Ark: Survival Ascended devs made a ‘Super Steamboat Willie’ platformer in the survival game to demonstrate new mod tools

If I’d been asked this morning to guess what’s been going on in Ark: Survival Ascended, the survival game with dinosaurs, and my options were “they added some new dinosaurs” or “they made a Mickey Mouse sidescroller in it,” I definitely would’ve been wrong. This week, Studio Wildcard updated the Ark Development Kit mod tools…

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Sit back down, Tarnished: FromSoftware’s parent company has poured cold water on an imminent Elden Ring DLC release

Despite a slew of curious Steam updates that have Elden Ring fans vibrating with anticipation for an imminent DLC release, FromSoftware’s parent company, Kadokawa, has stepped in to crush those dreams. In an FAQ section from a recent financial report, the company gave an update about the development status of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the…

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11 things I wish I knew before playing Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2, the co-op shooter from the makers of Magicka, is enjoying a way bigger launch than any of us were expecting. Despite some technical issues Arrowhead Games is still grappling with, we’re enjoying Helldivers‘ excellent shooting and smart brutality. It’s easy to pick up, hard to master, and has a lot more going on…

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We’re in a golden era of game demos

Cryptmaster (Image credit: Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games) This week I downloaded more than 10 different demos during Steam Next Fest, a pile of hobby homework that would have given me the sweats in past years. But this time I found myself neither stressed nor pressed to play through them all. Don’t get me…

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Hideo Kojima says Physint’s happening because you lot just wouldn’t stop asking for ‘a new Metal Gear’ and, after a brush with death, he’s decided that’s not a bad idea

Hideo Kojima has relaunched the Hideo Kojima YouTube show ‘HideoTube’, a Hideo Kojima production starring Hideo Kojima. Okay I’ll stop with the obvious jokes, but this is a new episode (“The HideoTube 2024 special”, no less) in a series that stopped shortly after the creator’s acrimonious departure from Konami, and the first new entry in…

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