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The second part of the Tuesday gaming news:

Nothing is safe from Borderlands 4's 'infinite damage' build that wipes out bosses in less than 10 seconds
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/nothing-is-safe-from-borderlands-4s-infinite-damage-build-that-wipes-out-bosses-in-less-than-10-seconds/
Borderlands 4 players weren't going to let the Diablo players have all the fun with builds that deal so much damage the game can't keep up. It's been less than a week since the co-op FPS came out and we already have a build that goes infinite.
The build, which I discovered through YouTuber NickTew, involves using a particular throwing knife in combination with a passive skill for Vex to overload enemies with critical hits, and if you want to try it, you should probably try it now, as it seems like the kind of thing that's too broken not to be patched out eventually.
>> The article has the video showing the build.

'What a publisher should do is, first of all, make genuine games': Vampire Survivors creator says he started his own publisher because too few 'try and let the developer realize their vision'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/what-a-publisher-should-do-is-first-of-all-make-genuine-games-vampire-survivors-creator-says-he-started-his-own-publisher-because-too-few-try-and-let-the-developer-realize-their-vision/
In 2021, game developer Luca Galante released Vampire Survivors as a diversion from his soul-hollowing day job of working on a mobile gambling game, inadvertently birthing a nascent genre propelled by the force of silly Italian names and millions upon millions of dead bats. In a recent interview with our colleagues at GamesRadar, Galante said the years that followed his unforeseeable success have left him with a blunt assessment of the games industry:
"I see a lot of publishers I don't like," Galante said.

Silksong players are leaving condolences for the family of a late Hollow Knight fan who created a boss for the game before dying of cancer in 2020
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/silksong-seth-boss-fight-act-3/
As Silksong players unlock Act 3 and push deeper into the optional endgame of Hornet's adventure, many of them are now discovering Seth, a boss with a deep backstory even by Team Cherry's standards: he was conceived by 16-year-old Hollow Knight fan Seth Goldman, who died of a rare form of bone cancer called ewing sarcoma in 2020. As players have encountered the fight with Shrine Guardian Seth, they've also discovered his origin, prompting a wave of emotional posts across Reddit, comment sections, and even Goldman's obituary.

I just found out I've been using Silksong's powerful Thread Storm ability wrong this entire time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/i-just-found-out-ive-been-using-silksongs-powerful-thread-storm-ability-wrong-this-entire-time/
I'm making my way slowly to the end of Act One in Silksong, and one of my mainstays has been Thread Storm, a powerful AOE multihit ability that can be acquired fairly early on. But I've been a fool: despite using the attack in multiple boss fights, I actually haven't been getting as much damage out of it as I could've. Thanks to a PSA video from Jason Mondal on YouTube, I only just learned how to use Thread Storm to its full potential.
>> It could be useful to some of you. This other article about the tools may also be helpful.

Palworld is going quiet as Pocketpair takes an iron to its 'quirks and jank,' with full release planned for 2026
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/palworld-is-going-quiet-as-pocketpair-takes-an-iron-to-its-quirks-and-jank-with-full-release-planned-for-2026/
It's easy to forget amid the enormous success, Nintendo court cases, and that time its dev started a publisher, but Palworld isn't even really out yet. The game's been in early access since its release almost two years ago—1.0 remaining eternally on the horizon.
But that horizon draws nearer. In an update published today to Pocketpair's various social media channels to announce two main things: that it's resolved to put out Palworld's 1.0 version in 2026, and that doing that means there probably won't be any huge updates for the rest of 2025.