HomeNewsCat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean Cat Quest 3’s pun-soaked animal pirate action-RPG is out on Steam nowCo-op cats Co-op cats Image credit:The Gentlebros Image credit:The Gentlebros Did The Gentlebros come up with the pun “Pi-Rats” and then work backwards from there in deciding thatCat Quest 3should be pirate themed? Or was “Purr-ibean” the initiating pun? I feel that the action-RPG sequel had to begin with one of wordplay or another, given that its Steam page boasts that it also has “furr-ocious spells” and “gla-meow-rous costumes”....

HomeReviewsDungeons & Degenerate Gamblers Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers review: a fickle but fun roguelike that stretches Blackjack to the moon and backSlack-handed? Slack-handed? Image credit:Purple Moss Collectors Image credit:Purple Moss Collectors Hm.Hmmmm. Right. So, what have we got here? There’s my Blood Donor card, which reduces the value of the hearts I play, but also heals me. That’s fine, actually. Reduced score means I can squeeze in another card for more healing....

HomeNews In dark kingdom sim My Lovely Empress you run an empire with the help of summoned demon ladiesFaust never had a therapist Faust never had a therapist Image credit:Neon Doctrine Image credit:Neon Doctrine At some point every proud ruler must ask themselves the question: what should I do with all this stupid, tiresomecivilisationI’ve built? Do I let it spin on forever, a gleaming machine of prosperity bathed in an eternal twilight, or do I, as the case may be, unleash a horde of voluptuous hellwomen to gather spirit energy for the resurrection of my tragically slain beloved?...

HomeNews Meta reportedly close Ready At Dawn, creators of some of the best VR gamesFading echo Fading echo Image credit:Meta Image credit:Meta Facebook and Oculus Rift ownersMetaare reportedly closing Ready At Dawn Studios, the outfit behind the excellentEcho VRandLone Echogames, as part of wider reductions at the company’s Reality Labs division. A Meta spokesperson also told the site that the reductions at Reality Labs aren’t evidence of cuts to the number of first-party games on Quest VR headsets, and that Meta are still committed to VR development....

HomeNewsElite Dangerous New Elite Dangerous spaceship is advertised as a space trucker’s dream, but it’ll cost yaFor ten? Ten-four For ten? Ten-four Image credit:Frontier Developments Image credit:Frontier Developments Spaceship likers, come hither. Long-runningspace simElite Dangeroushas just unloaded a new interstellar vessel into its universe, and she’s a beaut. The new Type-8 Transporter is a medium freighter capable of hauling a maximum of 406 tons of cargo. It’s got a default jump range of 17....

On reflection I probably won’t be writing the words ‘fits’ again Image credit:Richard Khoo/Paradox Image credit:Richard Khoo/Paradox Watch on YouTube “Two weeks before launch we were told we wouldn’t be launching, and just now that we’ve all lost our jobs,”wrote Delventhal on LinkedInthe following day. “We were only informed of this via a public announcement. This industry has become a place in which you can deliver more than expected, have AA money behind you, and still have the rug pulled two weeks before launch....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, August 8)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #424 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #424 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! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsRoblox It’s been banned in my house for several years Image credit:ArcadeRockstar Image credit:ArcadeRockstar Robloxhas been banned in Turkey, with a government agency citing concerns over “child exploitation.” Turkey Today reportsthat the government has four key concerns which led to the ban: the sexual exploitation of children, “rampant” reports of pedophilia, children being incentivised to play Roblox via the virtual currency Robux, and the “inability to effectively monitor and regulate inapproriate content” on the platform....

HomeNewsShapez 2 Shapez 2’s Early Access should run smoothly with factories 12x bigger than the first gameAnd it’ll offer a polished 40-hours at launch And it’ll offer a polished 40-hours at launch Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Gamera Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Gamera Games Shapez 2will launch inEarly Access on August 15th, bringing the relaxing, shape-cutting factory builder into 3D. “We’ve spent a lot of time polishing the game already and are really happy how it turned out....

HomeNewsSliding Hero Sliding Hero turns a contentious puzzle type into an otherworldly jaunt through a cursed Venetian carnivalScorrevole! Scorrevole! Image credit:Silent Chicken Image credit:Silent Chicken I’d initially assumed thatpuzzlegameSliding Herocounts was a Sokoban-like, until I realised that it’s actually you, not endless boxes, that do the sliding here. Still, I wasn’t entirely convinced. The only thing that’s fun to slide back-and-forth indefinitely is a lounging cat on a smooth kitchen worktop....

HomeFeaturesKhaligrad The Rally Point: Messy urban wargame Khaligrad is this year’s low-intensity strategy game for when it’s blisteringly hot outShtrafbattle brothers Shtrafbattle brothers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Orbi Universo Team Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Orbi Universo Team I was partial to a scrappy littlestrategy gameeven before idiot billionaires doomed the planet, and the UK to brain-steaming heat just when you thought we’d escape it this year.Khaligradis plenty scrappy. Its edges are rough and you have to figure it out yourself, but it’s more intuitive than it appears, and easy to operate once you discern some basics....

HomeNews WolfEye’s new first-person RPG is “an evolution” of Prey and Dishonored featuring mechs, magnets and a continuous worldThe Weird West devs on becoming the “alt-Arkane” The Weird West devs on becoming the “alt-Arkane” Image credit:WolfEye Studios Image credit:WolfEye Studios “The structure is very freeform, and you can explore whatever you want,” Colantonio tells me over videocall. “But the mobility and the type of gameplay is very reminiscent of games that we’ve worked on in the past, like Prey or Dishonored....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1146): How to solve the Thursday August 8 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for August 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for August 8? 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!...