Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worlds

HomeNewsDome Keeper Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worldsThe dome has expanded The dome has expanded Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury Katharine (RPS in peace) thoughtDome Keeper’sblend of tower defence and mining was both “meditative” and “perfectly formed” in herreview. So it comes as great news, then, that the devs have somehow taken that perfect dome, expanded it and polished it to an even greater sheen....

July 31, 2024 · 6 min · 1175 words · Paul Alexander

Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't arrive before October 1st

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard won’t arrive before October 1stDon’t book that September holiday Don’t book that September holiday Image credit:EA Image credit:EA BioWare have said thatDragon Age: The Veilguardis due for release sometime this autumn, causing many to predict it would arrive in September. That seems unlikely now, as EA say the RPG is due to launch in their financial third quarter which begins October 1st....

July 31, 2024 · 1 min · 184 words · Brian Vega

Dune Imperium's Rise Of Ix expansion is out now, adding new leaders, new mode to the digital board game

HomeNewsDune: Imperium Dune Imperium’s Rise Of Ix expansion is out now, adding new leaders, new mode to the digital board gameIxpansion Ixpansion Image credit:Dire Wolf Image credit:Dire Wolf I’m hooked onDune Imperium, a deckbuilder and worker placement digital board game I’m only just beginning to get my head around. Here comes some news to send my head spinning again: the Rise Of Ix expansion is out now, which adds three new factions, six new leaders, a new mode and much more....

July 31, 2024 · 5 min · 922 words · Karen Williams

GTA 6 may "disappoint" players hoping for a technological "jump", says former Rockstar North tech director

HomeNewsGrand Theft Auto 6 GTA 6 may “disappoint” players hoping for a technological “jump”, says former Rockstar North tech directorBut “it’s still going to be the best game out there” But “it’s still going to be the best game out there” Image credit:Take-Two Interactive/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Take-Two Interactive/Rock Paper Shotgun Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1Watch on YouTube Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 To chuck my own hat into the ring, I’m grumpy about placing video game hardware on a timeline from less to more advanced - this kind of rigid teleological, market-driven thinking cancels out and buries a wealth of specific usages of technology for particular artistic ends....

July 31, 2024 · 5 min · 947 words · Shannon Peterson

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, August 1)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, August 1)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #417 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #417 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....

July 31, 2024 · 3 min · 576 words · Katherine Henderson

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, July 31)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, July 31)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #416 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #416 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....

July 31, 2024 · 3 min · 574 words · Autumn Buck

Post-Soviet horror trinket Kletka is an endless descent in an elevator that wants to eat you

HomeNewsKletka Post-Soviet horror trinket Kletka is an endless descent in an elevator that wants to eat youTry the demo, feed the maw Try the demo, feed the maw Image credit:Callback / In404 / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Callback / In404 / Rock Paper Shotgun KLETKA - ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILERWatch on YouTube KLETKA - ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER The elevator’s roof is a gnashing, lipless mouth with a lantern dangling beneath it like a droplet of drool....

July 31, 2024 · 2 min · 343 words · Kyle Wright

Promise Mascot Agency gets deep dive trailer, continues to be 2025's most tantalising open world game

HomeNewsPromise Mascot Agency Promise Mascot Agency gets deep dive trailer, continues to be 2025’s most tantalising open world gameActually looks like quite a complex management sim, too Actually looks like quite a complex management sim, too Image credit:Kaizen Game Works Image credit:Kaizen Game Works I don’t think I’m capable of rivalling Nic’senthusiasmforPromise Mascot Agency, the newopen worldgame fromParadise Killerdevs Kaizen Game Works, so I’ll settle for saying “EEEEE”. The developers have just released a nine-minute explainer video, which teems with scenes of gimp suits, winged vans, rocket-propelled pinkies, vicious card battles against small excited dogs, and a surprisingly in-depth management component....

July 31, 2024 · 2 min · 421 words · Crystal Chambers

Smash your to-do list while watching the world roll by in free train window productivity tool On Track

HomeNewsOn Track Good for what rails you Image credit:Gigatank 3000 Image credit:Gigatank 3000 Once upon a time, my favourite place to write was on trains. Specifically, laidback intercity services with nobody else in the quiet car and certainly, none of those screeching smaller bipeds, or “children” as they are scientifically known. That idyll is now lost to me thanks to Covid: I have vulnerable family members and continue to be careful about social distancing....

July 31, 2024 · 2 min · 275 words · Joel Jones

The Great Fluctus is No Man’s Sky with beans, slug milk, alien volleyball, egg arguments, and a massive flying frog

HomeNewsThe Great Fluctus The Great Fluctus is No Man’s Sky with beans, slug milk, alien volleyball, egg arguments, and a massive flying frog(In space) (In space) Image credit:Dmitriy Vasilyev Image credit:Dmitriy Vasilyev In case you skipped the headline, I’ll repeat myself. Among the wonderful sights contained inspace-pokingadventure gameThe Great Fluctusare: beans, slug milk, alien volleyball, egg arguments, and massive frog. Additional screenshots suggest this frog later acquires wings. Like a captive Generation Game host, I am helpless but to shout out more incredible sights as they flutter past on the conveyor belt of pure flippin' videogame before me....

July 31, 2024 · 5 min · 974 words · Daniel Baker

Wordle hints and answer (#1138): How to solve the Wednesday July 31 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1138): How to solve the Wednesday July 31 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for July 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for July 31? 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!...

July 31, 2024 · 6 min · 1193 words · Tammy Riley

AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is the all-games-welcome DLSS 3 alternative that the first version should have been

HomeHardwareFeatures AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is the all-games-welcome DLSS 3 alternative that the first version should have beenLet the good frames roll Let the good frames roll Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega There’s a new version ofAMD Fluid Motion Frames(AFMF) available to try, and good news for RadeonGPUowners: it is drastically, almost comically better than the original version. Whereas AMD’s first take on driver-level frame generation – the same kind of framerate-roiding image generation trickery thatFSR 3andDLSS 3are based around – came yoked to a barrel of jittering, stuttering, and visual artefacting issues, Fluid Motion Frames 2 is as smooth and you’d like....

July 30, 2024 · 3 min · 538 words · Morgan Miller

Beta Decay is a low-poly dystopian RPG whose grimy cover-shooting shows promise

HomeNewsBeta Decay Beta Decay is a low-poly dystopian RPG whose grimy cover-shooting shows promiseEven if the rest does seem a tad overambitious Even if the rest does seem a tad overambitious Image credit:Rotoscope Studios Image credit:Rotoscope Studios One of Beta Decay’s big ambitions is its setting: a big open world planet with a dense series of dystopian cities, alongside underground resource-rich zones. The idea is that you’ll effectively take on different roles a bit like in, say,EVE Online....

July 30, 2024 · 2 min · 386 words · Matthew Stephens