Rockstar Games was hacked earlier this month, and given an ultimatum: Pay up a significant amount of cash—$200,000, apparently—or all the stolen data gets released into the wild. $200 large is couch change for Rockstar, but there’s also the principle of the thing to consider. Rockstar refused, and the hackers made it rain with their…

I have a weakness for mecha games—a vulnerability so dire that I was recently driven to risk my professional credibility by defending the merits of Gundam Battle Operation 2. As you might imagine, the release of Armored Core 6 made 2023 a very good year for me, but it’s meant I’ve spent the following years…

Pirate survival game Windrose is crying out for a dedicated server if you plan to set sail for a lengthy voyage—especially if you plan to do so with friends. If you want to build the pirate fortress of your dreams, deck out your ship and make your way through the game’s sprawling skill tree, you’ll…

I looked down the barrel of my pistol, pulled the trigger, and click—silence. I knew I had plenty of Stone Bullets for my Windrose enemies, but for some reason, my gun wouldn’t fire a thing. And that’s when I remembered I needed one other key ingredient, gunpowder. It was embarrassing for me, but a good…

As you explore the ocean world of co-op pirate survival game Windrose, one way you gain XP is by discovering locations on islands and completing tasks there. Often, these tasks are to find and open treasure chests, and you can only completely clear a location by opening each chest and taking all the loot you…

Krafton is no longer listed as the publisher of Subnautica 2 on its Steam page, with subsidiary Unknown Worlds now appearing as both developer and publisher. The companies have a complicated relationship, to put it mildly. PUBG publisher Krafton acquired Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds in 2021, and then last year fired the studio’s leadership ahead…