Joystiq

Don't Starve coming to the PlayStation 4

Mike Schramm — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:07:00 EST

Sony just announced at its E3 press conference that Klei Entertainment's Don't Starve would be arriving on the PlayStation 4, as an exclusive console debut. No word on date yet, but we'll be in touch with Klei soon and find out for sure.

Don't Starve coming to the PlayStation 4 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Don't Starve review: Leave the light on

Jessica Conditt — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:00 EST

Boy Scouts should be required to play Don't Starve before going on any camping trips - they could even get a badge for it, in the form of a gaping, pointy-toothed wormhole. Or maybe a friendly campfire.

Don't Starve is packed with wonderful advice about survival and personal growth:

In the wilderness, you must build your own tools using only the immediate environment
Animals are a great source of nutrition, no matter how cute they are
The world is bigger than it first appears; explore it
Scary things that will kill you hide in the dark
When you die, your world disappears
Fire is fun
Go for the eyes

And that's not mentioning the obvious one.

Gallery: Don't Starve

Continue reading Don't Starve review: Leave the light on

Don't Starve review: Leave the light on originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Steam Trading Cards enter beta

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 EST

Steam Trading Cards are the next 10-gallon hats from Valve. If you understand that line, then the rest of this story will make sense to you. If not, then you have every right to scratch your head and ask "Why?" to everything that follows.

In beta starting today, Steam Trading Cards allow users to earn Steam rewards for playing games. The current line-up of participating games is Don't Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 and Half-Life 2. Users will earn game-specific trading cards that can be collected to earn "game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more."

Here's the simplest way we understand it: Create trading Card sets > craft badges > get prizes listed above. There's more details on the Steam Trading Card site.

Continue reading Steam Trading Cards enter beta

Steam Trading Cards enter beta originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Super Joystiq Podcast 049 Live: Splinter Cell Blacklist, Don't Starve, Metro Last Light

Xav de Matos — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:12:00 EST

Update: The live show is over. Watch the replay above!

This week on the Super Joystiq Podcast, the team tackles the hard subjects to the ground and interrogates them. Dave discusses going hands-on with Spies vs. Mercs multiplayer in Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Xav dives into the war-torn world of Metro: Last Light and Jess tries to survive in Don't Starve.

Be here for the live broadcast at 4:00 p.m. ET!

Super Joystiq Podcast 049 Live: Splinter Cell Blacklist, Don't Starve, Metro Last Light originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 May 2013 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

PSA: Klei's 'Don't Starve' now on Steam

Alexander Sliwinski — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:30:00 EST

Survival game Don't Starve from Klei Entertainment (Shank, Mark of the Ninja), is available now for PC, Mac and Linux through Steam. Though it's a single-player experience, Don't Starve is available in both a solo pack for $13.49 and a twofer (send a code to a fellow survivalist) for $22.49.

Klei previously announced Don't Starve will receive at least six months of free updates, and a representative for the developer told us this afternoon to think of them as "expansions." The first update is expected in a month, during the week of May 21.

PSA: Klei's 'Don't Starve' now on Steam originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Don't Starve coming April 24, six months of additional content to follow

Mike Suszek — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:00:00 EST

Don't Starve, Klei Entertainment's upcoming survival PC game, is slated to launch on April 24 for $15 on Steam, the Mark of the Ninja developer told Joystiq at PAX East today. Don't Starve drops players into a procedurally-generated world in which they guide their character through an island on a quest to survive the elements.

The game operates on the notion that in order to survive, players must balance three gauges: health, hunger and sanity. As the character loses his or her sanity, they will begin to see creatures that exist only in their heads, which also gradually become more real and more hostile.

"You can entirely lose all of your sanity, and then come back from that," Sound designer Matthew Marteinsson said. "There's lots of things you can do to keep up your sanity: you wear dapper clothing, you pick flowers, you do civilized things, and then your sanity comes back." The game offers an advantage to those that lose their sanity, as some items can only be collected when players are severely unstable.

The game won't just feature its main character, Wilson, but will include other unlockable characters with their own special abilities. One example shown at PAX East was Willow, a girl that lights her own fires when the screen goes pitch black during the game's night cycle.

Klei Entertainment is promising six months of free content to come after the game's full release in April. Don't Starve is currently in closed beta, during which Marteinsson says the team has released additional content every two weeks.

Don't Starve coming April 24, six months of additional content to follow originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Don't Starve demonstrates why Forbidden Knowledge is forbidden

Jessica Conditt — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:15:00 EST

Don't Starve's main man, Wilson the gentleman scientist, is a curious fellow. He's odd, yes, but he's also an inquisitive, clever person with a mind for mad machines, at least after his possessed radio reveals the secrets of the universe to him.

Klei Entertainment's animated short, "Forbidden Knowledge," shows how Wilson became involved in the strange world within the game, while showcasing its quirky, creepy art style. Think Courage the Cowardly Dog meets South Park in sepia tones. Or just watch the above video.

Don't Starve is a wilderness survival game for PC that blends science, magic and fancy vests. It's in open beta, available on Steam now for 20 percent off before its launch in late March.

Don't Starve demonstrates why Forbidden Knowledge is forbidden originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Klei Entertainment's next course: 'Don't Starve'

Jessica Conditt — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:30:00 EST

Klei Entertainment, developer of the Shank series and Mark of the Ninja, has another game up its sleeve, this one called Don't Starve.

Don't Starve is "an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic," done in a hauntingly charming art style, and it's available now for $6.99 as an early access beta. The beta is browser-based, through the Chrome Web Store, but the full game will be standalone.

That price gets players two beta keys - one for a friend - and the full game on Steam once it launches. Check out the above trailer for Don't Starve and hop on the beta train at this stop.

Klei Entertainment's next course: 'Don't Starve' originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments