HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III Colossal Squigs all but confirmed for next Total War Warhammer 3 DLC, plus big new toys for Ogres and KhorneUpcoming expansions to be “focused on Immortal Empires specifically” Upcoming expansions to be “focused on Immortal Empires specifically” Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega TheTotal War Warhammer 3team at Creative Assembly just put out a new video, shedding some light on what to expect for thestrategy game’snext DLC and the game in general going forward....

HomeNews Dr Disrespect confesses to sending a minor messages that “leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate"But “nothing illegal happened” But “nothing illegal happened” Image credit:Dr Disrespect / IGN Image credit:Dr Disrespect / IGN Celebrity streamer and Midnight Society co-founder Guy Beahm or “Dr Disrespect” has finally responded in full toallegations that he was banned from Twitch for sending sext messages to a minor. In a much-edited statement on Xitter yesterday, Beahm confessed that, yes, he messaged an “individual minor” via the Twitch Whispers chat service in 2017, characterising the messages as “casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but nothing more”....

HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree patch makes Blessings stronger and the game easierFromSoftens FromSoftens Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco When I finished myreviewfor Soulslike Lies Of P, the devsreleased a patchnot long after that nerfed bosses and made things for ol' Pinnochio easier overall. Sod’s Law struck that day… and it’s returned with a smirk.Shadow Of The Erdtreehas just been patched, making its Shadow Realm Blessings stronger from the off, and in turn, things a little easier for everybody....

HomeFeaturesFallen Aces Fallen Aces has just enough immersive sim substance to match up to its eye-popping pulp comic styleFPSOTY (Frying Pan Sound of the Year) FPSOTY (Frying Pan Sound of the Year) Image credit:New Blood Interactive Image credit:New Blood Interactive This breaks my writerly first person narrative, but I’m jazzed to discover that you can eat said fridge fruit directly without putting them in your inventory first. Ye gads! Is this… better thanPrey (2017)?...

HomeNews Some welcome quality-of-life changes as the new expansion approaches early access Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix We’re only a couple of days away from the early access launch ofDawntrail,Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion and first in over two years since the climactic Endwalker. Asthe summery story expansionprepares to drop, Square Enix have run down everything else arriving in theMMO’s 7.0 patch, which notably includes its long-awaited graphical overhaul along with several other nice-to-have improvements whether you’re playing Dawntrail or not....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Freyja questline guide - Elden Ring: Shadow Of The ErdtreeHere is the full Redmane Freyja quest walkthrough in Shadow Of The Erdtree Here is the full Redmane Freyja quest walkthrough in Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a full walkthrough of the Freyja quest in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Redmane Freyja quest is one of many newNPC questlinesyou can complete to get unique items and lore tidbits inShadow Of The Erdtree....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 developers have big, opaque plans for Galactic War and that black hole you madeThe bug report The bug report Image credit:Arrowhead Image credit:Arrowhead Game development studio and intergalactic war ministry Arrowhead have launched a new series of written update posts for players ofHelldivers 2to help keep the war record straight. Mostly, this is the usual case of somebody on the team gathering quotes as the developers batter their fingertips against keyboards to bring you, the video gamer, fresh cannons and what-have-you....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to get into Temple Town Ruins in Shadow Of the ErdtreeHere’s how to navigate to the Temple Town Ruins in Shadow Of the Erdtree Here’s how to navigate to the Temple Town Ruins in Shadow Of the Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to know how to get to the Temple Town Ruins in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Temple Town Ruins are tucked away in the northwest corner of theShadow Of The Erdtreemap and are accessible right after you enter Scadu Altus, though you need to trek slightly off the beaten path to reach them....

HomeNewsDystopika In Dystopika you are the chill landscaper of a vast cyberpunk city, and it is exactly my cup of noodlesBlade stunner Blade stunner Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Voids Within Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Voids Within Boil the kettle, we’re having cheap ramen. If you likedTownscaperfor simple seaside town tinkering, or enjoyed the forest-dwelling demo ofTiny Glade’shomely castle creation, you might get a satisfied sigh out of this.Dystopikais a cyberpunk build ‘n’ chill where you place down skyscrapers, apartment blocks, factories, and imposing ziggurats straight out ofBlade Runner....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, June 26)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #381 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #381 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....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld devs heard “nothing at all” from Pokémon creators despite everyone calling it ‘Pokémon with guns’The Pokémon Company said they would “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” The Pokémon Company said they would “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair The studio behindPalworldnever received any formal complaint or threat of legal action from Nintendo or The Pokémon Company despite widespread debate over the open-world ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival game earlier this year....

HomeFeatures Did latency just drop sharply while I was away? Image credit:Fox Interactive / namcos Image credit:Fox Interactive / namcos Aliens Online is not, in practice, anything like what we now call an MMO. It’s a team-based shooter in which marine squads descend to ravaged bunkers and derelicts to flush out the dastardly xenomorphs. You get to play as both the Marines, who have shotguns, pulse rifles and motion trackers, and the Aliens, who can leap into vents and enjoy map-wide “hive awareness”....

HomeNewsPushing It! With Sisyphus The creator of a game about eternal punishment and frustration is tired of playtesting itBoulder’s gate Boulder’s gate Image credit:Bashir “ManliestDev” Kashalo Image credit:Bashir “ManliestDev” Kashalo Kashalo has come to"hate"playtesting the game, jovially titledPushing It! With Sisyphus, whoseSteam pagepromises “levels of frustration not previously thought possible”. He’s just really sick of that boulder. Waiter! Please fetch me the world’s smallest violin, grind it to a paste and gently spoonfeed it to the developer who is weary of the game he consciously and deliberately decided to make about the experience of infinite failure....