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Forget moustaches, novels, and heavily discounted PC components<\/a>\u2014November this year has been all about pirates. Earlier this month, piratical survival sim Salt 2<\/a> weighed its early access anchor and sailed into the 1.0-pen ocean, while this week saw the release of Captain Wayne: Vacation Desperation<\/a>, a buccaneer-tinged blaster built in the original Doom engine.<\/p>\n

Then there’s supernatural seafaring adventure Davy x Jones<\/a>. Originally launched in August, Davy x Jones is a roguelike FPS where you play a headless freebooter named Jones, battling through the underworld in first-person combat while accompanied by a chatty skull companion named Davy.<\/p>\n

Davy x Jones enjoyed a pleasant, if quiet reception on its early access release, with players praising its imagination but criticising its rough edges. But the shooter has just had its hull thoroughly careened, with a massive update expanding and overhauling its fundamentals in significant ways.<\/p>\n

Chiefly, the update<\/a> doubles Davy x Jones’ scope by adding a second mode of play, letting players helm a “living ship” as they explore the underworld in third-person sailing. Said ship is actually a hybrid with a wooden hull and a cosmic space whale. It’s called Abby and looks utterly horrifying<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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