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A Valheim player has outfitted their Plains biome to resemble a World of Warcraft Horde settlement. With how many building options there are in Valheim, players have shared countless impressive creations, and this one introduces World of Warcraft to the game.

Along with a new Performance Pass and Cosmetic Tree, Season 5 of Deep Rock Galactic will allow players to access older content and cosmetics. This flexible approach to how Deep Rock Galactic handles season passes and unlockable items could become a model for how developers should approach time-limited content.

Developer Iron Gate Studio has just released update 0.218.11 for the Public Test Build of its popular open-world survival game, Valheim. The build, which is less stable as it is used to check upcoming updates for the game, recently received a major content drop that introduced a new biome, equipment, and enemies, among other things.

Songs Of Conquest is a strategy-RPG with some of the most handsome pixel art around. Steam tells me I've played its Early Access release for 0.7 hours, which was long enough to know that I wanted to play more and would wait for version 1.0. I won't have to wait much longer. It's now got a May 20th release date.

A group of Valheim players has built an impressive Black Forest mansion by clearing out a large section of trees. The Valheim Black Forest is one of the densest areas of the game, and it's rich with resources that these players likely depleted for their mansion build.

Valheim, the popular norse-inspired survival game, is set to get even deadlier and at least several percent more volcanic with its upcoming Ashlands biome. The new biome is due to enter public testing as we speak.

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The latest Valheim trailer showcased the new biome and content in the Ashlands update. The developer, Iron Gate Studio, says that the Ashlands is the second-to-last biome in Valheimand is progressively more difficult than the previous ones. Because of that, the studio recommends that rusty players practice a bit before hopping into the Ashlands or even adjust the difficulty in the World Modifiers menu.

Developer Iron Gate Studio has released a new update for Valheim that includes a Unity engine upgrade, performance improvements, and various bug fixes. Iron Gate explained that the update's main goal is to make Valheim smoother and prepare it for the future Ashlands update.

A Valheim player has created an impressive riverside base upon discovering tar in the Plains. There are six fully realized biomes in Valheim, each containing its own helpful materials, but Tar may be among the most useful for base building.

A Valheim player has built an incredible cathedral in the Meadows biome in the game's creative mode. Hammer mode was added to Valheim last year, and players have already built impressive monuments utilizing the lack of limitations.

A Valheim player has shared images of a unique house that resembles a taco. Since the game was released, Valheim fans have shared numerous creations, but this base could be among the most unique.

A Valheim player has shared screenshots of their impressive bakery building that highlight every angle of it. With how many workstations can be created in Valheim, some players are building around each role, and this player has a genius idea for a bakery building.

A crafty Valheim player has recently shared screenshots of the incredible city they built together with their friends during 270 in-game days. Base-building is among the most important parts of Valheim, and this city shows that this activity can achieve even better results when done with friends.

A Valheim player has shown off screenshots of their complete playthrough bases, including one in each biome minus the Ocean and Swamp. The different biomes of Valheim provide not just a change to the landscape but also the resources and mobs in the area, and one player decided to make unique bases in most of them.

A Valheim player has shown off an impressive fortified Meadows base that appears nearly impenetrable. With Valheim offering many build options, countless players have shared what they've made using the materials that they find, and this port is incredible.

Rival survival sims Palworld and the just-launched Enshrouded are now openly battling for hearts and minds on Steam, and here comes genre supremo Valheim out of the blind corner like, errrr, one of the celebrity WWE wrestlers who hasn't turned out to be Problematic - I don't know, maybe Zack Sabre Jr? Educate me, wrestling fans.

It's nearly the holidays, which means some of you might be looking for something to play on your Steam Deck while you're away visiting family. The choice just got a little harder: beautiful early access tactics game Songs Of Conquest and clever fantasy citybuilder Against The Storm are both now Steam Deck verified.