HomeNewsMarry a Deep One: Innsmouth Simulator A lovely, not-at-all culty seaside day out awaits in “Story generator” sim Marry a Deep One: Innsmouth SimulatorGo fish Go fish Image credit:simulinati Image credit:simulinati I’ve likely mentioned hitting Lovecraft fatigue so often that it’s now evolved into a second phase of Lovecraft-fatigue fatigue. This is not the same as Lovecraft refreshment, no matter how much I might want to return to the days before old one plushies and Cthulhu children’s books terrorised the internet en masse....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) Activision shut down Modern Warfare multiplayer mod H2M to stop it “interfering” with Black Ops 6 sales, says mod makerPlayers start petition to bring it back Players start petition to bring it back Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Last week, the Xitter account for H2M - a mod aiming to recreate the heyday of classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer insideCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered-announced that they had received a cease and desistfrom Activision Blizzard, and would shut down the project....

HomeFeatures After three hours of Bloober’s Silent Hill 2, it’s unclear who is remaking whoPeeling apart the pieces of auld and nu-Hill Peeling apart the pieces of auld and nu-Hill Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami It begins with your character, James Sunderland, descending from the road towards the eponymous Midwestern nowhere-town. Like many games of the period, Silent Hill 2 uses a third-person, over-the-shoulder manual camera, which allows you to glance fearfully up at the monstrous pine trees that fringe the path - each rising from a bulging tide of fog that menaces with the suggestion of approaching figures....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Tue, August 20thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #435. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #435. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 20th August?...

HomeNewsDead Cells Dead Cells gets its final update after 8 years of development, bringing it to a cursed closeCurse words Curse words Image credit:Motion Twin / Evil Empire Image credit:Motion Twin / Evil Empire One of thebest roguelikes on PCis getting a farewell of sorts this week. Twitchy slashfestDead Cellsreceived its final major update, introducing new enemies, fresh weapons, and a few mutations. Unfortunately, all this new stuff is very cursed....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy faces no “existential risk” despite lower-than-hoped PS5 sales, says FF16 directorFF16 PC port release date arrives alongside demo FF16 PC port release date arrives alongside demo Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Please lock your Chocobos to attack position and set your Phoenix Downs to stun: Square Enix have released fresh details ofFinal Fantasy16’s PC port, which has now been dated for launch on 17th September....

HomeReviewsTactical Breach Wizards Tactical Breach Wizards review: humour, heart, smarts and playfulness conjure up an instant genre classicWhen god breaches a door, he also blasts you through a window When god breaches a door, he also blasts you through a window Image credit:Suspicious Developments Image credit:Suspicious Developments Tactical Breach Wizardsis a tactics game for people that don’t like tactics games. Magically, it’s also a tactics game for people who love them like nothing else....

HomeNews The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week?Black Myth: Wukong, Concord and Tactical Breach Wizards are the biggunsLive Black Myth: Wukong, Concord and Tactical Breach Wizards are the bigguns Image credit:Internet Archive Book Images Image credit:Internet Archive Book Images New week, same old terror of that cyclopean glutton known as the Maw emerging from its cosmic bolthole and swallowing the entirety of Devon. As ever, we have a way of thwarting the Maw’s advance, and it’s… pasta sauce?...

HomeNews “It’s not like we were making this decision, right?” Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami When Bloober and Konami announced that they wereremaking Silent Hill 2as part of acomprehensive series reboot, it made immediate if slightly deflating sense to me.Silent Hill 2is the more feted of the Hills - if I were a calculating franchise custodian tasked with ‘bringing back’ one of the acclaimed original trilogy, that’s probably the instalment I and my spreadsheets would fix upon....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1157): How to solve the Monday August 19 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for August 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for August 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Mon, August 19thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #434. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #434. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 19th August?...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Sun, August 18thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #433. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #433. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 18th August?...

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: Nightingale, Absolver, and Total War: Warhammer writer Dan Griliopoulosread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! You know books, right? They’re like RPS articles, but slightly better for piling under a flock mat to make little hills for your plastic spacemen....