Summary Fans ofStardew Valleyhave long appreciated the depth of gameplay and storytelling in the farming sim, and one player has found a useful trick to assist those grinding away towards unlocking Perfection. Achievingperfection inStardew Valleyis no easy task, and this latest tip for the community has already aided a number of players. Since its launch back in 2016,Stardew Valleyhas become a staple of the life-sim genre and is considered by many to be one of the best indie games of all time....

Though the originalBorderlandswas a terrific game, its most lackluster aspect was its story. The world ofPandoramay have been interesting, but Commandant Steele was a forgettable villain with limited impact on the characters and narrative. WithBorderlands 2, Gearbox delivered a story that was just as great as its looter shooter gameplay, and Handsome Jack is a huge reason why it worked as well as it did. Handsome Jack became iconic for a number of reasons....

Summary Twitchhas made headlines again after banning the prominentCall of Dutystreamer Censor, following an incident in which he used a racial slur during a livestream. The Amazon-owned streaming platform, known for its strict policy enforcement, maintains that it applies the same standards to all streamers, regardless of their popularity, and takes punitive action against those found to be in breach ofTwitch’s community guidelines. In mid-October,Twitch also banned well-known American streamer ExtraEmily, who boasts over 260,000 followers on the platform and is celebrated for her innovative in-real-life (IRL) content....

Summary When it comes to text-free and text-light storytelling, one name stands above all others: Thatgamecompany’s 2012 hitJourney,in which players speak to one another using nothing but a distinctive musical chime.Journeytells a complex and heart-touching story without a single word of dialogue exchanged between players. When developing their upcoming titleKoira,which also tells a story without text or dialogue, Studio Tolima took significant inspiration fromJourney.Other titles that inspiredKoirainclude Mountains’Florence,which utilizes minimal written dialogue and focuses on visual-based puzzles....

Quick Links TheWarhammergames are over-the-top, hard toplay with friends, and fun for all sorts of players. The first-person shooter genre is a play style that theWarhammergames have perfected. The latest release in the series,Warhammer 40k: Darktide,takes the co-op fun and the large quantities of enemies descending on players fromVermintide 2,and mixes influid melee combat. Much likeWarhammer: Vermintide 2,the game has classes and works in different ways. This allows all players to contribute something to the overall goal....

Summary Hype is growing around Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming projectAvowed, with its recent appearance at the Xbox Developer Direct making the game finally feel within reach for many fans. As a bold fantasy RPG set in the same universe as the popularPillars of EternityIP, the project has already captured the hearts of many fans who cannot wait to get their hands on the release. For some time,Avowedhas been billed as releasing in 2024, with this launch window being maintained at the recent Xbox Direct....

Players familiar with Supermassive’s other titles know that these games are founded upon putting players in harrowing situations and forcing them tomake split-second decisions,with the lives of the characters on the line. Sometimes these decisions can be counter-intuitive, and the safest choice may not seem safe in the heat of the moment. Thankfully, guides like this one are here to help. Here are theMan of Medanchoicesplayers should avoid making if they want to survive this trip to the South Pacific....

Summary Only two games have been announced for theXbox Game PassDecember 2023 lineup so far:SteamWorld Buildfor Xbox One and Xbox Series X andAgainst the Stormfor PC. Microsoft likes to announce newXbox Game Passgames every two weeks or so, but release date announcements let fans know when to expect certain titles in advance. At the time of this writing,SteamWorld Build, coming on December 1, andAgainst the Storm, releasing December 8, are the only two games confirmed for Game Pass in December 2023....

Summary Hello Kitty probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking aboutArmored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, but that didn’t stop one fan from building a mech inspired by Sanrio’s iconic mascot. Thefirst new entry in FromSoftware’s classic mecha action series in 10 yearsboasts no shortage of customization options, and fans have taken full advantage of those options to assemble a wide variety of battle machines that run the gamut from imposing to wacky....

Summary As the franchise’s free-to-play entry in the long-running series,Call of Duty: Warzonehas brought forth some exciting multiplayer matches since it launched two years ago. As is natural with multiplayer first-person shooters,Warzonefeatures a variety of maps to fight in, and the Rebirth Island map appears to hold an Easter egg that has some major, but exciting, implications. The recent return of Rebirth Island was an applauded update to the game, but there is actually more to this map than meets the eye....

Summary As hardware continues to improve, video games' ability to fully immerse its players in a fictional world is ever-increasing. FromThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s extensive fantasy world tothe cosmos inStarfield, gaming is allowing people to escape into something new at a rapid rate, and future titles look to be continuing the trend. One such project isClockwork Revolution, which drew parallels from the get-go withBioShock, We Happy Few, andGhostwire: Tokyo....

Summary Destiny 2’s Season of the Witch has been going on for a month and a half, and while the Festival of the Lost event is still a week or two away and more story radio messages are waiting to be listened to, the main narrative has been resolved.Season of the Witch’s finaleis being regarded by many fans as anticlimactic for multiple reasons, such as the fact that the last cutscene ends abruptly without explaining a few core points - something that players have to dig up themselves while looking at lore books....

Doctor Whofocuses on the eponymous Doctor, a time-traveling alien who loves adventuring and solving problems. He’s a Time Lord but differs from his species in almost every notable way. The show isn’t particularly kind to the Doctor’s brethren. Time Lords can travel the timeline at will but live by an intricate web of complex predictions. The Prophecy of the Hybrid may have been their first glimpse into the dark times to come....