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Review: Smalland: Survive the Wilds (Switch 2)
Smalland: Survive the Wilds tasks players with helping a race of tiny creatures called Smallfolk navigate life on a hostile planet by gathering, crafting, and building bases. While the game excels in its exploration and core survival mechanics on the Nintendo Switch, it suffers from a lack of compelling narrative and limitations in its co-op functionality, making it primarily a single-player experience.
Review: Smalland: Survive the Wilds (Switch 2)
Smalland: Survive the Wilds is a survival game where players help tiny creatures colonize a hostile world. The game focuses on crafting, base building, and exploration, with combat being a secondary but challenging element. While the exploration is rewarding and the game looks good on the Nintendo Switch, the narrative is weak, and the co-op experience is hindered by server limitations, making it primarily a single-player journey.
Satisfactory 1.2 is finally here, and you're going to want to redesign your entire base
Satisfactory update 1.2 is now available, introducing numerous quality-of-life improvements, new tools, and aesthetic features for the factory-crafting sandbox game. Key additions include daisy chaining for power connections, fluid stations and trucks for easier resource transport, and reworked automated vehicle paths. The update also brings enhancements to buildables, controller rebinding, creative mode options, and photo mode.
Terrors of War – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
Terrors of War is a new World War 2 real-time strategy game with base-building elements where players manage supply lines. The game features procedurally generated maps, asymmetric factions, and both a campaign and multiplayer modes. Beta sign-ups are now open.
Mini War Codes (May 2026)
Mini War, a Roblox strategy experience, currently has no active reward codes available as of May 27, 2026. The game does not yet feature a code redemption system, but developers may implement one in future updates. Players can monitor the official Pentagon Community Discord server for announcements regarding new codes and system implementation.
The Stream Team: Diving back into No Man’s Sky’s Dreams of the Deep
MJ Guthrie is returning to the Dreams of the Deep mission in No Man's Sky, aiming to unlock blueprints for underwater bases without in-game currency. The stream will focus on her efforts to build an underwater empire and potentially encounter oceanic anomalies.
tinyBuild Reveals Pair of New Trailers at INDIE Live Expo Showcase
Indie publisher tinyBuild showcased new gameplay trailers for the Y2K electronics repair sim ReStory and the human-fueled base building tower defense roguelite Hull Rupture during the INDIE Live Expo. Both games are set to release on PC via Steam in 2026, with playtests and wishlisting available now. tinyBuild also highlighted several other titles at the event and the upcoming Bit Summit.
How to get the Subnautica 2 metal farm
This guide explains how to establish a metal farm in Subnautica 2, a crucial resource for late-game progression. Players must scan three parts of a destroyed metal farm located east of the Alien Power Plant to unlock the blueprint. The guide also details the crafting requirements, placement, power needs, and operational mechanics of the metal farm for replicating valuable resources like titanium and troilite.
F.A.R.M.S.: Chill Factory launches tomorrow on Steam with massive item flows and a 10% discount
Plema Crafts will launch its factory automation simulation game, F.A.R.M.S.: Chill Factory, on Steam for PC on May 22, 2026, with a 10% launch discount. The game features large-scale logistics with tens of thousands of items and includes a new tower-defense-style system called Void Harvesting where surplus materials are used for defense.
Procedural Sci-Fi Hero-Shooter Symbiosis Drops Playable Demo on Steam
Independent studio Aberratic Studios has released a playable demo for their upcoming sci-fi cooperative hero-shooter, Symbiosis, on Steam. The game features procedural exploration, tactical base-building, character evolution, and co-op multiplayer. The demo is available now, with the full game available to wishlist on Steam.
How To Unlock The Bioreactor In Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to unlock and craft the Bioreactor in Subnautica 2, a large base fixture that generates energy. Players need to scan three fragments scattered in the Shallows region and then craft it using Titanium Ingots and Copper Ingots. The Bioreactor can consume various biodegradable resources to produce energy, with an Overdrive mode offering increased output at a faster consumption rate.
How To Unlock The Bioreactor In Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to unlock and craft the Bioreactor in Subnautica 2, a large base fixture that generates energy. Players need to scan three Bioreactor fragments scattered in the Shallows region and then craft it using Titanium Ingots and Copper Ingots. The Bioreactor can consume various biodegradable resources to produce energy, with an Overdrive mode offering increased output at a faster consumption rate.
How To Unlock The Thermal Plant In Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to unlock and utilize the Thermal Plant in Subnautica 2, a crucial component for base power generation. Players need to scan two fragments located at the border of the Shallows and Zezuran Desert, an area with high temperatures requiring heat resistance. The Thermal Plant generates energy based on ambient temperature, with optimal placement near thermal vents yielding the maximum output.
How To Unlock The Thermal Plant In Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to unlock and utilize the Thermal Plant in Subnautica 2, a crucial component for base power generation. Players need to scan two fragments located at the border of the Shallows and Zezuran Desert, an area with high temperatures requiring heat resistance. The Thermal Plant generates energy based on ambient temperature, with optimal placement near thermal vents yielding the maximum output.
How To Grow Plants In Subnautica 2 - Growbed Blueprint Location Guide
This guide explains how to grow plants in Subnautica 2 by locating and crafting the Growbed. Players need to find Growbed fragments at the Research Station (Alien Ruins) to unlock the blueprint. The Growbed can then be built in bases and used to cultivate various alien flora for crafting, food, and fuel.
How To Grow Plants In Subnautica 2 - Growbed Blueprint Location Guide
This guide explains how to grow plants in Subnautica 2 by locating and crafting the Growbed. Players need to find Growbed fragments at the Research Station (Alien Ruins) to unlock the blueprint. The Growbed can then be built in bases and used to cultivate various alien flora for crafting, food, and fuel.
Dune Awakening gears up for Patch 1.4 and server merges, but don’t expect elevators any time soon
Dune: Awakening is preparing for its Patch 1.4 update on May 19, which will introduce new maps and the Planetologist class. Server merges and closures are scheduled for May 26. Developers are addressing player concerns about transfers and base building features, noting that elevators are a complex feature still in early development due to performance impacts.
Outbound Review – Just me, my van and no plan
Outbound is an open-world survival and exploration game where players live out of a campervan, focusing on resource gathering, crafting, and base building. While the game features a gorgeous environment and a robust base-building system, its core loop is repetitive and unrewarding, with sluggish traversal and a lack of narrative drive making the experience feel isolating and uninspired.
How to place the Vehicle Fabricator and craft the Tadpole in Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to craft the Tadpole submarine in Subnautica 2. Players will need to unlock the Room blueprint from the Old Habitat and construct a Moonpool to place the Vehicle Fabricator. Once the fabricator is set up, the Tadpole submarine can be crafted using the required resources for deep-sea exploration.
How to place the Vehicle Fabricator and craft the Tadpole in Subnautica 2
This guide explains how to craft the Tadpole submarine in Subnautica 2. Players will need to unlock the Room blueprint from the Old Habitat and construct a Moonpool to place the Vehicle Fabricator. Once the fabricator is set up, the Tadpole submarine can be crafted using the required resources for deep-sea exploration.