My favourite idle farming simulator is getting a free new update including a traveling vendor, winter weather, and farmyard pets to lend a paw

Rusty’s Retirement has happily sat at the bottom of my screen on my second monitor since it was released back in April. Even though I’ve poured hours of my life into farming simulators in the past and created spreadsheets to track profit margins and gift guides for my fellow townsfolk, one thing I adore most…

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In this cozy survival game you’re a mouse who knits tiny wool sweaters, bakes pies for his friends, lives in a furnished tree trunk, and I can’t even go on because it’s so darn cute

One of the reasons I love survival games is there’s something inherently cozy about them. You may struggle and starve and bleed, but at the end of a long perilous day when you decompress in front of a fire with a belly full of food in a shelter that keeps out the cold and rain…

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If you’ve got a passion for baking, gardening, or giving broken things a new lease on life the reveal trailer for Piece by Piece is bound to spark joy

If you love the satisfaction of renovating or repairing something broken, then Piece by Piece is worth keeping an eye on. I’m the sort of person who is quite clumsy with repairs. Usually, I’m satisfied with a slathering of superglue and an optimistic mindset, but there’s something about Piece by Piece that tempts me to…

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Cyberpunk 2077’s surprise new update lets Keanu ride shotgun through the streets of Night City and makes some PC-specific improvements—and it’s out now

CD Projekt shared details on the surprise Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 update today, including new vehicle customization options, major enhancements to photo mode, and more—and another surprise, that it’s out now. Sorry, no New Game+ in this update, but car collectors will be happy to hear that the color-changing CrystalCoat system, previously exclusive to Rayfield vehicles,…

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US Federal Trade Commission sends out the first wave of $72 million in refunds to Fortnite players that Epic used ‘dark patterns to trick’

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached agreements with Epic Games in 2022 following years of legal wrangling that will eventually see the videogame publisher pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds. The allegations were that Fortnite violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and used dark patterns (UI design tricks…

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