HomeNewsTom Clancy’s XDefiant Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter XDefiant, aka Ubisoft’s Expendables, will launch in MayClancy a game? Clancy a game? Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Good news, people whose day-to-day lives are woefully short on blingy Clancified squad-murdering. Ubisoft’s elusive free-to-playshooterXDefiantfinally has a release date, 21st May 2024. Or at least, that’s when the preseason launches, providing six weeks of access to the modes, maps and factions fromlast month’s server test.The above headline comparison aside - which I think you can spin positively, given that the Expendables is actually quite a successful film franchise - XDefiant is sort of Ubisoft’s Smash Bros....

HomeNewsEarth Defense Force 6 Valiant infantry rejoice: Earth Defense Force 6 has a new launch date trailerIt’s out July 25th this year It’s out July 25th this year Image credit:SANDLOT Image credit:SANDLOT “The largest volume in the history of the series. Supports online co-op play. The largest number of missions and weapons ever included. All missions support online co-op play for up to four players. Offline co-op play is also available in split-screen mode....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1049): How to solve the Friday May 3 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for May 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeNews All three remastered Mass Effect games and their DLC are 90% off on SteamReap the savings Reap the savings Image credit:EA Image credit:EA I don’t tend to do a lot of videogame discount posts because I have a mortal fear of enriching my backlog, but when I see the entire Mass Effect trilogy and all of its expansions for around the price of a slightly aristocratic sandwich, I am compelled to share....

HomeNewsAbiotic Factor Half Lifey survival game Abiotic Factor is out now in early accessFreemanagement sim Freemanagement sim Image credit:Playstack Image credit:Playstack On the one hand, you’ve got to deal with interdimensional horrors of various flavours, such as multiple-storey cryptids and squishy skinless wolves; on the other, invading squads of Combiney soldiers. Fortunately, you’ve got a big fat Ivy League brain stuffed with knowledge of killer gadgets, base construction, subterranean farming and battlefield medicine....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2’s next premium warbond arrives next week with new weapons, armour and winter weather capesI do want that Purifier I do want that Purifier Image credit:Arrowhead Game Studios Image credit:Arrowhead Game Studios Helldivers 2oddly requires that I spend its in-game currency on items I don’t want (capes, helmets, any emote other than the hug) just so I can gain access to the items I do (sniper rifles, SMGs, other weapons that ultimately turn out to be worse than what I already had)....

HomeGuidesManor Lords How to move buildings in Manor LordsHere’s how to relocate structures in Manor Lords Here’s how to relocate structures in Manor Lords Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Want to move your buildings in Manor Lords?Yes, you can move your structures inManor Lords, and the game calls this process relocation. You can’t transplant all structures, however, which is an important fact to be aware of if your medieval city-planning is a bit rusty and you find yourself running out of space....

HomeGuidesManor Lords How to recruit and increase Retinue in Manor LordsHere’s what you need to know about Retinues in Manor Lords Here’s what you need to know about Retinues in Manor Lords Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Trying to figure out how Retinues work in Manor Lords?There are a few different types of fighting units inManor Lords, and when you’re in need of professional soldiers to defend your town, you need a Retinue....

HomeNewsIndika Indika, the darkly comic story of a young nun in a surreal world, is out nowNun Simulator XIX Nun Simulator XIX Image credit:Odd Meter Image credit:Odd Meter You might assume thatIndikawill be dour, given that it’s a story-driven game about a nun in a grey, cold, alternative Russia. Then you watch its trailers and find surrealist imagery, genre-hopping, and a bleak sense of humour are part of its arsenal, and suddenly it seems, to me, irresistible....

HomeNewsTotal War: Pharaoh Mesopotamia is coming to Total War: Pharaoh alongside over 80 new unitsReceive regular substantial updates like an Egyptian Receive regular substantial updates like an Egyptian Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega For someone who’s spent an embarrassing amount of my life staring at virtual maps, I am a downright directionless dunce when it comes to geography. Not ‘the country of Africa’ bad, but certainly not good enough that you’d want me on your pub quiz team....

HomeNewsElden Ring No more Elden Ring DLC after Shadow Of The Erdtree, says Souls boss MiyazakiA Dark Souls 2-style themed DLC series would sabotage the “sense of adventure” A Dark Souls 2-style themed DLC series would sabotage the “sense of adventure” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Shadow of the Erdtree, Miyazaki told Campfire Camp, is “the first and last DLC, and we have no plans to add more content to Elden Ring”....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, May 2)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #326 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #326 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....

HomeNewsRabbit And Steel Rabbit And Steel gives you the thrills of an MMO raid without the preceding mega-grind, and it has a demoFeaturing chibi bunny girls Featuring chibi bunny girls Image credit:mino_dev Image credit:mino_dev I haven’t ever raided in anMMORPGlike World Of Warcraft for several reasons, one of which is the time commitment. I’ve never put in the many, many hours needed to earn the requisite gear nor partied up with the many, many people necessary to slay a big dragon....