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This game wants to blend survival and tycoon games in a race to build a moon colony
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-game-wants-to-blend-survival-and-tycoon-games-in-a-race-to-build-a-moon-colony/
An upcoming blend of genres wants to put you in the boots of an astronaut commander running a mission to the moon in the near future. Moonshot wants you to manage the program that gets you there, then build the colony infrastructure that will enable your team to be the ones dominant on the moon.

A giant snake monster ruined my apple-fueled medieval utopia in the Steam Next Fest demo for this settlement sim
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-giant-snake-monster-ruined-my-apple-fueled-medieval-utopia-in-the-steam-next-fest-demo-for-this-settlement-sim/
I was doing pretty well in the Next Fest demo for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. I'd achieved a happy equilibrium, with all my villagers gathering and producing the necessary supplies for my hand-built hamlet's steady growth. Lumberers were lumbering, quarriers were hauling rocks, and my orchard farmers were churning out apples: the basic fuel of every thriving feudal society, as any medievalist will tell you. The idyllic atmosphere was so peaceful I could almost forget about the accursed fog plaguing the land. Until that accursed fog manifested a rampaging snake kaiju, at least.

Slime Rancher 2 adds a pile of new gadgets to play with in a chunky new update
https://www.pcgamer.com/slime-rancher-2-adds-a-pile-of-new-gadgets-to-play-with-in-a-chunky-new-update/
A new update for Slime Rancher 2's early access build has wildly overhauled the ways in which you can customize the world of rainbow island and your slime ranch. The brand new Gadgets My Way update, released on February 8, expands the system of slime interaction with gadgets, comprehensively overhauls the system for building things, and adds some 36 new gadgets to explore and find around the island.

Fans of Stacklands and Cultist Simulator should check out this cute little game about witch covens
https://www.pcgamer.com/fans-of-stacklands-and-cultist-simulator-should-check-out-this-cute-little-game-about-witch-covens/
A new real-time card game is getting popular within its quite indie niche: WitchHand, a cutesy-styled game about "leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands" launched just this past week, on February 7, 2024. Using cards, you build up buildings, gather apprentices and familiars, and assign them resources to do their jobs so that you can flourish in a kind of 4X strategy meets real-time card and resource management.

Helldivers 2 is too successful for its own good, problem with rewards not unlocking 'was mitigated but not resolved'
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-is-too-successful-for-its-own-good-problem-with-rewards-not-unlocking-was-mitigated-but-not-resolved/
"It doesn't get much worse for a multiplayer launch", Fraser Brown wrote on the release of Helldivers 2, mentioning issues like "broken matchmaking, frequent crashes, and a kernel-level anti-cheat system that everyone hates." The developers at Arrowhead have been working to rectify the issues, and according to an update from CEO Johan Pilestedt, three hotfixes deployed during a recent period of server maintenance have dealt with at least some of the problems.
But not all. (...)

Helldivers 2 creative director argues games should 'earn the right to monetize', says its only pay-to-win item is a revolver that'll get you gold in a 'cool gun competition'
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-creative-director-argues-games-should-earn-the-right-to-monetize-says-its-only-pay-to-win-item-is-a-revolver-thatll-get-you-gold-in-a-cool-gun-competition/
Helldivers 2 has been suffering from success—a whirlwind launch that's now PlayStation's biggest PC success led to a swarm of server issues bugs, and not the kind you can shoot dead with a beam rifle.
Regardless, ambushed developer Arrowhead seems to be taking things in stride and, as PC Gamer's own Fraser Brown notes: it's already in better shape. From what I've seen and heard, Arrowhead owes its win to Helldivers 2 being a great bit of co-op shooter fun. Also (according to the game's director and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt) it aims to avoid the live-service pitfalls we've all come to loathe.