Paradox show off Foundry, a factory game of infinite size

Conveyor Kings, amirite Paradox have announced that they’re publishing Channel 3 Entertainment’s Foundry, a first-person factorymanagement simset in an… “infinite” world. Factories with no maximum size limit? Oh dear. I had a hard enough time shucking off my addiction toDyson Sphere Program, in which you can build a factory that encloses the sun. I dread to think how much time I could waste away playing this. Visually, Foundry is a mixture ofSatisfactoryandMinecraft- one of the earliest first-person games to support outlandish feats of in-game automation - with a procedurally generated voxel-based world that extends from jungles to mountains and mineshafts....

October 2, 2023 · 2 min · 292 words · Michelle Cruz

Payday 3 devs say its disastrous launch issues have been fixed as the co-op heist shooter passes 3m players

“This was not the start we wanted, but at the same time, our business model is a marathon and not a sprint” Payday 3makers Starbreeze have promised that the matchmaking woes of its launch are at an end following multiple rounds of maintenance to theco-op shooter’s servers. The heist-’em-up sequel generated the wrong kind of Heat - more burning bag of dog poo than Michael Mann masterpiece -when it launched on September 21st, with long queues needed to get into a game....

October 2, 2023 · 3 min · 452 words · Debra Bass

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Fishing rod violence and horrible udders

Admiring upcoming indie games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by retro-styled adventure games and city-builders, phenomenally cool fishing rod violence, and some sort of horrible sentient milk glands. Check out all these attractive and interesting indie games! A striking scene in adventure game When You’re Not Around:...

October 2, 2023 · 3 min · 615 words · Cheryl Rodriguez

Sergiy Galyonkin, SteamSpy creator who helped launched the Epic Games Store, has left the Fortnite maker after eight years

“I am not a good fit for this new version of Epic” Sergiy Galyonkin - aka Mr. SteamSpy himself - has left Epic Games after almost a decade at theFortnitemaker, including six years as its director of publishing strategy, saying that he is no longer “a good fit” for the publisher. “We challenged the status quo in game distribution with the 88/12 revenue share,” Galyonkin said of his time at Epic....

October 2, 2023 · 2 min · 249 words · Jack Briggs

Wordle hints and answer (#835): How to solve the Monday October 2 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 2? 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?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

October 2, 2023 · 6 min · 1212 words · Robert Vega

Worms, Blasphemous and Overcooked publisher Team17 is the latest video game company to face job losses

What a terrible few months for the industry it’s been The recent spate of job losses across the video game industry in recent weeks and months is set to continue at Worms creator-turned-indie publishing powerhouse Team17. The UK company behindWorms,Blasphemous,Overcooked,Dredgeand more is reportedly facing “significant” job losses and has seen its CEO depart as it looks to restructure. Eurogamer reportedthat Team17 staff were informed of the restructuring and consultation process in a company meeting this morning, with the consultation period due to last until November....

October 2, 2023 · 2 min · 351 words · Zachary Hudson

Wordle hints and answer (#834): How to solve the Sunday October 1 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 1? 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?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

October 1, 2023 · 6 min · 1228 words · Jessica Scott

Ark: Survival Evolved's official servers switch off in just a few hours, paving the way for remake

Due for partial release in October Ark: Survival Evolved’s official servers will switch off later today, at midnight UTC on September 30th (1am BST October 1st). The closure is part of paving the way for the piecemeal remakeArk: Survival Ascended, which will release in Steam Early Access in October. At midnight UTC, a snapshot of all player saves uploaded to official servers will be taken, and then made available for players to download on Thursday, October 5th....

September 30, 2023 · 3 min · 577 words · Kelly Short

Explosive shooter Prodeus is getting an expansion that adds a spear and a grappling hook

Everything it was missing My love of ’90s first-person shooters is not matched by my enthusiasm for modern throwback ‘boomer shooters’. Of all the recent gib-fanciers, I lasted longest withProdeus. It looked stunning, it felt great to play, and it ran niftily on my Steam Deck. Now there’s a new mini-campaign expansion on the way. The Elder Veil adds a spear, a grappling hook, and a new mini-campaign. I’m not sure where The Elder Veil is set, but it’s considerably brighter and more covered in gold engravings than the base game’s dark metal spaceship corridors....

September 30, 2023 · 1 min · 190 words · Ryan Macias

Hunt: Showdown's update roadmap includes an engine upgrade in early 2024

New UI, new biome, and weapon inspecting to come “After five and a half years of Hunt, we wrestled with the numbers and reviewed the install base,” says Hunt general manager David Fifield. “Among active users, these upgrades should impact less than 10% of the community, while greatly enhancing the experience for the other 90 percent.” There are other updates on the way, including a UI overhaul to coincide with the engine upgrade....

September 30, 2023 · 1 min · 102 words · Tara Knight

Wordle hints and answer (#833): How to solve the Saturday September 30 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 30? 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?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

September 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1235 words · Kimberly Miller

AMD FSR 3 is out now in Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum, inbound to EVE Online

DLSS 3-style freebie frames up for grabs FSR 3, AMD’s framerate-roiding answer toDLSS 3 frame generation, is ready to roll in its first supporting games. Great! Except these are currently limited to tedious magic shootersForspokenandImmortals of Aveum, which is less great. Regardless, this could be a major moment for basically any moderngraphics cardthat isn’t an Nvidia RTX 40 series model. FSR 3’s Fluid Motion Frames system works in a broadly similar manner to DLSS 3, piecing together whole new frames outside of the usual GPU rendering pipeline and slipping them onto your screen between the ‘real’ frames....

September 29, 2023 · 3 min · 475 words · Nicole Ponce

Best CS2 crosshair codes: Pro Counter-Strike 2 crosshair list

Create the perfect Counter-Strike 2 crosshair instantly with these pro crosshair codes Looking for the very best CS2 crosshair codes?Crosshair codes have always been a fundamental part of the Counter-Strike playerbase, allowing players to easily customise their own personal crosshair to match that of their friend, neighbour, or even their favourite pro player. WithCounter-Strike 2newly released and free to play, there’s never been a better time to make sure your crosshair is as good as it can possibly be....

September 29, 2023 · 4 min · 740 words · Amanda Hawkins