HomeReviewsWorld of Goo 2 World Of Goo 2 review: an inventive return to goo with some flies in the ointmentGoo-fing around Goo-fing around Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Tomorrow Corporation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Tomorrow Corporation The firstWorld Of Goowas a cheerful parade of goopy engineering with a sense of never-ending novelty (well, never-ending for about four hours). Every level would introduce a new goo type or a twist on the basic bridge-building puzzle that challenged you to get a gaggle of gurgling balls to the nearest pipe....

HomeNews Wreckfest 2 announced with trailer abundant in fender-bending and newly rageful driversBugbear and THQ Nordic wheel out new take on Destruction Derbalikes Bugbear and THQ Nordic wheel out new take on Destruction Derbalikes Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic Wreckfest 2 | Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Wreckfest 2 | Announcement Trailer The game runs on a new version of developer Bugbear’s ROMU engine, which appears capable of more elaborate vehicular deformation effects - doors and exhaust pipes flapping loose, tyres unhooking and bounding away like rats fleeing a sinking ship that is actually a truck with a ludicrously elevated ride....

HomeNews Activision revive Warzone’s Caldera map as open source (yay!) but say it’s to help train AI (booo)For Pacific purposes For Pacific purposes Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard It is easy to read this and assume it is Activision’s way of saying: hey, level designers, your job is also unsafe. The data they’re releasing also includes records of the paths players took across the island. That information is often critical to designers of these sorts of huge landmasses....

HomeNewsFallout: London I’d love to explore more of Fallout London’s brilliant world, but it keeps crashing every few minutesI never even got to meet Big Dave I never even got to meet Big Dave Image credit:Team FOLON/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Team FOLON/Rock Paper Shotgun In my brief time with massiveFallout 4modFallout London, I’ve read a delightful terminal entry about a scientist who named his favourite radiated shrew “Big Dave,” thwacked several of said Radshrews with a walking stick, gulped down some expired pink wafers, and been informed of train delays due to “leaves on the track....

HomeNewsKitsune Tails Kitsune Tails is a wonderfully queer Super Mario 3-inspired platformer that’s out todayIt’s a follow up to Super Bernie World It’s a follow up to Super Bernie World Image credit:Kitsune Games/MidBoss Image credit:Kitsune Games/MidBoss Kitsune Tails - PC Release Trailer [Official]Watch on YouTube Kitsune Tails - PC Release Trailer [Official] If you’re keen to give the game a look, you can find it over onSteamanditch.io.

HomeNewsMetropolis 1998 Metropolis 1998 is a fetching isometric blend of SimCity and The Sims, with customisable house interiorsCome try the demo Come try the demo Image credit:YesBox Image credit:YesBox According to certain Terran lore, God created the universe in seven days. Well, I got up this morning and made a small suburban village with a hospital, school, police stationanda cafe in the space of 20 minutes. This is the backwater burg of Edwitherington....

HomeNewsPlanet Coaster 2 New Planet Coaster 2 deep dive explains how you’ll need to sell your idiot guests sunscreen in case they blame you for the sun existingTubular Tubular Image credit:Frontier Developments Image credit:Frontier Developments Happily, I didn’t spot any bear mascots inPlanet Coaster 2’s new deep dive trailer. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The big ticket (whey!) new feature in this sequel to 2016’s theme parkmanagement gameis water parks, which can co-exist with your more traditional theme parks, peaceful creatures that they are....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, August 2)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #418 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #418 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....

HomeNewsDungeon Tycoon This free Steam tycoon prologue isn’t quite Dungeon Keeper, but I’m not complainingRoll up, roll up Roll up, roll up Image credit:Lunheim Studios Image credit:Lunheim Studios Well, would you look at that! I just got done pining for the merest whiff ofDungeon Keeperwhen what should appear on Steam but afree prologuefor delightful voxel-artymanagementsimDungeon Tycoon. I’m using the word ‘appear’ because, following yet moreindustry layoffsyesterday, I’m choosing to adopt the brain of an idiot as to shield myself from the crushing reality of material conditions....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1139): How to solve the Thursday August 1 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for August 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for August 1? 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!...

HomeNewsBraid Braid: Anniversary Edition has sold so poorly that “the future is uncertain” for Jonathan Blow’s companyThe remaster “sold like dog sh*t” The remaster “sold like dog sh*t” Image credit:Thekla Inc Image credit:Thekla Inc Braid: Anniversary Edition"sold like dog shit" according to creator Jonathan Blow. Blow discussed the remasters sales performance across several Twitch streams since its release back in May, going so far as to suggest that the studio’s “future is uncertain” as a result of low sales....

HomeNewsChivalry 2 Chivalry 2 is now feature complete, say developers, but new projects in the same universe are on the wayNo More Room in Hell 2 is Torn Banner’s next project No More Room in Hell 2 is Torn Banner’s next project Image credit:Torn Banner Image credit:Torn Banner Few acts in games feel quite as gleefully gratifying as removing a knight’s shiny dome with a halberd swing in medievalmultiplayermeleeChivalry 2. In a pastime that’s had several decades to perfect the art of hitting men with sharp objects, that’s quite the accomplishment....

HomeNews Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin"We were overly ambitious," says CEO “We were overly ambitious,” says CEO Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie The news follows months of reporting that all is not well at Bungie - the companymade an undisclosed number of reductions last year, and wererumoured to be facing a full Sony takeover, with much riding on the fortunes ofDestiny 2’s Final Shape DLC....