The original Shantae and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge are coming to Nintendo Switch

Starfield fans are pretty sure Bethesda just dropped the first teaser for the game’s second expansion: ‘We look forward to the adventures yet to come’

Hard to believe but it’s been two years since Bethesda unleashed Starfield onto the world, a sci-fi epic that—to torque a metaphor—didn’t quite achieve escape velocity. Updates have followed at something of a ponderous pace, but there’s been no sign of the second expansion that was promised more than a year ago. But now that…

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Where to find gems in Nightingale

If you’re looking for gems in Nightingale, you likely want to craft cards so you can start exploring new realms. While gems aren’t actually part of the recipe, you will need them to craft glass, one of the materials required to build a Simple Enchanter’s Focus—the crafting station that lets you make cards.  You may…

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Path of Exile used to think ‘live service was entirely upside, in all cases’, but 10 years of experience and games like Baldur’s Gate 3 have shown him another way

It’s easy for us, sitting in our chairs of critique and our long, weary experience with the live service wringer, to decry the model as something inherently toxic for the industry. And yet we participate in a society—I mean, er—still play them. And while monetisation’s gone far off the reservation in recent years, leaving us…

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Silksong’s onslaught claims another head—Dorfromantik team’s next game gets punted to escape the ‘hype-supernova’: ‘Both games deserve their moment to shine’

Will no one stop this mad beast? Can no wall hold against its offensive? Is there any hope for the ‘umble indie game in this, our era of Silksong? Well, no. Or if there is, it ain’t for Star Birds, the base-building and resource management game from Toukana Interactive (who also made Dorfromantik). It’s joined…

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