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Clint gift guide and schedule for Stardew Valley

Get to know Clint (Image credit: ConcernedApe) Birthday: Winter 26Occupation: BlacksmithLocation: Pelican Town SmithyLoves: Artichoke Dip, rare gemsDislikes: Unrefined Ore, Flowers Clint is one of two new marriage candidates planned for the next big Stardew Valley update, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait to befriend Pelican Town’s resident blacksmith. He’s available to visit…

Lost Ark’s Matt Huston delivers a lonely final video roadmap, and it’s breaking my heart

Seeing developers leave a job they love always hurts, and yet I didn’t expect the latest Lost Ark roadmap video to hit me quite this hard. Recent restructuring at Amazon Games saw two of the faces of the MMORPG, community manager Roxanne Sabo and producer Henry Stelter, both depart the company. That left just one…

Overwatch ranks explained – skill tiers and ranked rewards

Want to know how the Overwatch ranks work? To compete with the best players, you must climb the Overwatch ranks by winning ranked matches. If you’re brand new to Overwatch, you will have to play 20 unranked games in either standard or Stadium before you’re allowed to compete. We should note that your Overwatch rank…

World Championship Wrestling once spent millions on a gimmick ripping off Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero, before Midway threatened to sue and WCW immediately gave up: ‘We were gonna lose big, like real big’

If there’s one thing that the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling was known for in the 1990s, it was wasting absolutely colossal amounts of billionaire Ted Turner’s cash. You could say that the media mogul could afford it, but WCW’s spendthrift ways were because it was always something of a vanity project: Turner made his name…

iBUYPOWER RDY Y70 R17 review

Verdict Power, versatility, and looks combine in this ultra-capable, high-end gaming PC. So long as you don’t mind having a PC with a case as large as this one – and if you don’t mind having to jump into the motherboard BIOS to fine tune the fans to run a bit quieter – this is…

Esoteric Ebb creator reckons most players only saw half the game, and that’s fine by him: ‘You’ve got to miss stuff in order to feel like the world is bigger’

I’m fairly completionist with my RPGs: I only just beat New Vegas for the first time after 300 hours, 15 years, and I don’t know how many abortive playthroughs because I refuse to wrap one up until I’ve done everything⁠—and I often get tired or distracted before I can finish everything. I thought I did…

Overwatch ranks explained – skill tiers and ranked rewards

Want to know how the Overwatch ranks work? To compete with the best players, you must climb the Overwatch ranks by winning ranked matches. If you’re brand new to Overwatch, you will have to play 20 unranked games in either standard or Stadium before you’re allowed to compete. We should note that your Overwatch rank…

New Slay the Spire 2 patch notes help you survive the early game, and rein in Acrobatics

New Slay the Spire 2 patch notes have arrived for the latest beta-branch update, and it’s good news if you’ve found yourself falling foul of the whims of Act One. The opening floors of the roguelike deckbuilder can frequently prove some of its most threatening, throwing some serious threats your way before you’ve had much…

‘It stayed exactly the same’: Jeff Kaplan takes us back to 2016 by confirming that Blizzard did not change the size of Tracer’s butt

Jeff Kaplan is tackling the real, gritty questions while showing off his new multiplayer action-survival FPS game The Legend of California. And what is the realest, grittest question an ex-Blizzard dev could answer? No, not that one. It’s actually about Tracer’s butt. To the few of you who are fortunate enough to not have a…

If you loved Balatro, don’t miss your chance to get this indie deck builder at under $3

If Balatro completely took over your brain (totally understandable), then you might want to pay attention to this one. Fanatical’s latest Platinum Collection is packed with discounted Steam games, and hidden among them is a weird little gem called This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker (wow, it rhymes) – and yes, the game is just…