Average PC players per day in the past year reached 461,000 (with almost half on tModLoader), peaking at 1.4 million. Your average fan has put in 101 hours and 18 minutes on the platform, but mod enjoyers are just as enthusiastic, with 89 hours and 52 minutes on average.

While update 1.4.6 is on the way, Re-Logic seems well and truly done with proclaiming its next update as the last, with even more support to come. “How that will work and what those entail will be shared as we go along. You will want to stay tuned for that!” it said on Steam.

“Beyond that, we have other plans and ideas that we will share when the time is right, but suffice to say that the world of Terraria remains and will remain vibrant and alive for as long as we have anything to say about it! Here’s to 15 more years… and beyond!”

If you’re thinking about diving back in, or perhaps trying it out for the first time, you’ll be pleased to know that a physical 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is on the way, with pre-orders likely to open up in June and a release date next year. The included items remain to be properly revealed, but a model of the player’s heart and a figure of what could be the infamous Moon Lord are seemingly included.

However, that’s only scratching the surface of new additions. You can capture certain Terraria creatures and use them as Pals, go fishing (which allows for collecting and salvaging new ores), and pick up missions. Three new islands are available to explore, and the new Pal Trust mechanic allows for boosting their stats by spending time together.

And if the Treasure Maps, enemy bases, increased player level cap, new buildings, fresh weapons and single-player challenge Arena weren’t enough, you can also undertake special missions for Zoe. Once completed, she’ll join you as an ally.

Check out the full patch notes below for more details. Palworld is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.

Yes, that is the Terra Blade, one of the strongest weapons in Terraria, and the Moon Lord, its final “story” boss. Whether both are included or not remains to be seen, but the developer teases that players can “capture, train, fight, and work monsters from Terraria.” similar to Pals. There will also be new Pals and new islands arriving alongside this update.

The full extent of the content is still unknown, so stay tuned for more details in the coming days. Palworld is available in early access on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. It crossed 32 million players earlier this year and is currently readying for its ending scenario at the World Tree. As for Terraria, it sold over 60 million copies and is playable on previous and current-gen platforms.

On social media platform Bluesky, lead developer Andrew Spinks stated that the studio is now getting back to work on the game for its “final update” once again, and went on to say that the game will “never die”.

“We are back to work tomorrow and I’ve got one single mission: releasing the final update,” posted Spinks. “My game face is on.”

When asked by another Bluesky user about how many times Terraria has seen a “final update” released, Spinks went on to say: “Terraria will never die as long as there is one last final update.”

Terraria has seen quite a few additions since its original release, including new biomes, gear, and a host of new gameplay features, including boss fights. The next update, numbered at 1.4.5, was originally due for release in 2024. The studio, however, decided to push the update back to 2025 in order to prevent crunch.

It is worth noting that the studio hasn’t revealed too many details about what we can expect in the upcoming update. The studio has teased one of the new features of the update, however, with an animated gif showcasing that players won’t have to plant acorns manually by hand, and can simply throw acorns around to get automatically planted.

More recently, Re-Logic announced a collaboration with Pocketpair to bring Terraria-themed content to Palworld. As part of the collaboration, Palworld got its first hybrid ranged-melee weapon: the Meowmere. The weapon allows players to shoot bullets while also swinging the sword.

Terraria itself has been quite popular, with the studio revealing last year that the game had sold almost 59 million copies since its release in 2011.

We are back to work tomorrow and I’ve got one single mission: releasing the final update. My game face is on

— Redigit🌳 (@redigit.bsky.social) January 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Terraria will never die as long as there is one last final update

— Redigit🌳 (@redigit.bsky.social) January 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM

Earlier this month, Pocketpair announced that 2025 would see Palworld getting Terraria-themed content courtesy of a collaboration with developer Re-Logic, and the first taste of that has arrived with the aforementioned Feybreak update. 

Specifically, the update adds in the game’s first bullet-firing melee weapon in the form of Terraria’s Meowmere. Check out the teaser below for a glimpse of what that looks (and sounds) like. Unsurprisingly, there’s plenty of meowing. 

Pocketpair has yet to share a specific date for when the aforementioned collab content will arrive in full, nor do we yet know what exactly it will entail, but hopefully, it won’t be too long before those details are shared. 

Palworld is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. 

Demon’s Souls

We’re talking the 2009 original not the 2020 remake. Demon’s Souls suffered through troubled development due to unfocused vision before meeting lukewarm reception following its demo reveal, with the most seething criticism decrying a game with unreasonably difficult gameplay and outdated world design. Well, how wrong was that?! Combat and world-building ended up being the very things Demon’s Souls drew acclaim for, establishing the FromSoft blueprint for Dark Souls and beyond.     

]]> https://gamingbolt.com/terraria-developer-delays-next-update-to-2025-to-avoid-crunch Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:34:06 +0000 https://gamingbolt.com/?p=605468 The consistent pace at which developer Re-Logic keeps releasing new updates for Terraria has been a big part of the enduring and prolonged success the game has enjoyed over the course of more than a decade- though the wait for its next update is going to be a little longer than expected.

Terraria’s update 1.4.5 was originally due out before the end of 2024, but in an update on the game’s official forums, Re-Logic’s head of business strategy and marketing Ted “Loki” Murphy has revealed that the update has now been delayed to next year. As Murphy puts it, end-of-year releases tend to be “fraught with peril” for a number of reasons, and Re-Logic did not force crunch for anyone.

“The work on the final lists from each dev team member is nearing its conclusion, which is a great measure of progress. That said, we are pretty certain that there is no way that we will see Terraria 1.4.5 release this year,” Murphy wrote. “To make a long story short, end-of-year releases (especially if you are trying to sync launch across PC-Mobile-Console AND do so globally at the same time) are fraught with peril due to review cycles, people leaving early for the holidays, etc. The hope was that we would be able to get things in ahead of that end of year mess, but that isn’t looking to be the case. We are also not going to force anyone on our team or anyone else’s team to crunch for what would be an arbitrary deadline. So, that said, the next Terraria update is moving along into 2025.”

Murphy acknowledged that the delay will be unpopular with some, and apologized for the long wait for update 1.4.5, but promised that it will be worth the wait.

“We are sure that will not be welcome news for many – but we remain committed to being a quality-first studio, so we will take the time necessary for each update to feel ‘just right’… and we think that once the update is out, everyone will appreciate that time and care,” he said. “Apologies for this one taking so long for sure, but it will be well worth it.”

Meanwhile, it was recently also announced that Pocketpair’s Palworld will see its first crossover event with Terraria sometime in 2025. Read more on that through here.

It will occur sometime in 2025, though it’s unknown whether Palworld’s creatures and items will appear in Terraria or vice versa. Pocketpair also teased some “very exciting” news about its next update “very soon.” It’s anyone’s guess what these could be, from new systems to additional Pals, so stay tuned for further updates.

Along with PS5, Palworld is available for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and it’s also playable on Game Pass. Check out our review of the base version here. It’s currently in early access and will remain so for at least a year (at least, based on its Steam page), but it’s been a massive success, selling over 15 million copies on PC via Steam and topping 10 million players on Xbox.

2024 isn’t finished yet for Palworld and we have some exciting news about the next update coming VERY SOON…

But first, we want to tell you about something happening in 2025!

! ! ! Palworld x Terraria ! ! !

More info coming soon! @terraria_logic pic.twitter.com/nmLpkPCn2t

— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) November 27, 2024

Despite proclaiming Journey’s End as the last major update for Terraria, Re-Logic is working on the sizable update 1.4.5. It features a crossover with Motion Twin’s Dead Cells, including the option to hang flasks from the ceiling, a Beheaded vanity outfit, weapons like the Killing Deck and the Flint, and a health fountain.

Several themed weapons are also inbound, including one that drops from the Moon Lord. It’s also implementing the Heroicis Set as part of a fan’s Make-A-Wish request. The outfit accompanies a new Film Noir shader, which turns everything monochrome. Update 1.4.5 is out later this year, so stay tuned for more details.

Headlining the list is last year’s critically acclaimed title Baldur’s Gate 3. Following the epic RPG is a good mix of major releases as well as smaller indie games. The second most-played game, for instance, was Vampire Survivors, which was followed by Dave the Diver. Palworld, meanwhile, comes in at 6. The top 10 spots on the list also feature AAA releases like Hogwarts Legacy at 4, Elden Ring at 5, Cyberpunk 2077 at 7, Grand Theft Auto 5 at 8, and Red Dead Redemption 2 at 10.

The overall list is quite interesting, since it doesn’t just include the Steam Deck Verified games that have Valve’s approval for being playable on the Steam Deck with full optimisations. For example, Fallout 4 and Forza Horizon 5 are both present on the list, despite only being marked as Playable on the Steam Deck.

The list also features a healthy mix of genres, ranging from survival crafting titles like Terraria and Valheim, to co-op shooters like the recently-released Helldivers 2, to large-scale story-based action games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

You can check out the top 20 below, or the full top 100 through the link above.