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Twisted Pixel and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees The post Multiple Meta-Owned Game Studios Hit With Layoffs appeared first on Kotaku. |
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After a canceled revamp and a server shutdown, BioWare fans mourn the loot shooter's potential The post EA Kills <em>Anthem</em>: A BioWare Fan's Five Stages Of Grief appeared first on Kotaku. |
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The Assassin's Creed publisher continues restructuring scheme to keep costs down The post Ubisoft Follows Up Request For Employees To Lay Themselves Off By Doing It Itself appeared first on Kotaku. |
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We are free from boring render hell, Pokémon fans The post We Finally Have Good Art Of All The <em>Pokémon Legends: Z-A</em> Megas appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Also: MrBeast says he has negative money, more Resident Evil news, and a game about an evil bird The post Marvel Is Desperate To Make <i>Avengers: Doomsday</i> The Biggest Event Of 2026 appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 13, 2026 11:05 AM
Save as much as $30 on the Seagate Storage Expansion Card, officially licensed for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The post Seagate's Xbox Storage Expansion Card Drops Below $0.12 Per GB at a New Year Record Low as Amazon Clears Out the Best-Selling SSD appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:35 AM
Stop dealing with unruly messes in your home when it comes to cables. The post Anker Prime Docking Station (14-Port, 160W) Crashes to Lowest Price of the Year, Now Cheaper Than During Last Holidays appeared first on Kotaku. |
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One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 is streaming on Netflix The post The <em>Stranger Things</em> Documentary Gave Season 5 Haters More Ammunition appeared first on Kotaku. |
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This handheld vacuum can help make sure your car and boat are totally squeaky clean. The post Dyson's Car+Boat Handheld Vacuum Drops to a Record Low, Now Priced Like a Budget Cleaner appeared first on Kotaku. |
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'Most corporate people, they make plain stupid decisions' The post GOG's New (Old) Boss Reaffirms Anti-DRM Commitment, Even If It Costs Sales appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Because sometimes you need better hardware to get a better connection. The post Amazon Is Offloading TP-Link's Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router at Its Lowest Price With 42% Off appeared first on Kotaku. |
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It's time to get a new smartwatch and beef up what you've already got. The post Samsung Pushes Galaxy Watch 8 (2025) to Its Lowest Price in New Year Clearance, While Apple Watches Stay Full Price appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Quarantine Zone: The Last Checkpoint tasks you with guarding an armed border and in 2026 that feels uncomfortable The post Steam's Big New Zombie Game Is Tense, But Comes At A Bad Time appeared first on Kotaku. |
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It features the latest Intel Core i3-1315U processor, and the memory is expandable up to 64GB The post HP's 15.6″ Laptop at Nearly 60% Off Comes With Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office, Priced Like a Budget Tablet appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Marketing for an unannounced Definitive Edition of the 2013 shooter is already out in the wild The post <i>The Division</i> Might Be Getting Exactly What <i>Destiny</i> Fans Have Long Wanted appeared first on Kotaku. |
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You're saving $100, plus getting three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for free. The post ASUS ROG Xbox Ally (2025 Ryzen Z2 A) Just Hit Its Lowest Price Ever With 3 Months of Game Pass Included appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons' first big update in years hits this week The post To Nuke Or Not To Nuke? <i>Animal Crossing</i> Players Prep For New Update appeared first on Kotaku. |
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All those words in the headline make sense if you're cool like me The post As <i>Arc Raiders</i> Declares Over 12 Million Sales, Trigger 'Nade And Kettle Get PvP Nerfs appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Save 31% on the KAMRUI Hyper H1 Mini Gaming PC over at Amazon. The post Amazon Turns This Ryzen 7 Mini Gaming PC Into a Budget Mac Mini Killer at an All-Time Low After a Third Price Cut appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:05 AM
Ahead of the anticipated S26 lineup announcement, Samsung's brought down the price of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. The post Samsung Goes All-In on Galaxy S25 Ultra Clearance at a Record Low as the New S26 Launch Approaches appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 11:22 AM With five prizes in this worldwide draw, you could soon own a water-cooled RTX 5090, an RTX 5070, or an MSI keyboard and mouse bundle. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:30 AM ESO Update 49 and Season Zero are now live on the Public Test Server, with the vast majority of changes ready to be put through their paces. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:16 AM SixMoreVodka, the outsourcing team behind some of League of Legends' best splash arts, is making its own soulslike, and it's gorgeous. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:16 AM Dragon Khan puts you in the shoes of a half-dragon, half-human on an arduous, deadly rampage to save his forest, and you can play now. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:02 AM Michał Kiciński, the original co-founder of GOG, doubles down on his anti-DRM stance as he reacquires the online games storefront. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 6:39 AM With ANC, Hi-Res Audio support, six microphones, and 40.5 hours total play time, these earbuds are super capable and at a new low price. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 6:34 AM Embark Studios drops a much-needed Arc Raiders update to rebalance some problematic items, and there's a free cosmetic waiting for you too. |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 13, 2026 5:46 AM Ubisoft has seemingly decided that all of its games are quadruple-A now, even those with smaller scope like Assassin's Creed Mirage. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:58 AM  Update: Slikey has posted a fresh tweet about Hypixel's efforts to tackle Hytale's teething issues. "We are already working on a patch for bugs and crashes," it reads. "That will hit the pre-release patchline once we have a good chunk of fixes. We are working on any auth issues. Please make sure your time is synced and also saw a report about Norwegian OS language causing issues." Hytale's early access went live a short time ago as I write this. While plenty of folks look to have gotten in already, its devs have issued some guidance for the many others who've reported running into error messages or having their downloads stick. The team lead by Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme who've swiftly resurrected the Minecraft-esque sandbox after buying the rights from Riot Games had predicted launch day might see some teething troubles due to a bottleneck of eager Hytalers, and it certainly seems those concerns weren't misplaced. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:26 AM  Be very, very quiet. I'm hunting bugs. Or so will say the folks who don the gear of Helldivers 2's next warbond. It's dubbed Redacted Regiment and it's all about looking stealthy in a tactical fashion. As opposed to simply trying to hide in a corner because you're a coward, as I've unashamedly done numerous times while serving Super Earth. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:17 AM  Minecrafty fantasy sandbox Hytale will finally launch into early access today, a few months after being rescued from cancellation by Hypixel server co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. In development for over a decade, it's a bid to "redefine the block-game genre" that features procedurally generated biomes and RPG-style dungeon delving. Unlike the earliest instalments of Minecraft, it will also ship with some pretty fleshed-out lore. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 8:23 AM  Who mods the mods? A bunch of people, or so was the hope of Fallout: London developers Team FOLON when they released their total conversion of Fallout 4 back in 2024. So far, there've been plenty of tweaks and smaller scale additions to the mod's version of the post-apocalyptic English capital, but no new quests or world expansions of note. Things playing out that way to this point - despite Team FOLON having been very open in encouraging other modders to have a go at making such creations - is something Fallout: London project lead Dean 'Prilladog' Carter's clearly aware of, and he's offered a few theories as to why it might be the case. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:38 AM  Arc Raiders recently concluded its first Expedition, this being a voluntary, narrative-led character reset achieved by hoarding and donating resources over a set period. The idea is vaguely that you're funding a mighty caravan to the boondocks. In return, you'll get tiered rewards such as faster progression, bonus skill points and a larger stash. Participation in Expedition is split across various stages with different completion requirements – the final leg of the first one saw players amassing non-specific items worth hundreds of thousands of coins. Being opt-in, Expeditions are designed to be a gentler alternative to the playerbase-wide seasonal 'prestiging' mechanics or progression wipes of other online games. Developers Embark say just over a million people took part in the first Expedition – Arc Raiders has sold around 12 million copies to date – with "something close to about 35% or 40%" of those players bagging the full set of Expedition skill points, in the words of design director Virgil Watkins. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 7:07 AM  Ubisoft expect to lay off 55 people across Tom Clancy's The Division developers Massive in Malmö, Sweden and cloud computing studio Ubisoft Stockholm, as part of wider cost-cutting. Reportedly, the job-lossenings are necessary because not enough workers have participated in an earlier voluntary redundancy scheme at Massive. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 6:39 AM  "AI is bad, game will be deleted 30.1" reads the headline of the latest a Steam update post about Hardest, a rock-paper-scissors-themed roguelike card battler which includes AI-generated assets. "AI is evil, and game will be deleted 30.1" adds the sub-heading of that same update post, just in case the first line didn't make the situation clear enough. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 13, 2026 5:11 AM  GTA 6 developers fired by Rockstar last year on the charge of leaking information about the upcoming game have been denied interim relief, as they and their allies at the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain begin their legal case against the company for alleged union-busting. |
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 13, 2026 12:00 PM
After four years, the Eevee Tokyo Banana is back for the 30th anniversary of Pokemon. The Eevee version of the snack will be available from January 14, 2026 to April 19, 2026. [Thanks, PR Times!]
The outside layer of Eevee Banana is a chocolate sponge cake, and the inside is a caramel macchiato-flavored banana custard cream. According to Grapestone, it wanted the Eevees to look like latte art, since the bubbles of the cake are similar to the bubbles in foam. There are six different Eevee designs, usually with them changing their expressions or how they're standing. If you find a winking Eevee with a heart over its head, that's a rare one!
This isn't the first time that The Pokemon Company partnered with Grapestone for special Tokyo Banana flavors. In 2021, Grapestone released Piplup Banana. Back then, a box of eight cost 1,188 JPY ($7.50 according to 2026 exchange rates). However, the Eevee Banana of 2026 costs 1512 JPY ($9.50) for a box of eight.
The Eevee Tokyo Banana will be available from January 14, 2026 to April 19, 2026. Grapestone will also have them available at Haneda and Narita Airports, meaning that you'll be able to find them even if you're only in Japan for a layover.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 13, 2026 11:00 AM
Capcom announced we'll get another look at Resident Evil Requiem this week, as there will be a showcase streaming gameplay footage of the ninth game in the series. It will air at 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET on January 15, 2026. This might be the last time we get a major information drop before the game's February 27, 2026 debut.
This won't be a very long presentation. Capcom noted it will only last 12 minutes. It will focus on gameplay, but we don't know if it will be taken from the Grace or Leon parts of the game. The announcement also referenced "latest info," so it's possible other insights about the title will come up.
Here's the teaser trailer for the January 15, 2026 Resident Evil Requiem gameplay showcase.
Capcom's been very vocal about what we can expect from the ninth Resident Evil game. Back in October 2025, it went over many of the Switch 2 elements, such as the Pro Controller designed to match the title and the amiibo of Grace Ashcroft. At The Game Awards 2025, Leon S Kennedy appeared as another protagonist for the title.
Resident Evil Requiem will come to the Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam and Epic Game Store on February 27, 2026, and the gameplay showcase will appear on YouTube at 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET on January 15, 2026. Resident Evil Generation Pack, with the seventh, eighth, and ninth games, will be available for the Switch 2 from February 27, 2026 to March 31, 2026.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:00 AM
Razer has formally revealed its new collection of PC gaming merchandise modeled after Asuka Langley's Evangelion Production Model-02. Japanese sources indicate that the items will be formally available in Asia Pacific, including Japan. [Thanks, Game Watch!]
The lineup will consist of five items, all of which will have a red color scheme based on Asuka's EVA unit. The Razer Viper V3 Pro mouse will be available for $179.99, while the BlackWidow V4 TKL Hyperspeed keyboard and the Kraken V4 headset will have the same individual price tag of $199.99. The collection will also include a Gigantus V2 XXL mouse mat at $39.99, as well as an Iskur V2 X chair at $399.99.
Here are the sample images for each item in the Razer EVA-02 lineup:
Numerous Evangelion merchandise featuring Asuka Langley have also appeared in 2025. In June 2025, Good Smile Company revealed a Nendoroid of Asuka in her Test Suit Plugsuit. Three versions of the same character also appeared in Pop Mart's Super Mini Figure set that came out in late October 2025.
Pre-orders for the Razer Evangelion EVA-02 Collection items will be available on select sites like Amazon throughout Asia Pacific in the coming days.
The post Razer Evangelion EVA-02 Collection Merchandise Revealed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:00 AM
When it comes to cozy life sims, you need a really strong pull to keep playing. The game needs to be fun to play and soothing, especially since you'll repeat the same tasks over and over. There needs to be a way to make virtual connections that help you get immersed in that world. An interesting premise helps too. While I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival's idea of making a living on former building rooftops in a flooded world is novel, the narrative isn't as compelling and it can all feel like a lot of busywork once you get a few hours into it.
I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival begins with our avatar awaking from a stasis chamber of sorts. They're all alone and an amnesiac, of course. There are no humans anywhere in the city of Cosmopolis, only some robots. The way they talk about you suggests they know you and that you were a prominent figure at a company called UNICORP. However, it's only after you start to clean up, rebuild, and explore the roofs of buildings around you that you can start to find answers. As you do, you also can make friends with robotic beings like Earl the fridge who can help you out and become your friends.
I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse's gameplay loop isn't all that different from ones in My Time at Sandrock and Stardew Valley. We use tools to break down junk or get necessary materials to unlock space and new areas. We grow food, which we need to eat to keep from getting hungry and have the strength to lift things. We discourage leeches from coming around via sprays and towers. We build up facilities to help make crafting or necessary item production easier. It's even possible to build robots to handle certain tasks, building hot tub-shaped charging stations.
One of things about I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival that sets it apart is the way crafting works. Cooking is fairly typical, involving the correct ingredients to make a dish. Fishing also involves a timing minigame where you click at the correct times. But for crafting, we need to go through disassembly processes to get things like microchips, cables, screws, nails, and similar components. That means tapping specific spots and examining to find anything we can use. It's novel the first few times, but a lot when it repeats.
I do think that perhaps I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival might be better on platforms other than the Switch. It isn't that it doesn't run well. It's generally fine. It's just that handheld mode feels like the ideal option, but the layout and UI makes it really difficult to play it that way. The font size is incredibly small, something that is even an issue when playing docked. It can be difficult to tell what's in the inventory bar at a glance. I found it hard to keep track of my bots because of the perspective and way they could get caught on the tiniest things. Some of the minigames for tasks could get cumbersome, such as disassembling, since we need to exactly hit certain parts and that's difficult without a mouse.
The loading is also quite tedious in the Switch version of I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival. Expect to wait a lot to get things done.
But there's one thing that kept me from really enjoying I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival, and it isn't limited to the Switch release. In similar sorts of games like Story of Seasons, Rune Factory, and Stardew Valley, there can feel like more of a story and sense of purpose. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar involves revitalizing a town's weekly market, expand a farm, and get married. Stardew Valley features more places to unlock, more buildings and recipes to acquire, and building up a community. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma tasked us with restoring the lands. I am Future doesn't feel fulfilling in the same way. The restoration is fine, but gets tedious. Robot companions are okay, but lack the same sense of connection as human NPCs. There's the idea of finding out who you are and what happened, but I felt the conclusion was a little unemotional and anticlimactic. Especially when it came to the robot "friends." Perhaps if there had been more NPCs to connect with and make the experience feel less lonely, it'd be more interesting. But instead, I came away feeling like everyone sort of loses a sense of personality and just idolized my avatar.
I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival isn't bad, but it can get tedious and sometimes frustrating to play on the Switch. Not to mention it can feel quite lonely. I loved the idea of a bright, colorful apocalypse! The concept is great. However, the daily routine and tasks are more annoying than comforting, and I didn't connect with the robot NPC "neighbors." I also feel like the narrative could have been handled better, rather than occasional exposition dumps. It's a life sim that will connect with some, but not everyone.
I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival is available for the Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:54 AM
The world of Hytale is a dangerous place, and you'll quickly learn that dealing with threats from a safe distance is a lot safer than getting in close and personal.
If you're even a little familiar with survival games, you already know where I'm going with this. You can craft a Bow and Arrows in Hytale, and getting the materials you need to make them is easier than you'd think.
How to craft a bow in Hytale
To make a bow, you'll need to make a Worktable first. Hytale has multiple tiers of Worktable, but the first works just fine. I found more than enough resources to craft a Worktable around my spawn point, so you shouldn't have too much trouble here.
Once you've got a functioning worktable, you can craft a Bow. To do this, you'll need four Sticks and six bundles of Plant Fiber. Stricks can be found in piles on the ground, but they can also drop when you chop down a tree, so craft a Handaxe if you haven't already.
Plant Fiber drops from cut grass, and you don't even need a weapon to do the job. That said, Plant Fiber seemed to drop more when I used a Sword, so I'd recommend using one.
Once you have everything you need, head back to the Worktable and use the crafting menu to make yourself a Bow!
How to make Arrows in Hytale
Arrows are a unique craft in Hytale, so you'll want to make a few before you go out to sharpen your archery skills. Thankfully, they're easy to make.
All you need to make an Arrow is four Sticks and one chunk of Any Rubble. We've already gone over how to find the Sticks, and Rubble is literally lying around all over the place waiting for you to pick it up. You automatically craft four arrows at a time, so you'll have a full quiver in no time.
How to use the Bow and Arrows in Hytale
Archery is a lot more complicated than hand-to-hand combat, but it's a skill worth mastering. To knock an Arrow into the Bow, hold down the right mouse key. If you charge your shot long enough, the attack will do extra damage, and you can deal even more if you hit an enemy who hasn't seen you.
In case you do need help with the specifics, here's how to find Rubble in Hytale.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:51 AM
No matter where you're from or what you enjoy or who you are, we all have to eat.
The same can be said for survival video games like Hytale. If you don't eat, your stamina and life will drain, and that means potential death and losing whatever items you have on you. And nothing tastes better than meat (sorry, vegetarians), so it's time to lure animals to their death.
It's not all meat, though, because animals drop other useful items like feathers, leather, and other crafting materials you'll need. So, with this in mind, here's how to lure animals to you in Hytale.
How to lure animals in Hytale
In Hytale, you can lure animals with a Feed Bag. To craft a Feed Bag, you first need the Farmer's Workbench, which can be crafted at a Builder's Workbench. Here are all of the necessary crafting recipes to get a Feed Bag.
Builder's Workbench recipe
Farmer's Workbench recipe
Feed Bag recipe
Once you've crafted your Feed Bag, place it down in an open area, and watch from afar as different animals start to show up for some food. Just like lamb to the slaughter (are there lambs in Hytale?) like nature intended.
This item is useful for when you want to passively find animals to kill or to even bring into your newly-built farm area. All farms need animals, and the Feed Bag is perfect for bringing them to where you want them to be to enlist them into a life of servitude.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:38 AM
Hytale's arrival in early access means a whole new world to discover and learn.
One of the crucial early game items in Hytale is Rubble, because it's used in crafting all sorts of items including Crude Tools that you need to begin your journey to riches and combat glory. Talk about your humble beginnings!
Before you can craft Adamantite or Mithril swords and pickaxes, it all begins with Rubble. Here's how to get Rubble in Hytale.
Where to find Rubble in Hytale
Rubble is found scattered all over the ground in Hytale, but you just have to know what you're looking for. The image above shows exactly what Stone Rubble looks like, and you must interact with it to pick it up (F on keyboard by default).
When crafting recipes call for "Any Rubble," any kind of Rubble will do. So far, it seems like Stone Rubble is the most common, so keep your eyes on the ground and spam the F key to pick up Rubble as you walk over it to add it to your collection. I found a ton of Rubble on the ground while walking around the immediate area where I spawned in my own world.
With Rubble, you can craft a number of the basic early items in the game, such as:
These items will all help you when starting out in your quest, so make sure to pick up Rubble if you come across it in your journey to find the best spot to build your home.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:13 AM
If you're trying to download Hytale to start playing in early access but consistently end up with an error, you're not alone.
Hytale's early access went live earlier than the announced time, but there seems to be a major issue with the download. The issue appears to be worldwide as well, and here's what you can do to potentially solve the problem.
Hytale patch download failed error fix
The error seems to happen randomly. When it happens, the download stops temporarily and freezes. Once a few minutes have passed, a message pops up that the download has failed. The major cause of this is pressure on Hytale's official servers.
I am unsure as to when the problems will get sorted. An official fix has yet to come from developers Hypixel. Until that happens, here's what you can do.
The viable alternative is to wait until the initial wave of players has downloaded and logged in. This should ease the pressure on the servers, allowing you to complete the download process without any hassle.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 10:03 AM
Hytale is finally here, and if you've played Minecraft or any other survival game, you'll know what to expect from the start.
This means before you can really begin to do anything in the game, like build a village or fight a bunch of enemies, you'll need a Workbench to craft the things you need to survive. This begins with the Builder's Workbench item and goes on from there.
Here's how to craft Workbenches in Hytale.
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How to craft a Workbench in Hytale
There are several kinds of Workbenches in Hytale, but the first one you want to craft is the Builder's Workbench. Using this one, you can craft some others that will then unlock multiple new items you can craft in the game.
First things first, make sure to start punching trees. And punch them from the base, because once that block is destroyed, the rest of the Tree Trunk blocks will fall with the whole tree, and you will need a good amount of them for crafting any sort of Workbench in the game.
Here's what we've found so far when it comes to Workbench crafting recipes.
Builder's Workbench
Farmer's Workbench
Armorer's Workbench
Salvager's Workbench
Alchemist's Workbench
Arcanist's Workbench
More info about Hytale and all of its Workbenches and other items are being discovered in real time.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:55 AM
The Lazarus is one of several quests you can complete in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, and finishing it can be slightly tricky.
The quest revolves around you finding an NPC named Solomon. However, we won't know anything barring his name and that the NPC is a man. This guide will ease the process of helping you out with the quest so that you don't miss out on the rewards.
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How to start the Lazarus quest in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The Lazarus quest pops up on Day 7 when you unlock the Bulletin Board. Here's the official description of the quest.
The quest, I believe, appears when you unlock the Bulletin Board, and remains available for one day. So you'll need to finish the task on the same day. If you make a wrong decision, you won't be able to complete the quest.
How to find Solomon in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The difficulty of the Lazarus quest is the simple fact that Solomon has a random appearance. The following image is the NPC who was Solomon for you. The NPC on your save will be different, so you can't go by his looks.
Here are your two biggest clues.
Once you find him, send him to the Quarantine, irrespective of whether he has any symptoms or not. Completing the quest successfully will allow you to get $1,000 added to your cash reserve.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:43 AM
We are still a few days away from the expected start of the TOTY promo in FC 26, but the first set of leaks has already started to appear on social media.
Of course, we have the first confirmed card (of sorts), thanks to a promotion from EA Sports. Swedish Icon Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be part of the Team of the Year promo, but he won't be alone. While the main team will be selected by votes (there are more parameters), more cards will also be present by way of the Honorable Mentions and Icons.
All FC 26 TOTY players (Leaks)
The following Icons have been leaked on social media.
All versions of TOTY Icons will have double playstyle+, keeping to last year's trends. All three leaked cards could also be present in packs. We should be getting more leaks as we get closer to the release date of the promo.
The full set of TOTY starting lineups have also been leaked online.
Men's Team
Women's Team
While most of the TOTY items will be part of packs, expect to have a couple of icons in SBCs. Typically, EA Sports will release Honorable Mentions in objectives and SBCs, which you can get without striking it lucky on a pack opening.
The TOTY promo is also expected to feature Flashback SBCs, highlighting footballers who were part of previous Team of the Year promos. Last year, we had some excellent Flashback SBCs to complete. It will be interesting who we get this time around.
There are also rumors of Icon Swaps returning during the TOTY promo. The Icon Swaps have been a popular feature of older Ultimate Team festivities. It's rumored that EA Sports will be returning the fan-favorite feature after years of requests from the community.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:36 AM
A long-anticipated update for ARC Raiders went live this morning, and it has nerfed two of the peskiest items to deal with in PvP encounters.
The Kettle rifle and Trigger 'Nade have been dominating PvP battles for a while now, and gamers have been begging for changes to be made. Today is that day, as ARC Raiders' 1.11.0 update has brought the nerfs everyone wanted.
Read on below to check out the full patch notes from Embark Studios.
ARC Raiders 1.11.0 patch notes today
The update is now live on all platforms as of Jan. 13, 2026. Make sure to download it and head back Topside with a little less fear for some specific weapons in your heart.
As part of the patch, Embark announced that 12 million copies of ARC Raiders have been sold in just over two months since launch. To celebrate, anyone who logged in since launch will receive the Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool for free, so check your inbox the next time you're on the game.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 8:52 AM
You may have stumbled across some of the Pokémon Tower Defense games during your time on the internet. I know I did, way back in the Flash era of gaming. Well, there's a new Pokémon TD game out that I just discovered on YouTube, and it's so much fun.
It's called Poképath Tower Defense, and it's been keeping me real busy lately. The concept is quite simplistic, and if you've ever played a TD game of any kind before, you'll know what you're in for. Get Pokémon, place them on the route, and enemy Pokémon will try to get past them and take your lives.
With each wave, you make money, which you can either spend on buying more Pokémon or on levelling up your current lineup. You can have up to 10 Pokémon on your team in PokéPath, but you'll have to unlock them by getting stars, which are earned by beating waves as well. Your Pokémon eventually evolve, too.
Different Pokémon also offer different abilities, such as burning or poisoning the enemies, slowing them, doubling their own damage in different terrain, etc. The list goes on.
It's also semi-idle, so you can set it to auto while you busy yourself with other things, which lightens the grind considerably.
Overall, it's well-designed, a great load of fun, and will keep Pokémon and Tower Defense fans alike occupied for many hours, I'm sure. Oh, and the best part? It's free to play on Itch. So definitely check it out when you have a spare moment!
If you'd like to relive the originals, though, there's a whole site dedicated to them.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 8:09 AM
The Wanted: Bruised Face is one of the trickier quests to complete in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, but this guide will ease the process.
The quest is activated relatively early in the game. You'll find the quest on the Bulletin Board once you unlock it at the start of Day 7. Unfortunately, the quest won't tell what exactly you have to do, and who the correct target is.
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How to start the Wanted: Bruised Face quest in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The first job is to start on the seventh day when the Bulletin Board gets active. It's the second Bulletin Board quest, and you check the requirements. The quest starts on day 8, and you'll need to look out for a survivor who unleashed zombies in an outpost.
While the official note says that this person was beaten out of the outpost, they will attempt to enter the base again. Hence, your task is to detect this person when they try to enter your base. This is the tricky part since you'll have to depend on your intuitions.
How to find the Bruised Face in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The appearance of the person in discussion will vary across saves. So how do you figure out this person? For starters, they will have a bruised face. Don't get confused with skin cuts. This person also won't show a single symptom of being infected. His temperature and pulse will be normal, and there won't be any skin cuts or zombie bites on their body.
However, this person will have plenty of distaste for you. For example, the person told me, "Zombies eat people with brains. It's no wonder that you're alive". Of course, the NPC might tell you something different, but they will hate you for no reason.
To complete the quest, send the person to Liquidation despite any symptoms. Once they get shot, the quest will complete, and you'll be rewarded with $1200 for your efforts.
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Destructoid Tuesday, January 13, 2026 6:55 AM
The Ask Your Mom quest in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check should be simple to complete, but it's pretty easy to get confused.
This task doesn't involve finding any undead. Instead, you'll be tasked with figuring out the source of six graffiti poems that can be found all around your base. This guide will provide you with locations for all six graffiti if the in-game clues aren't handy enough.
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How to start the Ask Your Mom quest in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The first job is to start Day 8 and unlock the Bulletin Board (happens on Day 7). The first graffiti will appear right in front of your tent where you sleep. From there on, you'll have to find five more graffiti.
Graffiti 1
The easiest one to find. Located right outside your tent, use the flashlight if too dark. Once you spot the first graffiti, a pair of footsteps will appear. Your next task is to follow the footsteps. You'll have to visit the remaining graffiti in the same order as shown by the footsteps.
Graffiti 2
The second one can be found in Storage. Go straight, turn left, and you'll find the message on the wall by the blue potty.
Graffiti 3
The third one is found in the lab area. Instead of going inside the lab, go right. You'll find a large white-colored generator, with the message splashed on it.
Graffiti 4
Go back to your tent, and you'll find the fourth one on the outer wall of the container where you sleep at night.
Graffiti 5
The fifth one is found in the Liquidation area. Enter through the gate, go on top of the green tower on your left, and you'll find the writings.
Graffiti 6
The sixth and final one is outside your tent area. Find the spot where Laboratory is written on the wall, and you'll find the final graffiti over there.
Once you've found all six graffiti, go and speak to Abe Crow in the storage area (who wears a hazmat suit). He will ask you to find the culprit. Go to the Survivor's Block, and you'll find a person with paint on his clothes. Speak with him to complete the quest. You can receive money from completing the quest, or choose not to take it from the tent.
Next up, why not find out when you should liquidate a survivor in Quarantine Zone The Last Check.
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MonsterVine Tuesday, January 13, 2026 9:00 AM Escape from Ever After was quite the surprise to me. While going in with the perspective that this Paper Mario-inspired game might scratch an itch Nintendo themselves seem happy to leave squarely as an age old storybook tale many look fondly upon, the team at Sleepy Castle Studio is ready to pen a new fable […] |