The pirate survival game “Windrose” had a serious hidden problem: it was killing your SSD without you knowing. Normal gameplay like walking around your base caused it to write up to 108 GB of data to your SSD every hour. This stemmed from an inefficient save system using RocksDB that created too many small files and constant disk activity, which could shorten SSDs life over time. Players and YouTubers reported the issue, and dev Kraken Express quickly fixed it with a patch that cuts disk writes by 60 to 75% and stops unnecessary CPU spikes

🖼️ 24 HOURS OF ART 🎨 September 20, 2026 💀 Game Over "Tonight, death and taxes ends" begins @m0dest___. 73 remaining citizens in the originally 6,969 collection organize to end the related onchain survival game after 201 days of competition. They strike a deal to pool funds and pay a single, large holder 17 ETH each to sacrifice the final four needed. m0dest shares closing thoughts: "thank you to everyone who played, watched, doubted, screamed, accused, and stayed. all of it was participation. all of it is in the work." And finally "...for now I need a vacation". 🎨 Pictured: 24 Hour Highlights - '𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔫 1575' by m0dest - 'Gazers #531#' by @MattKaneArtist - '𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔫 4650' by m0dest - 'Lost' by @MaNiCArt_, collected by @grifterdmac - 'POLITICS IS BULLSHIT' by @beeple, acquired by @KJtique via @gondixyz, facilitated by @eli_schein - 'Cycle of Persistence' by @jivdontexist, collected by @unityofmulti - '𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔫 6737' by m0dest - 'Wrapped Ether Rock #77#', acquired via @gondixyz - '𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔫 4957' by m0dest

Dune: Awakening is out on Xbox Series and PS5, with Game Pass on September 22. Funcom’s open-world survival game was already on PC. Consoles get a full single-player mode, private servers, optional PvP, extra story, maps and a rebuilt endgame. Standard is £31.99. Deluxe £58.49. Ultimate £74.99. Alternate history where Paul Atreides never existed. You pick Atreides or Harkonnen. First announced for consoles back in 2022.

Palworld has officially reached 40 million players worldwide ahead of its 1.0 launch on July 10. That’s more players than the original Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, which sold around 31.4 million copies combined. The survival game first launched in Early Access in January 2024 and became a huge hit, selling 8 million copies in its first six days