HomeFeaturesWarhammer 40,000: Darktide The Sunday PapersRead More Read More Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Sundays are for unsubscribing to the deluge of ‘Happy 4/20! Here’s 10% off’ emails I’ve gotten from every place I’ve ever bought CBD from in the past five years. Before I do so much clicking my fingers get sore and I immediately order some soothing CBD - perhaps at a tempting 10% off? - let’s read this week’s best writing about games (and game related things!...

HomeNewsFree Stars: Children Of Infinity Free Stars: Children Of Infinity, name-swapped sequel to Star Control 2, has tripled its crowdfunding goalThe Ur-Quan Masters successor has been a long-time coming The Ur-Quan Masters successor has been a long-time coming Image credit:Pistol Shrimp Games Image credit:Pistol Shrimp Games The sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters has more than tripled its Kickstarter funding goal in four days.Free Stars: Children Of Infinity, which is a sequel to the series formerly known asStar Control, has so far raised $332k (£268k), although it’s still shooting for several stretch goals - including one as high as $4....

HomeNewsNo Rest for the Wicked (2024) No Rest For The Wicked’s first hotfix addresses durability and repair cost complaintsPerformance improvements still to come Performance improvements still to come Image credit:Moon Studios Image credit:Moon Studios No rest forNo Rest For The Wicked’s developers, it seems. The punishing action-RPG launched in Steam Early Access last week withperformance issues, among other issues, and Moon Studios have now deployed their first hotfix.Performance improvements are “coming soon”, they say, while this update focuses on improvements to balance and several of the game’s core systems....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, April 20)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #314 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #314 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 Palestinian Relief Bundle includes indie classics (and hundreds more) for just $8$60k raised towards $100k goal so far $60k raised towards $100k goal so far Image credit:adamgryu Image credit:adamgryu ThePalestinian Relief Bundle on Itch.iocontains 373 items for a minimum cost of $8. 213 of the items are are games, including greats such as Wandersong,A Short HikeandCoffee Talk. All proceeds go towards the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a non-profit working to provide food, water and medical treatment in Gaza....

HomeNewsTinkerlands Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure is a free demo of 2D crafting and spider fightsNecesse-ry Necesse-ry Image credit:HypeTrain Digital Image credit:HypeTrain Digital I spend a portion of my every week surviving and crafting.And in the game, where the game is called Minecraft. I still have appetite left forTinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure, a demo that offers topdown, 2D construction and fights with giant frog bosses, among others.Thefree prologue is available to download from Steam....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1037): How to solve the Sunday April 21 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for April 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for April 21? 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 Alice0 is leaving RPS, come and celebrate her work and make lamentationStop all the clocks Stop all the clocks We’ve suffered some body blows recently, but perhaps none will ever be as winding as the news I now deliver to you: Alice0 is leaving RPS. She recently celebrated 10 years here, so that should tell you something about how much of an influence she’s had over the tone of the site over it’s lifespan....

HomeGuidesNo Rest for the Wicked (2024) Best stats to level up first in No Rest For The WickedAll the stats you should prioritise first in No Rest For The Wicked All the stats you should prioritise first in No Rest For The Wicked Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Moon Studios. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Moon Studios. Looking for the best stats to level up in No Rest For The Wicked?As with most ARPGs, stats play a massive role in your character build inNo Rest For The Wicked....

HomeNewsDragon’s Dogma 2 Capcom plan to make Dragon’s Dogma 2’s dragonsplague less frequent, and more obviousThey’re also fixing pawn high fives They’re also fixing pawn high fives Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom. Capcom are working on anotherDragon’s Dogma 2patch, and this one takes as its target the dreaded dragonsplague, which causes the game’s AI-controlled pawns to go nuts and murder everybody, including story-critical NPCs, if you allow it to go untreated for long enough....

HomeNewsCities: Skylines II Cities: Skylines 2 devs apologise for “rushed” DLC, offer refunds, promise conciliatory fan summitBeach Properties pack’s sandcastle gets kicked in for good Beach Properties pack’s sandcastle gets kicked in for good Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive WhileCities: Skylines 2has madeprogress on the performance front, not everything about the troubled citybuilder is on the up. In fact, player reception to the recently released Beach Properties DLC has proven so un-sunny that both developers Colossal Order and publishers Paradox Interactive have issued a joint statement apologising for the state it launched in....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Fallout 76 has a hellish new area and Bethesda want you to nuke itWelcome to Skyline Valley, live now on the public test server Welcome to Skyline Valley, live now on the public test server Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Timed perfectly off the back of theFalloutTV show’s success,Fallout 76players can start testing out Skyline Valley, a new woodland area in the game’s upcoming major update. There’s a new public event to try, as well as combat readjustments that’ll be drip fed over the course of the test period....

HomeNews Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Whilethere’s plenty to love about the new look- especially the way the rejigged graphics handle small details such as facial hair and lips, the improvements made to displaying darker skin tones, and the chance to try out the upcoming female Hrothgar race - some players have expressed disappointment with some of the visual elements, with criticism of lifeless-looking eyes, iffy facial contours and both over-glossy and under-glossy textures on their characters when....