SAND. It gets everywhere. And so does its demo, which is climbing up the most-played charts ahead of Steam Next Fest’s official start date.Steam Next Fest properly begins on October 14, bringing literally thousands of demos along with it, but a bunch of indie teams have cheekily uploaded their demo a few days early to get a little head start on the digital festivities. Developers Hologryph and TowerHaus had the same idea, too, as the demo for the coolest multiplayer game I’ve seen in ages is playable right now and is already charting on Steam’s demo charts based on active daily players.Set in the remains of an Austro-Hungarian empire on a planet called Sophie, SAND might look pretty familiar at first glance. It’s an open-world shooter where you (and maybe some friends) explore a sandy wasteland, dig for better equipment, ambush strangers for their shiny stuff, and maybe get griefed along the way. The twist is that you can also build your own base, which happens to be a towering steely …

Fortnite Flare Guns are back, and this time they’re launching fireworks to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the battle royale. They also have a more useful function beyond brightening up the skies, as setting off fireworks will reveal players nearby so you can get the tactical drop on them. Finding these weapons is easier said than done as they are random spawns, but if you want to tick off all of the Birthday Fortnite quests then you’ll need to get your hands on them. For more details, here’s how to find Flare Guns in Fortnite, and what you need to do with them to reveal players by setting off fireworks.Where to find Flare Guns in Fortnite More Fortnite GuidesFortnite Birthday Cakes
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The Astro Bot credits curiously include mentions of multiple games that don’t make a cameo appearance in PlayStation’s new platformer.Astro Bot takes the platforming mascot across an entire galaxy to save 150 VIP bots cosplaying as important characters from PlayStation’s 30-year history – here’s how to find all Astro Bot collectibles if you’re struggling with the rescue mission – which includes recognizable faces from Sony’s owned-studios and third-party partners.The Astro Bot credits conclude with a “special thanks to our long-time friends,” which is more a listing of various trademarks from companies such as Activision, Konami, Capcom, and Sega that all have characters included in the game.What’s interesting is that these credits also namedrop Stellar Blade and developer Shift Up, Rise of the Ronin and Koei Tecmo Games, Worms and developer Team17, newly-revived platformer Croc and Argonauts Games, and multiple series from publisher Ubisoft, including Assassin’s Creed, Rayman, and Bey…

Baldur’s Gate 3’s long-awaited Patch 7 has finally arrived, and it hasn’t taken very long for fans to make the most out of the RPG’s new modding tool – players have already unlocked a secret developer mode, allowing for the creation of custom campaigns and more.Only two days after Patch 7’s hotly anticipated release, a mastermind modder known online as ‘Siegfre’ uploaded BG3 Toolkit Unlocked. This handy utility mod reactivates “the disabled features and enables write permissions for the BG3 Toolkit” – opening up the opportunity for “level editing, save editing, and more.” While fans have discovered a way to access all of this now, though, developers never intended for players to be able to use any of it.Speaking to PC Gamer during this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke revealed that Patch 7’s official mod kit wouldn’t allow for custom campaigns or level editing akin to Divinity: Original Sin 2’s own. “With Divinity, there was not a lot of traction on […