Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

Kojima’s swansong Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a game that actually uses its open-world setting to great effect. Its setting of Afghanistan houses a complex web of interconnecting systems that create a highly dynamic gameplay loop – requiring players to alter strategies on the fly. It’s also filled with a ton of neat little details to signify the outcome of your killings. If you get sloppy and do a lot of killing in your mission, your Demon Points increase which causes the Horn on Venom Snake to grow along with blood smears on his face. After a certain point, the horn will grow out completely and you turn into Demon Snake.

Deerclops arrives in mid/late pre-Hardmode and has some music based on its original theme from Don’t Starve (mixed by Klei Entertainment itself). It awaits in the Ice Biome and there are apparently some nice surprises to look forward to. As for the Don’t Starve-inspired items, there are 25 of them, from Lucy the Axe to Chester, a pet that holds your items.

As for Don’t Starve, it gets the Eye of Terror boss (based on Terraria’s Eye of Cthulu) along with the Twins of Error (which offer their own equipment items and statues). A new critter has also been added along with a new foot items, new recipes and Terraria item skins. There’s also a three piece character set inspired by the traveling merchant from Terraria. Logging in will also net the Terrarized chest which gives six skins for free until the next update in December.

Don’t Starve Together

Expanding upon Klei Entertainment’s excellent survival experience, Don’t Starve Together is more than just the base game with co-op mechanics. It offers three modes – Survival, which turns dead players into ghosts that drain the sanity of the living; Wilderness, which puts each player in a random location; and Endless, where players can respawn endlessly. With its plethora of content – from DLC like Reign of Giants, Shipwrecked and Hamlet to new characters and free updates – Don’t Starve Together remains one of the premiere multiplayer survival experiences.

Klei Entertainment may have been a little quiet since E3 2017 after announcing Griftlands but it’s been incredibly busy working on new content for Don’t Starve, it’s critically acclaimed survival game.

And there is a lot of content coming – first up is the announcement of Don’t Starve: Hamlet, a new single-player DLC that will see Wilson travel to the Pigmen’s originating place. It promises some bushwhacking, tomb raiding and more than enough exploration. Check it out below.

It was also revealed that the Shipwrecked DLC would be receiving a free update to add even more content. This includes a new resource with Tar, three new varieties of tropical fish, the ability to create a Sea Yard, Galley and Sea Lab, a craftable Sea Wall and much more.

Co-op DLC Don’t Starve Together will also be receiving some time-limited events like The Forge which sees players heading into a flaming world to fight the Battlemaster and Grand Forge Boarrior, the latter who must be challenged with six players. New traits, combat bonuses, weapons, armour and much more will also be available for the event.

As for Don’t Starve: Hamlet, you can expect it to arrive sometime in Q1 or Q2 2018. What are your thoughts on all the upcoming content? Let us know in the comments below.

Klei Entertainment’s Don’t Starve Together, fashioned as the multiplayer component to the hit indie survival game Don’t Starve, has recently been updated. The game is currently in Early Access and included many components of the base game with the promise of more features in future patches. The newest patch has added the majority of content from the Reign of Giants expansion.

There are several ways to play Don’t Starve Together. You could either pick it up in Early Access or purchase the original Don’t Starve, which will net you the multiplayer component for free. You can purchase the Frontier Pack at 75 percent off and receive two copies of Don’t Starve Together or invest in the Mega Pack which includes the original game, Reign of Giants and Don’t Starve Together along with a free gift copy of the multiplayer component.

What are your thoughts on the most recent update though? Let us know in the comments.