for 1.0 launch View the full article