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Steam's Achievement Sets beta aims to stop new content breaking your completion status
Valve is beta testing Steam Achievement Sets, a new feature designed to prevent new content from breaking players' completion status. Developers can group achievements into sets, ensuring that progress is preserved even when new achievements are added later. This update also includes an improved achievements page with new filtering and comparison options.
Valve has just upgraded Steam Achievements, and you can try it out now
Valve has updated Steam Achievements with a new system called Achievement Sets, designed to better reflect the lifespan of modern games and allow for segmentation of achievements by game mode or DLC. The update also introduces time-limited Seasonal Achievements and ensures that archived achievements do not negatively impact a player's overall completion status. These changes are now available for testing in the Steam client beta.
What we've been playing - "Gosh I had a really fun 30 minutes with Marvel Tokon before PSN went down"
This week's "What We've Been Playing" feature highlights several games. Bertie revisited Assassin's Creed Odyssey on PlayStation 5, finding it aged but functional. Kelsey enjoyed the bird-watching co-op game Flock Around on PC and returned to Pokémon GO on mobile after a hiatus. Connor had a brief but fun experience with the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls beta on PlayStation 5 before PlayStation Network went down.
Birdwatching indie Flock Around gets Aussie DLC, with all my favourite birds
Friend Shaped Games has released the Emu Island DLC for their birdwatching game Flock Around. This new content adds three biomes and 30 new Australian birds, including the Emu and Superb Fairy Wren. The DLC also features new cosmetics unlocked through achievements.
Digital Third Spaces: How Games Replaced the Café
As traditional 'Third Spaces' decline due to economic pressures, video games like WEBFISHING and Flock Around are emerging as digital alternatives for social connection. While platforms like Roblox and Fortnite offer vast online communities, they often come with issues of hyper-monetization and exploitation. Newer, low-stakes social games aim to provide accessible, inclusive gathering places, though concerns remain about the gamification of social interaction and online moderation challenges.
Flock Around Achievements Guide - How to 100% on Steam
This guide details how to achieve 100% completion in the online co-op bird watching game Flock Around on Steam. It lists all achievements, including those for capturing specific birds, upgrading equipment, and photographing points of interest.
Four Cozy Indie Games Launch This Week Across PC and Consoles
Four new indie games, Tiny Bakery, Kiln, Flock Around, and Vending Machine Co, are releasing this week across PC and consoles, offering a variety of relaxed gameplay experiences. This surge in cozy game releases highlights the growing market and publisher interest in the genre, with developers exploring diverse themes beyond traditional farming simulations.
