Homeworld 3's new Steam demo has atmosphere, but I'm not sure about the controls

Try out War Games mode, transfer your progress to the full game Good news, star admirals with decent CPM! Gearbox and Blackbird Interactive’sstrategyescapadeHomeworld 3has a demo on Steam. It’s been live for a few days, actually, but whether due to the bombardment ofother Steam Fest goodiesor my being led astray by the similar-but-nerdierNebulous: Fleet Command, I didn’t try it till last night. The demo includes a tutorial mission, four maps and the War Games mode, a one-to-three player affair which essentially turns Homeworld into a roguelike - pitching you up against unpredictable opposition while unlocking new fleets and doling out Artifacts that augment your vessels....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 624 words · Jennifer Copeland

How to get Cake in Palworld

Here’s how to get Cake in Palworld, needed to breed Pals together Looking to get Cake in Palworld?Cake is one of many cooking recipes inPalworldthat can be crafted to satiate hunger for yourself and your Pals. Cake is also a necessary component needed forbreeding Palstogether. As such, when you unlock the Breeding Farm at Level 19, you’ll need to know how to make Cake if you want to breed rare Pals like the Elphidran Aqua and Suzaku Aqua....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 354 words · Tara Gomez

How to get Fiber in Palworld

Here’s how to get Fiber in Palworld Want to know how to get Fiber in Palworld?Fiber is one of the first crafting materials you’ll need when you begin yourPalworldadventures. Easily gathered and used in a wide variety of recipes to craft everything from saddles to weaponry, Fiber could even be considered one ofPalworld’s basic building blocks. Fiber might not be particularly tricky to acquire when compared to Palworld’s other materials, but that doesn’t mean that you should slack when it comes to accumulating a large supply....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 618 words · Mark Myers

How to get Honey in Palworld

Here’s how to get Honey in Palworld Want to know how to get Honey in Palworld?Honey is an important material inPalworldfor makingCake, which is a necessity for breeding Pals. If you want to ensure that your Pals are happy, well-fed, and ready to hatch eggs, you’ll need lots of Cake, which means lots of Honey! As you might expect, Honey drops after defeating Pals who resemble bees, and it can also be produced on your base if you have a Ranch....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 472 words · Paul Reyes

How to get Sulfur in Palworld

Here’s how to get Sulfur in Palworld Want to know how to get Sulfur in Palworld?Sulfuris needed inPalworldfor crafting Gunpowder, which you’ll eventually rely on to power guns and all the other best weapons in the game, from the humble Musket to the mighty Rocket Launcher. You’ll need to mine Sulfur in a few very specific places, since it isn’t commonly found by just defeating Pals in the wild. Below, we’ve got the rundown on the best spots to mine Sulfur, the best Pal to bring with you on your excavation expeditions, and a few key strategies for beginners....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 554 words · James Harris

Latest Palworld update stops Pals falling asleep forever while breeding

Also stops the game crashing when you have over 7000 pals in your guild The latest majorPalworldupdate is live, fixing a range of crash and save data bugs while also addressing a glitch which saw your much-abused indentured munsters falling into an eternal slumber when assigned to aPal breedingfarm. I continue to wonder how much ofPalworldisdeliberate satire. The newpatch- that’s Steam update v0.1.4.1 and Xbox update v0.1.1.4, to be precise - also tackles problems with Lifmunk Effigies not actually giving you capture probability bonuses, and introduces some anti-cheating countermeasures....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 409 words · Michael Carter

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, February 7)

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #241 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....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 556 words · Emily Martinez

Paralives heats up the race to be the next Sims with early access release in 2025, confirms no paid DLC

Shows off job system, group interactions and more in latest gameplay preview After years without a newThe Simsgame, it seems like three are likely to land in fairly close proximity - sort of, anyway. We know that Paradox’s ambitious competitorLife By Youwill arrive this June (assumingno more delays), while EA’s ownfree-to-play evolutionof the OG life-sim series - currently codenamed Project Rene rather thanThe Sims 5- is probably still a while off yet....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 518 words · Logan Rodriguez

Play piano, blag your book report, and navigate high school crushes in this gorgeous Philippines-inspired indie game

A Space For The Unbound likers need to play Until Then’s Next Fest demo, stat If you played and liked last year’s excellent slice-of-life adventureA Space For The Unbound, stop what you’re doing and go and download theSteam Next Fest demo for Until Then. Go on, I’ll wait. Right, sorted? Let’s continue. Like A Space For The Unbound,Until Thenis a coming of age story where the ups and downs of everyday high school life start intermingling with strange, supernatural occurences....

February 7, 2024 · 4 min · 709 words · Christina Berry

PlayStation’s creative game-making toybox Dreams apparently almost made it to PC, but now it’s dead

PC port with ray tracing support said to be cancelled alongside layoffs at developers Media Molecule last year A PC version of Dreams, the PlayStation 4-exclusive toybox-slash-game creation platform from LittleBigPlanet makers Media Molecule, was nearly completed before being cancelled late last year, according to a new report. While its PS4 release meant it was backwards-compatible on console, Dreams was never brought to PlayStation 5. However, during a recentlivestream, industry insider Lance McDonald has now claimed that both a PS5 port and a PC version of Dreams had been in development and were almost finished before being cancelled last year....

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 221 words · James Riggs

What's better: instant-death bottomless pits, or being able to reroll your build?

Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Last week, you decided by 60% to 40% thatvampires are better than werewolves. I trust we will never hear of this again. Alas, I must respond to serious allegations. RPS reader Truffles commented, “This is an absurd comparison, I thought this was meant to be scientific! How are we meant to decide between two completely unrelated things?” You’re right....

February 7, 2024 · 3 min · 563 words · Vicki Bell

Wordle hints and answer (#963): How to solve the Wednesday February 7 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for February 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

February 7, 2024 · 6 min · 1215 words · Catherine Sharp

WWE, NBA and Lego 2K Drive developers reportedly hit by second wave of layoffs in less than six months

Multiple staff said to have lost their jobs at Visual Concepts Austin Visual Concepts Austin, the 2K Games studio behind sports franchises including WWE and NBA, as well as last year’s kart racing gameLego 2K Drive, has reportedly laid off a number of employees. The cuts come fewer than six months after the last round of layoffs at the Texas outlet. Among those affected was art manager Brad Bowling, who posted on LinkedIn (viaGame Developer) that “a group of very talented developers” had been let go from the studio....

February 7, 2024 · 1 min · 203 words · Daniel Benjamin