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Two characters sit on a golden crescent moon in front of illuminated homes beneath a starry sky.
Gardens, neighbours and the Starsea

Petit Planet: a home among the stars

Petit Planet gives you a world to furnish and fuzzy neighbours to take travelling. HoYoverse's free life sim launches on PC on 4 December.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 1 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
An official Factorio Space Age screenshot of a large space platform with cargo systems and thrusters
Orbital cargo checks

Factorio space platform requests not working?

Match the supply planet, enable automatic silo requests and check the 2.1 mixed-cargo rules before changing your payload minimum.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 1 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
A stone fortress with round towers beside coastal cliffs, fields and a church in Stronghold 4.
Free Build, rival lords and changing weather

Stronghold 4: build in peace, prepare for rain

Snow hinders crops and heavy rain shortens archery range, giving the fields and battlements different reasons to need your attention.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 1 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Battlefield 6 soldiers fighting from a trench with rifles and a mounted weapon
Weapon customisation

Battlefield 6 attachments locked? Check the base gun

Check the factory weapon, Hardware XP and Attachment Points before treating a locked scope or grip as a bug.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 31 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Blood Ravens infantry and red armoured vehicles advance through a rocky landscape
Bring company to Kronus

Dawn of War IV has room for a co-op war

Dawn of War IV gives friends a campaign to share and a line to hold. Its co-op modes suit a pair, a trio or a team ahead of the 3 December PC launch.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 31 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Colonists fight beside a river in an official RimWorld gameplay screenshot
Steam beta troubleshooting

RimWorld 1.7 black screen: what to try

Verify RimWorld's Steam files, then return to the default version if the 1.7 beta still shows a black screen. Keep your colony and mod list intact.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 31 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Alliance adventurers stand on a rocky ledge overlooking a wooded valley and distant mountains.
Decide who comes along before choosing your look

Different faces, same party in WoW: Forever

Character models can change later. Your ruleset gives a character a lasting home for grouping, dungeons and raids.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 31 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Waltz, a pale ghost in red shoes, beside the black spirit puppy Jam.
Seven realms and a spirit puppy

Waltz and Jam have a ticket to Uptown

Waltz and Jam pairs a ghost's journey with a puppy who can become a trampoline. Seven realms of puzzles and bosses await on 3 December.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 30 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
An EBRC Jaguar armoured vehicle in a village street in War Thunder
Free daily respawns

War Thunder daily backups: how to use them

Find the free in-battle allowance, check which backup you are spending and separate an empty pool from an unavailable spawn.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 30 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Football Manager 27 Shuffle Draft logo over a background of footballer selection cards.
One pick, then pass the set

Pass the players around in FM27 Shuffle Draft

Passing player sets, small squads and optional re-drafts make recruitment part of the contest between managers.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 30 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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