After more than a decade in development, Star Citizen's Squadron 42 will finally be launching in 2026
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To say that people have spent a long time waiting for Squadron 42, Star Citizen's singleplayer, spaceflight sim spin-off, would be quite an understatement. I say this because Squadron 42 was first announced 12 years ago, all the way back in October of 2012, which is just wild to even think about!
And now, after over a decade of on-and-off development, it looks like Squadron 42 will finally be launching for real. The exact release date hasn't been set just yet, but the recently posted gameplay reveal promises a 2026 launch. Given how things go with any Star Citizen announcement I'm fully expecting at least a couple of delays, but even so it's good to see the team commit to actually releasing a full game instead of just creating, dismantling and then recreating it forever in an ultimately futile pursuit of perfect.
Subnautica 2 will bring with it four-player co-op and a whole host of new deep sea nightmares to avoid
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In the original Subnautica the most frequent request, going all the way back to the first Early Access version, was for an optional co-op mode. Because if you're going to be exploring an alien ocean filled with all sorts of horrible monsters that are just waiting for the perfect opportunity to scare the life out of you, why not add another few into the mix!
And so, now that Subnautica 2 has been officially announced, Unknown Worlds have revealed that they will finally be adding a fully fledged co-op mode. Best of all it'll support up to four players, so if you ever get attacked by some of the new leviathans you'll have a pretty good chance to escape... provided you're able to swim faster than your friends anyway!
Helldivers 2 is getting a movie adaptation, hopefully in the vein of Starship Troopers
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During a recent press conference, Sony has announced that the immensely popular shooter Helldivers 2 will be getting a movie adaptation. The project will, unsurprisingly, be headed by Sony Pictures, though no actual details or plot elements have been revealed just yet.
Similarly, there is currently no release date set for the movie - not even an estimate. I'm guessing the project is still in its infancy, as per the complete lack of details or cast, so the whole thing will likely take a couple of years to fully materialize, and that's provided nothing goes wrong behind the scenes.
The 2024 Steam Awards winners have been revealed, and they're predictably boring
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Following a brief round of voting during the most recent winter sale, Valve has now announced all of the 2024 Steam Awards winners. As you would expect given the previous couple of years, the whole thing is a bit of a mess. Not only have popular games won categories they had no rights being nominated for in the first place, but there's also a game that launched over a decade ago that managed to snag an award!
Rather than babble on, allow me to share with you the brief list of categories and their winners. Have a gander:
Project Zomboid Beginner's Guide - Twelve simple tips and strategies to help you survive the first week
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Project Zomboid's world is riddled with danger, and it only takes one minor mental misstep to start a chain of events that will end with you becoming the newest member of the local zombie horde. However, with a bit of careful preparation and ingenuity it's entirely possible to not only survive the zombie apocalypse all on your own, but also thrive in it!
So in an effort to get you started on the right foot with Project Zomboid, as well as to help you make it through that hellish first week that has claimed the lives of countless beginners, allow me to share with you some handy tips and advice that I learned over the course of hundreds of hours. Without further ado, let us begin!
All of Magic: The Gathering's future cross-over sets will be legal in every format
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[Update]: MTG Arena will be getting the entirety of competitive Pioneer on December 10th, 2024!
In what is quite possibly going to be remembered as one of Magic: The Gathering's biggest and boldest steps, whether that be for good or bad, Wizards of the Coast have announced that all future cross-over sets will be legal in every single format. And yes, this does mean that 'Universes Beyond' sets like Final Fantasy or the various Marvel ones will be fully legal in Standard in both paper and on MTG Arena.
The reason for the change, besides the fact that this is going to print an obscene amount of money, is to help onboard new players into 60-card formats, which is a genuine issue. As it stands right now new players are all funneled into MTG Arena or into the four-player Commander format, thus leaving paper formats like Standard or Pioneer without the new blood they need to function.
MTG Arena's Pioneer Masters set has arrived with an avalanche of competitive staples
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After many years of on-and-off development, MTG Arena's much-anticipated Pioneer Masters set has now arrived. As you might imagine by the name, the Pioneer Masters set bring with it an avalanche of competitive Pioneer staples, as well as some fun bits of jank for every Arena format besides Standard and Alchemy.
The goal behind the set is to make Explorer as close to competitive Pioneer as possible, so that it could eventually ditch its temporary name and become 'true' Pioneer. When exactly this will happen, nobody outside of Wizards of the Coast currently knows, but I can't imagine it'll take long considering that the vast, vast majority of relevant Pioneer cards are now available on Arena.