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It feels like a mini expansion The so-called “everything” update forStardew Valleyis now playable on PC and Mac, and after readingthe 1.4 patch notes, I feel like I need to hire a personal assistant and tell them to “clear my schedule.” I’ve sunk an unreasonable amount of time into this game already – what’s another dozen hours? On the surface, my favorite addition is fish ponds. With 1.4,Stardewplayers canbuild pondsin their homestead to produce roe (which can go in the ol’ preserver) and other “secondary items....

Collector’s Edition includes figure, music CD, and book Tales of Xillia, Namco’s anticipated entry in theTales OfRPG series,will arrive on PlayStation 3 on August 6. After setting a high bar with itsNi no Kunilimited edition, Namco is once again not slouching:Tales of Xillia‘s Collector’s Edition will include a figure of character Milla Maxwell, an art book, and a music CD containing a sampling of the game’s score. The Collector’s Edition will be available at retail stores for $99....

Rejoice,Metal Gear Solidfans, asthe long awaited trophy patchforMetal Gear Solid 4is available today. Coming in at whopping 516 MB, the patch is packed with34 trophies. Sony also stated that at some point, retail copies would come with native trophy support, but they haven’t given a timetable yet for that endeavour. In true Kojima spirit, a lot of the trophies are pretty nutty, including the Ghost Photography Addict, and Drum Can Addict....

I dreadedDark Soulsin the weeks before its release. I really did. This was mainly due to a couple of inescapable realities: 1)Demon’s Soulswas probably the most mentally grueling experience of my life (grueling even to the point where this very site infamouslyrefused to comprehensively review the game, due to the reviewer essentially throwing up his hands in surrender). I swore, if there ever was a sequel to that game, I’d have no part of it....

Where’s Transformers Animated 2?? Today, Hasbro announced the release date forTransformers: Devastationat its SDCC Generations panel. The game will be released on pretty much everything on June 29, 2025. Coincidentally, that will be the day I retreat into a Cybertron-themed cave until either I beat the game or die from hunger. After playing it at E3 this year, I’mveryexcited. The combat somehow blends fluidity with the appropriate level of weight you would expect from giant robots, creating something you could only expect from Platinum....

–JRusellreports on the possibility of getting a Sega CD mini-console. –Garekireflects on the importance of the concept of “acceptance” in video games. –JRusellweighs in on the top fiveBreath of the Wild“clones”. –Kerrik52continues theirLegacy of Kain’sretrospective with another blog onBlood Omen. –Black Red Gamingcontinues their ranking of theResident Evilgames with this blog on the originalResident Evil 2. –Lord SpencerreviewsValkyrie Profileon the PS1 as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series. –MajinRottythinks that anyone that wants to playChrono Triggertoday is faced with big dilemmas on how to actually do so....

If you want to brew potions inRuneScape Dragonwilds,eventually, you’ll have to go on a resource run for anything from mushrooms and Clay to certain plants that can only be found in specific biomes. One of these is the Harralander, a plant that is vital to anti-poison mushrooms and healing potions, which are needed against bosses and all manner of questing. So knowing where to find and farm this resource is vital to the success of your late-game runs....

It’s Gnomageddon Today’s example of vague-yet-still-obvious news, Sony’sfiled a trademarkfor a game titledGnomageddon. We know nothing else about it, but the name kind of says it all, right? There will be gnomes, and there will be some sort of Armageddon-like circumstances. If all goes according to (my) plan, this will be a proper follow-up to 1998’s Bruce Willis space rock movie (which is nothing like Weezer’s space rockSongs from the Black Hole)....

Save Tokyo’s otaku from vampires Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressedis taking a bite out of Windows PC on May 26, XSEED has announced. The beat-’em-up takes place in Tokyo’s “geek mecca,” Akihabara, which is under attack by vampiric monsters that prey on the local otaku. The story centers around a student named Nanashi, who takes it upon himself to vanquish the undead — by freeing them of their clothes and exposing their skin to sunlight....

I need all of these Not to be outdone for once by the US Club Nintendo,Club Nintendo Japanwill be getting its own Year of Luigi items to celebrate everyone’s favoriteMariocharacter’s year. These include a 3DS XL case, notebook and pen combo, a puzzle full of Luigis on a green background, and aDr. Luigimicrofiber cloth set all full of the Mario brother’s branding. I’m still super bummed because I knew I had enough coins for theLuigi’s Mansionstatuethat went up in the US store the other day, but in actuality 500 of my coins had expired last month....

Remember a few months ago how we allegedly offered you, the pauper musician, a golden opportunity towin a full setof the much anticipatedRock Bandin exchange for a mellifluous arrangement that would be trumpeted across the digital landscape as the Destructoid theme song? Remember the onslaught offormidableentriesthat followed, courtesy of membersGuitarAtomik,Ninoog3, and ourfurry friendCosbyTron? And then, remember how I’ve neglected to consistently remind you of this swan song of a chance?...

Frostpunk 2‘s release date has been postponed, following the player feedback received by 11 Bit Studios after the recently held beta. Slated originally for a release on Jul 12, 2025,Frostpunk 2will now be released on June 05, 2025. Game directors Jakub Stokalski and Łukasz Juszczyk shared the news via aSteam blog, highlighting that the decision has been made so as to deliver “the best game possible.” Players gave the game an average rating of 8 out of 10 after the beta experience, but the developers feel that they require additional time to “guarantee the best possible experience at launch....

Crowdfunding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals to kick off next week [Update:According toIGN,Shadow of the Eternalswill consist of twelve episodic releases for Wii U and PC. Precursor Games is seeking $1,500,000 to fund the project.] More than ten years later, a spiritual successor toEternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiemis finally on the horizon. TitledShadow of the Eternals, the forthcoming follow-up to the survival horror cult classic is being developed by Precusor Games, who has announced plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the project on Monday, May 6....