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Klang named its own broken system in public and came back three days later having fixed it four separate ways. The fix list is long enough to finally itemise what trade was costing people. The drone rebalance is the bill, and it charges only those who tidy up.
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Valheim has finally reached 1.0 after five years in Early Access, but for players who have been there since the beginning, the appeal remains much the same. We look at why Iron Gate's survival game continues to bring us back, from its brilliant building system and rewarding exploration to combat, survival, co-op and the new Deep North.
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Klang says SEED market failures have fallen from roughly 20% to 4%, but that is not an all-clear. Buyers need free inbox space and scheduled haulers, while responsibility for a lost shipment can change at the Spaceport. Here is who carries the risk now.
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SEED 0.3.4 takes rare ore out of repairs, teaches schedules to explain their failures and stops trees growing back. It also rebalances storage - and because the new capacities only apply to containers you move, tidying up is now the most expensive thing you can do.
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Mundi hosted the Covital Show on SEED's official channel and put the roadmap on screen. 0.4 is City Life - law and order, electricity, organisations, building subdivision, bars. And the board says we are nowhere near the end of it.
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SEED 0.3.3 caps a single Cultivator's votes at 15% of the society population, puts a price on firing a Seedling, and spends the rest of a very long changelog teaching the game to explain its own failures.
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SEED 0.3.2 wraps a summer event around depleting ore, a single-item hierarchy, stronger governance, and a safer market. Our analysis of Klang's official notes and what each change will cost your society.
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SEED turns work, trade, and survival into a genuinely shared society, but its rough interface and recently troubled economy make this an exciting, qualified recommendation.
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Subnautica 2's Buddy System update is here, bringing a host of new co-op features including proximity voice chat, player revives, trading and emotes. We dive into what's new, what it means for multiplayer, and why having a friend nearby might actually make the terrifying ocean slightly more manageable.
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Subnautica 2 takes everything that made the original underwater survival adventure so compelling and drops us into a new alien world, with co-op finally joining the expedition. Beautiful, atmospheric and wonderfully addictive, it is already an excellent survival game despite being in Early Access. We dive into exploration, base building, survival, creatures and whether Subnautica 2 is worth buying now.
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We look at gameplay, systems, progression, presentation and the overall experience, while considering how those elements work together over the course of playing. For games that continue to evolve after release, we also consider the changes that can affect the experience over time.
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Our aim is simple: give you enough useful information to decide whether a game deserves your time.
Amazon's best-selling motherboard is a lot of board for the money, but its headline PCIe 5.0 and full x16 graphics slot exist only if you fit the right Ryzen. Here is what it actually gives you, and what to put in it.
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Six Nova 7 headsets share one name, and only the 7X talks to an Xbox. We used the 7X Gen 2 on Xbox, PS5, PC, and phone: light, long-lasting, and properly multi-console, with a thin mic and a fat dongle. Here is which Nova 7 to buy, and when Gen 1 is the smarter pick.
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The Corsair TC100 Relaxed is as roomy and reclined as its name promises, and its lumbar pillow really works. It is also a chair you have to fit: rated to 6ft 2, 36cm between the seat bolsters, and arms that only go up, down, in and out. Here is the one-minute check.
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The GameSir G7 Pro combines precise TMR sticks, clicky controls, extensive remapping and a charging dock. It is outstanding value for PC, but wired-only Xbox play and uneven software stop it short of greatness.
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