HomeNewsSweet Transit Sweet Transit is a loveable city builder for model train nerds, out of early access nowYou choo choo choose me? You choo choo choose me? Image credit:Team17 Image credit:Team17 Afternoon, conveyor belt fans! Good news, I think I may have discovered the first genuinely cosy automation game. Attempts have been made at cosy automation and automated cosiness in the past –Satisfactoryis on the sunnier side, providing you enable the right settings, andShapez 2has lots of rounded edges....

HomeFeatures The kissable frogs and sparky combat of Hades 2 looks set to bewitch fansImpressions of the “technical test” Impressions of the “technical test” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Hades II - Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Hades II - Reveal Trailer What’s new is extra. Holding down each face button instead of furiously tapping will add some “magick” to your attacks (or, in the case of your dash, it lets you sprint)....

HomeFeatures The original Fallout is the perfect antidote to Fallout feverWar did change, actually War did change, actually Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Speaking to RPS regular Jeremy Peel ina new feature about RPG design, Amazon’s Fallout TV show and his time working on Pentiment and Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer has reflected a bit on whatFallout: New Vegasowes to Black Isle and Interplay’s very firstFalloutfrom 1997. “A lot of the philosophy that I approached New Vegas with was the philosophy of Fallout 1, or how I interpreted it,” Sawyer observed....

HomeFeatures Whatever the Fallout TV show does with New Vegas lore, Josh Sawyer doesn’t care: “It was never mine”The Obsidian design director on Pillars of Eternity II burnout and living with dead projects The Obsidian design director on Pillars of Eternity II burnout and living with dead projects What’s it like to watch a smash hit TV show set in the backyard of a game you’ve made? It’s a question whichFallout: New Vegasproject director Josh Sawyer is uniquely qualified to answer....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1040): How to solve the Wednesday April 24 WordleStuck on today’s the word for April 24? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s the word for April 24? 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!...

HomeNewsZenless Zone Zero You can now pre-register for Genshin developer’s Zenless Zone ZeroIt’s due sometime in the first half of 2024 It’s due sometime in the first half of 2024 Image credit:miHoYo Image credit:miHoYo Zenless Zone Zerois the next action-RPG fromGenshin Impactdevelopers HoYoverse. Where Genshin is all Zelda-style pastoral greens, Zenless is an urban fantasy. It’s expected to release sometime in the first half of 2024, and you can now pre-register on all platforms....

HomeNewsRising Up A former Homeworld dev has made a free browser game that plays like an ultraviolent Office Space sequelYou can play Rising Up in about fifteen minutes, possibly during company time You can play Rising Up in about fifteen minutes, possibly during company time Image credit:Laurent Gehin Image credit:Laurent Gehin Rising Upis afree, sub-fifteen minute browser game that’s a bit like Streets of Rage, where you play a balding office worker and beat a giant scanner to death within the first 30 seconds....

HomeNewsAn English Haunting An English Haunting is still an Edwardian point-and-click Ghostbusters, and also out in MaySpooky retro adventure gets new trailer and release date! Spooky retro adventure gets new trailer and release date! Image credit:Postmodern Adventures Image credit:Postmodern Adventures At the end of last year I played the demo forAn English Hauntingandgot very excited. I like horror that has a generally spooky, creeping dread vibe rather than being wall-to-wall cheap jumpscares and gore, and that sort of stuff is thin on the ground....

HomeFeaturesBlue Prince Blue Prince is already the very best shapeshifting videogame houseCellar door Cellar door Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury I’m currently trying to find a new flat in London. This is not much fun, though it’s a great opportunity to meet and bond with other would-be tenants over a shared, grinding resentment of landlords who will literally stuff a bed in a toilet and call it a “studio apartment”....

HomeNews Embracer will split into three companies, including Middle-earth & FriendsLars Wingefors to carry on as “a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner” Lars Wingefors to carry on as “a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner” Image credit:Embracer Image credit:Embracer Famed mass-layoff-manufacturing corporation Embracer Group are dividing into three companies, which will be listed separately on Sweden’s stock exchange. Those companies are: Asmodee Group, which comprises Embracer’s tabletop games biz; Coffee Stain & Friends, an evolution of the existing Coffee Stain publisher, who will pursue “a dual focus on indie and A/AA premium and free-to-play games for PC/console and mobile”; and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends, “a creative powerhouse in AAA game development and publishing for PC and console, as well as the stewards of The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider intellectual properties, among many others”....

HomeNewsTales of the Shire First Tales of the Shire trailer reveals a life sim set in Tolkien’s most Hobbity pasturesNo adventures here, please No adventures here, please Image credit:Private Division Image credit:Private Division Tales of the Shire - Official Announcement Trailer - PEGIWatch on YouTube Tales of the Shire - Official Announcement Trailer - PEGI Tales of the Shire wasannounced in September last yearbut we didn’t know much about it aside from the setting and the name....

HomeGuidesNo Rest for the Wicked (2024) No Rest For The Wicked merchant locations in SacramentHere’s where to find all the Sacrament merchants in No Rest For The Wicked Here’s where to find all the Sacrament merchants in No Rest For The Wicked Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Moon Studios. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Moon Studios. Looking for merchants in No Rest For The Wicked?As you exploreNo Rest For The Wicked, you’ll encounter your first major town, Sacrament....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, April 22)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #316 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #316 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....