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Amber Isle - Paleofolk Walking ARound Town
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Amber Isle

Amber Isle will put you in charge of of the only shop, where you'll craft and gather items to sell to the Paleofolk in this dino-themed shop sim! You'll craft items to the needs of your customers,…

July 18, 2024 | 12:06 EDT

A car getting ready to drive out of a garage in Pacific Drive
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Pacific Drive Sales Top 600k as Devs Celebrate with New Update

Ironwood Studios has announced that Pacific Drive sales have reached an impressive milestone since the game's launch back in February, and a new update has been released that packs in some pretty…

July 18, 2024 | 10:26 EDT

An anthropomorphic crocodile character with a hat on in Amber Isle
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(Updated) Amber Isle Release Date Promises Dino Shop Shenanigans in October

Update: Ambertail and Team17 have confirmed that the Amber Isle Switch release date will be October 31st, so mark your calendar for that if you're looking to play on console. Original story follows…

July 18, 2024 | 11:28 EDT

How to Open Locked Crates in Abiotic Factor - Cover Image GATE Security Crate in the Office Sector
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How to Open Locked Crates in Abiotic Factor

Our guide tells you how to open locked Crates in Abiotic Factor and what sort of loot you can expect to find inside these tantalizing treasure chests. There are plenty of resources to find in …

July 5, 2024 | 11:49 EDT

Abiotic Factor Weather Guide - Cover Image the Cafeteria Security Office Covered in Fog
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Abiotic Factor Weather Guide | When Does Fog Go Away?

This Abiotic Factor Weather Guide will tell you how Weather Events work, how to survive their unique challenges, and when they end. Abiotic Factor is plenty challenging with the constant threat of…

July 5, 2024 | 11:07 EDT

Image of a castle on a mountain in Pax Dei
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Pax Dei

Pax Dei is a survival crafting MMO with social elements that allow you to immerse yourself into the world around you. How you play is up to you, with the ability to explore, fight, build and more.…

June 18, 2024 | 08:57 EDT

A character with an axe resting on their shoulder in Pax Dei
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Pax Dei Early Access Release Date Unveiled

Mainframe Industries has announced an Early Access release date for its social sandbox MMO Pax Dei, which will have you exploring a massive open world based on the myths and legends of medieval times…

June 4, 2024 | 10:24 EDT

An astronaut caught in some coral in Abiotic Factor
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Abiotic Factor Update Brings Dynamic Difficulty and Much More

A new Abiotic Factor update has been released, and this one's focused on bringing improvements and features the community has been requesting. Community Update #1, as it's snappily being referred to…

May 23, 2024 | 11:35 EDT

Key art for Abiotic Factor, depicting three terrified scientists surrounded by cosmic horrors
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Cosmic Indie Survival-Crafter Abiotic Factor Hits 250k Sales

Indie survival sim Abiotic Factor has hit a major sales milestone within its first week or so on sale, developer Deep Field Games and publisher Playstack have announced. In a post on the game's…

May 13, 2024 | 10:25 EDT

How to Get a Vehicle in Abiotic Factor - Forklift on a Manufacturing Sector Road
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Abiotic Factor Vehicles Guide - How to Get Around Faster

This guide will tell you how to get a vehicle in Abiotic Factor and how you can use it to move your friends (and your items) around the map faster. As you can see from the map, the GATE Facility in …

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

How to Get a Gun in Abiotic Factor - A Bloody Scientist Holding a Pistol in the Office Sector Cafeteria
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Abiotic Factor Guns Guide - Improved Weaponry

This guide will tell you how to get a gun in Abiotic Factor and how you can gain access to more advanced weaponry in the Manufacturing Sector. Getting a gun is a big step in Abiotic Factor — it's a…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

How to Get a Backpack in Abiotic Factor - Cover Image Basic Backpack Sitting on an Office Desk
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How to Get a Backpack in Abiotic Factor

This guide will tell you how to get a Backpack in Abiotic Factor after opening the Cafeteria Doors and how you can get bigger Backpacks later in the game. You'll pick up lots of different resources…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

How to Use the Bathroom in Abiotic Factor - A Bathroom Stall in the Office Sector
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Abiotic Factor Bathroom Guide - You Gotta Go

This guide will tell you how to use the bathroom in Abiotic Factor and how you can use your poop to improve your base. No, really. Like many other survival games, Abiotic Factor requires you to find…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

How to Get Water in Abiotic Factor - Cover Image the Fountain in the Office Sector
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Abiotic Factor Water Guide - How to Collect, Produce, and Stay Hydrated

This guide will tell you how to get water in Abiotic Factor and how you can use stuff around the office to get an infinite supply of renewable water. Surviving the hazards of Abiotic Factor is about…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Medicine Guide - Cover Image First Aid Kit Storage on a Wall
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Abiotic Factor Medicine Guide | How to Heal Yourself

This Abiotic Factor Medicine Guide will tell you how to restore your Health and cure the various negative status effects that you can suffer from. Even the best gun won't stop you from occasionally…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Farming Guide - Cover Image Foiur Garden Plots with Tomatoes
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Abiotic Factor Farming Guide | How to Grow Food

This Abiotic Factor Farming Guide will tell you how to get started with farming and how you can use it to grow food and crafting resources. You'll need food and water to survive in Abiotic Factor,…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Cooking and Food Guide - Cover Image Portable Stoves with Pots and Pans
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Abiotic Factor Cooking and Food Guide

Our Abiotic Factor Cooking and Food Guide will tell you what benefits you get from food, how to cook, how Soup works, and more! Surviving the horrors of Abiotic Factor is going to take more than a…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Power Guide - Cover Image Batteries on a Shelf
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Abiotic Factor Power Guide | Store Power at Night

Our Abiotic Factor Power Guide will tell you how the Power system works, how you can store Power overnight, and how you can split a Plug Socket into multiple wires. Part of building a base in …

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Base Raid Guide - Cover Image Purple Lightning Inside of a Base
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Abiotic Factor Base Raid Guide | The Air Feels Strange

This guide will tell you about every Abiotic Factor Base Raid and what you can expect when the enemy attacks your base at night. Building a base will give you a safe haven in Abiotic Factor, but it'…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Building Guide - Cover Image Bag Walls Outside of the Cafeteria Security Room
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Abiotic Factor Building Guide - How to Stay Safe

This Abiotic Factor Building Guide will tell you how building works and the location of the best place to build your base in the GATE facility. Surviving in Abiotic Factor takes more than a loaded…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Crafting and Unlocks Guide - Cover Image Crafting Stations in the Cafeteria Security Office
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Abiotic Factor Crafting and Unlocks Guide

This guide will tell you how Abiotic Factor crafting works and how to unlock new crafting recipes. We also have a long list of crafting recipes! Crafting is a big part of Abiotic Factor — you'll…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Map Guide - Cover Image Officer Sector Maps at an Angle
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Abiotic Factor Map Guide | All Sector Maps

This guide will show you every Abiotic Factor map that we've found so far and explain some of the hazards you'll encounter in each sector of the facility. Abiotic Factor takes place in a massive…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Skills and Traits Guide - Cover Image Your Skills Screen for a Paratheoretical Physicist
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Abiotic Factor Skills and Traits Guide

This Abiotic Factor Skills and Traits Guide will tell you everything you need to know about the Jobs, Traits, and Skills of your character. A big part of Abiotic Factor is building your character at…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Abiotic Factor Resources Guide - Cover Image Anvil Power Supply Unit and Oil on a Bench in the Cafeteria of Office Sector Level 1
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Abiotic Factor Resources Guide | Find Crafting Materials

This guide will tell you how to get the Abiotic Factor resources you'll need to craft useful items and build defenses for your base. There are tons of crafting materials to collect in Abiotic Factor…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Server Room 01 in Office Sector Level 1 of Abiotic Factor.
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Abiotic Factor Server Guide | Server Settings

Our Abiotic Factor Server Guide will go over how to create your own self hosted or dedicated server. Abiotic Factor supports both non-dedicated and dedicated servers. Each has their own benefits and…

May 2, 2024 | 01:43 EDT

Cover Image showing Office Sector Level 1 Plaza Viewed from a Balcony
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Abiotic Factor Walkthrough

Our Abiotic Factor Walkthrough will go over how to complete the game's main objectives, plus some tips on dealing with certain enemies and obstacles. Office Sector Open the Cafeteria Door Once…

May 2, 2024 | 01:04 EDT

Pacific Drive key art with a screenshot showing a giant swirling red vortex of death with the words PACIFIC DRIVE in all caps blasted across the entire image
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Pacific Drive Review - Beep Beep

This Pacific Drive review will tell you how we get on during our West Coast adventure in this atom-flavored, mad-science romp.  If you enjoy this review, you might want to check out our other…

March 5, 2024 | 01:30 EST

pacific drive screenshot showing a red-lit container covered in rust or blood but otherwise empty
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Pacific Drive Resources Guide

Our Pacific Drive Resources Guide will show you where to get all of the important resources in the game and that best ways to farm them quickly when you need a lot of them in a hurry.  If you enjoy…

February 25, 2024 | 10:33 EST

pacific drive screenshot showing a first person of someone looking at a trailer while holding a road flare
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Pacific Drive Starter Guide - How to Drive to Survive

Our Pacific Drive starter guide will walk you through the stuff you need to know to make your road trip across The Zone as safe as possible, as well as some of the tips and tricks that the game…

February 25, 2024 | 10:32 EST

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Co-Op Survival Crafting Game Abiotic Factor Reveals Release Date and Demo

Today developer Deep Field Games and publisher Playstack announced the release date of Abiotic Factor, their upcoming survival crafting game.  The game will launch on Steam on May 2, 2024. This is a…

January 25, 2024 | 06:19 EST

Gameplay image from Abiotic Factor
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Abiotic Factor

It's your first day in your job at a classified underground research center. Nothing could go wrong, right? Wrong. In Abiotic Factor, everything is going wrong as the containment failure only gets…

January 25, 2024 | 01:01 EST

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Pacific Drive

It's just you and your trusty vehicle in Pacific Drive, which will have players unravelling a supernatural mystery inside the Olympic Exclusion Zone, located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.…

January 11, 2024 | 04:41 EST

A station wagon modified with a lot of different materials, lit in a garage.
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Pacific Drive Is A Wholly Unique Roguelike Experience

Pacific Drive is one of the more interesting games to catch me eye lately. It takes place in a supernatural version of the Pacific Northwest, full of mystery. It’s a survival roguelike with…

September 7, 2023 | 12:00 EDT

Pax Dei
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Pax Dei Gameplay Footage Detailed in Developer Diary Video

The PC Gaming Show kicked off today with a number of extended looks at upcoming games including Pax Dei. Billed as a game that will emphasize player agency in a similar vein as EVE Online, Pax Dei…

June 11, 2023 | 04:52 EDT

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PAX East 2023: Pacific Drive Preview

I don’t know about you, but I’ve played a wide variety of survival games. From surviving in the deep arctic to the burning desert, I’ve faced horrific creatures both real and imaginary and faced off…

March 29, 2023 | 12:00 EDT