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Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea Reveals Its Roadmap For 2027, Includes Nine DLC Packs & 30th Anniversary Celebration

  • Nine DLC packs are planned through 2027.
  • The roadmap includes a Harvest Moon 30th anniversary pack.
  • A $24.99 season pass covers all current and upcoming content.

Natsume has revealed a roadmap for Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea, extending the newly launched Switch game’s content through 2027. It promises nine DLC packs, including a celebration of Harvest Moon’s 30th anniversary, with new characters, stories, locations, animals, recipes and upgrades. The first pack, Merus’s Dilemma, is…

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Attack on Titan 3: The Final Preview

  • The game retells the full anime storyline.
  • Players begin as a traumatised engineer and mentor.
  • Developers aim to include combat for experienced players.

*Attack on Titan 3* retells the anime’s story from beginning to end, while giving players an original character to experience events alongside the familiar cast. The preview suggests the game’s focus on trauma, recovery and mentorship could offer a different way into the series for players who have…

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Crimson Desert’s Huge DLC, Charting the Unknown, Out Now on PS5

  • Charting the Unknown is out now on PS5.
  • The expansion costs £19.99 and adds three post-game questlines.
  • Completing the main campaign is required to access it.

Pearl Abyss has released Charting the Unknown, a paid expansion for Crimson Desert on PS5, adding substantial post-game content to an already large open-world game. It matters because it extends the game’s story and playable world, while introducing a paid release after a period of free updates. The…

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Phantom Blade Zero kicks off its launch with a day one patch that offers improvements to ray tracing and some bug fixes to boot

  • A 5GB launch update targets ray tracing performance and bugs.
  • Developers recommend NVIDIA driver 617.42 over 621.01.
  • The game’s install can temporarily require up to 300GB.

Phantom Blade Zero has launched with a day-one update that its developers say improves ray tracing and path-tracing performance and fixes several bugs. The patch’s arrival is implied by a Steam post, though the article says it could not confirm whether it was available at the time; the…

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Bethesda may reveal Elder Scrolls 6 title around Skyrim anniversary

  • Bethesda may reveal the game’s title around Skyrim’s 15th anniversary.
  • A report suggests the subtitle could be Sentinel.
  • The game is said to be set in Hammerfell.

Bethesda may announce the title of The Elder Scrolls 6 around the 15th anniversary of Skyrim’s release, according to a report. The possible reveal would offer fans their first substantial new information after years of limited updates, though the game may still be years from completion. The report…

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Steam Makes 96% Positive Puzzle Game Completely Free

  • Hexologic is temporarily free to keep on Steam.
  • The offer ends on 31 October at 10 a.m. PT.
  • The game has over 90 levels across six worlds.

Hexologic, a relaxing logic puzzle game with a hexagonal take on Sudoku, is free to keep on Steam until 10 a.m. PT on 31 October. The limited-time offer lets players add the game permanently to their library, where it normally costs around $5. Released in 2018 by MythicOwl,…

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“We didn’t want the brooding hero out for revenge”: How quiet lulls and a bird-sketching lead make Control Resonant a more introspective kind of action game

  • Control Resonant balances violent combat with quiet exploration.
  • Dylan’s story centres on guilt, empathy and life beyond violence.
  • Fewer respawning enemies give players space to pause.

Control Resonant pairs brutal action with extended quiet moments, making it a more introspective game than the original Control. The shift matters because it reflects Dylan’s perspective: a man trained for violence who is newly free, but feels responsible for his missing sister and a threatened Manhattan. The…

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Square Enix should never make a Final Fantasy game without turn-based combat again

  • The writer sees Resonance as a confident direction for Final Fantasy.
  • Its turn-based combat and job system provide enough innovation.
  • Recent mainline games are criticised for chasing modern trends.

The writer argues that *Final Fantasy Resonance*, despite weak writing and other flaws, offers a model for future games in the series: it is confident in its own identity rather than trying to fit current gaming trends. They say this matters because recent mainline entries have often seemed…

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