Crimson Desert renewed the record yesterday which is uncommon for single player games (to grow in active player base two weeks after the release is extremely rare).

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Players discovered a spawn point for gold bars in Crimson Desert. This is a very valuable item but guards will hunt you down if you will steal the gold bar.

Instead you can steal the whole fireplace where it appears!

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Crimson Desert and Slay the Spire 2 are still the best selling paid games of the week. Kind reminder that media believed Crimson Desert is aiming for a failure.

Screenshot by @discomode

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LOL, you have been warned
(He's the senior character artist)

UPD: He removed the post

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Premium Edition users can try the demo of The Expanse videogame from Owlcat, and IGN have played it for 35 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvqjYEucbrY
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XBOX moved Fable to 2027

1. Buy too many studios
2. They all release on Christmas
3. ???
4. Suffering from success

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And the Gothic Remake is coming out in 18 hours: what do you think about it?

The art direction is very solid: dirty, dark, and grim aesthetics, a unique visuals (not even instantly giving away the Unreal Engine underneath). I like how magic looks, how old monster models were readjusted.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1297900/Gothic_1_Remake/
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Gothic Remake launched at 60K+ CCU on Steam and over 200K viewers on Twitch (that's the third place after Casual Talks and CS2). Here's what to keep in mind from the initial user reviews:

- The game is not working well on Linux, even with your perfectly assembled gaming distro

- For some users it's not launching on Windows too. It's rather rare, but keep that in mind.

- The performance on max settings is fully relying on GPU. Even 5090 can't run ultra. And I've seen "there's no DLSS, only outdated FSR and TSR" from reviews. TSR is not bad, but it's clearly inferior.

The rest is seemingly praised: hardcore, brutal, and follows the vibe of the original game.

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This one looks curious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOVwBBGBds
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Fable walking animation is still made for female characters, despite half a year of reworks

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The request to add Russian to Fable is now the 6th most popular post on Microsoft Feedback Portal. Original Fable games were truly popular in the region (thanks to satire and freedom of choice)

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The request to add Russian to the upcoming Fable has been eventually banned on the Microsoft feedback portal. It was one of the most popular requests ever but also gathered some negative reactions (which may have caused automatic removal)

Right before the removal it reached the top-5 with over 10500 upvotes and over 5000 mostly positive comments.

Microsoft and XBOX refused to provide any comments according to several media outlets who have tried to discuss the matter.

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In the meantime, collectors edition of the game is sold out. Fable may become a huge success despite all the controversies.

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Capcom is preparing for Dark Arisen: Dragon's Dogma 2 base pierce was lowered to just $40, and almost all paid DLCs were removed.

The price will most likely improve further on the upcoming Steam Summer Sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2054970/Dragons_Dogma_2/
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At least true masters at CDPR know how to write meaningful choices!

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The new combat system in Fable: do you like it? I'd like to see any impact on the enemy. It ain't bouncing back, there are not even proper VFX splash or sparks to illustrate the attack.

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Hold up...

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