Just four months after launching into early access, Nexon’s ‘full contact sword action’ game Warhaven is shutting down

The team-based swords-and-sorcery brawler Warhaven launched into early access on Steam on September 20, 2023. Today, just four months later, Nexon has announced that it will be closing down for good in April. “Today, we are here to announce with a heavy heart that we will be concluding the live services of Warhaven,” Nexon wrote…

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Lucky Pals: how ‘shiny pals’ work in Palworld

Not to be left out of creature catching convention, Palworld does have rarer, more powerful variants that Pokémon players will likely find themselves calling “shiny Pals” out of habit. Officially Palworld calls shinies Lucky Pals instead. You could easily assume otherwise, though, because Lucky Pals literally sparkle while they walk around with a loud, shimmering…

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This co-op survival game looks like a mad scientist’s mashup of Lethal Company and Half-Life—and there’s a demo out now

Yeah, I know, there have already been a couple big co-op survival games released in just the past week, the record-smashing monster-managing Palworld and sprawling fantasy RPG Enshrouded.  But there’s always room for one more, isn’t there?  This one isn’t taking its cues from Pokémon or using Valheim and Zelda as an inspiration: co-op survival…

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