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Slime Rancher 2, from Monomi Park, has surpassed its developer’s wildest expectations for launch sales in just the first six hours after launch.The sequel to the popular slime-farming title launched into Early Access on September 22 for PC and Xbox Series X|S and has already become a runaway success for the developer.Speaking to GamesRadar, game director Nick Popovich revealed that the game had more than surpassed the developer’s internal expectations for the game – and that his “pie in the sky” dream for the game’s launch sales was surpassed in a matter of hours.“The level of support we’ve received from our community and partners is beyond anything we could have imagined,” said Popvich. “I had in my head a kind of crazy pipe dream for launch that maybe we could sell 100k copies in the first 24 hours and we’ve eclipsed that in less than 6 hours, with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam on top of it all.”Popovich also celebrated the game’s early success in another Tweet, revealing that a single hour’s worth of sales had exceeded the developer’s best sales day by “a literal order of magnitude.”Slime Rancher 2 seems to be a success story across the board – with an “Overwhelmingly Positive” score on the game’s Steam page with (at the time of writing) 3,773 reviews.The sequel sees the return of the original game’s protagonist Beatrix LeBeau, who has a whole new area to explore, Rainbow Island, alongside new additions to its lineup of friendly-looking slimes.Slime Rancher 2 tasks players with farming these slimes in order to earn Newbucks, a currency used to further upgrade their ranch and tools.

Sam & Max: Beyond Time & Space the second season in Telltale Games‘ point-and-click adventure series is being remastered.The game, which is a sequel to the recent Sam & Max Save The World Remastered, will launch on December 8 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC.“Sam & Max are back on the crime beat in a showdown with Santa Claus, a race to subdue a giant volcano, and a face-off with a Eurotrash vampire,” revealed Skunkape Games, the developers at the helm of the remaster.A new trailer shows off the wise-cracking crime-fighting duo reminiscing about their adventures as they’re about to face certain doom.“Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing.

Halo Infinite developers 343 Industries have explained that the backlash over last year’s gameplay reveal, and especially the character nicknamed Craig by fans, was ultimately a positive thing.The post comes after the developers premiered new footage from the upcoming game earlier this week, a year after a teaser was so badly received, the game was delayed by over a year.When the first gameplay trailer was shown, players picked apart the flat visuals and Craig, a Brute character, was quickly turned into a meme to really drive the point home.Halo Infinite Craig may be my favorite meme of 2020.Not sure Microsoft likes it tho… pic.twitter.com/LobCEFveLz— Michael (@LegacyKillaHD) July 26, 2020However, in a new development blog, 343 have shown

Xbox and Seagate have announced that the storage options for Xbox consoles are growing, with two new possibilities available.Currently, the only way to increase the storage space on an Xbox Series X|S is to buy a 1TB expansion card for £219.99. However, Xbox and Seagate are releasing two new options for users to expand their storage.The two new cards will add either 512GB of storage or a massive 2TB.

Microsoft is bringing back old gamerpics to the Xbox Series X|S with a new option to use Xbox 360 pics on your new console.Before now, upgrading to a shiny new gamerpic on your Xbox Series X|S meant losing your old, outdated gamerpics forever. But now, Microsoft is testing a new feature that allows you to get them back.“I know a bunch of you were asking for a way to go back to your Xbox 360 gamerpic,” said Microsoft developer Eden Marie on Twitter (via eurogamer).

Lawn Mower Simulator briefly had more viewers on Twitch than Call of Duty: Warzone.The most popular games on Twitch are usually pretty consistent – Apex Legends, Fortnite, Call of Duty and Valorant are among some of the most played. But for a short while, Lawn Mower Simulator was up there, too.According to Gamespot, the crass cutting sim briefly rose to the top of Twitch’s streaming charts – making it the most-watched Twitch game.How did that happen? Developer Skyhook thinks it’s all down to the game’s sincere authenticity.“Lawn Mower Simulator has been a labor of neatly-trimmed-love from day one,” they explained in a blog post.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the Xbox Series X|S are the fastest selling consoles in the company’s entire history.In Microsoft’s most recent earnings call for this year’s fourth quarter, Nadella said (thanks, VGC) “The Xbox Series S and X are our fastest selling consoles ever with more consoles sold life[time] to date than any previous generation [within the same time period].”Nadella also made some interesting claims about Xbox Game Pass, namely that subscribers buy and play often than those not subscribed.

Ninja Theory has shared details on the process behind the upcoming game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.In the latest video, Tameem Antoniades – ‘Chief Creative Ninja’ at Ninja Theory – dives deep into the work going on behind the scenes for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.Antoniades shares that Team Ninja wants it to be “extra real and brutal” talking about the in-game combat. To do so, lead actress Melina Juergens has been training for the last two years and Team Ninja has shared that “all of our animators have undergone combat training”. According to the video above, significant work has ensured that the game includes a high-quality setting.