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In a recent behind-the-scenes developmentblog post, Jagex shined the spotlight onOld School RuneScape‘s upcoming Sailing skill. In it, the developer shows how sailing has improved over time and confirms that players will be able to test it out next year. Jagex put new skills to a poll forOld School RuneScapeplayers in 2023, and Sailing was the skill that won. Since then, crafting the new system’s been hard at work, and getting a handful of players in to try it out in Closed Tech Alpha sessions....

Welcome (back) to the Jungle Maybe it’s just that I have the attention span of a goldfish, but theCrysisremaster completely fell off my Nanosuit’s radar. It wasannounced in mid-Apriland then radio silence. That’s kind of unusual for a game that’s due to release within a month or two. The cloaking device will be deactivated on Wednesday, as Crytek gives us an updated look at island life. The firstCrysis Remasteredgameplay trailer is coming July 1 at 9am Pacific....

Plus, theWorldslayerexpansion is coming in 2022 Today,Outridersdeveloper People Can Fly announced a big update arriving on Nov. 16, or tomorrow, for its loot shooter game. The New Horizon update forOutridersadds a lot, both for gameplay and quality-of-life, and there’s an expansion on the horizon as well. TheNew Horizon updateforOutriderswill add four new Expedition maps, as well as no-timer Expeditions. The update also boats an improved Loot Drop system and transmog system, the latter of which has no limits, no cost, and no microtransactions....

On Xbox Live, that is Have you heard that The Behemoth makes some pretty good games? It’s true!Castle CrashersandBattleblock Theaterare two such examples, and you may pick them each up forunder $5 on Xbox Livethis week. Now, there’s a fair chance that many of you already own one, if not both, of these. After all,Castle Crashersis one of the best-selling games on the Xbox Live platform. However, if you’re a laggard as they say in marketing speak, it’s the perfect opportunity to take the plunge....

Drumming up support Sega has released a second character music video for its upcoming anime RPGProject Sakura Wars.The new tune focuses attention on tough teen Hatsuho Shinonome. Hatsuho is shrine maiden whose family have guarded the Shinonome shrine, located in the Imperial Capital for generations. A popular and beloved girl among the community, Hatsuho’s tough-gal attitude belies a friendly attitude and dedicated code of honour. The track featured in her music video, “Onna!...

Save 75% on Orcs Must Die! and Hero Academy This weekend, Robot Entertainment (makers of such fine video games asOrcs Must Die!) are celebrating their 4th anniversary as a company with a big ol’ sale of their products. On the company’sofficial store, you can purchase the Steam versions ofOrcs Must Die!,Orcs Must Die! 2andHero Academy, as well as some of the DLC for those titles at 75% off of their normal prices....

At the National Museum of Play Can I get an extra-long drum roll, please? (Actually, you know what, let me fetch that.Here we go.) The Strong National Museum of Play has named the second batch of games for its World Video Game Hall of Fame:Grand Theft Auto III,The Legend of Zelda,Oregon Trail,The Sims,Sonic the Hedgehog, andSpace Invaders. These are said to have “significantly affected the video game industry, popular culture, and society in general....

How to kill them all? “Love letter” is in the pantheon of meaningless and/or trite words and phrases to avoid as a games writer. It’s up there with “visceral,” “fans of the genre,” and “_____ fans, rejoice!” All of those have lost impact over time, through years and years of overuse. They’re neutered words. But damnit, I’m having a tough time coming up with a more appropriate phrase forSlayaway Camp. It’s an honest-to-god love letter to campy slasher flicks....

Hey, it works Ever seen a 10 screenGame Boy? Well now you have!Check out this video from kgws, who managed to make a “TV screen” out of Game Boys. Unlike some other projects, this is both less practical, but more homegrown, in that it uses parts from other Game Boys: namely the screens. So someone connected the Game Boy LCD to an ESP32 system (cheap chip microcontrollers), and a Raspberry Pi....

With no explanation Final Fantasy Agito+is no longer coming to PlayStation Vita, Square Enix just announced. The publisher has ceased development on the role-playing game, after already postponing its release, which was initially scheduled for this January. Though no explanation was provided for the title’s cancellation, when the game was delayed producer Hajime Tabata said the problem was not on Square Enix’s end. Tabata asserted there was an issue with the PlayStation Vita’s development environment and there was nothing the development team could do without an update and of some kind and support from Sony....

It’s been a long time coming, but Bethesda’s finally released a proper Deep Dive discussingStarfield: Shattered Spacein appropriate detail. It’s a solid showcase, but it’s also a potential disappointment in one key way: it seems to whitewash the Va’ruun into regular ol’ spacefolk, with Chunks stores and all. I’m sure not everyone is going to be quite as taken aback as I’ve been, but the fact that there’s an honest-to-goodness Chunks storefront in the middle of Dazra gave me whiplash....

More info from Steam Dev Days Steam just keeps on growing at a steady pace, and thanks to the recentSteam Dev Daysevent, we have a little more information on how Valve is going to continue their plans for world domination. Accordingto a slide from the event, Norway, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, and the Ukraine are all going to have their currencies accepted in 2014....

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 4pm EST! [Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great videogames. It airs live every Sunday at 4pm EST onYouTube, and can be found in Podcast form onLibsynandiTunes.] [Update: Show’s over everybody! Thanks so much to Mike and Ed for the amazing tell all on their careers, on the first day they saw Earthworm Jim, the development heck they’ve endured on the road to completingArmikrog, and so much more....