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The studio behind the recently released Starsand Island has taken the unusual step of calling out people ‘praise-bombing’ its game.The anime-inspired cosy life sim was released in Steam Early Access and on Xbox Preview on February 11, and is also available on Xbox Game Pass.However, Chinese developer Seed Sparkle Lab has posted an update on the game’s Steam page questioning the positive response it’s been getting.“We have recently noticed a large number of overly positive ‘praise’ comments about our game appearing across various social platforms,” the studio wrote.“At first, we believed this meant our game was being recognized and appreciated.…
Sometimes, sticking the landing is all that’s needed to save a film from being woeful to watchable. Plenty of two-star films have got an extra one thanks to how things played out before the credits rolled, and Reddit has concluded just which ones fit the bill.When a fan on Reddit asked, “What movie had an ending that saved the whole film?” Plenty of cinephiles chimed in with their favorites. One Redditor suggested The Others, saying, “When you think you’re just in a haunted house movie, you start to get tired of all the jump scares. Then it hits you.” Another…
There’s no doubt that Andor is perhaps the closest thing to perfect in the Star Wars franchise. Of course, being close but not quite sometimes isn’t enough for fans, and recently, a discussion sparked up on Reddit about what still stands as one of the most hair-raising speeches ever uttered in the galaxy far, far away.For those that might not know, the incredible call to action from Fiona Shaw’s Maarva Andor almost dropped one of the first F-bombs in Star Wars. Rather than tell the people of Ferrix to “Fight the Empire,” Shaw actually did a recording saying, “Fuck the…
If you fancy a handful of free Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 camos, blueprints, and extras, you’re in luck, because it’s never been easier to get your hands on some. After bugs and inconsistent tracking plagued the recent Mars leaderboard event in Black Ops 7 Zombies, developer Treyarch has called an audible and decided to hand out its most sought-after rewards to all players, regardless of participation. Black Ops 7 Season 2 is an absolutely massive update for the FPS, introducing more maps, modes, equipment, and killstreaks along with plenty of additional cosmetics to earn. For Zombies players, we…
There’s a hefty amount of heroes and villains lined up to continue James Gunn’s vision of the DC Universe, but one hero that it would take an extra bit of magic to include would be Zatanna. The spell-casting hero might not be as well known as Wonder Woman or Batman, but she’s certainly held her own in the comics, earning a place in both the Justice League as well as a supernatural branch of supers, Justice League Dark. A few years back, when the DCEU was struggling to find its footing before being wiped clean, Warner Bros. approached Emerald Fennell…
Diablo 4 will never be Path of Exile 2, and I wouldn’t want it to be. All of the major ARPGs bring something different to the table right now, and that variety has kept me cycling between them. Blizzard’s offering has fallen gradually further behind its rivals, however, feeling like more of a time-waster each season as core quality-of-life features offered by PoE and Last Epoch fail to appear. Diablo’s 30th anniversary spotlight, where Blizzard unveiled more of the overhauls coming with the Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred expansion (alongside the even bigger surprise of new Diablo 2 Resurrected DLC,…
Fallout: New Vegas is often held up for delivering the peak of role-playing variety in the modern Fallout RPGs, but when it first launched in 2010 it was widely derided as a busted-up pile of junk that made Bethesda games look bug-free. Fallout: New Vegas lead and Obsidian veteran Josh Sawyer has had to remind fans of the now-beloved game’s difficult launch, refusing to entertain any revisions of history.Following comments that “it took about five years” for Fallout fans to warm up to New Vegas, Sawyer took to Bluesky to hammer his point home.”Do people think they remember the initial…
Everything old is new again as Dan Slott, the creator who has written more Spider-Man than anyone, is back writing the wall-crawler in a new comic series that revives the 2008 era Brand New Day branding. The comic kicks off in May, just ahead of the theatrical release of Spider-Man 4, which borrows the Brand New Day name for its subtitle.Much like the movie, Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day involves the Punisher, who is confirmed to be part of the film, along with Mr. Negative, who is rumored to be one of its villains. The central villain in the comic…
I thought I would make it all the way through winter without getting ill. We’re practically touching March. Yet, despite being within spitting distance of the clocks changing and bright evenings returning, I have the lurgy. This weekend, I will practice the art of the double duvet sausage roll. I would hope we’re all familiar with rolling over and over in a duvet until we’re wrapped up in its insulating down, for all outward appearance becoming a blanket sausage roll. Of course, to the true artist there’s more to it. You’re not really looking for a sausage roll effect, that…
If you put Binding of Issac or Hades into a blender with the horror classic Alien, while spicing it up with PlayStation’s commitment to narrative-driven third-person games, Returnal would be the resulting smoothie – a twisted, frustrating, and occasionally sour smoothie, but a delicious one nonetheless. It’s a unique little gem in the publisher’s portfolio, and is unsurprisingly lost in the white noise behind hits like God of War, the ‘Ghost of’ series, and Insomniac’s Marvel games. However, Returnal isn’t one to pass on, and this brilliant roguelite game is cheaper than ever on PC – right before the sequel’s…