HomeFeaturesDread Delusion Who needs a Morrowind remake when you can explore the beautiful nightmare of Dread Delusion?Praise Paeguth Praise Paeguth Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / DreadXP Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / DreadXP I booted upDread Delusionand fell 30 feet to my death. This throwback first-person RPG is hazardous, and not only due to the dreamlike islands floating in the sky. My leg-snappin' plummet may be down to early access changes, causing the ground to be updated from right under my feet....

HomeGuidesElden Ring All 3 Elden Ring Talisman Pouch locationsHow to equip more Talismans in Elden Ring How to equip more Talismans in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to equip more Talismans in Elden Ring?The answer is the Talisman Pouch. These one-of-a-kind items permanently increase your Talisman slots inElden Ring, allowing you to equip more Talismans at once. And seeing as many of these Talismans proffer quite astonishingly powerful benefits, it’s well worth knowing where to get these Talisman Pouches....

HomeGuidesHades 2 All Hades 2 romance options and giftsHere are all the romance options in Hades 2 Here are all the romance options in Hades 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Looking for Hades 2 romance options?Like its predecessor,Hades 2offers romance for those who wish to have a reprieve from the Underworld and its legions of enemies. Whilst the game is in early access there is no overt romance, but there are specific characters whom you can pass the time with and unlock unique dialogue with....

HomeNews EA are thinking about inserting adverts into games - but don’t worry, it’ll be “very thoughtful”“As we start to harness the power of community, how do we think about advertising as a growth driver?” says EA CEO as apparent reassurance “As we start to harness the power of community, how do we think about advertising as a growth driver?” says EA CEO as apparent reassurance Image credit:EA/Burger King Image credit:EA/Burger King...

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring: How to get the Erudition GestureHow to get the Erudition Gesture to unlock the two Converted Towers How to get the Erudition Gesture to unlock the two Converted Towers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco In this quick guide, we’ll walk you through exactlyhow to get the Erudition Gesture in Elden Ring, as well as how to use the Erudition Gesture to complete the two Converted Tower puzzles in west and east Liurnia....

HomeNewsEnter the Chronosphere Enter The Chronosphere is a fast, furious yet laidback series of top-down shooting hamster mazesDip into the demo, why don’t you Dip into the demo, why don’t you Image credit:Joystick Ventures Image credit:Joystick Ventures Back in the late 90s when all of you NORMIES were playingDiablo, I was playing a little-known Konami ARPG called Azure Dreams, which has alas never escaped PlayStation prison. It’s a grid-based, upwardly mobile roguelitey dungeon crawler set in a big tower, each floor a semi-randomised maze of monsters (which you can capture), traps and pick-ups, where player and creature actions happen simultaneously....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Expect a somewhat different mix of tragedy and comedy Image credit:Arrowhead Studios Image credit:Arrowhead Studios The former lead writer of charming super-fascist simulatorHelldivers 2is working on a strategy and tacticsRPGin the vein of Nintendo and Intelligent System’s Fire Emblem games, which aren’t available on PC and as such, are a complete mystery to you, a lifelong desktop warrior who would sooner cut their hand off than suffer it to brush against one of those filthy Nintendo witches, I mean Switches....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to cure Scarlet Rot in Elden RingHere’s every item and spell that can help you against the Scarlet Rot status effect Here’s every item and spell that can help you against the Scarlet Rot status effect Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Need help curing Scarlet Rot in Elden Ring?Scarlet Rot is a powerful variation of poison which saps your HP much faster than other poison effects inElden Ring....

HomeNewsNecrophosis Necrophosis has a demo, if you’re after a “we’ve already got Scorn at home” experienceBody horror on more of a budget Body horror on more of a budget Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Dragonis Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Dragonis Games Still, visually it’s quite magnificent. Flayed corpses and ribs and towering statues that pray to fleshy sacks. One of the first things you’ve got to do in the demo is run around this arena and figure out what tendril or eyeball goes into what meat pocket, but it’s not outrageously difficult - which is good....

HomeNews IDK. FA? This news post leaves me in a quandary, readers, because I will need to write a swear word for the sake of full journalistic transparency, but Google’s algorithms tend to frown on sweary articles. On the other hand, Google’s algorithms don’t like it when you spend whole intros handwringing about Google’s algorithms, either, so let’s stop, er, faffing around and speak of Doom. Id Software parent company Zenimax recentlytrademarked“IDKFA”, a string of letters that will be of deep significance to original Doom players, and which may therefore be evidence of an impending announcement....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, May 13)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #337 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #337 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....

HomeNews PC classics Ultima, SimCity and Myst have been added to the World Video Game Hall of FamePlus some game called “Resident Evil”? Plus some game called “Resident Evil”? Image credit:The Strong Image credit:The Strong Deep in my heart I know that Hall of Fame-type accolades are largely just a way of dressing up a way of marketing your awards show/museum/whatever, but I also like to occasionally cast away the cynic in me and imagine a world in which this industry’s most important games and creators are rightly recognised, celebrated and preserved rather than beinglocked away in the vault of billion-dollar companies and left to rot....

HomeNewsRobobeat Rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT is a cyberpunk Metal: Hellsinger, out this week with a demo still availableBlast like no-one’s watching Blast like no-one’s watching Image credit:Simon Fredholm Image credit:Simon Fredholm ROBOBEATis the third one of these new-fangled rhythmFPS gamesI’ve played - afterBPM: Bullets Per MinuteandMetal: Hellsinger- and the first one I’ve actually clicked with. The concept evidently appeals to me enough to try out those other two, but I guess that I’m simply too much of a rebel-maverick-disruptor to play to the stiflingly enforced rhythms of somebody else’s drum....