Blaseball is closing down and some staff are being laid off

“The cost, literally and metaphorically, is too high” “It is with a heavy heart we announce that we are not going to run the Coronation Era as planned and are making the decision to end Blaseball today,” beginsthe announcement. “The short of it is that Blaseball isn’t sustainable to run. Since Blaseball’s inception, we’ve been fighting against the amount of work it takes to keep Blaseball true to itself while financially supporting the team and keeping our staff healthy....

June 3, 2023 · 3 min · 438 words · Douglas Graham

Diablo IV hotfixes tweak classes, fix bugs, and make late-game enemies stronger

Hotfix as hell Diablo 4has had asmooth launch so farduring its early access period. Still, Blizzard’s latest skeleton-clicker isn’t perfect yet, and two new hotfixes were released yesterday in order to tweak the Sorcerer, the Rogue, and the strength of monsters later in the game. Blizzard detailed Hotfixes 1 and 2, both released June 2nd,on the official forums. Hotfix 2 reduced the drop rate for an item and fixed a handful of bugs, including “miscellaneous stability and crash fixes”....

June 3, 2023 · 1 min · 177 words · Leonard Allen

Driftwood is about longboarding downhill at high speed - as a sloth

Drifting for a long, long time Skateboarding games are great, but their insistence that I flip a kick, pop an ollie or grind my trucks inevitably tires me out.Driftwoodlooks more my pace. You play a sloth with a longboard and must drift, at high speeds, down beautiful hills. It’s out in early access now. Isn’t this gorgeous? Driftwood seems like a fairly simple proposition. You travel down hills at high speed, drifting in between traffic and through small gaps, and aim to keep the run going....

June 3, 2023 · 1 min · 213 words · Tracey Crane

Midnight Ghost Hunt is free to keep from the Epic Games Store

Bust it Midnight Ghost Huntpits ghost against hunters in multiplayer scraps in which the ghosts are able to possess inanimate objects and both groups can unlock abilities with which to catch out their opponents. It’s still in early access, but it’s also free to keep from the Epic Games Store right now. Head over to theMidnight Ghost Hunt store pageand click ‘Get’ between now and June 8th and the game will be yours to keep forever....

June 3, 2023 · 2 min · 255 words · Jessica King

Wordle hints and answer (#714): How to solve the Saturday June 3 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Has anyone checked that the NYT’sWordleeditor is doing okay? Because this week’s answers have been so mean! Today’s is, unfortunately, another tricky one, so take a good look at our clues rather than risking your streak. 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?...

June 3, 2023 · 7 min · 1354 words · Shannon Martin

Chat about Citizen Sleeper with us in RPS Game Club today

Live from 4pm BST It’s time for the next gathering of theRPS Game Club! From4pm BST today, June 2nd, we’ll be chatting about all thingsCitizen Sleeper- your favourite moments, your most heart-breaking questlines, and lots more. We’ve been having a swell time revisiting one of ourfavourite games from last yearfor this month’s Game Club, and we hope you’ve had fun playing it as well. So why not come and join in the discussion?...

June 2, 2023 · 6 min · 1186 words · Scott Fletcher

Chill fishing sim Catch & Cook looks a lot like Dredge without the spooky undercurrents

Run a seafood restaurant in the free demo Catch & Cook puts you in control of a quaint boat, where you’re both the owner of a seafood restaurant and the sole supplier of said seafood. You’re the fisherman and the chef; the catcher and the cooker. Most of my time in the demo was split between catching the fish, trading them for ingredients at nearby islands, and then returning to my restaurant to mix-and-match the newfound items, discovering recipes through experimentation....

June 2, 2023 · 2 min · 291 words · James Wood

Diablo 4 error codes list and how to fix common issues

“Unable to find valid license” and “request timed out” errors abound. Having server issues with Diablo 4 and getting an error code?SinceDiablo 4launched some players have reported getting various error codes when they try to log in. Blizzard in particular highlighted that they have received reports oflicensing errors affecting PlayStation userswhen early access launched, but players on PC and Xbox also received the error code. So what do these Diablo 4 error codes mean?...

June 2, 2023 · 4 min · 716 words · Mary Sawyer

Diablo 4 KFC rewards: How to claim free KFC cosmetics

Nab these limited-time weapon skins before they’re gone for good! How do I get KFC rewards in Diablo 4?To celebrate the release ofDiablo 4, fast food franchise KFC are putting on a promotional event allowing you to claim some free in-game crossover items. And best of all, on this occasion at least, the odd corporate tie-in items don’t actually look terrible when your character equips them! There are five items to claim in total and a limited amount of time in which to collect them all, so read on for everything you need to know to complete the full set of KFC cosmetics inDiablo 4before it’s too late!...

June 2, 2023 · 3 min · 477 words · Kirk Powell

Diablo 4 Secret of the Spring riddle solution

Learn how to complete the Secret of the Spring quest in D4 Want to know the Secret of the Spring riddle solution in Diablo 4?You’ll find a lot of side quests as you explore Sanctuary inDiablo 4, but the Secret of the Spring quest presents you with a particularly confusing riddle that makes it hard to beat. Fortunately, there’s no need to sit around scratching your head to think of the answer, because we’re here to help....

June 2, 2023 · 3 min · 452 words · Peggy Scott

Episodic adventure Tell Me Why is free to keep for all of Pride Month

Life Is Strange developers have an annual tradition going Continuing their annual tradition, developer Don’t Nod have announced that all three episodes ofTell Me Whywill be free to keep for the rest of June. Rather than spending money on the game, the team asks that you might consider donating that money to “trans creators, trans-inclusive charities local to you, and trans people in need,” in honour of Pride Month. Regardless, the supernatural mystery is one of the best recent adventure games and is well worth the time....

June 2, 2023 · 2 min · 333 words · Christine Potts MD

How claymation, an X-COM screenshot and a Justice League tie-in game brought us Diablo

Blizzard North’s co-founder David Brevik spills the beans on the making of a classic David Brevik, now the president ofSkystone Games, did not expect to encounter a doppelganger when he arrived at Chicago’sConsumer Electronic Showin the summer of 1994. He’d come to the tech expo withCondor, a studio he’d co-founded only a few months prior, to show off Justice League: Task Force. A humble fighting game in the vein ofStreet Fighter, it was given a small demo booth and placed next to another game that featured a cast of superheroes, a strikingly similar visual style and, much to Brevik’s surprise, the very same name....

June 2, 2023 · 8 min · 1495 words · Randy Hudson PhD

How to upgrade Healing Potions in Diablo 4

Learn how to upgrade your Healing Potions and carry more in D4 Want to know how to upgrade your Healing Potions in Diablo 4?Healing Potions are vital if you want to survive the toughest content inDiablo 4, but you won’t last long with the weak Healing Potions that you have at level 1. If you want to come out of Nightmare Dungeons and Helltides alive, you’ll need to upgrade your Healing Potions....

June 2, 2023 · 4 min · 649 words · Ian Kane