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Ashes of Creation doesn't seem to be able to leave the news. Supposedly, there's no such thing as bad publicity, but this is an MMO you can't play anymore, and all the news is about the alleged misdeeds that caused its collapse. What went (and is still going) wrong? Table of contents What is Ashes of Creation What happened with Ashes of Creation? What is Ashes of Creation In 2025, after raising over $3 million via Kickstarter and a nearly 10-year-long development cycle, Ashes of Creation , a medieval fantasy MMO in the vein of WoW , finally reached early access for $50. Many saw promise in the title, with Destructoid even making a few guides for it . Sadly, nobody really got the time to put these to much use, since the game went under shortly after, leaving its entire development team out of a job. Usually, you can point to one main cause of collapse for a studio, but not here. Ashes of Creation 's Intrepid Studios has spawned so much chaos that we have to ...

Being a game set in the 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy, gunpowder is just as important as gold in Windrose . It is an invaluable currency that is necessary to operate any long-range weapon, and given just how powerful they are in this game, you're going to want to use them nine times out of 10. But obtaining gunpowder isn't something the game explicitly explains to you, especially not in the early stages of the game. Once you run out of that first batch you spawn with, you're more than likely to find yourself forced into melee combat. Thankfully, there are ways around this, so here's how you can get gunpowder in Windrose . How to obtain Gunpowder in Windrose Gunpowder is easily obtained from enemies and crafting. Screenshot by Destructoid The quickest and easiest way to obtain gunpowder, most usually spawning as Homemade Gunpowder , is to hunt Blackbeard Pirates that spawn in camps on islands near the first location you spawn at. Simply unlock th...

The voice behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave has finally played the award-winning game almost a year after it launched. It's hard to fault him, though. He's been quite busy defending Hell's Kitchen from Kingpin as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Disney Plus's Daredevil: Born Again series. But actor Charlie Cox said today that he's finally picked up the sticks to try out Destructoid's 2025 game of the year (and basically everyone else's, too). Image via Sandfall Interactive "I'm not very good, because obviously, it's a skill set, but I've played it," he said in a new interview with GamesRadar at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards today, where Expedition 33 will likely add even more awards and accolades to its resume. Cox admits he's not the biggest gamer, and he famously said last year that he knew very little about the project after finishing up his work in a short time. But now, he's at least began the journey, al...

Windrose has different ways for you to gain resources and rewards, and Faction Reputation Points will help you to get some of them by completing various tasks. You'll be introduced to four different factions as you progress along the main campaign. Getting Faction Reputation Points will help you to improve your standing with them and get more rewards. Let's find out how to obtain these points. Table of contents How to earn Faction Reputation Points in Windrose How do you get a Letter of Favor in Windrose How do you get Insignias in Windrose How to earn Faction Reputation Points in Windrose Before you can earn Reputation Points, you'll need to unlock factions. You have a relationship with every faction, and you begin at level one. As of writing in early access, the upper limit is four for every faction. To earn these points, you'll need to hand over special items to Bounty Agents. You'll find an agent associated with each of the four factions. You...

ARC Raiders is getting a third Expedition, again giving players the option to hop on board and leave Speranza for good. It's the game's version of a wipe, which, instead of resetting the entire player base, allows particularly dedicated players to do it off their own accord. While Expeditions have generally been a reward system for dedicated players who want to go back to square one but with extra perks, it seems to have turned into a sort of FOMO system where players have a very tight schedule to follow lest they lose the right to participate in the expedition itself. On top of completing the caravan necessary to participate in the Expedition, players will only have five days to sign up for it and complete relevant challenges between April 28 and May 4. Failing to do so means missing out on Skill Points at the least since you'll be "forced" to sign up if you had a completed caravan prior to the departure window without completing challenges and receiving no ...

Cats have been the most popular pet ever since the Egyptian gods of old put them here many thousands of years ago. Naturally, people also like games about cats, or games where we get to pet cats, so let's look at the best of the bunch. Crimson Desert is a cat dad simulator Image via Pearl Abyss Crimson Desert is one of the most mechanically rich video games in existence. You can do everything here, which can, understandably, overwhelm some. Crimson Desert 's complexity caused it to enter Steam with a mixed reception, but it quickly grew in players' hearts, and one of the many reasons for its comeback was its cat mechanics. Wanna pet a cat? That's easy mode. What about holding a cat? You can carry a kitty no problem, hell, you can even "dual-wield" cats. You can even ignore the main quest to find the many different cats in the game, Pokémon-style, and you'll have a blast because you'll get to equip them with armor! Others have said that Crimso...

Mouse P.I. For Hire is out on PC and consoles, and it's off to a good start as far as Steam numbers are concerned. The game's performance in the early hours has been pretty smooth, but if you're on PC, you can improve it further by tweaking the in-game settings. Best Mouse P.I. For Hire graphics Before I deep dive into the settings, here's my current setup. NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB RAM DDR5 16 GB AMD Ryzen 5600G Here are the current settings I am using on my system. Resolution: 1920x1080 (personal preference) Window Mode: Personal preference Field of View: 100 Frame Rate Limit: 72 VSync: Off Render Scale: 1 Anti-aliasing: DLSS4 DLSS4: Balanced Graphics Preset: Custom Volumetric Lights Quality: Medium HLOD: Low Effects Quality: Medium Texture Quality: Medium Shadow Quality: Low Rim Lights: Off Anisotropic Filtering: Low Ambient Occlusion: SSAO Depth of Field: On Film Grain Effect: You can keep this on. I put it to 0 because I didn't like i...