A Reddit user's ant-infested PC has destroyed my hopes for a real life Discworld computer

Oh fine, I will explain Hex. And also, if I have time, a real life man with ants in his computer. The Discworld series is one of slightly metafictional adult fantasy. A reference to the earliest kind of punchcard data processing, you see? Hex pops up in successive books and becomes smarter, and accrues more references. The doesn’t do anything, but if the mouse is removed then Hex stops working....

February 15, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Garrett Rose

Diablo 4 is coming to Game Pass on March 28th

Spencer did say thatStarfieldand thenew Indiana Jones gamewere not among those going multi-platform. Diablo 4 launched in June last year via Blizzard’s own Battle.net store, thencame to Steamin October. Some of its post-release updates since then have had a rough reception, with season 3launching in January.

February 15, 2024 · 1 min · 46 words · Michele Collins

Disco Elysium expansion reportedly cancelled, with a quarter of staff at risk of redundancy

“With the cancellation of X7 we are proposing to reshape our team to support our two remaining games. Two projects are thought to remain in development within ZA/UM, with one relating to Disco Elysium.

February 15, 2024 · 1 min · 34 words · Diana Porter

Embracer have laid off 8% of their global workforce since their "restructuring" began

“Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation.” The number of Embracer studio game projects in development, meanwhile, has fallen from 224 to 179. “Processes are in mature stages.” It’s possible that “restructuring” measures might happen before they’re announced. “Certain companies might initiate restructuring before any divestment is announced,” the CEO continued. “Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation.”...

February 15, 2024 · 1 min · 108 words · David Kramer

Helldivers 2 will "never" get PvP because Arrowhead don't want a toxic community

“We all are fighting on the same side!” They want to avoid encouraging any toxic behaviour in the newshooter’s multiplayer community. “This is to reduce toxic elements from the community. Just we don’t want the toxicity that naturally comes with it. There are plenty, actually most, games that provide PvP. Our Ed Thorn would probably agree. He’d unleashed a nuke, killing us all instantly. You’re not supposed to actuallywantto be a frothing space Nazi....

February 15, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Erica Parker

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor early access review: pick of the bunch

It shouldnt work, surely. You have to think plan, even when it comes to mining. The focus on objectives, as opposed to pure survival, creates even more interesting risk/reward dynamics. Want that +70 health sandwich? Better be ready to put your arse on the line for it. If anything, its striking just how well certain DRG elements lend themselves to a Survivors-like. Generally, theres a decent amount of meat to this early access build....

February 14, 2024 · 1 min · 109 words · Patrick Mcguire

Fantasy extraction game Dungeonborne was February's most played Steam Next Fest demo

The demo’s still live, too, so you simply have no excuse. Go get it played.

February 14, 2024 · 1 min · 15 words · Carmen Carter

Granblue Fantasy: Relink review: a slick JRPG wedded to the rule of cool

You know what’s cool? In practice, though, you sort of can’t be mad at Granblue Fantasy: Relink. At The Firework Factory that flirts with being a photosensitivity nightmare. I’m not selling it as such, but it’s actually charming. Oh, the tweets Neil deGrasse Tyson would thread. I forget the details. The scraps are the main thing. You also have Skybound Arts (SBA), which are each character’s extra special attacks (i.e....

February 14, 2024 · 1 min · 169 words · Scott Gonzalez

Happy Valentine's, you can win a huge and official Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood dildo

I mean I say “prohibitively”, but I don’t know your life. So it’s free to enter, but you do need a copy of The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. All in all I think this is a pretty good bit of marketing kit. The competition closes on February the 29th.

February 14, 2024 · 1 min · 48 words · Mr. Tyler Berry

Helldivers 2 patch fixes crashes, disconnects and matchmaking bugs as devs aim to "beef up our content plans"

Still, they’re doing their utmost as the game becomes PlayStation’sbiggest PC release to date. The latest patch - Patch 006, to be particular - is a fairly simple affair. It’s prepped things for further server improvements and resolved a lot of crashes and disconnects. Senior devs can even pop in an open system, which we love to see. Enlist today with@ArrowheadGS. As for those crashes, it was only on launch day that I struggled with disconnects....

February 14, 2024 · 1 min · 101 words · Sherri Phillips

Best base locations in Palworld

The numbers below equate to the base position on the map. Of the Pals that spawn nearby, there are usually3-4 Foxparksevery time you load in. you’ve got the option to usually yield around2-3 High Quality Pal Oilper Pal. Best base location for Ancient Civilization Parts There are four main ways to getAncient Civilization Partsin Palworld. These aredefeat or capture Alphas, dungeon bosses,Lucky Palsor from looting rare chests throughout the world....

February 13, 2024 · 2 min · 303 words · Desiree Tate

Ending Dead Cells updates is a "marketing stunt" to "leave room" for Windblown, claims former lead designer

Benard initially posted about the news when asked for his thoughts on Discord. Here’s what he wrote, viaEurogamer. The official statement is total marketing bullshit, the way this situation happened is on a whole different level. I never imagined my former coop studio would turn out to be such greedy people. Benard has now apologised for his “blunt words” ina blog postand offered a longer clarification. “They hired 50 people during that period of time....

February 13, 2024 · 1 min · 201 words · Kendra Collier

Game-making tool RPG Maker XP is free on Steam right now

Maybe it’s time to give it a crack. rattling around up there, waiting to manifest. Older engine versions do also often have the advantage of having years of knowledge and tools available online. That’s another advantage of using software which predates knowledge congealing in ungoogleable places like Discord servers. You have until 6pm GMT on Monday the 19th to grab RPG Maker XP free for keepsiesfrom Steam. There’s some good games discounted there too, like To The Moon and Ib....

February 13, 2024 · 1 min · 80 words · Patrick Mcbride