About 30% of Arc Raiders players focus on PvE, and Embark's happy with that: 'We want to instil hope in the player'

About 30% of Arc Raiders players focus on PvE, and Embark’s happy with that: ‘We want to instil hope in the player’

Here is the conversation around Arc Raiders, presented as a play in one act. Player One: “I like the PvE, and I only want to experience the PvE.” Player Two: “I like the PvP actually and I should be allowed to shoot you.” Player One: “You’re toxic.” Player Two: “No, you’re toxic.” Curtains. According to…

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My favorite cosmic horror RPG is still being updated, and thanks to this latest patch ‘The rat child’s Copy Dad ability no longer copies gun skills for free’

The sky is broken. Anyone who looks at it turns into something out of Call of Cthulhu. Fortunately, the authorities say they’ll have it fixed in 15 days. Maybe they’re going to turn it off and then on again? Until then, you just have to hunker down in your apartment building with your baseball bat…

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The indie metroidvania that started it all just got a huge update on PC, adding co-op and mod support after 22 years

Aside from helping shape what we nowadays consider an indie game, Cave Story revitalised the platformer, and specifically the metroidvania, when it hit PC in 2004. Creator Daisuke Amaya’s artistic influence is obvious on the likes of Celeste and VVVVVV, for example, but Cave Story’s real impact is how it demonstrated that one person could…

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