HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 once had a portable hole, but Swen Vincke says it would have been a “crime against humanity"“We had to remove it, but it was fantastic.” “We had to remove it, but it was fantastic.” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios The hole came up during a discussion of whether Larian have considered testing any smaller, more focussed videogame concepts, perhaps to let younger developers try their wits on something less sprawling than a Baldur’s Gate....

HomeNewsKingdom Hearts IV Don’t expect big reveals at Summer Games Fest, says Geoff KeighleyHe’s “expectation setting” He’s “expectation setting” Image credit:Twitch / Summer Game Fest Image credit:Twitch / Summer Game Fest “[The] Game Awards has a lot of usually big surprises - we’re thankful for those - and big, new reveals. This [Summer Game Fest] is largely focused on announced stuff… “There definitely are things that are being announced but this is not a show that has a lot of like ‘coming in 2026’ or ‘2027’, or teasers for games that are years and years out… That’s generally what I would say in terms of expectation setting....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 Major Order turns planet into black hole as rumours of returning Illuminate faction intensifyDoesn’t look very luminate to me Doesn’t look very luminate to me Image credit:Unlucky Map / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Unlucky Map / Rock Paper Shotgun Honestly, I turn my back onshooter-of-noteHelldivers 2for (checks calendar)… one, maybe two weeks, and you all go and transform a planet into a black hole. “You” being the players who completed the metagame’s last Major Order and successfully pumped the Terminid supercolony of Meridia full of an experimental “Dark Fluid” - which Super-Earth, incidentally, pinched from the Illuminate faction during the First Galactic War, akaHelldivers1....

HomeNewsMegacopter: Blades of the Goddess Here’s a demo for Megacopter, a Desert Strike parody with a splash of Mars AttacksEverything was mega in the 1990s Everything was mega in the 1990s Image credit:Pizza Bear Games Image credit:Pizza Bear Games In EA’s Desert Strike - released way back in the dim salvages of 1992 - you are a helicopter pilot scooting around a Sylvester Stallone reinvention of Iraq, shooting down tanks and fighters with guns and missiles while rescuing VIPs and fretting constantly about your wafer-thin armour and espresso-sized fuel reserves....

HomeFeaturesTiny Glade I made the witchy cottage of my dreams in Tiny GladeI could listen to these clicky clacks all day I could listen to these clicky clacks all day Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pounce Light Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pounce Light If you love cosy games where the biggest challenge is choosing between which farm utensil to place next to your barn doors, thenTiny Glademay be just the game for you. It’s a creative building game likeThe Sims 4but with none of the fuss of actually controlling lives - and no quests, combat or arbitrary challenges of any kind....

HomeNews The Maw - 3rd-9th JuneThis week’s most auspicious game releases, plus our weekly news liveblogLive This week’s most auspicious game releases, plus our weekly news liveblog Image credit:Gibson & Co / Wikimedia Commons / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Gibson & Co / Wikimedia Commons / Rock Paper Shotgun This week is the week ofSummer Game Fest 2024. Ah, SGF! The Geoffers, as they call it down Los Angeles way. The Not-E3s....

HomeNewsCard Bard Update: Card Bard is a suspicious deckbuildy shooter with some familiar assetsOh dear Oh dear Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Terry Brash Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Terry Brash Original article:The onslaught of funSteam Next Fest demosyou can play right now continues and will not relent.Card Bardis a deckbuilding roguelike shooter in which your wee gunman is seemingly frozen in abject terror as little pill-shaped baddies creep towards him like bacteria on a petri dish....

HomeGuidesWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves: endgame modes explainedTower of Adversity, Tactical Hologram: Calamity, and the limited-time Depths of Illusive Realm Tower of Adversity, Tactical Hologram: Calamity, and the limited-time Depths of Illusive Realm Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games Curious about endgame modes in Wuthering Waves?If you’re getting close to the endgame of the gacha RPGWuthering Waves, it might be time to start taking on the game’s endgame modes, including the Tower of Adversity, Tactical Hologram: Calamity, and the limited event Depths of Illusive Realm....

HomeGuidesWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves: Resonance Liberation and Energy explainedWhat they are and how to use them to your advantage What they are and how to use them to your advantage Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games There are a few things worth getting the hang of to get the most use out of your Liberation. Here’s everything you’ll need to know about Resonance Energy and Liberation in Wuthering Waves, includingwhat they are, how to use your Liberation, and how to increase Energy Regen....

HomeGuidesWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves: Tactical Hologram Challenges explainedWhat you’ll find in all 4 different modes What you’ll find in all 4 different modes Image credit:Kuro Games Image credit:Kuro Games Wondering how Tactical Hologram challenges work in Wuthering Waves?Tactical Holograms are optional challenges hidden throughout the world of Solaris-3 inWuthering Waves. Interacting with these holograms will initiate some type of challenge, whether it’s a parkour course, a set of targets to hit, or a massively challenging boss....

HomeNewsWorld of Tanks You need an entire crew to pilot this homemade tank simulatorTanks for this Tanks for this Image credit:Malublyat Image credit:Malublyat If you can play WOT or WarThunder like thisWatch on YouTube If you can play WOT or WarThunder like this Malublyat is described in Chinese articles as a “well-known tech uploader” (thanks to Jeremy for the translation). The engineer has a strong record of creating wild video game controllers and funny devices....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, June 3)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #358 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #358 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....

HomeFeaturesPentiment What’s on your bookshelf?: Obsidian vet and Pentiment creator Josh Sawyerread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Did you know that the word ‘book’ was originally spelled with several extra ‘o’s in it? This was changed when it was collectively decided that telling someone to “please, just read a book” was resulting in several more murders a year than anyone could be bothered to keep track of....