HomeNewsCarceri Featuring imprisoned AI who paint pictures using AI Image credit:NeonSerpent LLC Image credit:NeonSerpent LLC All-in-all, it’s not so much a new videogame as a terrible trap devised to waylay and enrapture hipster middle-aged news editors who have to write about ChatGPT now and then. But who knows, it mayalsoappeal if you’re keen on strange worlds in which curiosity and experimentation take precedence over massacring the wildlife. I don’t get much of a Metroid vibe from Carceri, but those hazy angular landscapes do look like they’d make decentPsychonautslevels....

HomeNews Co-op horror Content Warning now has a hat shop, new map, island upgrades and 13 fresh monstersTime to go back to the Old World Time to go back to the Old World Image credit:Landfall Publishing Image credit:Landfall Publishing Co-op horror gameContent Warning- aka “Lethal Companybut you’re role-playing as an abandoned places streamer and all your party members are squealing like hogs and putting on daft accents and Brian, will you please stop trying to feed me to that giant whisk so you can go viral” - has received a big update....

HomeNewsFabledom Cutesy fairytale citybuilder Fabledom hits 1.0 later this monthAnd they all lived middling ever after And they all lived middling ever after Image credit:Dear Villagers, Doyoyo Games Image credit:Dear Villagers, Doyoyo Games This is where it made me think of Lakeburg Legacies, a town management game where the only way to get new people into said town was state-enforced dating and marriage. Prospective partners for your singletons turned up with a number of skills and you could shoot for a good match and hope for marital harmony, or just bus in a terrible partner who could hunt well, or whatever you needed....

HomeNews Fortnite is now a Lego Star Wars game, with a whole new world for its survival mode in time for May the FourthSome non-bricky bits have been added to Battle Royale, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival, too Some non-bricky bits have been added to Battle Royale, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival, too Image credit:Epic Games Image credit:Epic Games In its continuing quest to become Everything to Everyone,Fortnitehas shapeshifted, The Thing-like, into a new Lego Star Wars game....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 PC players will soon need to link their Steam accounts to PlayStation NetworkThe “grace period will expire soon” The “grace period will expire soon” Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun If there’s one thing that’ll rile people up more than a robot blasting them with a laser cannon, it’s having to create a new account. That’s somethingHelldivers 2players will have to do pretty sharpish, as Arrowhead announce mandatory account linking between Steam and Playstation Network....

HomeHardwareGuides How to install a new SSD on the Steam DeckVenture inside your Deck to make a permanent storage upgrade Venture inside your Deck to make a permanent storage upgrade Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Steam Deck Academybrings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. This guide will cover both the SSD upgrade itself, and the process for installing a fresh copy of SteamOS once it’s in place....

HomeNewsLeague of Legends League of Legends’ anti-cheat won’t brick your PC, Riot insist, after adding Valorant’s controversial system to the MOBAOffer reassurance that Vanguard doesn’t take screenshots of anything except the game itself Offer reassurance that Vanguard doesn’t take screenshots of anything except the game itself Image credit:Riot Games Image credit:Riot Games The already controversial decision to add the anti-cheat tool used in shooterValoranttoLeague of Legendshas seemingly caused developers Riot Games even more of a headache....

HomeNews Mystery Show is a free Game Boy Camera exhibition set inside a haunted houseNintendo’s best-ever peripheral lives on among Itch.io developers Nintendo’s best-ever peripheral lives on among Itch.io developers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catherine Graffam Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catherine Graffam I didn’t have a Game Boy Camera as a lad, partly because I couldn’t afford one, and partly because my “friends” used to troll me (“bullying”, I think we called it back then) about my Game Boy....

HomeNewsNorland Nightmare kingdom builder Norland has natural disasters, but don’t worry, it also has prophets of disasterBetter stay friendly with the prophets, then Better stay friendly with the prophets, then Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse Expect “class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery”. Also expect vagabond speculators, nobles getting upset when made to drink booze they consider unworthy of their station, soil erosion when you chop down too many trees, and the loss of key technologies because some asshole knifed the only lord who understands alchemy....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, May 3)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #327 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #327 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....

HomeNewsStar Wars: Squadrons Star Wars: Squadrons is 95% off and also, the perfect May 4th night in - shame the multiplayer’s deadEight hours of fan service Eight hours of fan service Happy May 3rd,Battlestar Galacticafans! Remember what John Dune said about living long and prospering? He said: Oh, look, objectively excellent dogfighterStar Wars: Squadronsis under two quid onSteam. As Edwin pointed out to me, that’s about the price of a third of latte, although he does pay London prices....

HomeNewsSteamWorld Heist 2 SteamWorld Heist 2’s new job system brings a whole scrapheap of customisation to the charming 2D XCOM-a-likePlus, rattly robot skeletons! Plus, rattly robot skeletons! Image credit:Thunderful Image credit:Thunderful The originalSteamWorld Heistwas an absolute treat, slamming the charming robotic world of the SteamWorld series together with a 2D take on the turn-basedstrategyof your XCOMs and Valkyria Chronicles and such. WithSteamWorld Heist 2recently revealedfor an August release on PC, developers Thunderful have teased some more details on the sequel’s shiny new job system....

HomeFeaturesTotal War: Warhammer III Total Warhammer 3 without touching grass: Noctilus accidentally looks up ‘avast’ in the dictionaryZombies love me, fish fear me. Zombies love me, fish fear me. Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly On the eve of the battle, the bad omens begin to mount up. First, Montgunnery finds a lemon wedge in his grog, just in time to bin it before it threatens the cure the scurvy that’s basically keeping his skin attached at this point....