The latest Palworld update has spawned another contentious change to the game: a bug to do with breeding Pals that’s preventing amateur Pal biologists from perfecting Pal babies. Pocketpair is aware of the new bug, it says, and plans to fix the issue in another patch coming within the next couple of days. Along with […]
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Palworld’s devs are very sorry for deploying a patch that ‘inadvertently fixed a bug’
Botched patches are the worst. Devs spend hours, days or weeks on them, players get excited for them, but when they release they just cause tumult and upset. Ideally, they just mess up something minor, a bagatelle that very few people will notice and that you can rectify in the next patch. But sometimes it’s […]
Read MorePalworld’s latest patch fixes bugs, buffs the letter F, leaves the nail economy in shambles, and lets you generate volcanic heat with 4 campfires
Palworld’s continuing to get updates since its whirlwind success—one that’s seen it hit the 25 million player mark (though that number does include Game Pass subscribers) in a mere month and a half. The latest patch helps you continue to be the very best (that no one ever was) by adding a whole Paldeck’s worth […]
Read MoreIf you like collecting critters in Palworld, how about collecting zombies in this co-op survival game?
If you can’t beat ’em… make ’em join you? That’s not quite how the saying goes, but that’s how co-op zombie survival game Welcome to Paradize works. The country has been overrun by zombie hordes, but instead of hacking them up with a machete you hack their brains with technology, turning them into loyal companions […]
Read MoreSons of the Forest cheats: How to spawn every item in the game
Looking for cheats in Sons of the Forest? Now that the scary survival game has left early access, you can use console commands to turn on godmode, spawn every item in the game, run and jump like a superhero, and even enlist an army of helpful Kelvins to follow you around. And here’s more good […]
Read MoreSons of the Forest 1.0 launches with creative mode, a new ending, and an answer to one of the game’s biggest mysteries
It’s another busy week for survival games. Nightingale entered early access on Tuesday, survival driving game Pacific Drive launched today, and last year’s survival horror smash Sons of the Forest is back because it just hit version 1.0. Yep. After a year in early access, you can now grab your loyal buddy Kelvin and jump […]
Read MorePalworld has achieved more players in 2 months than Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy managed in a year
Just one month after launch, Pocketpair says Palworld (or, as we’ve called it, “the Pokémon this sinful world deserves“) has now surpassed 25 million players across Steam and Xbox. Palworld isn’t flying quite as high as it was in January, when it became just the second game in the history of Steam—behind PUBG—to rack up […]
Read MoreSolo survival players, rejoice: Nightingale is ‘prioritizing and developing an offline mode’
Survival game Nightingale launched into early access this week and the gaslamp fantasy is enjoying a strong start thanks to a rewarding tutorial, lots of interesting worldbuilding and RPG trappings, and a novel realm-creation system. Unfortunately it’s stumbled a bit when it comes to technical problems, which appear to be the main reason its Steam […]
Read More10 tips for surviving Pacific Drive’s deadly exclusion zone
Planning to hit the road in first-person driving survival game Pacific Drive? Speeding through an exclusion zone filled with deadly anomalies is a gas, but it sure isn’t easy, and your trusty station wagon will face all sorts of hazards like electrical blasts, acid sprays, radiation damage, and no small amount of explosions. Even more […]
Read MoreWhere to find ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive
Finding ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive is necessary if you want to turn your station wagon into a tank. Crafting armored doors, armored panels, and armored bumpers, plus puncture-proof tires, will greatly improve your car’s durability in the exclusion zone. If you’ve already done some driving you already know just how hazardous it is and […]
Read MoreHow to get lead platelets in Pacific Drive
Lead platelets are an important resource in Pacific Drive: it’s a key ingredient to crafting items that will shield both you and your car from radiation in the early game, and even more crucially later onl, it’s used for crafting bigger car batteries that can hold more charge. But finding lead platelets in the exclusion […]
Read MoreHow to open Dumpster Pearls in Pacific Drive
Pacific Drive‘s Dumpster Pearls are curious items. You’ll start finding them pretty early on in the game: yes, sometimes you’ll find them in actual dumpsters but you may also come across them in abandoned delivery trucks or other large containers in the exclusion zone. You probably tried to open them the same way I did: […]
Read MoreHow to get Unstable Energy and Corrupt Energy in Pacific Drive
Looking for unstable energy and currupt energy in Pacific Drive? If you haven’t found it yet, don’t worry: it’s not hiding or elusive and you don’t need to scour all the junctions in the outer zone for it. To find unstable energy, you’ll need to reach a certain point in the story where you travel […]
Read MoreNightingale is off to a strong start but it’s also got a ‘mixed’ user rating on Steam, and once again server problems are largely to blame
The alt-Victorian survival game Nightingale launched yesterday, and after a full day of release on Steam it’s now laboring under a less-than-stellar “mixed” user rating. Reasons for the complaints are varied, but the main culprit seems to be one we’re all familiar with by now: the servers. The frustrations with Nightingale are exacerbated by the […]
Read MoreNightingale’s tutorial worlds are full of helpful rewards if you don’t blast through the objectives
Nightingale’s excellent introduction will see you travel across a trio of small worlds, Byways, as your guide Puck teaches you how to survive. After completing his very simple missions, you’ll be able to hop into the next one. Since these worlds are fleeting, and you need to complete them before you can reach the meat […]
Read MoreBohemia Interactive reveals plans for DayZ in 2024, building toward ‘a colossal milestone and an exhilarating moment you won’t want to miss’
Bohemia Interactive released its first stable update of the year for its long-running zombie survival game DayZ yesterday. Update 1.24 brings several new features to the game, including a new weapon, the Vikhr rifle, more camouflage skins for the ballistic helmet, and an array of new sounds and animations to further liven up the game’s […]
Read MoreNightingale’s introduction will probably annoy sandbox survival fans, but old-school BioWare fans are going to dig it
Nightingale‘s RPG credentials are apparent right away. Yes, this is absolutely a survival game full of crafting, building and managing annoying hunger, thirst and heat meters, but unsurprisingly his decades at BioWare have left a mark on Inflexion Games boss Aaryn Flynn. I’m not talking about the crunchy numbers side of RPGs, but more the […]
Read MoreHow to get stone blocks in Nightingale
Stone blocks are one of the staples of most survival games, and Nightingale is no exception. You need plenty of resources to make crafting stations, tools, and a suitably fancy base. As you progress through the game, you’ll gain access to card crafting, which allows you to make your own Realm Cards, though you’ll need […]
Read MoreHow to solve the Bastille of Intellect in Nightingale
The Bastille of Intellect puzzles in Nightingale are little treasure vaults scattered throughout the world. Working out how to solve these will net you some loot and potentially a crafting or building diagram to use when exploring the Faewilds. The weird thing about each Bastille of Intellect is that it contains an altar with space […]
Read MoreCraft yourself a Fae realm escape in base-building survival game Nightingale
Every survival game needs a good crafting system, and for us none have felt so much like a mystical version of a late 19th-century artisanal workshop than that of Nightingale, the upcoming base-builder by Inflexion Games. We’ve been checking out the game’s in-depth crafting mechanics as well as the kind of intricate architecture designs the […]
Read MoreMinecraft just launched add-ons, which are mods, not to be confused with the previous add-ons that were also mods, and won’t replace mods for Minecraft Java
It’s no secret that Minecraft’s enduring success has been in part thanks to the dedication of its modding community. All this time though, mods have largely been the territory of Minecraft Java, the version of the game available only on PC. As of today, the cross-platform version Minecraft Bedrock has launched “add-ons” through its in-game […]
Read MoreEnshrouded hits 2 million players, and those players have over 2,600 new feature requests
Like a storage chest that simply cannot fit another iron ingot, 2024 is creaking under the strain of so many dang survival games. And we’re barely two months in! Palworld blew up in January, Nightingale is out today, Pacific Drive launches Thursday, and Sons of the Forest is on the brink of its 1.0 release […]
Read MoreCard activated Fae portals give humanity a fighting chance in this upcoming survival-crafting game
If zipping through portals into the Fae Realm while wielding your gravity-defying umbrella sounds like your cup of tea, then Nightingale may well be the survival game for you. As yet another online co-op game complete with crafting and base-building elements, Nightingale has a lot to contend with. But from what we’ve seen so far, […]
Read MoreWhere 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 […]
Read MoreHow to use the Realmic Transmutor in Nightingale
You need to find a Realmic Transmutor in Nightingale if you want to activate a Minor card. These differ from Realm Cards, which are used to create different kinds of realms. Minor cards are instead used to change the rules of the current realm, so you can gain an advantage, depending on what you want […]
Read MoreHow to craft cards in Nightingale
You need to start card crafting fairly early in Nightingale, as Realm Cards are needed to make new portals, which, in turn, are needed to explore. Once you’ve increased your gear score and bested the first Site of Power, you receive a quest telling you to venture into a Forest Antiquarian realm. The catch is […]
Read MoreHow Sites of Power work in Nightingale
A Site of Power is a type of mini-dungeon in Nightingale, and completing it rewards you with the schematic for a Major Realm Card. The first one you’ll likely come across is the Antiquarian Site of Power, and completing it is required for an early quest. Sites of Power are usually easy to spot as […]
Read MoreHow to increase your gear score in Nightingale
If you want to increase your gear score in Nightingale, you’ll need lots of leather to upgrade from the basic outfit that you start with. Of course, you might decide you just want to explore during the opening hours of the game, but once you return your attention to progression, you’ll find that raising your […]
Read MoreHow Realm Cards work in Nightingale
Realm Cards are required to open a portal to a new realm in Nightingale. Not only do they allow you to choose which biome you’ll wind up in, but they also give you some control over what you can expect when you get there. You’ll have your own home realm to return to, so while […]
Read MoreWhere to get Essence Dust in Nightingale
Essence Dust is a resource in Nightingale that is used for buying schematics, and more importantly, repairing your gear. Nightingale is pretty good at directing new players with helpful quests, but you still need to put in the legwork to complete them, and it’s not always obvious where to get the things you need. Essence […]
Read MorePacific Drive review
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A singleplayer first-person driving survival game with maybe the best car everExpect to pay: $30/£25Developer: Ironwood StudiosReviewed on: Intel i7-9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? Nope.Link: Official site With sincere apologies to the Magnum Opus from Mad Max, the Saud Kruger Orca passenger liner from Elite Dangerous, and Arthur […]
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