Month: October 2024

Honkai: Star Rail livestream codes are freebies that miHoYo gives away with each new version livestream. These code-based bundles contain credits, XP materials, and most importantly, Stellar Jade that you can use to help pull the newly announced characters when the next update drops. In version 1.2 it looks like we’ve got two new characters in the form of the long-awaited five-star Stellaron Hunter, Kafka, and the four-star Wildfire boxer, Luca, both of whom were teased on Twitter during the past version. 

It’s worth noting that, in comparison to the regular Honkai: Star Rail codes that release throughout the year, these livestream freebies usually expire within a day, so you’ve got to be relatively quick if you want to redeem them. I’ll add each 1.2 livestream code to the list as it goes live, plus there’s some info lower down detailing the two methods you can use to redeem codes.

Honkai: Star Rail codes – All current livestream Stellar Jade

  • 7B6B7GBZTVTB – 100 Stellar Jade, 50,000 credits
  • MSPT7HAZTCTX – 100 Stellar Jade, five Traveler’s Guide
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I’m genuinely pretty excited for Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, shown off earlier today at our PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase, and that’s due to its fun position of being a sort of ‘second-generation soulslike’—which is a term I just now made up and already cannot wait to stop using when we think of better words for this stuff.

See, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn gives off some major Star Wars Jedi: Survivor energy. In that it takes the slow, methodical combat of its inspirations and loosens the restraints enough to let the player feel flexible. Even calling Survivor (or Flintlock, for that matter) a soulslike feels weird.

Sure, Survivor still has Meditation point bonfires, difficult bosses, an Estus Flask-style health system, a sprawling metroidvania-style labyrinth of shortcuts and blocked areas. But it also meets with modern action game sensibilities.

Everything I’ve seen from Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn follows in the footsteps of that philosophy. Developed by A44 Games and published by Kepler Interactive, the game aims for that same cake mix of weighty, timing-focused combat, but looks like it’ll top it with a more God-of-War style icing. You …

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Humble Games, an indie-focused publisher with dozens of games in its catalog, is “restructuring,” according to a statement published on X—but that new structure doesn’t involve any of its employees.

Earlier in the day, a Humble Games employee said on LinkedIn that the publisher was closing: “At 9 am this morning, 36 employees of Humble Games were told that we were being let go and that the company is shutting down,” they wrote. Another employee said that everyone at Humble Games had lost their job.

The publisher’s statement says that it is “restructuring” rather than closing, and that it will continue to support developers it has publishing deals with.

However, according to Chris Radley, a former Humble Games employee who left in 2022, the entire Humble Games staff has been replaced by a “third party consultancy.” Aftermath reports that a company called The Powell Group is taking over after Humble Games owner Ziff Davis unsuccessfully attempted to sell the publisher.

Humble Games is known for publishing games like Void Bastards, Forager, and Signalis, and has deals with several upcoming games, including survival game Lost Skies and co-op heisting …

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