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Stardew Valley creator breaks silence to shoot down myths about Haunted Chocolatier, including that 2030 release rumour
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Stardew Valley creator breaks silence to shoot down myths about Haunted Chocolatier, including that 2030 release rumour

Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has emerged from the giant Easter egg in which he makes games to “debunk a few myths and false assumptions” about Haunted Chocolatier, his forthcoming sticky-fingered life sim. The good news is that he’s been “very productive” lately, though he admits that he “shouldn’t have announced the game so early”, which suggests we’ve a ways to go yet before the first proper Haunted Chocolatier traile

Anthem revival efforts look to hinge on whether EA's Frostbite engine freezes attempts to wrangle its myriad quirks
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Anthem revival efforts look to hinge on whether EA's Frostbite engine freezes attempts to wrangle its myriad quirks

A group of tinkerers working on reviving Bioware's Anthem via private servers following its shutdown earlier this month have now offered more insight into how that project's going so far. While a video posted last week got hopes up that a return could be relatively imminient, the group say there's plenty of work to be done yet, with the main potential stubling block being efforts to figure out the quirks of EA's Frostbite engine. Read more

Blizzard veterans reveal Darkhaven, a Diablo 2-style RPG that trades "incrementalism" for "bold, expressive loot" and destructible terrain
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Blizzard veterans reveal Darkhaven, a Diablo 2-style RPG that trades "incrementalism" for "bold, expressive loot" and destructible terrain

Do you miss the good old days of Diablo, before Blizzard’s hellish clickfest megamorphed into a live service Beezelbub owned and operated by stinky uncle Microsoft? Be upstanding, perhaps, for Darkhaven – a new action RPG from a studio founded by a trio of Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 veterans, who have some questionable notions about weaponising volcanos. Said veterans are Diablo 2 lead character artist Philip Shenk, Diablo 2 programmer/designer/lead Peter Hu, and the original Diablo&rsqu