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Serious Sam: Shatterverse – A Brand New Take On A Classic featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Xbox Wire

Serious Sam: Shatterverse – A Brand New Take On A Classic

Developer Behaviour Interactive has revealed Serious Sam: Shatterverse, a new entry in the classic shooter franchise published by Devolver Digital. Reimagined as an accessible first-person shooter roguelite, the game features multidimensional Sams teaming up to defeat Uber Mental's forces. Built in Unreal Engine, Shatterverse focuses on long-term preservation with peer-to-peer multiplayer and offline play.

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Hole In Zero?! Designing For The Absurd In Golftacular! featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Xbox Wire

Hole In Zero?! Designing For The Absurd In Golftacular!

Both Good Games has launched Golftacular! on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Developers Justin, Luca, and Pedro have detailed how they analyzed classic mini-golf tropes to design a chaotic party game. By introducing rule-breaking items like airstrikes and controllable balls, the team created a unique dynamic where course layouts and item abilities directly influenced each other, leading to a dedicated Puzzle Mode.

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The Blood Of Dawnwalker Review - Worthy To Sip Blood At The Top RPGs' Table featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun

The Blood Of Dawnwalker Review - Worthy To Sip Blood At The Top RPGs' Table

The moment I knew The Blood of Dawnwalker had it came when, not far in, one of the local peat diggers fell into a big hole. Tasked with finding him by his brother at the start of what seemed a fairly mundane early fetch quest, I rolled my eyes a bit as I slid in to try and locate the poor sod. He was, predictably, cowering in a corner of the cave complex. Right, now to get out of here and claim a lifetime supply of partially decayed vegetation. Wait, what was that noise? I’ll not spoil the rest of the quest,...

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Live TV On PS5 Launches Today, Bringing Free Ad-Supported TV To PS5 Players In The U.S. featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from PlayStation Blog

Live TV On PS5 Launches Today, Bringing Free Ad-Supported TV To PS5 Players In The U.S.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched a new free, ad-supported streaming service called Live TV on PS5 for console owners in the United States. Accessible directly from the system's Media tab, the platform offers more than 100 live channels alongside on-demand content spanning movies, television series, anime, sports, and news, with plans to expand the service to Canada and other global regions in the future.

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Xbox CEO Reacts To The Irony Of Rising Console Prices Being An Issue That Microsoft Itself Contributed To featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from GameSpot

Xbox CEO Reacts To The Irony Of Rising Console Prices Being An Issue That Microsoft Itself Contributed To

The price of an Xbox console today is higher than ever, and it was Microsoft's own massive push into the AI space that led to this, at least in part. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has now reacted to this ironic development, saying in an interview that she thinks it's great that GPUs are being used for technology outside of gaming, even if it means Xbox consoles are more expensive than ever. "Gaming has always been a proving ground for the GPU. I think it is wonderful that there are more uses for this technology around the...

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