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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.