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Frontier Steam sale offers top strategy and management games for cheap
We love games here at PCGamesN (the clue’s in the name), and we love great deals on cheap games even more. They’re a great way to snap up some games you might have missed, and a Frontier Steam sale taking place right now has fantastic offers on some of the best management games in the publisher’s catalogue such as Jurassic World Evolution 2, along with some other top games such as Elite Dangerous and Deliver Us Mars.
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Space farming sim Lightyear Frontier delayed an unspecified amount of time
Lightyear Frontier, a sort of Stardew Valley but in space, in which you bring agriculture to an alien planet with a big multipurpose mechatractor suit, has been delayed. It was supposed to come out, well, sometime around now (Spring 2023) but developers Frame Break announced the delay with a statement on Twitter – including that they “can’t commit to a launch window right now”.
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Disrupting beauty’s last frontier with Keta Burke-Williams from Ourside
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Keta Burke-Williams, the founder and CEO of Ourside, a direct-to-consumer fragrance company. Keta talked about what got her interested in disrupting the behemoth — and outdated — fragrance industry and what it has been like […]
Disrupting beauty’s last frontier with Keta Burke-Williams from Ourside by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Lightyear Frontier won’t have a full town like Stardew Valley, but you can befriend its NPCs
It takes a particular type of farming game to really hook me in these days, but Lightyear Frontier‘s crop-planting mechs might just be the thing I’ve been looking for. Everything I’ve seen of Frame Break’s futuristic life sim looks delightful so far, and in a recent ID@Xbox showcase, the developers told us a bit more about how it’s going to operate, and whether those Stardew Valley comparisons are on the money.
When asked whether players would be able to befriend NPCs like other Stardew-likes, Frame Break’s CEO Joakim Hedström told us: “In short, yes. We don’t have a full town like Stardew, but the characters that are there, you’ll be able to get to know better and learn their stories.”
Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US
You’re now more likely to have meaningful choice for fast fiber internet service. Frontier has introduced a symmetrical 5Gbps plan (that is, 5Gbps for uploads and downloads) across all its fiber markets in the US. The company claims it’s the first “major” provider to manage the feat. You’ll have to pay $155 per month (which includes installation and a router), or $55 more than the 2Gbps tier. However, it might be worth the outlay if you regularly download massive files or share your data with other heavy-duty users in your household.
You’ll need a WiFi 6e router and supporting devices, like the Pixel 7 or 2023 MacBook Pro, to make use of the extra speed without relying on 10Gbps Ethernet. Frontier estimates that it takes less than two minutes to download a 100-minute 8K movie.
Whether or not Frontier offers the best deal depends on the rivals in your area. AT&T’s 5Gbps plan has been available for a year, but will cost $180. Google Fiber is on the cusp of offering 8Gbps for $150, but it covers only a handful of cities. Frontier may well beat cable companies, though. Comcast already has 6Gbps service in some areas, but the $300 per month pricing and non-symmetric uploads make it less practical.
The higher price for 5Gbps service may not be thrilling if 2Gbps already seemed expensive. Even so, the rollout suggests competition is heating up among multi-gig internet providers. That’s good news for customers — you may see more aggressive performance or pricing as telecoms jockey for your business.
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Amazon’s piratical MMO New World opens its frontier for a free weekend
All the flap about World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight has made it easier than ever to forget there’s a whole New World out there, but there is, and it’s temporarily free. You can jump into the frontier of Amazon Games vaguely piratical MMO without paying a penny this weekend, where you’re free to lark about until December 19th. Has the recent early game overhaul alleviated the opening grind? Perhaps!