Let’s find out I’m playingRusty’s Retirementas I type this article. This cute farming sim runs at the bottom of your screen as you go about your working day. You can plant crops, hire watering robots, harvest blueberry bushes, raise pigs, all while validating the spreadsheets from Paula in accounts. Paula! Where are the running totals!? I can’t find the running t- oh, they’re under the turnips. Sorry, Paula. My bad....

“I think we’ve gone too far in some areas.” I spent this morning beingpseudo-profound about Animal Wellandpseudo-elegaic about Tango Gameworks, so now it’s time to get back to the Real Business - being a pseud on the subject of videogame gun balancing. The game in question is cheery co-op shooterHelldivers 2, over which Aunty Sony recently upended a can of furious worms by abruptlyinsisting that Steam players have a PSN account for security reasonsand so, blocking players in regions where PSN isn’t available....

Here’s how to get food in Manor Lords, from Berries and Meat to Honey Wondering how to get food in Manor Lords?Starvation is no laughing matter inManor Lords, and it’s vital to have a steady supply of food to fill the bellies of your hardworking peasants. There are several different food sources in the game, ranging from Berries to Vegetables, and each requires a unique gathering strategy. In this guide onhow to get food in Manor Lords, we’ve broken down how to acquire each of these food items and outlined which are easier to obtain and which require more effort....

Here’s how to get Glassrock in Hades 2 Wondering where to get G Rock in Hades 2?There are many recipes inHades 2that require different Reagents. G Rock is listed as a main ingredient to forge the fifthHades 2 weapon, the Argent Skull. Although the game doesn’t tell you where to find G Rock, or Glassrock as it’s properly known, we’ve listed the location for you below to save frustration. Where to get G Rock in Hades 2...

Here’s an explanation on Emmer Fertility and how it affects Wheat in Manor Lords Wondering what Emmer Fertility is in Manor Lords?When it comes time to seed and till the land inManor Lords. you’ll need to pay attention to fertility levels. Emmer Fertility is an especially important stat to keep in mind, though unfortunately, the game doesn’t tell you what this is. In this quick explainer onEmmer Fertility in Manor Lords, we’ll break down this unexplained aspect of the game and tell you precisely what you need to know....

And reportedly turning down a sequel Ah, itfeels like only yesterdaythat Microsoft shut down Tango Gameworks, creators ofHi-Fi Rush, and now here’s Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, telling Microsoft staff at an internal townhall meeting that “we need smaller games that give us prestige and awards” - a sentence we might plausibly lengthen to “…like Hi-Fi Rush”. See, these are the kinds of glacial changes of focus and ponderous shifts of strategy you often get at very large videogame publishers such as Microsoft....

Studios spread thin like “peanut butter on bread” says Xbox president Matt Booty Like us, you’re probably still reeling fromTuesday’s newsthatHi-Fi Rushstudio Tango andPrey’s Arkane Austin are getting shuttered by Microsoft.According to Bloomberg, these closures were just a part of a “widespread cost-cutting initiative” that’s still underway. All signs point towards more cuts to come, basically. ZeniMax studios seem to be the main target. According to sources “familiar with the company’s plans,” this week saw Xbox offering voluntary severance to “producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax....

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #333 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

The evil within and the evil without In recent years, it’s felt like they’ve been doing just that. The poppy, pulpy Hi-Fi Rush was a “dream” pitch from Johanas that stands among the best action games of this decade.Ghostwire: Tokyoisn’t quite as assured, but it’s an engrossing, enveloping marriage of first-person parkour, magical melee and Japanese folkhorror. Where Tango’sThe Evil Withingames are Resident Evil remixes from the title on downwards, these latter projects stand on their own merits....

There’ll be hell to pay In the grand tradition established by one (1) prior release, Supergiant droppedHades 2over the weekend and we at the Electronic Wireless showpodcasthave all been playing and enjoying it bunches! So we wanted to talk about the game, why we’re enjoying it, some of the new aspects over Hades the first, and just generally go ‘Ooh, this game is fun, innit?’. Not a complex podcast this week....

Too many SEO possibilities to pick just one How to best describestrategygameBe the Ruler: Britanniawhen its alchemic reduction of traditionally full-on genres is what drew me to itsfree Steam prologuein the first place? A less demandingManor Lords? A more casualCrusader Kings III?Total Warwith training wheels? It’s got shades of all these games, but thrown together with a wonderfully vibrant wood craft art style. It ends up as something I feel is going to be a lot more approachable for players who like the idea of massive medieval simulations but don’t care to spend time reading a Magna Carta-fat wiki to learn exactly what pop growth percentage is....

Here’s where to get Garlic in Hades 2 and what to use it for Wondering where to get Garlic in Hades 2?Garlic is one of many Reagents required to perform Incantations inHades 2. Although the game doesn’t explicitly tell you where to get Garlic, as you progress through the story you’ll uncover Incantation recipes that require it. In particular, you need Garlic to expand your garden and grow more plants. You also need Garlic to unlock theCrossroads Taverna, a place of respite where you can increase your romantic connections with the various NPC inHades 2....

Swathe of DLC and updates follow the studio into the grave Vampire shooterRedfallwas to receive an offline mode via update this very month before Microsoft staked creators Arkane Austin, according to a report. To spell it out, the cancellation of the offline functionality means that Redfall will now be officially playable for only as long as Microsoft run the servers. Another win forvideogame preservation! All that’s fromIGN’s Wesley Yin-Poole, who says that the developers were working on DLC and updates for the game until “very recently”, and were blindsided byMicrosoft’s internal announcement yesterdaythat it would close the studio along with Tango Gameworks and Alpha Dog Games....