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  • New Satisfactory Kickstarter brings new merch to my favorite game of the past few years

    New Satisfactory Kickstarter brings new merch to my favorite game of the past few years


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    Satisfactory from Coffee Stain has been one of the standout games of recent years. The factory/automation simulation has absorbed so many player hours since it first came out in Early Access five years ago that we could almost have built our own off-world factory.

    Within the last year or so, it was finally released properly and has now moved to version 1.1 more recently with a whole host of changes that make the game even greater.

    To celebrate, Coffee Stain and merch partner Heroic Miniatures have teamed up once more to bring a new Kickstarter to the table, which will put some more Satusfactory merchandise out in the wild.

    There are two options in the main, the Satisfactory Big Box bundle and the Satisfactory remote control Factory Cart, which you get to make yourself out of little bricks.

    The big box is very cool and resembles the big box games of yesteryear. However, only this one comes with merchandise, including a cloth map, posable figures, a mouse or desk mat, and a baseball cap, plus more bits and bobs.

    Interestingly, considering it mimics a game box, you don’t receive a copy of the game. Coffee Stain explains that they want to reward existing players rather than use it as a tool to sell the game, which I suppose is fair enough.

    There is a lot of cool stuff here, and the project has already been back very quickly, so it will definitely go ahead with rewards set to arrive before the end of the year. There’s even a festive jumper add-on that should land just in time for Ficsmas.

    At the time of writing, there are still 27 days left in the campaign, and it has already raised nearly three times the target amount with just under 800 backers. This number is set to rise considerably by the time it closes.

    You can check out the Satisfactory 2025 Kickstarter via this link.


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  • Despite its past DLC disasters, Risk of Rain 2 unveils its next expansion

    Despite its past DLC disasters, Risk of Rain 2 unveils its next expansion


    Risk of Rain 2‘s second DLC was the first to be produced entirely by Gearbox Software after it acquired the rights to the beloved roguelike, and it’s safe to say that it launched in a torrid state. However, after working hard to right the ship, it’s now ready to unveil the game’s third DLC, Alloyed Collective – and it’s apparently roped in help from Risk of Rain experts.

    Risk of Rain 2 is one of the best roguelikes around, there’s no denying that. But what also can’t be denied is that its second expansion, Seekers of the Storm, may go down as one of the most disappointing DLC launches ever, putting the game’s reputation in real jeopardy. However, just this week, it rolled out a transformational ‘2.0’ update for the DLC that brings it up to the quality bar fans expected. With that redemption arc pretty much complete, it’s now revealing RoR 2’s third expansion, and we’re all hoping that Gearbox doesn’t make the same mistake twice.

    Alloyed Collective will be of a similar scale to its previous expansions, and Gearbox says that while it’s still tying up a few loose ends with Seekers of the Storm, it’s “also brought in some additional folks that are familiar with Risk of Rain to help us build out the next DLC.”

    The new expansion will feature six stages, all based deep within Solus territory, which range from “cliffside scrapyards to machinery-choked fortresses and buried caverns.” Seven new types of Solus enemies will also give you fresh threats to take on, alongside new bosses that include a final boss that “reshapes the endgame.” Sounds ominous.

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    As for you, you’ll get access to seven new types of drone, and two new survivors – one of them is totally original, but one returns from the original Risk of Rain. The loot pool expands too, with 15 new items set to be added.

    Gearbox admits that DLC 3 is “still a ways out from launch” and has a few more updates left to come for Seekers of the Storm, despite already being “really happy with where DLC 2’s quality has landed” after all the patches it’s put out so far. Still, it’s nice to see that the fiasco with the expansion hasn’t deterred it from supporting this wonderful roguelike even further into the future.

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