Klei Entertainment’s wilderness survival sim Don’t Starve returns to the PlayStation 4 next month with a new digital bundle that collects all of the game’s add-on content released to date.
September will also mark the launch of Don’t Starve Together, a stand-alone expansion that introduces a local split-screen co-op mode and cross-platform online multiplayer that supports up to six players.
Don’t Starve, originally released for PCs in 2013, drops players in the midst of a harsh wilderness setting with little in the way of supplies or equipment. Players must avoid predatory creatures as they seek shelter, forage for food, and hunt for materials that can be crafted into weapons and other items that aid in survival.
The game’s first expansion, Don’t Starve: Reign of Giants, introduced new characters, environments, and craftable items, while the recent Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked features a new tropical setting and an expansive ocean for players to explore.
The upcoming Don’t Starve Mega Pack includes all content from the original version of Don’t Starve along with material from the Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked expansions. The collection also offers up a pair of exclusive PS4 system themes, along with the new multiplayer add-on Don’t Starve Together. Klei Entertainment community manager Corey Rollins notes that multiplayer is a long-requested feature among the game’s devoted fan base.
“We loved hearing stories about friends and families finding creative ways to share the controller while playing the original single-player Don’t Starve,” Rollins said. “Now players will be able to survive together on the same couch, and even take their split-screen game online if they want and create or join an existing game to play with others.”
Players who already own the original Don’t Starve on the PlayStation 4 can pick up the Don’t Starve Mega Pack for 60 percent off of its $27 launch price. Don’t Starve Together and the Don’t Starve Mega Pack will launch digitally via the PlayStation Network on September 13.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.