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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…

Working out how to chop down trees for Turnali’s Request in Crimson Desert is really quite confusing. Hernand’s smithy asks you to get him some fine timber to repair his hammer, and while this, obviously, comes from trees, the actual process of woodcutting in the game can be a bit unusual—the same goes with mining…

If you’ve been wandering around the Serkis Estate in Crimson Desert, then you’ve no doubt stumbled across the Halssius Conflux statue puzzle in the southeast. It’s a mysterious grove full of statues hiding some kind of treasure, and you’re not given much in the way of a clue as to what to do, except for…

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…

Kliff starts his (second) life in Crimson Desert without much money. You’ll have no coin to your name, but plenty of things you’ll want to buy, from inventory expansions to weapons, armour, and food. It’s also not easy to make money at first. That is, if you don’t make use of Copper Pouches. You’ll get…

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…

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…

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…

Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto says PC will soon surpass consoles as “the world’s leading gaming platform”, and that it is already driving most of the publisher’s own game sales. The company’s latest annual report features some truly world-class management speak about things like Capcom’s “value creation strategy”, more charts than you can shake a stick…