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Witchspire Early Access Preview - A Broom with a View
Witchspire is an upcoming open-world survival game in Early Access that blends creature collecting and crafting with magical combat. Players create a witch, explore a vast world, befriend and recruit familiars with unique abilities, and build bases. While the game offers deep gameplay and co-op for up to six players, the developers at Envar Games have confirmed plans for at least a year of post-launch content updates.
Complete Guide to Dreamlight Parks Fest Event 2026 in Disney Dreamlight Valley
The Dreamlight Parks Fest event is returning to Disney Dreamlight Valley from June 10 to June 30, 2026, featuring new quests, duties, and rewards alongside previous content. Players can collect various types of Buttons through fishing, picking them up, or completing quests to craft essential bucket items for event duties. The guide details how to obtain all resources, lists daily and weekly quests, outlines village tasks, and showcases all event-exclusive meals and rewards.
How to build an airship in Solarpunk
This guide explains how to construct an airship within the game Solarpunk. The article focuses on the crafting mechanics required to build this in-game vehicle.
Forever Skies Launches on Xbox Series X|S This Summer
Polish developer Far From Home announced that their survival game Forever Skies will launch on Xbox Series X|S on July 27th, 2026, coinciding with a major free update titled ‘The Final Echoes’ across all platforms. The game, which has sold over 500,000 copies on PlayStation 5 since its April 2025 release, tasks players with exploring a toxic, post-apocalyptic Earth in a customizable airship to find a cure for a deadly virus. Pre-orders for the Xbox version are now open, offering early access and exclusive cosmetic items.
Solarpunk: How to Get Cloth
This guide explains how to obtain Cloth in the game Solarpunk, a vital early-game resource. Cloth is crafted from Cotton, which can be found on the starting island or grown from seeds. Cloth is essential for crafting key items like the Research Table and components for airships.
Solarpunk: How to Get and Build an Airship
This guide explains how to obtain and construct an airship in Solarpunk, a crucial element for exploring floating islands and gathering rare materials. Players must first build an Airship Dock, which requires reaching Research Table Tier 2, gathering iron and cotton, and finding Crashed Airship Components. Once the dock is built and placed, the airship can be crafted at its workbench.
Solarpunk: How to Get Infinite Iron Ores
This guide explains how to obtain infinite Iron Ore in the survival adventure game Solarpunk. Unlike many survival titles, mineral nodes do not respawn in Solarpunk; however, players can establish mining automation or repeatedly mine specific mineral patches on the ground to gather resources indefinitely. A regular Pickaxe is sufficient for early-game mining, with automation becoming available through research rank upgrades.
Nintendo Direct June 2026: All The Biggest Announcements And Games
The Nintendo Direct June 2026 broadcast revealed numerous upcoming games for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Highlights included the official tease of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake, new titles like Rhythm Heaven Groove and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and ports of games such as Dragon's Dogma 2 and Devil May Cry 5. Several Xenoblade Chronicles titles are also receiving Switch 2 upgrades, and Kingdom Hearts 4 was shown for the first time.
VV Ultimatum Spirit Alloy – Crafting Recipe Guide
This guide details how to craft VV Ultimatum Spirit Alloys, an uncommon material used in various recipes and for unlocking the Marsh. Players must reach level 13 and complete a quest from the Hakuchi NPC in Mizuki Sato to obtain the crafting recipe, which requires Soul Essence and Dark Essence. Spirit Alloys can also be purchased from a merchant in the Everwhite Enclave.
VV Ultimatum Soul Essence – Best Ways to Get and Recipes
This guide explains how to obtain and utilize Soul Essence and Great Soul Essence in VV Ultimatum. These items are crucial for crafting recipes and can be traded for Soul Tokens, a primary in-game currency. The article recommends selling these essences for a guaranteed token amount rather than consuming them directly.
All blueprints and research upgrades in Solarpunk
This guide details all available blueprints and research upgrades within the game Solarpunk. It covers the various crafting recipes and progression paths available to players.
Enginefall's June open playtest is your ticket to ride, and this online survival shooter is a literal take on high-stakes train raiding
Red Rover Interactive is holding an open playtest for its first-person survival shooter, Enginefall, from June 8-22. Players will raid colossal megatrains, craft gear, and upgrade their own vessels in a post-apocalyptic world. The playtest will also feature as a live demo during Steam Next Fest on June 15.
Wisdom of Nym: The crafting-heavy content of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 7.51
This opinion piece discusses the content of Final Fantasy XIV's patch 7.51, focusing on the balance between crafting/gathering and combat-oriented content. The author notes that while the patch offers new activities, the distribution of content may not appeal to all player types, particularly those not interested in crafting or the most challenging combat encounters.
Kickstarted multiplayer sandbox Solarpunk launches today, announces arrival to Xbox Game Pass
The multiplayer airship-centered survival sandbox game Solarpunk, developed by Cyberwave and published by rokaplay, has launched today, June 8th. The game is available for purchase for $23 and will also be accessible on Xbox Game Pass, alongside its release on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
Crafting A VV Ultimatum The Hogyoku – Includes All Wishes!
This guide details how to craft the rare Hogyoku item in VV Ultimatum and outlines the various wishes it can grant, including reallocating build points, obtaining experimental shards, rerolling abilities, gaining Soul Coins, and increasing skill level caps. The Hogyoku is crafted using Hogyoku Shards obtained from daily quests, raid chests, trading, or purchasing with Robux.
After over five years in early access, Valheim is finally graduating to version 1.0
Valheim will officially launch out of early access on September 9th, developer Iron Gate announced. The 1.0 release coincides with the final major update, The Deep North, and will be available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2, with cross-play supported across all platforms.
Building, Surviving and Crafting as The Last Farmer!
The Last Farmer is an open-world survival game featuring building, crafting, and zombie elements. While the game offers a familiar genre experience, it did not particularly impress the reviewer, who is undecided about continuing to play. The article details initial gameplay experiences, including UI issues, lack of a tutorial, and early crafting and exploration.
Astro Colony, Running Out Of Oxygen Is Fatal. Mine, Craft and Build in Space!
Astro Colony is a crafting, building, open-world survival game set in space where running out of oxygen is fatal. The author found the game enjoyable despite initial struggles with understanding mechanics and small text. The game ran acceptably on PC after lowering graphics settings, and the core gameplay loop of mining, crafting, and building proved to be fun.
Valheim hits full release in September
Coffee Stain Publishing and Iron Gate have announced that Valheim will launch its full 1.0 release on September 9th for Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. The update will include the new 'Deep North' biome and feature crossplay across all platforms. Creative Director Robin Eyre expressed excitement for the game's full launch after its early access debut in 2021.
Coming Out in gaming this week — June 8, 2026
This week's gaming releases include Solarpunk, Voidling Bound, NBA THE RUN, Witchspire (Early Access), Crushed in Time, Beastro, and Lost Castle 2. The titles span various genres including crafting, survival, action RPG, sports, puzzle, and roguelike, launching on platforms like PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
