Stardew Valley maker Eric Barone has revealed his next game, ConcernedApe's Haunted Chocolatier.
It's a spooky chocolate-making, monster-stabbing, small town-living role-playing game, with a visual and musical style similar to that of the hugely popular Stardew.
The Ghiblies short animation originally aired in 2000 and has never had a physical release until now.
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“It’s all in your head.” It’s a response that encapsulates all the condescension and ignorance surrounding mental health issues. And yet, in a way, it’s true. Subjective experience is an objective reality – that just so happens to be located and locked away in your head.
These individual realities can only be conveyed through language and other subjective means of communication, and more and more games are grasping this fact, turning inward to explore and map the inland empires of the mind. They have all the tools of the medium at their disposal to turn the invisible workings of the mind into landscapes of audio-visual and mechanical metaphors that can be explored and interacted with. At their best, they convey the dynamic and complex mechanisms of the psyche in a way that only this medium can.
From farm to bar!
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Founded in 1998 by Goichi Suda, Grasshopper Manufacture is best known for games like Killer 7, Lollipop Chainsaw, and No More Heroes. Today, the studio announced it is being acquired by Chinese conglomerate, NetEase Games.
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If you imagine the entire back catalogue of Hammer Horror films and every episode of The Twilight Zone combined into a single interactive experience, you've effectively described the experience of playing Betrayal at House on the Hill.
With the Halloween season in full swing, it seems like the perfect time for hellish first-person shooter, DOOM Eternal, to deploy its latest 6.66 update. Yes, publisher Bethesda Softworks and Texas-based studio id Software have announced they will release said update on Oct. 26.
Included in the free 6.66 patch is a Horde Mode, that pits you against endless waves of diabolical demons. In addition, the update will also introduce BATTLEMODE 2.0 and two new master levels.
If you fancy whetting your whistle before the mayhem begins in a few days, feel free to check out this freshly cut teaser trailer which showcases the new Horde mode in action:
While Horde modes are hardly a new thing (the first use of the moniker can be traced back to 2008’s Gears of Wars 2), it’s always nice to see some sort of survival mode included as it really does add a ton of replayability to a release. Plus, going up against DOOM’s signature hellish monstrosities in a wave-based format sounds like an easy win in our books.
The server transfer drama of New World will never end, it seems. After player backlash regarding the lack of cross-region transfers, Amazon promised that the team would look into a solution. Then, intra-region transfers rolled out. However, a new issue has arisen as it looks like players have figured out a way to duplicate gold by making use of the server transfer feature.
This can be extremely harmful to the economy as New World is already experiencing a deflating economy where the value of gold is very high. As Amazon works on patching out the gold exploit and rolling back any duped gold on players who abused the system, however, it looks like it isn’t only the cheaters who are getting affected.
Other players have reported being affected by the bug, as some have made quest and loot progress on their character, logged out and back in again only to find that they’ve been rolled back, losing progress as a result. What’s most frustrating is that the server transfer feature has been disabled as the devs work on patching the exploit, which only means an even longer delay for those who were hoping to transfer over to another server to play with friends.
It’s kind of a mess overall, but hopefully things will settle down again once the patch has been deployed. New World is now available on PC.
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Atlus is continuing to reveal more and more trailers showcasing the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.
This time around we get to see the gameplay of Moh Shuvuu, a demoness inspired by Siberian folklore. She debuted in the series with Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner in 1995.
You can watch her in action below.
Today GameTomo released a brand new trailer of its upcoming mecha game Nimbus Infinity to celebrate Gamescom Asia.
The game is the newest title of the series started with Project Nimbus in 2014 and it’s coming to Steam in 2022. Console ports have also been mentioned before as well, with no specifics.
You can watch the trailer below, and enjoy plenty of mecha action.
If you’re unfamiliar with Nimbus Infinity, you can check out an official description below, together with a list of official bullet points. You can also watch the previous trailer.
“A direct sequel to Project Nimbus, Nimbus INFINITY is a high-speed mecha combat game. Controlling multi-purpose humanoid machines called Battle Frames, players can customize weapons and loadouts to gain the edge in battle, and unravel the story of a new generation of pilots.”
Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio headed by No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda (Suda51), has announced that it has become a subsidiary of China’s gigantic publisher NetEase Games under a share transfer agreement active on May 31, 2021.
“Grasshopper Manufacture celebrated its 23rd anniversary in March this year,” said Suda in a comment alongside the announcement. “Our studio is made up of a diverse staff with a variety of backgrounds and personalities, all of whom love video games. As I thought about the strengths and peculiarities of our company, I could see a new future for our way of creative production.
“NetEase Games has released many fantastic games, and I have heard for a long time about their strong reputation. When NetEase Games presented the opportunity to work on unique consumer games together, I came to the conclusion that by working together, we can deliver even more powerful and creative titles to our audience.
“In addition, NetEase Games is a reliable partner that understands and supports our strengths. They will give us support on the management side and fund our game development, but the planning and production of our games will be left entirely up to us. This means we can guarantee a consistent ‘Grasshopper Manufacture style’ and quality of our games. In addition, we will receive valuable support from thousands of NetEase Games artists and technical staff in areas such as graphics support and QA. Our goal is to make the most of these resources and deliver three more quintessential Grasshopper Manufacture games in the next 10 years.
“Please look forward to the history this new Grasshopper Manufacture will create in the future.”
Apple TV+ has been on a bit of a roll lately, especially with Ted Lasso picking up steam and snagging several awards at the Emmys, not to mention all the other nominations. And it looks like the company is going all-in on its two most successful shows, with the other one being the gaming-centric Mythic Quest.
Billed as a workplace sitcom with the gaming industry as its backdrop, Mythic Quest was definitely one of the surprise hits on Apple TV+, though I guess it shouldn’t really have been a surprise when you take into account that it was created and written by the Always Sunny and Community crew. The first two seasons had been consistently good, and while we did go for a bit without any news of a potential third season, it looks like Apple is putting those fears to rest.
Grasshopper Manufacture is a developer known for putting out unique Japanese games including the beloved No More Heroes series, as well as Let It Die, the rogue-lite action RPG from Suda51. Prior to this new announcement, they’d been part of the GungHo Entertainment group, but it looks like all that is about to change as they’ve just announced a new partnership with NetEase Games.
Announced on their official site, NetEase has acquired Grasshopper Manufacture, and both parties are dedicated to “creating more unique console games together.” Grasshopper reassures fans that they’ll still have creative control over their own projects and will continue working on their unique brand of games just like they always have; the only difference is that they’ll receive support from NetEase in the form of funding and technical expertise.
“We will be responsible for the creativity and production of games to ensure that we are able to continue to maintain the consistent “Grasshopper Manufacture flavor” and game quality for which we are known. In addition, we will also receive strong support from the NetEase team composed of thousands of artists and technical experts in terms of game art and quality assurance. We will make the most of this support and strive to offer three even higher-quality “Grasshopper Manufacture Games” to all gamers in the next ten years.”
In May, Ubisoft took down some DRM servers that accidentally broke Might & Magic X - Legacy, to the point where the game had to be removed from shopfronts. A few months later, and probably after some folks had long assumed the game was simply dead, it’s back.
Amazon has announced that it will be taking measures to ban players who recently exploited a glitch in New World's 1.0.3 update, which brought server transfers to the game.
As reported by PCGamer, the "gold dupe" glitch allowed players to duplicate gold and items. How it works is that if players sent gold to another player and logged off and then logged back in again, the gold they traded beforehand would still be in their inventory. Of course, word of this glitch spread quickly.
Amazon addressed the glitch in a statement and said that "players found deliberately using this condition to gain advantage will be banned for exploiting. We will also remove items or gold received where appropriate."
Additionally, to curb this glitch further, players who exploited it may be temporarily unable to log in with their character. This should resolve itself within two hours, but if it lasts longer, Amazon says players should contact customer service.
This is a bit different from how EA handled its recent glitch with FIFA 22 Ultimate Team competitive mode. Like Amazon, EA issued temporary bans but didn't do anything to take away the rewards from those who already exploited the glitch.
Football Manager 2022 pre-launch beta is live now. If you buy the kicking sim on Steam or Epic, you can immediately start playing a nearly-finished version of the game. If you're really committed you can probably be sacked at least once before the sun comes up.
The newest Shin Megami Tensei V demon introduction videos are welcoming Tsuchigumo and Mokoi to the title.
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Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! After the recent news that next month's Animal Crossing update will be the final major content drop for the game, we're wondering if Nintendo stops supporting their games too soon. Join Seth Macy, Kat Bailey, Reb Valentine, and special guest Eric Van Allen as they discuss Nintendo's DLC philosophy. Plus, it's been five years since the Switch's reveal trailer, and the panel reflects on the big unveiling.
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Yesterday, a group of respected young adult novelists thought it would be a good idea to launch a new project spearheaded by NFT purchases. Sadly/hilariously, their big plans went from “let’s do this” to “we’re not doing this” in a matter of hours.
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, maker of beloved Stardew Valley, has unveiled his sweet next title. Dubbed ConcernedApe's Haunted Chocolatier, the upcoming game tasks you with running a chocolate shop inside of a castle haunted by ghosts.
The announced trailer offers a vertical slice of what the game entails. It sports a similar presentation to Stardew Valley albeit with a far more fantastical vibe. In a blog outlining the game, Barone states that it's an RPG/Simulation and its core loop involves gathering ingredients, making chocolate, and running your shop. He also stresses that the adventure offers much more than that. In the trailer, we see your character engage in combat (with Barone saying the game has a stronger emphasis on action overall), choice-driven conversations, and hints of a grander, perhaps sinister plot. Barone states he doesn’t want to be handcuffed to any one particular style of game and clarifies that it's a single-player experience. He also says the game shares some gameplay similarities to Stardew Valley, but that it's a mostly different experience overall.
Click here to watch embedded mediaBut why chocolate and what’s up with the ghosts? Barone explains it best in his blog by writing:
At this point, it has become a cliché to say that space sim No Man's Sky has come a long way since its initial release. And yet, is there any better example of its long development journey than the sandworms? Initially shown in pre-release trailers only to be cut from the release version, they were finally added in some recent updates. Now the most recent update and seasonal event adds new sandworm varieties, including rideable sandworms. The worm has indeed turned.
Corsair's Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT is just as fancy as its long-ass name implies, and today it's £65 off as part of Corsair's autumn sale. That drops the price from £250 to £185, considerably less than even the going price on Amazon of £230. I think this is a great deal if you've got a hefty budget for an all-in-one wireless headset, so let me share a little on why I'm so convinced!
There were so many moments while playing The Riftbreaker where I stood at the precipice of annihilation: my resources dwindling, my base relatively undefended as I scrambled to put out fires, and tens of thousands of aggressive aliens marching in my direction. Whether I was managing resources, constructing my base of operations, making upgrade decisions for my mech, or battling hordes of enemies, this RTS/top-down shooter hybrid rarely let me feel at ease – in a good way. Even with several unfortunate bugs and a bland story, surviving by the skin of my teeth through meticulous time management and split-second decision-making made it all worth it.
As a frontiersman sent to colonize the uncharted planet of Galatea 37, you run around in a mech and have to establish a base of operations, survive the incredibly hostile local flora and fauna, and open a portal back to Earth before you get eaten by several thousand monsters (or have a panic attack in real life). The characters and story are bland and forgettable and feel like an afterthought that’s mostly used as an excuse to give you increasingly challenging objectives to complete. The writing and voice acting in particular are often laughable, and the main character, Ashley, is about as interesting as a sheet of drywall. But The Riftbreaker succeeds in so many other ways that I found it pretty easy to ignore the awful banter playing in the background.
It may not be Halloween just yet, but Dead by Daylight's Halloween event starts today. It's a celebration about smashing pumpkins, getting new cosmetics, and dealing with some new elements inside each map that players already know and love. You can earn new stuff for the new character Mikaela Reid, as well!
Click here to watch embedded mediaWhile Mikaela is the first survivor to the game that has added the concept of boon totems, some of the wrinkles are still getting worked out with her abilities. But hey, it's fun to have the killer have to muddle about to go find those totems sometimes too right? It's not just the survivor's job to go track down that Hex: Ruin and Hex: Devour Hope now!
The Midnight Grove event runs from today until November 4, and if you log in during this time frame you'll get a one-time bonus of 666,666 bloodpoints. That's actually a pretty nice boost, so you can use that to do anything, but it's probably a great idea to level up Mikaela. There's a special reward tome that you can complete during this period that has a bunch of cool things to unlock, including an outfit for Mikaela, an outlet for Doctor, and an assortment of extremely cool Halloween charms.
The developer of Stardew Valley has revealed their next game: Haunted Chocolatier. It's again a game about moving to a new town to "try your hand at a new way of living", but instead of a farm, you're opening a chocolate shop staffed by ghosts. There's an adorable trailer below.
The XPG S70 Blade is one of the few 'second-gen' PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market, offering incredible speeds on PC and even full compatibility with PS5. Today the 1TB model is heavily discounted at Amazon UK, with the NVMe drive dropping from £176 all the way to £139. To get the reduced price, tick the box where it says 'Apply 21% voucher'; the reduced price will be visible at the checkout.
So the nice thing about the Xbox Series X|S is that it has some pretty powerful and fast storage memory card options. The bad thing about it, though, is that it’s quite expensive and up until now your options have been limited.
Soon Xbox and Seagate will roll out two new memory card options for anyone looking to expand their storage. In November a 512GB storage expansion card will roll out and sometime in December, a 2TB option will join the lineup. The 512GB will retail for $139 and the 2TB option will go for a hefty $399, which is as much or sometimes even more expensive than what the Xbox Series S goes for.
While the storage expansion cards are expensive, the added options do at least provide a budget version and an option for anyone that wants to massively expand their storage and (hopefully) not need to delete stuff for a while and don’t care about the price.
A past version of me would have sucked it up and just bought the most expensive option because I hate having to delete games, I love just having access to my entire collection at all times. However, with how big games are nowadays, even when you buy a physical disc, it just seems like a losing battle.
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Battlefield 2042 has been and gone, and now its developers have written about what they learned based on player feedback. There are some straight fixes, some explanations, and lot more in a post on the Battlefield blog.
Also: a look at the five previously unrevealed specialists you'll be able to play as when the game launches.
I’m not normally a fan of turn-based RPGs, but Echo Generation’s voxel-based visuals caught my attention, so I decided to give it a shot. I’m very glad I did. While it’s a sometimes frustrating game, it has enough charm and style that I enjoyed it even when I got stuck. It also doesn’t overstay its welcome, offering…
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, the developer behind the popular farming simulator RPG Stardew Valley, has announced his next game. It’s called ConcernedApe’s Haunted Chocolatier, and though it looks like his previous hit, this action RPG is more concerned with concocting confections than with cultivating the garden.
The Uncharted series will arrive on PC early next year with Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. That game features a retired Nathan Drake being coaxed into another adventure, but you therefore might want to experience some of the Indylike's earlier treasure hunts first. There is literally only one way I can think of to do that: watching the Uncharted movie, which is also due to release in cinemas early next year.
The first trailer just released, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.
Today, in a new official blog post, detailing Halo Infinite’s ‘journey’ to PC, Xbox revealed that raytracing support will be coming to the PC version of Halo Infinite, but will be patched in later. Noah Benesch, the Product Marketing Manager at Xbox called it a post-launch priority.
The post focuses on the partnership between AMD and Xbox. If it’s you’re a big fan of AMD and would enjoy a product marketing manager at Xbox gushing over how great AMD is, then you might find the entire post interesting. Otherwise, the most interesting bit is definitely the news about raytracing, for those that are looking forward to having Halo Infinite look as good as it possibly can on PC.
Most excitingly though, we’re looking forward to working closely with AMD to bring raytracing to Halo Infinite. Raytracing is one our top development priorities post-launch and look forward to sharing more soon.
In addition, AMD and Xbox are teaming for a bonus to anyone that purchases “select AMD Radeon and AMD Ryzen boxed products at participating retailers and e-tailers”: a free month of Xbox Game Pass, presumably to play Halo Infinite with.
Halo Infinite will release on Dec. 8 on Xbox and PC.
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Better late than never, right? A year after Among Us blew up during the pandemic, and three years after it first released on Steam, Innersloth’s murder spree sim is finally coming to PlayStation and Xbox consoles on December 14.
A new game by ConcernedApe, creator of wildly successful Stardew Valley, is now in development. After 10 years of dedication to Stardew Valley, his new project is called Haunted Chocolatier.
Two and a half minutes of gameplay were shown in a surprise trailer that gave us a glimpse of what to expect from Haunted Chocolatier. It uses many of the assets of Stardew Valley and has a similar aesthetic, but you can see that there is much more detail in the graphics of this game.
In the trailer, we see some glimpses of a town not unlike Pelican Town, with a shot of a big chocolatier, a building where chocolate is made and sold. Our customized character needs to collect some ingredients to make chocolate, which seems to be part of the premise of this new game.
It also appears as though there is a world that we can enter through the chocolatier via a painting that takes us to a dangerous land full of enemies; this seems to be where we collect ingredients.
There will be customization features as we can decorate the chocolotier with countertops, plants, and more.
Of course, in Stardew Valley fashion, it looks like we’ll be able to interact with a diverse cast of characters who we can give gifts to in Haunted Chocolatier. We can see a few examples of this in the trailer.
So, why the inclusion of the word haunted in the title? ConcernedApe comments on this, “I wanted to explore more fantastical possibilities… experiences that take you beyond the ordinary. That’s where magical haunted ghost chocolate comes in.”
ConcernedApe also describes the gameplay loop of Haunted Chocolatier, “[it] involves gathering ingredients, making chocolate, and running a chocolate shop.”
Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe's next game will be Haunted Chocolatier, a brand new sim that bears a strong resemblance to his previous work. It's so similar, in fact, that it looks like it could even be a sequel, though ConcernedApe isn't ready to confirm that one way or the other.
In a brief reveal on Youtube, ConcernedApe showed off Haunted Chocolatier's beautiful new world. Much like Stardew Valley, it will be a top-down pixel-based sim, and it looks to have much the same flavor as ConcernedApe's previous work.
Some of the initial characters include Maddie, who asks what it's like to live in the big city, as well Jett and Nigel. Presumably you will be able to date quite a few of them.
ConcernedApe, the pseudonym for solo indie developer Eric Barone, has found considerable success with Stardew Valley, which has grown into one of the most popular indie games of the past decade. Earlier this year, Barone released a massive expansion for Stardew Valley, after which he said he would be shifting his attention to Haunted Chocolatier.
Today third-party developers released two new airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator and had images and details to share about more add-ons.
First of all, Aerosoft officially announced the pricing of the upcoming CRJ 900/1000 package, which is an add-on to the excellent CRJ 550/700 package.
It’ll cost 16,80€ plus VAT if you already have the 550/700 (which costs 42,01€ on its own). If you don’t have the previous CRJ, the full package will cost 58,82€. The CRJ 900/1000 won’t work without the 500/700 installed.
A release date has not been announced just yet.
Next, we move on to Technobrain which released two new screenshots of Osaka Kansai International Airport (RJBB) in Japan. They provide another look at the detailed Sky View observation deck and the Japan Coast Guard base.
Despite the fact that it came out over four decades ago, The Shining still holds up as one of the best horror films ever made. And while a lot of that is thanks to great writing and cinematography, the movie wouldn’t have been nearly as successful if it weren’t for the amazing performances of its cast.
Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance deserves special praise, as her performance, especially when confronted by Jack, is marvelous. To commemorate her character, animator Adeena Grubb recently created an amazing puppet that looks like something out of Coraline.
As you can see in the post above to the Horror subreddit, the Wendy Torrance doll that Grubb created is very detailed, featuring a magnetic mouth, worn fingers, and a wedding ring. You can see even more detail of the doll by heading over to her Instagram page.
Click to watch embedded media On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, our latest hire, Wesley LeBlanc, joins the crew to discuss the announcement of Animal Crossing: New Horizon's upcoming Happy Home Paradise paid DLC, House of Ashes review impressions, as well as game announcements from the recent DC Fandome event. Specifically, we talk about what we want from Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League.
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Darkest Dungeon 2 is coming to the Epic Games Store’s Early Access on October 26, and I can’t wait to play it. But, despite my enthusiasm, I’ve been going back and forth on whether to check it out next week. Why? I’m still not sure Early Access is for me.
Broadly speaking, Early Access programs allow players to purchase a game while it is still in development. So, by definition, the game is not complete when you buy it, but, on the other hand, you get a chance to play an exciting title before it technically releases. Early Access can also be a really great option for developers to simultaneously fund their game while gauging interest for it. As a fan of indies in general, I have my eye on more than one Early Access title.
Dungeon Encounters rewards you for paying attention to characters, enemies, and its dungeon, and it works especially well on the Switch.
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