HomeNewsTotal War: Rome II Rome 2 programmer says “leaders seemed to resent critical feedback and treated it as unwelcome" Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly He also alleges that the design and programming teams were at odds as regards certain features, and that upper management frequently sided with designers. “The way it looked from my point of view was that production leadership let designers do whatever they wanted, and it’s one of the main reasons that Rome II went so badly wrong,” writes McKinlay....

HomeNews Image credit:Sony Computer Entertainment Image credit:Sony Computer Entertainment From Software game difficulty chatis in full swingfollowing the release ofElden Ring’sShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC, but cannier Soulslikers such as myself andGR’s Hirun Cryer are already leaping and bounding ahead to the next Stage of Review Discourse: which From Software game is bestest? Here to settle the matter once and for all until the next time we post about it is company president Hidetaka Miyazaki....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to beat the Revenant in Elden RingHere’s how to defeat the spider-like Elden Ring Revenant monsters Here’s how to defeat the spider-like Elden Ring Revenant monsters Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to beat the Elden Ring Revenant enemies?With their many limbs, poison attacks, and quick teleporting abilities, Revenants are among the most dangerous enemies in the game. Luckily, there’s an easy way to defeat Revenant enemies, including the Royal Revenant boss....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to beat the Rune Bear in Elden RingHere are the best ways to defeat Elden Ring Rune Bears Here are the best ways to defeat Elden Ring Rune Bears Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to beat an Elden Ring Runebear?Runebears are notoriously difficult enemies to defeat, especially when you’re stuck with one inside the Earthbore Cave dungeon. Luckily, as even these gigantic bears have their weaknesses, the right combat preparation can secure your victory....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to get Sword Of Light and Sword of Darkness in Elden Ring DLCHow to transform the Stone-Sheathed Sword into the Sword Of Light and the Sword Of Darkness How to transform the Stone-Sheathed Sword into the Sword Of Light and the Sword Of Darkness Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the Sword Of Light or the Sword of Darkness in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?...

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to start the Radahn Festival in Elden RingHow to trigger the Elden Ring Radahn Festival and unlock the Radahn boss fight How to trigger the Elden Ring Radahn Festival and unlock the Radahn boss fight Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to start the Radahn Festival in Elden Ring?The Radahn Festival changes the status of Redmane Castle, allowing you to find its boss, Starscourge Radahn....

HomeNewsEngraving Mystery adventure Engraving has you drawing lovely parchment maps - shame about the horrible forest graveyardOrdnance Survey just can’t find the staff these days Ordnance Survey just can’t find the staff these days Image credit:Raffaele Picca Image credit:Raffaele Picca In this occult first-person mystery-horror, you explore a forest that is also a graveyard and, moreover, stuffed to the crannies with ancient curses and restless spectres, some of them distressingly though not entirely arachnid in derivation....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, June 24)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #379 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #379 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....

HomeNewsElden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree’s Dancing Lion boss is genuinely just two dudes in a lion suitModders reveal all Modders reveal all Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco The news comes from Youtuber BonfireVN viaPCGamer, who has posted a video showing the model with the costume removed and, what’s more, in combat, which inevitably makes the whole fight look rather funny. The front half of the lion might be the source of all those eye-catching AOE attacks but the back half of the lion is doing all the heavy lifting, to the point of defying the laws of physics....

HomeNewsElden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree’s mixed Steam reviews paint a different picture to the critical receptionThe ‘highest rated’ DLC ever isn’t for everyone it seems The ‘highest rated’ DLC ever isn’t for everyone it seems Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Despite an overwhelmingly strong reception with critics,Shadow Of The Erdtreeis currently sitting at a ‘mixed’ review rating on Steam, with nay-sayers citing performance issues and overbearing enemy design....

HomeNewsRocket League There’s no new FIFA game, so of course they’re hosting a World Cup in Rocket League instead16 nations will compete in the global tournament later this year 16 nations will compete in the global tournament later this year Image credit:Psyonix Image credit:Psyonix To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The Rocket League World Cup will run later this year as part of FIFA’s wider ‘FIFAe’ effort to break into the world of esports, which their website tells me they’ve been attempting to do since a FIFA Interactive World Cup held in 2004....

HomeNewsTerra Nil Verdant anti-builder Terra Nil gets a surprise free update with a “deeper” wildlife simulationFive new maps, nine new buildings and a jaguar Five new maps, nine new buildings and a jaguar Image credit:Devolver Image credit:Devolver Rewild ‘em upstrategysimTerra Nilhas just received a free Vita Nova update, which introduces five new levels, nine buildings, a spinnable 3D world map, a new creature, the jaguar, and a more sophisticated wildlife system (that’ll be the “new life” in question, then)....

HomeNewsWar Thunder Image credit:Gaijin Entertainment Image credit:Gaijin Entertainment The developers of multiplayer aerial combat simWar Thunderhave apologised after a picture of the real-life Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which killed seven crew members when it exploded just 73 seconds after launch in 1986, was used in artwork promoting the game’s recent Seek & Destroy update. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies....