Valheim

Valheim – Jeff Vogel’s Design Deep Dive

After spending some time with Iron Gate’s Valheim, Jeff Vogel, the mastermind behind Spiderweb Software, brings us this meaty blog post where he analyzes the Viking-themed survival title from a game designer’s perspective and talks about what works and what…

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Valheim Now Available on Humble Bundle

If you still haven’t grabbed Viking survival hit Valheim, you’ve got yet another reason to do so: charity! The game just became available for purchase on the Humble Bundle store, and $2 of the $20 you spend on the game…

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You Can Now Play Valheim in VR

The viking world of Valheim is already plenty immersive. Now, those of you lucky enough to have access to a VR set-up will be able to see the 10th World through a viking’s eyes with this recently released VR mod…

GB Feature: Valheim Early Access Preview

While not necessarily checking all of the same boxes that a standard role-playing game would, Iron Gate’s Valheim brings a unique blend of survival, crafting, character development, and sandbox gameplay that piqued our interest during its Early Access launch and…

Valheim Early Access Preview

Introduction When Minecraft was just starting to get big, I was already too old to take a game about building with blocks seriously. And as a result of that, perhaps misguided, aversion, I consciously skipped it, as well as a…

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Valheim’s Success Continues As It Sells 4 Million Copies

Valheim got off to an impressive start with its Early Access release, hitting over 100,000 concurrent players within a week of its launch. The Viking survival game has since smashed those numbers, and has now overtaken Among Us, Life is…

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New Valheim Patch 0.143.5 Adds Enemy Awareness Indicator

A small Valheim patch just dropped, and mainly fixes bugs and duping glitches. However, there is one interesting change that you’ll likely notice right away: Enemies now have awareness indicators above their heads. This should be a welcome update for…

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Viking Survival Game Valheim an Early Access Hit

With the immense success of base building survival games like Rust and Ark, it seems like you can’t open the Steam store without tripping over a new entry in the genre. Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio’s freshman release Valheim has…