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2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation have updated World of Goo 2 to include their developer level editor, along with Steam Workshop support. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s portfolio director has acknowledged the game’s success is partly to do with its scope and ability to respect the player's time, noting that he would like more games to be shorter. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG by French studio Sandfall Interactive, and it received its debut back in April. Gamers join a party of volunteer expeditioners who are tasked with defeating the Paintress, an entity that enforces an annual Gommage that removes people of a certain age from the world. View the full article

If you want to lose yourself in a survival game, the surface-level pitch for Soulmask is pretty irresistible: the world is massive, you can create custom buildings, and developer Campfire promises a play time of some 500 hours. Heck, even the free demo, released at the top of 2024, was 40 hours long. Despite 'very positive' Steam reviews, however, the initial fervor around Soulmask has died off a little. At peak, it pulled in more than 45,000 concurrent players - right now, it's still doing admirably, but the simultaneous player base averages around 3,000. An alternative spin on the genre pioneered by Rust, The Forest, and The Long Dark, if you want a unique, hidden-gem survival game, Soulmask is mounting a resurgence with new, free DLC. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hit survival game Soulmask details packed 2025 roadmap and impending 1.0 launch Survival games Soulmask and The Planet Crafter are cheap in a bundle right now Survival game Soulmask gets colossal update, free DLC, and ***** for new players View the full article

FromSoftware "neglected" duos, but this Seamless Co-Op modder hasn'tView the full article

Hands-on | Hell is Us shapes up to be a unique action adventure thanks to its dedication to compass navigation as much as tricky combatView the full article

Here's an up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for May 30th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

OBS Studio 31.1.0 Beta 1 has been released for testing, bringing new features to the popular open source video recording and livestreaming app. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Right, so. Oblivion Remastered modders continue to find ways to pull off really cool stuff despite not having any official tools. The latest interesting new mod to drop adds a whole Skyrim-style smithing system and skill to the game, and it's by someone who'd already blown us away with their faction overhauls. Read more View the full article

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is everything I wanted and then some, and then more stillView the full article

Modding project Tamriel Rebuilt's quest to make the rest of Morrowind continues apace, even over two decades after it began. The team has just released Grasping Fortune, its biggest expansion yet, bringing with it the sprawling city of Narsis. As House Hlaalu capital, Narsis took years to put together and features over 600 interiors, which means it dwarfs every other playable city in every Elder Scrolls game... Read more.View the full article

Canonical recently announced Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has been upgraded to improve support for modern Intel GPUs. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Managed democracy has never been more under siegeView the full article

The online servers for MultiVersus officially close down today, bringing an end to Warner Bros Games’ crossover Smash Bros rival. The publisher announced back in January that the game’s fifth season would be its last, running from February 5 to May 30. Today at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST, the game will go offline and will be delisted from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam and Epic Games Store. Read More... View the full article

Pine Studio released a new update for their popular game Escape Simulator, dropping the Linux version to focus on Proton. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio just got a big free update to enhance many parts of the visuals for high-end systems. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

NVIDIA have released the new stable driver 575.57.08, as part of their New Feature Branch for Linux systems. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

We explain how to use emotes in Nightreign, and where to get moreView the full article

Iron Man and at least two other superhero games are still in the works at EAView the full article

This week, Capcom released a detailed analysis of Monster Hunter Wilds’ play data. Bearing the official-sounding name of “The Forbidden Lands White Paper 1,” the Japanese-language report covers player activities after MHW’s April 4 update, and reveals that Hunters have very strong preferences when it comes to the in-game food. As well as adding new quests and monsters, Monster Hunter Wilds’ free April 4 update introduced the Grand Hub, an area where players can gather and meet up. The Grand Hub also has a canteen, where you can exchange Meal Vouchers for dishes from each region of The Forbidden Lands. Eating a hearty meal in Monster Hunter Wilds gives you various buffs depending on the dish, so the Grand Hub and Meal Vouchers provide a quick way to get your character ready before setting off on quests with other players (without having to trek out to a specific region to eat a particular cuisine). Meal Vouchers can pop up as daily login bonuses or as Arena quest rewards. As reported by Automaton Japan, the Forbidden Lands White Paper 1 revealed usage data for each of the four regional Meal Vouchers. Spring Kunafa Cuisine was the most popular by far, accounting for a staggering 87.8% of voucher usage. This was distantly followed by Fresh Sild Cuisine (8.2%), Colorful Suja Cuisine (3.5%) and Hot Azuz Cuisine (with only 0.5%). The report gives a major reason for the Spring Kunafa Cuisine voucher’s landslide victory. Five of these vouchers were given out to players at the time of the April 4 update, and it seems many players used up these freebies. Spring Kunafa Cuisine vouchers have a chance to give one of three buffs, and the report suggests that the Defender Meal (Hi) buff is likely popular with players taking on tough quests as it greatly reduces damage from monster attacks. An equal number of these regional meal tickets have not been distributed though, which is thought to be why Sild, Suja, and Azuz lag behind so significantly. The data on the Pick-a-Meal Voucher usage gives a much clearer picture of which dishes players actually like and dislike. As the name suggests, Pick-a-Meal Vouchers allow the player to choose a dish from any region. When using these vouchers, players’ top pick was Hot Azuz Cuisine at 41.3%, followed by Colorful Suja Cuisine (28.3%), Spring Kunafa Cuisine (19%) and Fresh Sild Cuisine (12%). The white paper suggests that players chose to chow down on Azuz dishes due to the Tumbler Meal (Hi) buff, which greatly improves evasion. It notes that performing successful Discerning Dodges is particularly important for bow users as it fills up the Trick Arrow Gauge. The second most popular, Colorful Suja Cuisine, is well-suited to offensive players looking to max out their rewards, as bonuses from this cuisine include Caprice Meal (Hi), which ups your attack damage at random intervals, and Exploiter Meal, which increases the rewards you get from destroying monster wounds (you also get the chance to watch your character dig into some huge sushi rolls). Although players are likely choosing which meals to eat based on the buffs that they give, the Pick-a-Meal coupon usage data has attracted some amusement from players as it seems to suggest that Sild Cuisine is unpopular. Most of the food in Monster Hunter Wilds looks mouth-wateringly delicious, with Kunafa’s banquet cutscene even making some players so hungry that Nepalese restaurants in Japan sold out of cheese naan. However, due to Sild’s location in the barren ruins of Wyveria, the food is very simple and includes unripe-looking fruits and vegetables, such as white tomatoes and raw garlic bulbs. This stands in stark contrast to the indulgent feasts of the other regions, with the Sild cuisine being deemed “unappetizing” in comparison by players, such as in the following Reddit thread. All village meals byu/save_0 inMonsterHunter .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } It seems that Capcom will release future “White Papers” on Monster Hunter Wilds, so it will be interesting to see if people’s in-game eating habits change in the future. Monster Hunter Wilds just got a new update on May 28, which even adds Street Fighter’s Akuma to the game — here’s what’s new in Version 1.011. Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance writer who previously served as editor, contributor and translator for the game news site Automaton West. She has also written about Japanese culture and movies for various publications. View the full article

"Maybe players' perception can change a bit" about such pricingView the full article

Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age has sold nearly 8.5 million units, according to fine print in one of Square Enix’s recent press releases. The commercial performance update positions Dragon Quest 11 as the best-selling individual title in the long-running JRPG franchise. View the full article

First Yosuke, then Chie, now Yukiko... is Troy Baker next?View the full article

Elden Ring Nightreign has enjoyed a solid launch on Steam despite mixed reviews from players. According to SteamDB, the game reached a peak of 313,593 concurrent users on Steam an hour after its release, which was a 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST on Thursday. That number has continued to gradually drop since then, but is expected to rise again, potentially surpassing 313,593, during the weekend. Read More... View the full article

Helldivers 2 has been hit with a fresh burst of negative reviews on Steam over the past couple of days, and it looks like the reason for this uptick is rooted in an alleged Galactic War messaging mix-up involving ******** players keen to defeat the Illuminate. Read more View the full article