Warhammer 40K: Darktide developers pause new content to address “mostly negative” feedback

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide developers Fatshark have announced that they’re delaying the co-op horde shooter’s seasonal content in order to focus solely on addressing “the feedback that many of you have.” That feedback is best witnessed via the recent Darktide Steam reviews, which sit at “Mostly Negative” after 8471 submissions. Specifically, Fatshark say they’re going to improve crafting, stability and performance.

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Have You Played… Qbasic Gorillas?

Qbasic Gorillas was called for over 20 years.

As a kid, we would refer to it simply as “The Banana Game”. I had to rely on my Dad to play it, as only he was able to access an unfathomable portal called “DOS”, summoning it out of the inky void using long strings of seemingly random letters; an incantation that gave it a sort of mystical allure.

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This forgotten point-and-click adventure is getting an “official” sequel 35 years later

Shadowgate was notoriously deadly. The type of thing that fell very much into the ‘touch anything and you’re dead’ bracket of early adventure games. Getting eaten by sharks, burned to death by a dragon, and the awkward fate of being dragged into space through a shattered mirror were just some of the ways you could cop it on the black and white Apple Macintosh original. Heck, if you lost your torch while exploring, you’d also fall and break your neck within minutes. Happy days! No doubt, then, that you’ll be pleased to hear that the original creators are now making a Shadowgate sequel for PC, more than 35 years after its initial release. Beyond Shadowgate is launching a Kickstarter campaign on February 18th, and promises lots more ridiculous ways to pop your clogs.

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New Nvidia GeForce driver preps for Forspoken, Dead Space remake, and DLSS 3 upgrades

RTX 40 series GPUs.

The 528.24 WHQL driver is mainly aimed at tuning up GeForce graphics cards for imminent PC releases Forspoken, the Dead Space remake, and Deliver Us Mars. All three will include DLSS support, which might come in handy for Forspoken in particular, given its slightly bananas system requirements. But 528.24 will also get Hitman 3 and Marvel’s Midnight Suns ready for DLSS 3 upgrades, with both games set to gain support for the overhauled upscaler in forthcoming patches.

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Psst hey, delightful puzzle game Windosill is now on Android too

Windosill. It’s still a joy to poke and prod at the wee indie puzzle game, tugging on orbs, spinning carousels, and jabbing at the many beaks and eyeballs and mouths and noises emerging from an ever-shifting box. It’s such a reward for curiosity. And it still looks great too, with that unaging smooth vector art from developer Vectorpark. Now it’s out on Android phones and tablets too. I bought it, and really enjoy how much a touchscreen adds to the tactile experience.

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Dead Space’s USG Ishimura is believable because it sucks

Dead Space takes place isn’t exactly a floating Hilton once its crew have been turned inside out by a bunch of drooling flesh moths, but there is ample evidence that the Ishimura was a miserable place to live and work long before that happened. This is why the planet cracker class vessel is still remembered as fondly as other iconic spaces such as City 17, Rapture and the Spencer Mansion. Despite its fantastical contexts, the Ishimura is a believable location, one where the work itself is deemed more important than the workers who do it.

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