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Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule

Kingdom Rising Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule
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I’m excited to share Kingdom Rising — a free strategy game where you build your kingdom, train your army, strengthen your defenses, raid real players, and compete for the top of the leaderboard.

Invite your friends, challenge each other, and see who can build the strongest kingdom. 🏰⚔️

🎮 Play in your browser: kingdomrising.sbs

📱 Also available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/…/id6796983706

I’d really appreciate your support and feedback. Hope you enjoy playing!

Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Ars Technica Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming
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In 2020, Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions would include unlimited access to its new Xbox Cloud Gaming service (then still known as Project xCloud). Now, that kind of streaming buffet service is coming to an end, as Microsoft announced strict new limits on how much streaming is included in its various Game Pass subscriptions.

Starting in November, Game Pass subscriptions will include the following monthly limits on game streaming time:

•Game Pass Ultimate ($23/month): 15 hours

•Game Pass Premium ($15/month): 10 hours

•Game Pass Essential ($10/month): 5 hours

Subscribers who use up their monthly streaming allotment will be able to buy additional time, Microsoft said, without sharing specific pricing or availability for that streaming time. Access to downloadable versions of games included in a Game Pass subscription remains unaffected.

Players who don’t subscribe to Game Pass will also be able to purchase timed access to streaming versions of “eligible games they own on supported devices,” Microsoft said. In June, Microsoft also began testing a free “stream with ads” option for players to access their cloud libraries at no additional cost.

Sony currently offers streamable versions of select PlayStation games—without time limits—only to subscribers of its top-tier, $20 per month PlayStation Plus Premium plan. Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming PC games service currently limits the length of a user’s individual play sessions, ranging from one-hour sessions on the free ad-supported tier to eight-hour sessions on the $20 per month Ultimate tier. GeForce Now users can start as many sessions as they want in a day, however, and can purchase single-day passes for limited-time streaming access to over 2,000 streamable titles.

Who pays?

While Microsoft acknowledges that its new streaming limits will result in a “higher cost” for some customers, the company says the change will only impact “4% of Game Pass subscribers.” That ratio suggests that about 1.2 million of the estimated 30 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers are currently using streaming often enough to require additional payments under the new structure.

About to clock in a whole in-game year trying to find this guy

A picture of a man with a sword with text over him saying "me trying to get to the last dungeon area", standing before a giant with a picture of the firesail fish from Fields of Mistria
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Game is Fields of Mistria.

Some context: There’s a dungeon with multiple areas with each having a seal you need to break so you can enter, and to break each seal, you need to find particular items.

To get to the final dungeon area, you need to find a rare fish called the Firesail fish, to which the RNG gods have not been in my favor. I’m nearing an in-game year and have a whole section dedicated for fishbait to try and catch this elusive dude but its just not happening yet.

Shall I Turn Your Runes to Strength? [Ronjaki]

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Crossposted from lemmy.world/post/50938048

Ronjaki | Instagram | Bluesky

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A comic in 3 panels Panel 1: Melina sits near a Site of Grace. She proffers her hand. Melina: Shall I turn your runes to strength? Panel 2: A Tarnished wearing ornate heavy armor, and a red cloak with gold trim sits opposite Melina. Tarnished: Well I sure ain’t here to turn ‘em to DEX Panel 3: Close up of the Tarnished’s face. Images of strength based weapons, such as Ghiza’s Wheel, can be seen behind him. Tarnished: That’s for fuckin’ sure

The hidden high costs of ‘free-to-play’ videogames show players need better protection, scientists say

The hidden high costs of ‘free-to-play’ videogames show players need better protection, scientists say The hidden high costs of ‘free-to-play’ videogames show players need better protection, scientists say
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1348696/the-hidden-high-costs-of-free-to-play-videogames-show-players-need-better-protection-sci