HomeNewsMental Salvo Mental Salvo is an “infinite open world” art game full of procedurally generated surprises"Not even I can predict what’s in it," says dev “Not even I can predict what’s in it,” says dev Image credit:imaginini Image credit:imaginini Mental Salvodescribes itself as having an “infinite open world” in which you can do so many things, “they’re impossible to list”. Were this a game from a triple-A publisher, I’d be heading down to their compound with some powerful magnets and cannisters of highly concentrated acid to wipe out their ungodly creation before it replaces the fundamental particles of our universe with waypoints....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft’s Tricky Trials update is out, adding new challenge chambers, mobs and an auto-crafterOminous Ominous Image credit:Mojang Image credit:Mojang When I playMinecraft, I mostly just want to build things, or maybe go exploring across its landscapes, which still have the power to surprise and delight me. My son, meanwhile, mostly wants to murder me - and in the game. The Tricky Trials update, out now, might help redirect his bloodlust....

HomeFeatures Our 9 favourite demos from the summer Steam Next FestTry them Try them Image credit:Akupara Games Image credit:Akupara Games This week, we’re highlighting the best demos you can play duringSteam Next Fest, which starts June 10th. We’re calling thisWishlisted, in partnership with Eurogamer and VG247. Excuse me, sorry, pardon me, can I just, thank you, ah, sorry, thanks… Phew, made it.Steam Next Festis pretty crowded, eh? As if the unholy swarm of trailers and game announcements fromSummer Game Festwas not enough, this week the fearful megalords at Valve decided to drop their regular cavalcade of coming-soons onto their megastore....

HomeNews Phantom Line, the “paranormal SWAT” shooter from former Cyberpunk and Bioshock devs, has a time-limited demoAvailable until the 18th of June Available until the 18th of June Image credit:Antistatic Studios Image credit:Antistatic Studios Phantom Line - Reveal Trailer - Join the paranormal SWATWatch on YouTube Phantom Line - Reveal Trailer - Join the paranormal SWAT If you don’t want to go through the hassle of joining and downloading the demo based on the scant details from the trailer, YouTuber ENFANT TERRIBLE has uploaded an entire 50 minute session....

HomeNewsPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in AugustOoh, it’d be brill on the Deck Ooh, it’d be brill on the Deck Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown’s first story DLC got atwo-second trailer during Ubisoft Forwardon Monday, confirming its name and its coming release this September. Here’s a more specific release date that’ll matter more to some of you: The Lost Crown itself will come to Steam on August 8th....

HomeFeaturesMonster Hunter Wilds RIP Alpha Doshaguma, the doomed dragonfighting guinea pig of my Monster Hunter Wilds demoCapcom’s ecosystem has become a terrible pinball machine Capcom’s ecosystem has become a terrible pinball machine Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom This piece is written in memory of the Alpha Doshaguma, a huge furry quadruped with the belly, gait and mournful disposition of an orphaned St Bernard, which - no,whowas sleeping blamelessly in a canyon when Capcom’s demo presenter strolled up and bopped it with a bayonet howitzer....

HomeNews Valve owe you 44 quid, according to a £656m lawsuit against the company for allegedly overcharging UK customers“We believe Valve Corporation has been unfairly shutting out competition for PC games” “We believe Valve Corporation has been unfairly shutting out competition for PC games” In what is possibly the biggest scandal the UK has seen since the last time the price of Freddos went up, a digital rights campaigner is suing Valve for £656m in compensation, accusing the company of overcharging and anti-competitive behaviour....

HomeNews Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs in “union busting” moveEntire 160-person team laid off in retaliation, alleges CWA union Entire 160-person team laid off in retaliation, alleges CWA union Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision US labour union the CWA (Communications Workers of America) havefiled Unfair Labor Practicecharges against Activision QA supplier Lionbridge Technologies. AsGame Developerreports, the CWA allege that Lionbridge fired an entire 160-person team in Idaho in retaliation for union-related activities....

HomeNews Maybe scream a little On a Monday in early 2018, Adam Smith, Rock Paper Shotgun’s deputy editor at the time, handed in his notice. On Thursday that same week, I emailed Alice Bell, a person I’d never spoken to before, to ask if she would consider applying for the role. Alice thought it over for a week, and then emailed her response: no. Alice’s writing sounds like how I want RPS to sound: funny and smart, yes, but best of all able to be strongly critical while still unafraid to be a fan of a game she loves....

HomeFeaturesCitizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Can you guess which Australian TV sci-fi of the early 2000s inspired Citizen Sleeper 2?Through a wormhole, darkly Through a wormhole, darkly Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Fellow Traveller Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Fellow Traveller No, it’s notSilversun. Sit down,Brian. Let somebody else have a go at answering.Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vectoris a sci-fiRPGwith plenty of dice and a heavy nod towards tabletop role-playing. The firstCitizen Sleepersaw your bio-robotic protagonist landing on a donut-shaped space station where they learned to make a new life for themselves among interstellar farmers and ramen-serving rapscallions....

HomeNewsDisco Samurai Disco Samurai is a brutally difficult and brilliant Sekiro-like rhythm slasherDisco stu-dent of the blade Disco stu-dent of the blade Image credit:Pixel Fiber Image credit:Pixel Fiber This week, we’re highlighting the best demos you can play duringSteam Next Fest, which starts June 10th. We’re calling thisWishlisted, in partnership with Eurogamer and VG247.Disco Samuraiis a game that’s so difficult I’d have given up playing sooner if it didn’t contain so many of my absolute favouriteaction gamethings....

HomeNews Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let you bring over your choices from Inquisition - whether you still have your save or notThe opening of the upcoming RPG sequel will remind you what happened in its 10-year-old predecessor if you’ve forgotten The opening of the upcoming RPG sequel will remind you what happened in its 10-year-old predecessor if you’ve forgotten Image credit:EA Image credit:EA It’s been a decade - 10 years!...

HomeReviewsFelvidek Love, blood, and rhetoric Image credit:Jozef Pavelka Image credit:Jozef Pavelka Engaging from start to arguably too-soon finish, Felvidek is a raw, strange, and brilliant RPG that alternates between deadly combat, plummy prose, crass jokes, and odd beauty. It’s a small map and the game is short, although I don’t think it needed to be any longer. You sprint about on its overworld, explore, talk to folks. Travel doesn’t take long, so I keep going back to the village to hear the woman washing garments in the river talk about the clothes that get dirty forever....