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Where to find keys in Crimson Desert

Tracking down key locations in Crimson Desert is vital if you’re looking to steal items of value, or even open a safe like the Hernand Castle Strongbox, since this is located behind a locked door. Rather than finding specific keys for specific doors, Crimson Desert has a generic system where you can use any key…

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How to open Hernand Castle Strongbox

Unlocking the Hernand Castle Strongbox is a fun little puzzle in Crimson Desert in which you have to replicate a melody, but if you’re not musically inclined, you might struggle somewhat. To access this safe, you’ll first need to enter Hernand Castle and you’ll also have to get a key to unlock the door to…

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How to get Bloodstone in Crimson Desert

Whether you’re fighting a boss or being surrounded by bandits, Crimson Desert can be surprisingly tricky, at least for the first few hours. You’ve got limited health and stamina, and low-level gear that’s not doing all that much for you. That’s where refining your weapons and armour comes in, and a hurdle you’ll soon run…

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‘We’re playing game designs from 2005 still’: Caves of Qud’s co-creator wants to build new kinds of sicko gameplay systems that’ll use all the processing potential being left untapped

Caves of Qud is famously complex, simulating a surreal science-future where your player character can sprout new limbs at a moment’s notice, apes and crabs have shifting reputational dynamics with one another, and a concrete wall can gain full personhood through items that grants sentience. But in an interview with PC Gamer, Qud co-creator Brian…

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Marathon community crushes Cryo Archive puzzle, unlocks release date, and learns the map is only playable on weekends

After weeks of teasers, Marathon’s fourth map is right around the corner. No, like, for real this time: the Cryo Archive map option has appeared in Marathon with a countdown ending tomorrow, March 20. That’s the same time that its complicated ranked mode arrives. To commemorate the dogged community solving the Cryo Archive ARG, Bungie…

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World of Warcraft players go back to work on a year-old mystery after one of them accidentally unlocks the 10th orb in a puzzle hidden in the new Midnight expansion

The last time I tried to solve a secret puzzle in World of Warcraft, it took me several hours and a few guide videos to figure it out. Things have escalated quite a bit since then because apparently Blizzard is making puzzles that span multiple expansions now. About a year ago, players figured out how…

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