Farming Simulator 25 finally figures out what the rest of us already knew: you gotta have some fishing in your farming game

Those pounding footsteps you hear approaching from the distance? That’s Giants Software, makers of Farming Simulator 25. They’re finally catching up with the rest of us. Ask any virtual farmer what they like to do when they’re not planting seeds or harvesting crops, and the answer is inevitably: “fishing.” From Stardew Valley to Valheim and…

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‘Hi modders <3’: Peak devs know we’re using mods to break past the 4-player limit, and they’re so cool with it they’re even fixing mod-specific bugs

They say the peak Peak experience is reaching the titular peak, but I’d argue peak Peak is falling from very high up while five to six friends watch helplessly. That feat is usually impossible thanks to Peak’s unenlightened four-player limit, but of course, modders found a way. Very quickly, at that. Since the week Peak…

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Peak modder celebrates the grim achievement of generating 10,000 skeletons in a single day with a mod that ‘creates a shared experience of failure and discovery’ by littering the island with the corpses of your fellow scouts

Despite being a game about a troop of adorable climbers being subjected to a variety of poisons, lethal weather conditions, and deadly falls, Peak is impressively delightful. If you think your wobbly little scouts aren’t exposed to a sufficient amount of woe, however, let me suggest the work of modder BSMG_Steven, who’s created a way…

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A Steam Deck owner with three thumbs asked for help modifying the handheld, and Reddit came through: ‘I’ve got 100 different people trying to print different attachments and mailing them to me. Nicest thing anyone has ever done for me’

“I love my steam deck but I’ve got one huge problem,” redditor Alpha-Quartz recently wrote (via GamesRadar). It might be closer to the truth, though, to say what he really has is, well, two small problems. “I have an abnormal hand, where I have two small thumbs instead of one big one, on my left…

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