Let’s go live there It seems like it’s been forever since welast checked in onStardew Valley, a pixel art farming life simulator/role-playing game that evokes memories ofHarvest Moonin those fortunate enough to have played it in its prime (on the Super Nintendo). Since then, Chucklefish (ofStarboundfame) has picked it up as the publisher, and has been teasing bits of gameplay every so often. That teasing ends soon, asStardew Valleyis set to release in just under a month on PC; it is scheduled to release on February 26....

Blurring the lines of media It is well known that the mastermind behind theMetal Gearfranchise had originally wanted to make movies. Instead, Hideo Kojima got caught up in the new form of media we have come to know as video games, bringing his love of film with him. Free of Konami’s reigns, he wants to not only blend the different media further, but continue to create brand new experiences. Whenprobed by BBC, who was touring Kojima Productions, Kojima had no ill words to speak of Konami, unsurprisingly....

Early on inPalworld,you’re going to need to get ahold of Pal Fluids. They aren’t exactly rare, but unless you’re killing the correct Pals they can be tough to come by. Pal Fluids are a crucial resource used in building some important early to mid-game structures inPalworld. Here is how to get Pal Fluids inPalworldso you can build them. Where to find Pal Fluids Almost all the Water-type Pals inPalworldare going to be how you get Pal Fluids....

The Expendable Anti-Tank Stratagem inHelldivers 2can be a powerful tool for a squad of players, but only in the right hands. InHelldivers 2, players can call a plethora of Stratagems into missions. These include powerful bombs and high-caliber shots from a ship in orbit, as well as mechs, drones, and, of course, weapons. One of the deadliest weapons you can call down is the Expendable Anti-Tank Stratagem, which can take out pretty much anything in one shot....

Popularity isn’t always a good thing The Witnessis very popular this week, but popularity and revenue don’t always correlate directly. There’s a whole subset of people out there who prefer to get their games through nefarious, illegal means andThe Witnesshas found itself as a prime target. According to lead creatorJonathan Blow,The Witnessis the top-pirated video game on a “certain popular torrent site” which he declined to name. Blow lamented that “Unfortunately, this will not help us afford to make another game....

Within the first few minutes of playingMoonring, I am dead. I wish I could say my adventurer, the intrepid Eric, met with a glorious end, by the blade or in valiant sacrifice, but he did not. Little Eric died bumping into bugs in a cave in his hometown. And then he respawned and tried again. These introductory steps inMoonringreally set the tone, as much as a single screenshot could.Fableco-creator and long-time industry veteran Dene Carter releasedMoonringover the weekend, under the banner Fluttermind, forfree on Steam....

More EA games hit the DRM-free seller EA is adding some DRM-free titles toGOGtoday for all you Origin-averse out there, and they’ll be on sale at a decent discount for the next week. You can get half off the originalMirror’s EdgeandThe Saboteur. I was real interested in the latter, a black-and-white WWII game that shies away from the frontlines, when it came out, but never ended up playing it. Probably still won’t, but glad there’s an easy option!...

Video game adaptation joins streaming service Movie and TV streaming service Netflixhas announcedthat it will host 2019’sNi no Kunianime, adapted from the charming fantasy video game series of the same name. The trailer embedded in the Netflix page features a new English dub. The movie, which launched in Japan last summer, follows the adventure of two close friends – Yuu and Haru – who venture into a strange and mystical land in order to secure the fates of a third friend and her counterpart in the alternate universe....

The quiz didn’t pass the test Western Ace Attorney fans have much to be excited for when the fifth entry in series invades the Nintendo 3DS eShop withPhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destiniesand its subsequent DLC titled “Turnabout Return” later this fall. Unfortunately one part of DLC, the “Quiz,” will not be following suit from Japan, Capcom confirmed on itsUnity blog. “Sadly, the quiz portion isn’t coming out over here....

DICE wants to know which classic maps you want to see again It looked likeBattlefield 4was going to go out on a relative high note with theFinal Stand DLC, but when it comes to naming in this industry, “final” doesn’t have to mean the end. “With [Final Stand] released, we hope and believe that you will enjoy it together with the rest of the game for a long time,” wrote the studio....

Vicious The maestros atOverClocked ReMixare at it once again, taking cherished videogame music and creating new pieces with it. Though OC ReMix has taken onFinal Fantasypreviously, most of those works were centered around a particular game in the series.Audio Engineering: A Tribute to Cid, which was released today, spans theFinal Fantasyseries, with remixes based on the musical themes of the kind-of-sort-of-recurring characterCid. Cids from every main numbered title betweenFinal Fantasy IIandFinal Fantasy XIIare represented inAudio Engineering, as well as those fromFinal Fantasy Type-0andFinal Fantasy Mystic Quest....

The latestGTA 5upgrade just launched on PC, and it’s making players go wild forGTA 6instead—for good reasons. Along with access to GTA+ on PC, thisGTA 5upgrade introduced several new features, but the biggest game-changer is ray tracing, specifically global illumination. This feature significantly improves lighting and reflections, making the game look more realistic than ever. This left players wondering how goodGTA 6’slighting will be. GTA 5’s global illumination got players excited about how GTA 6 graphics will look like A Reddit thread shows how global illumination improves how cars, buildings, and environments look under the game’s natural lighting....

Oh, how I miss them This is the kind of thing I like to find when I wake up in the morning. It’s a teaser trailer for a 3D platformer,Poi, and watching it makes me think that there’s a bold adventure just waiting out there for me to experience. But it’s really cold outside, so I’m just going to watch the video a few more times and pretend I am having an adventure (and that I am warm)....