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Tiny Glade's castle-doodling demo is packed with delightful little reactive surprises
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/tiny-glades-castle-doodling-demo-is-packed-with-delightful-little-reactive-surprises/
There has been a lot of anticipation for Tiny Glade in the cozy gaming circles I follow. Its an adorable little building toy inspired by the success of Townscaper but has you build idyllic little castles instead of seaside cities. After getting to spend some time with its upcoming demo, I am hurting to play with the rest of it.
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his story was originally written in May, but Tiny Glade's demo is now publicly available in the Steam Next Fest and seems to be attracting tons of players.
>> Here’s the link to the demo.

With Helldivers 2's largest ever patch just days away, Arrowhead opens up about its slower update schedule going forward: 'We're definitely not resting on our laurels or being complacent'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/with-helldivers-2s-largest-ever-patch-just-days-away-arrowhead-opens-up-about-its-slower-update-schedule-going-forward-were-definitely-not-resting-on-our-laurels-or-being-complacent/
The great Helldivers 2 rush of 2024 is behind us. (...)
In response to a run of unpopular patches and what Arrowhead considered an unsustainable schedule going forward, warbonds and updates are slowing down. The next warbond will be the last one for a while, and this Thursday's patch is coming after the longest wait for balance updates since launch. It's shaping up to be Helldivers 2's most significant patch yet, judging by Arrowhead's preview .
>> And there’s a new major order that will test the morals of the players.

Here's a 'friendly PSA' for Shadow of the Erdtree: Only 39% of Elden Ring players have beaten the optional boss necessary to reach the DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/heres-a-friendly-psa-for-shadow-of-the-erdtree-only-39-of-elden-ring-players-have-beaten-the-optional-boss-necessary-to-reach-the-dlc/
Bandai Namco has a friendly FYI for all the Elden Ring players out there: The big Shadow of the Erdtree expansion arrives on June 20, which is less than two weeks away, and an awful lot of you have work to do before you're ready to take it on.
>> Oh, and they know most of you use guides with their games.

One day after trumpeting its big Summer Game Fest reveals, Sumo Group is laying off 15% of its workers and closing Timbre Games
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/one-day-after-trumpeting-its-big-summer-game-fest-reveals-sumo-group-is-laying-off-15-of-its-workers-and-closing-timbre-games/
Just days after showing off multiple games at various Summer Game Fest showcases, Sumo Group has announced that it is laying off up to 15% of its total workforce "to ensure the security of the business going forward."

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's romanceable companions won't just wait around for you to woo them—also, they're all canonically pansexual
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragon-age-the-veilguard-s-romanceable-companions-won-t-just-wait-around-for-you-to-woo-them-also-they-re-all-canonically-pansexual/
In RPGs, there are a couple of ways that developers have handled romances—and, specifically, sexuality within those romances. The first route is to have specific orientations for each character. For example, Zevran in Dragon: Age Origins is bisexual, whereas Alistair is straight.
The second route is to make companion characters "playersexual" ala Baldur's Gate 3—they have canon sexualities sometimes (Astarion and Karlach are canonically attracted to, at least, men and women) but they're never specifically set in stone, and will adjust to the player's interest regardless of their gender.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has apparently seen these two routes and decided to go with a third option, which is to make the entire cast and crew pansexual, according to a recent interview with game director Corinne Busche via IGN.

Fallout 76 is giving us an outpost that you can customise like 'your house in Skyrim' but you'll have to run the gauntlet first
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-76-is-giving-us-an-outpost-that-you-can-customise-like-your-house-in-skyrim-but-youll-have-to-run-the-gauntlet-first/
Fallout 76's latest update, Skyline Valley, may add a whole new section of the map for players to explore with new quests and points of interest to experience. But later this year, the Milepost Zero update will introduce escort missions with the chance to build a new customisable outpost and raise brahmin. 

I played Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and talked to its creator about quests that 'don't give you the dragon money', Mass Effect 2 as an 'anti-reference', and making RPGs that aren't based on D&D
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/i-played-citizen-sleeper-2-starward-vector-and-talked-to-its-creator-about-quests-that-don-t-give-you-the-dragon-money-mass-effect-2-as-an-anti-reference-and-making-rpgs-that-aren-t-based-on-d-d/
Citizen Sleeper—the original one—might be one of my favourite games ever, and it's for a lot of sentimental reasons. (...)
It's a game about carving out a home for yourself in the unfamiliar and hostile, and I love it dearly. Which is why I'm both delighted and baffled to say that my favourite thing about Citizen Sleeper 2 so far is how it's going to feel almost completely different.
I was able to play a short demo and talk to the game's creator, Gareth Damian Martin from Jump over the Age. In it, I assembled a crew, took my rig out to a defunct drone, and spent the next half an hour with my heart in my mouth juggling stress and trying to disarm it.