All Resources in Build an Island – How to Get Them

Wondering how to get Bamboo, Bricks, or Clay in RobloxBuild an Island? Some of them are prerequisites for others like you needing Bricks to unlock Bamboo. Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered and I’ll guide you through the process of gettingall resources inBuild an Islandthat you need for progression. Table of contents How to Get Planks in Build an Island Besides Wood and Stone, Planks are the first and easiest item you’ll go for via the Sawmill by upgrading the path from spawn as in the picture....

June 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1173 words · William Holland

Around 9,000 video game jobs were lost in 2023, estimates say

Times are tough all around, but the video game industry has been hit pretty hard this year. Anyone who’s been keeping an eye on the news will have seen the amount of layoffs and closures that have happened. Numbers estimate that around 9,000 jobs have been lost in 2023. That’s according toGame Industry Layoffs(as spotted byVGC), a website that’s been tracking the figures since January. The most recent entry as of the time of publication is for December 8, revealing that indie developer Triple Topping Games lost around 10 employees....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Daniel Graves

Atlus announces Shin Megami Tensei 30th Live: Band of Shadows Concert

Aug 07, 2025 Atlus has a lengthy and respectable pedigree, and it makes sense to trot that out every so often to remind people just how long they’ve been around, and what they’ve accomplished. Announced today, Shin Megami Tensei 30th Live: Band of Shadows Concert is going to do just that.Held atThe Novoin Los Angeles on Jul 12, 2025, Atlus is calling this the “first ever live anniversary concern for Atlus in the west,” and will provide an evening of “musical performances from theShin Megami Tenseiseries....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 209 words · Kimberly Harris

Bungie outlines Destiny 2’s Season 22 features and more

It’s hardly a secret thatDestiny 2and Bungie are in a bit of a pickleright now. Most years, the big “State of the Game” blogs used to signal big batches of positive changes coming to the game with the next paid DLC. This did not happen this time around. Instead, the community raised pitchforks after Bungie clarified that, no, there wasn’t a big PvP content drop on the horizon. And no, there was no yearly ritual armor refresh because the team was too busy working on microtransaction armor....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Adam Sims

Castle of Illusion out first week of September

Plus get the original Genesis version if you pre-order Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mousewill be out on September 3 for the PlayStation Network, and September 4 for Xbox Live Arcade and PC. It’ll run you $14.99 across all platforms. Starting on August 20 and until September 2, those of you that pre-order the game for the PlayStation Network will be given the original Genesis version of the game. Plus, you’ll be given the game immediately after your pre-order is placed....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · John Norman

Castlevania Anniversary Collection will get a free update that adds Japanese versions

‘Shortly after launch’ TheCastlevania Anniversary Collectionis coming soon (May 16) and when it arrives, it’ll ship with eight games:Castlevania, Castlevania II, Castlevania III, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy),Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge(Game Boy),Castlevania: Bloodlines, andKid Dracula. In the west, all of those are going to be the western versions we already got (and many grew up with), but the PlayStation Blog just threw a (lovely, plush) wrench into the mix....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Richard Baker

Cblogs of 1/9 to 23-05-2025: Dynasty Warriors, Pokemon tunes, and trading cards

–CorruptAI125discusses the top games he played in 2020. –Kerrik52reviewsPrince of Persia (2008)as part of his Traveler in Playtime review blogs. –Dinorachadiscusses the Bullet-per-Minute genre. –Black Red GamingreviewsCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waron the PC. –Snukastylestarts hisDynasty Warriorsretrospective with this first part. –Lord SpencerreviewsVanguard Banditsas part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series. –Spazzzh20’snew series to chooses the Top 10 games for year since the start of the millennium. Here is part one....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Marie Mora MD

CD Projekt Red shares what’s in store for The Witcher 3 next-gen update

A gorgeous upgrade to Geralt’s big quest CD Projekt Red showcased the upcoming next-gen update forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunttoday, and it looks pretty great. From big updates to small little changes, it seems like a really good excuse to dive back into this massive RPG. Thespecial REDstreams showcase aired today, going over the details of what’s to come for the update. While it’s a next-gen boost forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunton PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, PC owners will also be able to take advantage of the tune-ups too....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Brittany Williams

Come on guys, Metroid Prime: Federation Force looks fun

Sure, it could use some work Since I’ve been busy at E3 I haven’t been able to check out the Nitendo Treehouse live streams (which were excellent last year, are they good this year as well?) but I did look up this replay ofMetroid Prime: Federation Forceto see some more gameplay sincethe trailer didn’t really show us much. Grouping up with three of your friends to take down large enemies using weapons from theMetroiduniverse looks genuinely fun....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Tyler Hunt

Contest: Journey to beyond with a Switch copy of Frane: Dragons’ Odyssey

Give that girl a Special Omelette! Get retro with today’s contest for a Switch copy of ARPGFrane: Dragons’ Odyssey. I love RPGs. I really, really do. I love battles and maxing out my potions I never use to 99 and the goofy, tropey characters. I also love how remarkably convoluted the plots always are. There are always mystical girls that need help traveling to a secret moon toilet but can also turn into a ham sandwich to defeat the powers of evil....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Austin Bush

Crazy Taxi: City Rush releasing this Thursday

Free to play, etc. Crazy Taxicreator Kenji Kanno has returned to the beloved arcade racing property for a new game,Crazy Taxi: City Rush, which would normally be cause for celebration except this is designed for mobile. Drat. Our dream of new console installment remains exactly that — a dream. Anyway, Sega saysCity Rushwill be out on iPhone and iPad this Thursday, July 31. Maybe curiosity will get the better of you....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Jessica Berry

Destiny 2 needed a win, and it got one with the Vault of Glass re-release

They cut D2 content, but added Vault of Glass remixed Things have been a little roughly lately forDestiny 2, but the new Vault of Glass helped a bit. Backing up, the egregious transmog system(which is still implemented as-is) has been universally panned. The clear intention to get players to basically buy up cosmetics has been sniffed out, amid a tiered monetization system that has both microtransactions and season passes on top of premium releases....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Rodney Jones

Disgaea 5 PC gets a last minute delay after Steam demo unlocks more than intended

Now ‘summer’ 2018 In what was recently referred to as“pulling aYakuza,”NIS found themselves in a pickle this week. As it turns out the Steam demo forDisgaea 5 Complete, which was set to debut next week, unlocked more content than the studio intended. Immediately after the company revoked the Steam licenses and announced thatCompletewas pushed back to a “summer” 2018 release on PC. The demo was originally supposed to be just the first chapter of the game, but players discovered that they were able to keep going through chapter three....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · James Williams