While it does seems interesting, something about it just seems kinda off. I'll be more blunt than Liam and say the combat looks frankly godawful, some of those shots go ridiculously wide for a rifle style weapon. The transition between surface and space (and vice versa) is also very clearly edited, which from my experience with NMS, the hitch you get as the game rushes to load the necessary assets and proc-gen the area you'll be playing in is not pleasant. I mean, I think Hytale is interesting, but at this point is that game ever going to come out? Who knows.

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Interesting, though probably not for me since honestly I get nervous playing FPS games in the first place, much less ones that are actually horror themed. As for the retro FPS scene needing some more variety, eh, I could go either way on that. Stuff from New Blood is pretty varied, and Selaco is a visual feast. That being said, I do get where you're coming from, it does feel like you either get scifi corridors and modern weapons, or dark, spooky, rural/past times areas and more conventional weapons.

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While I'm shocked that this of all things happened, as it's certainly not pleasant news, it does indeed feel like this game is a bit cursed. First time I heard about the game they were having issues getting Steam to accept the early access build (Apparently due to the Valve team having issues finding a level in the game and also disagreeing with the inclusion of a explicit content warning when the content didn't meet Valve's standards for explicit content? Very strange.), then one of the devs needed surgery which had severe complications, and now this. Not a game I'm particularly interested in, but I still respect passion projects like this, so I hope things go smoothly for the duration of their sentence. Perhaps they'll be released somewhat early on good behavior.

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Said it before, I'll say it again, if you want a quality controller, go with a Gulikit KK3 Pro. Good build quality, updates are as simple as downloading a zip file, extracting a file from it, and then dropping that file directly into the controller connected as a USB drive. On top of that, you get connectivity with Switch, bluetooth, wired, and dongle. Gyro support, and hall effect sticks + triggers so it'll last longer too.

I will add the disclaimer that I haven't used it with a Linux system directly, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't work.

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I know there's so many games on Steam that implementing this would be infeasible, I'd honestly prefer if rather than these rather broad compatibility statements, they just had a little blurb that outlined any particular issues. Given that I've played stuff on Deck that feels like it should (or shouldn't) have the tag that it does though, I suppose that might just be asking for too much.

Also, entirely unrelated but for anyone trying to log in and realizing that social media login options have been removed: Just hit the forgot your password button and you can get set back up. If you're still logged in, you can request a password from your user profile in the upper right. Custom avatars are limited. I'm sure Liam will have a dedicated post about this but I figured I'd just share the info along in case it helps. :) Happy new year, all.

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Chucklefish, not content with not being able to actually make their Terraria in Space game Starbound actually live up to expectations, decides to instead just publish someone else's Terraria.

That being said, Pugstorm did absolutely do a good job on Core Keeper and I have no doubt this will be quite good, I just have my misgivings with Chucklefish, the company.

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Quoting: SalvatosI’m guessing whatever Funko or their agents did to find Leaf Corcoran’s phone number, they landed on an outdated one from when he still lived with his parents, or found something like a WHOIS record where he deliberately used theirs to obfuscate his own. As fun as the sensationalistic tweet/news title is, I doubt they went out of their way to call her rather than him.

Title is accurate, it's not saying they called Leafo's mother on purpose, it's the fact that they ended up calling her at all and, seemingly, when the person on the other end picked up and went "(Leafo's Mother's name here) residence.", they didn't immediately go "Oh jeez, sorry, we got the wrong number."

Honestly beyond it being weird, it's just plain unprofessional. Itch has a Contact Us page, they could have reached out on Twitter, Facebook, but somehow they decided they needed to call Leafo personally, something that is not an option that Leafo has chosen to provide publicly. Imagine for a moment if Valve decided to call you, personally, on your phone, to discuss something, as an example.

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One last update to Terraria, and then we'll be good, promise.

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As a fan of Pacific Drive (despite it repeatedly having issues with AMD drivers for some reason) and Dredge, not to mention the long developed Beware [External Link], more games where the player has a vehicle as a bubble between them and unspeakable horrors please!

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Quoting: t3gHaving to launch an additional launcher to play a game on Steam (a launcher) is silly. While some companies like 2K are backing off, Sony is being more aggressive with theirs. It would be nice if we could optionally login to Sony/EA/Ubisoft through the native ingame menu for multiplayer instead of running another Electron app in the background.

Something, something, shareholder meetings, something, something, number go up.

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