General: Pirates. Allods Online CBT Dated

Allods Team Studio has revealed the Closed Beta start for ‘Pirates. Allods Online’ set to begin on July 27th. Players will be able to take part in the Russian-language version of the game (currently the only one available). At this time there is no word on when or if this ship combat based title will be translated to other languages.

General: System Shock – PlayStation 4 Version Coming

Nightdive Studios published a brief note on the System Shock KickStarter page to let backers and fans know that the game will be coming to PlayStation 4. Calling it a “thank you to our backers”, Nightdive will be releasing System Shock for XBox One, PC and now PlayStation 4.

General: Be Honest, You Don?t Finish Your Games

For the last couple of years, I’ve been fascinated at how few players actually complete their games. It all started when I read this IGN write-up of a GDC talk where the narrative and design leads from Microsoft and Riot revealed that, at most, half of the games they examined were finished.

General: Stardew Valley v1.1 Detailed, Mac / Linux Ports Incoming

A brand new developer diary has been posted on the Stardew Valley site to let players know that a major update will be coming in the near future. Among other things, both Mac, Linux and console ports are in the works, as is multiplayer functionality, new buildings, crops, funcationality and much more.