Thanks to cloud gaming and Microsoft's more open-ended mentality of making its games available on a wide variety of platforms, you don't have to own one of Microsoft's current-gen systems or have the Xbox app installed on your PC. Starfield is the highest-profile Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S game since Halo Infinite, but the game isn't locked to those two consoles. PS4 ‘Spider-Man’ game gets ‘The Heist’ DLC, new costumes on October 23 Players must carefully gauge the risks involved in various character afflictions in order to survive encounters that become more difficult as gameplay progresses.ĭarkest Dungeon‘s The Crimson Court downloadable content launches for the PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows, Mac, and Linux PC platforms in early 2017. As characters buckle under the stress of exploration, they earn permanent status effects that can either help their chances of survival or make them liabilities in battle. As they progress through each floor, players encounter random events that can either benefit their party members or lead them to their doom.ĭarkest Dungeon also features several ‘afflictions’ that party members suffer after extended dungeon dives. Players search each floor of a seemingly endless dungeon for weapons and resources, killing any creatures they encounter throughout. A feature-complete Steam release debuted earlier this year and ports for the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita premiered in September.īacked by a bleak, Gothic atmosphere, Darkest Dungeon features turn-based battles bridged by dungeon exploration sequences. Launching first via Steam Early Access, Darkest Dungeon saw numerous updates and improvements throughout 2015.

Promising backers a turn-based RPG inspired by genre classics like The Bard’s Tale and Ultima Underworld, Darkest Dungeon went on to earn more than $300,000 in crowdsourced pledges and development soon kicked off in earnest. Darkest Dungeon debuted in 2014 via Kickstarter, where it managed to quadruple its initial funding goal.

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