As digital showcases have evolved to take precedence over in-person press conferences, the big three console makers have also started to feature smaller events to give all sorts of games their chance to shine.
09.10.2023 - 13:41 / hardcoregamer.com / New / Hardcore
The road of game development can be a weird one, with periods of regular news being followed by long bouts of silence plus varying levels of access to early builds. Open alphas, closed alphas, Early Access, and various forms of testing get the game into players’ hands while providing important feedback, but the gathered information doesn’t do much good if there’s no time to integrate it properly. In the case of Foundry its alpha period went well enough the game was picked up by a publisher, leading to a long period of silence after the Steam demo got pulled last November while the entire game received a full overhaul. Now it’s back with a huge number of changes, available for the duration of the Steam Next Fest before it disappears again.
The demo’s return was officially announced last week as Paradox Interactive revealed that it was the secret publisher, with Foundry joining games like Cities: Skylines and Crusader Kings in its library. The developer Meder Dynamics also underwent a name change to the somewhat-less-Google-able Channel 3 Entertainment, but the real news was the return of Foundry’s demo with all the new world generation upgrades and research tweaks, fully playable up through the second major milestone in the game.
Foundry is a factory-building game set in an infinite procedurally-generate Minecraft-style world. The terrain is made up of the familiar blocks, all of them breakable with varying levels of effort, and the object is to mine the ore blocks so they can be smelted into basic building units that can be further refined into components that are then assembled into buildings, tools, and assorted resources. The very first few items are hand-built out of components but once a few assemblers are hooked up to conveyor belts the automation kicks in properly and the factory takes off from there.
And this is why terrain is destructible- extensive underground mining operations.
There’s a lot of new material in the updated Foundry, starting with an opening cinematic of the player’s arrival on the planet in a drop pod. The pod doubles as a base that lets you refine xenoferrite (literally alien iron) and technum (not-literally copper) into the initial components, plus modify your robot’s color scheme by entering the door in its back. The landing site will be right near a patch of each of the two starting ores and may also be near a patch of water, which is another major new resource used primarily for steam-powered energy. Meanwhile, up in the sky is the broken wreckage of a spaceship, hinting strongly that there’s no way off this planet that you don’t build yourself.
The bulk of the rest of the new content has to do with the flow of technology upgrades, which will be noticeable if
As digital showcases have evolved to take precedence over in-person press conferences, the big three console makers have also started to feature smaller events to give all sorts of games their chance to shine.
The London Final Fantasy Fan Fest has kicked off this morning with an impressive keynote speech that has finally unveiled one of the two jobs expected for the upcoming Dawntrail expansion. A few months ago during the Las Vegas Fan Fest, players around the world were teased a bit of information that there would be two new jobs added with the inclusion of the new expansion. At the time, speculations were all over the place as players came up with various theories — it didn’t help that FFXIV director Naoki Yoshida wore a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt at the time of said announcement which then prompted players to try and line up the letters like some kind of nerdy anagram. From Corsairs to Time Mages, all kinds of speculation arose. Carefully observant Warriors of Light may have noticed a tease of the potential melee job when watching the Dawntrail trailer, but it wasn’t enough detail to solidify good guesses.
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EA Sports UFC 5 is only a few short weeks away and EA has busted out a slew of new information on the game today. There’s a fair amount of information that we already know – including a revamped submission system to make those easier to do than ever before alongside a massive roster of combat sports legends available via pre-order including Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee, and the PRIDE FC icon Fedor Emelianenko. However, we didn’t have a ton to work with when it came to new modes until now.
In the ever-evolving world of World of Warcraft (WoW), the gaming community is no stranger to updates and patches that aim to improve the player experience. Patch 10.2 is no exception, as it introduces a feature that has been highly anticipated by a specific group of players – new quest background color accessibility options. In this article, we’ll delve into this exciting development and the impact it’s having on the WoW community, with a special mention of some enthusiastic Redditors who shared their thoughts on the matter.
The gaming world is about to witness a seismic shift as Xbox, a household name in gaming, unveils its latest offering, the Xbox Series S – Starter Bundle. Packed with exciting features and an affordable price point, this Starter Bundle is set to change the way we play and experience games. In this article, we’ll delve into the details of this incredible package that promises to deliver a next-gen gaming experience.
New World may be fresh off the release of its first expansion, but it’s October, and Amazon Games is bringing back the spooky season with the return of the Nightveil Hollow event. This year's event features new rewards, an event quest and the return of Baalphazu.
Season 5 launches on October 17.
Lockwood Publishing, the British metaverse game company behind Avakin Life, is sponsoring the New Codes digital fashion summit. That comes just after Lockwood‘s support for PlanetPlay, which in turn is supporting projects such as eco-friendly stoves for the developing world.
The Shiren series has long been a niche one even among the Mystery Dungeon titles. It’s Spike Chunsoft’s own entirely original take on Mystery Dungeon that isn’t based on existing properties such as Dragon Quest or Pokemon and has long since been popular in Japan but not quite as sought after anywhere else. The last entry we saw localized was a remake in the form of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fates which was originally a DS title before it made its way to modern systems. The newest title, Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island was originally announced as coming to Japan with no word on a localization. Fortunately fans no longer need to worry as we’ve finally gotten our confirmed English release for the title to make a splash onto Nintendo Switch next year. The new art style is no longer sprite based and instead entirely 3D models rather akin to the recent Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remake we had a few years back. This charming new take on Shiren seems absolutely packed full of life and is promising to bring back the classic gameplay and challenge that so many knew and loved it for.